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Sample questions and mark scheme
Tasks for the Summative Assessment for Term 1
READING
Task. Read the text and identify in which paragraph (A-D) the writer does these things.
1. Establishes the emotional importance of baseball for fans. Paragraph
2. The origins of baseball. Paragraph
TAKE ME OUT TO THE BALLPARK
A. Baseball is a much-loved national sport in USA. It’s also popular in the countries of South America and Japan. Europe is another matter. Not many baseball teams exist in Europe today. It is slowly changing. Since baseball is an Olympic sport, lots of countries are joining the game!
B. Going to baseball games is a way of life for many fans. They sit in the stands on hot and sunny spring and summer days, eat hot dogs or popcorn, sip cola or lemonade and enjoy the game. Adults and children alike attend games, and it’s a sport that everyone seems to love. Baseball is such a part of American life that nearly everyone’s favourite childhood memory includes a day at the ballpark.
C. Modern baseball began about 150 years ago in New York, USA and has been popular sport ever since. It has changed a little bit over the years but the basic game remains the same. Baseball is played with a bat, which is a stick of about 100 cm long, made of metal or wood, and a small hard ball. Each player wears one heavy leather glove to catch the ball. Baseball is played on a special outdoor field.
D. The game of baseball is divided into nine parts, called innings. During an inning, each of the two teams takes its turn to bat, which means trying to hit the ball that is thrown to them by the pitcher of other team. After the ball is hit, the player tries to run and touch three different bases before running to the home base. The team that is not batting tries to catch the balls that are hit, and stop the runners before they score. The team that scores the most runs by the end of the ninth inning wins.
Task. Match the headings 3-6 with the paragraphs A-D.
3. The rules of playing the game
4. The facilities
5. The changes happening to baseball
6. Part of people’s life
WRITING
Choose ONE of the topics and write.
Topic 1. Write an article to a newspaper describing the most popular hobby in Kazakhstan nowadays using appropriate grammar. Try to mention these questions:
1. What kind of hobby is very popular among younger generation in Kazakhstan?
2. Why is it important?
3. Is your own hobby different from the most popular one? How? Why?
Topic 2. Write an article to a newspaper describing the recent Sport Olympiad where Kazakhstan sportsmen participated (in country or abroad) using appropriate grammar. Try to mention these questions:
1. What is the Olympiad’s focus?
2. How did our sportsmen perform?
3. Why is it important to participate in such events?
Reading
Task 1
1. B
2. C
Task 2
3. D
4. A
5. C
6. B
Writing
Topic 1
Sociologists from one university asked Kazakhstanis what they are passionate (увлечены) about in their free time and what hobby they like, and asked to mark (отметить) one, the most preferred (предпочтительный) option (вариант) for spending their leisure time (досуг, свободное время).
Relaxing in a cafe with friends is the most popular answer of Kazakhstanis to the question about their favorite hobby. Such a pastime (времяпровождение) is defined (определять) as a hobby by 13.3% of survey participants (участники).
Rest (отдых) with friends helps us to get away from everyday problems, plunge headlong (погрузиться с головой) into the world of fun and happiness, give rest to our nerves and get many new impressions (впечатления).
I am quite an active and sociable person and, like many Kazakhstanis, I like to spend time with friends and have fun with them. I think this can also be called my almost (почти) main hobby.
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