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Sheik Beyoud High School
2nd Term Exam
Time allowed : 2hours
Level :First Year classes
Class :………….
Pupil`s name :………………………


A. Comprehension/interpretation: (15pts)
- Below is a report of a survey carried out by Algerian firms (companies). Read it carefully then do the activities that follow:
A new study of Algerian Web usersshows that millions rely on the internet for news, researches, and activities such as social networking. The study, which polled "internauts" on ADSL, mobile internet, online advertising, and e-commerce, estimates that 4.5 million people (12.8% of the Algerian population) use the internet.
Of 6,000 computer users surveyed by Algerian firms Med&Com and Ideatic, more than 90% confessed to "not being able to get by without going online 'at least once a day'". Most users reported that they spent two hours on average in front of their monitors. ‘’Algerians are fitting themselves out with more and more computer equipment and getting connected to the internet," Algiers computer sales representative, Mohammed confirmed.
The researchers reported that 82.6% of the Web users "communicate" via electronic mail. Of this percentage,"42.5% use instant messaging (such as MSN or Yahoo Messenger), 33.8% visit discussion forums, 33% make telephone calls over the Internet (*****), and 9.9% use video conferencing". The online media are the Web users' favourites, with 80.8% reading online newspapers, 19.9% listening to the radio, and 11.4% watching TV programmes. The study also illustrates that Algerian Web users are not very "active", with 82.2% visiting online video-sharing ,shocking and sexual sites (YouTube, DailyMotion,), but only 23.5% contributing. "The youngest in society, and their parents, need to be educated through awareness campaigns about the dangers of the internet," says an expert.

1. Circle /underline the items that best complete these statements:

a . The Algerian firms conducted the survey to…
1. see how much the Algerian web users are familiar with the internet
2. stress the importance of awareness campaigns about the danger of the internet
b. The findings of the survey show that…
1. the Algerians give no importance to the internet service.
2. the Algerians are heavily dependent on the internet in their daily life.

2. Answer these questions with complete sentences:

a. What do the Algerian web users rely on the internet for?
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b. How many informants did the two Algerian companies survey?
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c. How much time did most web users spend in front of their monitors? ………………………………………………………………………………….

3. Paragraph 3. Write the relevant information that corresponds to each percentage given in column (a), to know how the Algerian internauts communicate via internet:





Percentages of web users surveyed
How do the Algerian web users communicate via internet?
42.5% of web users
33.8% of web users
33% of web users
9.9 of web users
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4. From the reporter’s point of view, the Algerian internauts are not very active and their contribution to ADSL is limited. In few words, explain why?
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5. What advice does the expert give to the youngest and their parents (web users)?
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6. Find in the text … a . word that means the same as internauts : ……………( & 1)
b. an opposite to disconnected : …………………………..(&2)

7. Turn the statements below into reported speech, and make change where necessary:

a. ‘’Algerians are fitting themselves out with more and more computer equipment,’ an Algiers computer sales- representative confirmed.
b. An Algiers computer sales-representative confirmed ………………………………... ..
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a. "The youngest in society, and their parents, need to be educated through awareness campaigns about the dangers of the internet," says an information expert
b. An information expert ……….…………………………………………………….
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8. Arrange the words underlined in the text according to the pronunciation of final’s':

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B. Writing: (5pts)
A. Would you rather read news on papers, or do you prefer reading on the Internet? -Elicit an opinion- article and justify your own choice. {Be brief}
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Good Luck Teacher: Mr. Zaitri