POPULAR RESISTANCE HIGH SCHOOL

Monday,March 16th,2015

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SECOND TERM ENGLISH EXAM

PART ONE: READING. (15 points)
Read the text carefully and do the activities.
In present day Algeria, the Internet use is one of the teenagers' favourite pastimes. I decided to
find out whether the young people really know how to use the Internet. Seventy high school students were
supposed to fill in the questionnaire.
I asked them how much time they spent on the Internet in the week, but my main interest in fact
was in what way they used the Internet for.
All the students questioned said that they regularly used it for chatting. Only six of the informants
said that the Internet helped them in their studies while most of them answered that they used it to play
games or listen to music. Two of them said that they used it to read electronic newspapers. When I asked
them if they used the internet to search information, only eight students said they did.
A/COMPREHENSION/INTERPRETATION (08 POINTS)
1. Circle the letter which corresponds to the right answer:
The text is a report of:
a) a survey
b) a questionnaire
c) an interview
2. Are the following statements true or false? Write T or F next to the letter corresponding to the
statement.
a) Some informants use the Internet to listen to music..
b) The reporter questioned seventeen informants. ..
c) Students don't use the Internet for chatting. ..
d) Eight students use the Internet to search information. ..
3. Answer the following questions according to the text
a) What is the teenagers' favourite pastime in present day Algeria?

b) What was the main Interest of the reporter?

c) Did most of students use the Internet to read electronic newspapers?

d) How many informants said that they used the Internet to search information?

4. Who or what do the underlined words refer to in the text?

a) them(2) b) it (3) ..
B/ TEXT EXPLORATION: (07 POINTS)
1. Find in the text words that are synonyms to the following:
a. adolescents (1) =..............................................
b. to look for (3)=...................................................
2. Find in the text words that are opposites to the following:
a. old (1) ..................................................
b. least (3) .......................................................
3. Complete the sentences with the correct option : a, b. or c
1) The train is so..........................................that it takes more than four hours.
a- slow
b-slowness
c-slowly
2) The house is...........................................decorated.
a-beaubful
b- beautifully
c-beauty
3) Have I pronounced your name.................................................?
a-correct
b- correctness
c-correctly
4. Complete sentence (b) so that it means the same as (a):
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1/ a- I always use the Internet, he told me.

b- He told me....................................................
2/ a- Don't write the message here, he said to her.
b- He ordered her...............................................
3/ a- What kind of newspapers do you read? she asked.
b- She asked me.................................................
5. Underline the silent letters in the following words.
why - castle - wrong honesty
6. Fill in the gaps with words from the list:
brain - shorten - research - energy
According to recent (1).., sleeping more than nine hours or less than six hours can
(2).your life expectancy. A new survey found that many people actually reduce
their (3).....................................power by getting too little sleep. Also, the lack of sleep is leaving millions
of people without the (4)..to work as hard as they should.
PART TWO: WRITTEN EXPRESSION (5 PTS)
Choose one of the following topics:
Topic One: Write a report about people's sleep habits. Use the following notes:
o Number of informants: 30 adults (males)
Do you think you get enough sleep? Yes (05)/ No (25)/don't know (00)
Do you need to be fully awake in your work? Yes (27)/No (3)/don't know (00)
How many hours do you usually sleep on weeknights? Less than 6 hours (28)/ 6 to 8 hours (2)/
more than 9 hours (00)
How much sleep do you get on weekend nights? Less than 6 hours (00)/6 to 8 hours (23)/more
than 9 hours (7)
When you are sleeping, what do you think your brain is doing? Resting (30)/ working(00)/ don't
know(00)
Topic Two: Write a paragraph about your favourite newspaper and say why you like it.

Good Luck

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