اختبار اللغة الإنجليزية · الفصل الثاني السنة الثانية ثانوي الموضوع رقم 24

electricity every minute. We have become so dependent, on the electricity. Let us imagine like this. What if suddenly a natural catastrophe has occurred and most of the sources of electricity have been destroyed. May be few of the places might get it and other places will not. What will happen to our lives? How shall we earn? How can we work at home and office? Nobody might have thought about the way I am talking to you now. Even I do not want all this to happen. However, I would like to say that it is time for us (both western as well eastern nations) to realize that we have become addictively dependent on technology. It can be electricity, telephone, mobile, television, computer, many electric machines or cloth and dish washing machine and many more. Now, coming to technology, I do not mean to say that all should stop using the technology. I would like to say that we should also learn to live and make ourselves capable enough to live in the absence of technology. Always depending on something or someone will reduce our own skills and talents. Hence, I can say that technology is not bad. It is good to us as long as we use it to the extent that is necessary for us. We should also learn to live even if the technology is snatched away from us. Technology should be under our control and we should not be under the control of technology. A/ Comprehension / Interpretation : (08pts) 1) Choose the best answer : (1pt) The passage is an extract from a) a book b) a magazine article c) a web-page 2) Say whether these statements are true or false. Correct the false ones : (2pts) a) Humans can survive without electricity nowadays. b) Humans have become more dependent on the electricity. c) Our depending on technology may increase our skills and talents. d) The use of technology is useful in all circumstances. 3) Answer the following questions according to the text (3 pts) a) Why are we leading a comfortable and secured life ? b) What will happen if most of the sources of electricity are destroyed during a sudden catastrophe? c) Which pieces of advice does the writer list in his passage for us ? 4) In which paragraph is mentioned that : (1pt) Because of technology and science we live in security. 5) What or who do the underlined words refer to ? (1pt) a) Itself (§1) : … b) We (§1) : … c) I (§2) : … B/ Text exploration: (7pts) 1) Find in the text words that are closest in meaning to the following ones : (1 pt) a) abilities (3§) = … b) disaster (2§) = … Find in the text words that are opposites to the following ones : (1 pt) a) enjoy (1§) ≠ … b) increase (§3) ≠ … 2) Complete the following table : (1,5 pt) Verb Noun Adjective unknown addictive to reduce 3) Give the correct form of the verbs in brackets (…pt) a) When water (to freeze) …, it evaporates.