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Class : 4MY ..

THIRD TERM TEST

The lives of the Inuit people of North America have changed a lot in the last 30 years

First, their name :people used to call them Eskimos, but now they are called Inuits, which means ‘ the people’.

They used to live in igloos in the winter, but today many of them live in houses in small towns.they used to hunt seals-they ate the meat and made clothes from the fur.

85-year-old Inuit, Mariana tagalik told us a little about her early life.

‘’Our winter igloos were very warm ; we used to cook inside so sometimes it got too hot.When I was a child I used to take off most of my clothes when I was in our igloo.To move over the snow, we used to put special snowshoes on our feet, but today many Inuits drive snowmobiles .

Inuit children never used to go to school-they learnt everything from their parents but now, like all North Americans, they spend about 10 years of school education.

Life is not as hard as it used to be, but many of the older Inuits hate town life and want to go back to the old days.

(Taken from : Essential Grammar In Use-CUP)

A-Reading Comprehension (07 pts.) :

a/Read the text carefully, then answer the questions.

1.Do Inuit people live an easy or a hard life now ?

2.In which paragraph is it mentioned that Inuits do not live in igloos nowadays ?

3.Which words in paragraph §3 help you guess that ‘seals’ are animals ?

4.Why did Mariana use to take off most of her clothes inside the igloo in winter ?

5.How much time do Inuit children spend in school education ?

b/Lexis(02 pts.)

1.Find in the text words, phrases or expressions that are closest in meaning to the following :

Machines that can run easily over snow =……… return = …………….

2.Find in the text words, phrases or expressions that are opposite in meaning to the following :

Like ≠ ……………………………….. taught ≠ …………………..

B-Mastery of Language ( 07 pts.)

a/Combineeach two clauses to make a new statement.Choose the appropriate relative pronun between brackets.Make any necessary changes (03pts.)

1.Mr.Abba is a teacher.He taught us English in Middle School. ( which / Who)

2.This’s a house.Our teacher lives in this house. ( where/ who )

3.The song was lovely.He sang this song. (where / which)

b/Spot and correct the mistakes in the following statements.(02pts.)

1.Did you used to go to school on foot ?

2.Algeria became independance in 1962.

c/Read these words, then classify them according to the vowel sound they contain.(02pts.)

meat, book, no, buy, sit, war, down, turn

C-.Situation of Integration 06pts.)

The lives of the Touareg people in th Sahara have certainly changed a lot, haven’t they ?

Take inspiration from the raeding text to write a paragraph about what has changed in the Touareg way of life : their houses(tents), food(dates,milk, ..), means of transport(camels), school, etc.