جذع مشترك آداب - اختبار الفصل الأول - السنة الأولى ثانوي - اللغة الإنجليزية - سنة 2018

Mohamed Ben Tayeb Einzegmir Secondary School. Date: 06/12/2017 Level: 1st year Lit / Ph 01 Duration: 2 hours

The First Term Exam PART ONE: READING (15 points)

Read the following text carefully and do the activities.

Nowadays, music is one of the most favourite teenagers’ pastimes. Yet adults keep complaining that the youths waste most of their time listening to music and ignore their studies. I decided to find out whether it was true.

I questioned eighty secondary school teenagers aged between 15 and 19 so as to know what kind of music was the most popular with them and why it was so. When I asked them if they liked listening to music, all of the teenagers said they liked it. But my main interest in fact was what they listened to music for.

60 of them said they listened to music to relax. Twelve told me that they did so to get rid of the stress of school work. Only eight informants said they listened to music to avoid talking to people. Then I questioned them what their favourite music was. Fifty of them told me that they enjoyed Rai music while eighteen said they liked the local music. Only twelve of them stated that they love listening to Pop music.

Finally, I found out that most teenagers spend much time in listening to music or doing something else rather than doing homework. They tend to give little importance to their studies. The showed also that Rai music is their favourite type of music.

A- Comprehension : (07pts) 1. Circle the letter that corresponds to the right answer. (01pt)  The text is about: a) Teenagers leisure activities b) music d) teenagers and music  The text is : a- A questionnaire b- A report c- An article

2. Are these statements true or false? Write “T” or “F” next to the letter corresponding to the statement. (02pts) a- The survey was undertaken about elderly people. b- 80 of the teenagers questioned like music. c- All informants prefer talking to people rather than listening to music. d- According to the survey, Rai music is the most popular among teenagers. 3. Complete the following table with information from the text. (03pts)

Teenagers and music Number of informants: …………….. Age: ………………………………….

Questions Answers 1-Do you like listening to music? Yes (…………) No (……….) 2- Why do you listen to music? To get rid of stress To avoid talking to …………….(60) (………) people (……….) 3- What is your favourite music? Rai music (……..) …………….(12) Pop music (………)

4. In which paragraph is the interpretation of the survey’s findings mentioned? (01pt)

A- Text exploration: (08pts) 1. Find in the text words that are opposite in meaning to the following (1.5pt) a- Adolescents = (§1) b- Asked = (§2) c- Liked = (§3) 2. Which adjectives can be derived from the following words? (1.5) Adjectives Adverbs Attract Economy Nation

3. Rewrite sentence B so that it Means the Same as A. (03pts) a- The reporter asked the informants: “Do you have pets at home?” b- The reporter asked………………………………………………………………………

a- They answered: “We listen to music to reduce stress.” b- They answered…………………………………………………………………...............

a- The father asked his son: “What is your favourite pet?” b- The father asked his son……………………………………………….........................

4. Circle the stressed syllable in the following words.(02 pt) Bookshop – adverb– acidic – adverbial – acid

Part Two: Written expression (05pts) Choose one topic.

 Topic 1: As a journalist, you were asked to make a survey about children and school. The survey yielded the following results. Write the report. Children and school Number of informants: 70 Age: between 12 and 15

Questions Answers 1-Do you go to school? Yes (70) No (00) 2- Which level are you? 1st year (20) nd 2 year (10) 3rd year (40) 3- Do you like school? Yes (65) No (05) 4-What are your favourite subjects? English (30) French (25) Physics (15)

 Topic 2: You read an advert of a job (cook /cooker) in El-khabar newspaper. Write a