Initial Test The 10th Grade
Initial Test The 10th Grade
Initial Test The 10th Grade
A.Reading Comprehension .
I.Read the text attentively:
Agatha Christie is possibly the worlds most famous detective story writer.She wrote 79 novels and several
plays.Her sales outnumber those of W.Shakespeare.However,behind her 4,680,000 words was {1}a painfully shy
woman whose life was often lonely and unhappy.
She was born in 1890 in Devon,the third child of Clarissa and Frederic Miller,and grew into a beautiful and
sensitive girl with waist-length golden hair.She didnt go to school but was educated at home{2} by her mther.Her
father died when she was 11 and both she and her mother were grief-stricken.During World War 1,while she was
working in{3} a hospital dispensary ,she learned about chemicals and poisons,which proved to be very useful to
her in her later career.She wrote her first detective novel{4} in 1920.In it she introduced Hercule Poirot,the
Belgian detective who appeared in many subsequent novels.Her other main detective was an elderly spinster{5}
called Miss Marple.
1.b.Build up questions to which the underlined words in the above text are the answers. {5 * 3=15}
Ex. Agatha Christie is possibly the worlds most famous detective story writer.
Who is A.Christie?
1.?
2.?
3?
4.?
5..?
B.GRAMMAR.
1.Put the verbs in brackets into the correct tense or form. (5 *2=10)
C.Writing
1.Write a short paragraph about 50-6- words on one of the following topics:-30p
1.My hopes and ambitious
2.the best\the worst holiday I ever had.
Total:100 points