‫الجمهورية الجزائرية الديمقراطية الشعبية‬

‫ثانوية االخوة موري توفانة‬ ‫وزارة التربية الوطنية‬

2018 ‫دورة مـــــــــــــاي‬ ‫امتحان بكالوريا التعليم الثانوي التجريبيـ‬
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‫على المترشح أن يختار أحد الموضوعين التاليين‬
‫الموضوعـ األول‬
PART ONE. READING (15 pts)
Read the text carefully then do the activities.

All Finnish children start their coPmpulsory nine-year comprehensive basic schooling in August of the
year when they become seven years old. Normally, class-based primary school lasts six years followed
by three-year lower secondary school, although the new law allows some variation. Today it is widely
recognized that the six-year primary school experience provides the cornerstone for high quality
education for all Finnish citizens.
All basic school teachers must hold a Masters degree to become permanently employed. Primary
school teacher preparation was converted from a three-year program at teachers’ colleges to four- or
five-year university programs in the late 1970s. Hence, most primary school teachers today possess
higher university degrees. Westbury and colleagues (2005) point out that preparing teachers for a
research-based profession has been the central idea of teacher education developments in Finland since
the mid-1970s.
Because most Finnish schools are small, they often forge close educational communities of teachers
and pupils. Most teachers in primary schools are highly educated and continually update their
professional knowledge and skills. Curriculum reform has made primary schools a place where play and
learning are combined with alternative pedagogical approaches to help children master basic academic
knowledge and skills. Many primary schools therefore have become learning and caring communities
rather than merely instructional institutions that prepare pupils for the next level of schooling.

Extracted from ''A short history of educational reform in Finland"

by Pasi Sahlberg, PhD
A/ Comprehension       (07pts)

1. Are the following sentences true or false? (2pts)

a. Primary school is of less importance for high quality education.
b. Finnish children begin their primary school at the age of six.
c. Primary school lasts for 6 years in Finland.
d. Today, few primary school teachers hold high university degrees.

2. Answer the following questions according to the text: (3pts)

a. How long was Primary school teacher preparation before 1970?
b. is It obligatory for teachers to hold a higher university degree to be employed permanently?
c. How did the syllabus reform help to reach high levelled primary schools in Finland?.

3. Who or what do the underlined words refer to in the text? (1pt)

a. they (§1) b. they (§3) c. Their (§3)

4. Choose the most appropriate title to the text. (0.5pt)

a. Primary school teachers in Finland b. school programs in Finland c. Primary education in Finland.

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B/Text Exploration: ( 08pts )

1. Find in the text words that are closest in meaning to the following. (1pt)
a) obligatory (§1)= … b) basis (§1) = … c) change (§) = ...

2. Divide these words into roots and affixes. An example is given(1.5pt)

,
prefix root suffix
Example: // Permanent ly
Permanently
illiterate .......... .............................. .................
knowledge .......... ............................ ...................
underdevelopment ............ ............................. ......................

3. Rewrite sentence (b) so that is means the same as sentence (a). (2pts)
1. a) “Preparing teachers for a research-based profession has been the central idea of teacher education
developments in Finland”, Westbury and colleagues claimed.
b) Westbury and colleagues claimed……………………………………………….
2.a) If you do not ameliorate your level in languages, you cannot follow up your studies abroad.       
b) Unless.....................................................................................................................
4. Reorder the following sentences to make a coherent paragraph. (2.5pts)
a) In some school systems, elementary school includes grades one to eight.
b) In America, classes of students are divided
c) The next four years are called high school.
d) into twelve academic levels called grades.

5. Classify the following words according to the number of their syllables”: (1pt)
program – communities – school - profession

One syllable Two syllables Three Four syllables

syllables

PART TWO: Written Expression. (05pts)

Choose ONE of the following topics:

Topic one: Using the following notes , write a letter of about 120 to 150 words to a British penfriend
describing the educational system in Algeria.
- Types of schools: primary, middle, secondary
- number Subjects: maths, physics…
- Streams: literary, ...
- Degrees: BEM, BAC.
- architecture of schools ...etc.

Topic two:
You are a parent of a pupil and you are summoned at school to check a mistake committed by your
son. Imagine the conversation held between you and the headmaster.
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‫الموضوع الثاني‬
 PART ONE.  READING AND INTERPRETING ( 15 pts)

Read the text carefully and do the activities

Numidia (202 BC - 25 BC) was an ancient Berber kingdom in North Africa and is no longer in existence
today. It was located on the eastern border of modern day Algeria, bordered by the Roman province of
Mauritania ( western border of modern Algeria ) to the west, the Roman province of Africa ( modern day
Tunisia ) to the east, the Mediterranean sea to the North and the Sahara Desert to the south. Its earliest
inhabitants, the Numidians, were divided into tribes and clans and were racially indistinguishable from the
other Berber inhabitants of early North Africa. From the 6 th century BC, points along the coast were occupied
by the Carthaginians, who by the 3rd century BC had expanded into the interior as far as Thevesta (Tébessa).

The name of Numidia was first applied by Polybius and other historians during the 3 rd century BC to
indicate the territory west of Carthage, including the Entire Maghreb as far as the river Mulucha (Muluya),
about 100 miles west of Oran. The Numidians were conceived of as two great tribal groups: the Massyli in
eastern Numidia, and the Massaesyli in the west. The Numidians were semi-nomadic Berber tribes who lived
in Numidia, in Algeria, east of Constantine and in part of Tunisia and Morocco. The Numidians were one of
the earliest natives to trade with the settlers of Carthage.

The inhabitants remained semi-nomadic until the reign of Massinissa, the chief of the Massyli tribe living
near Cirta (Constantine). During the second Punic War he was initially an ally of Carthage, but he went over to
the Roman side in 206 BC and was given further territory extending as far as the Mulucha River. For nearly 50
years Massinisa retained the support of Rome as he tried to turn the Numidian pastoralists into peasant
farmers. He also seized much Carthaginian territory and probably hoped to rule all North Africa.
The internet. Google/ Numidia

A. COMPREHENSION ( 7 pts)

1) Circle the letter that corresponds to the right answer.

The text is: a- an extract from a history book
b- a web article
c- a newspaper report

2) Are the following statements true or false? Write T or F next to the letter corresponding to the
statement.
a- Numidia still exists in modern Algeria.
b- The earliest inhabitants of Numidia were Berbers.
c- Massinissa ruled all North Africa.

3) Answer the following questions according to the text.

a- Where was Numidia situated?
b- Give the names of the Numidian tribes.
c- What were the Numidians’ activities?

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

a- Who §1 b- He §3
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B. TEXT EXPLORATION ( 8 pts)

1) Find in the text words that are synonyms to the following.

a- small communities =§2 b- to govern = §3

2) Complete the following table

Verb Noun Adjective
succeed ……………… ……………….
……………… unification ……………….
………………. ……………… dead

3) Connect each pair of sentences with one of the words given. Make changes where necessary.
a- We discover our history. We learn more about Algeria. (Providing that)
b- Thousands of Carthaginians escaped to Numidia. Carthage was destroyed. (After)

4) Fill in the gaps with words from the list.

commander - educated - Massinissa - Carthaginian

… …1……was the son of king Gala (or Gaïa) of the Massylians, and was ……2……..in Carthage - a kind way
to say that he was in fact a hostage. When he was almost thirty years old, he served as……3…….. of a
Numidian cavalry unit in the ………4………army in Iberia.

5) Classify the following words according to the pronunciation of the final ''ed''
remained located conceived divided hoped

/t/ /d/ /id/

PART TWO. WRITTEN EXPRESSION (5pts)

Choose one of the following topics.

Topic One
All ancient civilizations such as the Egyptian, Greek, Roman, Sumerian, etc rose, fell and then
vanished because of wars, epidemics, etc. How about our modern civilization? What, in your
opinion, threatens the world today? ( use examples and illustrations)
Use the following ideas to write an essay of about 10 lines:
- nuclear wars
- diseases
- climate change
- pollution
- economic collapse
- natural catastrophes

Or, Topic Two

What are the contributions of the Islamic civilization to the modern world? Give concrete examples (maths,
medicine, biology, astronomy, sociology......)
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