The Newspaper Reporter

Inspector

Level: 03 AM

Second Term English Examination

Text:
The Newspaper Reporter

I am a newspaper reporter. I am more interested in social affairs,
therefore, I carry out interviews with people from different classes : Rich,
poor, etc…

I like my job and I am very good at it. I can't type very fast, and I
remember every word I hear in the interviews.

I have a method of getting information from the ordinary persons in
the street. For example, yesterday I went to a public garden and sat in the
sun. Immediately an old woman came and sat next to me. She looked unhappy. A
few minutes later, I unwrapped a chocolate bar making noise on purpose to
attract her attention. She turned her head and I offered her a piece of
chocolate. After that, she told me her story. She is homeless, she sleeps in
the bus station. She thinks that the government should pay more attention to
these poor people. I gave her some money and went to my office to type a
report.

PART ONE: ( 14 pts )

Section One: Reading
Comprehension
(
07 pts )

A ) Read the text and answer the questions
( 01 Pts)

1-
How many paragraphs are
there in the text.

B ) Are these
statements true or false ? Correct the wrong ones. ( 04 pts )

1-
The writer is interested in
political affairs.

2-
He forgets every word he
hears in interviews.

3-
The woman is homeless and
she sleeps in the street.

4-
I did not help her.

C ) Lexis
:

1- Find in the text words that are
closest in meaning to : ( 02 pts
)

quickly = …………….. sad = ………………….

2- Find in the text words that are opposite
in meaning to :

young ≠ ………………
silence ≠ ………………

Section Two: Mastery of
Language
( 07 Pts )

A ) Complete the following table. (
02 pts )

Adjective	Comparative	Superlative
beautiful	more beautiful than
nice		the nicest
	better than	the best

B ) Classify the following words according to the
number of syllables.
( 03 pts )

rains – over – took – expensive

1 Syllable	2 Syllables	3 Syllables

C ) Turn into the passive.
( 02 pts )

1.
My mother makes cakes.

2.
She has cleaned the rooms.

Turn the page

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PART TWO: Integration Phase (written expression) ( 06 Pts ) Fill in the gaps with : ( interesting – one – report – articles – and – journalist ) My friend wants to be a ……………..in the future. He will ……………the events from all over the world in his own …………….. What an exciting job ! ……………..day he'll be in Europe, another day in Africa or America perhaps. He will visit a lot of countries…………… meet lots of ………….people.
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