Lycée Secondaire Abouloubèba- Gabes Enseignante : Mme.

Rim Guiza

Matière : Anglais (2ème Sciences 2) Date : Novembre 2014

Durée : 1 heure Devoir de Contrôle N° 1

Nom de l’élève: ……………………....... Classe:……………………. Numéro:…….

I / LISTENING COMPREHENSION (8 marks)

1) Listen and fill in the table with information about Bev: (2 mark)
Age when she met Alf Step Children
……………………….…….. a) Eric (8)
b) ………………….………………

2) Listen and answer the following questions. Justify your answers with information
from the text. (2 marks)

a- Is the children’s mother dead?

3) Listen and identify the narrator’s personal tragedy before meeting Alf. (1 mark)

…………………………………………………………………………………………………………................................

4) Listen and fill in the blanks with the suitable words from the passage (1 mark)

“I had no Idea having children..........................................so much to me. Alf and I welcomed the children with
open arms and......................................their new life with us.”

5) What does the narrator express through the statement below? Put a tick where
appropriate. (1 mark)

“Both children are coming to live with us” expresses:

a) possibility 
b) prediction 
c) intention 

6) Listen and say whether the underlined sounds are similar or different.
(Write S for similar and D for different) (1 mark)

1) disabilities / surprise (……………..)

2) positive / welcomed (…………..…)

*Listening passage: How The Step fell out of Step Mother “You Tube”/ (stopped at 3:42 mns)
 GOOD LUCK
II/ LANGUAGE (12 marks)

1) Fill in the blanks with 8 words from the list. (04 marks)

when / but / tough / after / rarely / to collect / meaning / collecting / lifestyles / of

A circle of close friends and strong family ties can boost a person's health more than
exercise, losing weight or quitting cigarettes and alcohol, psychologists say.
Friends and family can improve health in numerous ways, from help in …………………..
times to finding …………………..in life. People had a 50% better survival rate if they
belonged to a wider social group, be it friends, neighbours, relatives or a mix of these.
Sociable people seem…………………..extra rewards from their relationships.
………………….. someone is connected to a group and feels responsibility to other people,
that sense of purpose and meaning translates to feeling less stressed, taking better care
…………………..themselves and having less risky …………………... than those who
are more isolated, they claim. There was no clear figure on how many relationships are
enough to boost a person's health, …………………..people fared better when they
………………….. felt lonely and were close to a group of friends, had good family contact
and had someone they could rely on and confide in.

2) Circle the right alternative. (04marks)

According to a survey by mobile communication firm Acision, SMS is still the most
popular way to message despite [competing / competition / competitor] from email and
social networking messaging services with 92% of smartphone [used / usages / users] still
preferring to text. The act of [calling / destroying / typing] and sending a brief, electronic
message between two or more mobile phones or fixed or portable devices over a phone
network [is / will be / was] one of the [minor / insignificant / major] means of
communication in our modern world.
In July this year, Ofcom's Communications Market Report found that text messaging had
overtaken speaking [in / on / at] a mobile phone and face-to-face contact [such as / as / like]
the most-used method of daily communication between friends and family. [Much / More /
Less] than half (58%) of UK adults use text messages at least once a day. They also found
that 18-25 year olds send the most texts – on average 133 messages per week – almost double
any other age group.

3) Put the bracketed words in the correct tense or form: (04 marks)

Since antiquity Tabarka has been famous for its coral fishing and the Coral Festival of
underwater photography held each summer attracts international visitors and specialists. The
recently [build]…………………. Tabarka-Club offers a class C yachting harbor with all
modern facilities. For the sports minded, an 18-hole golf course stands in a superb 270 acre
forest, overhanging the sea and Tabarka [become] …………………. “the place” for diving,
fishing, sailing as well as the ever [enjoy] …………………. sunbathing. The excursions
[offer] …………………. by the Tabarka- Club invite both amateur and professional divers to
discover the [rich] …………………. of the sea life. The summer festival of folklore and
music draws thousands of guests eager [enjoy] …………………. the sun and the warm
welcome of the hospitable and [friend] …………………. people. The rich natural
environment of Tabarka has been [careful] …………………. preserved and visitors will
delight in crystal-clear waters and a bay of fine sand with the lovely mountains. Refreshed
and relaxed, you will return again.

II/ LANGUAGE (12 marks)

1) Match a sentence part from A with another from B to get meaningful sentences.

A B
1. A circle of close friends and strong family a- taking better care of themselves and having
ties can less risky lifestyles than those who are more
2. Friends and family can improve health in isolated, they claim.
numerous ways, from b- from help in tough times to finding meaning
3. People had a 50% better survival rate if in life. c- but people fared better when they
they belonged to a wider social group, rarely felt lonely and were close to a group of
4. Sociable people seem to collect friends, had good family contact and had
5. When someone is connected to a group someone they could rely on and confide in.
and feels responsibility to other people, that d- boost a person's health more than exercise,
sense of purpose and meaning translates to losing weight or quitting cigarettes and alcohol,
feeling less stressed, psychologists say.
6. There was no clear figure on how many e- be it friends, neighbours, relatives or a mix of
relationships are enough to boost a person's these.
health, f- extra rewards from their relationships.

1+ 2+ 3+ 4+ 5+ 6+
2) Put the bracketed words in the correct tense or form:

According to a survey by mobile communication firm Acision, SMS is still the most
popular way to message despite [compete]……………from email and social networking
messaging services with 92% of smartphone [use] …………… still preferring to text. The act
of [type] …………… and sending a brief, electronic message between two or more mobile
phones or fixed or portable devices over a phone network [to be] …………… one of the
major means of communication in our modern world.
In July this year, Ofcom's Communications Market Report found that text messaging had
[overtake] …………… speaking on a mobile phone and face-to-face contact as the most-
used method of [day] …………… communication between friends and family. [Many]
…………… than half (58%) of UK adults use text messages at least once a day. They also
found that 18-25 year olds send the most texts – on average 133 messages per week – almost
double any other age group.
3) Put the bracketed words in the correct tense or form:

Since antiquity Tabarka has been famous for its coral fishing and the Coral Festival of
underwater photography held each summer attracts international visitors and specialists. The
recently [build]…………………. Tabarka-Club offers a class C yachting harbor with all
modern facilities. For the sports minded, an 18-hole golf course stands in a superb 270 acre
forest, overhanging the sea and Tabarka [become] …………………. “the place” for diving,
fishing, sailing as well as the ever [enjoy] …………………. sunbathing. The excursions
[offer] …………………. by the Tabarka- Club invite both amateur and professional divers to
discover the [rich] …………………. of the sea life. The summer festival of folklore and
music draws thousands of guests eager [enjoy] …………………. the sun and the warm
welcome of the hospitable and [friend] …………………. people. The rich natural
environment of Tabarka has been [careful] …………………. preserved and visitors will
delight in crystal-clear waters and a bay of fine sand with the lovely mountains. Refreshed
and relaxed, you will return again.