Part One: Reading and Interpreting(15Pts)
Read the following text carefully then do the tasks
Muhammad Yunus
Muhammad Yunus has had exceptional success helping people get themselves out of poverty in rural Bangladesh by providing them with credit without requiring guarantee. Yunus developed his revolutionary micro-credit system with the belief that it would be a cost effective and scalable weapon to fight poverty.
Yunus told his story and that of the bank in the book "Banker to the Poor," co-authored by him and Alan Jolis. In the book, Yunus recalls that in 1974 he was teaching economics at a Chittagong University in southern Bangladesh, when the country experienced a terrible famine in which thousands starved to death.
"We tried to ignore it," he says. "But then skeleton-like people began showing up in the capital, Dhaka. Soon the drop became a flood. Hungry people were everywhere. Often they sat so still that one could not be sure whether they were alive or dead. They all looked alike: men, women and children. Old people looked like children, and children looked like old people.
Yunus went to the nearby village of Jobra where he learned the economic realities of the poor. Yunus wanted to help, and he cooked up several plans working with his students. He found that one of his many ideas was more successful than the rest: offering people tiny loans for self-employment. Grameen Bank was born and an economic revolution had begun.
Muhammad Yunus won the Peace Nobel Prize in 2006. He, indeed, deserves this award for his humanitarian actions towards the poor.
Breaking News English, September 5th, 2007.
A/ Comprehension & Interpretation (8Pts)
1/ Is the text: (0.5Pt) a story? b) an interview? c) an article? Circle the right answer.
2/ Say whether these statements are true or false. (1 Pt)
The book "Banker to the Poor” was written by Alan Jolis. → ………..
Bengladesh was hit by a flood. → ………...
Yunus Mohammad was a generous and helpful person. → ………
He also was a good cook. →………..
3/ Answer the following questions. (3 Pts)
a- Why is Yunus Mohammad a successful personality? → ….......................
…………………………………………………………………………….
b- Find two examples in the text to show that Bangladesh is a poor country.
…………………………………………………………………………….
c- What does Mohammad’s idea consist of? ……………………………….
…………………………………………………………………………….
4/ 1. Find in the text words or phrases that are closest in meaning to: (1 Pt)
a- b- arm (1§) = ………………… hunger (2§) = ……………….
2. Find in the text words or phrases that are opposite to the following: (1 Pt)
a- wealthy (4§) ≠ …………………….. b- lost (5§) ≠ ………………
5/ What or who do the underlined words refer to in the text? (1,5 Pt)
a- co-authored by him = ………………………………………….
b- They all looked alike = …………………………………………
c- by providing them = ……………………………………………
B/ Text Exploration (7Pts)
1/ Put the verbs in brackets in the right form.
A) The UN forces (not manage to make) peace in Iraq in 2003.→ ……………………..…
B) (How / people / use / to settle) in the past? → ………………………………………..………..
2/ Complete the chart below.
Verb Noun Adjective
…………… success ……………
To develop …………… ……………
To economize …………… ……………
3/Re-order the words to make a coherent sentence.
put - Nelson Mandela - and - prison - was - in - arrested
→ …………………………………………………………………………………………….
4/ Fill in the blanks with one word.
………………June 26th, 1945, representatives of fifty states signed the UN Charter ………………….. San Francisco. Since then, it is considered as the planet ……………….
important organization.
5/ Classify the following words according to the pronunciation of their final’ ed’.
Developed - experienced - learned - loaded.
/t/ /d/ /id/
6/ Complete sentence ‘b’ so that it means the same as sentence ‘a’.
a- M.L.king was capable of combating segregation.
b- M.L.king ……………………………………combat segregation
a- It is necessary for people to combat Zionism.
b- People …………………….combat Zionism.
Part Two: Writing (5Pts)
Topic 1:
- Martin Luther king – born – Atlanta – 1929
- Get Bachelor degree - Morehouse College - Atlanta.
- When young - feel - his duty - fight segregation - poverty.
- 1960’s - become - leader - civil rights.
- 1963 - make - famous speech – Washington.
- A year after - awarded - Nobel Prize for peace.
- Unfortunately - 1968 - assassinated -
Topic 2: As a student, you must respect and obey school rules. Write a school regulation by giving 3 duties and 3 rights.
Read the following text carefully then do the tasks
Muhammad Yunus
Muhammad Yunus has had exceptional success helping people get themselves out of poverty in rural Bangladesh by providing them with credit without requiring guarantee. Yunus developed his revolutionary micro-credit system with the belief that it would be a cost effective and scalable weapon to fight poverty.
Yunus told his story and that of the bank in the book "Banker to the Poor," co-authored by him and Alan Jolis. In the book, Yunus recalls that in 1974 he was teaching economics at a Chittagong University in southern Bangladesh, when the country experienced a terrible famine in which thousands starved to death.
"We tried to ignore it," he says. "But then skeleton-like people began showing up in the capital, Dhaka. Soon the drop became a flood. Hungry people were everywhere. Often they sat so still that one could not be sure whether they were alive or dead. They all looked alike: men, women and children. Old people looked like children, and children looked like old people.
Yunus went to the nearby village of Jobra where he learned the economic realities of the poor. Yunus wanted to help, and he cooked up several plans working with his students. He found that one of his many ideas was more successful than the rest: offering people tiny loans for self-employment. Grameen Bank was born and an economic revolution had begun.
Muhammad Yunus won the Peace Nobel Prize in 2006. He, indeed, deserves this award for his humanitarian actions towards the poor.
Breaking News English, September 5th, 2007.
A/ Comprehension & Interpretation (8Pts)
1/ Is the text: (0.5Pt) a story? b) an interview? c) an article? Circle the right answer.
2/ Say whether these statements are true or false. (1 Pt)
The book "Banker to the Poor” was written by Alan Jolis. → ………..
Bengladesh was hit by a flood. → ………...
Yunus Mohammad was a generous and helpful person. → ………
He also was a good cook. →………..
3/ Answer the following questions. (3 Pts)
a- Why is Yunus Mohammad a successful personality? → ….......................
…………………………………………………………………………….
b- Find two examples in the text to show that Bangladesh is a poor country.
…………………………………………………………………………….
c- What does Mohammad’s idea consist of? ……………………………….
…………………………………………………………………………….
4/ 1. Find in the text words or phrases that are closest in meaning to: (1 Pt)
a- b- arm (1§) = ………………… hunger (2§) = ……………….
2. Find in the text words or phrases that are opposite to the following: (1 Pt)
a- wealthy (4§) ≠ …………………….. b- lost (5§) ≠ ………………
5/ What or who do the underlined words refer to in the text? (1,5 Pt)
a- co-authored by him = ………………………………………….
b- They all looked alike = …………………………………………
c- by providing them = ……………………………………………
B/ Text Exploration (7Pts)
1/ Put the verbs in brackets in the right form.
A) The UN forces (not manage to make) peace in Iraq in 2003.→ ……………………..…
B) (How / people / use / to settle) in the past? → ………………………………………..………..
2/ Complete the chart below.
Verb Noun Adjective
…………… success ……………
To develop …………… ……………
To economize …………… ……………
3/Re-order the words to make a coherent sentence.
put - Nelson Mandela - and - prison - was - in - arrested
→ …………………………………………………………………………………………….
4/ Fill in the blanks with one word.
………………June 26th, 1945, representatives of fifty states signed the UN Charter ………………….. San Francisco. Since then, it is considered as the planet ……………….
important organization.
5/ Classify the following words according to the pronunciation of their final’ ed’.
Developed - experienced - learned - loaded.
/t/ /d/ /id/
6/ Complete sentence ‘b’ so that it means the same as sentence ‘a’.
a- M.L.king was capable of combating segregation.
b- M.L.king ……………………………………combat segregation
a- It is necessary for people to combat Zionism.
b- People …………………….combat Zionism.
Part Two: Writing (5Pts)
Topic 1:
- Martin Luther king – born – Atlanta – 1929
- Get Bachelor degree - Morehouse College - Atlanta.
- When young - feel - his duty - fight segregation - poverty.
- 1960’s - become - leader - civil rights.
- 1963 - make - famous speech – Washington.
- A year after - awarded - Nobel Prize for peace.
- Unfortunately - 1968 - assassinated -
Topic 2: As a student, you must respect and obey school rules. Write a school regulation by giving 3 duties and 3 rights.