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DJAMAL ABDENNACER SECONDARY SCHOOL 2007/2008
DURATION: 2.5hours LEVEL: 3ALPh
THIRD TERM ENGLISH EXAM

CHOOSE ONE EXAM PAPER
EXAM PAPER 01

SECTION ONE: READING COMPREHESION (15pts)
Read the text carefully then do the activities:
Computers vs Books
One area of specialization that I'm particularly skeptical of is computers. Frankly, I'm not so sure that the ability to work a computer is all that essential to the future of this world. After all, what is a computer? It's a sort of brain that you can nimbly call on with your fingers to obtain information. But what are you going to do with all that information once you get it?
Some of the little kids in my neighbourhood are absolutely fantastic with computers. At twelve years of age, they're masters of Macintosh. Day after day, they plug themselves into that machine as if it were a life-support system. But does all that time at the screen really teach them to think?
Now, I don't dispute the importance of computers. My secretary uses a word processor, so now she has time to do important things instead of just pecking away at a typewriter. Still, at Chrysler the cost of projects for computers has been increasing at an unbelievable rate. Unfortunately, the computer can't make a decision for me. It can only serve up alternatives quickly.
There are some essentials that have to precede technical skills. One of the most important habits students ought to pick up from an education is the love of reading. You've got to read a diversity of things in order to have opinions. Then you've got to know how to communicate those opinions to your fellow men. And finally, you've got to learn to collect your thoughts and be able to write- at least modesty well. Some kids can't write a letter home to their parents because they are unable to spell or put sentences together. The grammar and spelling of kids today just blows my mind. Their compositions read as if they were written by a caveman. You know," Me Tarzan, you Jane."
I always tell my kids that they ought to read as much as they can. You don't have to be a voracious reader, but if a day passes and you've read nothing, then you've learned zero from that body of knowledge out there which has accumulated over the past two thousand years.
(From Lee Iacocca, Talking Straight, 1988)
1- Answer the following questions according to the text: (3.5pts)
a- How does the writer define the computer?
b- Who are the masters of Macintosh?
c- Why must people read a diversity of things?
d- Can computers replace books?
2- In which paragraph it is mentioned that the writer is neither in favour of computer use nor totally against it? (1pt)
3- Find in the text words or expressions close in meaning to the following: (1pts)
a- doubtful (§1)= b- completely (§2) = c- a variety (§4) = d- collected (§5) =
4- cross the odd word out in each list: (1pt)
a- to cane – to reward – to thrash – to beat.
b- therefore – although- despite of – even though.

5- Fill in the table with the appropriate words: (2.5pts)
VERB NOUN ADJECTIVE
To decide ……………… ………………..
To practise ………………… ………………
…………….. Failure ……………..
……………… ……………… Successful
……………. ………………… economic
6- Complete sentence "b" so that it means the same as sentence "a": (3pts)
1- a- My secretary uses a word processor. b- A word………………………………………………….
2- a- Unfortunately, the computer can't make a decision for me. b- Unfortunately, a decision …………
3- a-You will commit crimes such as information theft or virus creation unless you have good computer ethics.
b- If you ……………………………… ………………………………………………….
7- Fill in each gap with one word so that the text makes sense: (1.5pts)
Education in England is divided -----------:primary, secondary, further, and higher --------------. Compulsory education lasts for 11 --------------;statuary schooling ages are ------------ 5 and 16 years. Children ------- legally required to start attending at the start of the term after their fifth birthday, however children often star earlier ------- this.
8- Underline the silent letters in the following words: (1.5pts)
Bomb – island - knowledge – psychology - daughter – castle
SECTION TWO: WRITTEN EXPRES​SION(5pts)
Choose topic one or two
TOPIC ONE:
Write a paragraph on the following topic
Do you think parents should influence their children in their choice of a career ( job)?

TOPIC TWO:
Use the following notes to write a paragraph about your ideal teacher:

What makes ideal teachers?
a- be effective,kind, generous, and foregiving
b- understand what is good about their work and how it can be improved.
c- listen to students, encourage them, have faith in them.
d- like teaching children, like teaching their subject
e- take time to explain things
f- allow you to have your say g- care for your opinion ,and make you feel clever
h- treat people equally, make allowances.

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