Université d’Ain Temouchent – Belhadj Bouchaib

Faculté des sciences et de la technologie

Département Mathématiques et informatique

2ème année M.I. Anglais Année Universitaire : 2022/2023

Correction (solution):
I/ Comprehension: (9pts)
a) Read the text and answer the questions: /4pts
1- How many people over fifty years old are using Facebook?
3.5 million users over 50 years old are using Facebook. (1pt)
2- What does Eve and her old friends use Facebook for?
Eve and her old friends use Facebook to arrange to meet all over the country. (1pt)
3- What does peter do to reduce his social media addiction?
To reduce his social media addiction Peter takes his SIM card out of his
smartphone and puts it into an old-style mobile phone. (1pt)
4- Are children under 17 more or less often on their smartphones?
Children under 17 are more often on their smartphones. (1pt)

b) Find the synonyms of the following words from the text /3pts (1pt each)
Pictures §2 = photos / Essential §4 = important / regularly §4 = constantly

c) Extract from the text a sentence that has two clauses while showing which one is
dependent and which other is independent. /2pts
Example:
'How could I tell my kids to get off their phones (independent) when I was always
in front of a screen myself? (Dependent) (1pt each)
II/ Mastery of language: (11pts)
a) Put the verbs between brackets in the right tense /3pts
1- As soon as he finished the meeting yesterday, he took the plane back home. Now,
he is sleeping (0.5pt each)
2- I thought it was you who took my phone. I apologize because I accused you wrongly
(0.5pt each)

b) Fill in with the right answer from the following modal verbs: /2pts
It's a great town. You should visit it some day. (might/ should/ could) (0.5pt)
should I ask John to help us? (ought/ may/ should) (0.5pt)
It's later than I thought. I must go now (can/ must/ have) (0.5pt)
He can’t come to my birthday party because he is sick. (can’t/ will/ would) (0.5pt)

c) Translate the following passage from French to English and underline the adverbs of
frequency / 6pts
Today we live in a world full of smartphone and social media distractions.
Sometimes we do not even notice the speed at which the world changes in everyday
life, so we must not neglect this phenomenon of addiction to digital devices because
it is an important subject and which affects our productivity, we must learn again,
how to live without these devices and try to change our habits from ‘always' to
'rarely'.