‫الجمهورية الجزائرية الديمقراطية الشعبية‬

Hamdan Khoudja Secondary School 2022/ 2023

Level : 3rd year literary stream
The Second English Exam

Part One: Reading (15points)

Read the text carefully and do the activities.

“Child Labour” is often defined as work that deprives children of their childhood, their potential and
their dignity, and that is harmful to physical and mental development.In its most extreme forms, child labour
involves children being enslaved, separated from their families, exposed to serious hazards and illnesses or
left to fend for themselves on the streets of large cities – often at a very early age.

Not every form of “work” can be called “child labour” . It depends on the child’s age, the type and
hours of work performed, the conditions under which it is performed and the objectives pursued by individual
countries. The answer varies from country to country, as well as among sectors within countries.

In fact, not all work done by children should be classified as child labour . Children’s or adolescents’
participation in work that does not affect their health and personal development or interfere with their
schooling, is generally regarded as being something positive. This includes activities such as helping their
parents around the home, assisting in a family business or earning pocket money outside school hours and
during school holidays. These kinds of activities contribute to children’s development and to the welfare of
their families; they provide them with skills and experience, and help to prepare them to be productive
members of society during their adult life.

Teacher Own Resources/ Reading Comprehension Texts

A. COMPREHENSION/INTERPRETATION (08 points)

1. Are these statements true or false? Write T or F next to the letter corresponding to the statement.
a. Children involved in child labour are mistreated.
b. Any work performed by children is named ‘child labour’.
c. Children work can be beneficial.
d. Work that interferes with children education is harmless.

2. In which paragraph is it mentioned that some children are working in unsafe conditions?

3. Answer the following questions according to the text.

a. How is ‘child labour’ defined in the text ?

b. What are the bad effects of child labour ?
c. Can work be positive for children? If yes say when?

4. Choose the general idea of the text.

a. Children work has drawbacks and benefits.
b. Millions of children are deprived of protection and heath care.
c. Children are suffering from conflicts and wars.

5. Who or what do the underlined words refer to in the text?

a. themselves…(§1) b. this ….(§3)

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B/ TEXT EXPLORATION (07 points)
1. Find in the text words that are close in meaning t to the following.
a. dangers(§1) b. benefit(§3)

2. Complete the table as shown in the example.

noun adjective
verb
example: labour labouring
to labour
to ..................... development ...........................
.................................. ............................. productive
to contribute ................................ ...............................

3. Rewrite sentence “b” so that it means the same as sentence “a”.

1. a. Some café owners exploit children as waiters for a miserable pay.

b.I wish.........................................................................................
2. a. If the low protect children rights’, they won’t be exploited.
b. Unless ..........................................................................................
3. a. Governments should have protected children from exploitation.
b. It’s high time ..........................................................................................
4. Classify the following words in the table according to their stressed syllables:
Exploitation - dramatic – children- statistics
First syllable Second syllable Third syllable

5. Fill in the gaps with words from the list:

survive - causes - Poverty - unskilled.

…….1…….is one of the most essential……2……… of child labour. Children who were
born in poverty, for any reason, grow as …….3……workers and find themselves forced to
child labour to …….4…..with their families.
PART TWO: WRITTEN EXPRESSION (05 points)
Choose ONE of the following topics.
Topic 1 :
Using the following notes, write a composition of 120 to 150 words on:
The causes of child labour all over the world
- Poverty / illiterate parents.
- Lack of motivation for schooling
- No protection nor care from families and institutions
- Exploitation by rich owners.
Topic 2 :
Some people argue that bribery can benefit business while others say the opposite. Write a
composition of about 80 words stating your opinion.

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