2nd year test lph

by karimhr Sat Nov 08, 2014 10:14 am

Hami Medjdoub Aek Stream: Literature and philosophy (2^nd year)
High school School year: 2012/2013

The First Term English Test N°1

Read the text carefully then do the activities

Lifestyles all over the world have changed considerably in recent years. One type of change in the various ways people have meals nowadays, in contrast to the ways they used to have them. In the United States, we see a distinct pattern: more and more people are eating food that has not been prepared in their homes. Besides dining at traditional restaurants, people are eating at fast-food outlets, having complete meals as they drive in their cars, and even eating on the street.

There is a trend away from home cooked meals. Today, the adults in most U.S families work outside the home. Like working people everywhere, they often do not have enough time or energy to prepare meals themselves. Younger people often eat in fast-food places and prefer hamburgers, French fries, fried chicken and pizza. In contrast to earlier times when grandparents were close to share cooking chores, many grandparents often live far away now in California, or in a distant retirement community.

1-      The text is about
            a- What makes USA people eat outside homes.
            b- Changes in lifestyle all over the world.
            c- Changes in the way USA people have meals.

2-      Say whether the following statements are true or false according to the text.
a- The ways people used to have their meals and now is different to a great extent.
c- Few people are eating food that has been prepared at home.
b- Lack of time made working Americans have away from home cooked meals.
c- In America, grandparents live in churches.

3-      Answer the following questions according to the text.
             a- Where do Americans take their food?
             b- Why is there a trend away from home cooked meals in USA?
             c- What do young people like to eat?

4-      In which paragraph is it mentioned that families don’t have much free time to cook their meals.

5-      Find in the text words are opposites in meaning to the following.
           less ≠ ………(1§)   whole ≠ ………(1§) inside ≠ ……..(2§)   near ≠ ……… (2§)

6-      Find in the text words are close in meaning to the following
Different = ………(1§)   modern = ………(1§) sufficient ……..(2§) like =……… (2§)

7-      Complete the following chart.

Verb	Noun	Adjective
To live	……………………	……………………
……………………	Retirement	……………………
……………………	……………………	Various
……………………	……………………	Preferable