Name: _______________________

Grade: XII____

TERM PAPER 1
1 point granted
I. Read the article and choose the best answer:

Something strage falls from the sky

Mikayla Shears was riding her horse across the fields at the farm where she and her parents live
in Australia last November, when she saw something very strange on the ground. ‘at first I was afraid
to touch it!’, she said. ‘ I thought something may jump out of t!’. It was a 22 kilo ball of lots of
different metal parts.
Mikayla called her dad and he came in a truck and drove back to the farmhouse. People don’t
drive hundreds of miles across the dessert area to leave a metal ball in the middle of a field. ‘It dropped
from above!’, he said. ‘ I am sure of it!’
Mikayla’s father emailed a photo of the ball to the Planet Museum. He was told that the ball
was possibly part of a rocket. Two days earlier a rocket was used to fly an American satellite into
space to study the sun. Most of it fell into the sea after the satellite was safely in space, but maybe this
part didn’t. ‘I know a lot about cows and sheep’, Mikayla said, ‘ but I don’t know anything about
rockets. I want to find out more about them now. Perhaps I’ll be an astronaut one day’.

1. Mikayla lives on a farm in Australia.

A. Right B. Wrong C. Doesn’t say
2. Mikayla saw something that looked very unusual in the field.
A. Right B. Wrong C. Doesn’t say
3. When Mikayla touched the ball, another piece of it dropped off.
A. Right B. Wrong C. Doesn’t say
4. Mikayla drove to collect the metal ball in her father’s truck.
A. Right B. Wrong C. Doesn’t say
5. Mikayla’s dad was certain that the ball fell from the sky.
A. Right B. Wrong C. Doesn’t say
6. An american from the Planet Museum emailed Mikayla.
A. Right B. Wrong C. Doesn’t say
7. We know that the metal ball came from another planet in space.
A. Right B. Wrong C. Doesn’t say
8. Mikayla is thinking of being an astronaut in the future.
A. Right B. Wrong C. Doesn’t say (8 x 0,25 = 2 p)

II. Read the text and answer the questions:

Working in Fashion Design
I’m James Wilson and I’m the Head of Fashion Design at City College. I’ve had good jobs and
bad in the fashion industry. I’ve worked for big companies and had my own company designing for
individual customers. I first did a Fine Arts degree then moved into fashion and now I’m a teacher, so
I’m well qualified to advise students when they ask me how to get started in a career in fashion. I tell
them that first they need to find out if it really is the job for them.
Going to your local shopping mall is a great place to start. Find the person who organises the
fashion shows that advertise the clothing stores in the mall and let them know that you’re interested in
helping out at the next one.
To get a wider picture of the business, speak to someone who makes and sells their own
designs. Te’ll show you the less public side of the business. They might be busy but don’t let them stop
you. Find things out! How many hours do they work? How did they learn to nmake clothes? Wht’s the
toughest part of their job?
One of my students, Alex, works for Toki, a sucessful designer. Has he done the first thing by
going to work for someone else rather than starting his own company?’Working for Toki has added to
what I learned in college’, Alex explained. ‘It’s great! Even though the hours are long I can learn from
other people’s mistakes. I’ve learned about tiny but very important points – like the fact you can’t just
design what you want - you need to listen to your customers.’

1. What is the writer to do with this text?

a. recommend fashion companies to work for
b. suggest going to college to learn fashion design
c. describe how he succeeded as a fashion designer
d. explain how to discover if fashion design is for you

2. The writer suggests going to your local shopping mall to

a. find a job in a fashion store
b. see what kind of fashion sells well.
c. ask to be involved in any fashion shows.
d. meet others who are interested in studying fashion.

3. Why is it useful to talk to someone who makes and sells their own clothes?
a. You can ask them lots of questions.
b. They can introduce you to designers.
c. They can teach you how to make clothes.
d. You can show them some of your own designs.

4. How does Alex feel about working for another designer?

a. It’s difficult when you also have schoolwork to do.
b. It’s a good way to learn the small details of fashion design.
c. It’s a mistake not to start your own fashion company straight away.
d. It’s fun because you don’t have to do the same long hours as the designer.

5. What might the writer say about his own career?

a. I’ve enjoyed every single job I’ve ever had working in fashion.
b. The only thing I regret about my fashion career is never working for a large firm.
c. I think I’ve had a wide range of experience in the fashion industry.
d. My Education degree helped when I took the college job as head of Fashion Design.
(5 x 0,80 = 4 p)

III. Speak about your favourite means of transport. Give reasons for your choice. (50 words)
(3 p)
Key answers

1 point granted

I. (8 x 0,25 = 2 p)
1. A
2. A
3. C
4. B
5. A
6. C
7. B
8. A

II. (5 x 0,80 = 4 p)
1. d
2. c
3. a
4. b
5. c

III. 1. TASK ACHIEVEMENT ………………………………………………………….… 1 point

• relevance of ideas to topic ………….…………………………………………. 0,50 p
- 0,50 points: total – partial relevance to topic
- 0,30 points: some – little relevance to topic
- 0,10– 0 points: very little – no relevance to topic
• coverage of task points …………….………………………….………………. 0,50 p
- 0,50 points: coverage of all task points – partial coverage of the task points
- 0,30 points: coverage of some task points – coverage of a few task points
- 0,10 – 0 points: coverage of few task points – coverage of no task points
2. LANGUAGE ACCURACY ……………………………………………………………… 2 points
• correct grammar structures ………………….………………………………... 0,50 p
- 0,50 points: no / very few grammar errors
- 0,30 points: many grammar errors
- 0 points: grammar errors hinder communication
• range of grammar structures ……………………………………………… … 0,50 p
- 5 points: wide range of grammar structures
- 3 points: limited range of grammar structures
- 0 points: very limited range of grammar structures
3. ORGANISATION …………………………………………………………………….… 0,50 points
- 0,50 points: very clear organisation, many linking devices
- 0,30 points: unclear organisation, few linking devices
- 0 points: total lack of organisation, total lack of linking devices
4. REGISTER AND VOCABULARY …………………………………………….……… 0,50 points
- 0,50 points: appropriate register, very varied and appropriate vocabulary
- 0,30 points: mostly appropriate register, somewhat varied and appropriate vocabulary
- 0 points: mostly inappropriate register, basic or inappropriate vocabulary