Ahmed Toufik Almadani secondary school Date : 06/03/2023

Level: 2 years Management and Economy full name:………………………

Second Term English exam

PART ONE: READING (15pts)
A) Comprehension and Interpretation: (8pts)
Read the passage carefully then do the activities.

People at different nations first began to do business with one another because some countries were
able to produce certain goods which other countries could not produce. Differences in soil and climate limit
the cultivation of certain crops to particular regions. For geological reasons also, some minerals are found
only in a few regions. These regional and physical differences gave a basis for international commerce after
satisfactory means of transporting goods had been developed. Because of big losses in transit, articles that
were first exported were very expensive; only the rich had enough money to buy them.
As means of transport got better and transit risks diminished, international commerce gradually
increased. The greatest expansion took place when countries found it advantageous to specialize in the
production of only a few goods. Examples of specialization are Indian cotton, Japanese electronic
equipment, Saudi Arabian oil, etc… Such countries produce more of those few goods and therefore sell
them more cheaply than other countries.
Adapted from "Successful Communication in Business "

1/ Say whether these statements are “True” or “False”: (2 pts)

a- The same crops are cultivated in all the regions of the world.. …………..
b- Not all the regions have minerals. ………….
c- In the early days, the exported goods were cheap. …………..
d- India is specialized in the production of oil. …………..

2/ In which paragraph is it mentioned that exported goods were not cheap? …………. (1pt)

3/ Answer the following questions according to the text: (3 pts)

a- Why were imported goods so expensive in the beginning?
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b- What made the international trade increase?
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c- Why does a country specialize in a particular product?
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4/ Who or what do the underlined words refer to in the text? (1.5pt)
a- which (§1) → ……………… b- them (§1) → ………………
c- them (§2) → ………………

5/ Choose the most appropriate title for the text: (0.5 pt)
a- Local Commerce b- International Trade c- The Greatest Expansion

B) Text Exploration: (7pts)

1/ Find in the text words that are closest in meaning to: (1.5pt)
a- products (§1)= ……………… b- purchase (§1) = …………….. c- dangers (§2) =
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2/ Rewrite sentence (b) so that it means the same as sentence (a): (2pts)
1-a) She sent a letter to the company so as to complain about the damaged goods.
b) ………………………………..so that ………………………..
2-a) They have to work very hard so that they may improve the production.
b) In order to ………………………, ……………………………

3/ Put the verbs in brackets into the present perfect or the simple past (2pts)

a- They (to sell) this product in 2015 but their business (not to prosper) yet.
b- She already (to send) her order placement.
c- We (to start) business in 2000.

4/ Reorder the words to make a coherent sentence: (1.5 pt)

/ export / to / cosmetics / in / the / are / order / them / company / They /specialized /.

PART TWO: WRITTEN EXPRESSION (5pts)

Choose "one" of the following topics:

Topic 1: What are the qualities that should be found in a business man (honesty, good manners, patient,
intelligent………)

Topic 2:
You have just bought a TV set and it seems ther is a problem with it. Write a letter to the shop
manager and ask him to replace it for you.

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