יש לקרוא את הטקסט ולענות על השאלות באנגלית. אפשר לענות במילים שלך, אלא אם השאלה מבקשת להעתיק מהטקסט. אחר כך כותבים את החיבור בחלק C (70–90 מילים).
Read the text and answer the questions in English. Answer in your own words if the question does not ask for words from the text. Then write the composition in Part C (70–90 words).
How a high-school student turned her own problem into a free tutoring programme
Three years ago, Yael Shani was failing maths. "I was in eighth grade,
and I simply didn't understand anything," she remembers. "I felt stupid, and
I started to hate school." Her parents could not afford a private tutor.
Then a neighbour, a university student named Ido, offered to help her for
free. Every Tuesday evening they sat together at the kitchen table. By the
end of the year, Yael's grade had gone up from 48 to 85.
Last year, at sixteen, Yael decided it was time to give something back.
She asked the local library if she could use its study room twice a week,
and she put up notes at school asking for volunteers. On the first evening,
three tutors and five children came. Today the programme, called "Table
Seven" after the library table where it started, has more than forty tutors
and over a hundred pupils from grades four to nine.
The tutors are all high-school students. Many join as part of their
school's personal commitment programme. "At first I came just for the
hours," admits Amir, 16. "But when a boy I was helping got his first 100 in
English, I was as happy as he was."
It has not always been easy. Some parents worried that teenagers could
not teach properly, so Yael created a short training course for new tutors
with the help of two retired teachers. She also made one clear rule: tutors
never do homework for the children. "Our job is to explain, not to give
answers," she says.
Yael hopes to open Table Seven in two more towns. "Everyone gets stuck
sometimes," she says. "The difference is whether someone sits down next to
you."
Exercices
Part A — Understanding the text
Exercice 1
Three years ago, Yael ___. Choose the correct answer. (lines 1–3)
Voir la réponse et le corrigé
Réponse : B had problems in maths and started to hate school
Exercice 2
How did Ido help Yael, and what was the result? (lines 3–6)
Voir la réponse et le corrigé
Réponse : {{en|He helped her for free every Tuesday evening at the kitchen table. Her grade went up from 48 to 85 by the end of the year.}}
Exercice 3
Complete the sentences. (lines 7–9)
Yael asked the local library ___.
Voir la réponse et le corrigé
Réponse : {{en|if she could use its study room twice a week}}
Exercice 4
Complete the sentences. (lines 7–9)
To find tutors, she ___.
Voir la réponse et le corrigé
Réponse : {{en|put up notes at school asking for volunteers}}
Exercice 5
Complete the table. (lines 9–12)
Columns: On the first evening | Today
Number of tutors — ____ — ____
Voir la réponse et le corrigé
Réponse : Number of tutors — three — more than forty
Exercice 6
Complete the table. (lines 9–12)
Columns: On the first evening | Today
Number of pupils — ____ — ____
Voir la réponse et le corrigé
Réponse : Number of pupils — five — over a hundred
Exercice 7
The programme is named after a table in Yael's kitchen.
Voir la réponse et le corrigé
Réponse : Faux · “after the library table where it started”
Exercice 8
All the tutors are high-school students.
Voir la réponse et le corrigé
Réponse : Vrai · “The tutors are all high-school students”
Exercice 9
At first, Amir joined Table Seven only because he wanted to help children.
Voir la réponse et le corrigé
Réponse : Faux · “At first I came just for the hours”
Exercice 10
Some parents were worried about the programme. What were they worried about, and what did Yael do about it? (lines 17–19)
Voir la réponse et le corrigé
Réponse : {{en|They were worried that teenagers could not teach properly. Yael created a short training course for new tutors, with the help of two retired teachers.}}
Exercice 11
Why do the tutors never do homework for the children? (lines 19–21)
Voir la réponse et le corrigé
Réponse : {{en|Because their job is to explain, not to give answers: the children must understand and learn by themselves.}}
Part B — Language and thinking about the text
Exercice 12
What do the following words refer to?
“they” (line 5) refers to ___
Voir la réponse et le corrigé
Réponse : {{en|Yael and Ido}}
Exercice 13
What do the following words refer to?
“he” (line 16) refers to ___
Voir la réponse et le corrigé
Réponse : {{en|the boy Amir was helping}}
Exercice 14
What do the following words refer to?
“she” (line 23) refers to ___
Voir la réponse et le corrigé
Réponse : {{en|Yael}}
Exercice 15
Yael says: "Everyone gets stuck sometimes. The difference is whether someone sits down next to you." (lines 22–24)
What does she mean?
Voir la réponse et le corrigé
Réponse : {{en|Everybody has difficulties; what matters is whether someone is there to help you / give you personal attention.}}
Exercice 16
Yael says: "Everyone gets stuck sometimes. The difference is whether someone sits down next to you." (lines 22–24)
How is this sentence connected to Yael's own story?
Voir la réponse et le corrigé
Réponse : {{en|When she was failing maths, Ido sat down with her every week and helped her, and her grade went up; now she does the same for other children through Table Seven.}}
Part C — Composition
Exercice 17
Your school wants students to start a new volunteering project in the community. Write an email to your principal suggesting a project. Say what the project is, who it will help and why it is important. Write 70–90 words.
Voir la réponse et le corrigé
Réponse : {{en|Content: a clear project (for example tutoring younger pupils, visiting elderly people, cleaning a park), who it helps, at least one reason why it matters, maybe how students will take part. Email form: greeting and closing. Scoring: content — task fully done, good ideas with details; organization — opening, logical order, linking words, closing; language — vocabulary, grammar, spelling and punctuation at B1 level. Under 60 words or off topic: content points reduced.}}