Winter 2018 Bagrut Module A (version A)

name and class: PART I: ACCESS TO INFORMATION FROM WRITTEN TEXTS (70 points)פרק ראשון: הבנת הנקרא (70 נקודות)קרא את הקטע שלפניך,וענה על השאלות 1-8 שאחריו.DOGS AT WORKBy Rhonda AbramsI Do you know that January 23 is a special day for dog lovers? It is “Take Your Dog to Work Day.” On that day all companies let workers bring their dogs to work. In fact, there are many good reasons why a company should let workers bring their dogs to work every day. 1. In paragraph I we learn (-) which companies like to have dogs at work. when workers can take their dogs to work. where dog lovers like to work. II The first reason is people love their pets and are happier at work when their dogs are with them. Happy workers do their work better. Secondly, other workers can play with a dog and enjoy a few minutes with it. This helps them relax and feel better. Thirdly, people get up and move around more when there are dogs in the office. Workers are healthier if they walk around a few times every day. Fourthly, dog owners can stay late at work. They don’t have to go home early to feed their pet and take it for a walk. Tip: A Reading Strategy. Look at the same paragraph again and look at the highlighted words in yellow. There are four reasons why people bring their dogs to work. These reasons will help you answer questions 3 4. II The first reason is people love their pets and are happier at work when their dogs are with them. Happy workers do their work better. Secondly, other workers can play with a dog and enjoy a few minutes with it. This helps them relax and feel better. Thirdly, people get up and move around more when there are dogs in the office. Workers are healthier if they walk around a few times every day. Fourthly, dog owners can stay late at work. They don’t have to go home early to feed their pet and take it for a walk. 2. Why is it good for companies to let workers bring their dogs to work? (paragraph II) The companies are more popular. The workers do a better job. Dogs are hapier at the workplace. 3. How can dogs at work help people be healthier? (paragraph II) 4. Why can people who take their dogs to work stay there longer? (paragraph II) III People can learn a lot from dogs. Dogs are loyal, patient and accept people as they are. Dogs also know how to say thank you when people do something nice for them. They wag their tails or lick our faces to show they are thankful. Dogs can teach us to thank people who do something nice for us. 5. What can dogs teach people? (paragraph III) To accept others. To love their work. To do things well. 6. How do dogs thank people? Give ONE way. (paragraph III) IV At my workplace, every day is “Take Your Dog to Work Day” because dogs are always welcome. I bring my dog Zuzu to work with me all the time. I work for a small company but we have five dogs in the office. Zuzu and I love going to work every day 7. PUT A √ BY THE TWO CORRECT ANSWERS.What do we know about the writer’s workplace from paragraph IV? The name of the company. How many people work there. How many dogs come there. Where the company is. When the company lets dogs come. 8. The writer thinks that (-). there are too many dogs at her workplace it is a good idea to take dogs to work not everybody likes to have dogs at work PART II: ACCESS TO INFORMATION FROM SPOKEN TEXTS (30 points) פרק שני: הבנת הנשמע (30 נקודות)אתם עומדים לשמוע את הקטע תמונות שמספרות סיפור.* הקטע ישודר פעמיים.* לפני שידור הקטע עיינו בשאלות 9-14.* רצוי להתחיל להשיב על השאלות רק לאחר השידור הראשון של הקטע.PICTURES THAT TELL A STORY קובץ ההאזנה נמצא תחת הכפתור listen to instructions.9. Why did Mary invite Ben to her program? To hear about his drawing career. To learn about the history of his country. To talk about famous young artists. 10. When Ben was young (-). he learned to draw at the museum he drew a picture of his parents he liked to draw very much 11. What do we learn about Ben’s uncle? He is a famous art teacher. He taught Ben to draw better. He wrote a book about art. 12. Ben’s career as an artist started when he (-). won prizes for his drawings worked on his first picture book studied with an art teacher 13. What do we learn about Ben’s favorite project? He wrote a book about art. He drew pictures of different kinds of sports. He wrote a book and drew the pictures for it. 14. What does Ben want to tell young artists? To draw pictures of interesting people. To draw things they really like. To draw pictures that tell a story. בתיבה הבאה אנא כתוב את המילים "אני מצהיר" על כך שלא השתמשת במילון אחר ממילונית.