Level: 2nd Year

Computers Technology
Teacher: Mr Salhi Timing: 2 Hours

 (1) The land was once fertile, food and fresh water
were plentiful, and there were reliable sources of energy. But
people took these things for granted and thought they would last
forever, and they were wrong. Now food and water are scarce, and
there’s widespread drought and famine. Supplies of oil and other
natural resources are dwindling (*) fast and countries have been forced to
develop nuclear weapons in order to protect what little they have. Conflict
has become a way of life.

(2)This may sound like a Hollywood film scenario, but according to a

recent report investigating the impact of climate change, it could really
happen in the near future. Environmentalists have long been warning us about
the threats of global warming. Now it appears even the US is getting worried.
Its report states that rapid climate change would create ‘global chaos’ and a
global environmental catastrophe. As soon as 2020, it is claimed, we could
see ‘climate wars’ caused by catastrophic shortages of water and energy
supplies.

(3)Are such terrible warnings really incredible? Perhaps not, there’s

evidence that the pace of climate change is accelerating. In Alaska,
wintertime temperatures have risen by an average of 6°C, a signal bigger than
anything the computer models have predicted. The ice in the Arctic Circle
will disappear forever, according to the last predictions, within the next
hundred years. Meanwhile, in the Southern hemisphere, one of the seven
natural wonders of the world is at risk. The Great Barrier Reef* is one of
Australia’s top tourist attractions, but it may not be for much longer. The
heating is slowly killing the beautiful coral* on the Reef and 95% of it will
be dead by the year 2050.

(4)Change is even taking place in Scotland where winter sports industry

is suffering. Two out of five of the Scottish ski resorts are now up for sale
due to financial losses caused by the lack of snow in recent years. Is
winter’ becoming a thing of the past? Global warming may not all be bad news
for Scotland, though. It has better summers and the Mediterranean gets too
hot, so the Scottish tourism industry should benefit in the summer months.

From Newsreader Articles, May 2004 (adapted)

Glossary:
* Coral: a marine organism that lives in colonies and has an external skeleton
* Reef: underwater ridge of coral or rock in a body of water, with the top just below or
just above the surface

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 Level: 2nd C.T

Timing: 2 Hours

Name: ……………………………………………… Class: 2 C.T …… N°: ……

READING COMPREHENSION: (15 marks)

1- Tick (√) the right alternative. (2 marks)

- The text is mainly about: - water scarcity dangers
- Global warming threats
- Famine/starvation
- The author is
- explaining that climate change has become a real threat more than ever.
- contrasting ecological conditions in the North and in the South.
- suggesting solutions to protect the environment.

2- The following statements are false; correct them with details from the
text.
(3 marks)
a- Global warming is a recent environmental issue/problem. (§2)
………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………
b- The global climate is changing slowly. (§3)
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c- Scotland will be a big loser due to climate changes. (§4)
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3- Match the following figures/dates with what they represent in the text? (3
marks)
Figures/Dates Statements Answers
1- About 0°C a - The ice in the Arctic Circle will disappear 1 + ……
2- 3005 b- 95% of the coral on Australia’s Great Barrier Reef won’t 2 + ……
survive
3- 2050 c- wintertime temperatures’ rise in Alaska 3 + ……
4- What do the underlined words mean? Circle the right alternative. (2 marks)
a- Supplies of oil and other natural resources are dwindling fast. (§1)
- decreasing/ diminishing.
- increasing in number or quantity.
- becoming more valuable.
b- We could see ‘climate wars’ caused by catastrophic shortages of water and ...
(§2)
- supplies.
- demands.
- lack/ insufficiency.
5- Find words in the text that nearly mean the same as: (2 marks)
- rare (Adj) (§1)= ………………………………………………
- disaster (N)(§2) = ……………………………………………………
6- What do the underlined words in the text refer to? (2 marks)
They (§1 3) = ………………………………………………………
Its (§2 L5) = ………………………………………………………
7- According to you, how can we avoid (if not stop) this environmental catastrophe?
(1 mark)
In order to avoid global warming, we should………………………………………………………………………………………
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LANGUAGE (10 marks)

1- Fill in the blanks with words from the list below. (There’re 2 extra
words). (3.5 marks)

with - exciting – online – many - addiction – using – who – rooms –

e-mail
The amount of time kids spend online is a source of frustration for
many parents. Parents welcomed the internet into their homes, believing they
were opening up an ____________world of educational opportunities for their
children. However, ____________ parents soon realized that, instead of
____________the internet for homework or research, their kids were spending
hours playing online games, or talking to strangers in chat ____________.
Children ____________ are shy with their peers are often attracted to
the chances of creating new identities in online communities. Boys in
particular, are frequent users of ____________ role-playing games where they
interact ____________ other players. However, excessive playing can further
isolate those children from friends and peers.

2- Circle the right alternative. (3 marks)

It was really a catastrophe; the world’s (bad – worse – worst) natural

disaster had struck Sri Lanka after a massive earthquake in the sea (register
– registered – registering) 9° on the Richter scale. It caused an even
greater depth of sadness (on – at – in) the country (where – who – which)
whole communities were wiped out. It brought (die – dead – death) and
destruction. Sri Lanka dominated the world’s headlines as people (slept –
woke – dreamt) up to view the devastation on their TV screens.

2- Put the bracketed verbs/words in the right tense/from. (3.5marks)

Last month, scientists produced a frightening report on global warming.

The 1990s were the (warm) ____________ten years for one thousand years, they
say. Temperatures (go) ____________up more quickly in the next century. The
sea will be (high) ____________than it is now. People in Asia will lose
(they) ____________ homes in terrible (flooded) ____________. Most people
agree that carbon dioxide in the air is the biggest problem. It (produce)
____________ when we burn gas and oil. Recently, 160 countries (meet)
____________to discuss the problem, but nothing is decided upon the issue.

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 WRITING (15 marks)

1- Develop the following hints into meaningful sentences to get a coherent

paragraph. (The hints are in order. Just add what is missing) (5 marks)

 Text-messaging / be invented / by Finnish company Nokia, many years ago.

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 They / want / to help / Finnish teenagers, / who / very shy.
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 They / find / it / easier / to text / friends / to phone / they.
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2- It’s April 22nd, The ‚Earth Day‛, your teacher has asked you to write an
article in your school magazine in which you sensitize people about the importance
of the environment and suggest solutions to save the planet.
Develop this idea into a 10-12 line paragraph. (10 marks)

SAVE OUR BEAUTIFUL PLANET..!

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Adherence to content: 5marks

Lexical appropriacy and grammar accuracy: 3marks
Punctuation, capitalization and spelling: 2marks

Good Luck
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TEXT:

Today over 60 percent of the American women are working outside their homes. This is a big change
for the United States. Only 40 years ago, 75 percent of all Americans disapproved of wives who worked for
wages when their husbands could support them financially. Today most people accept that many women
work outside the home.

There are two reasons why mothers and wives work. One reason is that there are many opportunities
for women. A woman in the United States can work at many jobs, including an engineer, a physician, a
teacher, a government official, a mechanic or a manual laborer. The other reason women work is to earn
money to support their families. The majority of women say they work because it is an economic necessity.

About 80 percent of women who work support their children without the help of a man. These women
often have financial difficulties. One in three families in the United States headed by a woman lives in
poverty. Many divorced Americans are required by law to help their former spouses and support their
children, but not all fulfill this responsibility. A wife’s working may add a stain to the family. When both
parents work, they sometimes have less time to spend with their children and with each other.

In other ways, however, many Americans believe that the family has been helped by women working.
In a recent survey, for example, the majority of men and women said that they prefer marriage in which the
husband and wife share responsibilities for home jobs such as child rearing and house work.

Many teenagers feel that working parents are a benefit. On the other hand, when parents have
younger children who require more time and care, people’s views are more mixed about whether having a
working mother is good for the children.

What happens to children whose parents work? Nearly half of these children are cared for in day-care
centres or by childminders. The rest are cared for by a relative, such as grandparents. Some companies are
trying to help working parents by offering flexible work hours. This allows one parent to be at home with the
children while the other parent is at work. Computers may also help families by allowing parents to work at
their home with a home computer.
 END-OF-THE YEAR EXAM CLASS : 2nd Form
DURATION: 2 hours
Name: ………….………………………………………………………………………….………………………………………………………………………………….…………… Number: …………

I / READING COMPREHENSION: (15 marks)

***Tick ( ) the main idea of the text; (1 mark)

 The sharp rise in the proportion of working women and its effect on the family. ( )
 The Americans’ disapproval of working mothers and wives. ( )
 The benefits of the work of mothers on teenage children. ( )

*** Justify with precise details from the text that the statements below are FALSE; (2 marks)

 40 years ago, the Americans disapproved of all working mothers. (§1)

…………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………….

 Working parents are not receiving any help from their companies. (§6)
…………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………….

***Fill in the table below with the right information from parag.3; (2 marks)
CAUSE EFFECT

 Absence of help from the part of men.  …………………………………………………………………………………………………..……..

 ………………………………………………………..……………………  parents have less time to spend with their children

***Mention two reasons for which the American women go to work; (2 marks)
1. …………………………………………………………………………………………………..……..

2. …………………………………………………………………………………………………..……..

***Complete the paragraph below with the appropriate words from parag.5; (3 marks)
As long as teenage children approve of having working parents for its …………………………………………..a large majority of
Americans still have ………………………………………..feelings particularly over …………………………………………..children whose mothers go to work.

***Circle the correct meanings of the underlined new words; (2 marks)

 “…may add a stain to the family” (§3) = ↘ trouble ↘ help ↘ benefit

 “…such as child rearing and…” (§4) = ↘ supervising ↘ raising ↘ teaching

***What do the underlined words in the text refer to? (3 marks)

 “them” (§1) refers to ……………………………………………….…………………  “all” (§3) refers to…………………………………………..…………………

 “this” (§6) refers to …………………………………………….…………………

II / LANGUAGE: (10 marks)

 Put the words between parentheses in the correct TENSE or FORM; (3 marks)

There is inflation when prices or the cost of living rise. Inflation has many (harm) ……………………………..……………

consequences: it reduces the purchasing (empower) ……………………………..…………… of people living on fixed income such as old
people who (usual) ……………………………..…………… receive monthly pensions. It (create) ……………………………..……………many uncertainties
for (consume) ……………………………..……………, companies and governments. It may cause (employ) ……………………………..…………… by
making business less competitive than those in other countries with a lower rate of inflation.

 Fill in the gaps using correct words from the box; (3 marks)

slumped / and / amount / record / needn’t / percentage / play / release

You may wonder why there is a fall in C.D. sales. Does that mean that people are no longer interested in
music? The answer is “NO”. But the only obvious explanation is that there is a great number of radio stations and T.V.
channels which ……………………………..…………… the latest hits all day long that people ……………………………..…………… buy them any longer.
Young people can easily ……………………………..…………… their favorite music directly from the Internet sites with no money at all.
There’s just a very small ……………………………..…………… of pop star artists who are really earning a lot of money and a great
……………………………..…………… of that money is going to producers, managers, lawyers ……………………………..…………… not into the pocket
of the artists.

 Fill in the gapped paragraph below using the best options from the box. (4 marks)

Researchers prove that children, who do not have books at

(1) are noticing/ noticed/have noticed home or do not go to public libraries, are at a huge disadvantage. In
(2) thus / and / but recent years, we (1) ………………………..………an enormously increasing
(3) In / On / At growth in T.V. use. It is true that T.V. is a useful medium, (2)
(4) to / so that / in order
………………………..………nothing replaces books because books teach you to
(5) achieve / promote / raise
be able to read to cope with all aspects of life and civilization. (3)
(6) literacy / illiteracy / illiterate
(7) on / that / in ………………………..……… January, families across Canada will participate in
(8) many / much / little fun activities (4) ………………………..……… celebrate the Family Literacy Day
to (5) ………………………..……… the importance of reading and learning. Every
year (6) ………………………..………organizations, schools and libraries coordinate literacy-themed events and public story
reading. They insist (7) ………………………..……… reading ability is like a muscle, the (8) ………………………..……… you exercise it, the
more you will be able to maintain a developed-reading skill.
III / WRITING: (15 marks)
***Task 1; interpret this table: (5 marks)
In 2005, the number of tourists ………………………..…………….………… 2005 2006
Number of tourists 1.7 Million 1 Million
……………………………………………………………………… ….Therefore ,……….……..……………………… Population 10 Million 10.5 Million
Unemployment 10% 8%
…………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………….. Life expectancy 73 75
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deflation 2% 7%

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***Task 2; (10 marks)

Dear Sir/Madam,
“I’m conflicted and hesitating about whether I should give up my job of a company director in order to care for
my two children aged 2 and 4 or to have a childminder to look after them. Please give some advice.”

Answer this letter to help this mother. You should give her good reasons. (You can use if you want expressions
like I believe / on the one hand / on the other hand / therefore…)

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Dear……………………………………………, …………………………………………………

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Good Luck
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N AME :

Name :………………………………………………………….. Class : ……………………………………………………….

READING COMPREHENSION : (15 marks)

1. Tick the right option. (1mark)

a. a necessity b- a blessing c- a curse

2- Complete with words from paragraphs 2, 5 and 6. (3 marks)

Mary first logged into Facebook to look at photos from her family. When she felt it became an
unpleasant …………………… , she decided to ………………………… and take more ……………pastime.

3- The following statements are false. Correct them with details from the text.(3 marks)

a- Mary used to visit Facebook with a well-planned purpose in mind . ( paragraph 2)

……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………

b- Mary thinks that Facebook truly brings people together. ( paragraph 5)

……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………

c- Mary is unware of the harm caused by her Facebook experience. ( paragraph 6)

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4- Read the list below and complete the table with 3 adjectives that best describes Mary’s feelings.
( 3 marks) relieved / lonely / guilty/ calm/ proud/ imprisoned

Before making her decision about Facebook After making her decision about Facebook

a-……………………………………….. b-……………………………….

c-…………………………………

5- Tick the right alternative (2marks)

“ …Vanish from his page ”( paragraph 1) nearly means:

Post messages on Facebook disappear from Facebook chat with Facebook friends