ABDELMALEK ESSAADI UNIVERSITY Ecole Normale Suprieure Tetuan DUT
ABDELMALEK ESSAADI UNIVERSITY Ecole Normale Supérieure – Tetuan DUT Biological Engineering: Biological and Biochemical Analysis Module: Language and Communication (LC) Duration: 2 hours Date: 09/12/2016
Technology has been a powerful factor in both the development and the destruction of human life. For instance, the invention of the rocket has enabled people to discover the planets and to put communication satellites into orbit. That’s why people all over the world are able to talk to one another, and join in scientific research. “Our way of life has considerably changed thanks to satellite TV and the internet. ” Said Madiha Mansouri, a primary school teacher. “We’re better informed”. Nevertheless, rockets have had
On the one hand, technology has made our life easier and more comfortable. People live longer and lead a healthier life as medical research has been able to find remedies for many health problems. In addition, most of the hard work has been taken over by machines. Therefore, people have more leisure and entertainment. But on the other hand, a great number of people lose their jobs because they are replaced by machines. Instead, some factories are now run by a few technicians and the rest of the work is performed by robots. What is more, these factories release a huge amount of toxic gasses, fumes and waste causing unprecedented forms of
Last but not least, technology has led most people, especially in western cultures, to become inactive. They drive everywhere, they spend most of their time at desks or in front of the TV and they exercise very little. As a consequence, they have developed weight problems such as heart diseases, hypertension, diabetes, cancer and many other conditions known to be associated with obesity. “I have been unable to lose weight. The doctor said I wouldn’t live longer unless I overcame this problem. “said a cab driver in New York.
I. Comprehension: (17 points) Base your answers on the text A. Answer the following questions(4 points) 1. What advantages did Madiha’s family draw from satellite We’re. TV? better informed …………………………………………………… They can cause mass killing. In the same ………………………… way, millions of people can contract ………………………… incurable diseases as a result of the ……………………… of radioactive fallout from a cause? single 2. spread What harmful effects do rockets explosion ……………………………
3. Why has life expectancy increased? Because people live longer and lead a ………………………… healthier life. In addition, most of the hard ………………………… work has been taken over by machines. ………………………… Therefore, people have more leisure and ………………………… entertainment. ………………………………………………… They live in an industrial zone where there ………………………… are a lot of factories that release toxic ………………………… smoke. This pollution has a negative on …………. Ali’s family’s health 4. How did Ali’s family get respiratory problems? …………………………
B. Are these sentences true or false? Justify(2 points) 1. True. If not rockets, space exploration have The rocket has enabledwould people to been impossible. discover the planets and to put Ø …………………………… communication satellites into orbit …………………………… True. as a consequence, they have …………………… developed weight problems 2. Because of technology people have become fat. Ø ……………………………………………………… also spread …………………… radioactive fallout C. Complete the following sentences according are the result of / to the text. (2 points) due to 1. are Rockets nottechnology only cause mass killing, they
D. Find in the text words or expressions which mean the same as the following. (3 points) powerful 1. strong (paragraph remedies 1): ………………………… huge. . 2. solutions (paragraph 3): ………………………… rockets …… the industrial zone 3. very big (paragraph 4): obesity ………………………… …… E. what do the underlined words in the text
F. What is the writer’s purpose in the text? (1 point) a) To explain that the disadvantages of technology outnumber the advantages. b) To convince us that technology is to blame for the destruction of the ozone layer. c) To argue that technology has brought about a lot of benefits, but unfortunately, has caused serious C problems as well. Answer: …………………………
II- Language (13 points) A. Fill in the blanks with the appropriate phrasal verb. Choose from the list. (1. 5 mark each) take after, set off, find takeout off, turn on, find out 1. Humanitariantakes volunteers off …………………food to the refugees in war zones. 2. Before the plane ……………. the passengers fasten their seatbelts.
B. Fill in the blanks with an appropriate word from the list. (1 mark each) issue, warming, backgrounds, discrimination, prejudice, access, needs, tolerance discrimination 1. Gender ………………decreases thanks warming to coeducation. 2. Pollution contributes to global background ………………………. . 3. New York is a city where people from tolerance different cultural ……………. coexist.
C. Rewrite these sentences with the words given (1 mark each) 1. I wonder if treating you couldwaste treat waste before you release it into the river. Ø Would you mind …………………………… people had used cleaner energies, they wouldn’t …………… have damaged the environment 2. People didn’t use cleaner energies. So they damaged the environment. are favoured by Green Peace Ø If ……………………………. that he felt better with physical
D. Choose the correct alternative. (1 mark each) helping 1. My neighour is proud of …………………his community. to reduce a-help b- helping c- to help 2. Environmentalists would like people …………………. pollution. a-to reduce b- reduce c. In spite of reducing E. Fill in the blanks with themoreover appropriate connector. (1 mark each) therefore in spite of moreover although
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