AIT BAHA HIGH SCHOOL ACADEMIC YEAR: 2016/2017

QUIZ N°1 A _ 2nd Term

Teacher: Laila Nafissa Timouh Full name: Date:_________ Mark:

Level: 1st Baccalaureate ______________________ ______________
Class: Math Sciences ______________________ ______________

Every year, during the last week in April, people are invited to turn off their TVs for a week and to do
something more useful. Since 1995, TV Turnoff Week has been organised by anti-TV campaigners in the USA
and the UK. Organisers believe that 24 million people have given up television for a week and that
afterwards 80% of them watched less TV and about 20% stopped watching television completely.

But isn’t television educational? Doesn’t TV news inform us more about what is happening in the world than
any other type of media? Anti-TV groups don’t agree. “Television is hopeless at explaining the reasons behind
the news,” they argue. “ We often watch violent pictures of wars, shocking social problems or famine but we
often don’t understand why and how these problems started”. Campaigners also say that watching TV is a
passive activity. TV viewers become couch potatoes because they don’t exercise enough or use their brains.
There are other negative effects too. Families spend less time talking to each other and TV is often used as a
babysitter. Campaigners are also worried about the influence that TV has on children and teenagers. For
example, the average 19-year-old American has watched 350.000 commercials and 18.000 murders on it.

These are some convincing arguments to turn off the TV. But what do the anti-TV groups recommend instead
of watching your favourite soap opera or TV shows? They suggest lots of ideas to read in the TV Turnoff
Week leaflet. For example, going to the library, learning a musical instrument, playing with your pet or
writing a diary. You can also learn about your family history, do some voluntary work, go to a museum, read
a newspaper or listen to the radio”. So, there are plenty of things to do which are as fun as watching TV.

I-COMPREHENSION: (10 Points)

A) Choose the best title (1 pt)

1. TV or not TV? 2. TV Turnoff Week 3. Turn off the Media

B) Are these statements true or false? Justify. (3 pts)

1. TV Turnoff Week campaign is a recent idea.

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3. Anti-TV groups agree that TV is an educational and informative media.

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5. You can find ideas to do during TV Turnoff Week on the Anti-TV groups website.
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C) Answer the following questions. (3 pts)
1. Where is the Turnoff TV Week organised?
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2. Why is watching TV a passive activity?

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3. What 3 activities people can do during the TV Turnoff Week?

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D) Match the bold words in the text with the right meaning (1 pt)
 give up (parag 1) = a. start using b. stop using
 argue (parag 2) = a. give reasons b. ask questions
 babysitter (parag 2) = a. a person who sits with a baby b. a chair for a baby to sit on
 leaflet ( paragraph 3) = a. a booklet or brochure b. a website.

E) What do the underlined words in the text refer to? (1 pt)

1. It ( paragraph 2) : __________________________________________
3. They ( paragraph 3) : _________________________________________

F) Complete the chart with two examples of each type (1 pt)

Types of Mass Media Types of TV programmes
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2._________________________________ 2._________________________________