Khatouti sed el Djir School. Wednesday, February25th, 2009
Level: 4 am Time: 90 mn
Second term exam
If you visit an American city
You’ll find it very pretty.
Just two things of which you must beware:
Don’t drink the water and don’t breathe the air.
Pollution, pollution,
They got smog and sewage and mud.
Turn on your tap and get hot and cold running crud.

Just go out for a breath of air,
And you’ll be ready for Medicare.
The city streets are really quite a thrill,
If the hoods don’t get you , the monoxide will,
Pollution, pollution,
Wear a gas mask and a veil,
Then you can breathe, as long as you don’t inhale

Lots of things there you can drink,
But stay away from the kitchen sink.
Throw out your breakfast garbage, and I’ve got a hunch
That the folks downstream will drink it for lunch
So go to the city, see the crazy people there,
Like lambs to the slaughter
They’re drinking the water
And breathing (cough…) the air.
(written by :Tom Lehrer)
Part one
A/ Reading comprehension. (07 pts)
Read the text carefully and answer the questions.
Activity one: (03 pts)
Choose the most appropriate title.
a) America b) the pretty city c) population d) The pollution song
Who is the writer of the song? ……………………………………………..…..
Choose the correct answer to complete the sentence .
* The text is ………….……..……. a) a prose b)a letter c) a poem d) a dialogue

Activity two: (02 pts)
What do the underlined words in the text refer to?

It
there




Activity three: Lexis (02 pts)
Find in the text words that are closest in meaning to the following.
Town =……………….…….. very nice =…………………….…………..
Find in the text words that are opposite in meaning to the following.
Enter # …………………..….…… short # …………………..


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B/ Mastery of language (07 pts)
Activity one: Write the correct form of the verbs in brackets. (03 pts)
If you ( to smoke) cigarettes, you (to pollute) the air.
*If you……………………… cigarettes, you…………………………..……………….. the air.
As soon as we (to arrive) to London, we’ll phone you.
*As soon as we …………………………. to London, we’ll phone you.

Activity two: Make one noun from each of the following words. (02 pts)

Act …………………..
Art …………………..


Activity three: copy down these words and circle the silent letters. (02 pts)

Air – which – lamb – folks

Part two
Situation of integration ( 6 pts)
You’ll enter the municipal elections next April, so what will you do to stop pollution in the city if you win the elections? Tell your militants about your programme .
Environment: plant trees / clean polluted rivers / build recycling factories …etc
Economy: impose taxes on polluting industries and on cigarettes / oblige factories to re-use old bottles /
Create jobs for street sweepers.

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