University of Béjaia                         Arabic Department                                                                                                           Third year students                        Catch up exam
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TEXT:
       Over the last century, there have been many significant changes in the way we live.
Obviously it is hard to compare life of the ancient people and the life of people of the twenty first century because so many changes occurred.
       To start with, people were not able to travel such long distances, in such short period nowdays,we have become very mobile. We have fast and comfortable cars and planes.moreover,in the past had to work much harder as they did not have tools.Nowdays,machines and computer do most of the difficult and dangerous work.In the past ,the conditions of living were not comfortable as they are now.
       Another difference between living now and in the past is the fact that nowadays the access to education is much easier. In the past, there were fewer schools and the quality of education provided was much poorer; besides, nowdays it is very easy to find teaching aids you need thanks to the internet. 
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 PART ONE: Read the text carefully and answer the following questions. (10pts)
1. The text is taken from: circle the correct answer.   (1pts)
 A newspaper article.   A magazine article        .      A website article
2. Are the following statement TRUE or FALSE?     (4pts)
a. It is easy to compare life of ancient people with life in the twenty century………
b.Thanks to new technology ,dangerous work become easy……………………………….
c.There was no access to education in the past ………………………………………...........
d.People now are able to travel such long distances in short period ………………………
3.Answer the following qusetions according to the text    (3pts)
a. Why is it difficult to compare ancient life with the life of the 21st century?
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b.What is the difference between education in the past and now ?
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c.Do you think that these changes make our life comfortable ?
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4. a.Find in the text synonyms of the following words :   (1pts)
OLD= (§1) ………………………To begin = (§2) ……………
  b.Find from the text opposites of the following words :  (1pts)
Similarity =/= (§3) ……………... Safe= /= (§2) ………………
Part two: concentrate well; and do the following activities
Activity one: Put the verbs between brackets into the correct form.   (3pts).
1.Many years ago, my sister (to search) ................for any job ,but nowadays she  (to find) ..............a work in a company ,so tomorrow she (to start).....................
2. DR Bill (to give)...........a lecture at the University yesterday.
3. It (to be) ..............cold last night.
4. Advertising always (not inform).........................but it persuades.
Activity two: complete the sentences using the right articles:    A/ AN / THE /Ø (3pts).
1………...Rich should help ….…..Poor.
2. People in …..…..Mali speaks French.
3. There is ………….…accident outside.
4.……Germany is an important economic power.
5. Burj Dubai Khalifa is the world tallest building ever built at ….….828M.
Activity three Complete with the right preposition      IN   / ON /  AT    (2pts).
1. People like swimming.....Summer.
2. What happened ......4th October, 1957.......about 7.30pm?
3. The telephone and the door bell rang .........the same time.
Activity four: Complete the table (2pts)
Adjective	Comparative	Superlative	
tall	.........................	.............................	
good	...........................	...............................	
Modern	..............................	.................................	
far	............................	.................................