2 AS Test 1 2014

L. PH Colonel Si Mhamed Bouguerra Secondary School Oct.
16 th, 2014 2
First Term Test in English
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Part One: Reading Comprehension. (14 pts.)
A- Comprehension. (7 pts.)
Read the text carefully and do the activities bellow.
Technology has changed people's lives a great deal. Its effect can be seen in every area: in their
clothing styles, in their entertainment, in working life and so on.
There were no televisions in the past. So people used to create their own entertainment. They
used to play games in the evenings. Nowadays, every one just sit in front of the screen: and people
rarely play games anymore.
In the house, the mother used to spend hours and hours doing the cleaning and the washing. But
these days, she has so many electrical appliances in the house that machines do half the work for her.
And while the housewife of the past used to make all her family’s clothes, the modern house wife simply
goes to a shop and buys every thing.
But perhaps the greatest changes can be seen at work. Factories used to employ hundreds of
men to make their products. But now, one or two machines do the task in half the time. And in offices,
clerks used to do every thing by hand and it took them ages to check all their files. Now, in this
technological age, we put everything into disks and all the checking is left to the computer.
1. How many paragraphs are there in the text? (1 pt.)

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2. Say if the following statements are true or false. (2 pts.)
a- People’s life has been changed thanks to technology. …………..
b- People did not use to entertain themselves in the past. …………..
c- Machines take the place of workers in factories. ……………
d- Computers facilitate the works of clerks in offices. ……………
3. Read the text and complete the table. (3 pts.)

Changes past present
In ……………………………………………………… ………………………………………………………………
entertainment …………………………………………………. ……………………………………………………………….
In the house - ……………………………………………. - ………………………………………………………..

…………………………………………… ………………………………………………………..
- …………………………………………… - ………………………………………………………..
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At work - ……………………………………………. - ……………………………………………….........

………………………………………………..
- …………………………………………….. ………………………………………………………
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- ………………………………………………………
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4. Who or what do the underlined words refer to? (2 pts.)

Its (§1) ……………………… their (§1) ………………………………………………………..
She (§3)……………………… their (§ 4) ……………………………………………………..
5. Find in the text words opposite in meaning to the following. (2pt)

a- Few (§3)≠ …………………………….. b- traditional (§4) ≠………………………………
B- Mastery of Language:
1. Reorder the following words to get a coherent sentence. (1 pt.)

fairy tales/ grandmothers/ tell / used/ children/to
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2. Complete the table. (1 pt.)
Noun Adjective
Optimism ………………
society ……………….
3. Fill in the blanks with the appropriate relative pronoun (who-which-whose-where). (2 pts)
a- A factory is a place ……………………………..….products are made.

b- A washing machine is a machine …………………….……………….washes clothes.
c- A clerk is an employee ………………………………………………………..works in an office.
d- An orphan is a child ………………………………………………….…….parents are dead.
4. Put the verbs between brackets into their correct form. (4 pts)
Many people used to (live)………………………………….……….in countryside in the past.

They ……………………….……….(to farm) land. Nowadays, most of them (to settle) ………………………
in towns. In the future, most villages (to become) ………………………………..towns.
5. Classify the following words according to the pronunciation of their final “s” (2 pts.)
Clerks- changes- products- machines.
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1. How many paragraphs are there in the text? (1 pt.)

3. Read the text and complete the table. (3 pts.)

In the house - ……………………………………………. - ………………………………………………………..

At work - ……………………………………………. - ……………………………………………….........

4. Who or what do the underlined words refer to? (2 pts.)

5. Find in the text words opposite in meaning to the following. (2pt)

1. Reorder the following words to get a coherent sentence. (1 pt.)

2. Complete the table. (1 pt.)

a- A factory is a place ……………………………..….products are made.

Many people used to (live)………………………………….……….in countryside in the past.

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