USA english test

……………. High School
TEST NUMBER…………
End of term test

Teacher :
Name :………………………………….
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Date :……………………………

Signature :

Mark :……/20……../30


The text
1. After helping their young son battle a rare genetic disorder, Karen and Adam Owen were used to spending days and weeks in hospitals and caring for a special needs child.When their son Gavin lost his battle to mitochrondrial disease at the age of four, the deeply religious couple mourned their loss but saw themselves as following God`s plan.
2. They still had their older daughter Madison who was healthy and loving, but they wanted to put the skills that they had developed through years of raising a disable child to good use.They started the adoption process, and unlike many people, they specifically requested that they be given children with disabilities.  
3. Nearly a year after Gavin died, the family adopted Angela, a then-one-year-old who had a genetic disorder that prevented her from speaking as well as crippling cerebral palsy. When they first met Angela, she was living in a foster home about an hour from their Pennsylvania house, and Karen and Adam would take her to a mall in between the two homes during their time to bond with her.`I remember walking around the store with Angela in her stroller and Adam and I looking at each other wondering if she was ok,` Karen writes on her blog, ..`Angela got so constantly steamed up that it appeared as if she was having one long seizure ; it was so intense.  It was hard to get a response from her, and if you did, it often involved some type of failing movements and she certainly didn`t look at you.Now, Angela is smiling, giggling, and beginning to communicate using an iPad- all the things that had been impossible when the Owens` began the adoption process.
4. They have made similar progress with their youngest child Jayden, a little boy who came into their lives when he had many broken bones after suffering Shaken Baby Syndrome.Karen told that one of their biggest achievements had been teaching Jayden themeaning of the constant and unconditional love of a mother and father, since that is not something he experienced having been raised in foster homes where the staff always came and went based on the shift schedule.

  The Daily Mail,December 2012

COMPREHENSION QUESTIONS (12 marks)
Tick the most appropriate alternative.(1 m)
The text is telling a heartwarming story about parents who adopted:
a)three disabled children.
b)four disabled children.
c) two disabled children.
2) Identify the following:(3 m)
Angela:………………………………………………………………………………
Jayden:………………………………………………………………………………
Madison:……………………………………………………………………………..

Answer the following questions. (2 m)
Why did Karen and Adam decide to adopt disabled children?
………………………………………………………………………………………………
What is Jayden’s health problem?
………………………………………………………………………………………………
For each of the following statements, pick out one detail from the text showing that it is false. (2 m)

Jayden was raised by a careless mother.
“………………………………………………………………………………………………”
Now, Angela can communicate with Karen and Adam with gestures.
“………………………………………………………………………………………………”
Find words meaning nearly the same as the following. (2 m)

A sudden attack of an illness, especially one that affects the brain. ( p.3):…………….
All the workers employed in an organization considered as a group.(p.4):……………..

What do the words underlined in the text refer to? (1 m)
Two homes (p. 3) :……………………………………………………………
Explain in your own words the following phrase: (1 m)
“…but saw themselves as following God’s plan.” (p.1)
………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………

LANGUAGE (6 marks)

1.Choose six words from the box to fill in the gaps in the following passage. (3m)
truth - may - social - whether-experience - longer-as - available - donate


Caring for someone can be challenging, both emotionally and physically. It can also be a rewarding…………………. However, from time to time, carers ………………..need some extra help and support. This could include counselling or respite services for the person you care for – which would allow you to take a break. Respite care can also give the person you care for variety and extra ………………opportunities.You might not think of yourself as a carer. In……………….., many carers see themselves as family members who look after persons they love, not as carers. This means that you may not think of asking for help. There are a wide range of services ………………..to help you in your caring role. Whatever the service, ……………….it’s short-term respite or counselling, it is designed to lend you the support and assistance you need.

2. Put the bracketed words in the right tense or form. (3 m)
I am studying law in London now, and at the end of last term, I packedmy suitcase as usual and went to King’s Cross station [catch]…………………the train home. I