الوسم: الإنجليزية

Ministry of National Education Moussalaha Watania Secondary School – Tissemsilt –
Final Term Examination
Second Year Scientific Streams Duration: 2 hours

Part One ( 15pts )

Read the text carefully then do the activities.
Text

The good society, the type of society where the welfare of all citizens is ensured, accepts the basic market system and its managers, but there are some things the market system either does not do well or does badly. In the good society, these are the responsibility of the state.
Some areas of state action are evident. In no country does the market system provide low-cost housing. This is a matter of prime importance and must everywhere be a public responsibility. Health care is also a public responsibility in all civilized lands. No one can be assigned to illness and death because of poverty.
The state has many other essential functions. It must also be borne in mind that many of these – parks and recreational facilities, police, libraries – are more needed by the underclass than by the affluent. Those who attack the services of the state are those who can afford to provide similar services for themselves.
In the good society, there must also be attention to a range of activities that are beyond the time horizons of the market economy. This is true in the sciences, not excluding medical research. The market system invests for relatively short-run returns. To support science is pre-eminently the responsibility of the state.

From “ New Statesman and Society “, January 28, 1994

1. Choose the most suitable title for the text. (1pt)
a) The Market System.
b) The Good Society.
c) Types of Societies.

2. Is the text : (1pt)
a) a web article.
b) a letter.
c) a newspaper article.

3. Are the following statements True or False . (2pts)
a) Health care is one of the state’s responsibilities.
b) The responsibility of the state is to provide only the wealthy with recreational facilities.
c) People who attack the services of the state are those who look for their personal services.
d) The market system invests for long-run returns.

3. Answer the following questions according to the text. (3pts)
a) What does good society mean?
b) Does the state have only one function?
c) What are the activities that are beyond the time horizons of the market economy?

4. In which paragraph it is mentioned that: (1pt)
a) Low-cost housing and health care are important to ensure a good society.
b) The state must help poor people than the rich ones.

5. Find in the text the opposites of the following words. (1pt)
a) high-class ***8800;………….§3 b) uncivilized ***8800;………………§2

6. Find in the text synonyms to the following words. (1pt)
a) rich =…………….§3 b) investigation =…………….§4

7. Replace the following words with new words adding the appropriate prefixes from the list. (1pt)
Prefixes: “ mis – re – ir – dis “
produce again – not responsible – similar – bad understand.

8. Join the following sentences with “in order to” or “in order that”. Make the necessary changes. (1pts)
a) Government imposes tariffs.
b) protect the local industry.

9. Turn this sentence into the indirect speech. (1pt)
a) The president says: “ We have to take many measures to protect the public services.”
* The president says that…………………………………………………………….

10. Fill in the blanks with the appropriate word. (1pt)
Words: “ advanced – agricultural – achievements – depended “

Some of the truly important industrial ………1……. of recent generations – the great improvements in ………2………. productivity, modern air transport, ……3……… electronics – have ………4……. heavily on such public investment.

11. Circle the silent letter in each of the following words. (1pt)
market – assigned – who – true .

Part Two ( 5pts )

Choose one of the following topics.

Topic One
* Imagine you are a group of foreign investors interested in opening a business in Tissemsilt. Send a letter to your consulate to ask for information.
Follow this procedure:
– Opening greeting.
– Introductory sentence.
– Own identification.
– Give details about the information needed.
– Closing greeting.

Topic Two
* Write a short summary of the text.

GOOD LUCK
“ Your teacher “