Regaa Kouider Secondary School Level: 3rd Year Literary Stream

School Year 2023/2024: Devoted time: 2 hours

First Term English Exam
Part One: Reading. (15 pts)
A- Comprehension (7pts)
Read the text carefully and do the activities.
End of Modern Civilization and Alternative Future

“I know not with what weapons World War III will be fought, but World War IV will be fought with sticks and
stones.” Albert Einstein.

Savagery, much attributed to the ‘old world’ is not entirely absent in the ‘new world’ but rather it is
more prevalent than ever before. Western civilization has made the 20th century the bloodiest century in
human history. This civilization witnessed, besides the two most brutal World Wars, the worst acts of
barbarism - holocaust, Gulag concentration camps, genocides and atomic bombing of Hiroshima and
Nagasaki. Industrialization of wars and violence in this century led to killing of more than 350 million
people, directly and indirectly.
It was not possible to have world wars 1000 years ago where you could kill 50 million innocent
citizens. World Wars became possible only when science and technology developed aeroplanes, ships and
other carriers which could transport millions of troops and millions of tonnes of weapons from one corner of
the globe to the other.

Right at this moment there are several countries fighting wars with one another. There is internal
war going on in almost half of the countries in the world. All these wars are being fuelled and sustained by
billions of tonnes of weapons produced by the Military-industrial complex every year. An impressive array
of chemical, biological and nuclear weapons are waiting to be dropped on our heads. What has been
produced at great cost and is being stored with great care, is certainly meant for use and will be used one
day.
Adapted from Threat 5 - Violence & Wars, Clash of Civilizations. pp 189.190

1- Say whether the following statements are True or False.

a) The 20th century era is considered to be as the most peaceful century throughout history.
b) Few people were killed during the 20th century.
c) Technology and science contributed much in the spread of wars.
d) The military – industrial complex currently is producing and storing weapons with the intention
of using them in the future.
2- Answer the following questions according to the text.
a) What was the 20th century era characterized by?
b) What role did technology, such as airplanes and ships, play during World Wars?
c) Does Military-industrial complex contribute to wars?
d) How does the author express concern about the future use of these weapons?

3- Find what or who the underlined words in the text refer to.
a) this century (§1) b) which (§2)

4- The text is:

a- argumentative b- narrative c- expository

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B/ Text Exploration (08 pts)
1- Find in the text words that are opposites in meaning to the following:
a- present(§1)≠… b- the best (§1) ≠… c- external(§3) ≠…

2- Divide the following words into roots and affixes

entirely indirectly impossible

Prefix Root suffix

3- Combine each pair of sentences with the connectors given between brackets. Make changes
where necessary.
a- People of the past started from nothing. People could build great civilizations.(Although)
b- The ancient civilization flourished for centuries. It fell into decline due to unforeseen environmental
challenges. (after)

4- Fill in each gap with the appropriate word from the list given.
factors watch collapsed degradation
In fact, it's safe to say that more civilizations have ...1… than have persisted. If we examine the reasons
for their collapse, we find one or two like neglect of agriculture, moral …2…or lack of leadership. But in
our present day civilization, all these…3… with many more additional ones are operating. We better
……4…...out!

Part Two: Written Expression: (05 points)

Choose ONE of the following topics
Topic One:
Besides wars, there are many threats which endanger our modern civilization such as pollution, natural
disasters, and epidemics. Write an article of about 80 to 120 words in which you explain how the previous
challenges are threatening our existence.
Make the best use of the following notes:
- Pollution / from factories - cars – lung and skin cancer / water pollution / no water to drink
- natural disasters ( earthquakes, volcanos, and tsunami) kill millions of people yearly
- Epidemics : quick spread – short time- large area/ big number of victims/ eg; Ebola , Corona, aids…etc

Topic Two:
No country in North Africa has as many World Heritage Sites as our country Algeria.( Timgad, Djemila,
Tipaza, Tassili n’Ajjer …etc) . Despite its richness, many people still have little information about them.
In no more than 120 words, write an article in which you define the location of these sites and which
civilization they belong to.

“Never give up, great things take time, be patient.” Braeche Chawki

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 First Term Exam /Answers and Scale Mark
( Literature and Philosophy) 2023-2024
Part one : 7 points
1- True/false
a- F b- F c- T d- T 0.5x4 2

2- Answering questions
a- Western civilization has made the 20th century the bloodiest 1
century in human history. Corruption is that it is the abuse of
public power for private benefit.
b- They could transport millions of troops and millions of tonnes of 1
weapons from one corner of the globe to the other. 3.5
c- Yes, they could. 0.5
d- What has been produced at great cost and is being stored with
great care, is certainly meant for use and will be used one day. 1
3- Reference words
a- this century :20th century.
b- which: aeroplanes, ships and other carriers 0.5x2 1

4- The text is : expository 0.5x1 0.5

B- Text Exploration. (8points)

1- opposites
a. absent (§1) b. the worst(§3) c- internal (§3) 0.5x3 1.5
2- word division
Prefix Root Suffix
/ entire ly 1.5
in Direct ly 0.25x6
im possible /

3- Sentence combination
c- Although people of the past started from nothing, they could build great
civilizations. 1.5x2 3
d- After the ancient civilization had flourished for centuries, it fell into
decline due to unforeseen environmental challenges.
4- Filling the gaps
1- collapsed 2- degradation 3- factors 4- watch 0.5x4 2

Part Two

Regaa Kouider Secondary School / Sefiane – Batna Bareche Chawki :2023-2024