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**speakenglish** · الخميس نوفمبر 29, 2012 6:36 pm

First Term Exam

Level: Second year, Scientific streams
SECTION ONE(15pts) A/ READING AND INTERPRETING (8pts)
Read the text carefully then answer the questions

The United Nations General Assembly has created a special day to celebrate Nelson Mandela. July 18th, Mandela’s birthday, is now officially Nelson Mandela International Day. The UN said: "it decided to create this occasion to say thank you to a "great man" ". The day celebrates Mandela’s "promotion of a culture of peace throughout the world". It also recognises Mandela’s contributions towards improving race relations and human rights. The president of the U.N. General Assembly Ali Treki stated the day highlighted how Mandela suffered to create a better world. Mr Treki said: "Nelson Mandela played a leading role in and support for Africa's struggle for liberation...and made an outstanding contribution to the creation of a non-racial, non-sexist democratic South Africa."

Nelson Mandela led the fight against Apartheid in South Africa for several decades. He spent 26 years in prison for his efforts. The international community campaigned for many years to get him released. Finally, he was freed in 1990. He worked tirelessly to help South Africa move toward reconciliation and a multi-racial democracy. In 1994, he became his country’s first black president and served for five years before stepping down in 1999. He has won many awards in his life, but perhaps his greatest is the Nobel Peace Prize in 1993. Since his retirement from South African politics, he has remained active on the world stage. One of his biggest commitments is in the fight against AIDS. He is today one of the world’s most respected statesmen.

http://www.breakingnewsenglish.com/

1-Choose the best answer the text is: (1pt)

A newspaper article b. a web article c. an extract from a book
2-Are these statements true or false. Write Tor F next to the letter corresponding to the statement(1,5pt)

"Nelson Mandela" Day is the day he was freed from prison.
Mandela did not contribute to the improvement of civil rights in South Africa
Mandela escaped from prison in 1990 and stayed a free man

3-Answer the following questions according to the text(3pts)a. Why did the United Nations Create Nelson Mandela Day?
b.Did Mandela agree with Apartheid?
c.Who made campaigns to release Mandela from prison?

2-Read the text and put these sentences in the order they appear in the text(1pt)

The U.N. spoke of Mandela’s role in trying to achieve African freedom.
The greatest of Mandela’s awards is the Nobel Peace Prize.
Mandela’s day marks his promotion of a culture of peace.
Mandela was imprisoned for almost three decades.

3-Who or what do the underlined words in the text refer to (1,5pt)

it also recognises….. §1
He worked …… §2
… his country’s first... §2

B/ TEXT EXPLORATION (7pts)
1-Find in the text words that are synonyms to the following　(1pt)

Made =……….(§1) , prizes =……….(§2)

2-Complete the following table:(1,5pt)
<TABLE dir=ltr border=1 cellSpacing=1 borderColor=#000000 cellPadding=9 width=834>

<TR>
<td bgColor=#ffffff height=26 width="33%">
Verb

</TD>
<td bgColor=#ffffff height=26 width="33%">
Noun

</TD>
<td bgColor=#ffffff height=26 width="33%">
Adjective

</TD></TR>
<TR>
<td bgColor=#ffffff height=26 width="33%">
Celebrate

xxxxxxxxxx</TD>
<td bgColor=#ffffff height=26 width="33%">
...........................

race</TD>
<td bgColor=#ffffff height=26 width="33%">
Celebrated

...................
</TD></TR></TABLE>

3-Write the verbs between brackets in the correct form (2 pts)

Martin Luther King (to be) one of the civil Right movement leaders. He (can) discuss the Afro-American issues with the American President.Today, Black Americans should(to thank) him for defending their rights.
The UNO should have (to make) more efforts to end the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.

4-Fill in the gaps with the following words.(1,5pt)

physics - wealth - their - Nobel – globe – peace

Since 1901, the Nobel Prize has been honouring men and women from all corners of the …1…. They were awardedfor …2… outstanding achievements in…3…, chemistry, medicine, literature, and for work in…4… . The foundations for the prize were laid in 1895 when Alfred Nobel wrote his last will, leaving much of his …5… to the establishment of the…6… Prize.

5- Mark the right intonation at the end of the underlined sentences (1pt)
B: Certainly, he won the Nobel Peace Prize.
A: Why are some people against giving this prize to the first black American president?
B: I think it is because he sent troops of the army to Afghanistan just after receiving this award.

PART TWO: WRITTEN EXPRESSION(5pts) Choose one of the following topics
Topic one:
Write a short essay to talk about the United Nations organization using the following notes:
- The United Nations Organization: international organization.
- Member states: 192.
- The United Nations agencies: UNICEF, WHO, FAO, … etc
- The current secretary- general : Ban Ki-moon.
Topic two:
Do you think the American president "Barrak Hussein Mohamed Obama" deserves to win this year’s Nobel
Prize of Peace? Write a composition of no more than six lines to argue your opinion.

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