LEVEL: 1ST YEAR LITTERARY AND SCIENTIFIC STREAMS

TEXT





Once upon a time there was a giant oak tree which grew beside a river. One
day a rainstorm broke out and uprooted it. While it was floating down a river,
it noticed some reeds which were growing near the bank, and cried out to them,
“My Goodness! How did it come that such small plants as you have managed
withstand the rainstorm, while I haven't?"



"It was easy enough", answered the reeds. "Why did you
stand stubbornly stiffly against storms as you did? Look at us, we bowed down
to wind and storms when they broke out in order to let them pass. So we saved
ourselves from their violence." "You had only yourself to
blame," the reeds added.







SECTION ONE:





1- Which type the text is?


a- an article b- a story c- a letter


2- Read the text and state true or
false. Correct the false statement:


a- An earthquake broke out a giant oak tree.


b- Some reeds were growing when the river was
floating down.


c- Reeds protected themselves by bowing down to
the rainstorm.


3- Read the text and complete the
following table:

Characters	Place and time	Weather

4- Read the text and answer the question:


Why did reeds bow down to wind and rain?



…………………………………………………………………………………………………..


5-
Find in the text opposites to:


a- small≠
………… b- for≠………………… c- lost≠……………………..





SECTION TWO:





1-
Rewrite the sentences to express obligation and
absence of obligation in the past:


a-
We must have our baccalaureate to go to the
university.


……………………………………………………………………..


b-
They don’t have to accept your excuse.


……………………………………………………………………..


c-
Teachers have to be patient with their
students.


……………………………………………………………………..


2-
Write three sentences using: in order to / so
as to / so as not to:


1-
………………………………………………………………………….


2-
………………………………………………………………………….


3-
…………………………………………………………………………..




















3-
Complete the sentences with the appropriate
reflexive pronoun


(himself-ourselves-herself-itself-yourself-themselves)


a-
The teacher respects …………………….


b-
Students enjoy …………………………..


c-
You have to introduce ………………….





SECTION THREE


Choose
one topic:





Topic one: use the following notes to write a
paragraph about the story of titanic





Tragedies – first trip of the ship titanic-
2000 people-from America
to England-April 4^th, 1912 crashed into iceberg- huge hole in the bottom
of the ship- sinking rapidly-1500 people lost their lives.





Topic two: write a short paragraph about the advantages
and disadvantages of computers.








Your paragraph here under:

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