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Maya Civilization and Its Collapse

The document provides sample answers for an English exam consisting of two parts. Part one involves reading comprehension questions about two topics: the Maya civilization and ethics in sports. It gives sample answers addressing the reading passages and questions. Part two involves writing about the two topics. It provides a rubric for assessing writing based on relevance, coherence, language use, vocabulary and creativity.

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Maya Civilization and Its Collapse

The document provides sample answers for an English exam consisting of two parts. Part one involves reading comprehension questions about two topics: the Maya civilization and ethics in sports. It gives sample answers addressing the reading passages and questions. Part two involves writing about the two topics. It provides a rubric for assessing writing based on relevance, coherence, language use, vocabulary and creativity.

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0202 :‫ بكالوريا‬/‫ آداب وفلسفة‬:‫ الشعبة‬/‫ اللغة اإلنجليزية‬:‫اإلجابة النموذجية لموضوع اختبار مادة‬

‫العالمة‬ ‫عناصر اإلجابة‬


‫مجموعة‬ ‫مج‬ civilization (Maya :‫)الموضوع األو ل‬
‫أزة‬
15 pts Part one: Reading

07pts A/ Comprehension
0.5 1) a) true
1.5 0.5 b) true
0.5 c) false

1 2) a) No, they didn’t. “Their territory extended along some southern parts
03 1 of Central America.”
1 b) overpopulation, warfare, alien invasion, climate change/droughts.
c) Climate change →less rain → severe droughts → loss of crops→ Mayas
abandon their cities

1.5 0.5x3 3) a) The Mayas b) (some) archaeologists c) Scholars

1 1 4) c) Reasons for the collapse of the Maya civilization.

08pts B/ Text Exploration


1)
Temple = Building used in the worship of a god or gods.
1.5 0.5x3 Calendar = Chart showing the days, weeks and months of a particular year.
Alien = creature from another world, extra-terrestrial.

2)
prefix root suffix
1.5 0.5x3 dis appear ///////////
over populate ion
///// centre al
(accept populate without ‘e’ and centre without ‘e’)
3 1x3 3) 1. b- The jungle covered some Mayan temples.
2. b- The archaeologist declared that the Maya civilization had collapsed or
collapsed because of climate change.
3. b- Before the Mayans mysteriously disappeared, they had flourished
all over central America.

2 0.5x4 4) c - a - d - b. (0.5 for opening sentence and 0.5 for each correct link)

Part two: Written Expression


05pts
 The following grid is used for scoring both topics

criteria relevance semantic correct use of excellence final score


coherence English (vocabulary
& creativity)
L& PH 1 1 2 1 5

2 ‫ من‬1 ‫صفحة‬
0202 :‫ بكالوريا‬/‫ آداب وفلسفة‬:‫ الشعبة‬/‫ اللغة اإلنجليزية‬:‫تابع لإلجابة النموذجية لموضوع اختبار مادة‬
‫العالمة‬ ‫عناصر اإلجابة‬
‫مجموعة‬ ‫مج أزة‬ sport in (Ethics :‫(الموضوع الثاني‬
15pts Part One: Reading

07pts A/ Comprehension
1) a- true
b- false
02 0.5x4 c- false
d- true

2) a) §1
01 0.5x 2
b) §3

1 3) a- when results are determined by corruption and not by fair competition./


03
when sport is corrupt.
1 b- Racketeering , money-laundering, embezzlment, bribery , unclear financial
black holes.
(3 items 1 pt, 2 items 0.75, 1 item 0.5)
1 c- ...people may/will no more trust any other institution.
01 0.25x4 4) We →fans their →billions its→corruption they →people
08pts
B/Text exploration

1) a) devastated
1.5 0.5x3 b) well-known
c) fighting

2)
verb noun adjective
1.5 0.25x6 To compete competition competitive
To believe Belief / believer believable
To finance Finance / financier financial
(accept any other correct
form) 3)
1 a) Although sport has become corrupt, people still love it. OR
03 1 People still love sport although it has become corrupt.
b) Fans will have trust in sport as long as it is clean. OR
1 As long as sport is clean , fans will have trust in it.
c) The world of sport is so corrupt that fans feel disappointed.

02 0.5x4
4) clean - journalists - message - against

Part Two: Written Expression

05pts  The following grid is used for scoring both topics


Criteria Relevance Semantic Correct use Excellence & Final score
coherence of English vocabulary
and creativity
L& Ph. 1 1 2 1 5

2 ‫ من‬2 ‫صفحة‬

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