A six-year-old boy from New York has won the respect of US President Barack Obama and
thousands of others after he offered to take in Omran Daqneesh, a little boy who was injured after
his home in Syria was bombed. The image of five-year-old Omran sat alone in an ambulance,
covered in dust and blood, shocked the world and inspired Alex to take action. In a hand written
letter sent to the White House, Alex asked Obama to go and collect Omran and bring him to his
house .
Alex wrote :“In my school, I have a friend from Syria, Omar, and I will introduce him to
Omaran. We can all play together. We can invite him to birthday parties and he will teach us
another language. We can teach him English too, just like my friend Aoto from Japan,” .
Obama read Alex's words aloud in a speech he gave at the United Nations , before posting a
video of Alex reading the letter himself to facebook. In his message, Obama asked people to read
the letter to "understand why he had decided to share it with the world." ,he said :"Those are the
words of a six-year-old boy - a young child who has not learned to be cynical, or suspicious, or
fearful of other people because of where they come from, how they look, or how they pray," .
This event collected different reactions all around the world .One Facebook user wrote: "A six-
year-old who has more humanity, love, and understanding than most adults. »
Reading comprehension (_8pts)
1-Choose the letter that corresponds to the right answer. (1pt)
A-Alex won the respect of the president because.......
a- he wrote a letter b- he wanted to bring Omran as refugee c-he delivered a speech
B-Alex promised Omran to.........
a- be his friend b-be a president c- be Nobel peace prize
winner.
2-Say if the following statements are true or false according to the text (2pts)
a-Obama was proud of Omran.
b- Alex’s letter inspired the world.
c-Omran is a victim of violence.
d- Alex is a racist boy.
3-Answer these questions according to the text (3pts)
a-What made Alex take an action toward Omran ?
b-Why did Barack Obama read the letter of Alex in his speech ?
c-How did people react when they read the letter ?
4- What/Who do these words in the text refer to? (1pt)
a)He (§3).................. b)who(§4)......................
5- Give a title to the text................. (1pt)
B/Text exploration(7pts)
1) Find in the text words that are closest in meaning to the following: (0,5pt)
a)influenced(1§)=............... b) publishing(3§)=.................
2) - Find in the text words that are opposites in meaning to the following: (0,5pt)
a)Lost ≠(1§) ≠........... b)silently(§3) ≠ ...................
3- Complete the table: (1,5pts)
verb noun adjective
.............. freedom .............
To revolt ............. ...........
.............. .............. inspiring
4) Give the correct form of the idiom verb between brackets . (1pt)
The United Nation (not be able to).............. settle disputes in some countries yet and its general
secretary Ban Ki Moon promises that he (be able to)..................... put an end to all wars in the world
next decades .
5)- Re-write sentence “b” so that it means the same as sentence “a”(2pts)
1-a)The UN security council is obliged to solve some conflicts between countries.
b) The UN security council............................................................
2-a) We are not allowed to forget the French colonialism.
b) we ....................................................................................
6)-Classify the following words according to the pronunciation of their final /S/ (1,5pts)
Countries – promises – reactions - states messages helps
/ S/ /Z/ /IZ/
: PART TWO: Written Expression ( 5pts)
Choose only ONE topic:
Topic One
Many children in the world die because of wars, hunger, illnesses and poverty like in Palestine,
Somalia, Syria ...
What do you think we must do to stop conflicts and protect children against wars?
.Write a speech defending children’s rights.
Make the best use of the modals you learned and the clues below
Go to school ,play ,health care, eat well, live in a peaceful world, happiness , stop the bombing of
children ,stop forcing them to take arms.
Topic two: you discover that your best friend is racist write a letter to him /her in which you advise
him to change his/her attitude towards people.
Good luck dear pupils