Duration: 1hour Boushaba Ahmed Secondary School

Level: 1st year

Name: Second Term Test of English
Class:

Read the text carefully then do the following activities

Americans often express a great concern about the increase of road accidents and the lack of
security when driving their cars. For this reason, the national association responsible for security in
roads decided to do a study in order to know the different factors behind this horrible increase in
accidents. The informants chosen for the study were a group of drivers aged between (18-48) years
old and had already experienced a car accident.
Most drivers agreed that 75% of car accidents are man-made and not due to some natural
disturbances such as rain, flood…..etc. When the reporter asked them to nominate the factors
behind the spread of this phenomenon.45% of drivers said that speed is the most common reason
behind car crashes.while31% of them claimed that drinking alcohol when driving often lead to big
disasters. Other than this,21% of the informants still believe that talking in mobiles and drivers
fatigue is among the factors to cause these accidents.
As expected, the reporter found that the speed of driving by teenagers and drink driving are the
reasons behind the spread of road accidents in the United States.

A/ Comprehension
1- The text above is: a) a survey b) a report c) a newspaper article
2- Say if the following statements are true or false?
1- Americans are not worried about the increase of road accidents……….
2- Some informants believe that there is a relation between road accidents and alcohol drinking……..
3-people who were involved in some road accidents were selected for the survey…………
3- Answer the following questions according to the text?
a-why did the association decide to do the survey?
……………………………………………………………………………..
b-What did the survey find?
……………………………………………………………. ………………
c- Is speed the only reason behind car accidents? Justify your answer
…………………………………………………………………………….

4-The expression” as expected” means: -The reporter predicted the results

-The reporter denied the results
- The reporter refused the results

5-what do the underlined pronouns refer to in the text?

Their (§ 1)……….. Them (§ 2)…………. these (§ 2)………….

B/Text Exploration:
1- Find in the text words that are synonyms to:
Worry (§ 1) =……….. Questioned (§ 1) =……….. Rapidity (§3) =………..
2- Complete the following table?

verbs Nouns Adjectives

To care ………………. ………………….
……………… advice ………………….
………………….. ……………….. reported

3- Change the following sentences from direct to reported speech?

1-“ I have to leave the room now” she said
He said………………………………………………………………….
2- “What have you prepared for the party?” they asked me
He asked me…………………………………………………………….
3- “I will organize my birthday party tomorrow” he said
He said………………………………………………………………….
4- “Leave the room!” he ordered me
…………………………………………………………………………….
5-“could you show me the way please” the guest asked me
The guest asked me……………………………………………………….

4-Reorder the following words to get a coherent sentence

Not/ every day / ordered / their / parents / to watch / children /television
………………………………………………………………………………

5-Cross out the silent letter in the following words (×)

Climb- castle- drought- half- honorable- dialogue

Best of luck