THE SECOND EXAM
First year classes/literary stream 2013
Time: 2 hours

Part one: Reading and Interpreting (15pts):
Read the text carefully then do the activities

Are the British TV addicts?
British people watch TV almost twice as much as the Dutch. In fact, the British are the biggest TV fans in Europe, spending four and a quarter hours in front of their sets each day, as compared to three and three quarter hours for the French and less than three hours for the Germans.
The differences are difficult to explain. For example, the Belgians and the Dutch both have a high number of channels (26 and 23), and yet their viewing time is very different. Favourite programmes are also extremely varied - the British love serials, the Italians are sports fans, the French are mad about films, while the Germans and the Spanish like all kinds of programmes, including plays.
Taken from “New Flying Colours” Didier
1-Circle the choice a, b, c, or d that best completes statements A, B and C
A- The text is: a) narrative. b) descriptive. c) expository. d) argumentative
B- The text is: a) a story. b) a personal experience. c) a survey report. d) a letter of enquiry
C- The aim of the passage is: a) to argue a point b) to inform c) to entertain d) to justify

2- Are these statements true or false?
a- The British watch television less than the French.
b- The British spend 255 minutes watching television.
c- The Belgians have more channels than other countries in Europe.
d- The Spanish hate watching plays.
3- Answer these questions according to the text:
a- Are the British T.V addicts? Justify.
b- How many countries are mentioned in the text? What are they?
4- Fill in the following table:
People Favourite programmes
The British
The Italians
The French
The Germans
5- Find words phrases or expressions whose definitions follow:
Definitions Words
a) two times
b) people of Holland
c) very keen viewers of television
6- A) Ask questions that the underlined words answer:
a) The French spend three and three quarter hours in front of their sets each day.
b) The Spanish enjoy all kinds of programmes.
B-Re-write sentence b so that it means the same as sentence a:
I -a) - "Are the British T.V addicts?"the journalist asked.
b) - The journalist asked ………………………………………………………………
II-a) "The Spanish enjoy all kinds of programmes?" he said.
b) He said ……………………………………………………………….
7- Classify the following words according to the number of their syllables:
Fans- channels- difficult- viewing- favourite- watch
One syllable Two syllables Three syllables


8- 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.
Part two: written expression :( 5points)
Choose one of the following topics:
Topic one:
Ali Ben Ahmed is a reporter from "Le Quotidien" newspaper. He is conducting a survey about teenagers and television. He has interviewed many teenagers. Write the interview; imagining the reporter's questions and one of the informant's answers. (Deal with time spent in front of T.V, favourite channels, programmes with justification…etc)
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 programme among girls: films.
d) Both boys /girls- hate documentaries/ news.
- dislike reading books.