اختبار الفصل الثاني في اللغة الانجليزية للسنة ثانية ثانوي آداب

Daia High
School

Stream :
Second Year Literary Classes
Time duration : 02 hours

Second Term Exam

Part One: Reading

Read the
text carefully then do the activities:

Human beings have never stopped to tap the
immense powers of their intelligence to bring various changes to their life
thanks to all sorts of inventions that help them in their fight for survival.
Some of the realisations they brought into existence are very useful and have
produced a positive impact on the fate of the whole species. It is the case
with the development of agriculture, the discovery of vaccines, the improvement
brought in the field of construction works and to a large extent in a good
number of industrial branches and the sphere of transport.

If in the past, early men had not given all
their attention to encourage agriculture, the birth of civilisation itself
would not have taken place. It is the same truth if we consider the means of
transport. Columbus wouldn’t have discovered America if sail
ships had not existed in his time and then the whole world would not have known
any progress without the riches the new land abounded with.

Also, the economic transformation that took
place in 18^thcentury Europe would
not have happened and modified the history of mankind if inventors had not
devised the right tools and machines that helped in the rise of production and
in the speed and easiness at which items could be manufactured. The invention
of the car around 1880 and its mass production later introduced human societies
into quite a new era. If the brilliant scientists of that time had not devised
such a wonderful thing, the conditions of travelling would not have improved
and commercial relations and cultural exchanges among nations would not have
soared at the beginning of the 20^th century.

A/ Comprehension and Interpretation

1/ Are
there any conditional sentences in the text? If yes, how many?

2/ Are the
following statements true or false?

a)
Man never tapped his intelligence.

b)
Columbus would have discovered America even if
sail ships had not existed.

c)
18^th century Industrial Revolution modified history.

d)
The invention of the car introduced man into a new era.

3/ Answer the
following questions according to the text:

a)
What is the most essential thing that helps man make progress?

b)
What link is there between agriculture and civilisation?

4/ Choose
the most appropriate title:

a)
The vital role of intelligence.

b)
The obstacles met by Columbus
in his trips.

c)
The impact of the invention of machines on the world economy.

5/ Match
words in column A with their synonyms in column B

A	B
1- tap	a- time
2- fate	b- destiny
3- immense	c- exploit
4- era	d- vast

B/ Text Exploration

1/ Match
words in column A with their opposites in column B

A	B
1- late	a- far
2- stupid	b- Improvement
3- near	c- brilliant
4- deterioration	d- early

2/ Cross
the odd word out.

Brilliant

Clever

Creative

Stupid

3/ Classify
the following words according to the pronunciation of their final ‘s’

Skills,
developments, branches, cars, relations, ships

/S/	/Z/	/IZ/

4/ Give the
correct form of the verbs between brackets:

*Archaeologists
(not know) anything about Egyptian civilisation if Egyptians had not left the
Pyramids.

*The
British navy is very well ( to know) throughout the world.

*Mathematics
mustn’t have (to reach) a high level today if the Greeks hadn’t developed it in
the past.

5/ Put the
following sentences in the right order to get a coherent paragraph.

a)
they are not specialised in making inventions or devising techniques

b)
the authors of sci-fi films and books produce works that do not stop
striking the mind of the people

c)
which nobody would have known if they had not evoked them in their art

d)
but the ideas they create in their realisations contribute to make us
aware of some realities

Part Two: Written Expression

Choose only one topic.

Topic one: Write what B says:

A: Do you
like science fiction books?

B:
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

A: What is
so interesting in them?!

B:----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

A: I agree
with you that they predict the future but aren’t their writers exaggerating?

B:----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

A: warning
us! May be you’re right!

B:---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

Topic two: Write a short summary of the text.

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