Student’s Name:---------------- -----
----------------------- Teacher’s Name: Mrs.
Ghada M. Badereddine
Grade 4 (A, B) Abra Official School Subject : English
Mid-Term Exam Score : /20 Date: ---------------------
Search And Rescue Dogs
By Ellen Gold
Part one Reading and comprehension ( 15 pts)
Read the following text about search and resecue dogs who are called SAR dogs , then
answer the questions that follow.
1. Dogs have a great sense of smell. They have about twenty-five times more smell sensors
than people have. This makes them good at search-and rescue work. SAR dogs are
trained to follow scents in the air,on the ground, and even underwater!
2. Air-scent dogs are the most common type of SAR dogs. They find a lost person by
smelling the scent the person has left behind.
3. Not all dogs can be trained to be search-and rescue dogs. SAR dogs should have special
qualities and skills. They like to play and like to please their trainers. Dogs with these
qualities will respond to rewards. SAR dogs should be friendly, healthy, and smart. They
should not be afraid of strangers.
4. Training SAR dogs is a big job. It can take more than a year to get a dog ready for a
rescue mission. Those that do become SAR dogs deal with different types of jobs. They
find lost people, and they help police officers in crimes.SAR dogs are a big help for
human teams.
A. Answer the following questions in complete sentences.( 4pts)
1. By referring to paragraph 1 , what helps dogs to become search and rescue
dogs?
2. Base on paragraph 3 , what skills do SAR dogs have?
3. By referring to paragraph 4, what jobs can SAR dogs do?
4. What is the author’s purpose in this text?
B. Circle the correct answer. ( 2pts)
1. SAR dogs follow
a) Scents
b) Color
c) People
2. SAR dogs should be
a) Friendly
b) Healthy
c) Smart
d) All of the above
3. The main idea in parargraph 3 is
a) SAR dogs are afraid of strangers
b) SAR dogs have special skills and qualities
c) SAR dogs like to play
4. The main idea in paragraph 5 is
a) Training SAR dogs is a big job
b) Training SAR dogs is a funny job
c) Training SAR dogs is boring job
C. Write (T) if the following statements are true or (F) if they are false.
Then correct the false ones. ( 2 pts)
1. Search and rescue dogs use scent to find the lost person. -------
2. SAR dogs are dangerous and horrible. -----------
3. All dogs can be trained to become SAR dogs.---------
4. A dog needs one month of training to become a research and rescue dog.-------
D. Fill in the blanks with the proper word from the box below. (2 pts)
Reward skills rescue scent
A. Your perfume has a lovely ------------.
B. The king set a ---------- of thousands of coins.
C. The ----------- team saved the boy from drowning.
D. The dance acted a great performance showing his ------------.
E. Draw a slash (/ )between the subject and the predicate in each of the following
sentences and indicate its type . (2 pts)
1. The turtle beat the hare at the race.
2. Max chased after the tennis ball.
3. He took a sip of water.
4. The doctor and his assistant
F. Decide whether each sentence is declarative, interrogative, imperative, or exclamatory.
Then add the correct punctuation mark.(2 pts)
1. Wow, I got a special gift on my birthday ------------
2. Why do they lick their nose ---------------------------
3. Go get the ball -------------------
4. Champ spent his day in the backyard. ----------------------
Part Two writing ( 6 pts)
Write a well-organized paragraph about an animal you have.
What kind of pet is it? What is its name? What does it eat? What does it do during the day? How
do you take care of it?
Don’t forget to write a title for your paragraph.
Fill in the following chart to organize your ideas.
Topic sentence
Body Detail 1:
Detail 2:
Detail 3:
Conclusion
