Greenpeace

    In 1969, the USA began a series of nuclear tests on a little island near Alaska. At that time, the Alaskans did not realize that those tests were dangerous. They did not even know they were happening! A Canadian decided to do something about this. With some friends they bought a boat  whichthey called “Greenpeace”. And they went to the island in their boat, just when the Americans wanted to explode an other bomb.

    The Americans had to end testing bombs in Alaska, and the Greenpeace people and their organization have become famous all over the world.

    Since then, Greenpeace has never stopped working: itsmembers try to stop people and governments doing things that pollute the environment

A-Reading Comprehension:

Activity 1:  answer the following questions : (2pts)

1-In which paragraph is it mentioned that people in Alaska had no idea of what was happening there?      

2–What do the underlined words in the text refer to?

Activity 2:Are these statements“true” or “false”?Correct the wrong statement(3pts)

1–At the beginning Greenpeace was the name of a boat.   

2–Greenpeace couldn’t prevent the USA from exploding nuclear bombs in Alaska.

3-Greenpeace is still fighting pollution.  

Activity 3:1-Find in the text the synonyms then the opposites…

* started = ……… * named = …….   * safe  ‡ ……. * nowhere ‡…..

  B-Mastery of Language   (7 pts)

Activity One:  Complete the table with the

infinitive or the simple past.     (2 pts)

Activity Two:  Reorder the  words to get coherent questions.    (3 pts)

1- decide / to create / When / they / ? / organization / did / this

2- got / many / has / ? / members / Greenpeace / How

3- I / Greenpeace / ? / join / have to / to / do / What / do

Activity 3:Classify these words according to the pronunciation of their final ed(2pts)

called  –  decided  – stopped  – wanted

Part Two:  Written Expression    Complete the dialogue:  (6 pts)

A:………………………….? B: The name of our association is “ Nadafa”.

A:………………………….? B: We create it in order to live in a clean area.

A:………………………….? B: We have 75 member at the moment.

A:………………………….? B: To join us, you have to bring two photos,…

2014-12-22