BENTEFTIFA Mohamed High School.               

English Test                            Dec 02,2008

Correction

          Phoenicians are skillful sailors and traders who brought us the alphabet. They used to live in the desert, in what is called now Jordan. But, in the course of time, they managed to win a home for themselves along the eastern shore of the Mediterranean. That was just in the north of Palestine and a part of Lebanon.

           In the desert, the Phoenicians led a nomadic life. They had wandered endlessly over the sands on their camels. When they arrived in Phoenicia, they became town-dwellers. Now, they took to ships and began to wander endlessly over the sea.

           Commerce became the Phoenicians’ life. So they did not limit their trade to the “Great Green”, I mean, the Mediterranean Sea. Soon they sailed through the Straights of Gibraltar onto the Atlantic Ocean all the way to today’s England bartering their goods.

            When Phoenicians traveled over these vast areas, they didn’t simply do business. They founded trading posts and cities like Carthage in Tunisia and Icosium (Algiers) and Hippo (Annaba), in present-day Algeria. They also spread ideas and inventions. One invention which was of particular importance for human civilization was alphabetic writing. The Phoenicians needed a practical system of writing to carry on their international trade, and an alphabet was the solution. The alphabet was eventually adopted - and adapted - by the Romans and later by the Greeks.

                                                                                     New Prospects p.198

Comprehension:

1- What was the main activity of the Phoenicians? Trade/ commerce

2- What is the “Great Green”? The Mediterranean Sea

3- Did the Phoenicians invent something important? If yes, what is it?  Yes, it’s handwriting.

4- How did they use to travel?  On camels and by ships

Say in which paragraph the following ideas are mentioned:

The route the Phoenicians used to sell their goods.→ § N° 3

The Phoenicians are knowledgeable and business-minded people→ § N° 4

What or who do the underlined words refer to in the text?

Their: §3  Phoenicians - which: §4 invention

Add prefixes to the following words to get their opposites:

a/ appearance → disappearance      b/ known → Unknown

Find in the text words or phrases that have the same meaning as the ones given.

a- established §3 = setteled   b- succeeded §1 = managed

Complete the following table:

Ask questions about the underlined words.

a- The Phoenicians used to barter goods. → What did they use to do?

b- They settled down along the shore. → Where did they setlle down?

Classify the following words according to their final /ed/ pronunciation.

Bartered – visited – demanded – loved – helped – worked

Rewrite the second sentence so that it means the same as the first one.

a- Despite the war, the Carthaginians managed to rebuild their country.

→ Although the Carthaginians made wars, they managed to rebuild their country.

b- Algeria: 35 million inhabitants. Tunisia: 11 millions   Morocco: 31 millions

→Algeria has got many people. Morocco has got less people than Algeria, but Tunisia has got the least of them all.

Give the correct form of the verbs in brackets.

a- It’s high time we (start) the new lesson. → ( started )

b- I wish the teacher (be) here. ( were )

Wrtten Expression:  Choose one of the following topics     ?

 1/ Write a short essay about what life used to be in Algeria in the past.

Talk about life styles (Customs, traditions, myths… such as clothes, food, family etc…)

OR

2/ Write a short account about the civilizations you know and their major cultural achievements.

Quiz N°1     3LE

1/ Ask questions about the underlined words.

a-      The Egyptians civilisation began 4000 years ago.

How long ago……………………………………………..

b-     The world has known 27 civilisations.

…………………………………………………………….

2/ Use ‘WAS ABLE TO – USED TO – HAD TO

a-      The Sumerians ………………… barter their goods.

b-     The Indians ……………………fight to live in America.

c-      I could not jump over the fence, but in the end I ………………….. do it.

3/  Use one of the following:  when, after, before, inspite of, though.

a-      …………………the hard conditions, they could get good results.

b-     I will not leave London……………………I learn English.

c-      I took the plane………………….I had bought a return ticket.

d-     He arrived early……………………. He lives very far.

CORRECTION

Quiz N°1     3LE

1/ Ask questions about the underlined words.

c-      The Egyptians civilisation began 4000 years ago.

How long ago did the Egyptian civilisation begin?

d-     The world has known 27 civilisations.

How many civilisations has the world known.

2/ Use ‘WAS ABLE TO – USED TO – HAD TO

d-     The Sumerians USED TO barter their goods.

e-      The Indians HAD TO fight to live in America.

f-       I could not jump over the fence, but in the end I WAS ABLE TO do it.

3/  Use one of the following:  when, after, before, inspite of, though.

e-      In spite of the hard conditions, they could get good results.

f-       I will not leave London until I learn English.

g-      I took the plane after I had bought a return ticket.

h-      He arrived early though he lives very far.