Third Term English Examination

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Third Term English Examination

Text:
Elephants

Elephants have lived on this planet for five million years. Scientists
have found their bones in many places, from Asia to North of America. Till
now, elephants have lived in different kinds of environments, including very
dry areas in Niger, grasslands in East Africa and forests in West Africa.

African elephants are in danger of extinction. Hunters have already
killed hundreds of thousands of elephants for the ivory, so several countries
have protected elephants in national parks.

PART ONE: ( 14 pts )

Section One: Reading
Comprehension
( 07 pts )

A ) Read the text and answer the questions
( 03 Pts)

1.
What have scientists found ?

2.
Who has killed hundreds of
thousands of elephants ?

3.
Are African elephants far
from danger ?

B ) Are Choose
the right answer.
( 02 pts )

1.
Elephants have lived for : (
5000 years – 5.000.000 years – 15 years )

2.
They have found their …...in
Asia and America. ( skins – meat – bones )

C ) Lexis
:
( 02 pts )

1- Find in the text words that are
closest in meaning to :

a lot of = …………….. places = ………………….

2- Find in the text words that are
opposite in meaning to :

south ≠ ………………
some ≠ ………………

Section Two: Mastery of
Language ( 07 Pts
)

A ) Supply the right punctuation and put capital
letters where necessary. ( 02
pts )

elephants have lived in africa and asia

B ) Complete the table.
( 02pts )

Singular	ox		country
Plural		scientists		ivories

C ) Write the correct form of the verbs in
brackets.
( 03 pts )

1.
They ( to ban ) hunting
elephants since 1989.

2.
Man ( to hunt ) animals a
long time ago.

3.
Numbers of elephants ( not
stop ) decreasing, yet.

PART TWO: Integration
Phase (written expression)
( 06 Pts )

Fill in the gaps so that the text makes sense, using the following
words :

( stopped – Washington – 1986 – danger )

Whales are in ………….of extinction.
The International Commission was created in 1946 in ……………Since …………..the most
countries have …………..hunting whales.

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