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MATE NewsletterWinter-Spring2004,Volume24(3-4 )1 ISSN05851-609 XNewsletter of the Moroccan Association of Teachers of English ,Volume24(3-4),Winter-Spring2004 MATE Newsletter SupplementReading Comprehension TestsFor Level1of EnglishPrepared by: M. Hassim & E. FahmiRationale:Startingfromthisissue,MAT E newsletter will include a supplement thatcontains ready to use teaching andlearning materials. The idea of thesupplement stems from a real need that isexpressedbyteachers,formallyorinformal ly, for teaching and learningmaterialsthatrespondtodifferentM oroccan ELT settings and contexts. Thesupplement is also another opportunityfor teachers to exchange experiences ,itisanenrichment to the newsletter and anotherway to bring it nearer to MATE :The activities that will be included inevery supplement should be-ready-to-usematerialsthathaveprovedto besuccessfulafterimplementation-varied in content, methodology andtechnique-up-to-date, relevant and innovative-responding to Moroccan teachers andstudents-clear in their objectives, stages, andinstructions-complete and Comprehension Tests for Level1of English :The reason for choosing the topic of thecurrent supplement is two-fold.

MATE Newsletter 3 Winter-Spring 2004, Volume 24(3-4) TEST 2 Lupita's Day Hello. My name is Lupita Gonzalez. I work in a large company in Monterrey, Mexico. We make bottles and cans for soft drinks.

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1 MATE NewsletterWinter-Spring2004,Volume24(3-4 )1 ISSN05851-609 XNewsletter of the Moroccan Association of Teachers of English ,Volume24(3-4),Winter-Spring2004 MATE Newsletter SupplementReading Comprehension TestsFor Level1of EnglishPrepared by: M. Hassim & E. FahmiRationale:Startingfromthisissue,MAT E newsletter will include a supplement thatcontains ready to use teaching andlearning materials. The idea of thesupplement stems from a real need that isexpressedbyteachers,formallyorinformal ly, for teaching and learningmaterialsthatrespondtodifferentM oroccan ELT settings and contexts. Thesupplement is also another opportunityfor teachers to exchange experiences ,itisanenrichment to the newsletter and anotherway to bring it nearer to MATE :The activities that will be included inevery supplement should be-ready-to-usematerialsthathaveprovedto besuccessfulafterimplementation-varied in content, methodology andtechnique-up-to-date, relevant and innovative-responding to Moroccan teachers andstudents-clear in their objectives, stages, andinstructions-complete and Comprehension Tests for Level1of English :The reason for choosing the topic of thecurrent supplement is two-fold.

2 First, Reading is a bit problematic in ,itisevenmoreproblematic for testing :The supplement contains varied passagesthat can respond to the Moroccan ELTcontext. The passages areof differenttypes. They include: a dialogue, aninterview,apostcard,emails,anadvertise ment,abiography,articles,statistics, :The themes of the texts are:-introducing oneself daily activities school subjects house description clothes appearances holidays theweather biography celebrations cityversuscountrylife traveling entertainment education.(continued on page16)MATE NewsletterWinter-Spring2004,Volume24(3-4 )2 TEST1At the bankMr. Peter Williamson is at the bank. Hereis his interview withMr. Robson, the Manager (BM):Good morning (C):Good :Please sit :Thank :Now, one or two :Yes, of :How old are you, Mr. Williamson? :And you are Australian, aren t you?C: Yes, that s :Are you married?C:Yes, I : What s your wife s name?

3 : And your wife s age, Mr Williamson?C:Pardon?BM:How old is Mrs. Williamson?C: Oh, she s see. And is sheAustralian, too?C:No, she is British?BM: And what s her job?C:She is a :A nurse, yes. Have you got anychildren?C:Yes, three. Two boys and a :Two girls and a :No, two boys and a : Oh, yes. I m sorry. And what aretheir names?C:Nick, Sandra and :And their ages?C:Ten, eight and :I see. Now one more question, What s your job?C: I m a university :A university teacher. Right. want 80,000 to ..A. Are the following statements TRUEor FALSE?(3points) Williamson has got two boys and agirl.(..) is a teacher.(..) Williamson is Australian.(..)B. Answer the following questions fromthe text:(3points) is Mr Williamson now?.. Mrs Williamson at the bank?.. does Mr Williamson do?..C. Complete the following familytree from the text.(4points)Peter + Clara .. 35 .. Richard108 ..MATE NewsletterWinter-Spring2004,Volume24(3-4 )3 TEST2 Lupita's DayHello.

4 My name is Lupita Gonzalez. IworkinalargecompanyinMonterrey, and cans for soft drinks. Iam a secretary. I answer thetelephone and take messages. I alsouse a fax machine and a first language is Spanish butsometimes I speak English . Many ofour clients are from the He is an engineer. I startwork at8 usually drive have lunch from1:00to2 finish work at5 gohome and help my mother have dinner at9 a while. I usually go tobed at11 Are the following statements TRUEor FALSE?(4points) works in a small company.(..) is an engineer.(..) Torres is Lupita s supervisor. (..)4. Lupita doesn t watch television.(..)B. Answer the following questions fromthe text:(4points) does Lupita go to work?.. lives with Lupita?.. time does she leave her office?.. does Mr Torres do?..C. Complete the sentences from thetext?(2points) she goes to bed, .. speaks Spanish, but ..MATE NewsletterWinter-Spring2004,Volume24(3-4 )4 TEST3 Dear mom and dad,Well I want to tell you about my firstweek of classes at the University.

5 I getup at6:00every is reallyearly for me. I don't like to get up earlyyou know. I usually eat breakfast in theschool cafeteria. The food here ispretty good. I have German class everymorning at7 German class Ihave Business and Economics on Monday,Wednesday,and Friday at10 havea lot of homework in that class but Ireally like it. I also have EnglishComposition on Monday, Wednesday, andFriday. On Tuesdays and Thursdays Ihave United States campus here is really big. Aftersome problems during the first days, Inow know where all the buildings andclassrooms are. My dormitory is close soI walk to all my roommate's name is Eric. He is fromLos Angeles. We are good friends is quiet and doesn't make a lot ofnoise. Sometimes Eric and I have dinnertogether. We don't see each othermuch because our school programmesare really the evening I study. Sometimes Istudy in the library and sometimes inthe dormitory.

6 I usually go to bedaround , I sure miss me some of yourhomemade chocolatecookies? Well, I havetogo. Take ,JerryA. Are the following statementsTRUE or FALSE?(2points) lives with his parents.(..) is American.(..)B. Complete the sentences from thetext?(2points) wants his mother .. goes ..to prepare for his Answer the following questionsfrom the text:(3points) does Jerry have breakfast?.. Jerry and his roommate see each othermuch?.. Jerry s room far from the classrooms? Complete the table:(3points, pt each)SubjectsDaysGermanBusiness&Economic sEnglishCompositionUSHistoryMonday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday MATE NewsletterWinter-Spring2004,Volume24(3-4 )5 TEST4 Pedro s housePedro is from Portugal. He liveswith his parents in Lisbon in an oldhouse by the sea. The house is notbigbut he likes it very are three bedrooms upstairs;one for his parents, one for hissister and one for him.

7 Thebathroom and the living room aredownstairs. In the living room thereis a lovely fireplace. Next to theliving room is the kitchen. Thekitchen is not modern but they havea new washing the evening, all the family sit inthe living room to watch TV andhave dinner. At the back of thehouse there is a small but verybeautiful garden with differentplants and flowers. His father likesto spend his free time likes to spend most of histime at home in his bedroom. It s also his study room where he has adesk and a stereo. He loves his roombecause he can see the sea fromthe window. It s a fantastic Are the following statements TRUEor FALSE? Justify.(3points) s house is old and usually goes to the beach in hisfree Pedro likes his bedroom because it s Answer the following questions fromthe text:(3points) nationality is Pedro?.. do Pedro and his family do inthe evening?

8 Does his father do in his freetime?..C. Complete the sentences from thetext.(2points) s kitchen is .. is theliving Find in the text the opposite ofthese words:(2points) (paragraph2):.. (paragraph4):..MATE NewsletterWinter-Spring2004,Volume24(3-4 )6 TEST5 John and Barbara are at home in their newapartment. They are watching the shops fromtheir apartment s window. A clothes shop is close to their apartment. They can see theclothes and the John, John Look. There s a great clothes shop just down Oh, And there is a beautiful dress inthe window. It s so perfect for me. It s pink and just right for summer. It s on sale. Really John, I need But Barbara, your wardrobe is full How can you say that I haven t got a thing to Seriously, Barbara. Come here. Nowlook at all these Well, what aboutthem John Now look, what s wrong with this dress Barbara I can t wear it. John Why not Barbara It s too Then give it No, I can t.

9 John Why not Barbara It s one of my favourite All right, all right. What about thisdress, and this, and this, and this Barbara Well, that one s too small, and that one s too short, and that one s very old. Really, John, I m telling you I don t have a thing to wear, and the dress in theclothes shop is just How much isit Barbara Not very much, How much Come on, tell Only$ s on No. No, absolutely not. That s almost2 days can t afford to tell What What s that What s that package No. It isn t from the clothes shop. Tell me it isn t from the clothesshop. No, I can t believe it. Barbara. What s in the package It s the same dress in the shop s window. All right. Just take it back in the I can t. John Why not Barbara You can t return things on sale. John All right. All John John Where are yougoing John Where John Out!Barbara When are you coming home John I don t know!A. Circle the correct completion.

10 (4points) is acoat/ dress/ skirtin the windowof the clothes the end of the story, John iswatchingTV/ going out/ coming s pay is about$80/$74/$45a ishappy/ sorry/ nervousat the endof the Answer the following questionsfrom the text:(4points) colour is the dress in the clothesshop?2. What s wrong with Barbara s clothes?3. Why doesn t John want her to buy the dress? does Barbara have in the package? do the underlined words in thetext refer to?(2points)1. them: .. 2. it: .. MATE NewsletterWinter-Spring2004,Volume24(3-4 )7 TEST6 ReplyReply Andrew,Nice to hear from you. Replying to your email, here is some information about myfamily and me. I am from Tangier, north of Morocco. I have a sister and a brother:Leila14and am16years father is a fireman and my mother is anurse. We live in a small but nice house by the am taller than my mother and I s less than my sister who havelong black hair, brown eyes and a short nose.


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