Second Term English Exam 2nd Year Classes Time : 2 hours
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
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