Sciences 3rd term exam
Part 1: ( 15pt)
Read the text carefully then do the activities:
A) Comprehension: (08pts)
The marketing of junk food and fast food has become big business—some have called the food industry the next Tobacco. Companies spend top dollar on advertising to make us keenly aware of their products. The aggressive advertising is working, Pepsi spends an estimated $2.1 billion a year on marketing, McDonald’s $1.2 billion, and Coca-Cola is not far behind at $895 million.
The average child watches 10,000 food advertisements per year on television; most are for junk food and fast food—only 2% are for fruits, vegetables, or beans. Advertisements for junk food and fast food can also be seen in magazines, movies (through product placement), stores, the Internet, and even schools. What impact is this having on youth? Recent statistics indicate that 14% of children are now seriously overweight. 60% of overweight children between the ages of 5-10 years of age already have at least one risk factor for heart disease, including elevated blood cholesterol, blood pressure or increased insulin, and type 2 diabetes.
However, today’s youth, particularly girls, get mixed messages from the media. On one hand, they are bombarded daily with advertisements for junk food and fast food on television and magazines, yet the same magazines and television shows that serve up these ads also celebrate the waif look by portraying pencil-thin models. This has created a state of confusion and potential danger for many young women (and men). The National Eating Disorders Association estimates that 81% of 10-year-olds are afraid of being fat and between “5-10 million girls and women and 1 million boys and men are struggling with eating disorders including anorexia, bulimia, binge eating disorder, or borderline conditions.”
1/ In which paragraph is it mentioned that
a) Junk food is as dangerous as smoking?
b) people gain weight at an early age because of food advertisements?

2/ Complete the following table with information from the text.
Food advertisements are
financed by found in/on the cause of
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3/ Answer the following questions according to the text.
a) Why do companies spend large sums of money on food advertisements?
b) What impact do food advertisements have on youth?
c) Why are many young women in a state of confusion?
d) Do you find the mixed messages from the media ethical? Why?
4/ What do the underlined words refer to in the text?
a) their (§1) b) most (§2) c) they (§3)



B) Text Exploration : (07 pts )
1/ Find in the text words whose definitions follow.
a) the activity of attracting public attention to a product or business (§1)
b) having excessive fat in the body (§2)
c) a white crystalline substance found in animal tissues and various foods (§2)
d) eating disorder mainly loss of appetite (§3)
2/ Add an appropriate suffix “-tion, or –er, -ment, -ing” to each of the verbs below to form nouns: each suffix can be used once.
a) product b) watch c) consume d) move.
3/ Combine these pairs of sentences using the given connectors.
a) Many children are overweight. Advertisements on food. ( due to )
b) Young women buy any slimming product. Commercials on weight loss are convincing.(so...that)
c) You will get slim. You do exercise regularly. (provided that)
d) You consume an excessive amount of fatty food. You will be overweight. (if)
4/ Classify the following words according to the pronunciation of their final S.
a) products b) watches c) movies d) stores.

/s/ /z/ /iz/


5/ Complete the following dialogue.
A: Hello, have you heard about the new slimming pills on TV?
B: Sorry ? Slimming pills? …………………………………………………………………………..
A: But the advertisements have shown real people before and after using them!
B: …………………………………………………………………………………………….........
A: Oh! I thought I could get slim easily thanks to this new invention, but now I am afraid of using it.
B: Listen, you shoud……………………………………… and………………….......
A: You are right, I think…………………………………………………..... Thanks for your advice.
Part 2: Written Expression 05pts
Choose one of the following topics.
Topic 1.
You are the president of The National Eating Disorders Association and you are giving a speech to children and their parents explaining the impact of food advertisements on their health. Imagine your speech. The following words might help you:
Dangerous – unhealthy – diseases – sport – walk – reading – watching TV – exercise – cooking – diet- water – fresh fruits and vegetables- fish- energy balance- anorexia- obesity-school performance.

Topic 2.
One of your friends was a victim of food poisoning, you went to visit him or her and had a discussion about food safety, imagine the conversation.