1 Bac Global Test
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Transcript of 1 Bac Global Test
Global Test. Semester I. Level: 1st BAC. Duration: 2 Hours.
Teacher: Hanane Hakkou
Reality television is a genre of television programming which presents unscripted dramatic or humorous situations, documents actual events, and features ordinary people rather than professional famous actors. It could be described as a form of artificial documentary. Although the genre has existed in some form or another since the early years of television, the current explosion of its popularity dates from around 2000. Most TV viewers have become interested in such programs because they deal with subjects related to their everyday life.Reality television covers a wide range of television programming formats, from game or quiz shows which resemble the frantic, often demeaning programs produced in Japan in the 1980s and 1990s (a modern example is Gaki no tsukai), to surveillance- or voyeurism- focused productions such as Big Brother presented in different episodes.
Critics say that the term of "reality television" isnt accurate. They also believe that such shows frequently present a modified and highly influenced form of reality, with participants put in abnormal situations. People enjoy reality TV programs because they place ordinary people in extraordinary situations. For example, on the ABC show, The Bachelor, an eligible male dates a dozen women simultaneously, travelling on extraordinary dates to scenic locales. Reality television also has the potential to turn its participants into national celebrities.I. Comprehension: Base all your answers on the textA. Read the text carefully and PROVIDE IT with its appropriate title.
B. Answer these questions from the text:
1. What is the main idea discussed in the text?
2. According to the writer, what does reality TV mean? 3. List some of the examples of reality TV programs provided by the writer.
4. Why have people criticized Reality TV?
5. Are you interested in Reality TV programs presented in the Moroccan channels? Justify your answer.
C. Are these statements true or false? Justify your answer.
1. Reality TV has always been popular.
2. Reality TV programs are interested in professional artists rather than ordinary people.3. Reality TV programs depend on the written situations.
D. What do the underlined words in the text refer to?
1. The genre (paragraph 1).
2. They (paragraph 3).
E. Find in the text words that mean the same as:
1. Well-known. (paragraph 1)
2. A part of a story that is published on TV in many parts. (paragraph 2)
3. Adore and have a good time. (paragraph 3)II. Language:
A. Put the verbs between brackets in the simple past:
1. Mozart (to write) more than 600 pieces of music. 2. We could afford to keep our car. So, we (to sell/not) it.
3. I (to be) very thirsty. Thus, I (to drink) 2 bottles of water quickly.
4. (Get up/you) early yesterday morning?
B. Re-write these two sentences using used to in all of the affirmative, negative and interrogative forms:
1. Mohamed lived alone. 2. Susan ate a lot of sweet.C. Put the verbs between brackets in the simple past/past continuous:1. I (to meet) Tom and Anna at the airport a few weeks ago. They (to go) to Berlin and I (to travel) to Madrid.
2. Jane (to wait) for me when I (to arrive).D. Put the verbs between brackets in the present perfect simple/continuous:
1. Alice (to be/just) in the market. She (to find/not) anything interesting.
2. Maria (to read) the novel I lent her all the afternoon. She (to finish/not) yet.
E. Match the following expressions with the function they express:
ExpressionsFunction
1. What would you do if you were in my situation?
2. Thats a good idea.
3. How about visiting a doctor?
4. Wow! Really?a. Giving Advice.b. Expressing Surprise.
c. Asking for Advice.
d. Expressing Interest.
1. .. ; 2. ; 3. ; 4. .III. Writing:
Re-write this paragraph with the correct capitalization and punctuation:in a little house in spain lives a girl called amanda she has two sisters lisa and sally and one brother called fred
amanda lives in barcelona in spain which is in europe she has a pen pal called brian who lives in england she likes to write to brian so she can practice her english brian does not know very much spanish but he is learning a few words amanda would like to go visit brian in london when she is older most of all she would like to visit is new york2
