Iqbal Masih When Iqbal Masih was four years old, his father sold him for 12 dollars to work as a slave. For the next six years Iqbal was chained in a carpet factory for fourteen hours a day, six days a week. Iqbal was small and weak. He was repeatedly beaten for disobedience and was given very little food. When he was ten, he escaped and went to school for the first time. He also started to campaign for basic human rights for children in his country, Pakistan.

He became a hero of the anti-slavery movement and visited many countries, including the United States. Iqbal became very famous and his message was always the same: The two hundred million enslaved children in the world are your responsibility!

Iqbal helped to liberate thousands of children but on Easter Sunday 1995, there was a tragedy. At the age of 12, he was shot and killed while riding his bicycle in his village of Muritke, in Pakistan.

After his death, children in America were so shocked that they decided to collect money to build a school in his memory. They put messages on the internet, asking for the donations of 12 dollars, because Iqbal was 12 years old when he died, and because his father had sold him for 12 dollars. A year later they had collected 100000 dollars, and with the money, they founded the Iqbal Masih Education Centre.

I/ COMPREHENSIONA. Read the text and answer the following questions.(5pts)

1. How old was Iqbal when his father sold him?

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2. When did he die?.................................................................................................................................................

3. Why did the children ask for the donations of 12 dollars?

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4. What did they do with the money?

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5. How much money did they get?

................................................................................................................................................B. True or False: Say if the sentences are true or false; justify your answer.(3pts)6. Iqbal was in good conditions when he was a slave.........................................................

Justify:....................................................................................................................................

7. He was killed in America....................................................................................................

Justify: ...................................................................................................................................

9. The children in America collected money by going in different schools...........................

Justify: ...................................................................................................................................

C. Find in the text the synonyms of: (1pt) Popular: ...............................................

To free: ..................................................II/ LINGUISTIC COMPETENCED. Put the verbs to the present perfect. (3pts)10. Our teacher (write) ........................................a nice poem in loving memory of Iqbal.11. The boy (be) .................................................. a slave for 6 years.

12. The students (already forget) ...........................................................their lesson.13. The police (not catch) ..................................................the murderer of the boy yet.

14. Moussa (ride) ..............................................his bike for 3 hours today.

15. I (not- see) ...........................................my friend Moussa since last month.

E. Choose the correct answer to complete the sentence.(1,75pts)16. Shes bought a nice bag, so...................her friend. (does has is)

17. Iqbal was the .......................boy in the carpet factory. (youngest younger most young)18. This is the man .....................son sells water in our district. (which whose who)

19. .......................you ever been to Goree Island? (did have do does)20. Senegal celebrates Independence ....................April 4th. (in on at)

21. The boy hasnt eaten anything .............................this morning. (since for ago)22. We have lived in Dakar ........................................10 years. (since for ago)

F. Complete the following dialogue with the correct questions.(1,25)-David: Hello my friend! ......................................................................................?

- Oumar: I am fine thanks.

-David: ...................................................................................................................?

-Oumar: I come from the library.

-David: ....................................................................................................................?

-Oumar: I have read 5 books.

-David: ........................................................................................since this morning?

-Oumar: I have spent 500 F since this morning.- David: ...................................................................................................................?

-Oumar: No! I have never visited Goree Island.

III/ Writing: Choose one topic (5pts)Topic 1: Write a letter to your best friend and tell him about your school.

Topic 2: Its Sunday and the maid is absent so your sister did the housework that day? Write a paragraph and describe the different activities that she did.

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