Nasser Eddine Khaled Middle School. Level : 4th year MS.

School year : 2012 /2013. Date : Monday,October 15th,2012.

Timing : 1 hour.
N 01.

Tea
Tea is made from its leaves.It is produced more in China.It is also grown in India,Kenya,and Sri Lanka.At first, it was
used as a remedy,but it is an everyday drink. First, the leaves are hand plucked from the plant and they are spread onto
a clouth.They are left there for about twenty-four hours.Next, they are rolled up until they break into small pieces.Finally,
they are dried. The tea is packed into containers and exported to different countries.It is sold to customers
as loose leaves,
as tea bags and as instant tea.

 Reading Comprehension.( 07pts) Read the text carefully and do the activities.

Activity one. Match one question in column A with one answer in column B.
A B
1. What was tea used as at first? a. In the Sahara.
2. How are the leaves collected? b. From China.
3. In which part of Algeria is tea drunk daily? c. It was used as a remedy.
4. Where does Algeria export tea from? d. They are hand pucked.

Activity two. Say true or false.Correct the false one.

1. At first,tea was used as a medicine. …………………..
2. Tea is produced only in China. ……………………
3. Tea is an everyday drink. …………………….
Activity three. Find in the text above words that are opposites in meaning to the following.
Imported ≠ ………………………… bought ≠ ………………………….
 Mastery of language. ( 07pts)

Activity one. Spot and correct the mistakes in the sentences.

1. You like drinking tea, do you?
2. Tea is an everyday drink, doesn`t it?

Activity two. Supply the punctuation and capital letters where necessary.

( first workers pick the tea plant’s leaves next they roll the leaves and let them ferment finally they sort the tea and pack it )

Activity three. Pick out from the text four (04) verbs and complete the table.
/t/ /d/ / id /
1.......................... 1................................ 1..................................
2.........................

 Situation of integration.
Order the sentences and then insert time sequencers.So that you get a coherent paragraph about tea preparation.

a. Pour the liquid into another teapot with a strainer to catch the tea leaves and serve it in teacups with some sugar.
b. Cover it to retain warmth and steep it for about two minutes.
c. Boil some water in a tea pot.Let it to run cold for 10 seconds before using it for tea.
d. Put the tea leaves in the bottom of the tea pot; use five cups of water for five teaspoons of tea.
Good luck.