2BAC TEST N°3

QADI AYYAD HIGH SCHOOL           TEST N°3                    FULL NAME:...............

SCHOOL YEAR 2011 / 2012                                                     NUMBER:.....................  

                   

                                                2BAC SC M / SC PC / SC VT

Mr. A.I.HASSAN                                                                       DURATION 1 HOUR

Dropping out of school is a serious problem in Morocco. Each year, nearly 200,000 children leave school before completing their primary education. A new government initiative in Morocco offers some measures to reduce the number of students who withdraw from school. This initiative is part of an awareness campaign targeting parents.

Researchers and government officials largely attribute the phenomenon to the ignorance of poor parents who do not realise the importance of education. Some parents, for example, withdraw their children from school due to the competing demands for household income which often push children to work. Drop-out rates are higher among children of illiterate parents. These rates can be reduced if we sensitise parents about the importance of sending their children to school. In 2006, Morocco launched a number of awareness campaigns to address this growing problem. These campaigns aim at introducing a national programme which encourages school children to make a list of non-registered children and children who have dropped out. More than 14,000 teachers and headmasters will also be responsible for implementing this plan.

The initiative is considered a logical one because it will get children who have dropped out back into the school system, and it will act as a preventive measure because it raises students’ awareness to the negative consequences of dropping out. The initiative was tested last year in a few regions. Fatima Lharti, a twelve-year-old schoolgirl from Tangiers, says she managed to stop approximately one dozen children from dropping out and persuaded a number of others who had already dropped out to come back to school. "The most difficult part of the work is convincing parents." However, "when they hear children – the same age as their own – talking about the consequences of taking their children out of school, most of them come around within a few minutes," Fatima proudly told Magharebia website reporter.

I- COMPREHENSION  8 POINTS    

A- ANSWER THE FOLLOWING QUESTIONS: 3 pts

1. How many students drop out of primary school in Morocco every year?

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2. Why do poor parents withdraw their children from school?

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3. How can drop-out rates be reduced?

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B- ARE THESE SENTENCE TRUE OR FALSE? JUSTIFY: 2 pts

1. The programme encourages parents to make lists of children who have dropped out of school.

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2. Fatima Lharti convinced nearly one dozen children to stay at school.

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C- FIND IN THE TEXT WORDS THAT MEAN ALMOST THE SAME AS: 3 pts

1. Minimize (paragraph 1): ………………………………………………………………

2. Money we get from work or investment (paragraph 2): …………………………………

3. Persuading (paragraph 3): …………………………………………………………….

II- LANGUAGE 12 points

 

A-   PUT THE VERBS BETWEEN BRACKETS IN THE CORRECT TENSE: 2 pts

Najib Sidqi (graduate)…………………………. in marketing before he started work at the bank. In 2007, he

(conduct) …………………….a piece of research on developing customer services. Now, he (be)…………..the

manager of a bank agency. By the year 2018, he ( retire)………………………….

B-     REWRITE THE FOLLOWING SENTENCES AS SUGGESTED: 3 pts

1.      The government is making a lot of efforts in housing. Every Moroccan has a decent home. (So that)

         

         …………………………………………………………………………………………………….

2.      Souad did not come to the show. She was sick. (Because of)

   ……………………………………………………………………………………………………….

3.     We had to abandon the project.    We were unable to get financial support. (Therefore)

    ……………………………………………………………………………………………………….

C-          FILL IN THE BLANKS WITH THE APPROPRIATE WORD FROM THE LIST 4 pts

Talented  -    drop outs    -   indigenous      -    stereotype   -    literacy     -    ignorance

1.     Many NGOs are working hard to increase adult ………………………..everywhere.

2.      Great efforts should be made to encourage ……………………………to return to school.

3-      A ………………………..is a wrong image of the characteristics of a particular group. 

4-     The …………………people of America are the Red Indians

D-  Match the sentences on the RIGHT with their functions on the LEFT: 3 pts

1 - Asking for clarification 2-  Agreeing 3-  Giving opinion	A- As far as I'm concerned, women should go back  to their initial status.
	B- I definitely share your point of view.
	C- Sorry to disturb you, but the music is so loud.
	D- Sorry, would you please explain what you mean.
	E- What you're saying is completely wrong.

1:………………………….  2:…………………………….  3:…………………………..

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