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Tarek Ben Ziad Middle School Tuesday, April 23 rd , 2019 Level: 3MS Coefficient: 01 Timing: 1hour Text: The Ship of the Desert The camel is a very tall and useful animal. It is a domestic animal which has a small head, long neck, long legs and a hump on its back. It is called “The Ship of Desert” as it can walk through and without water for many days. It eats leaves and branches of the tree. The camel can live up in the desert of the Middle East and Africa to 30-40 years on the average. It can carry heavy loads and draws carts. It is obedient to its master. It is meek animal with great patience. It has a very big bag in his stomach. It stores water and food in the hump. In fact, these humps are so efficient that a camel can go for up to several months with no food. Its feet are padded. These pads help it in walking or running on the sand. It cannot sink in the sand. It can warn man of a possible storm. When storm comes, it lies down. It cries when it is being loaded. Adapted from: My Book of English 3AM PART ONE: A/ Reading Comprehension: (07 pts) Activity 1: Read the following statements and write “true”, “false” or “not mentioned”: (03 pts) 1- The camel is a domestic animal. 2- It cannot walk or run on the sand. 3- Camels are in danger. Activity 2: Complete the table with information from the text: (02 pts) Name Description Features Habitat Food Life Span Camel ....................................... ........................ .................... .................. Activity 3: Name the parts of the camel: (02 pts) ency-educatio ms tion.com/exams tion.com/exams has a small h it can walk t rica to 30 4 to its mast ater and f several mon he sand. It ies down. It sion: (07 pts) (07 pts) at ati tatements and writ ments and at c animal. imal. n on the sand. n the sand anger. nger. plete the table wit te the table ed me Description Fe escript ed amel el ................... .......... e y y y y Activity 3: Name t ivity 3: Name nc s s s s s s e e e e e 3am.ency-education.com

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Tarek Ben Ziad Middle School Tuesday, April 23rd, 2019

Level: 3MS Coefficient: 01 Timing: 1hour

Text:

The Ship of the Desert

The camel is a very tall and useful animal. It is a domestic animal which has a small head, long

neck, long legs and a hump on its back. It is called “The Ship of Desert” as it can walk through and

without water for many days. It eats leaves and branches of the tree.

The camel can live up in the desert of the Middle East and Africa to 30-40 years on the

average. It can carry heavy loads and draws carts. It is obedient to its master. It is meek animal with

great patience. It has a very big bag in his stomach. It stores water and food in the hump. In fact,

these humps are so efficient that a camel can go for up to several months with no food. Its feet are

padded.

These pads help it in walking or running on the sand. It cannot sink in the sand. It can warn

man of a possible storm. When storm comes, it lies down. It cries when it is being loaded.

Adapted from: My Book of English 3AM

PART ONE: A/ Reading Comprehension: (07 pts)

Activity 1: Read the following statements and write “true”, “false” or “not mentioned”: (03 pts)

1- The camel is a domestic animal.

2- It cannot walk or run on the sand.

3- Camels are in danger.

Activity 2: Complete the table with information from the text: (02 pts)

Name Description Features Habitat Food Life Span

Camel ....................................... ........................ .................... ..................

Activity 3: Name the parts of the camel: (02 pts)

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B/ Mastery of Language: (07 pts)

Activity 1: Supply the punctuation and capitals where necessary: (02 pts)

The Barbary sheep is an animal in danger of extinction it lives in the rocky mountains of north

africa.

Activity 2: Fill in the gaps with the suitable words: (03 pts)

must- mustn’t- should- shouldn’t

People ....................pollute the air. They ....................care about animals and ......................stop

poaching because it is illegal.

Activity 3: Match the words that have the same rhyme: (02 pts)

1-cage a-visual

2-danger b-stranger

3-casual c-invasion

4-evasion d-page

PART TWO: Situation of Integration: (06 pts)

Your English friend wants to know more about the Fennec. Write a short

paragraph about this endangered animal using the following cues:

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Good Luck!

Your teacher, Mrs. Ayadi

Animal: the fennec

Classification: mammal

Physical description: a small

fox, huge ears, light pale coat.

Food: insects

Habitat: sandy deserts of

Algeria and north parts of

Saudi Arabia.

Life span: up to 12 years.

Causes of being endangered:

- Extensive hunting

- Lack of food

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