Al khawarizmi School

Global Test
Full Name: ____________________________________

January 2015
Timing: 1h 30 min.
class:________ Number: _________

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20

Human beings need food, water and air which are all necessary for survival. People cannot live
without food to eat and oxygen to breathe. When it is cold, they need heat, clothes and places to live.
The environment provides these needs. People use the land and oceans for food. The atmosphere,
which is the air around the earth, contains oxygen. Energy for heating comes from petroleum, trees or
the sun.
Hundreds of years ago, the environment supplied food, and housing for everyone. Population was
low, and there was little industry. There was enough good land, fresh water and clean air. However, in
the eighteenth century, the industrial revolution began in England, the western world changed from an
agricultural to an industrial one. Many people moved from farms to cities in order to work. Industry
improved very quickly. Since 1850, both the population and industry increased very rapidly. People
daily needed more land, more water and more resources. As a result, the environment was quickly
changed. Some of these changes are harmful because they disturb the balance of nature.
One of these changes is pollution. There are several kinds of pollution: air, water and land.
Industry causes air pollution. Factories release many chemical and gases into the air. Gases from cars
also cause air pollution, especially in cities. Chemicals in the air cause smog in many large cities such as
Tokyo and Los Angeles. It is sometimes hazardous for people to breathe the air in these cities.

A- Comprehension:
Choose the correct answer: (2pts)
1Energy
for heat comes from .
(15pts)
a- the sun
b- trees
c- oil
d- trees, oil and the sun
2Population and industry have increased since the.
a- end of the 18th century
b- beginning of the 19th century
c- end of the 19th century
d- middle of the 19th century
B- Circle the most suitable meaning of the underlined words as they are used in the text: (3pts)
1"Environment" in Paragraph 1 means:
a- the natural and social conditions
b- location
c- sitting
d- surroundings
2-

"Harmful" in Paragraph 2 means:

a- risky
b- safe
c- causing harm
d- unsafe
3"Pollution" in Paragraph 3 means:
a- litter
b- smog
c- fumes
d- making impure
D- Answer the following questions: (6pts)
1- What is the text about?

2- How has industry changed the environment?

3- What are the kinds of pollution?

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C- What do the underlined words refer to? (2pts)
1. "which" (parag1)"they" (parag3)
D- Find in the text the words that have the same meaning as: (2pts)
a. dangerous (parag 3) . b. developed (parag 2)....

Language:(15pts)

A- Fill in the blanks with the appropriate word from the list.
(3marks)
Deforestation
graduates
environment
degree
break
1. ______________________is destroying large areas of forests.
2. Certain chemicals have been banned because of their negative effects on
the__________________.
3. Nowadays, university _________________ find difficulties getting jobs that fit their
qualifications.
B- Find the nouns from the following words:
(3marks)
1. Prevent: __________________ 3. aware : __________________ 5. Obese :
________________
2. poor:
__________________ 4. Recover : ________________ 6. grow :
__________________
C- Fill in the blanks with the right article:
a an the or
(1.5 marks)
My mother is_____English teacher. We live in_______London. I am ______student. When
I get home from school, I watch ______programs on TV. Thats _______best part of my
day. _______programs I watch are for children. I am a child, so I think they are funny.
D- Put the verbs in brackets in the Present Perfect or Simple Past:
(2 marks)
1- Mum ____________________________the dishes yet. (not wash)
2- Fred and I ___________________ about the problem yesterday. (speak)
3- I ___________________________ in my homework. (just/ finish)
4- Shakespeare __________________Hamlet in 1599. (write)
E- Fill in the gaps with the right option:
(1.5
marks)
1. Maria enjoyed ________________ a lot at the party. a. Himself
b) herself
c) they
2. I met a friend of __________at the market last week.
a. Mine
b) us
c) myself
3. I cant understand _________ when he speaks with __________. a. Hem, me
b) him,
me c) me, himself
F. write two sentences about a thing you used to do and a thing we didnt use to
do.
(1mark)
1.

2.

G. Match the numbers with the corresponding letters.

(3marks)
1. In my point of view, birds should not be kept in cages.
a. Expressing
opinion
2. Why dont we go to the cinema?
b. Giving
advice
3. I suffer from chronic depression, what should I do?
c. Asking for
advice
d. Making
Writing: (10pts)
suggestions

You are visiting a foreign country. Write a postcard to your parents expressing
your pleasure to be there. Write about the places you visited and the things you
did. This is your parents address: P.O.Box 236, Rabat, Morocco.

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