Escola E. B.

2, 3 de Lamaes
Test of English
8th Form (level 4)
Class:8
Name:____________________________________________________________Nr:____
5Date:___________Mark:___________________Teachers signature:_____________
Read the follow ing text carefully.

Karate Kids
10Karate is a very popular sport among teenagers in Britain. Today, we go to Dagenham, in East
London, to meet British junior Karate champions Stacy McCarthy and Jonathan Mottram, both
15 years old.
People think that karate is easy, and that after one training session you can be Jean Claude Van
Damme! Its not like that at all. You must start quite young, says Stacy NcCarthy. You must
15be about six or seven if you are going to do the sport seriously. But you mustnt be too young
because there are a lot of difficult moves and young kids cant remember them.
The Karate belt system is long and difficult.Stacy and Jonathan do a style of Karate called
ishinryu. Beginners wear a white belt. After 6 months they can take a test for the next level the
yellow. They must then go through orange, green, blue, red belt and brown belts. After that the
20levels are called dans.When you get your first dan, you get a black belt.
Its a hard life. We usually come to the club three times a week to train, but when were
preparing for a championship we train every evening.
Jonathan says Were very busy with training and theres not a lot of time. But I sometimes go to
the cinema with friends.
25Their sensei, an ex-boxer called Ticky Donovan, is very proud of them. Stacy and Jonathan are
my star pupils. Theyve both got their black belts. Now they are training for their second dan.
I _ True or false? Find evidence in the text.
301. Karate isnt very popular for teenagers in Britain.
2. The first belt is white.
3. Its not easy for people to get to the black belt.
4. Both Stacy and Jonathan practice two days a week.
5. He has lots of spare time.
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I.A Link in the text the words/ expressions to their meanings.
1 _ meet
2 _ must
403_ beginners
4 _ both
5 _ sensei

a) have to
b) get to know
c) the two
d) those who are starting

I.B _ Now use the words to make new sentences.

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1 _ _______________________________________________________________________
2 _ _______________________________________________________________________
3 _ _______________________________________________________________________
4_ ________________________________________________________________________
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II _ Answer the questions about the text.

1. Who are Stacy and Jonathan?

2. Why cant you start doing karate when you are too young?
3. What belt do they both have?
4. How does Ticky feel about Stacy and Jonathan? Justify your answer.
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II . A _ Make questions for the following answer.s
1. _______________________________________________________________________?
They train at Dagenhams, in East London,
102. _________________________________________________________________________?
They shouldnt start too soon.Only when they are six or seven
3. _________________________________________________________________________?
Three times a week.
15 III. Write sentences using ago to tell when theses events took place
1 _ They participated in the National in May.
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2 _ Ticky Donovan started working with them in 2006.
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3 _ They arrived there a week before now.
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III. A _ Complete the sentences with the present simple / present continuous/ simple past or
25past continuous
1. Stacy and Jonathan usually ____________(train) three times a week, but now they _________
(train) every evening.
2. They ______________ (practise) when we __________ (get) to the dojo to interview them.
303. It really ___________(seem) quite simple but when we _______________ (try) we
(understand it wasnt.
4. While we ___________ (watch) them a new boy ________( arrived) to the dojo.
5. They ______________ (do) Kunite but they ___________(stop) because the boy ______(go)
there to be trained by them.
356. They ____________ (be) very patient and the children just ____________( love) them.
III. B _ Write sentences with can/cant/could/ couldnt.
1 . Stacey _____________ do karate when she was three but now she ________.
402 _ They _______ become world champions if they won their combats.
III.C _ Complete the sentences with the right object pronoun.
1 _ Jonathan told _______ he felt very happy to receive people at home.
452 _ When I interviewed Jonathan I asked ______ about his family.
3 _ We decided to meet Stacey in a Cafe to ask _____ some questions.

50IV _ Choose the right adjective of personality to complete the sentences.

1 _ Stacey never gives up. Shes very ...

a) brave

b) shy

c) lazy

2 _ Jonathan is conscious of his capacities. He is...

a) confident
b) bossy
c) selfish
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IV.A_ Write sentences expressing likes / dislikes.
1 _ Joe/ run (++)
102 _ Sheila / play football (-)
3 _ John / play volleyball (--)
4_ We/ swim in the sea (=)
5 _ I/ play handball (+)
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V _ Write a description of you favourite sport. (At least 80 words)

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Good Work.
Your teacher,
Maria Manuela da Silva Peixoto