Test On Style

1. What is style? Well, it’s a word with many meanings. It usually has something with the way you look. But is style the same as fashion?
2.Not exactly. If we say somebody is fashionable we mean they dress well and in the latest clothes. When we say someone ‘has style’ it is something more personal. A person can wear very old-fashioned clothes and still have style.
3.Someone once defined the difference like this: “People who follow fashion tell who they would like to be. People with style tell you who they are.”
4.The way we look tells other people a lot about us. This is true of everybody from the fashionable lady to the punk. A soldier’s uniform tells us about what he does. The elegant lady’s fur coat tells us that she is wealthy.

Internet Exam

Millions of people in the world make use of the internet . This medium will soon change the way we communicate, shop, study, conduct business and publish. The internet has unlimited possibilities. In an hour’s time, the users can send an important message to one hundred thousand people, visit beautiful places all over the world, buy a computer, look over official document, study the weather report and even get married. 
The most popular way of using the net is e-mail. The system enables the holder to send information to other people in just a second; of course on the condition that the addressee has also access to the internet. It costs only as much as a local telephone connection and is the fastest in the world. 

Nutrition exam

Read the text carefully then do the activities.
                                                                  Nutrition
          Nutrition is the science that deals with food and how the body uses it. People, like all living things, need food to live. Food supplies the energy for every action we perform, from reading a book to running a race. Food also provides substances that the body needs to build and repair its tissues and to regulate its organs and systems.
          What we eat directly affects our health. A proper diet helps prevent certain illnesses and aids in recovery from others. An improper or inadequate diet increases the risk of various diseases. Eating a balanced diet is the best way to ensure that the body receives all the food substances it needs. Nutrition

economy and corruption

There are many activities and behaviours that affect the economy of a country. Corruption, tax evasion, and absenteeism are just a few examples. When a mayor who received a bribe signs a contract for a project with the least skilled and the least demanding contractor, he will unavoidably cause enormous damage to the nation. Poorly done, the final work will last only a few months before requiring repairs more costly to the public treasury. When a trader works illegally and pays no taxes, he will grow richer quickly, but at the expense of honest traders and the nation. The first will then face unfair competition, and the second will suffer a revenue shortfall that could be used to finance some projects. When an employee, regardless of position, is often absent without reason, he will affect the good functioning of the sector in which he works, and in turn he will harm the whole nation. For all these reasons, we all ought to commit ourselves to the fight against these phenomena in order to prevent that our country sinks into inextricable crises. By: D.Messaoudi

fake medecines exam

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          The United Nations has sent out a warning that up to fifty per cent of prescription medicines sold in developing world pharmacies are fake. A report from the International Narcotics Control Board, the UN drugs watchdog, said fake medicines are flooding into poorer countries. It stated that the consequences of people taking these drugs can be deadly. It also warned that the trade in fake prescription drugs may soon overtake the trade in illegal drugs. Many of the resources of the world’s law enforcement agencies are focused on hard drugs like heroin and cocaine. The UN suggests a refocus so that poor nations can fight the trade in counterfeit prescription drugs. The biggest problem for developing countries is that their laws are too old to control the flood, especially for sales over the Internet and those delivered by mail.

employment and education

 A/Comprehension   (07pts)

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       In America, people are afraid of unemployment. There is a direct link between employment and education. There is a saying: “Improve your schools or lose your jobs”. Many governors of states agreed to the development of common standards in essential subjects. America which spends a quarter of trillion dollars a year on education, finds itself classed 13th compared to other developed countries. This has a bad consequence on business. People who have a better education, have better jobs and get better pay. Countries that have better educational systems have stronger economies and can compete in the world market place.

‘Parents Against Obesity’ exam

                                                       First Term English Exam

Read the text carefully, then do the following activities

          Today the pressure group ‘Parents Against Obesity’ sent a detailed report of their concerns to the government along with more than 50.000 signatures asking for tighter controls against the food industry’s advertising directly into the children’s market.
          Beginning with a statement outlining what it sees as the main causes of obesity in children, the report covers various areas in which it proposes tougher control and action against what it calls “ an overwhelming campaign to persuade children to eat precisely what they need the least.”
         Principally, the report believes that advertising fast food and high-sugar snacks during children’s television programmes encourages children to desire and consume foods which offer

co-education exam

                           SECOND TERM EXAM OF ENGLISH      

A/COMPREHENSION (7PTS)

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The main argument against the co-education is that boys and girls differ. They differ in their biological make-up, their interests, their aspirations and their expectations. More important, they differ in their rates of development. At 13 girls are gaining maturity and emotional attachments, while boys are still unruly. Trying to teach them in the same class is like trying to teach two groups of different ages together. Left to themselves, children naturally choose friends among contemporaries of the same sex.

Another argument favours co-education and says that it is “natural”. Boys and girls exist. They live together in families, later they work together and get married to each other. The place for the sexes to begin learning to live is at school, Good

Pronunciation of ED

ED appears at the end of regular verbs in the past tense (e.g. wanted, helped, lived) sometimes in adjectives ending in ED (e.g. tired, embarrassed, relaxed) as well as in some Past Participles.
However the pronunciation of ED sometimes causes problems for non-native speakers because it can be pronounced in three different ways: as / id /, as / t / or as / d /
(Note: whenever you see letters or symbols between two slash marks (/ /), it refers to the pronunciation of that letter or sound)
Before we learn the difference ways to pronounce ED, we must first know what voiced and voiceless consonants are:

Pronunciation of Final -S

The pronunciation of S at the end of plural nouns, verbs in third person and as a part of the possessive case sometimes causes problems for non-native speakers because it can be pronounced in three different ways: / ɪz /, / s / or / z /.
(Note: whenever you see letters or symbols between two slash marks (/ /), it refers to the pronunciation of that letter or sound)
The pronunciation depends on the last sound of the verb or noun which is usually a consonant. Before we learn the difference ways to pronounce the final S, we must first know what voiced and voiceless consonants are as well as sibilant sounds:

Irregular Verbs

Relaxing Test

The second term English Test

Text:

 It is quite easy for doctors to tell people how to relax. But how do people really do that? I decided to find out for myself.So, I questioned teenagers between 15 and 18 how they relaxed. All of them come from secondary school because they make up the population which suffers most from stress. When I asked how many of them took some rest after a busy day, all of them said yes. But my main interest in fact was what they usually did to relax and keep cool.

  As expected, the results of my survey show that many young people do not know how to relax and thus get rid of the stress. Most of them prefer watching adventure films or listening to “Jazz or Rock” music which is an unhealthy habit or drinking

Chemical properties Exam

                                       Second term examination

Part one: Reading and interpreting

Read the following text then do the activities below:

Matter can be described and identified by physical and chemical properties.Physical properties have to do with appearance. You can observe many physical properties with your senses and by measuring the length, width, height, mass and density of a substance. Physical properties include color, shape, smell, texture, taste and size. The state of matter (whether it's a solid, liquid, or gas) and the temperature at which the substance boils, melts or freezes are also physical properties. Magnetic properties are physical properties as well.

Story Exam

                                             The Second Term Exam

Part one: Reading

Read the text below ,then do the activities that follows;

One day a man said to his son,” I want to sell our donkey. Come, we will take the donkey to town.” On the way to town, they met three women .One said,” Why are you walking?  One of you can ride the donkey.” The man said,” Yes, you are right. Son, get on. You can ride the donkey.”

      Next day they met three old men. One old man said,” Why is the boy riding? He is young and you are old. Why don’t you ride the donkey?”  The man said,” Yes, you are right. Son, please get off the donkey. I will ride it.”

       Later they saw farmers. One said, “You lazy old man. Why don’t you let the boy ride?” The man said, “You are right. Son get on the donkey again, we will ride together.”

Global warming Exam

                                                         Second term English exam.

 PART ONE: R E A D I N G (15pts)

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More and more people all over the world realize that global warming is a real and a serious problem. Almost everyone agrees that the Earth's climate has begun to change, as reported by scientists and experts in newspapers, TV programs, and magazines. The summers are hotter. The winters are warmer. As a result, glaciers have become smaller. If this continues, there could be water shortages in the future in Europe and the Americas. In addition, scientists believe deserts will grow much larger in some parts of the world, which means areas of Africa, China, and the Middle East will have little or no water to grow food. Storms will become worse, too. Although we have not seen many big changes yet, our children and our children's children could live in a very different world. They could face many problems in the future. Governments around the world have taken action to fight pollution and global warming. Unfortunately, they need to do more. In addition, big countries like the US, China, and Russia continue to pollute heavily. All governments must take action with new laws to protect the environment. They must research and develop new technologies, such as wind and solar power. They must pollute less and reuse resources. Individuals can take action now, though.

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Homonyms and Homophones