Learning is a treasure that will follow its owner everywhere.

Mr. Jones woke early one morning, before the sun had risen. It was a beautiful morning, so he went to the window and looked out. He was surprised to see a neatly dressed, middle-aged professor, who worked in the university just up the road from Mr. Jones’s house, coming from the direction of the town. He had grey hair and thick glasses, and was carrying an umbrella, a morning newspaper and a bag.

Mr. Jones thought that he must have arrived by the night train and decided to walk to the university instead of taking a taxi. Mr. Jones had a big tree in his garden, and the children had tied a long rope to one of its branches, so that they could swing on it.

Mr. Jones was surprised to see the professor stop when he saw the rope, and look carefully up and down the road. When he saw that there was nobody in sight, he stepped into the garden (there was no fence), put his umbrella, newspaper, bag and hat neatly on the grass and took hold of the rope. He pulled it hard to see whether it was strong enough to take his weight, then ran as fast as he could and swung into the air on the end of the rope, his grey hair blowing all around his face. Backwards and forwards he swung, occasionally taking a few more running steps on the grass when the rope began to swing too slowly for him.

At last the professor stopped, straightened his tie, combed his hair carefully, put on his hat, picked up his umbrella, newspaper and bag, and continued on his way to the university, looking as quiet and correct and respectable as one would expect a professor to be.

I. Reading comprehension: (08pts)

A) Multiple choices (03pts)

1. The university was

a. near Mr. Jones’s house.

b. far from Mr. Jones’s house.

c. next to Mr. Jones’s house.

2. The professor stopped by the rope because

a. he thought that it was dangerous for the children.

b. he wanted to untie it from the tree.

c. he wanted to play with it.

3. The professor pulled the rope because he wanted to check that

a. it was safely tied to the tree.

b. it could hold him before swinging on it.

c. he was sure he would break it.

B) True or false statements: say whether the following sentences are true or false. Justify by quoting from the text. (03pts)

1. When Mr. Jones woke up, it was still dark:

…………………………………………………………………………………………………

2. Mr. Jones’s garden was protected by a fence:

…………………………………………………………………………………………………

3. The professor was carrying an umbrella because it was raining:

…………………………………………………………………………………………………

C) Vocabulary in context (01pt)

Match the words with their synonyms

1) Neatly:                                                       a) If

2) A rope:                                                      b) Tidy

3) In sight:                                                     c) Cord

4) Whether:                                                    d) that can be seen

                                                                       e) Nearly

D) Referencing: what does this word refer to in the text? (01pt)

a) He (was….) ………………………

b) He (had….) ………………………

II. Linguistic competence: (07pts)

A/ Complete the conversation with suitable pronouns. (02pts)

A: Students do not respect ……………. Professors, and the professor……………… never react at this situation.

B: Yes, my friend ………….. are absolutely right.

A: Well, what is the solution now?

B: I think teachers are very kind and …………… will forgive our wrong behaviors.

B/ Feel in the gaps in the following dialogue with the appropriate questions, answers and tags. (02pts)

BABA: I think Ali’s father is a Doctor, …………………….?

LUC: No, he ………………., he is professor.

BABA: And …………………………………(you/say) that?

LUC: Because I see him every morning when he goes to school.

BABA: ……………………….. (he/live) next to yours?

LUC: Yes, he does.

C/ Put the verbs in the following passage into the right tense (03 pts)

A student said: “before teachers (be) …………… well respected but now they (be) ………… no longer respected. And this phenomenon (start) ……………………….. since the  teachers were transformed into public enemies”.

III. Essay writing (05pts) choose one topic and deal with it.(max.10 lines)

Topic1: Do professors and teachers always behave as people expect them to do?

Topic2: two friends are discussing about what a teacher must do and what he must not do. Imagine and write their conversation.