signs of the time exam second year correction

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PART 1: READING (15 points)
A/ Comprehension / interpretation:8/8

1.- the best title to the text .

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B-Japan and USA: two different nations
2 .Say whether these statement are true or false .
a-Unlike the Americans, Japaneses still keeping their traditions alive. F
b- The author’s life hasn’t changed in USA . F
c- The Americans are snack eater. T
3.Answer the questions according to the text.
a- the writer is comparing between life in Japan and life in the west ( USA).
b- List three differences.

Life in Japan

Life In USA

v Japanese people usually eat traditional food (Rice with every meal)

v Japanese people usually eat with chopsticks

v Japanese people express their feelings less openly

v Most of the time Americans eat sandwiches.

v People in the USA use forks to take their meals.

v

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Every one is much more direct 0.5

c- The author lives in USA

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B/ Text exploration :7/7
1.Match words and opposites

Words

Opposites

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Many
Listener
Learn
Hardly

Usually 0.25

Few

Teach

Speaker

2-Add suffixes “ ion / ing / ist ” to the words between brackets .
)psychologist ) think that ( looking)bad, ( dressing ) badly , ( forgetting)about our hair and so on , is one of the first signs of )depression)0.25.

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3. Combine the following sentences using the linking words in brackets (make the necessary transformation)
A) a- The man who lives next door is very kind.0.5 pt
B) a- I recently went back to the town where I was born.
C) a- In the past , people wore traditional clothes by contrast today they wear fashionable ones .

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4- Write the correct form of the verbs between brackets .
My brother used to smoke(0.25) when he was a child, but now he stops smoking and he often practises sport .My brother is an actor. He is starting performing a new film next month.

5.a- In the united States ,a lot of money are spent on hip hop fashions.(0.5)

b-In Japan, the usual clothes for teenage girls are being replaced by Hip Hop.

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6. Correct the misspelling in bold type by replacing them by their homophones .
You are write “right”. Eye “I” have bought a knew “new”car. I plan too “to” go on holiday next weak “ week”.(0.25)

Part Two 5pts)

The tourist office in your area has decided to produce a series of welcoming letters ( which will placed in airports, seaports, hotels, holy places, mosques, etc.) whose purpose is to help tourists understand local customs and traditions and behave in appropriate ways, in different settings, write your welcoming letter.