Bourguiba Pioneer School

Mid Term Paper N° 2 (2011 - 2012) 1 Level4

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(12 mks.) ­

AI Put the bracketed words/verbs in the right tense/f~rm (4 mks.)

Many pupils are hindered from achieving their potential by social, cultural health and (education)
------------------.(1) factors that restrict their opportunities to learn (effective) -------.:.------------ (2). These
factors vary in severity in different neighborhoods. But the most common causes are motivation and (behave)
------------------ (3).

As far as motivation is concemed, many pupils have low (expect) -------------------- (4) of success in
school or later life. If pupils don't learn to read fluently early in school, they (have) ------------------ (5) great
difficulty at later stages and many withdraw from learning rather than risk (be) ------------------- (6) exposed to
ridicule. From their point of view, there may seem little chance of getting qualifications or finding work where
they grow up and this (lead) ------------------ (7) to poor motivation. High levels of (employment)
------------------- (8) amongst the adult population can° reinforce this, .as can the wishes of sorne parents and
teachers.

BI FiJI in the blanks with the right words in the box below (4 msk.)

worst / whom / used up / schooling / from / recognized / classes / abilities / of / computing

In elementary school, Bill Gates surpassed aIl of his peer's ----------------- (1) in aIl subjects, especially
math and science. His parents ------------------ (2) bis intelligence and enrolled him in lakeside private school
where he was first introduced to computers. Bill Gates, Paul Allen and a few other Lakeside students, many of­
----------------- (3) were the first programmers hired at Microsoft, immediately became inseparable -----------­
(4) the computer and they would stay in the computer r?om aIl day and night to leam about ----------------- (5).
Their homework was being turned in late, if at aIl, they were skipping ------------------ (6) to be in the computer
room and -------------------- (7) of aIl, they had ------------------- (8) aIl the school' s computer time in just a few
weeks. They even altered the files that recorded the amount of computer time they were using.

CI Circle the right bracketed alternatives (4 mks.)

Technology is a broad concept that deals with man's usage and knowledge oftools and crafts, and how it
(affected / affects 1 has affected) bis ability to control and adapt (to / in 1 into) bis environment. The human
race's use of technology (begins / begun 1 beg3;n) with the conversion of natural resources into simple tools.
 Recent technological developments, (included 1 including 1 inclusive) the printing press, the telephone, and
the Internet, have lessened physical barriers to communication and allowed (humans 1 human / beings) to
interact freely on a global scale. (Unless 1 However 1 Moreover ), not aH technology has been used for
peaceful purposes; the development of weapons of ~ ever-increasing 1 increasing-ever 1 ever increased)
destructive power has progressed throughout history, from clubs to nuclear weapons. Indeed, the development
of technology is not only restricted to human beings, but (too 1 as weil 1 also) to other primates, and certain"
dolphin communities have developed simple tools and learned to pass their knowledge to other generations.

Writing: (8 mks.)

~---vouare -an-advice eolumnist-whe-receiveè-this-letter-from-a -mother -who wants ~ome-he1p aboutaproblem.-- -

Write her a reply giving sorne practical convinciJ}g tips.
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Dear columnist,

l'm the mother of a 16-year old boy, who's been a brilliant student, insists on me buying him a PS3.
The problem is that ifhe gets a PS3, his school results and sociallifé will suffer, as a result .

So I really don't know what to do. Please help me.

Dear reader,

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