Bachir Chihani Secondary School School year: 2022 / 2023

Level: 1st year Scientific Stream Class: ………. Name: ……………………………

First Term Exam

Part One: Reading and Interpreting (15pts)

Facebook is a social networking website where users can chat, share pictures, music, videos, and
articles as well as their own thoughts and opinions with anyone they like. It became the most popular social
media platform in the world. (§1)

This networking website began in February 2004, as an educational social network at Harvard
University. It was created by Mark Zuckerberg along with Edward Savarin; both of them are students at the
college. It was not until 2006 that Facebook got opened to anyone who was 13 years or older. (§2)

Facebook has many interesting features that led to its success. For example, it supports online chat
and the ability to comment on friends' profile pages or share information. It, also, allows its users to
maintain a friend's list and choose privacy settings to decide who can see the content on their profile. In
addition to that, in Facebook, people can upload and share their photos and videos with their family and
friends. (§3)

Adopted from www.Lifewire.Org

A/ Comprehension / Interpretation: (7pts)
1. Choose the best answer: (1pt)

The text is about: a) Facebook b) The advantages of social media c) Mark Zuckerberg
2. Are these statements TRUE or FALSE? (2pts)
a/ Facebook was first created for educational purposes. …………………..
b/ Mark Zuckerberg along with Edward Savarin are from the same collage.  ……………….
c/ at 2006, Facebook became open to anyone who was less than 13 years old.  ……………….
d/ Facebook has different features that led to its success.  ………………
3. Answer the following statements according to the text: (3pts)
a/ What is Facebook?
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b/ Who created Facebook?
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c/ Name two features of Facebook.
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4. What do the underlined words refer to in the text? (1pts)

Famous (§1) = ………………….. Pupils (§2) =…………………………

B/ Text Exploration: (8pts)
1. Complete the following table: (3pts)

Normal Adjective Extreme Adjective

Hot ……………………
Cold ……………………
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3. Unscramble the following words: (2pts)

1. music / usually / I / to / listen.
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2. rarely / Sarah / the /goes / swimming pool / to.

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4. Fill in the gaps using the words provided: So as not to – Mustn’t – In order to - Must (3pt)
1. We ……………….….. have internet ……………….. use social media.
2. You ……………….….. leave your phone without password ……………….……….. be hacked.

Part Two: Written Expression Choose only ONE topic (5pts)

Topic one: Write a short paragraph in which you give instructions to a friend about the steps of created a Facebook
account. Remember to use sequencers.
Start like that: To open a Facebook account you should, first……
Use the following notes to help you:
Go to facebook.com / Switch on the computer / Enter your information (name, password, birthday…etc.) /
Connect to Wi-Fi / Open Google Chrome / Click on sign in.

Topic two: The internet today plays an important role in our daily life. Write a paragraph about the advantages of this
revolutionary invention.

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