WRITTEN RECEPTION (100 points)

(ACCESS TO INFORMATION FROM WRITTEN TEXTS)

Below are two texts: Text 1 and Text 2.
Read Text 1 and then answer questions 1–7.

Text 1

REAL GRASS OR PLASTIC GRASS*

I Botley is a small town near New York, USA. Only 2,000 people live there. Botley has
a school, a supermarket and a restaurant. But it does not have a park where families can
have picnics and where children can play. So the people in Botley are building a park in
their town.
5 II Jim Scott lives in Botley and loves to work in gardens. He is helping to make
the new park. Jim already put flowers and plants in the park. Now he wants to put grass
there. But there are two types of grass, and Jim must decide which type of grass to use.
III One type of grass is real grass. "Real grass has some problems," explains Jim. "It needs
a lot of water, and someone must cut it every week." The other type of grass is plastic grass.
10 Of course, plastic grass never needs any water.
IV But plastic grass also has a problem. It is not soft like real grass. When children fall on it,
they can get hurt*. "I don't want children to get hurt," says Jim. "So I want to put real grass in
our park."

* plastic grass – דשא סינתטי
* get hurt – להיפגע

<small>בטופס המקורי ההסבר מופיע גם בערבית.</small>

<u>QUESTIONS</u> (47 points)
Answer questions 1–7 in <u>English</u> according to Text 1. In questions 1, 2 and 3, circle the number of the correct answer. In the other questions, follow the instructions.