[LEFT]Text :
Ahmed Ben Bella was one of the greatest men who did their best so that Algeria would be independent.
He was born on December 25th,1918 in Meghnia . There, he started his primary education and then moved to
Tlemcen to follow his secondary one.In 1937,he left school with no qualification and joined the French army and the football team of Marseille.In 1945,he heard of what happened in Setif,Gelma,Kherrata and other
Eastern towns and thousands of people . They were killed by the French colonists.So,he decided to leave the French army and join the National Army for Liberation – the Algerian army – He was jailed many times but he succeeded to flee to Egypt .
After the independence,Ben Bella became the Algerian president from 1963 to 1965 .He died on
April 11th,2012 .
Questions
Reading Comprehension
Activity one : Read the text and complete this chart. ( 2pts)
Date of his death
Date of his birth
The year he left the French army
The year he dropped school
Activity two : Answer the questions according to the text. (3pts)
1-Where did Ben Bella continue his secondary education ?
2-Why did he leave the French army ?
3-Did he become president after the independence ?
Activity three : Find in the text words closest in meaning to : (2pts)
1- diploma = 2- prison =
Mastery of ********
Activity one : Rewrite these sentences using relative pronouns. ( 2pts)
1- He was born on December 25th,1918 in Meghnia . There, he started his primary education.
2- he heard of thousands of people. They were killed by the French colonists.
Activity two : Give the right form of the verbs.(3pts)
1- If Ben Bella ( not to join) the Algerian army,he ( not to be) a great man.
2-Next summer holiday,we might ( to watch ) a film about him.
Activity three : Find in the text two words containing / ei / and two containing / ai / ( 2pts)
/ ei /
/ ai /
Part two : Written Expression ( 6pts)
Your school magazine is going to publish some articles about some Algerian great men. You have chosen
Houari Boumedienne to write about. Help yourself with the hints below and take the text as a model and write your article.
Real name : Mohamed Boukharouba
Place and date of birth : Gelma,1932
Primary education : in Guelma – Secondary education : Constantine – Continued studies in Zitouna University in Tunis then at Al Azhar in Cairo- became a colonel in the Algerian Army for Liberation after during the Algerian revolution of 1954-became President from 1965 to 1978- died on December 27th 1978[/LEFT]