Devoir de Anglais pour la 3ème Année Secondaire, 2ème Trimestre 2017. Sans corrigé. 2 pages.
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School: … High school Level: 3rd year Sc.Exp / T.Math SECOND TERM TEST 2016-2017 Full Name: Class: … Mark: …/20
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Read the passage carefully then do the activities. Kenya's battle to switch off fake phones Peter Marete,a second-hand clothes dealer in Kenya’s capital,Nairobi is finding life very difficult without a mobile phone.”My clients are unable to reach me - my business is being affected," he tells the BBC. His phone was switched off on Monday by his mobile phone operator because his handset's IMEI number - the unique identifier for each phone - was not recognised by an international database and was therefore deemed to be "fake”. About 1.5 million Kenyans have been affected by the switch-off launched this week by the Communications Commission of Kenya (CCK) to clamp down on counterfeit handsets, defined as "copies of popular brands and models made from sub-standard materials" that have not been licensed by it. They are sourced from China and other parts of Asia, as well as
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Nigeria and South Africa. The CCK says the move is to protect consumers from substandard phones, safeguard mobile payment systems and prevent crime.” they’ve become a menace to consumers from both the safety and security perspective," CCK head Francis Wangusi told the BBC.” The fake mobile phones have been used frequently in trying to perpetuate criminal activities”. The permanent secretary in the communication ministry Bitang Ndemo says the government also intends to switch off phones with unregistered SIM cards,but the focus at the moment is the counterfeit phone switch-off. From BBC News Africa- 5 October 2012 1.Circle the letter that corresponds to the right answer: (1pts) The text is: a) an article. b) a speech. c) a letter. 2.Are these statements(True) or (False) according to the text: (4pts) a) Peter Marete thinks that mobile phone is useless … b) His mobile phone was switched-off because it seems original. … c) Fake phones are produced mainly in Europe. … d) Fake phones represent a real threat to society.… 3.Answer these questions according to the text: (3pts) a)What is meant if the IMEI number of the phone was not recognized by international database ? … b)Where are counterfeit handsets coming from ? … c)What is the future plan of the Kenyan government ? … 4.What or who do the underlined words refer to in the text: (1.5pts) a-his… b-it… c-they… 5.In which paragraph is it mentioned that: (1 pts) Fake phones are used in illegal practices... … B/Text exploration: 1.Find in the text words that are closet in meaning to: (1.5 pts) a-influenced = … b-marks = … c-threat =… 2.Link each pairs using : so / such (2pts) A : Chinese mobiles are of bad quality. B : it’s waste of money to buy them . … A: Chinese mobiles are sheep. B: some consumers don’t hesitate to buy them. … 3. Re-write sentence in the passive voice (2pts) A: Sam repaired the car P:… A: Many tourists have visited that castle P:… 4. Fill in each gap with one word from the list: (4 pts) (Financial – signing – subscribers – operators ) Kenya has 29 million mobile phone…(1)… & competition between the country's four…(2)…is fierce. However ,all the mobile operators agreed to comply with government directive to implement the shutdown…(3)… a joint memorandum of understanding in which the CCK agrees to…(4)… Compensation for losses incurred. Good luck
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