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3 Term English Final Exam: Level: 3 Year L/PH Duration: 2H30Mn Topic 1

The passage provides a summary of the rise and spread of ancient Greek civilization from 800 BC to 300 BC. It notes that Greek civilization originated in ancient Greece and expanded through Greek colonization across the Mediterranean from 1050 BC to 500 BC and through the conquests of Alexander the Great in the 4th century BC. The main centers of Greek civilization until 500 BC were the Greek cities on the coast of Asia Minor and the Aegean islands. Beginning in 600 BC, the city of Athens became the central city of the Greek world. Key aspects of Greek civilization that developed included democracy, philosophy, athletics, theatre, and ideas around freedom and politics. The basic social unit of ancient Greece was the pol

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3 Term English Final Exam: Level: 3 Year L/PH Duration: 2H30Mn Topic 1

The passage provides a summary of the rise and spread of ancient Greek civilization from 800 BC to 300 BC. It notes that Greek civilization originated in ancient Greece and expanded through Greek colonization across the Mediterranean from 1050 BC to 500 BC and through the conquests of Alexander the Great in the 4th century BC. The main centers of Greek civilization until 500 BC were the Greek cities on the coast of Asia Minor and the Aegean islands. Beginning in 600 BC, the city of Athens became the central city of the Greek world. Key aspects of Greek civilization that developed included democracy, philosophy, athletics, theatre, and ideas around freedom and politics. The basic social unit of ancient Greece was the pol

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Level : 3rd Year L/Ph 3rd Term English Final Exam

Duration: 2h30mn Topic 1


*Read the passage carefully then do the flowing activities.

Ancient Greece is the homeland of the Greek civilization that flourished from 800 to 300BC. It
spread by the Greek settlement across the Mediterranean (1050-500 BC) and then across Asia to
north-western India through the conquests of Alexander the Great in the 4th century BC. Until
500BC its main centres were the Greek cities on the western coast of Asia and the larger island of
the Aegean Sea. Form 600BC onward it was the mainland city of Athens that was the hub of the
Greek world. In these two focal points of Greek civilisation there were developed democracy,
philosophy, athletics, theatre, tragedy, comedy, ideas of freedom and autonomy, and the practice of
politics.
This civilization arose within the framework of a basic social unit, the polis (literally “city”),
which was not so much a town as a citizen-community. It becomes accessible to us when writings
survive from it, first in the epic poem of Homer (written probably in the mid-8th century BC) and
the religious and practical poetry of Hesoid (dating from the late 8th century BC). The polis arose in
Greece in the 8th century and was certainly established by 735BC. From 800 to 750 BC, the Greeks
had also invented an alphabet and begun to be literate. However, both of these fundamental changes
occurred late in the history of Greek as a language and of Greek-speakers as settlers in Greece.
Their earlier history goes back another 1,000 years or so, and is known only through archaeology.
Adapted from the Internet

Part One : Reading and Interpreting (15 points)


A/ Comprehension : (7points)

1/What type of discourse is the text? (Choose a, b or c)


a- Expository b- Argumentative c- Narrative

2/Put “true” or “false” in front of each statement.


a- The Greek civilization spread through the conquests of Alexander the Great.
b- Athens was not an important city in the Greek world.
c- Democracy was practiced by the Greeks.
d- The Greek did not know any form of writing.

3/Answer the following questions according to the text.


a- What was the most important Greek city?
b- How did the Greek civilization expand to different parts of the world?
c- How did historians get information about the Greek city?

4/ Chose the most appropriate title.


a- The conquests of Alexander the Great.
b- Democracy in Ancient Greece
c- The Greek civilization

5/ What or who do the underlined words refer to?


a- ……its main centres………(§1)
b- ……This civilization ………(§2)
B/Text Exploration : (8points)

1/ Match the following words with their appropriate definitions.


Words Definitions
-archaeology -The central and most important part of a particular place or activity.
-civilization -A state of human society that is very developed and organized.
-hub -That can be reached; entered, used, seen,….etc
-accessible -The study of cultures of the past, and of periods of history by examining
the remains of buildings and objects found in the ground.

2/ Complete the following table.


Verb Noun Adjective
- to develop -………………. -……………….
-…………….. -civilization -……………….
-…………….. - practice -……………….

3/ Link the following pairs of sentences using the connectors in brackets.


a- The Romans were conquerors. They learned a lot from the Greek heritage. ( though)
c- The Greeks conquered Egypt. They built a great library there. (who)

4/ Spot the mistake in each sentence and correct it.


a- Much of the Greek cities were built from 800 to 500 BC.
b- Greek travellers borrow culture and scientific ideas from Ancient Egypt.

5/ Classify the following words according to their final “ed” pronunciation.


- ruled – established – provided – invented – worshiped – occurred

Part Two : Writing

* Choose one topic only (A or B)


Topic A/ Your English key pall, a friend through Internet, has asked you to send him a
composition on the causes behind the decline of the Greek civilization. You may use the following
ideas.
* Conflicts/competition between the different Greek city-states.(Athens /Sparta)
* Tensions/clashes between the ruling aristocracy /the poorer classes.
* The neighbouring states /more powerful/the city states of Greece.
*
Topic B/ Write a composition for your English school magazine on one of the ancient civilizations
stating its rise, development and decline.

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