Instructor: LATIFA YASSINE COMMON CORE 5

Quiz n1 - (Semester 2) - 2015 1st year BAC Arts and humanities 2FULL NAME:

In the past, the choice of entertainment was very limited. But nowadays, there are different means of entertainment. One of them is television.

Television has already transformed our daily life by changing different traditional routines and ways of dressing, eating, thinking and communicating. Thus, it has become the most powerful means of communication since practically every family has a TV set at home. It keeps us informed about the world news, and broadens our horizons by enriching our knowledge of other nations' cultures, history, sciences and arts. Moreover, TV provides a lot of entertainment to people of different ages. However, TV has dominated all our free time by replacing traditional entertainment and pastime activities such as reading and playing social games. It has even destroyed family interaction as there is no time left for family gathering.

It is time we controlled the dominance of the magic box on our daily life. We should not allow it to kill our children's physical and mental development.

A- Are these sentences true or false? Justify: (3 pts)1. Our grandparents had a large choice in means of entertainment. . 2. Television is a means of entertainment for children only. . 3. Television has almost replaced the classical free time activities. . B- WHAT DO THE UNDERLINED WORDS IN THE TEXT REFER TO? (2 pts)1- "them" (paragraph 1) : 2- "the magic box" (paragraph 4) : C- Find in the text words or expressions which mean the same as: (1pts)

1- In addition (parag 2) : 2- Leisure time(parag 3): D- Answer these questionsaccording to the text: (4,5 pts)1- Mention two benefits of watching TV:......2- How has television badly affected the family relations? ......3- What effect does TV have on children?

......II- Language questions: A- Change these sentences from active to passive: (4,5 pts)1) Everybody must obey the law. ..2) He hasnt painted this room yet.

..3) The police arrested the two criminals quickly.

..B- Identify the verb tenses of the underlined verbs in these sentences: (2 pts)The underlined verbsThe verb tenses:1 2 3 4

1- I sent you a message via facebook last night. 2- Sorry, I havent read it yet! ( 3- Where are you going? 4- My father never smokes

a- Present simpleb- Past simplec- Present perfectd- Present Continuouse- Past continuous

C- Choose the most appropriate adjective from the choices given: (2 pts)1) Dont be if you dont know the answer. We all make mistakes.Jealous disgusted embarrassed2) My parents always get if I stay late outside. excited worried frustrated3) I feel when the English teacher speaks quickly. lonely confused shy4) Adil feels after swimming in the ocean all day. exhausted nervous boredGood luck!

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I- Reading Comprehension:

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