Baccalaureate English National Exam Sciences July 2021

A. Choose the right answer. (1 pt)

3. a solution to water shortage in Dar Si Hmad.
The text describes the fog collecting project that gives water to the villages.

B. Answer the following questions. (3 pts)

1. Because of water shortage (severe drought).
2. Because they spent at least five hours every day collecting water, and everyone accepted that getting water was a woman’s job.
3. About 6,300 liters (of water) every day.

C. Are these statements true or false? Justify. (3 pts)

1. True. “The community saw this as a bad thing: they believed the fog prevented rainfall and made people sick.” (paragraph 2)
2. False. “Clean water is instant and free for the population.” (paragraph 4)
3. False. “The idea of collecting fog was first developed in South America in the 1980s.” (paragraph 5)

D. Complete the sentences with information from the text. (3 pts)

1. …filtered and mixed with underground water.
2. The next generation of fog nets (larger nets developed in Germany)
3. …its contribution to finding solutions to climate change.

E. Find in the text words that mean almost the same as (3 pts)

1. severe
2. unique
3. capture

F. What do the underlined words in the text refer to? (2 pts)

1. Sidi Ifni
2. The community (the villagers)

A. Fill in the gaps with the correct words from the lists. (2 pts)

1. take
   take (someone’s) advice is the fixed expression.
2. came across
   come across = find by chance.
3. due to
   due to is followed by a noun phrase.
4. where
   where refers to a place.

B. Give the correct form of the words in brackets. (2 pts)

safety · conclude

C. Put the verbs in brackets in the correct tense. (2 pts)

broke · have known

D. Rewrite the sentences as indicated. (3 pts)

1. Samira suggested sharing the photos with the rest of the group.
2. The graduation ceremony was organized in the school library by the students.
3. Mouhcine moved to the city centre in order to be close to his office.

E. Match each expression to its appropriate function. (2 pts)

1. c. asking for opinion
2. d. making a suggestion
3. e. making a request
4. a. asking for advice

F. Complete the following exchanges. (2 pts)

1. I’m really upset! You deleted some of my documents.
2. I’m so sorry. I didn’t mean to do it. I’ll help you recover them.

Task 1: Complete the following paragraph. (4 pts)

There are many things we can do to make our school beautiful and clean. First, we can plant trees and flowers in the schoolyard and take care of them. Second, we should put more bins in the classrooms and the playground and use them every day. Moreover, students can paint the walls with colourful drawings. Finally, we can organize cleaning campaigns every month so that everybody takes part. In this way, our school will be a pleasant place for all of us.

Task 2: Write a short article for your school magazine. (6 pts)

Covid-19: Social and Economic Problems in Morocco

Covid-19 has seriously affected the whole world, and Moroccans have faced many difficulties because of this pandemic.

On the economic side, many people lost their jobs because shops, restaurants and hotels closed. Tourism, which is very important for Morocco, almost stopped, and many families lost their income. On the social side, schools closed and students had to study at home, but not everybody had a computer or a good internet connection. Moreover, people could not visit their relatives or celebrate weddings and religious events together, so many felt lonely and stressed.

In conclusion, the pandemic brought serious problems to Moroccans, but solidarity helped many families to overcome them.