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PART TWO: ACCESS TO INFORMATION FROM WRITTEN TEXTS (25 points) Answer questions 1-6 in English according to the article.

(תודוקנ 25) ארקנה תנבה :ינש קרפ .רמאמה יפל 1-6 תולאש לע הנע

1. Why does the writer mention going to work with her parents when she was a child? To tell
Read the article below and then answer questions 6-11.
us (–). (paragraph I)
.6-11 תולאש לע הנעו רמאמה תא ארק
i) why her parents took her to work
ii) how difficult the work was for her
A SPECIAL ADVENTURE ROOM
iii) how much she liked being there
I Dan and Adam and five of their friends are locked in a room in Chicago. They are playing iv) what her favorite job was
a special adventure game in an unusual room called an escape room. They are desperately (4 points)
looking for a way to get out. They carefully examine the drawings they find on the table. They 2. How do we know that Kidzania is popular? (paragraph II)
are looking for clues everywhere. Each clue they solve leads to the next one. The last clue will ANSWER .................................................................................................................................. .

5 show them where to find the key that unlocks the door.
(2 points)
II “Hey, Adam,” shouts Dan. “I found a math clue!” Adam Davis, the group’s math expert, 3. PUT A ✓ BY THE TWO CORRECT ANSWERS.

immediately begins writing numbers on a board. He must work quickly. There are many clues What do we learn from paragraph III?
to solve and they have only one hour.
........ i) Which activity children can do in all the parks.
III Usually 6 to 12 people play the game. They enjoy the game most when it is part of ........ ii) Why the park in Mexico is the best park.
10 an exciting story. It can take place in different imaginary locations. For example, players ........ iii) What kids in different countries like to do.
may have to escape from a haunted house or a space station. “People are especially attracted ........ iv) What some of the park activities are.
to scary places with hidden doors or secret passages,” says Johnny Warren, head of Escape ........ v) How many countries have Kidzania parks.
Rooms Chicago. “When someone asks you what you did during the weekend you can proudly ........ vi) How Kidzania activities help kids.
say, ‘I was locked in a room with a ghost.’ That is more exciting than just saying, ‘I solved a (2*3=6 points)

15 problem.’ ”
4. Give ONE way that kidzos are similar to real money and ONE way they are different from
IV Escape rooms are also used by companies to teach employees to work together. However, real money. (paragraph IV)
Gary Hall, a psychology professor, says, “There is no proof that escape rooms help improve Similar: .....................................................................................................................................
teamwork in workplaces.”
Different: .....................................................................................................................................
V The original escape rooms were created in 2006 in Japan, based on computer games. Since (2*3=6 points)

20 then escape rooms have become popular everywhere, including in Israel. It is not clear if they 5. What additional lesson does the writer think Kidzania should teach children?
help workplaces but, for sure, as a game they are a lot of fun.
They should (–). (paragraph V)
i) help other people

ii) like their jobs
iii) earn a lot of money

iv) save all their money
(3 points)
6. The writer tells us that the entrance fee to Kidzania in Mexico is $15 to show that (–). (paragraph VI)

i) the fee is the same in all the parks
ii) anyone can spend a day there
iii) it is too expensive for some people

iv) it is a good price for a day at the park
(4 points)

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