the first term exam

Baadji Mohamed Secondary School                                                                        Level:2AS sci/math/eco                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                               Duration: 2 hours
                                     
The First  Term English Exam

(15points)
Part  One: Reading and Interpreting

Read the following text carefully then do the activities

 On October 24, 1945 representatives of fifty –one nations met to form an association called the United Nations Organizations. The two main aims of UNO are the maintenance of international peace and security and the promotion of human welfare through out the world. Since then the organization has survived with difficulty. It has faced a series of international disputes that could have involved the world in a nuclear war .The successful handling of these conflicts has proved that UNO can help in the maintenance of world peace.                                                                                                                        
  If UNO has failed to settle them, the world might by now have been involved in a global war and completely destroyed .If it can continue to settle struggles peacefully, the fear of world wide disaster will disappear. If it fails, there may be no further hope for mankind.  

Source Internet.

A/ Comprehension (07points)        
   

- Say whether the following statements are true or false :1
         a-The UNO was formed by fifty-one representatives.
         b-It has faced a series of international conflicts.
         c- It can help in the maintenance of world peace.
         d- It was created on the 24th October 1845.
-Answer the following questions2
         a- What are the two main purposes of UNO?
         b- What might happen to the world if the UNO had failed to settle the disputes?
         c- What does UNO mean?
3- What do the underlined words in the text refer to?
         a- ……them           (§2)
         b- It has faced………….. (§1)  
4- In which paragraph is it mentioned that UNO had succeeded to settle disputes.

 B/ Text exploration (08points)                                                                                                            
1- Supply punctuation and capitals where necessary.
          the united nations childrens fund or unicef is an active humanitarian organization
2- Find in the text the opposites of:                                                                                        
       a- Died ≠…                                                                                                                    
                                                     b- Built ≠………                                                        
 3- Rewrite sentence b so that it means the same as sentence  a .

         1-a: Some countries are able to spare food  to donate it to World Food Program.                
            b: Some countries……………………………... to donate it to World Food  
               Program.    
         2-a: Some countries are not able to grow enough to feed their populations.
.             b: Some countries ………………………………… enough to feed their populations.                  
         3-a: UNO settled disputes.
            b: Disputes…………………………………………………………………………

4-Match the sentences in column A with their functions in column B.

Column B Column A
a- Ability.    
b- Warning.
n c-Suggestio 1-Don't play with this gun; you could hurt yourself.
2-At the age of 18, you can vote.
3-Let's spare food and donate it to Gaza.
 

5- Mark the appropriate intonation with an up or a down arrow  .        
                         
      Could you please lend me your pen?

Part two: Writing (5points )              
 
                Choose one topic
                Either
1- Imagine that you are the headmaster of a secondary school. Write eight rules about what pupils must or mustn't do / can or can't do.    
                  Or
2- Imagine you are one member of the UNICEF so what can you do to fight for the children's rights in the world.      

Use the following:
- Defend children. Avoid child's suffering by providing food, medicine and instruction.
- Promote the health and well-being of children / child's right for medical care and good nutrition.
- Relief and well-being of children in the world. Child's priority in life, development, education and gender (sex) equality, child protection from (wars-AIDS-family problems…etc)

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