Devoir de Contrôle N°2 - Anglais - 2ème Lettres (2017-2018) Mme Besma Riabi Dziri

Mrs DZIRI MID - SEMESTER KHALED IBN EL WALID
ENGLISH TEST N°2 SECONDARY SCHOOL

DECEMBER 2017
2nd Form ARTS : ......... Name : ……………………..
I- LANGUAGE (12 marks) :
1) Put the bracketed words in the right Form and / or Tense (4 marks) :
The loving bond between a child and a parent is one of the most beautiful,
sacred, and important relationships in the world. A parent 1-(play) ……………… an
irreplaceable role in the life of a child—influencing his physical, mental, and
emotional well-2-(be) …………… . This impact is felt through teenage years and into
adulthood. A parent is a role model, care-giver, teacher, 3-(provide) ……………….
and so much more. But what about the millions of children in the world who 4-(live)
……………….. as orphans? For these children, according to recent and reliable
studies, it’s likely they 5-(face) ……………….. more challenges from an earlier age.
Those challenges range from abandonment to abuse, 6-(hungry) …………… and
many other things. Life as an orphan is often difficult and 7-(pain) ………………. .
Loving families provide children with a sense of security and stability. Children living
as orphans often lack both of these vital things, which can 8-(cause) ………….…….
unique developmental challenges.
2) Fill in the blanks with 8 words from the following box (4 marks) :
experience – increasing – believing – participants – although – therefore – behaviour –

compulsive – from – effects -
In a recent study published in Frontiers in Psychology, Dr. Gregor Szycik of

the Hannover Medical School, and colleagues, investigated the long-term 1-
……………… of playing violent video games. "The research question arises first 2-
……………….. the fact that the popularity and the quality of video games are 3-
…………………, and second, we were confronted in our clinical work with more and
more patients with problematic and 4- ……………… video game consumption,"
explains Szycik. The 5- ……………….. in the study were all male, as playing violent
video games and aggressive 6- ………………. are more prevalent in men. All the
gamers had played first-person shooter video games, such as Call of Duty or
Counterstrike, at least two hours daily for the previous four years, 7- ………………..
the average gaming participant played for an average of four hours daily. The gamers
were compared with control subjects who had no 8- ……………….. with violent video
games and did not play video games regularly.
3) Circle the correct alternative to get a coherent paragraph (4 marks) :
Even though he is only 11 years old, Amish already has had a career as a
miner. He dropped 1-(in – off – out) of his third year of primary school and left his
home village of in Tanzania after his father was 2-(capable- unable – able) to pay
for his uniform and school fees. Although Amish's parents have 3-(his – her – their)
own half-acre coffee farm, their income fell sharply because of the decline in the
market price for coffee throughout the world. Amish had 4-(heard – told – listened)
stories of people making money from mining and decided to try his luck. He asked his
mother 5-(of – to – for) a small amount of money to buy some socks and other
items, but instead used this for the bus fare to Mererani. After 6-(much – plenty –
several) days of hanging around the mining site, he was hired by one of owners to
work as an assistant boy. From that day, he 7-(employed – worked – occupied)
as a service boy. Those who go into the mine need to wear a special torch or
flashlight 8-(into – through – on) their foreheads to find their way around.
II- WRITING :
TOPIC (8 marks) :
Your friend is in trouble. One of his classmates, who is your friend, makes
fun of him and calls him names. Write a letter to your friend and tell him what
you think of this bad behaviour and advise him to stop being violent towards his
classmate at school.

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Mrs DZIRI MID - SEMESTER KHALED IBN EL WALID

ENGLISH TEST N°2 SECONDARY SCHOOL

2nd Form ARTS : ......... Name : ……………………..

I- LANGUAGE (12 marks) :

experience – increasing – believing – participants – although – therefore – behaviour –

In a recent study published in Frontiers in Psychology, Dr. Gregor Szycik of

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