Lycée : Motefai Mostefa 2nd Year Classes School Year : 2009/2010 Time : 2 hours

Second Term English Exam

Part one: Reading and Writing
1/ Comprehension and Interpretation:
Read the text carefully and then do the activities.

It’s a warm spring day in the school holidays and the children are not out playing.
They are in darkened rooms, glued in the TV sets, or surfing on the internet.
As their friends rides their bikes, go swimming, play football, the only games your children plays are those on the computer, and their only pet is the mouse.
For thousands of children the computer and the TV now dominate their lives, turning them into electronic junkies with virtual child hoods where real relationships are placed by artificial ones. Many children too, begin their viewing early in the morning, so parents may still be in bed when their children are already up. According to an American study for US, ten hours watching a week is a healthy level.
Joan Anderson, author of Getting Unplugged says:”children, who watch too much television from an early age have difficulty concentrating, do less well in school, are less active and find difficulties to form relationships because they spend so much of their time in an imaginary world.”
By Alex Murray

1/ Are there any direct quotations in the text? If yes, write them.
2/ Are this statements true or false.
a. Few children are interested in computer and TV.
b. Children should watch TV more than ten hours a day.
c. Joan Anderson is an American child who loves watching TV.
d. Young children who watch too much TV get good results at school.
3/Answer the following questions according to the text.
a. According to the author, what can children di instead of playing video games or watching TV?
b. Does the mouse represent a real pet for children?
c. What does Joan Anderson say about watching TV?
d. What are the results of spending too much time in front of TV?
4/Find in the text words that are closest in meaning to:
-Dark or gloomy (§1) =................... -bicycles (§2) =....................-Watching (§3) =..................
5/Find ion the text words that are opposites in meaning to:
-Cold (§1) #................... - virtual (§3) #................... –passive (§4) #...................
6/ what do the underlined words refer to?
Their (§2)............... their (§2)............... ones (§3)............... who (§4).................

2/ Text Exploration:
1. Supply punctuation and capitals where necessary.
in my country children like watching cartoons playing video games and visiting their families on weekends
2. Read the sentences carefully and tick in the right column:
Sentences Request Prohibition obligation
a. Children mustn’t watch horror films.
b. They must go to bed early.
c. Could you switch off the TV set, please?

3. Turn this sentences into the indirect speech :
a. My parents say, ”you have to work hard at school.”
My parents say..................................................................
b. My friends said to me, ”shall we go to the cinema?”
My friends suggested......................................................
c. He asked me, ”How much time do you spend watching TV?”
He wanted to know............................................................
4. Ask questions on the underlined words:
Children begin their viewings early in the morning.

Part two: Writing
Choose one of the topics

Topic one: Complete the following dialogue
Journalist:...............................................................................................
Teenager: I have got two TV sets at home.
Journalist:...............................................................................................
Teenager: I spend two hours a day watching TV.
Journalist:...............................................................................................
Teenager: My favourite programmes are cartoons ,quiz shows and comedy films.
Journalist:...............................................................................................
Teenager: yes , I have a computer too.
Journalist:...............................................................................................
Teenager No , I also use it to do my home work.
Topic two: Use the questionnaire results to write a report about teenagers’ favourite programmes
Informants : 30 boys(12) girls (18)
Age : 15 – 19 (secondary school students)
Favourite programmes : - cartoons 07
- quiz shows 10
- sports programmes 08
- Documentaries 05
Good Luck