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M Secondary School School Year : 2018/2019

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Level :3 year Literary Stream
Diagnostic Test

Part One: Comprehension (15pts)

Read the text carefully then answer the questions

More than 250 dead in Algerian military plane crash

A military plane(Russian- built Ilyushin Il-76) carrying soldiers and their families has crashed soon after
takeoff in northern Algeria, killing 257 people in what appears to be the worst plane (aviation) crash in the
north African country’s history. The defence ministry said 247 passengers, made up of Algerian soldiers and
their relatives, died along with 10 crew members when the plane crashed into a field on Wednesday, next to
an airbase in the town of Boufarik, 20 miles (30km) from the capital, Algiers. The cause of the crash was
unclear and an investigation had been launched, the ministry said.

Algerian authorities did not mention any survivors but one witness reported seeing some people jump out
of the aircraft before it crashed at 7:50 a.m. Wednesday. Several witnesses told Algerian TV network
Ennahar they saw flames coming out of one of the planes’ engines just before it took off. “The plane started
to rise before falling,” an unidentified man lying on what seemed to be a hospital bed told Ennahar TV. “The
plane crashed on its wing first and caught fire.” The victims’ bodies have been transported to the Algerian
army’s central hospital for identification.

Footage from the scene showed thick black smoke coming off the field, ambulances and Red Crescent
vehicles arriving at the crash site. Pictures showed the burnt-out tail section of the aircraft separated from the
rest of the fuselage, which was being attended to by rescue workers. Private Algerian TV network Ennahar
published images of body bags lined up in the field. It is the deadliest plane crash since Malaysian Airlines
flight MH17 was shot down over eastern Ukraine in July 2014, killing all 298 people on board.

The previous most deadly crash on Algerian soil occurred in 2003, when 102 people were killed after a
civilian airliner crashed at the end of the runway in Tamanrasset. There was a single survivor. An Algerian
air force Lockheed C-130 Hercules crashed in a mountainous area of the Oum El Bouaghi province in 2014,
killing more than 70 people on board and leaving just one survivor. The defence ministry said poor weather
conditions had been the likely cause.

The Guardian. April 12th, 2018.

1/ The text is: a) a web article b) a newspaper article c) an extract from a book (1pt)

2/ Complete the table with information from the text (2pts)

What happened?

The accident When/ where Number of Victims causes

3/ Answer the following questions according to the text: (3pts)

a- What was the military plane carrying when it crashed in Boufarik?

b- Was the plane crash the worst in the Algerian history?
c- Was it the first time Algeria experience such a catastrophe? Justify from the text.
4/ In which paragraph is it mentioned: (1pt)

a- Algeria had witnessed other plane crashes before.

b- The number of victims in the last tragedy.

5/ What do the underlined words refer to in the text? (1pt)

- their(§1)= which(§3)=

Text Exploration:
1/ Find in the text words that are close in meaning to: (1pt)
Aircraft (§1) = took place (§4) =

2/ Find in the text words that are opposite in meaning to: (1pt)
Obvious (§1) ≠ the best (§1) ≠

3/ Complete the table with the missing words: (2pts)

Verb Noun Adjective

To crash ............ ...............
................. ............. Deadly

4/ Rewrite the second sentence so that it means the same as the first one: (2pts)

a- “The plane started to rise before falling,” a witness said.

b- A witness said..................................................................
c- The reporter said: “The victims’ bodies have been transformed to the Algerian army’s central
hospital for identification.”
d- The reporter said......................................................................

5/ Classify the following words according to the pronunciation of their final “s”: (1pt)

Crashes- passengers- bodies- inspects

/s/ /z/ /iz/

Part Two: Written Expression (5pts)

Choose one topic only

Topic One: The Algerians felt deeply sad after the military plane crash in Boufarik.

Use the following notes to write a composition in which you describe the different reactions:

- Ambulances/ rescuers rush to check for injures and survivors.

- National sympathy in TV channels and social media: Facebook.....etc
- The president decided three days of mouring.
- People prayed for the martyrs and their families
- Hundreds walked in their funerals.

Topic Two:
Write an article in your school magazine giving instructions and safety measures is case of fire.

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