ENGLISH LANGUAGE TEST GRADE TEN

GOVERNORATE: DAKHILIYA 2013/2014 ENGLISH LANGUAGE TEST GRADE TEN Semester Two Mock exam Name School Class Write your answers on the Test Paper Time: 2½ hours Pages: 14 ELEMENT LISTENING 15 Marks Red Marker Green Marker Blue Checker Name Name Name VOCABULARY 5 GRAMMAR 5 READING 20 WRITING 15 TOTAL 60

LISTENING 1 (Items 1-6) (6 marks) You are going to hear a conversation between a doctor and a patient. Listen, and shade in the bubble next to the correct option. 1. The patient had had his last physical exam two weeks ago two years ago two months ago 2. The patient had another exam recently for a swollen ankle dental work a broken bone 3. The patient's health in general is poor unsatisfactory fine 4. According to the physical exam, might be a problem for the patient weight lack of exercise high blood pressure 5. bothered the patient a little. The use of the stethoscope Taking his blood pressure Taking a look at his throat 6. The doctor asked him to. lose weight take a ship have blood test 1

LISTENING 2 (Items 7-11) (5 marks) You are going to hear a text about a pipeline. Listen and for each item, write a short answer (not more than FOUR WORDS). 7. How long is the pipeline? 8. What is the pipeline made of? 9. What is the pipeline used for? 10. What is the shape that the pipeline takes? 11. What are the problems that face the project?(write 2 problems) 2

LISTENING 3 (Items 12-15) (4 marks) You are going to hear four people speaking. Who are they talking to? Listen and for each item, shade in the bubble under the correct option. bank clerk detective actor carpenter dentist company manager 12.(1) 13.(2) 14.(3) 15.(4) LISTENING SCORE 15 3

VOCABULARY 1 (Items 1 5) Complete the text. For each item, shade in the bubble (There are three extra words in the box.) (2½ marks) under the correct option. Last week my father decided to (1) all the appliances in our house. We found that the electric (2) is so high and a friend of family told us that old electronic equipments usually consume a lot of power.therefore, my father bought new light bulbs that save (3). Also he replaced the air conditioners and the cooker with new ones. Actually, by taking this step, we don't only save money but we also (4) the use of fossil fuels and consequently saving our (5) energy waste pollution reduce change environment bill campaign 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 4

VOCABULARY 2 (Items 6 10) (2½ marks) In each sentence, complete the word in the space provided. You are given the first letter(s) of the word. Make sure your spelling is correct. 6. He is lonely and he feels that all people ne _ him. 7. I talked with him for nearly an hour but I couldn't per _ him to stay. 8. It is il _ to sell or buy any kind of drugs. 9. I asked my doctor to pre me a medicine for my stomach pain. 10. Oman has hot and dry cl _. VOCABULARY SCORE 5 5

GRAMMAR 1 (Items 1 5) (2½ marks) For each item, shade in the bubble next to the correct option. 1. They didn't a word and walked out of the room. tell told say said 2. If we were in Muscat today, we be able to participate in the competition. will would can Should 3. He is used to medicine before lunch. take takes taking Took 4. You sent him an email, you? haven't don't doesn't didn't 5. There is who is Chinese in my English class. someone anyone somewhere anywhere GRAMMAR 2 (Items 6 10) [2½ marks] Complete the text. Fill each gap with ONE word only. I (6) always enjoyed fishing. When I was young I used (7) go fishing with my uncle (8) weekends. Yesterday I (9) a weird dream that I caught a huge squad. When I got (10), I found photos of my childhood on my bed. GRAMMAR SCORE 5 6

READING 1 (Items 1-5) Match the five texts on the left with the texts in the box. Shade in the bubble under the correct option. (5 marks) 1. I usually get up early in the morning and I enjoy sitting in the yard, reading the newspaper. 2. Reports said that a deadly cyclone hit Southern Philippine last night. 3. Our company has employed about fifteen workers in its different branches. 4. The charity organized a football match in Muscat. T-shirts were sold and a film was presented in the break. 5. My friend was extremely afraid of gaining weight. She avoided eating food that contain high calories. A. Most of them had got training in local institutes. The training helped them to improve their social and communication skills. B. He bought a ticket although it was expensive. He wanted to support his favourite team. C. Fortunately, her mother noticed her problem early and took her to a special clinic.. D. She reads a bedtime story for her children every day. Usually she reads the same story for a week and then let her children choose another one. E. I usually start with the sport page and then have a look at the classified. F. It aimed to raise money for disabled people and to raise awareness about how we can involve in the society. G Hundreds of people were killed and thousands became homeless. Many rural villages were completely flooded A B C D E F G 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 7

READING 2 (Items 6-11) (6 marks) Read the text. Then for each item, shade in the bubble next to the correct option. Bad breath can be embarrassing. Companies now make different products to fight bad breath. But many of them are only temporary solutions because they don't end the reason of the problem. Bad breath can result from poor dental health habits and may be a sign of health problems. If you don't brush and floss teeth daily, food bits can remain in your mouth, which promotes bacterial growth between teeth and on the tongue. This causes bad breath. Smoking or chewing tobacco can also cause bad breath and stain teeth. Other dental causes of bad breath include poorly fitting dental appliances and yeast infections of the mouth. To reduce bad breath you should brush your teeth after you eat at least twice a day. Also, floss at least once a day to removes food from between your teeth. Your tongue gets bacteria, so brushing it may help reduce smells. If you wear a bridge or a partial or complete denture, clean it thoroughly at least once a day or as directed by your dentist. Besides that, avoid dry mouth. To keep your mouth moist, avoid tobacco and drink plenty of water not coffee or soft drinks, which can lead to a drier mouth. Chew gum or suck on sugarless candy to stimulate saliva. Also avoid sticky foods that can cause bad breath and change your toothbrush, about every three to four months. Finally, you should see your dentist once or twice a year to have your teeth cleaned. 8

READING 2 (cont d) 6. Bad breath fighting products are usually useless because they don't consider the of the case. effects symptoms causes 7. If bad breath lasts for long time it can mean that you are having a healthy dental lifestyle health problem healthy diet 8. The text suggests that you can use the same toothbrush for. three months two years a year 9. You shouldn't to reduce the bad breath. clean your tongue smoke visit the doctor 10. You can avoid dry mouth by chewing tobacco sucking sugarless candies drinking coffee 11. To prevent bad breath, you must. drink coffee and soft drinks keep your moth dry clean your teeth with toothpaste 9

READING 3 (Items 12-17) (9 marks) Read the text. Then, complete the task. Jan Koum is the co-founder of WhatsApp application with Brian Acton. He was born in 1976 in Kiev, Ukraine. He moved with his mother and grandmother to Mountain View, California in 1992, where a social support program helped the family to get a small two-bedroom apartment, at the age of 16. His father had intended to join the family later, but finally remained in Ukraine. At first Koum's mother worked as a babysitter, while he himself worked as a cleaner at a grocery. By the age of 18 he became interested in programming. Therefore he enrolled at San Jose State University and at the same time worked at Ernst & Young as a security tester. In 1997, Jan Koum was hired by Yahoo as an infrastructure engineer, shortly after he met Brian Acton while working at Ernst & Young as a security tester. Over the next nine years, they worked at Yahoo. In September 2007 Koum and Acton left Yahoo and took a year off, traveling around South America. Both applied, and failed, to work at Facebook. In January 2009, he bought an iphone and he got the idea of making a new programme. He visited his friend Alex Fishman and the two talked for hours about Koum s idea for an application over tea at Fishman s kitchen counter. Koum almost immediately chose the name WhatsApp because it sounded like what s up, and a week later on his birthday, Feb. 24, 2009, he started WhatsApp Company in California. In 2014 he sold WhatsApp to Facebook for 19 billion dollars. 10

READING 3 (cont d) Task 1: For each item, write a short answer (not more than FOUR WORDS). 12. How did Koum's family get an apartment in California? 13. What was the first job he had got there? 14. Why did he join San Jose State University? Task 2: For each item, shade in the bubble next to the correct option. 15. Jan Koum and his friend didn't work in Facebook Yahoo Ernst & Young 16. Koum needed a to choose a name for his application. short time week year 17. Jane Koum owned WhatsApp for years two five nine READING SCORE 20 11

WRITING 1 (5 marks) Write a paragraph about a movie called The Avatar. Use ALL the information in the box. Your writing should be correct and well-organized. The Avatar Science fiction/american/2009 Film making/special cameras director/james Cameron released/2d and 3D formats earn/$2 billion worldwide year/2154/ Panadora planet awards/43 second part/2017 Marker A Marker B Average 12

WRITING 2 (10 marks) Complete the following task. Write at least 100 words. Situation: Sam's teacher asked him to do a survey about electronic and paper books. Write a letter to Sam. Tell him about the advantages and disadvantages of electronic and paper books, which one do you prefer and why. Your writing should be clear and interesting. 13

Marker A Marker B Average WRITING SCORE 15 14

GRADE TEN ENGLISH LANGUAGE MARKING GUIDE BASIC EDUCATION TOTAL MARKS: 60 SEMESTER TWO, 2013/2014, FIRST SESSION page 1 of 5 *********************************************************************************************************************** LISTENING 1 (6 mks) 1. one week ado two years ago last year 2. a swollen ankle a dental work a broken bone 3. poor unsatisfactory fine 4. weight lack of exercise high blood pressure 5. The use of the stethoscope Taking his blood pressure Taking a look at his throat 6. lose weight take a ship have a blood test Notes: One mark each. Responses must be indicated clearly. LISTENING 2 (5 mks) 7. 800 miles 8. steel 9. Pumping oil 10. zigzag 11. Climate,supply shortage, equipment breakdowns,labour disagreements(2) Notes: (i) One mark each. (ii) Complete accuracy in grammar & spelling is not required, but answers must be clearly and convincingly correct. (iii) In general, apply the not more than four words. HOWEVER, use common sense for slightly longer, but obviously correct answers. LISTENING 3 (4 mks) Bank clerk detective actor carpenter dentist Company manager 12. 13. 14. 15. Notes: One mark each. Responses must be indicated clearly.

Grade 10, Basic, Sem. 2, 2013/14, 1 st Session: Marking Guide page 2 of 5 VOCABULARY 1 (2.5 mks) energy waste pollution reduce change environment bill campaign 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. Notes: Half-a-mark each. Responses must be indicated clearly. VOCABULARY 2 (2.5 mks) 6. neglect 9. prescribe 7. persuade 10. climate 8. illegal Notes: Half-a-mark each. Spelling must be correct. GRAMMAR 1 (2.5 mks) 1. tell told say said 2. will would can should 3. take takes taking took 4. haven't don't doesn't didn't 5. someone anyone somewhere anywhere Notes: Half-a-mark each. Responses must be indicated clearly.

Grade 10, Basic, Sem. 2, 2013/14, 1 st Session: Marking Guide page 3 of 5 GRAMMAR 2 (2.5 mks) READING 1 (5 mks) A B C D E F G 6. have 1. 7. to 2. 8. at 3. 9. had 4. 10. up 5. Notes: Half-a-mark each. Spelling must be correct. Notes: One mark each. Responses must be indicated clearly. READING 2 (6 mks) 6. effects symptoms causes 7. healthy dental lifestyle health problem healthy diet 8. three months a year two years 9. Clean your tongue smoke visit the doctor 10. chewing tobacco 11. Drink coffee and soft drinks sucking sugarless candied Keep your mouth dry Notes: One mark each. Responses must be indicated clearly. drinking coffee clean your teeth with tooth paste 12. social support program 13. cleaner READING 3 (9 mks) 14. Because he became interested in programming 15. facebook Yahoo Ernst & Young 16. short time a week a year 17. two five nine Notes: One-and-a-half marks each. Qs 12-14: (i) Complete accuracy in grammar & spelling is not required, but answers must be clearly and convincingly correct. (ii) In general, apply the not more than four words. HOWEVER, use common sense for slightly longer, but obviously correct answers. Qs 15-17: Responses must be indicated clearly.

Grade 10, Basic, Sem. 2, 2013/14, 1 st Session: Marking Guide page 4 of 5 EITHER: WRITING 1 (5 mks) ( Information Points option) 5 4 3 2 1 0 Presents all the information fully and clearly. Writing is well-organised and coherent. Only minor language errors. Presents most of the information clearly enough. Language is mostly correct, despite a few noticeable errors. Presents a reasonable amount of information, but with some gaps or lack of clarity. Language is reasonably correct, but writing sometimes lacks coherence. Manages to present only a limited amount of information; important points are missing or unclear. Language contains frequent errors, some of which obscure meaning. A very feeble attempt at the task, presenting very little relevant information. Language used is extremely limited and/or seriously distorted. No attempt at the task: EITHER Irrelevant (Not related to the topic/ information provided) OR Just copied from the Q-paper OR Hardly any writing at all, or not written in English OR Complete nonsense OR: WRITING 1 (5 mks) ( Describe & Comment option < Picture) 5 4 3 2 1 0 Description and comment are clear and obviously appropriate to the picture. The language used shows only a few minor inaccuracies. Description and comment are generally clear and appropriate. There are some noticeable language errors. Task is attempted, but description and comment are not entirely clear or appropriate. There are several serious language errors. Task is only attempted partially or in a very limited way. There are frequent serious errors, sometimes obscuring meaning. A very unsatisfactory attempt at the task: much too short, very unclear or of little relevance. The language used is extremely limited and/or very distorted. No attempt at the task: EITHER Irrelevant (Completely unrelated to the picture) OR Hardly any writing at all, or not written in English OR Complete nonsense Note: The key words in the task instructions are describe and comment. Both of these elements should be present if the student is to receive a good mark (i.e. 3 or more) for this task.

Grade 10, Basic, Sem. 2, 2013/14, 1 st Session: Marking Guide page 5 of 5 WRITING 2 (10 mks) 10 Impact on intended reader is very positive. Writing clearly succeeds in achieving its purpose. Uses language which is appropriate to the reader and context. A fair range of grammatical structures and vocabulary, with a good level of accuracy. 8 Impact on intended reader is fairly positive. Writing has reasonable success in achieving its purpose. There are clear attempts to use language appropriate to the reader and context. Grammar and vocabulary are reasonably correct, though limited in range. 6 Impact on intended reader is mixed. Writing has partially achieved its main purpose, but: Some of the language used is inappropriate to the reader and context. There is a noticeable lack of accuracy in the use of grammar and vocabulary. 4 Impact on intended reader is rather negative. Writing only has very limited success in achieving its purpose. There is little evidence of any attempt to use appropriate language. Grammar and vocabulary contain frequent serious errors. 2 0 Impact on intended reader is very negative. Writing clearly fails to achieve its intended purpose. There is little evidence of any attempt to use appropriate language. The grammar and vocabulary used is extremely limited and/or seriously distorted. No attempt at the task: EITHER Irrelevant (Completely unrelated to the task/ instructions) OR Just copied from the Q-paper OR Hardly any writing at all, or not written in English OR Complete nonsense Note 1: The task is to write a letter/e-mail, so students must include a greeting at the start and a closing at the end. If they do not, they will lose marks. PROCEDURE: Each marker marks the content of the e-mail according to the Rating Scale then, if either the greeting or the closing are missing, deduct two marks from the content-score. Note 2: No marks should be awarded or deducted for the address. Any addresses should be ignored.

Listening 1 Doctor: Hello Ahmad. what's the matter with you? Patient: Hello doctor, I just need to do an entire physical exam. Doctor: When did you last come in for a physical exam? Patient: I had my last physical two years ago. Doctor: Have you had any other exams recently? Blood work, an EKG or an ultra-sound? Patient: Well, I had a few X-rays at the dentist's. Doctor: How have you been feeling in general? Patient: Pretty well. No complaints, really. Doctor: Could you roll up your left sleeve? I'd like to take your blood pressure. Patient: Certainly. Doctor: 120 over 80. That's fine. You don't seem to be overweight, that's good. Do you exercise regularly? Patient: No, not really. If I run up a flight of stairs, it takes me a while to get my breath back. I need to get out more. Doctor: That would be a good idea. How about your diet? Patient: I think I eat a pretty balanced diet. You know, I'll have a hamburger from time to time, but generally I have well-balanced meals. Doctor: That's good. Now, I'm going to listen to your heart. Patient: Ooh, that's cold! Doctor: Don't worry it's just my stethoscope. Now, breathe in and hold your breath. Please pull up your shirt, and breathe deeply... Everything sounds good. Let's take a look at your throat. Please open wide and say 'ah'. Patient: 'ah' Doctor: OK. Everything looks ship shape. I'm going to order some blood work and that's about it. Take this slip to the front desk and they'll arrange an appointment for the tests. Patient: Thank you doctor. Have a nice day

Listening 2 The Alaska pipeline starts at the frozen edge of the Arctic Ocean. It stretches southward ending at a remote ice-free seaport village nearly 800 miles from where it begins. It is huge in size and extremely complicated to operate. The steel pipe crosses plains and miles of mountains and under hundreds of rivers and streams. Up to 84 million gallons of crude oil can be pumped through it daily. Resting on H-shaped steel racks called "bents," long sections of the pipeline follow a zigzag course high above the frozen earth. Other long sections drop out of sight under spongy or rocky ground and return to the surface later on. One of the largest in the world, the pipeline cost approximately $8 billion and is by far the biggest and most expensive construction project ever undertaken by private industry. In fact 8 major oil companies formed a group in order to share the cost.. Today, despite enormous problems of climate, supply shortages, equipment breakdowns and labor disagreements, the Alaska pipeline has been completed and is operating.

Listening 3 1.Well, yes. I've been having some gum pain recently and one tooth is aching. Actually, I filled two cavities last time and I had plaque. 2.I need to get a loan to build a house. If it's possible to get it next week. 3.I didn't see the criminal but my neighbor said that he was wearing a green coat and a huge brown hat. He ran away in a white car. 4.I liked your last show. It was really funny and you received positive review for your performance.