SENEGALESE AMERICAN BILINGUAL SCHOOL

March 2014 ENGLISH EVALUATION 4

Grade : 4mesA/B NAME : 90mn.
Mr Calixte Nd.
Mr. Wade

I. READING COMPREHENSION (8pts)

TEXT :
Close to every plush and posh residential area in Nigeria cities sprawls (1) a
neighbourhood of poverty and pain where fellow nigerians struggle like pigs in squalor(2)
and poverty. From the 1004 luxurious flats in Victoria Island in Lagos, Nigerias
lawmakers during the second republic, every day for four years, stared down at the
residents of Maroko, one of the most pitiable centers of poverty in the world.
According to sociologists, the growing disparity between the haves and the havenots
began during the colonial era when Nigerias cities became the centres of commerce and
industry, thus including the migration from the rural to the urban areas.
That development had two disastrous effects over the years. First, it led to food
shortage because the rural areas lost the able-bodied men and women who would
otherwise have tilled and cultivated the land. Secondly, it gave rise to the growth of slums.
When the colonial officers move out of their exclusive residences, and set in
reserved areas that was lined with trees, the indigenous nouveaux riches moved in and
their numerous servants resided nearby in shacks. As the influx into the urban centres
continued, these servants found themselves having to house both close and distant
relatives from far and wide, and in time, the slums grew bigger and became more
established, making successive governments reluctant to demolish them and render
thousands of people homeless.
The result is that more and more rural dwellers have continued to swell the constant
reminder of the yawning gap between their struggling inhabitants and those who, by
contrast, have so much money at their disposal that they have developed the habit of
spraying it at parties and various ceremonies. Such is the unequal distribution of the
national cake that the few are now filthy rich(3) while the many are stinking poor(6).


Vocabulary : 1)- plush and posh = sumptuous 2)- squalor = total misery and dirt
3)- filthy rich = extremely rich 3)- stinking poor = extremely poor

-COMPREHENSION

A.
1. Select the appropriate title for the text: (0.5)

a)- The Nigerian high class
b)- Slums in Nigerian cities
c)- The life of colonial officers in Nigeria
d)- Agriculture, commerce and industry in Nigeria
B. Multiple choice: select the right answer ticking the corresponding letter(4pts)

2. The writer mainly
a)- expresses his opinion about city development in Africa.
b)- deals with the Nigerian peoples struggle for social justice.
c)- describes the growth of Lagos.
d)- emphasize the growth of slums and the social differences between the rich
and the poor in Nigeria.

3. To sprawl means
a)- to live
b)- to hide
c)- to extend
d)- to survive

4. Food shortage means
a)- lack of food
b)- plenty of food
c)- expensive food
d)- food stores

5. Able-bodied people are
a)- strong and healthy people
b)- important people
c)- people who cant use their brains
d)- physically conditioned and motivated people

6. Relatives from far and wide means
a)- from nowhere
b)- from distant and large families
c)- from every direction
d)- from foreign countries

7. The government was reluctant to demolish the slums means
a)- they didnt think about it
b)- they did not want to do so
c)- they were afraid to do so
d)- they did not care

8. The indigenous nouveaux riches mostly spent their wealth
a)- to develop Nigeria
b)- to help poor people
c)- to show off
d)- to build luxurious houses





C.True or False: say whether the following statements are true or false and
justify quoting from the text.(2pts)

9. Victoria I sland and Maroko stand here as symbols of harmonious development

TRUE/ FALSE : .



10. The servants from rural areas lived alone in urban areas.

TRUE/ FALSE:


11.peoples health is in jeopardy because of rural exodus

TRUE/ FALSE: ..................................................................................................

12.The Nigerian decision-makers agreed to destroy the slums.

TRUE/ FALSE:


13. Quote four negative consequences of rural exodus.(2pts)

1. .

2. ..

3. .

4.




III. LINGUISTIC COMPETENCE AND COMMUNICATIVE (7pts)

A. Match the elements in column A with those in column B (1.5)


A B

1.shacks a. very near

2.slums b. smell

3.starvation c. huts

4.stink d. hunger

5.close e. ghetto

6.huge f. enormous






A b c d e f







B. Insert the appropriate preposition (1.5)

1. What is the reason .all this quarelling?
2. This poor womans child has just died ..bronchitis.

3. You remind me . an old friend of mine.

4. In Africa old parents usually depend .. their children help.

5. The decision-makers are responsible the disaster in Africa.


C. Rephrase the following sentences using the following prompts (1.5)

1. I didnt help him when he needed it, I regret it.

-I wish...

2. They failed because they didnt work hard enough.

-Had they ..


3. A new airport was being built near the old one.

-People .






D. Ask the questions corresponding to the underlined word (1.5)

1. They usually go on vacation twice or three times a year

?

2. He preferred the blue socks to the red ones.

?

4. She would be working with her classmate Mary.

?


E. Complete with a relative pronoun (1)

1.This book tells you is essential about your topic.

2.Parliament, .has just started a new session, is
going to discuss the new bill today.



II. WRITING.

What are the different causes of rural exodus towards urban areas ?

Can you imagine different solutions to eradicate or at least to lessen such a
phenomenon.
(maximum 350 words)


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