Professor: Mohamed Boujamaa

School: Alkhawarizmi Mejjat Exam One •

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Name: __________________________
Score: ____________ / 40
Year: 2018/2019 www.englishwithsimo.com 2BAC.H.S.2
Reading Comprehension
[1] It is said that youth is the nicest time of one's life. As a young person, you are fit, strong and have enough energy to face
problems. In fact you do not think about any problems, but look forward to every day in which you may try something new and
challenging, and people around you tend to tolerate your faults because of your lack of experience.
[2] When speaking about young people, we should be aware of the fact that there are two different groups of young people:
teenagers (13 to 19 years old) and those between twenty and thirty. Both groups have something in common, but there are also
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[3] Teenagers are a special group. They are not children anymore, yet neither are they adults. They are strongly influenced by
their friends, reasonably by their parents and partly by their teachers, but there are also youth culture influences that may be important.
[4] As teenagers grow up, they interact with people outside their homes, each becoming an individual person with his/her own
ideas. Teenagers want to live independently and oppose the older generation ; so they often have conflicts with their parents and
teachers. Most of them attend secondary schools and prepare themselves for their future profession. They spend most of their time at
school or studying for the following school day. In their leisure time they like getting together with friends, listening to music, playing
computer games and going to parties. Most of them live with their parents, have to help around the house and are given some pocket
money to spend on cassettes, cosmetics and small luxuries. Those teenagers who want their own money try to find a part-time job,
especially during school holidays. Working in the afternoons or at weekends could be very useful since it may help them to prepare for
their future (adulthood). Some teenagers, especially in the USA but also in other European countries, leave their family at the age of
eighteen and live with their friends in rented flats. Parents usually do not object because living on one's own my help young people
become responsible. Some people say it is better than any parental advice.
Reading comprehension Questions (15 points)
Are the following sentences true or false? Justify your answer. (4pts) www.englishwithsimo.com
1) People do not accept the mistakes of young people.
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2) Teenagers and young people have similarities and differences.
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3) All teenagers live with their parents.
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4) American teenagers live with their parents even after 18 years old.
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Complete the following sentences from the text. (2pts)
1) Adults tolerate the faults of teenagers because ………………………………………………………………………………….
2) To have their own money, teenagers …………………………………………………………………………………………….
Answer the following questions from the text. (4pts) www.englishwithsimo.com
1) Why is youth the nicest time of one’s life?
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2) What are the things that teenagers are strongly affected by?
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3) Where do teenagers spend most of their time.
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4) At what ages do teenagers in USA and European countries leave their family?
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What do the underlined words in the text refer to? (2pts) Find in the text words which mean the same as: (3 pts)
Those (p2): ………………………….. 1) Mistakes (p1): ………………………………………
They (P3) : …………………………… 2) Affected by (p2): ……………………………………
3) Problems (p4): ……………………………………….
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Put the words between brackets in the correct form. (2pts)
a) Young people are known to be very ………………………… (audacity) because they are never scared of anything.
b) Moroccan think that “The Couple” sitcom is the most ………………………… (humor) TV show in Morocco.
c) Che Guevara was on the most ………………………… (rebellion) militants in history.
d) I really love reading ………………………… (imagination) stories. They entertain me a lot.
Fill in the blanks with the correct words from the list below. (2pts)
comedian | abstract | laughter | silly | witty | jokes | old-fashioned | sever | impression | a break | conclusion | genius
a) After class, students in my school take ………………………… for 10 minutes before they start another session.
b) My friend can tell very funny …………………………He makes all his friend burst into laughter.
c) Young people are always able to understand ………………………… concepts such as love, freedom and peace easily.
d) Albert Einstein was a ………………………… in mathematics and physics.
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 Classify the following adjectives in the chart below. (2pts) Match the following words to form collocations. (2pts)
Optimistic | frustrated | disappointed | delighted | stressed | Sense of Fun
depressed | satisfied | Vivacious Humorous Comedians
Positive feelings Negative feelings Have Humor
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Language Functions
Match the following sentences with their appropriate functions (4pts)
1. I am not quite following you. a. Expressing opinion
2. Could you bring me a glass of water please? b. Lack of understanding
3. To my mind, students’ demonstrations were a nice way to protest. c. Making a request
4. Can you clarify that idea more please? d. Expressing agreement
5. With pleasure. e. Asking for clarification
6. I feel the same way about it f. Accepting a request
7. I wish I could, but I really don’t have enough money right now. g. Expressing disagreement
8. I don’t think so. h. Refusing a request

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Put the verbs between brackets in the correct form. (Gerund or Infinitive) (2pts)
a) We are looking forward to …………………… (work) with your and achieve all our goals.
b) We don’t want to be so late for dinner, but let’s …………………… (finish) this work first.
c) Moroccans decided …………………… (boycott) milk, gas and mineral water till the price goes down.
d) This exercise is not so easy …………………… (understand). It requires a great command of knowledge.
Match the following sentences with their appropriate functions. (2pts)
1) If you see the red light when you drive, you must stop the car. a) Logical conclusion
2) I am very talented. I can understand everything very easily. b) Necessity
3) He has got a Ferrari, he must be a very rich businessman. c) Obligation
4) You really need to change your manners, you are so immature. d) Ability

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Fill in the blanks with the correct modal from the list below. (4pts)
must | can | may | should | need to | needn’t | mustn’t | shouldn’t | can’t | must have | should have | could have | may have
a) My friend managed to get the best mark in the exam last week, he …………………….revised his lessons so before.
b) In Islam, when you pray, you ………………………….look to any other directions. Just in front of them.
c) You ………………………….take this medicine anymore because you are fine now.
d) Hassan II ………………………….died of cancer because he was a heavy smoker, but we never know.

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Choose the topic you like and write a paragraph: Pay attention to: Capital letters and Punctuation
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