Devoir de Contrôle 1 Anglais Bac Math

Though Male’ is the capital of Maldives, it is too small to have an airport. Therefore, your flight to Maldives would land on the neighbouring island called Hulhule’, which looks more like an aircraft carrier from the air, with the only runway in the world that begins and ends in water.

The island of Hulhule’ is just over a kilometre from Male’ and for years the island served as the holiday destination for the Sultans (Kings who ruled before the country changed into a Republic in the early 1950s).

The Maldivian weather is sunny and the temperature is usually between 28 – 31 degrees Celsius. If you are not used to continuous exposure to sunlight, you have to apply skin lotions on your body to protect it.

Once you have gone through Customs and Immigration and collected your luggage, you could either meet your holiday representative if you have already arranged your travel plans through a travel agent (advisable), or you could book a hotel resort through the Maldives Tourism Promotion Board’s Counter. Moreover, if you want to exchange your currency, there is a foreign currency exchange counter to assist you.

Adapted from http://www.themaldives.com

• COMPREHENSION QUESTIONS (8 marks)

Listen to the text and :

• Tick the correct option : The text is mainly about : (1 mark) :
  • Holidaying in Hulhule island
  • Holidaying in the Maldives
  • Holidaying in Malé

• Complete the following statement (2 marks) :

• Flights to the Maldives wouldn’t land on Malé because ……………………………………

• If you have already arranged your travel plans through a travel agent, you could

………………………………………………………………

• Correct the following false statements (2 marks) :
• Hulhule island is very far from the

…………………………………………………………………………………………

• The Maldives used to be ruled by

…………………………………………………………………………………………

• Circle the suitable function corresponding to the statement (1 mark) :

SPELLING :

Listen to the text and provide the missing words (1 mark) :

Once you have gone through……………………….. and Immigration and collected your luggage.

You could book a hotel……………………… through the Maldives Tourism Promotion Board’s

Counter.

PRONUNCIATION :

Listen to the text and put the suitable word under the corresponding sound (1 mark) :

• temperature / Immigration [ ʃ ]           ………………..…
• gone / foreign                             [ ɔ ]            …..………………

• LANGUAGE (12 marks) Name :………………     4^th Form Maths 1
• Circle the correct alternative to get a coherent paragraph (4 marks) :

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• Fill in the blanks with 8 words from the following box (4 marks) :

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