Text as a dialogue:
Travel agent: Good morning, sir .Can I help you?
Ronald: I would like to travel to Tamanrasset, please.
Travel agent: Are you going by plane?
Ronald: Well, I am afraid I can’t afford the flight. It’s too expensive (20.000 Dinars).
Travel agent: Why don’t you travel by coach, then?
Ronald: Yes, but I have only 7 days left before I go back to America.
Travel agent: So, would you fly to Ghardaia first, then Ourgla and finally Biskra?
Ronald: That’s a good idea .Thank you very much, sir.
Travel agent: You are welcome, sir.
Part One Reading Comprehension: “7points”
1) Choose the most appropriate title: “1pt”
a) Ronald’s Trip b) Donald’s Trip c) Remold’s trip d) Raymond’s Trip
2) Read the following statements and put a cross in the right box : “2pts”
Sentence True False Not mentioned
a) The trip to Tamanrasset is very cheap and Ronald can afford it.
b) Ronald has more than seven days, so he will travel by coach.
c) Ronald will stay more then 7 days in Algeria.
d) Ronald will visit the north and not the south of the Algerian Sahara.
3) Lexis :
A) Find in the text words that are closest in meaning to the following: “1pt”
1) wish = 2) return =
B) Find in the text words that are opposite in meaning to the following: “1pt”
1) cheap =/= 2) less =/=
C) Find in the text words that have the following definition: “2pts”
The Algerian currency:
A trip by air:
Part One Mastery of Language: “7points”
1) Match the short answers in column “B” with the corresponding questions in column “A” “2pts”
Questions Answers
1. Can you travel by plane? a. Yes, you can.
2. Would you fly to Ghardaïa? b. No, I cannot.
3. Is the plane ticket expensive? c. Yes, I would.
4. Can I help you? d. Yes, it is.
2) Rewrite the following passage using the “imperative” “3pts”
The travel agent: You will not travel by coach. You will take the plane to Ghardaïa .Then follow you trip to Tamanrasset by car.
3) Pronunciation: Find in the text “4” words that have the following sounds. “2pts”
ai / i: / ei / ch /
1. 1. 1. 1.
Part Two Written Expression: “6points”
You are Ronald .You returned to America .Your friends asked you about trip to the Sahara.
Imagine a dialogue (six questions and six answers).
Good Luck