12/12/2020 English Test For The 8th Grade

What's Your Emergency?Read the article and answer the questions. 1Do you know what number to call in an emergency? In Israel and many other countries, there are several numbers to call for help. But in the United States, there is only one number – 911.2In the past, there were so many phone numbers to call in an emergency that people didn’t know which one to use. For example, in Los Angeles, there were more than 50 different numbers. In 1968, there was a *decision to use one emergency number, 911, for the whole country. Today, over 500,000 people call 911 for help every day.3The person who answers calls to 911 is called a **dispatcher. Dispatchers must study for six months to learn how to answer emergency calls correctly. The first question they must ask is, “What’s your emergency?” The next question they have to ask is where the caller is. The dispatcher immediately sends the information to the police, firefighters, or ambulance ***services while he or she continues to talk to the caller. It’s a difficult job, and dispatchers have to remain calm in very serious situations, such as fires and crimes.4Sometimes there are calls to 911 that have a happy ending. Danielle Huffman,a 911 dispatcher in Iowa, had this experience. A man called and said his wife was having a baby, and it was too late to go to the hospital. Danielle helped him over the phone and later got to meet the happy family.5It is a hard job, but James Marks, a dispatcher in Los Angeles, is happy. He says,“I know that I am doing something very important for my city and its people.”*decision החלטה / قرار **dispatcher מוקדן / مرسِل ***services שירותים / خدمات Find the opposites of the following words from the text. last first similar different questions answers easy difficult Complete the sentence.According to paragraph 1, people in the United States call 911..... Before 1968, in the United States, …. (paragraph 2) people called 911 when there was an emergency it was easy to remember what emergency number to call there were many different emergency numbers every city had 50 different emergency numbers Choose TWO correct answers.What information in paragraph 3 did you learn about 911 dispatchers? They study for two years. They need to find out the caller’s address. They give information to the police after the end of the call. They first ask the caller’s name. They don’t panic during an emergency. Dispatchers always ask the same two questions first. (paragraph 3)Explain why these questions are so important. Complete the sentence.According to paragraph 3, fires and crimes are examples of... Write T (True) orF (False). (paragraph 4):Danielle got a call from a woman who was having a baby. Copy the words that helped you answer. Write T (True) or F (False). (paragraph 4):Danielle met the parents and their baby. Copy the words that helped you answer. According to paragraph 5, James Marks likes being a 911 dispatcher because he …. works in Los Angeles helps the people in his city works hard enjoys happy endings What could be another title for the article? A Happy End Life in the United States A Call for Help Classify. Put the words in a suitable group. Help us in an emergency police firefighters ambulance Emergency fire criminal attack injury Match each paragraph with a title. paragraph (1) Emergency in Israel and United States paragraph (2) Emergency numbers now and then paragraph (3) Training for Help paragraph (4) Emergency Survivors paragraph (5) Hard but Important Would you like to be a dispatcher? Why? or Why not?