Slimani Med Secondary School November, 2021

First Year Literary and Scientific Stream Duration: 2 hours

FIRST TERM ENGLISH EXAMINATION

Part One: Reading. (15Points)

A/ Comprehension.

Read the text carefully to do the activities below.

Millions of people in the world make use of the Internet, this international network of computers. This
medium will soon change the way we communicate, shop, study, conduct business and publish. The
Internet has unlimited possibilities. In an hour’s time the users can send an important message to one
hundred thousand people, visit the most beautiful places all over the world, buy a computer, look over
official documents, study the weather report and even get married.

The most popular way of using the net is e-mail. The system enables the holder to send information to
other people in just a second; of course on the condition that the addressee has also access to the Internet. It
costs only as much as a local telephone connection and is the fastest in the world.

Businessman use the Internet to obtain the latest information from the Stock Exchange. Scientists
acquaint themselves with numerous achievements and novelties in all branches of science. In medicine, it is
used in so called tele-surgery. The Internet makes it possible for a doctor to perform surgical operations on
patient by remote control. The power of the Internet is infinite.

Adapted from: http.www.qoura.com

1. Say whetherthefollowing statementsare Trueor False.WriteTorF nexttotheletter corresponding to the
statement.
a. Analysts think that the Internet will transform the way people study.
b. People don’t like using Internet.
c. The quickest way to communicate is the telephone.
d. The Internet is useless in medicine.
2. Answer the following questions according to the text.
a. What is the Internet?
b. What is the condition to send an e-mail?
c. Can doctors use Internet in their work? Justify.

3. Find who/ what the underlined words in the text refer to.
a-We (§1) - b-It (§2)

4. Give a title to the text.

B/ Text Exploration.

1. Find in the text words that are closest in meaningto the following.(=)
a. climate(§1) - b.permits (§2) - c.gain (§3)

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2. Complete the followingchartas shown in the example.

Verbs Nouns Adjectives

Example to connect connection connected
…………… information ……………..
to communicate …………………. ………………
…………….. ………………… married

3. Reorder these words to get coherent and meaningful sentences.

1-to /Saturday /you /birthday / am /party / on / I /inviting / my .
2-often / Susan / class / the / study / in / Jenny /library / after / and.
3-weekends / crowded / park / on / extremely /the /royal / is .

4. Reorder the following sentences to get a meaningful passage.

a. Moreover, it educates children because
b. It allows people to relax after a hard day’s work.
c. it shows them documentaries on different topics.
d. TV is the best invention that man has ever made.

Part Two: Written Expression. (05 points)

Choose ONE of the following topics.

Topic One:

Nowadays, most teenagers like to use social media such as Facebook and Instagram. However, they
are sometimes very dangerous if people don’t know how to use them. Write a newspaper article of about
80 to 100 words in which you discuss the benefits and disadvantages of using these social media.

Make the best use of these notes:

 The benefits:
-Connect with family and friends all over the world.
- People use them as means of entertainment (play games, watch videos, listen to music…).
- Help students in their studies and researches.

 The disadvantages:
- They are waste of time and money.
- Pupils may lose their works and studies.
- Theymayaffect people’s health badly.

Topic Two:

Your key pal has sent you an email in which s/he describes his town. Now, it is your turn to write a
reply to this friend.

‘When you believe in yourself, you need no other to believe in you.’

GOOD LUCK

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