عنوان الموضوع : 2nd exam lit & philo - ثانوي
كاتب الموضوع : hanan
مقدم من طرف منتديات ايمازيغن
Lycee :Mouloud kacem School year :2015/2015
Level :3rd year lit Time : 2 hours
Second exam in English
Part one : Reading and interpreting :
Read the text carefully then do the activities :
As summer comes near , many children are really happy to forget about school for few months ,However they might be taking that goal too seriousely . Studies have found that children typically forget between one and three months 'worth of school learning during the summer months .Spelling and math abilities suffer the most while reading is not really influenced by the time off .The most probable reason is that most children read at least occasionally outside the classroom , whether newspapers , magazines , books or video games.However their math and spelling skills only get exercised in the school setting .
There are educational systems that provide vacations while still keeping students skills sharp . for rexample in Japan students attend class for seven weeks consecutively followed by two weeks of vacation. This continues throughout the year .In Italy students attend classes 6 days per week , but finish at 1:30 pm each day , so that school does not dominated their life the way that it does in America where students attend high school from 7:45 am until 3:00 pm every day .In areas where there are not enough classrooms – in Afghanistan , or Somalia , for example –older students attend classes in the mornig while the young kids go to school in the afternoon .
School administrators and educational specialists fear that the three month summer vacation halts the continuity of learning .And so the debate continues : whether to continue the status-quo in terms of vacation or to seek changes based on the Japaneese modal .
A /Reading
1 / The text is about :
a-The drawbacks of summer vacation b- learning during vacations c- purposes of vacations
2 /Say whether these statements are true or false :
a- Math and spelling suffer the most during summer vacation .
b- In Japan there is a long summer vacation .
c- Countries without school facilities have divided the school day between older and youger students 3 / What or who do the underlined words in the text refer to :
a-they ( §1 ) →………….. / b-this ( §2 ) →………… / c-it ( §2 ) →…………
4 / In which paragraph is it mentioned that :
a- summer vacations bring happiness to all pupils .
b-different educational systems are compared .
5 /Answer the following questions according to the text :
1- Why is reading not influenced by the time off ?
2- Where does the problem of math skills lie ?
3- What is the debate raised in the text ?
B / Text exploration :
1 / Find in the text words that are synonyms to :
a- Close( §1 ) = …………… b- capacities ( §1 ) = ………… c- holiday( §2,3 ) = ……
2 / Complete the following chart :
............................
3- Re-write sentence" b" so that it means the same as sentence "a" :
1-a- Pupils will not cope better with math , if they are given long vacation .
b- unless…………………………………………………..
2-a-They need more flexible educational system .
b-More flexible …………………………………
4 /Classify the following words according to their final " s " :
Comes - months - vacations - changes
5 / Re-order the following sentences to make coherent paragragh :
a- and free from six to fifteen years old .
b- were founded after the cuntry's independence .
c- Most of the schools and universities
d- In Algeria primary and secondary education is compulsory .
Part two : Written expression :
Choose one of the following topics :
Topic one :In Algeria as in many countries of the world , there is a long summer vacation .Do you think is it necessary to have such a long vacation ? justify.
Topic two : Some businessmen say :< Business is Business>. They mean that every businessman is free to choose his personal ethical standards; business profits are more important that moral values. Write a short essay (a speech) saying that ethics is important in business.
Businessmen arguments
-You need money to make money
-People start business to become wealthy
-Respecting ethics may limit production
Ethics can undermine the values of work -
Your arguments
-Business should comply with ethics
-Business can endanger the environment
-Greed may result in unfair competition
-Good practices ensure fairness and success
Undermine: make less effective. / Greed: a desire to get more (example: profits-money...)
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