I.

Comprehension :
A. Are these sentences true or false? justify
1. (true) The law which required blacks to give up their seats to whites.
2. (false) “No, I wasn’t afraid at all.”
3. (false) Mrs. Parks devoted her time to an institute she and her husband founded
B. Answer these questions.
1. The bus boycott and protest resulted in a wave of protest that stopped segregation.
2. Mrs. Parks and her husband moved to Detroit because of her actions, it was hard to
get a work.
C. Complete the sentences.
1. Martin Luther King Junior organised a three-hundred-eighty-one day boycott of the
bus system.
2. People will remember Mrs. Parks for the way her quite resolution in the face of
injustice helped change America.
D. Find in the text words or expressions that mean the same as:
1. caused to happen: triggered.
2. important and historical: momentous
3. determination: resolution
E. What do the underlined words in the text refer to:
1. She: Mrs. Parks.
2. He: the driver.
3. It: her public stance.

II. Language :
A. Fill in the blanks with appropriate words from the list:
1. look after 2. turn down
B. Give the correct form of the words between brackets:
1. shortage. 2. efficient. 3. autonomy.
C. Put the verbs between brackets in the correct tense:
1. Will have completed 2. Finishes. 3. Wouldn’t have told.
D. Rewrite the sentences beginning with the words given:
1. The driver was fined for not stopping at the red light.
2. The prime Minister said that the government had established a new law to protect
the environment.
III. Writing :

Students are supposed to write about women’s conditions and roles at home, work, society …. In the
past and present. The essay must not exceed 150 words.

(Comparison between past and present of women’s conditions and roles.)