Ibn Khaldun Secondary School_2013-201 Second Year GE
Duration: 2 H The First Term Examination
PART ONE: READING
Read the text and answer the questions:
Forests are very important to the environment because they use carbon
dioxide (CO2) and produce oxygen. They also provide shelter and food
for many different types of plants and animals.
Trees are cut down for many reasons but the main reasons are to make
space to build new houses and to clear land to grow grass for cows and
sheep to eat, to produce dairy foods. The trees which are cut down are
sold and they are made into paper and furniture.
Cutting down trees is called deforestation and it can have serious
effects. If animals’ homes, which are built in and around the trees, are
destroyed, many species will become extinct. For example, many
different types of animals in South America were lost before scientists
could learn about them.
Deforestation also affects the climate. When rain falls on a forest, new
clouds are created. If huge areas of trees are cut down, clouds do not
form, rain does not fall and the land becomes drier. The CO 2 builds up
and adds to the global warming which is making the Earth become hotter.
Many European countries are planting trees faster than they are cutting
them down. Many trees were planted a few years ago to replace woodland
and to create forests in areas where there wasn’t much wood. We can help
to save forests by reusing and recycling paper.
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A- Comprehension & Interpretation : (8 pts)
1- Circle the letter that corresponds to the right answer. The text is: (1 pt)
a- A speech b- An Internet article c- A letter
2- Copy the title you think is the most appropriate to the text. (1 pt)
a- Reforestation b- The benefits of trees c- The destruction of forests
3- Are these statements true or false? (2 pts)
a- The forests are very important because we use the carbon dioxide they produce.
b- One of the main reasons why the forests are being destroyed is to feed some species of animals.
c- Deforestation is the planting of trees on an area where they have been cut down.
d- There is nothing we can do to help save forests.
4- Answer the questions according to the text. (3 pts)
a- Why are forests devastated?
b- How does deforestation affect plants and animals?
c- How are the European countries trying to solve this problem?
5- W hat / who do the underlined words refer to in the text? (1 pt)
B- Text Exploration : (7pnts)
1- Find in the text words whose definitions follow. (1.5pnt)
“The general weather conditions usually found in a particular place" = …………………
“No longer existing or living” = ………………..
2- Divide the words into roots and affixes. (1.5pnt)
DEFORESTATION REUSING RECYCLING
Prefixe(s) Root Suffixe(s)
Example: / plant -ing
3- Rewrite the second sentence so that it means the same as the one given. (2pnts)
a- Forests provide shelter and food for many different types of plants and animals.
b- Shelter and food …………………………………………………………………
c- Many trees were planted a few years ago to replace woodland and to create forests.
d- Volunteers …………………………………………………………………………..
4- Classify the following words according to the pronunciation of their final “ed”. (1pnt)
PLANTED PROVIDED PRODUCED RECYCLED
/t/ /d/ /id/
5- Use the following words to make a coherent sentence: (1pnt)
LARGE AREAS – DESTROYING – RAIN FOREST – OF – DEFORESTATION – IS – TROPICAL
PART TWO: WRITING
Write a COMPOSITION on the following topic: (5pnts)
Extensive reforestation campaigns initiated by the National Organization of Environmental Protection and Tourism
Exchange , with the support of the National Popular Army ( ANP) , were launched on Saturday, December 14, 2013
in several regions of the wilaya of Setif (Babor , Megres , Zenadia , Oulbane , Aras , Sidi Djoudi Traris ...).
Under the sign "Planting a tree for every Algerian», this major reforestation campaign will run until March 21, 2014.
In your opinion, what would the impact of this action reforestation be on improving the quality of life of citizens in
Setif, and how would "Planting a tree for every Algerian» help for the local environment and for the planet?
Level: 2G _ 2013-2014
CORRIGE TYPE
Part One : Reading and Interpreting (15 pts)
A/ Comprehension :
(1 pt)
(1 pt)
1- The text is: b- An Internet article
(2pts)
2- The suitable title: c- The destruction of forests
(3 pts)
3- True or False statements:
a- False b- True c- False d- False
(1 pt)
4- Question answering
a- For: making space to build new houses/ clearing land to grow grass for cows and
sheep to eat, to produce dairy foods/ making paper and furniture. (1.5 pt)
b- Many species will become extinct/ no clouds, rain does not fall and the land
becomes drier. (1.5 pt)
c- They are planting trees faster than they are cutting them down.
d- Reference words: (2 pts)
they = trees it = deforestation
they = many Europeans we = all of us/ the readers
(1 pt)
B- Text Exploration
1- Finding definitions (1 pt)
a- Climate b- Extinct
2- Morphology: (5 pts)
Prefixe(s) Root Suffixe(s)
De- forest -ation
Re- us(e) -ing
Re- cycl(e) -ing
3- Transformations:
a- Shelter and food are provided for many different types of plants and animals by
forests.
b- Many trees were planted to replace woodland and to create forests a few years ago.
4- Classification according to the pronunciation of the final “ed”.
/t/ /d/ /id/
Produced Recycled Planted
Provided
5- Ordering words:
Deforestation is destroying large areas of tropical rainforest.
Part Two: Written Expression
Content: 3 pts
Form: 2 pts
