The People’s Democratic Republic of Algeria
Ministry of National Education
Second Term Examination
Third Year Duration: 2 hours
Part 1: Reading
Read the text carefully then do the activities:
A) Comprehension:
The marketing of junk food and fast food has become big business—some have called the food industry the next Tobacco. Companies spend top dollar on advertising to make us keenly aware of their products. The aggressive advertising is working, Pepsi spends an estimated $2.1 billion a year on marketing, McDonald’s $1.2 billion, and Coca-Cola is not far behind at $895 million.
The average child watches 10,000 food advertisements per year on television; most are for junk food and fast food—only 2% are for fruits, vegetables, or beans. Advertisements for junk food and fast food can also be seen in magazines, movies (through product placement), stores, the Internet, and even schools. What impact is this having on youth? Recent statistics indicate that 14% of children are now seriously overweight. 60% of overweight children between the ages of 5-10 years of age already have at least one risk factor for heart disease, including elevated blood cholesterol, blood pressure or increased insulin, and type 2 diabetes.
However, today’s youth, particularly girls, get mixed messages from the media. On one hand, they are bombarded daily with advertisements for junk food and fast food on television and magazines, yet the same magazines and television shows that serve up these ads also celebrate the waif look by portraying pencil-thin models. This has created a state of confusion and potential danger for many young women (and men). The National Eating Disorders Association estimates that 81% of 10-year-olds are afraid of being fat and between “5-10 million girls and women and 1 million boys and men are struggling with eating disorders including anorexia, bulimia, binge eating disorder, or borderline conditions.”
1/ write the letter which correspond to the right answer.
a- Companies make their ads to make us :
a- Impatient, b- unconscious, c- negligent to buy their products.
b-The messages sent by adverts for junk food and fast food are to make girls :
a- Flabby, b- waif, c- dashing.
2/ Are the following statements true or false?
a- Junk food is as dangerous as smoking.
b- The great percentage of food ads is about healthy food.
c- People gain weight at an early age because of food adverts.
3/ Answer the following questions according to the text.
a- What impact do food advertisements have on youth?
b- How does the media make people get confused?
4/ What do the underlined words refer to in the text?
a) their (§1) b) most (§2) c) they (§3)
B) Text Exploration:
1/ Find in the text words whose definitions follow.
a- the activity of attracting public attention to a product or business (§1)
b- eating disorder mainly loss of appetite (§3)
2/ Classify the following words in the table:
Overweight, marketing, portraying, aggressive
preffix root suffix
3/ Combine these pairs of sentences using the given connectors. Make changes where necessary: if , due to, however, in spite of.
a- Many children are obese. A large amount of adverts on food.
b- You do exercises regularly. You eat too much junk food.
c- You will be flabby. You consume an excessive amount bof fatty food.
d- Commercials on weight loss. Young people are addicted by junk food.
4/ Match pairs that rhyme.
Cream Pray
Play Flight
Bright Crust
trust Scream
5/ Complete the following dialogue.
A: Hello, have you heard about the new slimming pills on TV?
B: Sorry ? Slimming pills? …………………………………………………………………………………..
A: But the advertisements have shown real people before and after using them!
B: ………………………………………………………………………………
A: Oh! I thought I could get slim easily thanks to this new invention, but now I am afraid of using it.
B: Listen, you shoud……………………………………… and ………………
A: You are right, I think…………………………………………………………….. Thanks for your advice.
Part 2. Written Expression: (5 points)
Choose one of the following topics and write a composition of about 80 words:
Topic one : sugar may result in a number of significant consequences which may lead to the destruction of some function in our body .discuss these consequences and suggest solutions
1/-Sugar can suppress your immune. 4/-Sugar can cause a decrease in your insulin.
2/-Sugar can weaken eyesight. 5/-Sugar can damage your pancreas.
3/-Sugar contributes to obesity . 6/-sugar can cause depression.
Topic two: In your opinion ,do you think we should eat what we want or what we need ?why or why not ?discuss
english food safety