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first term english exam
Level: 1st Year – Literary Streams
THE FIRST TERM ENGLISH EXAM
PART ONE: Reading and interpreting (15 points)
Read the text carefully then do the activities
Teenagers boys read for an average of 20 minutes a day. Teenagers girls spend almost twice as much time reading as their male counterparts, according to a survey. A survey of school children for Thursday’s World Book Day found that 15 to 16 year old teenage boys spent 2. 3 hours a week reading for pleasure, compared with 4.5 hours for girls.This ‘screen-age’ generation of boys prefers television, with an average of 11 hours a week, and computer games, played for an average of nine hours a week.
But whenever they were reading, boys were doing so because they enjoyed it, with 81 % of 11 to 12 years olds and 76% of 14 to 16 year olds reporting their satisfaction with reading.The most popular author was JK Rowling, writer of the Harry Potter series, and teenage boys particularly enjoyed the works of Lord of the Rings author, JRR Tolkien.
Girls’enthusiasm for reading is reflected in their test and exam results, outperforming boys in English in both primary and secondary school. The survey found that 11 to 12 year old girls were the most enthusiastic readers, with more than five hours of reading for pleasure.
A/Comprehension / Interpretation ( 7pts)
1-Circle the letter corresponding to the right answer: (1 p)
The text is: a- a survey b- a report c- an interview
2- The reporter did the survey about 1p)
a- teenagers’ leisure time
b- teenagers’ reading habits
c- teenagers’ studying hours
3- Are these sentences TRUE or FALSE according to the text? (2pts)
a- Teenagers girls spent 40 minutes a day in reading.
b- Teenagers boys prefers reading more than playing computer games.
c- The majority of the boys enjoyed the works of JK Rowling, the writer of Harry Potter
d- Both the boys and the girls like reading.
4- Answer the following questions 3pts)
a. Do good exams results of the girls have a relation with reading?
b. Why did the reporter describe the teenagers boys as ‘screen-age’ generation?
B/Text Exploration: (8pts)
1. Rewrite sentence (b) so it means the same as sentence (a)
1. a-I told her : ‘Children make so much noise .’
b- I told her ………………………………………..
2. a-She asked: ‘what time does the film begin?’
b- She asked …………………………………………
3. a-They said : ‘we travelled by train yesterday.’
b-They said ………………………………………..
4. a-He said: ‘Have you got a driving licence?’
b-He asked………………………………………
2. Underline the stressed syllable;
Survey-copybook -climatic - -permit
3. Fill in the gaps with only four words of the following list:
results- survey- reading- interviewers- informants- questionnaire- writing
This is a report of the findings of a___________ about teenagers newspaper_________ habits. I submitted a__________ to thirty informants. Surprisingly, I found out that most of the_________ did not read newspapers at all. Therefore, I recommend that these teenagers spend more time reading newspapers.
4. Form adverbs from the following adjectives then use them to complete the sentences below: sad, perfect, late, high
1. Karim looked at me ……………… 3. I got up this morning……………..
2. She speaks English ………………. 4. The bird flew……………………
Part two: written expression 5points)
Choose one of the following topics:
Topic one:
Complete the following dialogue
Journalist: I am a reporter form le Quotidien .May I ask you some questions?
The pupil: ……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………….
Journalist: …………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………..……………………?
The pupil: Yes, I do. I like reading books.
Journalist: …………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………..…………………… ?
The pupil: I usually read books.
Journalist: …………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………..…………………… ?
The pupil: I read books about science, literature, novels and short stories.
Journalist: …………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………..…………………… ?
The pupil: I read books in order to broaden my knowledge and to learn new ideas.
Topic two:
Use the information in the survey results below about teenagers' leisure time activities to write
a report.
Teenagers' leisure time activities (survey results)
Number of informants: 70. Boys: 40 Girls: 30
Age 15-19) (High school teenagers)
a) Favourite activity during leisure time:
Boys: practising sport
Girls: watching T.V
b) Most popular sport among boys: foot ball.
c) Most popular T.V program among girls: films.
d) Both boys /girls hate documentaries/ news.dislike reading books
first term english exam
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