ENGLISH EXAM Duration 

: 2h30
TL 1 – TL 2
Lycée Marovoay

TEXT :
Most of the world’s Internet users believe Internet access is a basic human right. This is according to a new
poll conducted for the BBC. A survey of more than 27,000 adults in 26 different countries found four out of
five (4/5) people believed access to the World Wide Web was a right everyone in the world needs and should
have. The chief of the International Telecommunication Union, Dr. Hamadoun Toure, told the BBC World
Service : "The right to communicate cannot be ignored. The Internet is the most powerful potential source of
enlightenment ever created." Dr. Toure believes online access should be available everywhere, just like roads
and water. In some countries, this has already happened. Finland and Estonia have laws saying access is a
human right.

The survey also showed how the Internet is quickly becoming a vital part of our life, all across the world.
Over 75 per cent of Japanese, Mexican and Russian people said they could not live without it. It is easy to
see why. Almost everything we do in our life today, from communication, study, work and leisure, needs the
Internet. Without access to the Web, many people would feel helpless and powerless. Almost 80 per cent of
those who took the survey believe the Web had a positive impact, with nearly four fifths saying they have
greater freedom. Other people were worried about the dangers of using the Internet. One big surprise was
that the majority of Germans felt it was not safe for them to express their opinions online.

A- READING COMPREHENSION (8pts)

I. Find in the text :

1. The synonym of : public opinion

2. The opposite of : minority
II. True, False or ING. Justify if true or false
1- Online access is available all across the world.
2- Many paeople feel powerless without internet.

II. Answer these questions

1- How many people took the survey ?

2- What Dr Toure says about the internet ?
IV. Complete with a word from the text
1- If you want to talk to the director, he is ______ from 7.00 to 8.00.
2- _______ of speech is every American birthright.
3- One of Jesse’s favorite ________ activities is swimming.
 B- GRAMMAR IN USE
I. Fill in the blanks with appropriate grammatical words : (2pts)

Your success depends……1……..your own efforts. You will succeed ……2……….you work hard. Some
students spend most of their ……3……….. playing without thinking of ……4…….future life.

II. Put the verbs into the past perfect tense (0,25pts x8=2pts)
1. The storm destroyed the sandcastle that we ______ (build)
2. He ______ (not / be) to Cape Town before 1997.
3. My brother ate all of the cake that our mum ______ (make)
4. The doctor took off the plaster that he _______ (put on) six weeks before.
5. The waiter brought a drink that I ______ (not / order)
6. I could not remember the poem we ______ (learn) the week before.
7. ______ (he / phone) Angie before he went to see her in London ?
8. She _______ (not / ride) a horse before that day.

C- WRITING (7pts)

Talk about two (2) kind of tourism you know. (100 words)