| Luced:Ma Laid El Khalifa Class:3rd School-vear:2014/2015 Stream: Foreign Languages | Teacher: Keddad.A Time Allowed:02Hours The First Term English Exam PART ONE: READING (14 PTS) 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 tradmark.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 up colonies | from North Africa to Sicily and Spain Due to their sailing skill, the Phoenicians served as missionaries of civilization, 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 fram 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 22letters. | After alterations by the Greeks and Romans, this alphabet became the one we use today. Adapted from Phoenicians Overviews http://www. lost-civilizations.net/Phenicians A/Comprehension/Interpretation: (7Pts) 1/circle the letter corresponding to the right answer.(0. Spt) ‘The text is: a- A newspaper article b-A web site article c- An extract from a history book Say if the following statements are True or False? (2pts a Sidon was the only main city of Phoenicia by The words bible and bibliography are extracted from” ’Byblos™™ ¢/ The Phoenicians spread civilization to less progressive people /The Phoenicians invented a useless alphabet 3AWhat or who do the underlinedwords refer to in the text : pt) They §(2)... scien Tt (2). d£Answer the following questions according to the text. (3pts)a) Where and when did the Phoenicians live and flourish ? b) What achievements did the Phoenicians make ? ©) What was the purpose of the Phoenicians in setting up colonies till Spain ? Sin which paragraph is it mentioned that the Phoenicians (0.5pt) a) Were famous manufacturers and traders ? 4) Invented the alphabet ? B/ Text Exploration (7 pts) 1/Find in the text_words that are synonyms tothe following .(1.Sprs; b) bartered $4 = a) Commerce §2 =... 2/Complete the table below. (1.5pts) [To advance Jom : Prosperous S/Ask questions that the underlined words answer.(L.Spts 2). Irrigation was essential for ezop production in Mesopotamia, b) The Phoenicians traded with Mediterranean peoples, Combine the following pairs of sentences using the connectors in brackets. Give the correct tense of the verbs. pts & -The new king (o sit) on his throne.He ( to order) his minister to release all prisoners (as soon as) b- many civilizations ( to appear) in Mesopotamia. The Sumerian (to collapse) (after) Sielassify the following words according to their stressed syllables (Ipts (Inrigation-history- archaeology Tst syllable 2 syllable G/Fill in the blanks with words from_ the following list pts (civilization-Nile- history- develop) ‘The Nile has been the life line of its region for much of human (1),...The tertile flood plain of the (2).....-gave humans the opportunity to .......(3) a settled economy and a more sophisticated centralized society that became a comer stone in the history of Part two:/ Written Expression(6Pts) Choose one of the following topics . Topie one :using the notes below, write @ composition on the reasons that led the ancient eivilizations to emerge and flourish on the banks of rivers as the Nile in Egypt. the Tigris and Fuphrates in Mosopotamia, To survive, to grow up animals (sheep, goats.cows..) -Rains were seasonal +Farming depended on water *Agricultural production -lrrigation Topic Two :Do you think that the study of Ancient civilizations is so important ? justify yuman. ...(4). GOOD LUCKrrigé type de la composition du 1 trimestre Année scolaire :2014/2015 lycée Med Laid E] Khalifa Enseignante :Keddad Amel matitre : English (3as langues) | Part one :Reading (14pis) a-Comprehension(7pts) I-the text is a web site article.(b) os__|os ZraLfalse’b .true/e true! d. false 0.s*4 | apis 3-they—phoenicians/-it— tyrian purple The Phoenicians lived tu prospered in the Mediterranean Coast north of Palestine from 1200 | 1*3 | 3pts 0800 BC. B-The Phoenicians were known for manufacturing and trade, they made glass from coastal sand | and produced a purple dye, used papyrus, they promoted trade and set up colonies. they were | missionaries of civilization and invented a Phonetic alphabet. c-The purpose was to promote trade. | 0.52 | Ipt | | | ‘Sca—in paragraph twat §2) 0252 | 05 bin paragraph five (§5) ‘BeText Exploration(7pts) 205 | ipt 1-Commerce§2=trade / bartered§4=exchanged. | 3 [oare | ape verb moun adjective 1 | To advance advancement ‘advanced | | | To know: knowledge knowledgeable | | Cho prosper prosperity prosper | | a: What was een cop prion in Mesopotamian? oes Ta | B-What did the Phoenicians do with Mediterranean people? | _-Where was irrigation essential for crop production? | | |/4-As soon as the new king had sat on the throne, O52 | pt ] | a) he ordered his minister to realize all prisoners b)Many civilizations appeared in Mesopotemia after the Sumerian had collapsed. | | O25"4 | Ipt | [ZS syitabie [2 syllable [3 syllable | [history 7 Collapse Inigation | i | archaeology | 6 1/shistory-2—Nile 0.25°4 | Ipt 3develop-4—veivilization | [éets | Gots JL-Part two/ Written expression: (6pts) Topic one/form(3.5)content (2.5pts) | | Topic two/form (3pts) content (3pts)