COMPREHENSION: Read the text and answer the exercises below: (7 pts)

Hicham Khouri is from Beirut, Lebanon but he lives with his family in Laayoune in the south of Morocco. He is fifteen years old.

He goes to Al Amine Private School. He is in class 9. Hicham speaks many languages: Arabic, French and English.

His father works with The United Nations (MINERSO), but his mother is an engineer. His little sister is twelve years old and she

is a student too. She is very beautiful. Hicham’s best friend is Omar. He is his classmate. Hicham and Omar like sports so mu ch. Their

favourites are football and basketball. Omar’s hobby is listening to music, but Hicham likes reading books.

At the weekends, Hicham, his sister Hala and Omar play computer games.

1- Complete the chart with information about Hicham: (3 pts)

Name Family name Age Origine Occupation Nationality Hobby

Hicham………………………  ……………………….  ……………………….  ……………………….  ……………………….  ………………………. 

……………………….  ……………………….  ……………………….  ……………………….  ……………………….  ……………………….  ………………………. 

……………………….  ……………………….  ……………………….  ……………………….  ……………………….  ……………………….  ………………………. 

2- Answer these questions: (4 pts)

* What is Hicham’s mother occupation?  ………………………………  * What are Hicham’s preferred sports?  ………………………………… 

* What does “their” in paragraph 3 refer to? Their =………………………… * Find in the text a synonym to:  Pretty =  ………………………… 

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Jane lives with her uncle in a small flat in New York City. She is a student at a technical college there. Her parents, Carlos and

Eva, live in a small town fifty miles away. They have got a nice house with a big garden and a swimming pool.

Carlos is a doctor. He always drives his big new Mercedes to New Haven University Hospital. Eva doesn’t work. She has two

maids. Her husband prefers her to stay at home to supervise the housework. She likes music, cinema, and swimming. She also practises

tennis with her friends on Fridays.

On the weekends Carlos and his wife usually go to New York to visit Jane and do some shopping. But when Jane is at home,

they often go to the cinema or parties.

A- Say whether these statements are true or false:

1- Jane lives with her parents. ……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………….……………………..  

2- Carlos and Eva are rich. …………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………..  

3-Carlos and Eva have only got one daughter. …………………………………………………………………………………………………..…………………..  

B- Answer the following questions:

1-What does Jane do? …………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………..…………..  

2-Why does Carlos always

3-When do Jane’s parents give parties? ……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………..…………  

4-In your opinion, what does Jane want to be? …………………………………………………………………………………………………………………….  

C- Complete the following sentences according to the text:

1- Carlos and Eva do some shopping when……………………………………………………………………………………………………..……………………..  

2-In her free time, Eva …………………………………………………………………………………………..……………………..  

3-Eva stays at home because………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………..……………………..  

II-LANGUAGE: 1-Put the verb “to be” in the correct form:  

My friend Ema…………..nice. She always helps people. She ……….married to a pilot. They ……….very happy together.

They have got two children. Their names……...Sara and Sue. Ema ………….American. She’s from London.

2- Write the plural of the following nouns:

a. woman:………………  b. knife:…………………  c. foot:…………………… 

d. boy:……………………  e. baby:…………………