Full name: ________________________________________________ Class: S4 S5
NBS High School School year: 2022-2023
Level: SE1 CSST Time given: 2 hours
The Second Term Exam of English
Part One: Reading (15 points)
A/ Comprehension (08 points)
Read the text very carefully then do the activities
A recent survey was conducted in Nacer Bey Slimane high school by a group of students in order to
assess the interest of teenagers in studying foreign languages, mainly English and French. People in the area
think that kids nowadays find learning foreign languages boring and difficult. The study was carried out
with a sample group of 40 teenagers aged between 15 and 18 years so as to find out if this was true.
The results of the study were quite surprising. It was found that a majority of teenagers showed a keen
interest in studying English and French. Nearly 80% of the informants expressed a strong desire to learn
English, while more than 60% of them showed an interest in learning French.
The arguments cited by the teenagers for their interest in learning these languages were varied. Some
felt that knowing English and French would open up more job opportunities for them in the future, while
others wanted to travel and explore different cultures. A few teenagers expressed a desire to pursue higher
education abroad, and believed that learning these languages would be beneficial in achieving their goals.
These results challenge the notion that teenagers are not interested in studying foreign languages. It is
evident that they do value the importance of being bilingual and appreciate the advantages it can bring.
1. Choose the correct answer: (1pt)
A. The text is: a. a survey b. a questionnaire c. a report
B. The main purpose of the text is:
a. to report the findings b. to report a story c. to explain the questionnaire
2. Choose the answer that best completes each of the statements below, according to the text: (1,5pts)
a. The study included……….
a) one foreign language b) two foreign languages c) many foreign languages
b. The survey shows that ………. teenagers prefer to learn English than French.
a) more b) less c) no
c. ……….. informants like learning foreign languages in order to study abroad.
a) Many b) Some c) Not many
3. Answer the following questions according to the text (3pts)
a. Why was the survey conducted? …………………………………………………………………….
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b. Who conducted it and where was it conducted? ……………………………………………………
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c. Why were the findings surprising?
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4. In which paragraph are the reasons for the teenagers’ answers mentioned? (1pt) In § …
5. Say to what or who the underlined words refer in the text: (1,5pts)
a. The study (§1) …………….. b. them (§2) ……………………..
c. Some (§3) ……………………..
B/ Text Exploration (07 points)
1. Find in the text words that are opposite in meaning to the following (1pt)
a. expected (§2) ≠…………………… b. drawbacks (§4) ≠……………………
2. Complete sentence (b) so that it means the same as sentence (a) (5pts)
1. a) My friend is a fluent and fast speaker of English but he is sometimes late for school.
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b) My friend speaks ……………………………………… but he arrives ………………………………
2. a) The reporter asked the teenager, “What will you study in university?”
a) The reporter asked the teenager ………………………………………………………………………
3. a) A teenager said to the reporter, “I didn’t like English when I was younger.”
a) A teenager told the reporter …………………………………………………………………………….
4. a) “Are you working hard these days to improve your English?” the teacher is asking me
a) The teacher is asking me ………………………………………………………………………………..
5. a) “Let’s revise our English lessons, Amine.”
a) I ……………………………………………………………………………………………………..…..
3. Classify the following words according to the pronunciation of their final ‘s’ (1pt)
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/s/ /z/ /Iz/
Part Two: Written Expression (05 points) Choose ONLY one topic
Topic one: Many people complain that today’s teenagers waste their leisure time in doing useless things. I
decided to carry out a survey to find out if this was true and the table below shows the results.
Use the questionnaire results below to write a report about teenagers’ leisure time activities.
Number of informants: 40 high school teenagers Age: between 15 and 17
What do you usually do in your free time (weekend, holidays…)? Do you … Yes No
a. …sleep? 05 35
b. …hang out with friends? 20 20
c. …read books and do homework? 28 12
d. …do some sport (exercise)? 30 10
e. …listen to music and play games? 15 25
Topic Two: Imagine you had witnessed a road accident between a motorcycle and a car, leaving two injured
children. Write a 12-line newspaper report of the accident.
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Good luck!
Your teacher
