Chergui Ben Ahmed secondary school –Hacine Class: 2nd year GE/ LPH.
school Year : 2023/2024
The third Term Exam of English Part One A- Comprehension: Read the text carefully then do the following activities
It was 4am and I woke up to the house shaking from side to side. Everything was shaking, bricks were falling out. It felt like Judgement Day and everything would be completely destroyed. My wife was screaming and I went to my children but I didn’t know what we could do. We fled outside and saw thousands of people on the streets with just the clothes on their backs. People were shouting for their lost children – whole families were separated and lost. So many buildings were totally destroyed and I saw tens of people under the rubble, with crowds trying to pull them out. §l People are still out in the streets, they don’t have anything to go home to and we are all scared of aftershocks. Right now the Islamic Relief Team here is distributing blankets, sheets and mattresses that we have in stock , but thesewill run out today and we need more as soon as possible. People urgently need tents, food parcels and blankets. Injured people are immersed in hospitals so we’re providing them with medicine and other supplies. §2 Mohammed Hamza, Head of Islamic Relief’s office in Idlib, Northwest Syria, who witnessed the destruction first-hand. 1. Answer the following statements with true or false 2pts - The incident happened in the afternoon. .................. - The wife stayed calm and didn’t react. ................. - People were left homeless. .................. - The Islamic Relief Team is a Christian charity organisation. .................... 2. Answer the following questions according to the text : 2pts - What is the name of the disaster mentioned above? Support your answer with words from the text. ...................................................................................................................................................................................................... - How did the Islamic Relief Team help these people in Syria? ...................................................................................................................................................................................................... ...................................................................................................................................................................................................... 3. In which paragraph are these ideas mentioned ? l pt - The charity given by the organization § - The exact time of the disaster § 4. What do the underlined words refer to in the text ?lpt I §l: ...................................... 2: These §2 : ...................................................... B- Text Exploration 8pts 1- Find words in the text whose definitions follow. lpt a- The end of the world §l : .................................................... b- A healthcare institution providing medical treatment §2: ..........................................
2- Complete the following table : 2pt
Verb Noun Adjective Destroy …………………………. ................................ .......................... ....................................... Lost 3- Rewrite sentence B so that it means the same as sentence A. 3pts a) He said :’’ I saw hundreds of people under the rubble ‘’
b)He said ...........................................................................................……………………….
a) The Islamic Relief team asked : ‘’ what can we bring to help ?’’ b) The Islamic Relief team asked.........................................………………………… a)The survivor pled : ‘’ Is my family still alive ?’’ b) The survivor pled................................................................. 3- Classify the following words according to the number of syllables l pt
relief– House – Islamic – children
One syllable Two syllables Three syllables
4-Fill in the gaps with words from the list given. lpt
Moral / Disasters / solidarity / aid
Natural ...................... have always elicited ....................... Firstly, people help each other to cope with emergency needs. Then religion makes it a .......................... imperative. Religious orders have often organized ................. for the victims before states and private organizations intervene. Part Two: Written expression (5pts)
Topic 1: Elderly people believe that younger generations are lazy , irresponsible and not helpful in times of disasters. In a 7 lines paragraph, defend your generation and write about how youngsters are more charitablethan they think. Use the following notes for a help . Most volunteers are young / donate blood because they are healthy / collect money through social media / educated about firstaid / strong enough / more free time …etc Topic2: Write a small paragraph about the safety measures that people should take before and during the earthquake . ......................................................
(Grammar Practice) Debra Powell, Elaine Walker, Steve Elsworth-Grammar Practice For Upper Intermediate Students (Grammar Practice) - Pearson - Longman (2007) PDF
