REPUBLIQUE DE CÔTE D’VOIRE Union – Discipline – Travail

******************* MINISTRE DE L’EDUCATION NATIONALE,

DE L’ENSEIGNEMENT TECHNIQUE ET DE LA FORMATION PROFESSIONNELLE

******************* Une école d’excellence

LEVEL : 2nde A/C

ENGLISH TEST 2

PART ONE : READING (7pts)

TEST : FOUNG

At 1.05 am this morning a team of frenches and American scientists found the . It was lying four kilometers beneath the sea in the North Atlantic Ocean. Many people have looked for the titanic since it sank in 1912, but until now no-one can find it. This is the first time in 73 years that anyone has seen the Titanic.

In 1912 the Titanic was the largest ship ever built: 276 meters in length. And it was the most expensive ship of its day. A one-way trip to New York in the best first class rooms cost CFA 1,522,500, which is about CFA 17.500.000 today. The owners said it couldn’t sink, but 1,522 people died when it was hit by an iceberg on ist mainden voyage to New York.

The scientists, led by Doctor and Doctor Jean Louis Michel, have already taken hundreds of photographs with special underwater cameras. The photographs show that the iceberg made a hole 94 meters long in the ship’s side. You can still see the wooden panels on the deck and the two anchor chains; unopened bottles of wine and champagne lick on the ocean floor. Even the beautiful glass window in the second class smoking room is still there.

The sea has preserved the ship very well, and Ballard and Michel hope to get many more photgraphs over the next few weeks. But they do not intend to take anything from the wreck. They think that the Titanic should be left as a memorial to all the people who died on it.

A- COMPREHENSION (2,5pts)

GIVE SHORT ANWER TO THE FOLLOWING

1- What happened tot he Titanic? 2- When was it found? 3- How many people died? 4- Enumerate three things found in the wreck oft he Titanic 5- Why do the scientists refuse to take anything from the wreck?

B. VOCABULARY: (2pts) 1. Match the words in column A with their definitions in column B

Example: 1-c

COLUMN A COLUMN B 1. To sink a) To voyage on a ship 2. A wreck b) A heavy metal on a long chain that prevents a ship 3. A trip from moving 4. An anchor c) To go down water 5. A deck d) A journey for discovery e) A floor on a ship f) The remaining of a destroyed ship g) A bedroom on a ship

1) Fil in the gaps with the appropriate words chosen in the bank below

Example: 1-people

People, did , to other, people, get, Tanic, the, sank, bottom, and

Eva hart is one of the (1)………. Who survived the sinking of the (2)………….. she was seven when the ship (3)……….. she and her mother Managed to (4)…………. Into a life boat but her father (5)……………..not. He died along with 1,521(6)…………. Mrs. Hart saw the ship sink, (7)……………….. she heard the cries of the (8) as they died. She thinks that (9)…………Titanic should be left at the (10)……….. of the sea as a memorial (11)……….those who died.

PART TWO: WRITING (6pts)

Choose one of the two tasks below

Task 1

One of your friends is a great smoker. In a letter, to persuade him to stop smoking. In your letter, talk about the consequences of smoking and give him some advice about smoking.

N.B: Mention the date, your address and sign your letter.

Task 2

Your English Club Magazine asked you to write an article about a difficult journey you have made. Write an article about your journey. Don’t forget to give a title and sign your article. (Max 15 lines)

PART THREE : LANGUAGE IN USE (7pts)

A. Add the appropriate question tags to the sentence below : (2n5pts)

1) The W.H.O spends much money on AIDS……………..? 2) There is a remedy for heart attacks………………….? 3) These flowers smell fragrant………………………… ? 4) Nobody opened the door……………………………… ? 5) Students never agree with teacher……………………. ?

B. Report the following sentence : (2 ,5pts)

1)"It’s my son ", replied Mrs. DOSSOU 2) "Are you sure, Doctor?" He asked 3) "There is nothing to worry about ", the doctor said. 4) Jalla said," My life is ruined! I’ve been taking magic medicines all week, but they haven’t given me enough courage" 5) "You can’t catch AIDS by playing with someone who has it ", doctor assumed

C. Put each sentence either in the active or in the passive voice. (2pts)

1) Native doctor from several places were called in by the government. 2) Yao’s mother gave him a small bicycle. 3) The ambulance is repaired by the driver 4) I will visit Paris one day.