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‫األول‬
ّ ‫الموضوع‬
Part One: Reading (15 points
A/ Comprehension ( 07points)
Read the text then do the following activities
The British government is looking to China to try to improve the standard of maths in British schools.
Students in the Chinese city of Shanghai have the highest international test results according to a global testing
agency. There is a huge difference in numeracy levels between the UK and China. Britain's Times newspaper
reports that: "The children of cleaners in Shanghai outperform those of UK doctors and lawyers in global maths
tests." To attempt to rectify this situation, the UK government will hire 60 of Shanghai's best maths teachers. It
is part of a new initiative called the National Numeracy Challenge, which aims at improving the mathematics
ability of one million British students.
The UK government said it was shocked that Britain lagged far behind many countries in maths.It warned
that poor numeracy is costing the country's economy up to $30 billion a year. Britain's education minister
Elizabeth Truss, who recently returned from a fact-finding mission in China, stated: "We have some brilliant
maths teachers in this country but what I saw in Shanghai and other Chinese cities has only strengthened my
belief that we can learn from them." She added: "They have a can-do attitude to maths and I want us to match
that, and their performance." She said: "Good maths qualifications have the greatest earnings potential and
provide the strongest protection against unemployment.

From:www.bbc.com/news/education-14th March,2014

1. The text above is:

a- a web article. b-a newspaper article. c-an extract from a novel.
2. Say whether the following statements are true or false according to the text.
a. Shanghai students are the world's best at maths.
b. Chinese children do better at maths than British doctors & lawyers.
c. The UK wants to employ 600 maths teachers from China.
d. Good maths qualifications greatly help employment opportunities.
3. Answer the following questions according to the text.
a) Who do Chinese children beat in their maths test scores?
b) What does National Numeracy Challenge aim at?
c) What is the cost of poor numeracy to the Uk economy?
4. What do the underlined words in the text refer to?
a-this situation(§1). b-which(§1). c-this country(§2).

5. Reorder the following statements according to their occurrence in the text:

a) Good maths qualifications help getting better jobs.
b) Poor competence in maths costs the Uk economy a lot.
c) Uk government will employ some best Shanghai teachers.
d) Chinese students have a never-say-die attitude.
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B/- Text Exploration: (08 points)

1. Find in the text words which are opposite in meaning to the following:
a-quality(§1)=…. b-enormous(§1)=….. c-cautioned(§2)=….. d-income(§2)=…..
2. Complete the table below. An example is given to you
Verb Noun adjective
Example To think Thought thoughtful
To lose ………………………….. ……………………..
………………………. education ………………………
……………………….. ……………………… different
3. Write sentence "b" so it means the same meaning as sentence "a".
1-a.Educators feel that the government should improve the standards of maths in British schools
b.It's high time………………………………………………………………………………………
2-a.National Numeracy Challenge is improving maths ability of British students.
b.Maths ability…………………………………………………………………………………………

4. Re-order the following sentences to make a coherent paragraph:

a) that the students who were accused of fraud,
b) Last week, our college knew three cases of cheating.
c) would fail the assignment or be expelled.
d) After holding a consultation, the headmaster declared
5. Underline the silent letters in the following words:

highest – school – sword – doubt – writing – Christmas

Part Two: Writing (05 points)

Choose one of the following topics

Topic one: Using the following notes, write a composition of 100 to 120 words to highlight the problem of
declining of maths scores recently among our students:
✓ Maths is fundamental skill in many jobs.
✓ Teachers are not specialized in maths.
✓ large classes size *methods & approaches differ .
✓ lack of motivation & resources.
✓ overloaded programmes.
✓ students lack of knowledge & understanding.

Topic two: Comedy is an important factor of our lives. What makes happy? What do you like to do in your free
time for excitement and interesting? Explain and give examples.

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 ‫الموضوع الثاني‬
Part One: Reading (15 points
A/ Comprehension ( 07points)
Read the text then do the following activities
Feelings and responsibility
One of the biggest lies people will ever tell you is that you have "made" them feel angry—or sad, or
hopeless, or some other feeling.
Like many others, I believed for a long time that I was responsible for the way others were feeling.
Ultimately, I came to realize that we are not—cannot be—responsible for the feelings of others. There is no
way we can "make" someone else feel something toward us, neither love nor hate; it is their choice how they
choose to feel in response to us or something we've done, and it is their choice how they choose to deal with
those feelings.
What I mean by that is that we don't have control over how another person thinks, or over their
emotions. I, at least, cannot climb inside another person and fiddle with their thoughts and feelings. And
even if I could, I wouldn't, since that would be a huge violation of their integrity and free will.
So none of us can "make" other people mad. If someone responds with anger to something we said, that is their
response, and it is their choice to respond that way. The same goes for all other emotions.
This isn't to say that emotions themselves are invalid, for they are not. Emotions are an essential part of us,
and of our souls. And it can often seem that our emotional response to something is not a choice but something
other, some visceral, perhaps even irrational response arising from somewhere else in us than the rational mind.
But even so, it is not only unfair but wrong to blame someone else for our emotions, and to say that they
"made" use mad or sad, or that they "hurt" our feelings. It is a fairer and more true thing for us to say to
someone that when they say whatever it is, we feel sad. That gives both the other person and ourselves some
space and honor, and shows that we are accepting responsibility for our own feelings. It is a much more grown-
up way to communicate than blame.
From Internet by Marina Michaels
1) Circle the letter that corresponds to the right answer:
The text is: a- narrative b- prescriptive c- argumentative
2) Write the letter which corresponds to the right answer:
I- The writer believed that she was responsible for……….
a- other people choices b- feeling of others c- responses
II- people are free to show…………….
a- their feelings b-their anger c- their love
III- All feelings would be ………….
a- rejected b- acceptable c-unanswerable
3) Read the text and put the following sentences in the order they appear in the text:
a) Our emotions and feeling are of our responsibility.
b) No way to make communicator feelings under control
c) It was easy to let people feel the way you like.
4) Answer the following questions according to the text:
a- Who is responsible for other people feelings?
b- Must people feel as it is expected from us ?
c- What makes us responsible for our emotions?
5) What or who do the underlined words refer to in the text?
Their (§2)…….. they (§5) ……………

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B/ text exploration: ( 08points)
1) - Find in the text words that are synonyms to the following:
a-select = §2……… b-foolish= §4……… c- injure = §5…………
2) - give the opposites of the following words keeping the same root:
Honest – personal - expected - literate
3) - Connect each pair of sentences with one of words given. Make changes where necessary:
Although – if – so …that
a- You will disobey me . I will not help you.
b- His clothes’ behaviour is inappropriate. You would likely to laugh at him.

4) – Classify the following words according to their final “s”

Feelings – reasons – relationships – responses
/s/ /z/ /iz/

5) - Fill in the gaps with words from the following list :

that – laugh – go – is – some
All of us like to …1…, but only ….2…. of us can explain the reasons for laughing. It seems ..3…smiles,
shared laughter and good human relationships ..4…together. Laughter …5…unplanned, often unpredictable,
and sometimes personal.

PART TWO: Writing ( 05points)

Choose one of the following topics:

Topic one: Write a composition of about 20 lines on the following topic:

It is said that the Algerian people is emotional and friendly. To what extent is it? Do you believe really this?
Explain using the listed notes:
- Celebrate any occasion collectively.
- Frequent meetings in between them.
- Experiencing things freshly.
- Impact others positively.
- Expected to overcome problems with one another.

Topic two: Using the notes below, write a composition of 100 to 120 words on the following topic:

In Algeria, teachers and pupils are complaining about the lack of discipline in classes. What should be done to
improve discipline at schools?

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