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The Algerian Democratic Republic High School: Khalifa Ben Mahmoud First English Exam

This document contains an English exam for a 2nd year high school class in Algeria. [1] The exam asks students to read and analyze a passage about increasing pollution and environmental damage in cities. [2] It then provides comprehension questions about the passage and asks students to complete additional writing and language exercises related to the topic. [3]

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The Algerian Democratic Republic High School: Khalifa Ben Mahmoud First English Exam

This document contains an English exam for a 2nd year high school class in Algeria. [1] The exam asks students to read and analyze a passage about increasing pollution and environmental damage in cities. [2] It then provides comprehension questions about the passage and asks students to complete additional writing and language exercises related to the topic. [3]

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The Algerian Democratic Republic

High school: Khalifa Ben Mahmoud


First English Exam
Class: 2s Time: 2h

Read the text and do the following activities:


The text:

Living in a city is becoming more and more difficult. Every minute of our lives is in danger. When
we leave our houses, we must breathe bad air. This smog is not only unpleasant but dangerous as
well. Our old people are suffering from respiratory diseases. The pollution in the air hurts our eyes,
our and our throat.
When we walk down the streets, we hear loud noises from every side: radios, stereos, shouting
people, cars, etc...We have few parks. We have no place to sit quietly and enjoy the singing of birds.
We cannot escape pollution everywhere, not even in our homes. We live pollution twenty four hours
a day. Our rivers are polluted by industrial chemicals. Who knows how many of these chemicals are
still in the water when we drink it? And what about the food we eat?
Yes, our city has indeed become unlivable. We may have high standard of living, with cars,
T V sets and other materials, but do we live as our grandparents lived? They didn't have cars, T.V
sets and beautiful houses, but they had cleaner air and quieter cities. The food they ate was not
covered with pesticides and other chemicals. We as citizens of this community must decide of what
kind of world we want our children to live in.
A)COMPREHENSION: (8pts)
1) Is the text: a) expository? b) argumentative? c) descriptive? (1)
2) Choose a title to text:
a) Our grandparents’ life b) Our polluted cities c) Children’s future life (1)

3) Are the following statements True or False? (2)


a) The air we breathe is healthy. ………………….
b) We suffer from pollution day and night. …………….........
c) There are plenty of places where people can sit and listen to birds. ………….............
d) Our grandparents’ life was better than ours. …………..............

4) Answer the following questions according to the text: (3)

a) Why are our lives in danger?

b) What types of pollution does the writer mention in the 2nd paragraph?

C) Do we live today as our grandparents used to?


.

5) What or whom do the underlined words refer to in the text? (1)


a) it (§2).............................................. b) They (§3) ……………………………………..
B) TEXT EXPLOITATION (7pts)

1) Find in the text words that are closest in meaning to the following: (1)
a) hard (§1) = ………………..................… b) harms (§1) =………………................……

2) Find in the text words that are opposite in meaning to the following: (1)
a) safe (§1) =/= …………………………… b) noisier (§3) =/=……………………….……

3) Turn the sentences from active to passive or from passive to active; (3)

A) Pesticides and other chemicals have contaminated our food.


Our food……………………………………………………………………….………….

B) Our rivers are polluted by industrial chemicals


Industrial chemicals ………………………………………………………………………

C) We must make decisions to preserve nature.


Decisions …………………………………………………………………………………

4) Classify the following words according to the pronunciation of their final / s / (1)
diseases – noses – radios – streets

/s/ /z/ / iz /
…………………………....... …………………………..... ………………………………

5) Reorder the words to make a coherent sentence. (1)


trees - planting - by - desertification - stop - can – we

PART TWO: WRITING: Choose one of the following topics. (5pts)

Topic 1: Write a speech as Luther king’s one “I have a dream” to protect the right of
Nigerian children in Algeria. You can use these clues:

 Must Study and go to school


 Play with their peers
 Enjoy their childhood
 Live in peace and harmony

Topic 2: Our environment is in danger. Write a paragraph in which you suggest solutions
to protect it.

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