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Daia High School
Stream: Second Year Literary Stream Time Duration: 02 hours
Third Term Test
Part One: Reading
Read the text carefully then do the activities:
The pictures of adults and children dying from hunger and diseases in Africa as well as the photos of thousands of hopeless people having lost all their possessions after the passage of a violent storm or a terrible earthquake are scenes that frequently move the world. Their sight makes the whole planet aware of the terrible spectacle of sorrow and death that affect human communities. Thanks to the power of mass media and especially of television, everyone gets shocked at the view of dead bodies being buried under tons of dust, concrete or mud that have collapsed over them. Our feelings get upset when we look at the distressed and panic-stricken faces of the survivors who not only find it difficult to grasp the scope of the terrible fate that has caught them in its merciless grips but who also bear in their eyes an air of total despair and powerlessness because they do not know what to do in order to survive.
But one the first emotions are controlled, people everywhere recover the sense of reality and take the decision to do their utmost to save the living from the harsh reality they are thrown into.
It is during such occasions that we see the positive role that mass media play for the creation of a framework where nations whatever their differences are brought closer to each other and ready to offer mutual help and support.
The tragedies that reporters cover and broadcast to the international community so vividly never miss their target since they systematically produce in most of us a spirit of solidarity and actions of generosity that no political calculation can destroy or divert from its noble aims. They are magical moments which bind during some time the various communities of the world. They are certainly an initial step toward more tolerance and better coexistence among nations.
A) Comprehension and Interpretation
1) How many sentences are there in the first paragraph?
2) Are the following statements true or false?
a) The pictures of children and adults dying from hunger do not move the world.
b) TV has a negative role in such occasions.
c) Nations do offer mutual aid and support in time of catastrophe.
d) The tragedies covered by reporters always miss their targets.
3) Answer the following questions according to the text:
a) What are the scenes that do frequently move the world?
b) What do the mass media create in time of catastrophe?
4) Give a title to the text
5) Find in the text synonyms to the following words:
*famine (§1) *sad (§1)
B) Text Exploration
1) Find in the text opposites to the following words:
*Nice (§1) *build (§3)
2) Put the verbs in brackets in the right tense.
*There (to be) no way for the people of the past to know how earthquakes happen.
*During the catastrophe that had hit South Asia in 2004, all nations (to unite) their efforts to help the survivors.
*Some (to gather) food while others (to look) for eventual survivors among the crumbled houses.
3) Write sentence (b) so that it means the same as sentence (a):
a) “ We nave not received any help from the government”, said a survivor.
b) A survivor said that --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
a) “ How did you behave in front of that situation?”
b) A journalist asked me ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------
c)
4) Classify the following words according to the pronunciation of their final ‘ed’:
ebbed, flashed, blocked, donated, claimed, exploded
5) Reorder the following sentences to get a coherent paragraph.
a) to obtain the maximum of protection against their distractive effects
b) to find the most efficient solution
c) as human beings cannot change the forces which produce natural disasters
d) they do their utmost and use their intelligence
Part Two: Written Expression
Choose only one topic:
Topic one: Complete the following conversation.
Journalist: -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Inhabitant: The rain started to fall on Sunday and it didn’t stop until Monday.
Journalist: -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Inhabitant: At first, every body delighted to see it because of the drought of these last years, but as the water poured non-stop and in huge quantities, the mood changed into fear.
Journalist: -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Inhabitant: We got frightened mainly when we saw that the river over flew and water began to flood some houses.
Journalist: -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Inhabitant: Oh yes! At the beginning we all panicked and felt powerless, but very soon, teams of volunteers were formed and started to roam the city offering aid to the people in difficulty.
Topic two: Write a paragraph of ten (10) to twelve (12) lines in which you explain what should be done before, during and after an earthquake.
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