A- Reading comprehension (7pts) :
Read this text carefully then do the activities
Noah Idechong was named “Hero for the Planet” by Time Magazine in 2000. He was born in 1953
in a fishing village in Palau, an archipelago in the South Pacific Ocean, east of the Philippines.
Palau is home of one of the richest coral reefs in the world. Over 1,400 species of fish make it one
of the most biologically rich marine areas on earth.
However, these important resources are threatened by the growth in tourism and the number of foreign
investors rushing to exploit the area.
In 1994, Noah founded the Palau Conservation Society, a non-governmental organization dedicated
to protecting the environment. Since then, this organization has established conservation areas, helped
develop new fishing regulations and worked with local fishermen to rediscover traditional fishing
methods.
Much of marine population has now recovered, bur Noah is still looking for new ways to help
Palauans meet their economic needs while protecting biodiversity.
From Broad Ways (Nathan)
1- Choose the bet title ( a, b or c) (0.75 pt)
a) Improving tourism in Palau
b) Fishing in Palau
c) Preserving marine environment
2- Are these statements true (T) or false (F)? (2 pts)
a) Palau is situated in the south of the Philippines.
b) More than 1,400 species of fish live in the Palauan marine areas.
c) The development of tourism represents a menace for Palau.
d) The Palau Conservation Society is a governmental organization.
3- Answer these questions according to the text: (2 pts)
a) What makes Palau an important area to protect?
b) What threatens Palau resources?
c) List two of the tasks undertaken by the Palau Conservation Society?
d) Has this organization succeeded in its aims? Justify.
4- a) Match the words in A with their synonyms in B (1.5 pts)
A B
areas
over
threatened
founded
regulations
menaced
regions
rules
more than
created
b) Find in the text words that are opposite in meaning to: (0.75 pt)
-decrease (§2) -native (§2) -modern (§3)
B- ******** study (7pts)
1- Supply punctuation and capitalization: (1.5 pts)
a result of the greenhouse effect is global warming if we don’t reduce global warming the
polar ice-caps will melt causing a rise in the sea level they said
2- Divide these words into roots, suffixes and prefixes. (1 pt)
biodiversity growth conservation non-governmental
3- Rewrite sentence b so that it means the same as sentence a (1.5 pts)
1- a) Noah Idechong founded the Palau Conservation Society in 1994.
b) The Palau Conservation Society………………..
2- a) “We have developed new fishing regulations,” said Noah.
b) Noah said……………………..
3- a) The police have found the boy. The boy disappeared last week.
b) The police have found the boy…………………..
4- Put the verbs in brackets in the correct tense. (1.5 pts)
a) Ecologists (warn) us about the dangers of global warming for years.
b) If temperatures continued rising, many species (disappear)
c) In April 1986 a terrible accident (happen) in a nuclear power station at
Chernobyl.
5- Classify these words according to the pronunciation of their final-ed (1.5 pts)
named – founded – established – helped – dedicated –threatened
/d/ /t/ /id/
Section11: Written expression(6pts)
Choose one of the following topics:
Topic1 : Write a summary of the reading passage.
Topic2 : Complete this dialogue:
John, an English student is visiting the Island of Bali. He is talking with a tourist guide.
John: ……………………….
Tourist guide: Yes, our island is wonderful. It’s one of the most perfect places
on earth.
John: …………………………..
Tourist guide: Yes, many tourists come here. They come from Japan, Australia,
America and Europe.
John: ………………….
Tourist guide: Yes, of course, the tourism is a source of income for the
population, but it is also a source of destruction.
John: ……………………………..
Tourist guide: Well, the trees have been cut down to build hotels; the population
has changed its way of life, the children sell souvenirs to the
tourists instead of going to school. And what is worse is that our
island is not as clean as it used to be.
*نموذجين للفرض الثاني في الإنجليزية* سنة 3 ثانوي
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