A- Comprehension
7pts) 1-How many passive forms are there in the 3rd paragraph? List them.there are 3 passive forms “boys were educated …. ... they were taught and
educated at ………”
2_Choose the best answer.
The text is about:
a - life and education in ancient Greece.
b- The Greek civilization.
c- Athens, the capital of Greece.
3- Are the following statements true or false?
a- Athens was a city state in the ancient Greek world. True
b- The goddess Athena was in charge of most city states in ancient Greece. True
c- Athenians were literate people. False
d- Athenian men rarely met talk about their problems. False
4-Answer the following questions according to the text.
a-what were Athenians famous for?
-They were famous for their literature, poetry, drama, theatre, schools, buildings, and government. Before the Greek dark ages
b-what was Athens proud for?
- Athens was proud of its system of education.
c-how did Athenians solve their problems?
- By meting each week to discuss problems and work on solutions.
B- Text Exploration : ( 7pts)
a- Find in the text words, phrases or expressions that closest in meaning to the
following.
Well-known=famous a lot of=many a century=one hundred year
b- Complete the following table as in the example.
singular plural
A mother mothers
A man men
Wives wife
Themselves himself
c - Complete the 2nd sentence so that it means the same as the 1st one.
1- Athens was ruled by a king
A king ruled Athens.
2-He told us: “The Greeks believed in many gods.”
He told us that the Greeks had believed in many gods
3-The Chinese arrived. They showed how to combine intelligence and discipline.
As soon as the Chinese arrives, they showed how to combine intelligence and discipline.
d- Underline the stressed syllable.
Civilization - country - education - Athenians