English quiz 1 Name: Monday, Nov. 2, 2015 Read.Com. /20 points Grade 12(TL-SM-SV-ES) Writing /20 points 100 minutes Final grade: /20 points

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1 English quiz 1 Name: Monday, Nov. 2, 2015 Read.Com. /20 points Grade 12(TL-SM-SV-ES) Writing /20 points 100 minutes Final grade: /20 points Please submit the question sheet along with the answer sheet. Thank you! Part I: Reading comprehension Christmas truce Back somewhere in England, the fires were burning in cozy rooms; in fancy I heard laughter and the thousand melodies of reunion on Christmas Eve. [ ] Still looking and dreaming, my eyes caught a flare in the darkness. [ ] Then quite near our dug-outs, so near as to make me start and clutch my rifle, I heard a voice. There was no mistaking that voice with its guttural ring. With ears strained, I listened, and then, all down our line of trenches there came to our ears a greeting unique in war: English soldier, English soldier, a merry Christmas, a merry Christmas! Following that salute boomed the invitation from those harsh voices: Come out, English soldier; come out here to us. For some little time we were cautious, and did not even answer. Officers, fearing treachery, ordered the men to be silent. But up and down our line one heard the men answering that Christmas greeting from the enemy. How could we resist wishing each other a Merry Christmas, even though we might be at each other s throats immediately afterwards? So we kept up a running conversation with the Germans, all the while our hands ready on our rifles. Blood and peace, enmity and fraternity- war s most amazing paradox. The night wore on to dawn- a night made easier by songs from the German trenches, the pipings of piccolos and from our broad lines laughter and Christmas carols. Not a shot was fired, except for down on our right, where the French artillery were at work. [ ] Then came the invitation to fall out of the trenches and meet half way. Still cautious we hung back. Not so the others. They ran forward in little groups, with hands held up above their heads, asking us to do the same. Not for long could such an appeal be resisted- beside, was not the courage up to now all on one side? Jumping up onto the parapet, a few of us advanced to meet the on-coming Germans. Out went the hands and tightened in the grip of friendship. Christmas had made the bitterest foes friends. [ ] We gave each other cigarettes and exchanged all manner of things. We wrote our names and addresses on the field service postcards, and exchanged them for German ones. We cut the buttons off our coats and took in exchange the Imperial Arms of Germany. But the gift of gifts was Christmas pudding. The sight of it made the German s eyes grow wide with hungry wonder, Page 1 of 6

2 and at the first bite of it they were our friends for ever. Given a sufficient quantity of Christmas puddings, every German in the trenches before ours would have surrendered. [ ] As I finish this short and scrappy description of a strangely human event, we are pouring rapid fire into the German trenches, and they are returning the compliment just as fiercely. Screeching through the air above us are the shattering shells of rival batteries of artillery. So we are back once more to the ordeal of fire. Private Frederick W. Heath, North Mail, January 9 th, Transcribed by Marian Robson. 1. What type of text is this? Who is the speaker? (1mark) What is the main event? Deduce the meaning of truce (in the title). (1 mark). 3. The text falls into 6 paragraphs. Match each one with a title from this list: (1.5mks) a. The voice b. Back to war c. Thinking about home d. The meeting e. Making friends f. Talking to each other Parag.1( ) Parag.2 ( ) Parag.3 ( ) Parag.4 ( ) Parag.5 ( ) Parag.6 ( ) 4. Using the following pattern, compare the writer s life with life in England on that particular day. (1mk) In England, they....., whereas he 5. Skim the second paragraph for equivalents to the following words (in the order of the text): (2.5 mks) Bright light:. Page 2 of 6

3 Trenches:. Jump:. Hold firmly:.. Sound:.. 6. Focus on paragraphs 2-3. Are the following statements true or false? Justify by quoting from the text. (5 mks) a. The writer quickly realized that the soldier who was talking to him was German. (..) b. The writer and his close comrades welcomed the Germans from the start. (.) c. All the British soldiers who were around acted exactly the same way. (..). d. The Christmas spirit was stronger than the war. ( ) e. The soldiers only heard happy sounds that night. (.). Page 3 of 6

4 7. Find the most important sentence in paragraph 4. Justify your answer (1 mk) 8. List the exchanges that took place. (5 exchanges) (2.5 mks) Say which item was not exchanged, and explain what effect it had. (1 mk) Final paragraph: a. Find the words that mean (in the order of the text): (2.5mks) Confused: Ferociously:.. Screaming:. Bursting:.. Difficult experience: b. In what way is this paragraph different? What effect does that create? (1 mk) Page 4 of 6

5 Part II: Writing Whether LV1 or LV2, all the students have to work on the writing task Write NO more than a 100 word paragraph expressing what you think about this story. Explain and analyze ( /10 marks) Page 5 of 6

6 Réalisation de l exercice et traitement du sujet: 4 points Présentation inacceptable Écriture illisible Consignes non respectées Hors sujet Contresens (0,5 point) Recopiage du support Hors sujet partiel Sujet compris mais traitement plat et superficiel Construction vague (1-1,5-2 points) Existence d une problématique Effort de construction (2,5-3- 3,5 points) Enchaînement des idées Développement organisé Références culturelles Conviction, humour (4 points) Recevabilité linguistique: 6 points Inintelligible Lexique indigent Erreurs récurrentes de grammaire élémentaire (0,5-1- 1,5 point) Compréhension possible malgré des erreurs fréquentes Lexique limité Syntaxe peu élaborée (2-2,5-3- 3,5 points) Erreurs occasionnelles Vocabulaire adapté Syntaxe adéquate (4-4,5-5 points) Erreurs rares Vocabulaire riche Syntaxe élaborée Capacité à nuancer (5,5-6 points) Good Luck Page 6 of 6

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there was an order: we were to march to another quay, where the troopship lay. English exam 1(LV1) Name: Thursday, Dec. 10, 2015 Read.Com./voc. /20 points Grade 12(TSM- TSV-TES-TL) Writing /20 points 180 minutes Final grade: /20 points Part I Remembering the war Text 1 Commemorating