second term English examination

Second term English examination
Our environment is in danger

Our environment is in danger. Seas and oceans are polluted. One million species that are alive today will disappear in twenty years. Forests are destroyed. The Amazonian Forest in Brazil covers 5.000.000 km². It contains one third of the world’s trees. Its trees provide 50% of the world’s production of oxygen. However this huge forest is disappearing. Many trees are cut down every year. If this destruction continues, there will be nothing left in the future. The effects on the world’s climate, on agriculture and on animal life will be disastrous. So, we must do something to protect the forests and save the animals.
Part one: (14 pts)
Section one: reading comprehension
a- Read the text and answer the questions(3pts)
1- Is our environment in danger? Justify your answer with one example?
2- Why is the Amazonian Forest important to the environment?
3- What must man do to save the environment?
b- Are these statements true or false? Correct the wrong ones (2pts)
1- The Amazonian Forest contains half of the world’s trees.
2- The Amazonian trees are destroyed.
c- Lexis
1- Find in the text words that are closest in meaning to: (1pt)
A lot of= obliged to=
2- Find in the text words that are opposite in meaning to: (1pt)
Stops =/= dead =/=
Section two: Mastery of language
a- Give the plural of each of the following words (2 pts)
Country, bus, forest, monkeys
b- Write the correct form of the verbs in brackets (3pts)
Last week, we (to see) a documentary about pollution. Chemicals and nuclear wastes already (to kill) many species of animals and plants. We must (protect) nature for us and for our children.
c- Classify the following words according to the pronunciation of their final “s” (2 pts)
Bears, forests, animals, foxes
/s/ /z/ /iz/


Part two: written expression
Some animals (penguins, elephants, whales, pandas, crocodiles, gorillas, bears, giraffes etc …) are in danger of extinction. Choose one animal and describe it (physical appearance, food, habitat…) and say what you must / mustn’t do to protect it.