Full name:………………………… ONE – PERIOD TEST (A)
Class: 12….. Subject: ENGLISH

I/ Pronunciation: (1ms)
1/ a. dune b. funny c. hummock d. shrub
2/ a. desert b. sandy c. across d. slopes
3/ a. mystery b. river c. territory d. corridor
4/ a. interpreter b. aborigines c. European d. eucalyptus
5/ a. camel b. cactus c. crocodile d. banana
II/ Language focus: (2ms)
The Simpson Desert was named …………… the President of the South Australian Branch ot the Royal Geographical Society of Australia.
a. for b. to c. as d. after
2/ ……..the north of Nullabor Plain stretches Great Victoria Desert.
a. In b. To c. From d. On
3/ A desert island is a(n)…………………… place
a. unpopular b. uninhabited c. deserted d. barren
4/ …………..of the solar system began in the 19th century .
a. Explore b. Exploring c. Exploratory d. Exploration.
5. One well – known desert plant is the…………., which grows well in hot dry regions.
a. spinifex b. eucalyptus c. cactus d. dead palm.
6.

IV/ Reading: (2ms)
Filling the missing words ( canals – prevent – 90 percent – spreading – smaller plants – capital – firewood - desert)
In developing countries, (1)……………….of the people use wood for cooking and heat. They cut down trees for (2)……………………. But trees are important. They cool the land under them and keep the sun off (3)…………………….. When leaves fall from a tree, they make the land richer. Then the trees are gone, the smaller plants die and the land becomes (4)…………………….
Humans can make desert, but humans can also (5)………………… their growth. Algeria planted a green wall of trees across the edge of the Sahara to stop the desert sand from (6)………………… Mauritania planted a similar wall around its (7)………………… Iran puts a thin covering of petroleum on sandy areas and plant trees. Other countries build long (8)………………..to bring water to the desert areas.

V/ Word form: (2ms)
1. Endangered specien are plant and animal species which are in dangere of ( extinct)………………
2. The ( drain)……………. Wetlans have destroyed natural habitats
3. World wild commercial expleitation of animal has ( serious)………………the number of rare species.
4. Different (conservate)…………………… effeect have been made in order to save endangered species.
Full name:………………………… ONE – PERIOD TEST (B)
Class: 12….. Subject: ENGLISH

I/ Pronunciation: (1m)
1/ a. dune b. funny c. hummock d. shrub
IV/ Reading: (2m)
Filling the missing words ( canals – prevent – 90 percent – spreading – smaller plants – capital – firewood - desert)
In developing countries, (1)……………….of the people use wood for cooking and heat. They cut down trees for (2)……………………. But trees are important. They cool the land under them and keep the sun off (3)…………………….. When leaves fall from a tree, they make the land richer. Then the trees are gone, the smaller plants die and the land becomes (4)…………………….
Humans can make desert, but humans can also (5)………………… their growth. Algeria planted a green wall of trees across the edge of the Sahara to stop the desert sand from (6)………………… Mauritania planted a similar wall around its (7)………………… Iran puts a thin covering of petroleum on sandy areas and plant trees. Other countries build long (8)………………..to bring water to the desert areas.

V/ Word form: (2m)
1. One of the primary cause of species extinction is habitat (destroy)…………….
2. (Maintain)…………….biodiversity in important for us in many ways.
3. We benefit (great)………….from the many products that biodiversity provides.
4. A wide range of endangered species can have a chance to (survival)…………………and develop.