First Term Exam : Greek Civilisation

من طرف **SAADI** الإثنين فبراير 14, 2011 6:20 pm

PART ONE: Reading( 14pts )

Passage:

Ancient Greece

Greece is a peninsula in southeastern Europe. About 2,500 years ago, the people of Greece developed a civilization that influences the way we live today. The ancient Greeks attempted to explain the world through the laws of nature. They developed democracy, in which people govern themselves rather than being ruled by a king. They made important discoveries in science. The Greeks also valued beauty and imagination. They wrote many stories and plays that continue to be performed today.

The people of ancient Greece could not farm most of their mountainous rocky land, so they turned to the sea. They became excellent sailors who traveled to distant lands. The Greeks learned the alphabet from the Phoenicians, a sea-faring people from modern day Syria and Lebanon.

Today there is a modern nation known as Greece, but ancient Greece was not a nation. It was a group of city-states, or nations the size of cities. The ancient Greek word for city was polis; a group of cities were known as poli. The word politics derives from poli. The Greek poli developed independently of one another because they were isolated by rugged mountains or were located on small islands.

The poli often developed alliances, called leagues, for protection against other cities and foreign invaders. Two of the most important Greek poli were Athens and Sparta.

From Ancient Greece- Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

I- Comprehension / Interpretation( 07pts )

A/Multiple Choice:Choose the answer that best completes each statement.( 01pt )

1) In this type of government people rule themselves instead of being ruled by a king:

a) monarchy b) democracy c) bureaucracy.

2) The geography of Greece can be described as:

a) rocky b) mountainous c) a peninsula.

3) The Greeks learned the alphabet from these sea-faring people:

a)the Persians b) the Phoenicians c) the Romans.

4) A polis is a Greek:

a) city-state b) river c) mountain.

B/True / False Statements:Are the following statements true or false?( 02pts )

1) Ancient Greece was a unified nation.

2) They developed the idea of democracy which allowed more people to be involved in

making decisions.

3) They were very bad sailors.

4) The Greek peninsula was less likely to be invaded than other places.

C/Comprehension Questions:Answer the following questions according to the text.( 03 pts )

1) From whom did the Greek learn the alphabet?

2) What was a Greek polis?

3) How did the ancient Greeks develop an advanced civilization?

D/Cohesive Markers:What / who do the underlined words refer to in the text?( 01pt )

1)in which people (§1) = … 2) because they were (§3) = …

II- Text Exploration( 07pts )

E/Synonyms:Find in the text words that are closest in meaning to the following.( 0.5pt )

a) rule (§1) = … b) acquired knowledge (§2) = …

F/Opposites:Find in the text words opposite in meaning to the following.( 0.5pt )

a) united (§3) ≠ … b) native (§4) ≠ …

G/Morphology:Divide the following words into roots and affixes.( 01pt )

( discover - imagination - independent )

Prefix	Root	Suffix

H/Syntax:Complete the second sentence so that it means the same as the first one given:(03pts)

1) The Greeks wrote many plays.

► Many plays……………………………………………….

2) ‘No other nation is as great as Ancient Greece’, he said.

►‘Greece is ……………………………………,’ he said

3) ‘What are the two most important poli in Greece?’ he asked.

► He asked what ………………………………………………

I/Sound System:Classify the following words according to the number of their syllables.( 01pt )

( democracy - Greece - ancient - civilization )

1 syllable	2 syllables	3 syllables or more

J/Discourse:Fill in the gaps with words from the list so that the text makes sense.( 01 pt )

(stories - understand - their - generation )

Myths are traditional stories. The Greeks used myths to explain things they did not …(1)… . At first, myths were passed down from generation to …(2)…by word of mouth. Later, Greek poets created epic …(3)...based on those legends. An epic is a long poem about great heroes and …(4)…deeds.

PART TWO: Written Expression(06pts)

Choose one of the following topics and write a composition of about 100 to 120 words

Topic one: Expand the following notes about the Phoenicians: into a coherent paragraph

· Skilful sailors and traders

· Brought the alphabet

· Led a nomadic life in the desert

· Sailed onto the Atlantic

· Founded trading posts and cities

Topic two: Among all the civilizations you read about and studied, which one are you most

fascinated by? Write an essay of about 10 lines.