Haouari Boumediene Level : 2 M.S Middle School School Year : 2014-2015

Timing :1 h 30 min

THE FIRST TERM ENGLISH EXAM

Antonio Banderas was born in Malaga,Andalucia,Spain on August10th ,1960.He moved to Madrid in 1981 and joined the National theatre of Spain.After that,he worked as an actor in the Spanish film “Industry”.In 1991,Antonio moved to America because he wanted to work in Hollywood.He acted in his first American film “The Mambo Kings” in 1992.And in 1996, he starred with Madonna in “Evita”.He became very famous for his role as the masked swordsman “Zorro” in the 1998 film “The Mask of Zorro”.In 1996, he married the American actress Melanie Griffith.They have a daughter,Stella Banderas.

Section One: Reading Comprehension: 8 pts

A/ Read the text carefully and answer the following questions: 3 pts

1. When was Antonio Banderas born?

2. Did he go to America in 1991?

3. What did he do in 1992?

B/ Write True or False : 3 pts

1. Antonio Banderas is an actor.

2. He didn’t act in the film “The Mask of Zorro”.

3. He has a daughter named Stella Banderas .

C/ Lexis: 2 pts

1. Find in the text words closest in meaning to : well-known = movie =

2. Find in the text words opposite in meaning to :

died ≠ last ≠

Section Two: 7 pt

A/ Syntax: Complete the following table: 4 pts

Infinitive Past simple

………

to play

………

to write

was

……....

acted

……….

B/ Pronunciation: Classify the following words in the table below: 3 pts

/ t / /d / / id /

……..……..

……..……..

………………

Section Three:Written Expession: 5 pts

Fill in the gaps to get a meaningful paragraph .Use the following words :

Lara Fabian is a tall slim woman long fair hair brown eyes.

She born on January 9th , 1970. is a Belgo-Canadian singer.

She in French, Italian and English.

liked - lived - acted – added – finished - phoned

She - with - and - sings - was