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1/ Two women living on separate continents - one of
them an actress in Los Angeles, the other a fashion
designer in London - have spoken of the moment
they came to discover each other as identical twins.
Anaïs Bordier and Samantha Futerman were
separated at birth. Miss Bordier was taken to France
by her adoptive parents, while Miss Futerman was
raised in New Jersey.
2/ Over the course of the last year, the pair have
visited each other in their respective countries and
taken the time to get to know each other before
deciding to answer the question - are they sisters?
It all began last February. 'I got message on Face
book from a girl in London,' Miss Futerman, an
actress, said she had seen me in a YouTube video,
then after looking my name up online, saw that we
were both adopted, and born on the same day, in
the same city.
She also shared similar
mannerisms to the actress, who
turned out to be Miss Futerman,
who grew up in Verona, New
Jersey and was living in Los
Angeles.
3/ Miss Bordier contacted
aspiring actress Miss Futerman
on Twitter and the women say
they were both born in the
South Korean town of Busan on
November 19, 1987.
Bordier and Futerman decided to start chatting via
Skype. Futerman described looking into Bordier's
face as seeing a mirror of her own features.
Nonetheless, they've had their DNA tested to erase
any doubt that they're sisters.
Boumhel High School 3rd Formers Math 1+2 / Eco 1 Teacher: Mme Ben Aoun.N
Date: March 2014 Name: ……………………………………………… Class: ……………………….
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They met for the first time in London, then in Los
Angeles, and now they've united again in
Manhattan.
The 'twinsters,' shared an immediate and undeniable
bond. They also decided to share their emotional
meeting with others and launched a campaign to
raise funds for a documentary tracking their
'possible siblingship' — which would culminate in
the release of their DNA results, proving whether or
not they are in fact related.
4/ Over the last year, the twins have been able to
capture tons of amazing moments along their
journey, including two weeks at Samantha's home in
California, and 10 days in their birthplace, Seoul,
Korea, where they visited their adoption agency
together. 
They both share a love of Harry Potter, the arts, and
many of the same television
programmes, while Miss Bordier
confessed that the duo had
taken advantage of their physical
similarities to play a trick on Miss
Futerman's mother and father.
5/ After she and her sister were
born, they were each placed in
separate foster care agencies
and adopted separately.
Futerman has two adoptive
brothers, while Bordier is the
only child in her family.
The pair have decided to make a documentary about
their experience, and they say they've already heard
from many other adoptees who are thankful to them
for sharing their experience.
Daily Mail reporter
12 Feb 2014
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READING COMPREHENSION QUESTIONS. ( 12marks)

1°) Complete the following table about the twin sisters Anais and Samantha. (3marks)

Age Country of origin situation

2°) Sort out 2 common, shared similar traits between the twin sisters. (2marks)

a- ……………………………………………............. b- ………………………………………………………….

3°) Correct the following wrong statements with details from the text. (2marks)

a- The foster care agencies make the 2 women meet.

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b- Anais and Samantha have two adoptive siblings each.
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4°) Answer: How did the two women finally reach their sibling ship? (1mark)

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5°) Circle the right option: (2marks)

a- The two women have met once

twice
thrice
four times over one year .
b- “seeing a mirror of her own features” (&3) means:
*representing her character
*comparing her to her sister
*reflecting her similarities

6°) Find out what the underlined word in the text refers to: (1mark)

*the duo (&3) refers to:…………………………………………………….

7°) Give a personal and justified answer to the following question. (1mark)

How far DNA testing is fundamental in family relations?

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WRITING (12marks)
Task-1- Use the given hints to write a short paragraph to sum up the mapping below. (4marks)

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Infection /virus Fever/inflamation of Paralysis/death 3 vaccinations
the spinal cord Ages : 3 months + 4 months
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Task-2- ESSAY-TOPIC/ “We, scientists and technologists, have it in our power to make a better world”.
React to this quote by writing an article to be edited on face book in which you express to which extent you agree
or disagree. Use sound arguments from what you have studied in class.

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Adherence to content (3)….. Cohesion and language (3)…. Mechanical accuracy (2)……
LANGUAGE/ (6marks)

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1°) Fill in the gaps with 6 words from the list below. (3marks)

cures- effective – deprive – enhance – genes – prevent – curable – hereditary -

To some people, genetic engineering is the chance for a better and healthier life, but other people fear that it is
"playing God" and trying to "program" a human being. Each of these views is right in certain ways. Genetic
engineering could be used to ……………………………… people’s lives, but it could also be used to harm people’s lives.
If future research produces more ………………………………. and accurate processes to manipulate human DNA,
scientists will be able to create …………………………… for diseases that are not curable today. Even birth defects
could be almost totally eliminated if doctors were able to change a child’s …………………………. before birth. The
process could also be adapted to cure ………………………………. diseases and …………………………… them from passing to
future generations. It could also allow people with family histories of diseases, such as cancer, to "fix" their
genetic predisposition to the disease.

2° ) Supply the right tense/form of the words in parentheses.(3marks)

It's the first time since 2011 that Hong Kong has imposed an import ban on live chickens and carried out a cull.
After detecting a chicken infected with the H7N9 strain of avian influenza at the Cheung Sha Wan wholesale
market, government authorities closed the market, banned the sale of live chickens, and (begin)......................the
cull of 20,000 birds.
"This (be)…………………………. our control strategy for the last 16 years," says Dr. Kelvin To at the University of Hong
Kong's Department of Microbiology. "It's a necessary measure (stop)……………………….. the spread of this virus."
But this is the Lunar New Year festive season - a time when it's traditional to buy live chickens for (consume)
………………………………and wholesalers fear they will lose millions in local revenue.
"For every batch, we screen a proportion of the chickens and test them for H7N9, and if one tests positive, just as
in this case, then the government takes action. We also screen chickens in Hong Kong because we have chicken
farms here too," says Dr. To.
The chicken that (just detect)……………………………….with the virus, however, was in a batch that came from China,
the doctor added. "So we think there's a definite risk in the chickens (come)………………………… from China."

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