اختبار الفصل الثالث في اللغة الانجليزية للسنة ثانية ثانوي آداب

Daia High
School

Stream: Second Year Literary Class Time Duration : 02hours

Third
Term Exam

Part One: Reading

Read the text
carefully then do the activities:

As human beings cannot change the
forces which provoke natural catastrophes, they do their best and use their
intelligence to find the most efficient solutions to obtain the maximum of
protection against their destructive effects. It is naturally scientists and
inventors who are expected to realise this task because it needs exceptional
skills and patient efforts which often necessitate many years of careful
research and intense investigation.

The whole operation moves through
several steps. At the beginning, it is essential to conduct detailed
observations to understand the phenomenon and have an accurate view about its
manifestations, its frequency; in addition to the places where it happens. Whether
it is earthquakes, volcanoes, cyclones or drought, the same process is adopted.
Once enough evidence is collected about them, the second phase starts, and this
one consists of thinking about devising practical methods that will provide the
exposed populations with sufficient opportunities to reduce the violent effects
of the imminent dangers. The authorities are informed about the results of the
studies and give recommendations to everyone about the realities which are
examined.

When the case is connected with
earthquakes, the areas that are usually stricken by such disasters are listed
and instruments for their detection are installed. Besides, experiments are
continuously made in laboratories to find resistant materials and reliable
systems to integrate in the new constructions so that these ones will stand the
furious actions nature releases at such moments. It is in this way that human
beings get progressively armed with appropriate means thanks to which they
avoid getting crushed by the mighty forces that shake the planet now and then.

A/ COMPREHENSION and
INTERPRETATION:

1)
How many sentences are
there in the first paragraph?

2)
Are the following
statements true or false?

a)
Man cannot control natural catastrophes.

b)
Detailed observations are necessary.

c)
Practical methods do not provide people with
opportunities to reduce the effects of catastrophes.

d)
Instruments to detect earthquakes are
installed.

3)
Answer the following
questions according to the text;

a)
Who are expected to realise protection against
natural phenomena?

b)
How can we get protected against earthquakes?

4)
Find in the list below
the reasons which motivate man to protect himself against nature.

To become immortal, to escape from
its destruction, to understand its aspects and acquire resistance against its
effects, to change the law of the universe.

5) Match each expression in A with its synonym in B:

Expressions (A)	Synonyms (B)
a- do their best b- most efficient c- detailed observation d- exceptional skills	1- great abilities 2- highly successful 3- careful examination 4- try very hard

A/ TEXT EXPLORATION:

1)
Match each word in A
with its opposite in B:

Words (A)	Opposites (B)
a- aware b- lost c- hopeless d- bury	1- unearth 2- found 3- ignorant 4- optimistic

2)
Cross the odd word
out:

Proof- analysis, solution, boring.

3)
Write sentence (b) so
that it means the same as sentence (a):

a- “The scientist’s work
required mental capacities”, said a specialist.

b- A specialist said
that------------------------------------------------------------------

a- “What will you do if
it floods again?” asked a journalist

b- A journalist asked
them---------------------------------------------------------------

a- Various areas are
stricken by earthquakes.

b- Earthquakes-----------------------------------------------------------------------------

4)
Put the verbs between
brackets in the right tense:

Old
people (tell) us that our country never (experience) such a catastrophe.
We
were watching a TV match when then walls (begin) to shake.
The
earth shook violently while the rescue teams (look) for eventual
survivors.

5)
Put these sentences in
the right order to get a coherent paragraph:

a)
the magnitude 6.8 earthquake struck at 17:44 local
time

b)
after residents of northern Algerian cities had
settled down in front of their televisions

c)
wreaking extensive damage throughout five
provinces

d)
their ceilings and walls began to shake and
crumble

Part Two: Written Expression

Choose only One topic.

Topic one: Using the notes below, write a
paragraph of (10) lines to explain the
terrible effects of natural disasters on the survivors.

*inability to find food, *risk of water
contamination, *remain without family, *be displaced to anther region, *be
caught in some violence, *resort to illegal means to get food.

Topic two: In (08) lines, relate a catastrophe
you witnessed, heard or read about. Say where it happened, what were the
consequences and how did the survivors feel afterward.

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