I.

READING COMPREHENSION

Read the article and answer the questions that follow by circling
the correct answer.
(10PTs)

Shark photobombs 10-year-old surfer's big wave

moment in Australia

By Joshua Berlinger, CNN

27, January 2017

10-year-old Eden Hasson, Chris Hasson's son, surfs near what

is believed to be a
great white shark at
Samurai Beach, Port
Stephens, Australia.
Chris and some others
were on the beach. As he
was taking pictures, he
saw something out of the
corner of his eye as his son
was about to ride a wave.
A shark appeared lurking
beneath the wave, a moment Chris caught on camera.
Chris then took a series of shots, and when he went back to look at
them, sure enough he saw the shark.
"I was very concerned," he said, so he called to his son and the other
surfers to come ashore. Then he showed them the shot, which they
loved.
"It was a chance encounter, a one in a million photo," Chris said.
"Everyone was high-fiving after they saw the photo," Chris said. Eden
even responded with a joke: "Lucky I didn't fall off."
Afterwards, the experts said that it was likely a white shark about 2.5
meters (a little more than 8 feet) long. They further commented that
encounters like these aren't as rare as one would think; people in the
ocean are often "blissfully unaware" of how close they are to big
sharks.
Most sharks will shy away from human contact, said Mike Bennett, a
professor at the University of Queensland. He was surprised a shark of
that size would be that far north, as most are farther south this time of
year. He also added that there's a small chance it could be a dolphin, a
species known to play in waves.

1. Eden was lying on the beach while his father was taking pictures.

True False
Not given

2. When Chris started to take multiple shots, the shark suddenly

appeared below
the water surface.

T F
NG

3. Eden and other surfers were very concerned when they saw the
photo.

T F
NG

4. Encounters like this are very rare and people in the ocean exactly
know how
close they are to big sharks.

T F
NG
5. Professor Bennett did not expect a shark of that size to be found so
far north
at this time of year.

T F
NG

II. GRAMMAR AND WRITING

1. Complete the dialog below by putting the verbs in brackets into

the Present
Perfect Simple or Present Perfect Continuous.
(15 PTs)

Robin: I think the waiter (forget) has forgotten us. We (wait)

_____________________

______________ here for over half an hour and nobody

(take)_________________________

our order yet.

Michele: I think youre right. He (walk) _____________________________

by us at least

twenty times. He probably thinks we (order, already)

_______________________________.

Robin: Look at the couple over there, they (be,

only)_________________________________

for five or ten minutes and they already have their food.

Michele: He must realize we (order, not)

____________________________ yet! We (sit)

__________________________________ here for over half an hour staring

at him.
 Robin: I dont know if he (notice, even)____________________________
us. He (run)

______________________________________ from table to table and

serving food.

Michele: Thats true, and he (look, not) __________________________ in

our direction

once.

2. Match the verbs on the left with the appropriate words on the right. (5 PTs)

TAKE a favour

MAKE a picture

DO a fortune

TAKE up ones mind

GET a long time

MAKE on well

3. Change the following sentences into the passive by filling in

the gaps.

(10 PTs)
1) They promised us higher wages.
Higher wages were promised to us.
2) Dior designed her suit.
_Her suit_____________________________________________.
3) Nobody has seen him at the bank lately.
_He___________________________________at the bank lately.
4) Can anyone do anything about global warming?
_Can

anything_____________________________________________________?
5) People can reserve seats from Monday to Friday.
_Seats________________________________________from Monday to

Friday.
6) Thieves are stealing many bikes these days.
 Many
bikes_____________________________________________________________
____.

4. Rewrite the sentences using the adjectives in brackets. Be sure

to write
them in the correct order.
(8PTs)

1. My aunt wants a coffee table. (stone, square, gray)

My aunt wants a square, gray, stone coffee table.

2. The king took a trip. (2-week, exhausting)

_______________________________________________________________________
________________

3. Archaeologists get very excited when they find bones. (animal,

large,
prehistoric)

_______________________________________________________________________
__________________

4. These are cookies! (chocolate chip, delicious, huge)

_______________________________________________________________________
__________________

5. Alice prefers furniture. (leather, Italian, black)

_______________________________________________________________________
__________________

4. Describe your best friend in a paragraph (write at least six

sentences). You may include:
(18 PTs)

how she or he looks like

what characteristics of your best friend you like the most
how your best friend acts when you are doing something wrong

or whatever else you think is worth mentioning related to your

best friend.