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Houchiti Mohamed High School (Dahia)


Stream: Third Year Literary Classes
Time duration: 02 hours


First Term/Test n°1





PART ONE: REARING (15ts)


Read the text carefully then do the
activities:





From 1200 to 800 BC, the
Phoenicians lived and prospered in the Mediterranean coast north of Palestine. Their chief
cities were Tyr and Sidon.
They gained fame as sailors and traders. They occupied a string of cities along
the Mediterranean coast, in what is today Lebanon.


The coastal land was
fertile and supported farming. Still, the resourceful Phoenicians became best
known for manufacturing and trade. They made glass from coastal sand. From a
tiny sea snail, they produced a widely admired purple dye called “Tyrian
purple” after the city of Tyr,
which became their trademark. It
became the favourite colour of royalty.


Phoenicians also used
papyrus from Egypt
to make rolls of paper, for books. The words bible and bibliography come from
the Phoenician city of Byblos.
Phoenicians traded with peoples all around the Mediterranean
Sea. To promote trade, they set u colonies from North Africa to Sicily and Spain.


Due to their sailing skills, the Phoenicians
served as missionaries of civilisation, bringing eastern Mediterranean products
and culture to less advanced people. A few Phoenician traders braved the stormy
Atlantic and sailed as far as England.
There, they exchanged goods
from the Mediterranean for tin.


As merchants, the
Phoenicians needed a simple alphabet to ease the burden of keeping records.
They therefore invented a phonetic alphabet consisting of 22 letters. After
alterations by the Greeks and Romans, this alphabet became the one we use
today.





A/ COMPREHENSION (7pts)


1/ Circle
the letter corresponding to the right answer: The text is:


a)
an extract from a history book?


b)
a web article?


c)
a newspaper article?





2/ In which
paragraph is it mentioned that the Phoenicians:


a)
were well-known seamen?


b)
Invented the alphabet





3/ Answer
the following questions according to the text:


a)
Where and when did the Phoenicians live and
prosper?


b)
What did they do in order to promote trade?


c)
Which continents did they have contacts with?


d)
What achievements did the Phoenicians make?





4/ What do
the underlined words refer to in the text?


a)
It became a favourite colour of
royalty. (§2)


b)
There, they exchanged goods. (§4)





5/ Find in
the text words that are synonyms in meaning to:


a)
thieved (§1) b) bartered (§4)





B/ TEXT EXPLORATION (8pts)


1/ Find in
the text words that are opposite in meaning to the following:


a) declined
(§1) b) sterile (§2) c) narrowly (§2) d)
complex (§5)




















2/Fill in
the table with the missing word:

verb	Noun	Adjective
To admire	-------------------------------	Admired
To prosper	-------------------------------	Prosperous
To decide	Decision	-----------------------
---------------------------------	-------------------------------	Successful

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


a)
As soon as the Phoenicians (to arrive) in Phoenicia, they
(to become) town-dwellers.


b)
The Phoenicians (to develop) a phonetic alphabet
after the Egyptians (to invent) hieroglyphics.





4/ Reorder
the following sentences to get a coherent paragraph:


a)
they did not keep these inventions for
themselves


b)
this enrichment is often the result of contacts
of various kinds


c)
history shows that the civilisations enrich one
another


d)
for example, though ancient Egyptians had
invented many things and achieved important scientific success on their own





5/ Classify
these words according to the pronunciation of their final “ed”


Succeeded, skilled, prospered,
promoted, produced, braved





PART TWO: WRITING (5pts)


Choose one of the following topics.


Topic one:
Write a paragraph of about 12 lines explaining how people can preserve their
culture. Use the following notes.


* respect their culture


* organize exhibitions and regular
festivals in the various arts


* write
books


* remind their children of the
glorious past of their ancestors.





Topic two:
What, in your opinion, threatens our modern civilisation? Write an essay of about 15 lines about the
major threats to the world today.