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.

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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

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...