Gozo College Boys Secondary Victoria - Gozo, Malta Ninu Cremona Half Yearly Examination 2011 2012 Form 4 Track 1 English Listening Comprehension 15 mins. Types of Animals in the British Isles The types of animals in the British Isles are, in general, similar to those found in other parts of north-western Europe. Some mammals, including the wolf, bear, boar and reindeer, have become extinct. Mammals that survive in the wild include the red deer, roe deer, fallow deer, badger, fox, otter and the common and grey seals. Smaller mammals include the mouse, rat, vole, shrew, hedgehog, mole squirrel, hare, rabbit, coypu, weasel and stoat. There are 430 species of birds, some 230 of which are resident, the rest being regular visitors. Reptiles and amphibians are few and include snakes, frogs and toads. River and lake fish include salmon, trout, sea-trout, perch, roach, dace, grayling and pike. There are more than 21,000 different kinds of insects in the British Isles. TEACHER S COPY
Gozo College Boys Secondary Victoria - Gozo, Malta Ninu Cremona Half Yearly Examination 2011 2012 Form 4 Track 1 English Listening Comprehension 15 mins. Name A. Fill in the blanks with the right answer. (2 marks) a. and are amphibians as they live both on land and in water. b. A is a mammal while a is a reptile. B. Underline the correct numbers. (2 marks) (350, 265, 430) species of birds and more than (35,000, 21,000, 16,000) different kinds of insects can be found in the British Isles. C. Tick correctly in the True or False box :- (6 marks) The following animals have become extinct and do not live any more in the British Isles: T F T F 1. reindeer 7. hedgehog 2. fox 8. wolf 3. weasel 9. stoat 4. mole 10. otter 5. boar 11. bear 6. badger 12. squirrel
Gozo College Boys Secondary Victoria - Gozo, Malta Ninu Cremona Half Yearly Examination 2011 2012 Form 4 Track 2 English Time: 2 Hours Name: Class: A. Fill in the blanks with a suitable preposition. The first one (0) has been worked out for you. (10 marks) The Wart had a round pasty face, and eyes that slithered around when he spoke to people. His hair was Brylcreemed, bunchy _at_ the back. He used to wear a bluish tweed sports coat, two slits behind, and dirty, fawn-coloured flannel trousers very broad the bottom and trailing his down-at-heel shoes. Everything him looked rather scruffy. Everyone called him the Wart because he had a huge wart his right cheek whiskers growing out it. He and Johnny Sharp were always together. The Wart had lived Otterbury all his life; but Johnny Sharp only turned up there towards the end the war. They d evaded war service because weak hearts or something. B. Fill in each of the blank spaces with the correct form of the verb within brackets. The first one has been worked out for you. (10 marks) Gos (0) cocked (cock) his head to one side and (1) (stare) at the water. Odd he (2) (be, say) to himself, probably dangerous, but yet I (3) (like) it. What (4) (be) it? He (5) (put) in his beak, (6) (lean) forward with every precaution, to (7) (see) what it (8) (taste) of. It (9) (do not, taste) of anything, so he (10) (put) in his beak again. 1
C. Comprehension. (30 marks) Read this passage carefully and answer the questions that follow. The Black Searchlight Troops of the second British army under Field-Marshal Montgomery were about to attack a German force hiding in a wood, when out from the trees came a lieutenant in the black uniform of the S.S. and carrying a white flag. To a British colonel he told a strange story. In the wood he said, under the command of Major Graf von Werthern-Beichlingen was an armoured squadron unlike any other in the world. Its vehicles were fitted with a black searchlight a most remarkable German invention, with which it was possible to see at night without being seen. This squadron, the lieutenant claimed, had destroyed 67 Russian tanks in one night on the Eastern front. His commanding officer was willing to hand over the equipment intact on condition that the squadron should be taken to England as a unit to teach the British army how to use the new weapon. Since the alternative was the complete destruction of the unique equipment, this condition was accepted. That same night the entire squadron surrendered and later in May was shipped to Britain. In night manoeuvres on Salisbury Plain, Major von Werthern-Beichlingen proved that his claims were not exaggerated. Pivotal vehicle of his squadron was a half-tracked armoured wagon carrying a black searchlight about a metre across. It was called the Uhu which is German for owl the bird that can see in the night. This searchlight sends out a beam of rays called infra-red rays which are invisible to the naked eye but when seen through a special telescope light up a strip of blacked-out country so vividly that twigs on trees can be picked out 750m away. Such a telescope is fitted to the Uhu. Besides being sensitive to the rays of the black searchlight, it magnifies the image by nine times. Through it the commander watches, quite unseen, for the enemy. All the time he is in radio communication with tanks which, fitted with telescopes sensitive to infra-red rays, are following down the beam made by the UHU s black searchlight. When targets are seen the tanks can manoeuvre to killing position and open fire. 2
1. Tick ( ) the correct answers. (2 marks) i. In German the word Uhu means ( ) a. dog. ( ) b. owl. ( ) c. predator. ii. In times of war a white flag is a sign of ( ) a. fighting. ( ) b. truce. ( ) c. surrender. 2. Where was the German force hiding? (2 marks) 3. Whom did the man with the white flag represent? (2 marks) 4. What novelty had the Germans invented? (3 marks) 5. How many Russian tanks had the German squadron destroyed in a single night? (2 marks) 6. On what condition were the Germans ready to surrender? (3 marks) 7. When was the German squadron shipped to England? (2 marks) 3
8. Say whether the following statements are True [T] or False [F]. Quote the sentence which tells you so. (6 marks) i. Major von Werthern-Beichlingen s claims were completely false. [ ] ii. One could only see the image by looking through a special kind of telescope. [ ] iii. The black searchlight did not in any way magnify the image. [ ] 9. Imagine you are in command of a tank equipped with Uhu during a battle. What orders would you receive from your commander and what orders would you give to your own tank s crew. Do not write more than 30 words. (8 marks) WHEN NECESSARY YOU MAY WRITE ON THE PAPER PROVIDED 4
F. Composition. (30 marks) Write between 150 and 200 words on ONE of the following : 1. Start your composition with: It was extremely dark inside and 2. An Unfortunate Traffic Accident 3. Clerk (at Post-Office counter): Yes, who s next, please! Customer (next in queue): I need some stamps, but I also have this bill to pay Continue this conversation. 4. You are describing an interesting website to a friend: give as many details as you can in order to convince him/her to visit this particular site. 5