MUATALA SECONDARY SCHOOL

ENGLISH LANGUAGE
First trimester 2024
Duration 90 min
Teachers: Inês Francisco; Guida Francisco and Nduwimana Munezero

Student’s name _______________________________ number____ stream ___date__/___/2024

General instruction: Read carefully the text and every paragraph of your test before you answer any questions. Use a separate sheet to write
No. Questions
01 What are the causes of climate
chance, according the text?
02 What is the importance of the
knowing the climate change?
03 Compare and contrast
droughts and floods.
your answers.
Aims
Student should list the
causes of the climate
change.
Students should explain the
importance of knowing the
climate change.
Students should talk about
the differences and
similarities between
droughts and floods.
Level of Possible answers Score Observation
knowledge
Global warming; emissions of heat- 1,0
REMEMBER trapping gases; The clearing of forests;
The importance of knowing the climate 1,5
change is that we can take actions to
UNDERSTAN reduce are to protect the health and
D economic well-being of present and
future generations.
COMPARE Comparison: both are whether natural 1,5
disasters-related.
Contrast: Droughts happen when there
has not been enough rain over an
extended period of time, whereas floods
happen there is a large amount of water
that overflows onto dry land.
04 Define the following words:
(contribute, extended,
submerge and harmed).
05 Exemplify drought or floods
that you may have seen or
heard talk about.
06 Name the prevention actions
that are taken in your village
or city against natural
disasters.
07 What are cyclones?
08 In which province of
Mozambique hit Idai cyclone?
09 What climate can be found in
Mozambique?
10 What does the text talk about?
Students should give the
meaning of the vocabulary-
related terms given.
Students should give
examples of either droughts
or floods they know.
Students should list the
action people take to
prevent themselves from
disasters.
Students should define what
cyclones are.
Students should name the
province which suffered
with Idai cyclone.
Students should identify the
climate which can be found
in Mozambique.
Students should recall what
the text is all about.
REMEMBER Contribute: “to be a factor that makes 1,5
something to happen”.
Extended: “lasting longer”.
Submerge: “to cover something under
water”.
Harmed: “damaged or hurt”
UNDERSTAN Cyclones IDAI; Fredy and Kenedy. 1,0
D
REMEMBER Stay inside house; close every window; 2,0
listen early waring-systems news about
natural disasters; and so forth.
REMEMBER They are a violent tropical storm or wind 2,0
in which the air moves very fast in a
circular direction.
REMEMBER The province in which Idai cyclone hit is 1,0
Sofala, Beira city.
UNDERSTAN Mozambique has tropical to sub-tropical 2,5
D climate.
REMEMBER It talks about the climate change. 1,0

Fill in the gaps with the right form of the verb in brackets. e.g. The wooden floor had cracked and split in the heat. (SPLIT)

11 I _____ my skirt as I got off Students should recognize REMEMBER teared O,5
my bike. (TEAR) the past simple of the verb
12 Our guide ____ us over the Students should recognize REMEMBER led O,5
mountains. (LEAD) the past simple of the verb
13 We ______ our camera from Students should recognize REMEMBER bought O,5
 the central shop. (BUY) the past simple of the verb
14 Margaret Thatcher______ Students should know the REMEMBER became O,5
Britain’s first woman prime past of the verb ‘become’
minister in 1979. (BECOME)
15 She ____ her bags on the Students should recall the REMEMBER flung O,5
ground. (FLING) past of the verb ‘fling’
16 The problem of flooding has Students should relate the REMEMBER arisen O,5
____ because of the rainy verb in context
weather. (ARISE)
17 The old houses are _____ of Students should recognize REMEMBER built O,5
stone. (BUILD) the past simple of the verb
18 There was a shed in the garden Students should recognize REMEMBER kept O,5
where everyone’s bicycles the past simple of the verb
were ____. (KEEP)
19 I only ______ for four hours Students should recognize REMEMBER sleep O,5
last night. (SLEEP) the present simple of the
verb
20 They ______ the escaped Students should recall the REMEMBER hid O,5
prisoner in their room. (HIDE) past simple of ‘hide’
 TEXT
Climate change is a reality. Today, our world is hotter than it has been for two thousand
years. By the end of the century, if current trends continue, the global temperature will
probably climb higher than at any time in the past two million years. Global warming is one
of the most serious challenges that we face today. We must reduce our emissions of heat-
trapping gases if we are to protect the health and economic well-being of present and future
generations.
Carbon dioxide and other heat-trapping gases are emitted primarily by the burning fossil
fuels. For more than a century, people have relied on burning fossil fuels such as oil, coal and
gas for their energy needs. Factors, power stations and cars are all pumping out pollution into
the atmosphere. The clearing of forests has a similar effect by reducing the number of trees
available to use up carbon dioxide in the process of photosynthesis. If our greenhouse gas
emissions are not brought under control, the speed of climate change over the next hundred
years will be faster than anything known since before the dawn of civilization.
(adopted form: http://greenpeace.org)