Hakim Saadane Secondary School

Level First Year Due: 2 hours

The Second Term Exam

Part one: Reading Comprehension
Read the text then answer the questions carefully.
Humans need to breathe to survive however breathing in big cities has become an issue nowadays.
Unlike countryside, big cities are dirty and you can hardly find a space of clean and fresh air. The
industrialization and noxious gases released from the huge amount of cars causes air to be more polluted,
and the levels of pollution are going higher every year.

The impact of air pollution surpasses big cities to forests. It may cause acid rains which on their turn
will cause changes in climate. Air pollution stops the process of photosynthesis and as a result it ends
lives of millions of plants and trees. If these trees disappear, many species will lose their homes. Thus,
the whole ecosystem will be affected by air pollution, and the damage will reach even the ozone layer
making earth without protection.

Keeping things as they are will worsen the situation, and the harm that might be caused in one year
will be shortened to one day. So, let us safeguard air from being polluted or it will be first threat to
humans.

1-Are the following statements true or false?

a-Nowadays, The industrialization makes the air more and more polluted.
b- Many living creatures live in trees.
c- The ozone layer is safe from air pollution.
d-Acid rains are not harmful to the forests.

2-Answer the following questions according to the text

a-what makes the air polluted?

b-Why is the ecosystem in danger?
c- Is it helpful to do nothing? justify your answer

3-Circle the letter that corresponds to the right answer

1-The text is about:…………..

a)The effects of air pollution
b)The causes of air pollution
c)The solutions of air pollution

4-What or who do the underlined words refer to in the text?

which §2 these §2 they§3

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Text Exploration

1-Find in the text words or phrases that closest in meaning to the following

Not clean §1 harm §2 protect §2

2-Divide the following words into roots and affixes

Pollution -harmful -deforestation -dirty

prefix root suffix

3-Put the verbs between brackets into the correct form

a-If you heat ice, it (to melt).

b-If she goes on foot, she (not to be) pollute the air.

c- People will find what to drink if they (to stop) wasting the water.

d-If they (to have) a lot of money, they would buy an electric car.

4-classify the following words according to the number of their syllables

Nowadays -air -pollution -cause - Throw -transport-

One syllable Two syllables Three syllables

Part Two : Written Expression

Choose only ONE topic

Topic One

We need to stop polluting the environment to be safe. Using the following notes write a paragraph
of about 80 to 100 words on how we can protect our environment.

Plant trees /stop burning them

-reduce traffic(movement of cars)
stop wasting water.
stop throwing rubbish / recycling it.

Topic Two

In few lines, say how teenagers spend their free time.

Good Luck
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