‫الجمهوريــة الجزائري ــة الديـمقراطية الشعبيــة‬

‫وزارة التربـيـة الوطـنـيـة‬

‫ثانوية شريط لزهر الحمامات‬ ‫مديرية التربية لوالية تبسة‬
Level : 1st Year Duration : 2 Hours Date : Tuesday, February 28th, 2012
T H E 2 N D E NG L ISH E XAM

PART ONE: Reading and Interpreting (15 points) Read the text carefully then do the activities
Fewer than half of American teenagers who were asked basic history and literature questions
in a phone survey knew when the Civil War was fought, and one in four said Columbus sailed to
the New World some time after 1750, not in 1492.
In the survey, 1200 American teenagers were called in January and asked to answer 33
multiple-choice questions about history and literature. About a quarter of the teenagers were
unable to correctly identify Hitler as Germany’s chancellor in World War II.
On literature, the teenagers fared even worse. Four in 10 could pick the name of Ralph
Ellison’s novel, “Invisible Man,” from a list of titles.
The history question asked the respondents to identify the man who declared, “I have a
dream.” Ninety-seven percent correctly picked the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.
The survey results, released on Tuesday, demonstrate that a significant proportion of teenagers
live in “stunning ignorance” of history and literature, said the group that commissioned it.
( adapted from New York Times )

A/ COMPREHENSION / INTERPRETATION.
1. choose the best answer :

a - The text is: a .newspaper report b. a police report 3. a radio report

2- The suitable title for this text is :

a. American Teenagers' Ignorance to Basic History and Literature

b. American Teenagers’ Manners at school
c. History and Literature in the United States of America

3. Are these sentences TRUE or FALSE according to the text?

a) American teenagers know more about their history and literature.

b) Ralph Ellison, who wrote Invisible Man, is a famous French writer.
c) The third paragraph deals with teenagers' ignorance to literature
d) The survey asked one thousand and two hundred informants.

3. Answer the following questions :

1. Did all teenagers recognize who declared “I have a dream”?

2. How many questions were teenagers asked?
3. Why did the survey consider teenagers ignorant?

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B/ TEXT EXPLORATION.
1. Find in the text:
a- a word which means: travelled by water (§1)
b- an opposite to: capable (§2)
c- a word whose definition is: The condition of being uninformed or uneducated (§5)
2. Fill in this table with the missing words. (1.5 pt )

Verb Past Simple Past Participle

........... ........... said
........... took ...........
see ........... ...........
3. .Rewrite the sentence B so it means the same as A : (1.5 pts )
A- “Do you know Ralph Ellison?” he asked her. B. He asked ………………………..
A- He told me, “Saul Below is my favourite writer.” B. He told…………………………..
A- “Get off my sight.” the boss ordered him. . B. The boss…………………………
4. Derive adverbs from the adjectives between brackets: (1.5 pts )
a. Maria speaks Spanish …………… . ( fluent)
b. Jack often does his assignments ………….. ( precise )
c. A student should express himself ……..… (clear )
5. Supply the right punctuation and capitals: (1 pt )
my english is very poor he said I actually need extra hours
6. Classify these words according to the number of syllables (1 pt )
history – worse – stunning – question – Germany- survey- even- ignorance
One syllable Two syllable three syllable

………………… …………………… …………………

PART TWO (05 points)

Choose one of the following topics
1. According to a study published in El Khabar newspaper, Algerian teenagers know more about
their history and literature. Write a report, in which you explain this fact .
Follow these points: Introduce your report : In order to know whether ….. I conducted a
survey….
- the number of informants / age : I questioned ……
- report the questions and the answers : When I asked them….they said…..
- report the result / The survey shows that….
- conclude your report / To conclude, ……………..

2. The internet is not always good for teenagers because it has many disadvantages.
- In a short paragraph mention some of its disadvantages and their consequences on teenagers.

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