Secondary School Level :1st year S.

Exp
Duration : 2 Hours THIRD ENGLISH EXAM Date :13/05/2013

Carbon Dioxide (CO2) in the atmosphere helps stop the sun’s heat from escaping back into
space. It therefore helps maintain the temperature of the atmosphere. The amount of CO2is yet
increasing rapidly .Rising populations are making this happen. They are doing so by burning
more fossil fuels in order to run factories and cars, to cook and to keep warm. To create new
farmlands, people are also cutting and burning the largest store of CO2 of all the forests.

If the amount of CO2 rises, more of the sun’s heat will be held. Many scientists compare
this to the effect of a greenhouse. The glass of the greenhouse lets in the sun’s heat and does
not let it out again. Gases like CO2 act in the same way and they are called greenhouse gases.
The greenhouse allows plants to grow when outside temperatures are low. If the same thing
happens to the world, a lot of species will have disappeared because of the toxic gases.

Most scientists agree that the global warming has been happening. Until recently, though;
they did not agree about the cause. For many of them, it was just a natural phenomenon. But in
last few years, most scientists have agreed that the greenhouse effect is man-made and is
increasing and that the results may be very serious. They now speak about climate changes,
rising sea levels and coastal floods. The politicians too have made a starting December 1997, in
Kyoto, Japan, 160countries agreed to pass legislation to reduce the production of the
greenhouse gases. This will not be easy and it seems that we must either learn to use less
energy or pay for newer and cleaner technologies.

Part One: Reading (15pts)

I-Comprehension:

1-The text is: a-Narrative b- Descriptive c-Expository

2-Are the following statements true or false according to the text?

a- Carbon Dioxide maintains the temperature of the atmosphere.

b- The greenhouse effect is man-made.
c- The greenhouse effect is a natural phenomenon.
d- Neither scientists nor politicians agree about the real causes of global warming.

3-Answer the following questions according to the text:

a- What does CO2 do the atmosphere?

b- What did scientists disagree about until recently?

4-What do the underlined words in the text refer to? It (§1) It (§2)

5-In which paragraph is it mentioned that CO2 helps to keep the temperature of the
atmosphere?
II-Text exploration:

1-Find in the text synonyms to the following words: rising (§1) =…? Occurs (§2) =…?

2-Find in the text opposites to the following words: disagree (§3) =…? Difficult (§3) =…?

3-Which nouns can be derived from these verbs?

Verbs Nouns
-To destroy …………...
-To change …………...
-To warm …………...
-To produce ……………
4-Write sentence (b) so that it means the same as sentence (a).

a- “Do you know what will happen tomorrow?” he asked me.

b- He asked me………………………………………………..
a- The destruction of forests continues. There is nothing left for the coming years.
b- If the destruction of forests continues, there…………………………………….

5-Reorder the following sentences to get a coherent paragraph.

a- To discourage people from using their cars in the city center.

b- There are too many private cars in the streets.
c- Now the way to solve the problem of pollution in my opinion is
d- That’s what cause traffic congestion and also pollution.

6-Classify the following words according to the pronunciation of their final “ed”.

Flooded – booked – threatened – helped

/t/ /d/ /id/

Part Two: Writing (5pts): Write a short paragraph about the different types of pollution and
their causes.

Good Luck