Morocco's street children live a difficult life often filled with
harmful drugs.Efforts to reintegrate them into families and schools
are somewhat successful,but experts say the problem is large and
in poverty and difficult social cicumstances its root lies
Othmane left his home and school at the age of fourteento live on the street.
He no longer wanted to see his mother fight the daily battle to get bread for his five siblings and pay for his school expences."the street is not a better place to live in","but at least she will not have to think about my daily living.In the mean
time,I may be able to help her".Othmane carries bags of vegetables and other
purchases for customers at a nearby market.In this way ,he earns a few dirhams
a day,enough to bring a little money back home.
Othmane is one of the growing number of street children in Morocco.These are the homeless and marginalized youths without identity or family.The sidewalks
public gardens,and the buildings doorsteps are their beds.
In Casablanca,these children's main residences are alleys in the old city,the
port,the train station,and the fruits and vegetables wholesale market.The port
provides them with an opportunity to emigrate illegally.The wholesale market
gives them the chance to work as porters.At the train station,they can earn little
money from helping passengers or by begging from tourists
According to the most recent statistics,7000 street children live in Casablanca Wilaya alone.8800 more live in other mojor cities such as Marrakesh,Fes,
And Meknes.The government and many non-governmental organizations
have adopted a strategy of building centres to shelter some of these street
children and reintegrate them into schools and families,but the challenge
is enormous.The number of children usually exceeds the centres ' capacities;
there are not enough beds for all of them,and urgent is the need to act at
once to save those children. .
COMPREHENSION 15MKS
A-ANSWER THESE QUESTIONS 3MKS
1-Why did Othmane become one of the street children?
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2-What does he do to earn money?
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3-What has been done to solve the problem of street children?
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B-Pick out from the text expressions or phrases which show that:2mks
1-Othmane doesn't like living in the street
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2-There is a need to build more centres for street children
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C-Fill in the chart with the right information from the text3mks
The opportunity it offers
Place of residence
For street children
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1-The port
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-The whlesale market2-
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3-The train station
D-Find in the text words or expressions which mean the same as: 4mks
1-origin (para1)
2-clients(para2)
3-without a place to live in (para3)
4-a plan(para5)
E- What do the underlined words in the text refer to?3MKS
1-its
2-she
3-them
******** 15MARKS
A-Fill in the gaps with the appropriate words from the list 2mks
non-formal / cooperation / labour / non-profit / conference
UNESCO is a ………………..organisation which contributes to peace and
security by promoting international……….............through education,
science and culture
B-Fill in the blanks with the appropriate phrasal verbs 2mks
put on- set up - turn down – write down -make up
such an interesting job? ............................How would you 1-1
2-………….your coat ;it 's cold in here.
C-Match the words that go together to make appropriate col********s 2 mks
a-opportunities
b-diversity
c-mistake
d-solving
1-equal
-2-problem
1-……………………………… 2-………………………………………..
D-Rewrite these sentences beginning with the words given 3mks
1-The government should take measures to reintegrate street children into society
Measures.......................................... .................................................. .........
2-"I will take her suggestions into consideration",Jack said
Jack promised .................................................. .........................................
3-Youness said:"Iregret accepting my first cigarette."
"If only I................................................. ....................,"Youness said
E-Put the verbs between brackets in the correct tense 3mks
" Our son(run away)…………………………from home last week .
We (still/look for).................................him.His best friend says
That he (not see) ..........................him for two weeks,"the
father said
F-Match each sentence with its appropriate function 3mks
a-Cause and effect
b-Concession
c-Defining
d-Purpose
1-Mrs Simpston took her medication. Yet,
she didn't feel better.
2-My friend Tariq is saving money so as to
buy a com****r.
3-Because of poverty,children 's schoolig is still a problem in many African countries
1-................................ 2.................................... 3-.........................................
III-WRITING 10MARKS
Taking drugs is dangerous.Write a short article to your shool magazine
about the conseauences of drug –taking on youths' health and education.
(Approximately 150 words)
These auestions ;qy help you .
-1Why do you think young people take drugs?
-What effects do these drugs have on their health and education?
-What solutions do you suggest for them?
NB :THE ANSWERS WILL BE SENT TO YOU SOON