Text: Elephants
Elephants have lived on this planet for five million years. Scientists have found their bones in many places, from Asia to North of America. Till now, elephants have lived in different kinds of environments, including very dry areas in Niger, grasslands in East Africa and forests in West Africa.
African elephants are in danger of extinction. Hunters have already killed hundreds of thousands of elephants for the ivory, so several countries have protected elephants in national parks.
PART ONE: ( 14 pts )
Section One: Reading Comprehension ( 07 pts )
A ) Read the text and answer the questions ( 03 Pts)
What have scientists found ?
Who has killed hundreds of thousands of elephants ?
Are African elephants far from danger ?
B ) Are Choose the right answer. ( 02 pts )
Elephants have lived for : ( 5000 years – 5.000.000 years – 15 years )
They have found their …...in Asia and America. ( skins – meat – bones )
C ) Lexis : ( 02 pts )
1- Find in the text words that are closest in meaning to :
a lot of = …………….. places = ………………….
2- Find in the text words that are opposite in meaning to :
south ≠ ……………… some ≠ ………………
Section Two: Mastery of Language ( 07 Pts )
A ) Supply the right punctuation and put capital letters where necessary. ( 02 pts )
elephants have lived in africa and asia
B ) Complete the table. ( 02pts )

Singular ox country
Plural scientists ivories
C ) Write the correct form of the verbs in brackets. ( 03 pts )
They ( to ban ) hunting elephants since 1989.
Man ( to hunt ) animals a long time ago.
Numbers of elephants ( not stop ) decreasing, yet.
PART TWO: Integration Phase (written expression) ( 06 Pts )
Fill in the gaps so that the text makes sense, using the following words :
( stopped – Washington – 1986 – danger )
Whales are in ………….of extinction. The International Commission was created in 1946 in ……………Since …………..the most countries have …………..hunting whales.