Level Secondary School Year: 2023- 2024

Level: 1 first Year – Literary Stream

Full Name: …………………………

Third Term English Test

Part One: Reading Comprehension
Read the text carefully then answer the questions.

Most human beings seem to be quite unaware that the small blue planet on which we live is very
fragile. Despite warnings, we continue to inflict irreversible damage on it.
The atmosphere, our water resources, the soil, even our food, is all contaminated largely as a result
of our own actions. We create deserts and create floods by destroying our forests. Our homes and
workplaces are polluted by tobacco we smoke, by harmful particles from the materials we use and the
emanation toxic gases. We can no longer afford to ignore the warnings we are given by our scientists. If
we don’t want to condemn our children to a life of peril, it is time for us to reflect upon the consequences
of our daily actions.
Once, the atmosphere was pure. Now the quantity of polluting gases emitted into the atmosphere
exceeds nature’s capacity to absorb them. The equilibrium is broken and we are threatened by an ever
lengthening list of perils: the green house effect, the gap in the ozone layer, climatic change, a rise in the
sea level.

By France Bequette,
The UNESCO Courier, March 1989.
A/ Comprehension

1- Say whether these statements are True or False. (2pt)

a) Humans are conscious of the fragility of the planet........................
b) The atmosphere is no longer clean......................
c) The future generation will have a cleaner environment.......................
d) The planet cannot absorb the pollutant we produce........................

2- Answer the following questions according the text.(3pts)

A/ Are most human beings aware that earth is very fragile? Justify from the text

.......................................................................................................................................................................
B/ According to the author, what should we do to protect our planet?
...............................................................................................................................................................................
C/ Pollution is man-made problem .Find in the text expressions that prove this statement.
…………………………………………………………………………………………………………………….
3- In which paragraph is this idea “the future generation will live a life of peril" mentioned ? (1pt)
Paragraph : …………..

4 - Who or What do the underlined words refer to in the text? ( 1.5pt)

It (1§)…………. We (2§) ………………. them (3§)........................

5 -Give a title to the text: (0.5pt)...........................................................................

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 B/ Text Exploration:

1-Find in the text words that are opposite in meaning to the following : (1 pt)
Conscious (1§) ≠ ............................. Cleaned (2§) ≠ ......................

2– Complete the following table: ( 1 pt)

Verb Noun Adjective

to................................... pollution ........................................
to............................... ..............harm.........................
3- Combine the following pairs of sentences using the connectors given between brackets. Make
necessary changes.( 2pts)

A- People are suffering from various diseases. They build factories in towns.( Because)

..............................................................................................................................................

B- The water is polluted. The marine life is destroyed. (As a result)

……………………………………………………………………………………………………..
4- Put the verbs between bracket in the correct tense: ( 3pts)
1. If you (to revise) ……………..for your exam, you (not to fail) …………….in it.
2. If we (to mix)………….yellow and bleu, we (to obtain)……….red.
3. If I (to be) ……………..you, I (to join)……… the army.
4. If(to have) …………..a magic stick , I (to stop) ………..time.

5- Add suffixes to the following words to create adjectives : (1pt)

Hope ….. - harm………… - science …………. -believe………….

6- Fill in the gaps with the appropriate word from the list below: (1pt)

Needs- machines - satisfy - serious

Pollution is a very………..……….problem because most of it comes from…………..….which

man has invented to ………………. his daily …..………………

7- Give 3 solutions to the problem of pollution:

1- ……………………………………………………………………………………………….
2- ……………………………………………………………………………………………….
3- ……………………………………………………………………………………………….