Summative Assessment for IV Term
LISTEN
Listen to
a radio programme about a very intelligent person, and write T for
True or F for
False.
1
.Kim
could already talk when he was six months
old.
2
.Kim travelled to the US to study
Physics.
3
.Kim left NASA because he wasn’t happy with
his life.
4
.As soon as Kim left NASA, he found another
job.
5. Kim had
all the necessary school certificates, so he stayed
there
6 .Kim wishes he could go
back to working for NASA.
READING
Read the
text and complete the gaps 1-6
with the
sentences a-f.
a.
I
asked my mother and she told me she had forgotten to pack
them!
b.
She checked on my dad and told us that he had
sunstroke, but with some rest he would be
fine.
c.
By
the time we left, I was already looking forward to our next camping
trip!
d.
We
arrived at the campsite and Dad began putting up the
tents.
e. I was responsible for the campfire every
evening and by the end of the week, I had become quite an
expert!
f.
I
expected it to be boring without a TV or the Internet, but when I
saw my first shooting star, I realised that it was pretty special
to be out in nature.
Last summer,
I went camping for the first time in the south of France with my
family. But the dream holiday that my parents had been promising
didn’t start very well. (1)
He was so
determined to finish quickly that he forgot to put sunscreen on or
a hat, and by the time he had finished with the tents, he was as
red as a tomato. An hour later he started to feel dizzy, and by the
evening he had a fever. Luckily, there was a doctor at the
campsite. (2)
That evening,
with my father resting in the tent, my mother, sister and I decided
to make the campfire. I collected the firewood from the forest and
my sister cleared the area outside the tent for the fire. When I
had collected enough wood, I decided to light the fire. I looked
around for the matches, but I couldn’t find
any. (3)_______
Luckily, I
had learnt survival skills at school and I managed to light the
fire by rubbing a stick onto a piece of light wood. It wasn’t easy
but I soon realised something. It is important to always be
prepared on camping
holidays!
With the fire
lit, we enjoyed a tasty meal of grilled meat followed by hot
chocolate and enjoyed the stunning view of the night
sky. (4)
The next day
we all cycled to the village to get supplies. In the evening we
played board games and talked around the fire.
5.__________
Our holiday didn’t start
well, but it’s amazing how quickly I changed my opinion about
camping.
(6) _________I had learnt
about how important it is to be prepared, but also how much fun you
can
have without computer games, phones and
technology!
WRITING
Below is
part of an email you have received from a friend. Write a
reply.
I’m so
excited about finally coming to visit you! I’m going to arrive by
train on Monday
morning.
I know you’re working. I want to go shopping in the city
centre for a while. So, just let me know where and when you want to
meet up. Also, tell me how to get there, because you know me, I
don’t have GPS.
[6]
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Speaking DEBATE
Choose one of the
statements below, and then work in two groups.Group A should think
of arguments FOR the statement, and Group B
should think
of arguments AGAINST the statement. You can use the
ideas
provided and the words/phrases in the boxes.
The Internet has
more positive aspects than negative ones.
Think
about: • what people use it
for
how it has improved our
lives • the dangers it involves • whether it’s harmful
to people’s lives
A desktop computer
is better than a laptop.
Think
about:
• cost • how easy it is
to carry it around • size • power [6] Total
24
Mark scheme
Listening and Reading
Question №
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Answer
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Mark
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Additional
information
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Listening
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1
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T
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1
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2
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F
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1
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3
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T
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1
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4
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F
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1
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5
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F
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1
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6
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F
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1
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Reading
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1
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d
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1
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2
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b
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1
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3
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a
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1
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4
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f
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1
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5
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e
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1
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6
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c
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1
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Listening
transcript
Host:
Good
afternoon. Today we’re going to talk about very intelligent
children, or child prodigies. Now, if you asked someone to name a
child prodigy, they would probably answer Mozart or Picasso. But
today we’re going to talk about someone you’ve probably never heard
of. Isn’t that right,
Mark?
Mark:
Yes. His name
is Kim Ung Yong and he’s from South Korea. He was born in 1962 and
soon after he was born, he started showing amazing abilities. When
he was four months old, he started saying his first words, and by
six months he was talking fluently. But that’s not all. He had
learnt to read and speak four different languages by the age of
five! German, English, Japanese and of course,
Korean.
Host:
That’s
amazing!
Mark:
And by that
age, he was also an incredibly talented mathematician and was able
to solve complicated calculus
problems.
Host:
Amazing. So,
did he go to an ordinary
school?
Mark:
No, by the
age of four, he was already becoming famous. He was a guest student
at Hangyang University where he studied physics until he was seven.
This meant all his classmates were three times his
age!
Host:
That’s very
impressive. What did he do
next?
Mark:
Well, when
Kim was eight, he was invited to the United States to work at NASA,
to do exciting research on space travel. While he was there, he
finished his university studies and completed a PhD in Physics at
Colorado University. He worked for NASA for ten years doing
research, but by 1978 he was exhausted and wanted to go
home.
Host:
So he left
his job at NASA? That seems like a surprising decision. Why did he
leave?
Mark:
Kim explained
that he just wanted to live the ordinary life of a teenager. He was
very lonely at NASA, far away from both his family and his friends.
He wanted to get an ordinary job in a company and to study
Engineering. However, because he had left South Korea for the
United States at such a young age, he didn’t have all the necessary
school certificates, so he went back to
school.
Host:
I’m sure it
wasn’t too difficult for him. But being so intelligent, isn’t it a
shame that he didn’t do
more?
Mark:
No, Kim
insists that he is happy doing what he does, and that being happy
is what makes his life
successful.
Host:
I have to
agree with that. Let’s move on now
to...