Larbi Ben M’hidi Middle School . Abadla.Tuesday , December 4th 2007 . .
Level:4AM
Duration :1hour and half .
1st English Exam .
Dear Sally,
My family and I would like to invite you to spend the spring holidays with us in Taghit .It is a beautiful town .It is situated in the south west of Algeria,95 km from Bechar.
Our house is near the hotel and you will be free to have a walk through the palm groves and ski on the sand dunes.
We will meet you at BecharAirport and take care of your transportation .We are looking forward to seeing you and we hope that you can come.
Love ,
Amina..
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Part one : (14pts)
A-Reading Comprehension. (7pts)
Activity one : Read the text and answer these questions. (2pts)
1) Who is the sender of this letter?
2) What do the underlined words in the text refer to :
It
| …………………….. |
You
| …………………….. |
Activity two : Circle the right letter. (3pts)
1- The text is a letter of
a)congratulation . b)invitation . c)apology .
2-The receiver of the letter is
a)Amina . b)the family. c)Sally .
3-Taghit is in the …………………of Algeria .
a) south west . b) north west . c)south east .
Activity three :
1-Find in the text words or phrases that are closest in meaning to the followings: (1pt)
a) located = .............. b) wish = …………..
. 2-Find in the text words or phrases that are opposite in meaning to the followings: (1pt)
a)far # …………… b) busy # …………..
B- Mastery of language . (7pts)
Verb
| Noun
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invite
| ……………. |
meet
| ……………. |
visit
| ……………. |
hope
| ……………. |
Activity two : Rewrite the following sentences into negative . (3pts)
1- Sally will spend the holidays in Taghit .
2- Amina wrote an invitation to Sally .
3- Sally likes travelling .
Activity three : Classify the following words according to their final sound “s” . (2pts)
Holidays - hopes - groves - houses .
Part two :
Written Expression (6pts) .
When Sally went back home to England, she wrote a thank you letter to Amina .
Imagine what she said .Write a letter ( in no more than 6 lines ).