Exam 1
At least 20,000 people were confirmed dead following last weekend’s cyclone in Burma. It is estimated that another 41,000 are missing and hundreds of thousands are homeless and without clean water. Rescue workers are still racing to deliver food and water to Irrawaddy delta which is the worst-hit region. It was submerged by flood waters, leaving scenes of devastation.
"More deaths were caused by the tidal wave than the storm itself,” the Burmese Minister for Relief told reporters. “The wave was up to 3.5m high and it swept away and inundated the houses in low-lying villages,” he added. Many roads are still blocked, and many survivors are emerging from this catastrophic scene, hungry and thirsty and exposed to diseases. The number of the dead is expected to augment because the authorities are very slow to arrive villages along the coast.
Immediately after this disaster, UN aid planes have landed, while neighbouring India and Thailand have also sent aid flights. Another Chinese plane carrying 60 tons of aid landed in the main city, Rangoon. The US has made $3m available for disaster relief. Australia’s government also is boosting its aid to a total of 25million dollars. Its Foreign Affairs Minister, Stephen Smith, said, “It’s clear that this tragedy is on a large scale and beyond the capacity of any one nation to deal with”.
(BBC News. Sunday, 11 May 2008)
Choisir la réponse correcte de la liste
Circle the correct answer **** (1pt)
Choisir la réponse correcte de la liste
say if the following statements are true or false (2 points)
a)Global warming is man-made.****
bGlobal warming is caused by the excessive use of fuels.****
c)Global warming is not so alarming.****
d)Global warming is our concern. ****
Answer the following questions: (2.5 points)
- There are direct quotations in the text.
- The United Nations was late to send aid planes.
- The USA and Australia have made the same money donation for disaster relief.
- No country has offered help to Burma.
a-Twenty thousand people died in the cyclone.
b- The number of the dead was expected to augment because 41,000 people were reported missing.
c-Irrawaddy Delta was the worst hit region.
Answer the following questions according to the text: (2.5 pts)
a-How many people died in the cyclone?
b-Why was the number of the dead expected to augment?
c-Which region was worst-hit?
a-Twenty thousand people died in the cyclone.
b- The number of the dead was expected to augment because 41,000 people were reported missing.
c-Irrawaddy Delta was the worst hit region.
In which paragraph is it mentioned that: the international aid for the cyclone victims was rapid?(0.5pt)
“The international aid for the cyclone victims was rapid.” This is mentioned in paragraph 3.(0.5pt)
Give a title to the text. (1pt)
Possible title: Burma’s Deadliest Cyclone
Cliquer et glisser les réponses dans les cases correspondantes parmi les mots possibles ci-dessous
Find in the text words or phrases that are closet in meaning to the following: (1pt)
- People whose mission is to help victims in disasters (§1)=
- to increase (§2) =
Complete sentence (b) so that it means the same as sentence (a) (3pts)
1.a- We had better help victims in such disasters.
b- We ………
2.a-Australia’s Foreign Affair Minister said, “everyone must feel concerned about this disaster today.”
b-The Minister declared that……………
2.a-“where did the cyclone hit?” he asked her.
b-He asked her
1.a- We had better help victims in such disasters.
b- We should help victims in such disasters.
2.a-Australia’s Foreign Affair Minister said, “everyone must feel concerned about this disaster today.”
b-The Minister declared that everyone had to feel concerned about the disaster that day.
2.a-“where did the cyclone hit?” he asked her.
b-He asked her where the cyclone had hit.
Ask question on the underlined words (1pt)
- A disaster happened in Burma last weekend.
When did a disaster happen in Burma?
Underline the silent letters of the given words (1pt)
- knock
- autumn
- fight
- walk.
- knock
- autumn
- fight
- walk.
Reorder the following words to get a coherent sentence. (2pts)
good / if / people / help / feel / we / we / in / will./ need
We will feel good if we help people in need.
Or
If we help people in need , we will feel good.
Topic: Some years ago, a powerful earthquake struck the South west of China .Use the information below to write a short report about it.
Monday May 12, 2008 -earthquake -7.9magnitude - Sichuan province, China – latest reports-nearly 12,000 people -death- school children - thousands -injure- buildings- schools- collapse–rescue teams- help –International community – UN – aid flights-solidarity-
Monday 12th May 2008 was a dark day in the Sichuan Province. A 7.9 magnitude earthquake shook the area violently killing 12,000 people and causing thousands of injured. Buildings and schools collapsed like castles of cards .All the streets offered desperate sight of chaos.
Rescue teams came from all parts of the world to help find survivors, which was a very difficult task that required weeks of search night and day .The international community demonstrated its solidarity by sending aid flights.
المراتب الخمس الأولى في التمارين
- ياسمينة كجار
- 5 نقطة
- lys linden
- 4 نقطة
- lamis rahim
- 4 نقطة
- Meriem Asma
- 3 نقطة
- زينب غوافر
- 3 نقطة