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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.
תרגילים
Part A — Reading Comprehension
תרגיל 1
Why did Noam think that driving would be easy? Choose the correct answer. (lines 1–4)
להציג את התשובה והפתרון
התשובה: א He had watched his parents drive for years.
תרגיל 2
Write TWO things that we learn about Shlomo's appearance or personality. (lines 5–7)
להציג את התשובה והפתרון
התשובה: {{en|He was about sixty / he had grey hair; He had a calm voice / he was patient and careful (he checks everything first).}}
תרגיל 3
What did Shlomo show Noam before they started driving? Write THREE things. (lines 7–10)
להציג את התשובה והפתרון
התשובה: {{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).}}
תרגיל 4
Complete the sentence. (lines 9–10)
"Hands at ten and two" means that you hold the wheel in the places of ___.
להציג את התשובה והפתרון
התשובה: {{en|the numbers ten and two on a clock}}
תרגיל 5
Noam felt nervous when he started the engine.
להציג את התשובה והפתרון
התשובה: נכון · “My hands were shaking”
תרגיל 6
Only Noam could stop the car.
להציג את התשובה והפתרון
התשובה: לא נכון · “The car had a second set of pedals on Shlomo's side, so he could stop it”
תרגיל 7
Noam pressed the brake very gently.
להציג את התשובה והפתרון
התשובה: לא נכון · “I hit the brake so hard that we both flew towards the windscreen”
תרגיל 8
What do the following words refer to?
“it” (line 12) refers to ___
להציג את התשובה והפתרון
התשובה: {{en|the car}}
תרגיל 9
What do the following words refer to?
“that” (line 16) refers to ___
להציג את התשובה והפתרון
התשובה: {{en|making the car jump forward and hitting the brake too hard}}
תרגיל 10
Why did Shlomo tell Noam to "imagine there is an egg under your foot"? (lines 16–17)
להציג את התשובה והפתרון
התשובה: א to teach him to press the pedals gently
תרגיל 11
What could Noam do at the end of the first lesson? (lines 17–19)
להציג את התשובה והפתרון
התשובה: ד drive in a straight line without jumping
תרגיל 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.
להציג את התשובה והפתרון
התשובה: {{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).}}
תרגיל 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.
להציג את התשובה והפתרון
התשובה: {{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
תרגיל 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.
להציג את התשובה והפתרון
התשובה: {{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.}}