Handicapped Children

Read the following passage then answer the questions:

Some children have difficulties with their bones or their muscles. They
may not be able to walk or talk or write in the same way as other children.
These children are physically handicapped. But with some help they can go to
school and study the same subjects as their friends and take the same
examinations.
Other children may not be physically handicapped but may have difficulties in
thinking and reasoning. These children are mentally handicapped. With these
children two things are important:
Firstly their family has to accept that the child has a handicap and
secondly society has to agree that these children need special schools. In these
schools the children can be taught how to live their own lives; this is called
learning social skills. They learn how to do simple things like find their own
clothes, dress themselves, hold a paintbrush. The lessons are not like those in
other schools. Students may make a shop as part of a lesson in order to learn
about money and how to count. Many parents think that after a few years their
child will get better. The problem is that a physical or mental handicap is not
like an illness from which it is possible to recover. If these children can learn to
look after themselves and live at ease with other people, the school and the
teacher will be successful.
A) Answer the following questions:
1- What kind of activities may physically handicapped children have difficulties
with?
2- What are the two important things when arranging the education of
handicapped children?
3- Why should there be special schools for such children?
4- Find words which mean:
a) in relation to the body. b) to get well
B) Choose the correct answer from a, b, c or d:
5- It is .............. to recover from a physical or mental handicap.
a) possible b) impossible c) probable d) easy
6- A teacher in a special school can say that he or she has been successful
when the handicapped children can.................
a) look after themselves only b) dress themselves only

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c) live at ease only d) look after themselves, and live at ease with
other people.
7-The underlined word refers to ............................
a) friends b) people c) handicapped children d)
teachers
Plane Danger
Read the following passage then answer the questions below:
As the plane circled over the airport, everyone sensed that something was
wrong. The plane was moving unsteadily through the air, and although the
passengers had fastened their seat belts, they were suddenly thrown forward.
At the moment, the airhostess appeared.
Speaking quickly but almost in a whisper, she informed everyone that the
pilot had fainted and asked if any of the passengers knew anything about
machines-or at least how to drive a car. After a moment of hesitation, a man got
up and followed the hostess into the pilot’s cabin. Moving the pilot aside, the
man took his seat and listened carefully to the urgent instructions that were
being sent by radio from the airport below.
The plane was now dangerously close the ground, but to everyone’s
relief, it soon began to climb. The man had to circle the airport several times in
order to become familiar with the controls. But the danger had not yet passed.
The terrible moment came when he had to land. Following instructions, the man
guided the plane towards the airfield. It shook violently as it touched the ground
and then moved rapidly across the field, but after a long run it stopped safely.
Outside, a crowd of people who had been watching anxiously, rushed forward to
congratulate the ‘pilot’ on a perfect landing.
A) Choose the utterance that best completes the meaning of each
sentence:
1- The passenger moved the pilot aside because.............
a) he wanted to listen to the instruction;
b) the air-hostess didn’t understand the instructions;
c) the pilot had asked for help;
d) the passengers sensed danger.
2- The air-hostess asked if any of the passengers...............
a) knew how to fly a plane; b) knew how to drive a
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 c) knew how to repair machines; d) had fainted.
3- The danger passed when------------------
a) the pilot was awake; b) the passengers fastened their
seat belts;
c) the plane landed safely; d) the crowd congratulated the pilot.
4. The man guided the plane towards --------------
a) the tunnel; b) the garage;
c) the airfield; d) the military airport

B) Tick (√ ) true or ( X ) false next to each of the following sentences :

1- The plane moved unsteadily through the air. ( )
2- The man got up and followed the hostess into the pilot’s cabin. ( )
3- The air-hostess whispered to the man about the danger. ( )
C) Answer the following questions with reference to the passage:
1. Why did the man have to circle the airport several times?
2. What was the crowd outside doing?
3. How did the man listen to the urgent instruction on board of the plane?
Communication
Read the first passage then answer the questions below:
When we think of communication, we normally think of using words, talking
face to face, writing messages and so on. In fact, we communicate far more in
other ways. Our eyes and facial expressions usually tell the truth even when our
words do not. Then there are gestures and "body-language". Even the way we
dress and the colours we wear communicate things to others. So, do animals
communicate? Not in words, although a parrot might be trained to repeat words
which it doesn't understand .But, as we have learnt, there is more to
communicate than words.
Take dogs for example. They bare their teeth to warn, move their tails to
welcome and stand firm to attack enemies. These signals are surely the same
as the human body –language of facial expressions and gestures. Colour can be
an important means of communications for animals. Many birds and fish change
colour, for example, butterflies and lizards attract partners during the mating
season by changing their colours. Bees use dancing to communicate .With body
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discovered food source. In many ways, body-language says far more than word
communication ever can.
A) From a, b, c, and d choose the most suitable answer:
1- The passage is about how……………….
a- animals change their colour. b- human beings and animals
communicate
c- parrots repeat words. d- animal communicate
2- The word "attack" in the second paragraph, line ( 9 ) means …
a- think b-discover c- fight d- talk
B) Read and decide whether these statements are true or false:
1. Human beings are the only ones that have means of communication. (
)
2. Colours are very effective in the communication of animals. ( )
C) Answer the following questions:
1. Why do some birds change their colours?
2. How do people communicate?
D) Complete the following sentences with reference to the passage:
1. Dogs can welcome people by ………………………………..
2. Parrots are trained to repeat words without ……………………………

The Clever Officer

Read the following passage then answer the questions
Three young men were playing with a gun in a street in a quiet area of the
town when one of them fired it by mistake without aiming at anything. The
bullet broke a window in an old lady’s house.
He and his friends ran away, but the shot had made the old lady look out
of the window and she recognized one of them who lived not far from her. She
phoned the police and the detective came to her house after a long way drive.
She told him about the shot, and she also told him where the young man lived.
The detective found all the young men, and took them and the gun to his chief
officer. The owner of the gun did not have a license so he refused to say it was
his. But the chief officer discovered the owner in a clever way. He ordered the
detective to give the gun back to its owner .The detective held the gun out and
said, “Here you are”, and one of the three young men put his hand out in order

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to get his gun back. That is how the chief officer finally discovered the gun’s
owner.
A) Read the story, and circle the right answer:
1- There were ……………. young men playing in the street.
a- more than three b- less than three c- only three
2- The young men ………… to break the window.
a- wanted b- meant c- didn’t mean
3- What broke the old lady’s window was ………….
a- a bullet b- a stone c- some fire
4- The old lady knew …………… of the young men.
a- none b- one c- all
5- The young man lived …………………. .
a- near the police station b- near the old lady’s house c-
outside the town
6- The detective took the young men to ……………..
a- their parents b- the old lady c- his chief officer
B) Give short answers
1- What did the detective take with him to the police station?
2- What didn’t the gun owner have?
3- Who discovered him?
4- What did the gun owner do to get his gun back?
A Scary Movie
Read the following passage then answer the questions:
Many programmes and movies are very realistic nowadays. The viewers
often feel that what happened in the movie will happen to them. Tom had
watched a scary film at his friend’s house. The film was about a young girl that
had been followed and murdered. It was so realistic that he felt a little
frightened walking to the station. There were many people travelling so he felt
much safer.
When he looked around he saw a man, reading a news paper, glanced at
him. Yet after a short time the man stared Tom. Remembering the movie, he
felt so uncomfortable so he got out of the train and went to the bus stop. The
surprise was that the strange man also got on the same bus. Tom was
convinced that the man was following him. The bus reached its station and
Tom got off the bus but the streets were almost empty at that time of the night.

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He walked as quickly as possible. He could hear footsteps following him but he
didn’t dare to look. After what seems to be hours, he reached the front door.
Tom felt for his keys but was unable to find them because he was so frightened.
The footsteps stopped behind him and he felt a hand on his shoulder and a
pleasant voice: “I apologize if I frightened you. I’m your neighbour. I thought I
recognize you in the train, but I wasn’t sure”.” I wanted to say hello”.
A) Choose the correct answer from a, b, c or d:
1. Tom was afraid while walking to the station because _______________________
a: he likes watching movies. b: He was a spy.
c: he was followed. d: he has seen a scary movie
2. The word convinced in line ( 9 ) means ___________________
a: To ensure somebody . b: I’m talented
c: I’m sure d: I killed the young girl.
3. In line (2) them refers to ______________
a: the viewers b: the movies
c: the programmes d: the people

B) Say whether the following statements are true or false:

1. Watching realistic films has an effect on people’s psychology. ( )
2. Tom couldn’t find his keys because his neighbor took them. ( )
C) Answer the following questions:
1. What was the scary movie about?
2. The end of the story wasn’t expected. Explain
D) Complete the following sentences:
1- When Tom felt so uncomfortable ………………………………………………..
2- The man in the station was ………………………………………………………...
3- Tom felt much safer in the station ……………………………………………….
Smoking
Read the following passage and answer the questions:
Smoking became common hundreds of ago. At that time people did not
know that smoking habit could harm their health. Today, however, people have
a lot of information about the harmful effects of smoking. They already know
that smoking can increase the heartbeat. It can produce a bad cough and make
breathing difficult. Smoking destroys vitamins in the body. It even harms people
who breathe in the smoke from another person’s cigarettes – passive smokers.

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Answer the following questions:
1- When were people unaware of the harmful effects of smoking?
2- What do we call people who breathe in the smoke from other people’s
cigarettes?
3- What can smoking produce?
4- How can smoking affect the heartbeat?
5- What does "They" in line three refer to?
6- Find words or expression in the passage which mean:
a – something you regularly do ……………..
b – air pushed out of throat with a sudden sound ……………..
c – the opposite of "reduce" ………………….
d – known for all , familiar ………………..
e – inhale ………….