Democratic and Popular Republic of Algeria
Ministry of Education
Second Term English Examination
Text: The Transport in London
Dear grandmother,
How are you ? It's three o'clock and I am at home because I haven't got any lessons today. I am back from school excursion to the London transport. We went there with our history teacher. We saw a lot of buses drown by horses. I suppose they existed when you were a little girl. We also learned a lot of things about the London underground train : It is more than one hundred years old and it works with electricity of course. But our teacher explained to us that the first underground train were steam trains. I suppose it was very dirty in this old days. Our teacher wants us to write an essay about transport in London in 1920's. Can you help me ? I know you've got some photos and postcards. Please send them to me !
Goodbye for now. Write back.
Love from Sandy.
PART ONE: ( 14 pts )
Section One: Reading Comprehension ( 07 pts )
A ) Read the text and answer the questions ( 03 Pts)
Who went with the pupils to the school excursion ?
Has Sandy any lesson today ?
Were there electricity trains in old days ?
B ) Are these statements true or false ? Correct the wrong ones. ( 02 pts )
Buses drawn by horses existed a long time ago.
Sandy visited the Art Gallery.
C ) Lexis :
1- Find in the text words that are closest in the meaning to : ( 02 pts )
many = …………….. a trip = ………………….
2- Find in the text words that are opposite in the meaning to :
clean ≠ ……………… now days ≠ ………………
Section Two: Mastery of Language ( 07 Pts )
A ) Add one word to each list. ( 02 pts )
a train a car a bus
history English Arabic
me us him
went saw put
B ) Turn into the negative. ( 02 pts )
We saw buses drawn by horses.
I am at home .
C ) Classify these words according to their final " s " ( 03 pts )
lessons – buses – horses – works – things – years
/ S / / Z / / IZ /



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PART TWO: Integration Phase (written expression) ( 06 Pts )
Complete this letter with words of your own
Dear Sandy,
When I received …………letter, I looked in my old suitcase and I …………..some photos and articles about the means …………transportation in the early 1900's. I was pleased to see …………again. They made me ……………….the happy days I had …………….your grandfather.
Love your granny.



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