Sheikh Larbi Tebessi High School –Tebessa - Level : 2 LPH

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English Make-up Exam (2017-2018 )

PART ONE: READING AND INTERPRETING. (15points)
A. Comprehension/ Understanding: (08 pts).
Read the text carefully and do the activities.
Human activities have had tremendous impact on forests. Since agriculture began 11,000 years ago,
large forest areas have been cleared for farms and cities. Beginning in the 1800’s, great expanses of forest
have also been devastated because of industrial needs. The destruction and degrading of forests is called
deforestation.
Severe deforestation now occurs around the world, even in the most remote forests. Until the late
1940’s forests covered about 22,5 million square Km of the earth’s land. Today they cover less than half
that area. Millions of acres or hectares of forests are destroyed each year. Since 1800, huge areas of
temperate forests have also been cleared. Many parts of Eastern North America, for example, have less
than two percent of even degraded forests remaining.
Industrial pollution is a chief cause of deforestation. Factories often release poisonous gases into the
air and dangerous wastes into the lakes and rivers. Air pollutants may combine with rain or other
precipitations and fall as acid rain. This latter can restrict plant growth or even kill most plants in a forest.
1. Give a suitable Title to the text. (01 pt )
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1. Are the following statements true or false? (02 pts )
a. Vast areas of forests are eliminated for different uses.
b. Deforestation is everywhere in the world.
c. Factories pollute lakes and rivers.
d. Acid rain has no effect on plants of forests.
2. In which paragraph is it mentioned that large forest areas have been destroyed? (01pt)
Paragraph n°= ………………..
3. Answer the following questions according to the text. ( 03 pts)
a. What is deforestation?
…………………………………………………………………………………………………….
b. Have forests increased or decreased today?
………………………………………………………………………………………………………
c. What are some of the consequences of acid rain?
………………………………………………………………………………………………………

4. Who or what do the underlined words refer to in the text? ( 01pt )

that area:……………………………………… This latter:…………………………………………..

B. Text exploration. (07 pts).

1. Match words and their opposites. (01 pt )
Words opposites
1.Destruction a. Widen
1. Restrict b. Preservation
2. Release c. More
3. Less d. Keep
2. Divide the following words into roots and affixes.(02pts )

Word Prefix Root Suffix

Disappearance
Preservation
Impossible
3. Rewrite sentence b so that it means the same as sentence a.( 01.5 pt)
1. a) Toxic plants kill thousands of animals every year.
b) Thousands of animals…………………………….

2. a) Large forests have been cleared for farms and cities.

b) They…………………………………………………

4. Imagine what A says and complete the following dialogue. ( 01.5 pt )

A: …………………………………………………………………
B: Acid rain is rain or snow that is polluted by gases released in air.
A: …………………………………………………………………
B: Acids are made by the combination of sun light and water vapor in the air with the fumes of cars and
factories.
A: …………………………………………………………………
B: People are angry because acid rain is harming all living creatures.

2. Classify the following words according to the pronunciation of their final “s”. (01 pt )
Forests – rivers - beaches - wastes
/S/ /Z/ /IZ/

PART TWO: WRITTEN EXPRESSION. (05 pts).

-Choose one of the following topics.
Topic one:
-Write a composition about the importance of trees. Use the following notes:
a. Stabilisation of the soil (reduce the soil erosion).
b. Protect and conserve water supplies.
c. Prevent floods.
d. Control desertification.
e. Contribute to nutrient recycling: carbon dioxide, absorption, oxygen generation, etc.

Topic two:
-Write a composition about 80 words saying why life in cities is becoming more and more difficult.
Parts Answers Detailed Global mark
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1. A. Part one: (15 pts.)
a. Comprehension. (08 pts) (08 pts):

1-Title : Deforestation 1 Pt 01pt

2a. →T b. →T c. →T d. →F 0.5 pt 02 pts.

3. In the 2nd paragraph 01 pt

4. a. Deforestation is the destruction and degrading of forests. 01 Each 03 pts.
b. Forests have decreased today.
c. Acid rain can restrict plant growth or even kill most
plants in a forest.

4. They → forests 0.5 Each 01 pt.

This latter→ acid rain.

1. B. b. Text exploration. (07 pts) (07 pts):

1. 1→b 2→a 3→d 4→c 0.25 each 01 pt

2.
WORD PREFIX ROOT SUFFIX 0.25 each 02 pts
Disappearance dis appear ance
Preservation / preserve ation
Impossible im possible /

3. a-Thousands of animals are killed every year (by toxic plants). 0.75 each 01.5 pt.
b- They have cleared large forests for farms and cities.

4. A1: -What’s acid rain?

A2: -What are they made of? 0.5 each 1.5 pt.
A3: -Why are people angry?

5.
/s/ /z/ /iz/ 0.25 each 01 pt.
Forests Rivers Beaches
Wastes

2. Part two: (05 pts).

Topic one: -Form 03 pts 05 pts
-Content 02 pts

Topic two: -Form 2.5 pts 05 pts

-Content 2.5 pts