The Annexed Classes - Baarir Mohamed Secondary School

Level/Stream: 3rd Y Lit & Phi Time: 01hour

The First Term English Test N° 1

Read the text below carefully then do the activities below.

The Indus Civilization is among the world's earliest civilizations, contemporary to the Bronze Age
civilizations of Mesopotamia and Ancient Egypt. It peaked around 2500 BC in the western part of South
Asia, declined during the mid-2nd millennium BC and was forgotten until its rediscovery in the 1920s by
R.D. Banerjee.
The Indus civilization is still poorly understood. Its very existence was forgotten until the 20 th
century. Its writing system remains undeciphered. Among the Indus civilization's mysteries are
fundamental questions, including its means of subsistence and the causes for its sudden disappearance
beginning around 1900 BC. We do not know what language the people spoke. We do not know what they
called themselves. All of these facts stand in stark contrast to what is known about its contemporaries,
Mesopotamia and ancient Egypt.
Taken from the Internet

1- Suggest a suitable title for the text.

2- Answer the following questions according to the text.

a / When did the Indus Civilization emerge?
b / Who rediscovered the Indus Civilization?
c / What was the language spoken by The Indus people?

3- Say whether these statements are True or False and correct the false ones.
a / The Indus Civilization is a modern civilization. …………..
b / It vanished about 1900 years ago. ……………
c / Historians don't have much information about this civilization. …………

4- Where is this text taken from ?

5- What do the underlined words refer to in the text?

a / Its……….§2 → ……………….……….
b / they……..§2 → ………………………..

6- Find in the text opposites to the following words.

a / rose (§1) ≠ ……….………… b / similarity (§2) ≠ …………………

7- Fill in the blanks with the correct quantifier ( many, much , few, little )
Scientists have devoted _____ attention to the rise of the Indus civilisation. ______ of their investigations
were aimed at knowing the common characteristics of ancient life. At first , they had only _______
knowledge about this civilisation; but after _____ years, they were able to decipher its ancient stone
engravings.

Good Luck
Your Teacher A.A
 Key Answer

1- 2pt (c)

2- 1pt×3
a/ It peaked around 2500 BC.
b/ R.D. Barenjee.
c/ We do not know what language the people spoke.

3- 1pt×3 .correction 1pt×2

a/ False b/ False d/ True

4- 1pt

5- 1pt×2
a/ The Indus civilization b/ the people

6- 1pt×2
a/ declined b/ contrast

7- 1pt×4
Much : many; little: few