فرض في الانجليزية للسنة ثانية ثانوي آداب

Daia Secondary School


Stream : Second year literary class
Time duration: 02 hours







Test n° 02





Read the text carefully then do the activities:


On March 24, the oil tanker Exxon Valdez hit
Bligh Reef, Alaska.
The spilled oil affected 1,900 Km of Alaskan coastline. The oil spill was the
most devastating environmental disaster to occur at sea in history. The region
is a habitat for salmon, sea otters, seals and seabirds.


During the first few days of the spill, heavy
sheens of oil covered large areas of the surface of Prince
William Sound. Thousands of animals died immediately; the best
estimates include 250 000 seabirds, 2800 sea otters, 300 harbor seals, 250
bald eagles, up to 22orcas and billions of salmon and herring eggs.


Despite a thorough cleanup, and little visual
evidence apparent even only one year later, the effects of the spill continue
to be felt today. In the long term, reductions in population have been seen in
various ocean animals, including stunted growth in pink salmon populations. Sea
otters and ducks also showed higher death rates in the following years, partly
because they ingested contaminated creatures. The animals also were exposed to
oil when they dug up their prey in dirty soil. Researchers said some shorelines
habitat, such as contaminated mussels bed, could take up to 30 years to
recover.





SECTION ONE/ READING
COMPREHENSION


1)
How many paragraphs are there in the text?


2)
Are the following statements true or false?


a)
The Exxon Valdez is an oil tanker.


b)
The oil spill was not a disaster.


c)
Many animals died because of the spill.


d)
The result of the wreck will continue in
future.


3)
Give full answers according to the text:


a)
What were the immediate results of the Exxon
Valdez wreck?


b)
Why did sea otters and ducks show higher death
rates?


4)
Give a title to the text.


5)
Find in the text words that are synonyms to


a-
catastrophe (§1) b- to happen (§1)





SECTION TWO/ MASTERY
OF LANGUAGE


1)
Find in the text words that are opposites to:


a- light
(§2) b- the worst (§2)


2) Reorder the following words so as to
get a meaningful sentence:


from- chemical- a lot of- receives- factories-
seas- the


3)
Cross the odd word out: dangerous- harmful- harmless- catastrophic.


4)
Rewrite sentence (b) so that it means the same
as sentence (a):


a)
Every year, rivers carry a large amount of
wastes into the sea.


b)
Every year, a large amount of wastes-----------------------------into
the sea.






a) Oceans are used as waste
baskets. Marine life is damaged.



b) If oceans were
used-----------------------------------------------------------------.














5)
Reorder the following sentences to get a coherent
paragraph:

• geologists
  are now wondering if the ocean can be used as a waste basket for longer
  
• every
  year, rivers carry a large amount of wastes into the sea
  
• which
  continue to pour every day tons of chemicals and harmful materials
  
• the sea receives a lot of chemicals from
  factories
  
• 
  

SECTION THREE/ WRITTEN
EXPRESSION


Choose only one
topic.


Topic one: Write what A says.


A:
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------


B: Pollution is due to many causes.


A----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------


B: Of course! There is for instance pollution
of the air.


A:
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------


B: It is caused by CO₂ emissions.


A:
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------


B: Well, they come from our factories, cars,
power stations……


A:
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B: Yes, it’s terrible, we are polluting our own
environment!





Topic two: Write a short summary of the test.