Relaxing Test

The second term English Test

Text:

 It is quite easy for doctors to tell people how to relax. But how do people really do that? I decided to find out for myself.So, I questioned teenagers between 15 and 18 how they relaxed. All of them come from secondary school because they make up the population which suffers most from stress. When I asked how many of them took some rest after a busy day, all of them said yes. But my main interest in fact was what they usually did to relax and keep cool.

  As expected, the results of my survey show that many young people do not know how to relax and thus get rid of the stress. Most of them prefer watching adventure films or listening to “Jazz or Rock” music which is an unhealthy habit or drinking

coffee in the morning and the evening. They do not know that all those little things that make up modern life cause tension. I found that teenagers do things that are not good for them. To fight stress they should spend time in more relaxing activities such as reading books and meditating.

Saturday May 6 th , 2008 The Times

Section one: Comprehension

A.Is the above passage:                                                                                       

1) An extract from a poem.

2) A letter.

3) A report

B. Choose a title to the above passage:

a. Anxiety in the modern world.

b. The difficulties of modern life.

c. Relaxing

C. Answer the following questions:

Whom did the writer ask questions to?

.........................................................................................................................................................................

List all the relaxing activities mentioned in the text.

.........................................................................................................................................................................

Which statement is true and whish is false according to the text:

1-Teenagers really know how to get rid of the stress.

2-Reading books and meditating are more relaxing activities.

3-All the teenagers don’t take some rest after a busy day.

4-The population that most suffer from stress is made up by teenagers.

Find in the text words that are synonyms to:

Combat=2§…………........................            adolescents=1§………...................

Find in the text the opposites of:

Stress#1§................................................healthy#................................

Section two: Mastery of Language

Classify the following words according to their stressed syllable:

Drama-dramatic-grammar-grammarian-atom-proverb

Oo	oOo	Ooo

Write sentence “b” so it means the same as sentence “a”:

*1-a-The doctor told me:" Stay in bed for a few days."

-b- The doctor told me……………………………….............................

*2-a-He said:"I do not work today."

-b-He said ……………………………………………........................................

*3-a- She asked him:" Have you got enough sleep?"

-b- She asked him……………………………………...........................................

*4-a-She says that she has to work hard today.

-b-She says………………………………………........................................................

*5-a-“Don’t throw rubbish anywhere”, the director ordered us

Section three: Writing

Complete the following interview.

Interviewer: Excuse me. We’re doing a survey at school on people’s relaxing       

                      activities. ………………………………................................................................................... ?

Interviewee: Yes, if you are quick.

Inter viewer: Thank you. My first question is: ………………............................................................?

Interviewee: Yes, I take some rest after a busy day.

Interviewer: Fine…………………………………………....................................................................................?

Interviewee: Oh the music I enjoy most is Jazz music.

Interviewer: …………………………………………………..................................................................................?

Interviewee: I prefer watching adventure films rather than reading books in the     

                      evening.

Interviewer: Well, ………………………………………………………….............................................. Bye.

Interviewee: Bye.

                                                                                                                          Good luck