2024 2023

Text:

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 tress. 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 ( 07 pts )
Activity one: Read the text and answer the questions ( 03 Pts)
1. Is our environment in danger ?
2. Why is the Amazonian Forest important to the environment ?
3. What must man do to save the environment ?

Activity two: Are these statements true or false ? ( 02 pts )

1. The Amazonian Forest contains half of the world's trees.
2. The Amazonian trees are destroyed

C ) activity three: Lexis : ( 02 pts )

1- Find in the text words that are closest in meaning to :
a lot of = …………….. kinds = ………………….
2- Find in the text words that are opposite in meaning to :
stops ≠ ……………… dead ≠ ………………
Section Two: Mastery of Language ( 07 Pts )
Activity one: underline the cause and the effect in the following sentence . ( 02 pts )

Since people don’t respect the environment, the pollution is increasing everyday.

Activity two: Write the correct form of the verbs in brackets. ( 02pts )

Last week, we ( to see )……………. a documentary about pollution. Chemicals and

nuclear wastes already ( to kill ) ……………many species of animals and plants. We must
( to protect ) ………………nature for us and for our children. We can ( to do )………….
this, believe me.

Activity three: Classify the following words ( 03 pts )

this – years – forests – animals – finishes – foxes
/s/ /z/ /iz/

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

Fill in the gaps so that the text makes sense, using the following words:
( protect – destroyed – nature – people – are – danger )

The oceans are in ……………….they …………….filled with industrial and nuclear

wastes. Many ………….are trying to protect ……………..from pollution. A lot of sea
creatures are ……………..,every year. We must …………..nature.