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1- Forced to become adults before they have finished being children; they bear burdens and responsibilitiess beyond their strength and years.
When children cannot go to school because of work, that work is hazardous to their development. School is often sacrificed by poor children and their families because of the costs and the time lost from chores, condemning children to a lifetime of unskilled and poorly remunerated labour.

2- And many working children who do enrol in school drop out, because there are no textbooks or because what they are taught has little or nothing to do with their lives and offers them no alternatives and no hope of better futures. Urging the world to take a close look at the work done by children, UNICEF report shows the many ways in which work can be harmful to children.

3- Children spending too many hours a day working are at risk. Labour that exerts excessive physical, social or psychological stress, is inadequately paid and carries too much responsibility, or hampers a child’s access to education, is hazardous. Any and all work that undermines a child’s dignity and self-esteem or is harmful to full social and psychological development is hazardous, the report argues.

The report also explains that because the problem is complex, approaches to solving it must be comprehensive and complementary.

4- Education is an essential component of the solution, and some progress is being slowly made. In Firozabad, for example, a small project known as Disha ('Direction') is working with 150 children of the estimated 50,000 children involved in the glass-bangle industry.

Rajrani, 13 years old, is one of those enrolled. Despite initial resistance from her mother, who was worried about the loss of income to the family, Rajrani was enrolled in Disha's non-formal education centre. She has changed since entering the centre's programme; she is happier and more confident. At the school's last annual function, she won three prizes. This year she has been admitted to a formal school.

5- Non-governmental organisations and international agencies are working on the issue. So are governments, especially those that have ratified the Convention on the Rights of the Child and are legally obligated to afford protection to their children from hazardous and exploitative labour.

UNICEF urges its immediate elimination, so that by the end of the decade the world will be free of this crime. For so many of the world's children, it cannot happen soon enough.

Adapted from UNICEF State of the world's Children-1997

News Features


Reading Comprehension (14 marks)

1. According to this report, when is work dangerous to children's development? Find 2 cases. (2marks)


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2. Pick out one detail showing that… (1mark)

Disha is a non-governmental school. (prg.4)
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3. Pick out details to correct these false statements. (2 marks)
a) Children who go to Disha's centre don't work.
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b) Rajrani's mother encouraged her to go to school and study.
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4. Focus on paragraphs 1 & 4 to complete the following statements. (2marks)

Schooling is important, if a child goes to school he becomes …………… and ……………. for education offers him hope of better future, with better job opportunities. However, a child deprived of education is a child…………………………………………………………………
5. In some countries, children are protected from hazardous labour. What ensures that protection? (1mark)

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6. Explain the following sentence using your own words bearing in mind that"it" refers to "the elimination of child labour". (1mark)

"For so many of the world's children, it cannot happen soon enough."
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7. What are the words used in this report to refer to " hazardous and exploitative child labour."? (3 marks)

paragraph 3: _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ __ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
paragraph 5: _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
paragraph 5: _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ __ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _

8. Find words in the text meaning… (2marks)

paid	(paragraph 1)	_ _ _ _ _ __ _ _ __ _ _ __ _
register	(paragraph 2)	_ _ _ _ _ __ _ _ __ _ _ __ _

Language (16 marks)

Task 1: Choose the correct alternatives. (4 marks)

On April 10^th, 1912 the Titanic sailed for New York. She left Southampton with 1316 passengers and a crew of 891.She was the (large/larger/largest) ship that had ever been (build/building/built). Everybody thought she couldn't sink . The people who were( sailing/selling/sold) on the Titanic felt very confident and very (happiness/happy/happily).
While the Titanic was crossing the icy North Atlantic Ocean, a look-out (suddenly/slowly/previously) saw an iceberg in front of the ship. After he had given the alarm, the ship turned (violent/violence/ violently) to avoid the iceberg. Everybody thought they had missed the iceberg. Everybody had forgotten that nine-tenths of the iceberg is(above/below/over) the water. The captain soon discovered that the Titanic (was/is/are) sinking.

Task 2: Match the sentence parts in A with 5 out of the 6 completions in B. (2.5 marks)

A	B	Answers
1- H. Wald Longfellow wrote poetry as a bird sings	a- even though he has spent a lifetime suffering the wounds of heartless authorities.	_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
2- She'd better look nice for her interview	b- some sort of global status.	_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
3- Each wave of immigrants to America was faced	c-with natural grace and melody.	_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
4- He believes in the essential goodness of the human heart	d-with the problem of integration.	_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
5- English has inarguably achieved	e- if she wants to get that sale job.	_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _

Task 3: Circle the correct option. (4 marks)

Nine years ago my daughter went to work in Italy (there/where/which) she met and married a young man from Morocco. (Because/As/Because of) my husband's poor health, my daughter is trying to this country (without/both/with) her husband and son. She came home last December and for almost 12 weeks (has made/made/had made) phone calls, filled in a ream of forms and sent (it/ them/him) to her husband in Italy.(While/Whenever/When) the day came for his appointment at the British Embassy in Rome, he returned up (at/on/in) 9 a.m. Fifteen minutes later, he (was rejected/is rejected/has been rejected).

Task 4: Fill in the blanks with words from the box. (3.5marks)

awareness - change - improve - powerful - provides - for- of- worldwide

The United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child can be viewed as a ……………⁽¹⁾ expression of a ……………⁽²⁾ in our relationship with children. It has raised international ……………⁽³⁾ . The Children Rights Centre welcomed it as a ……………⁽⁴⁾ international instrument which ……………⁽⁵⁾ a legal framework ..............⁽⁶⁾ worldwide efforts to …………… ⁽⁷⁾the position of children.

Writing (10 marks)

	Task 1: Correct the underlined mistakes in the paragraph below. (3 marks)

	Today we have many more ready-making (1) entertainment than our grandparents had. In these (2) days people have to(3) make their own entertainment and entertain each other. Sometimes the family would sit round a fire, drinking tea and telling stories.The men recounted folktales of famous events in history. Grandparents would tell their grandchildren all the legends and traditional stories of old times. The women usually specialized in tell (4) children's stories. The children had their favourite characters like Jha. In brief, most people spent their time pleasant (5) in these cheap and harmful (6) social pastimes. Correction: 1- __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ 2- __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ 3- __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ 4- __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ 5- __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ 6- __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __

	Task 2: Topic (7marks)

	" English… that difficult and boring subject. I don't know why I should study it. I think only students of Arts should." Do you agree with this? Write an article for the school magazine in which you express your own opinion about English as a subject at school and you explain why it is important for you.
	The following facts may help you.
	- most Internet users communicate in English.
	- 80%of the world's electronically stored information is in English.
	- Predominance of English
	- more than two thirds of the world's scientists read in English.
	- The English language is spoken widely around the world.

N.B.

*The reading comprehension was submitted by Miss Hajar Brahem, Secondary School Ibn Khaldoun, Rades.

* The language and writing tasks were submitted by different teachers.

* The test was revised and validated by Miss Jawida Ben Afia.

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