Colonel Lotfi Secondary School Level: 1st Year CC-Sc Date: May 12th, 2014 Duration: 2 Hours

Third Term English ExamFull Name: ................................................................................................. Class: ............................. Mark: .............................. Part One: Reading A. Comprehension (08 points) Read the text carefully then do the activities.

Nowadays, drought has become one of the most difficult problems that the whole world should handle seriously. Our environmental stability is doomed to suffer the hardest of all times.

Drought is generally natural. It is due to the lack of rain. But the worst and the most irreparable are the man-made causes. The massive overuse and waste of water constitutes another major factor that leads to the shortage of water. Consequently, drought makes life hard and a real ordeal for a lot of humans and animals. In addition to this, drought gives birth to many socio-economic problems such as food crisis, starvation, epidemics, rural exodus and extreme poverty.

As a remedy, everybody should do their best to preserve water through sensitizing people of the importance of water for life so that everyone has his share. The government also has to build dams to store and hold back and avoid wasting and polluting it. Thus, the only one and most practical solution to face the dangers of drought is by rationalizing water use.

People must keep in mind that we cannot live without water and worse we cannot make it in laboratories although we can control Hydrogen and Oxygen separately. Isn't water formula H2O? So our weakness in front of this vital element is twofold: We cannot live without it and we cannot fabricate it. http://madrasati2010.bravehost.com/writing/9.html 1. Choose the letter that corresponds to the right answer. A) Drought is a problem because it makes the environment a) stable b) unstable c) difficult .......... B) Drought is ............................................ problem. a) a natural b) a man-made c) an environmental .......... C) Water is vital because a) it sustains life b) it contains oxygen c) it can be fabricated .......... 2. Put the following ideas in the order as they occured in the text. a) No one can do without water. b) A waste of water has a direct link with drought. c) Drought is a serious problem that affects the environment.

1 - .....

2 - .....

3 - .....

4 - .....

d) Both people and governments should work together to protect water. 3. Answer the following questions according to the text. a) Does drought affect the environment? Justify. .......................................................................................................................................... b) How could people solve the problem of drought? .................................................................................................................................. ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................. c) Why does water make people so weak? ........................................................................................................................................................ 4. Fill in the table with information from the text.

causes of drought effectsnatural man-made-....................................................................................

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5. What do the underlined words refer to in the text? a) that (§2): ......................................................................... b) this vital element (§4): .........................................................................

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B. Text Exploration (07 points) 1. Find in the text words that are close in meaning to the followings: a) because of (§2)= ......................................... b) protect (§3)= ......................................... c) though (§4)= ......................................... 2. Complete the chart as shown in the example.

verb noun adjectiveExample to stabilize stability stable

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...................................... reparable

to waste ......................................

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...................................... life .........................

............. 3. Combine the following pairs of sentences using the connectors in the list. ( if - because - but - in order to ) a) Cars are very useful. They pollute the environment. ................................................................................................................................................................... b) We must fight pollution. It generates a lot of destruction. ................................................................................................................................................................... 4. Classify the following words according to their stressed syllables. fabrication - stability - natural - preserve - epidemics - practical

1st syllable 2nd syllable 3rd syllable..........................................................

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5. Fill in the gaps with words from the list. ( that - of - necessary - enough ) Nature provides to the different forms of life all the ........................

elements they need for their survival. Thanks to the rain that falls regularly, human beings and animals

have ........................ water to drink so as to keep alive while plants and trees receive their share ........................ this precious liquid in order to grow and bear the products and the fruit ........................ constitute the main item in the feeding of the whole population.

Part Two: Written Expression (05 points) Write a paragraph on the following topic: Water pollution is a big phenomenon. What are its causes and consequences. What solutions do you suggest to solve this ecological problem?...........................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

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Page 2/2 امتحان الفصل الثالث اإلجابة النموذجية

ج م ع ت1الشعبة: العالمة عناصراالجابة

المجموع

مجزأة

08 pts

07 pts

0,5x3=1,5

0,5x4=2

1

0,75

0,75

0,25x4=1

0,5x2=1

0,5x3=1,5

0,25x6=1,5

0,25x2=0,5

0,25x6=1,5

0,5x4=2

A. Comprehension 1. The right answers: A) unstable (b) B) a natural (a) C) it sustains life (a) 2. The order of ideas: 1-c 2-b 3-d 4-a 3. Answering questions: a) Yes, it does. Just (§1:2): "Our environmental stability is doomed to suffer the hardest of all times. b) by sensitizing people of the importance of water (§3:2-1) - by building dams to store and avoid wasting water (§3:2-3) - by rationalizing water use. c) Because they cannot live without it and cannot fabricate it. (§4:3) 4. Table completion:

Causes of drought effectsnatural Man-made

- lack of rain

- overuse and waste of water

1- food crisis / starvation / epidemics2- rural exodus / extreme poverty

5. Reference words: a) that (§2): another major factor b) this vital element (§4): water

B. Text Exploration 1. Words of close meaning: a) because of (§2)= due to b) protect (§3)= preserve c) though (§4)= although 2. Completing the chart:

verb noun adjectiverepair reparation reparable

to waste waste wastefulto live life living /

alive 3. Combining pairs of sentences. a) Cars are very useful, but they pollute the environment. b) We must fight pollution, because it generates a lot of destruction. 4. Stressed syllables:

1st syllable 2nd syllable 3rd syllablenatural - practical

stability - preserve

fabrication - epidemics

5. Filling in gaps: 1. necessary 2. enough 3. of 4. thatPart Two: Written ExpressionForm : 3 ptsContent: 2 pts

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