יש לקרוא את הטקסט ולענות על השאלות באנגלית. אפשר לענות במילים שלך, אלא אם השאלה מבקשת להעתיק מהטקסט. אחר כך כותבים את החיבור בחלק B.
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 B.
A personal account by Noam, 17
For months, I had dreamed about my first driving lesson. I had passed
the theory test soon after my seventeenth birthday, and I was sure that
driving would be easy. After all, I had watched my parents drive for years.
How hard could it be?
My teacher, Shlomo, arrived at seven in the morning in a small white car
with a big sign on the roof. He was about sixty, with grey hair and a calm
voice. "Before we go anywhere," he said, "we check everything." For fifteen
minutes, he showed me how to move the seat and the mirrors, how to put on my
seat belt properly and where to hold the wheel: hands at ten and two, like
the numbers on a clock.
Then he told me to start the engine. My hands were shaking. The car had
a second set of pedals on Shlomo's side, so he could stop it if I made a
mistake, but that did not make me feel much better. When I finally pressed
the gas pedal, the car jumped forward, and I hit the brake so hard that we
both flew towards the windscreen.
Shlomo laughed. "Everybody does that the first time," he said. "Gently.
Imagine there is an egg under your foot." We spent the rest of the lesson in
an empty car park, driving slowly in circles, stopping and starting again.
By the end, I could drive in a straight line without jumping.
When I got home, my mother asked me how it went. "Terrible," I said, and
then I smiled. "But I can't wait for next week." I learned that driving is
not easy, and that watching someone do something is very different from
doing it yourself.
Exercices
Part A — Reading Comprehension
Exercice 1
Why did Noam think that driving would be easy? Choose the correct answer. (lines 1–4)
Voir la réponse et le corrigé
Réponse : A He had watched his parents drive for years.
Exercice 2
Write TWO things that we learn about Shlomo's appearance or personality. (lines 5–7)
Voir la réponse et le corrigé
Réponse : {{en|He was about sixty / he had grey hair; He had a calm voice / he was patient and careful (he checks everything first).}}
Exercice 3
What did Shlomo show Noam before they started driving? Write THREE things. (lines 7–10)
Voir la réponse et le corrigé
Réponse : {{en|how to move the seat and the mirrors; how to put on his seat belt properly; where to hold the wheel (hands at ten and two).}}
Exercice 4
Complete the sentence. (lines 9–10)
"Hands at ten and two" means that you hold the wheel in the places of ___.
Voir la réponse et le corrigé
Réponse : {{en|the numbers ten and two on a clock}}
Exercice 5
Noam felt nervous when he started the engine.
Voir la réponse et le corrigé
Réponse : Vrai · “My hands were shaking”
Exercice 6
Only Noam could stop the car.
Voir la réponse et le corrigé
Réponse : Faux · “The car had a second set of pedals on Shlomo's side, so he could stop it”
Exercice 7
Noam pressed the brake very gently.
Voir la réponse et le corrigé
Réponse : Faux · “I hit the brake so hard that we both flew towards the windscreen”
Exercice 8
What do the following words refer to?
“it” (line 12) refers to ___
Voir la réponse et le corrigé
Réponse : {{en|the car}}
Exercice 9
What do the following words refer to?
“that” (line 16) refers to ___
Voir la réponse et le corrigé
Réponse : {{en|making the car jump forward and hitting the brake too hard}}
Exercice 10
Why did Shlomo tell Noam to "imagine there is an egg under your foot"? (lines 16–17)
Voir la réponse et le corrigé
Réponse : A to teach him to press the pedals gently
Exercice 11
What could Noam do at the end of the first lesson? (lines 17–19)
Voir la réponse et le corrigé
Réponse : D drive in a straight line without jumping
Exercice 12
Look at the last paragraph. (lines 20–23)
Noam says the lesson was "Terrible" but then smiles and says, "I can't wait for next week." Explain this.
Voir la réponse et le corrigé
Réponse : {{en|The lesson was difficult and he made mistakes ("Terrible"), but he enjoyed it and is excited to continue (he smiled; he can't wait for next week).}}
Exercice 13
Look at the last paragraph. (lines 20–23)
Noam learned that "watching someone do something is very different from doing it yourself." Do you agree? Give an example from your own life.
Voir la réponse et le corrigé
Réponse : {{en|Personal answer: agree/disagree with an example of something that looked easy but was hard to do (for example cooking, riding a bike, playing an instrument) + clear English.}}
Part B — Writing
Exercice 14
Write about a "first time" that you remember well – for example, your first day at a new school, your first job or your first time doing a new sport. Write: • what you did and where; • how you felt before and during it; • what you learned from the experience. Write 60–80 words.
Voir la réponse et le corrigé
Réponse : {{en|A good answer tells a short personal account in the past simple: the situation, feelings before and during (nervous, excited), what happened, and one thing the writer learned, with time linkers (at first, then, in the end). Rubric: content – all the points of the task, good ideas; organization – opening, ideas in a logical order, linking words, closing; language – vocabulary, grammar, spelling and punctuation that do not block understanding. Answers far shorter than 60 words lose content points.}}