Daia High
School
Stream: Second Year Literary Stream
Time Duration: 02 hours
Third Term Test
Part One: Reading
Read the text carefully then do the activities:
The pictures of adults and children
dying from hunger and diseases in Africa as
well as the photos of thousands of hopeless people having lost all their
possessions after the passage of a violent storm or a terrible earthquake are
scenes that frequently move the world. Their sight makes the whole planet aware
of the terrible spectacle of sorrow and death that affect human communities.
Thanks to the power of mass media and especially of television, everyone gets
shocked at the view of dead bodies being buried under tons of dust, concrete or
mud that have collapsed over them. Our feelings get upset when we look at the
distressed and panic-stricken faces of the survivors who not only find it
difficult to grasp the scope of the terrible fate that has caught them in its
merciless grips but who also bear in their eyes an air of total despair and
powerlessness because they do not know what to do in order to survive.
But one the first emotions are
controlled, people everywhere recover the sense of reality and take the
decision to do their utmost to save the living from the harsh reality they are
thrown into.
It is during such occasions that we see the
positive role that mass media play for the creation of a framework where
nations whatever their differences are brought closer to each other and ready
to offer mutual help and support.
The tragedies that reporters cover
and broadcast to the international community so vividly never miss their target
since they systematically produce in most of us a spirit of solidarity and
actions of generosity that no political calculation can destroy or divert from
its noble aims. They are magical moments which bind during some time the
various communities of the world. They are certainly an initial step toward
more tolerance and better coexistence among nations.
A) Comprehension and Interpretation
1)
How many sentences are
there in the first paragraph?
2) Are the following statements true or false?
a)
The pictures of children and adults dying from hunger do not move the world.
b)
TV has a negative role in such occasions.
c)
Nations do offer mutual aid and support in time of catastrophe.
d)
The tragedies covered by reporters always miss their targets.
3) Answer the following questions
according to the text:
a)
What are the scenes that do frequently move the world?
b) What do the mass media create in time of catastrophe?
4) Give a title to the text
5) Find in the text synonyms to the
following words:
*famine (§1) *sad (§1)
B) Text Exploration
1)
Find in the text
opposites to the following words:
*Nice (§1) *build (§3)
2) Put the verbs in brackets in the right tense.
*There (to be) no way for the people
of the past to know how earthquakes happen.
*During the catastrophe that had hit
South Asia in 2004, all nations (to unite)
their efforts to help the survivors.
*Some (to gather) food while others
(to look) for eventual survivors among the crumbled houses.
3) Write sentence (b) so that it means the same as sentence (a):
a) “ We nave
not received any help from the government”, said a survivor.
b) A
survivor said that
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a)
“ How did you behave in front of that
situation?”
b)
A journalist asked me
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c)
4) Classify the following words according
to the pronunciation of their final ‘ed’:
ebbed, flashed, blocked, donated, claimed, exploded
5) Reorder the following sentences to get a
coherent paragraph.
a) to obtain the maximum of protection
against their distractive effects
b) to find the most efficient solution
c) as human beings cannot change the
forces which produce natural disasters
d) they do their utmost and use their
intelligence
Part
Two: Written Expression
Choose only one
topic:
Topic one: Complete the following
conversation.
Journalist: -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Inhabitant: The rain started to fall on Sunday
and it didn’t stop until Monday.
Journalist:
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Inhabitant: At first, every body delighted to
see it because of the drought of these last years, but as the water poured
non-stop and in huge quantities, the mood changed into fear.
Journalist:
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Inhabitant: We got frightened mainly when we
saw that the river over flew and water began to flood some houses.
Journalist:
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Inhabitant: Oh yes! At the beginning we all
panicked and felt powerless, but very soon, teams of volunteers were formed and
started to roam the city offering aid to the people in difficulty.
Topic two: Write a paragraph of ten (10) to
twelve (12) lines in which you explain what should be done before, during and
after an earthquake.
موضوع: فرض الفصل الثالث في اللغة الانجليزية للسنة الثانية ثانوي آداب 
الإثنين فبراير 08 2010, 21:59
