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Level: 2nd Year Literary & Philosophy Stream Duration: 45 min Full name: … THE THIRD TERM ENGLISH TEST A / Comprehension: (09 points) Read the text and do the activities below The Titanic On the 15th of April 1912, the world awakened to hear about one of the deadliest peacetime maritime disasters in history. The great British ship “the Titanic”, which believed to be an unsinkable ship, sunk in the Atlantic Ocean four days after it sailed from Southampton to New York City in a maiden voyage. The news reported that the disaster happened at 10.25 pm when the ship was in its way and collided with an iceberg that destroyed half of its compartments. In the early morning of 14 April, the ship received an alarm from other ships that there is an iceberg in its direction and that the ship should be careful and change its way in order to avoid any collision soon. However, the
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ship stayed in its way with a few precautions that may prevent the sinking. At 11.20 pm, the ship sent a message via wireless telegram to announce its trouble and called for immediate assistance through media. Unfortunately, it was too late for any help providers to save the titanic because the electricity went out in the ship and made it difficult to communicate with other ships. Meanwhile, half of the ship was destroyed because of the water, which flooded its room. The awful disaster resulted in the death of 1500 passenger and only 675 others have been saved thanks to the lifeboats that were in its compartments. Only other ships who came to search for survivors could save a few of thousands who were striving in the frozen sea to stay alive. Taken from “The daily mail. March 15th 1999” 1. Circle the letter that corresponds to the right answer. (01 pt) The text is taken from: a) A magazine article b) A newspaper article c) Survey report 2. Are the following statements true or false? Write ‘T’ or ‘F’ next to the letter corresponding to the statement. (03 pts) a) The titanic did not sink in its first navigation in the Atlantic Ocean… b) Other ships did not call the titanic to change its direction. … c) More than hundred passengers were saved in the disaster… 3. Answer the following questions according to the text. (03 pts) a- Why did the titanic sink in the Atlantic Ocean? b- For what reason did the titanic send a telegram to other ships? c- Did the ships succeed to save some passengers in the titanic from the sinking? Justify your answer. 4. Complete the following table: (02 pts) Disaster Date Main cause Consequences Text Exploration: (11 points) 1. Find in the text words that are closest in meaning to the following. (02 pts) a) Crashed (§1) = … b) Terrible (§3) = … 2. Rewrite sentence (b) so that it means the same as sentence (a). (05 pts) 1. A- “Have you witnessed the titanic?” he asked her B- He asked … 2. A- He said, “This earthquake is making me outrageous.” B- He said … 3. A- People had better not panic during disasters. B- People… 4. A- The buildings are totally destroyed. B- The earthquake … 5. A- He said that the causalities had been enormous. B- “…” he said. 3. Complete the following sentences with the right words (02 pts) A: What…I do during an earthquake? B: You…stay calm and don’t panic. 4. Fill in the gaps with the following words: (02 pts) North Atlantic – disaster – luxury – sank The RMS Titanic, a … steamship, … in the early hours of April 15, 1912, off the coast of New found land in the … after sideswiping an iceberg during its maiden voyage. Of the 2,240 passengers and crew on board, more than 1,500 lost their lives in the … THE TYPICAL CORRECTION OF THE SECOND TERM TEST Model answers Scoring scale Détailed Global
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Comprehension (08 pts) B/ Text Exploration (07 pts) 1- The text is taken from : b) A newspaper article 2- a-F b-F c-T
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