Devoir de Contrôle 1 Anglais 1ère AS

• I looked for pen friends as I didn’t have a sister or a brother to talk to. I remembered the day when my father brought me an envelope and inside was a letter and a picture of Michele. Over the years, we exchanged pictures of our families, gifts and

• Few weeks later, I wrote to Michele suggesting that I visit her next I boarded a plane to France. At the airport, I waited long when a blond woman shouted” Barbara? ””Michele?” I replied. We hugged each other tightly. We spent a very happy week together. I thought of staying for another week but Alan, my husband, rang to tell me that our son was too ill and I had to go back home to take care of him.

• Two years later, Michele wrote to tell us that she managed to visit As time went quickly, I and Alan went to the airport to meet her. We waited and waited. Then we came back home. As I am too worried Alan called Michele’s home. But her husband told us that she died in an accident few hours before she boarded the plane. I was desperate and stopped talking two weeks. Later on, I sent a lot and lots of letters to Michele’s family as if she was still alive.

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I- COMPREHENSION QUESTIONS (8 marks)

Listen to the text and :

• Tick the correct option : The text is mainly about : (1 mark) :

a- A strange friendship  / b- A renewed friendship    /    c- The end of a friendship

• Complete the following statements (2 marks) :

a- Barbara didn’t have sisters or brothers to talk to that’s why she …………………………

b- Barbara decided to go back home because ………………………………………………….

• Correct the following false statement (2 marks) :

• Michele came to Britain and enjoyed the company of

…………………………………………………………………………………………

• Barbara stopped writing letters to her

……………………………………………………………………………………………………………

• Circle the suitable function corresponding to the statement (1 mark) :

SPELLING :

Listen to the text and complete the following statements (1 mark) :

• Over the years, we exchanged pictures of our families,………………. and
• I was…………………………… and stopped talking two weeks.

PRONUNCIATION :

Listen to the text and put the suitable word under the corresponding sound (1 mark) :

• shouted / each                              [ ʃ ]      …..………………
• father /            thought                        [ θ ]     …..………………

II- LANGUAGE (12 marks)                    Name :……………… 1^st Form ……

• Circle the correct alternative to get a coherent paragraph (4 marks) :

There are many problems that young people have to face when they stop 1-(be – been –being) children. At this age all feelings and emotions are very strong, all problems 2- (find – seem – keep) very important. There are two types of problems – personal problems and the problems the whole generation has to 3-(face – deal – focus) with. Personal problems can look silly and unimportant to the grown-ups. The first and terrible thing is misunderstanding 4-(to – from – by) parents. They do not understand why you need to buy certain things, listen to certain music or spend most of your spare time 5-(for – on – with) your friends. You do not want to hurt their feelings 6-(despite – but – because) they should try to understand you. Some teachers do not understand that 7- (youth – adult – teenager) is the time for us to learn about people and about ourselves. They try to keep us away from all 8-(relatives – activities – dangers) which make up life. But we need to be taken seriously and to meet a friendly hand.

• Put the bracketed words in the right Form and / or Tense (4 marks) :

Everyone has problems in their life so everyone needs friends to tell these problems to solve or just need someone to trust and feel 1-(save) …………….. near him or her in difficult times. Some of us make friends 2-(easy) ……………….., but there are people who are shy, and it is very difficult for 3-(they) …………….. to make friends. Having friends of your own age is important. These friends tend to look at things the same way you do because they have the same 4-(fear)……… , interests, and worries that you do. Your

friends can listen and understand how you feel whether you are dealing with a problem at school or at home. Having fun with your friends 5-(help)…………………………………………………. you establish good

relation with each other. Years ago, people 6-(use) ……………….to cherish better

friendships. Best friends managed to understand their problems, they also 7-(can)

……………….rely on each other. When things didn’t go smoothly between two close friends, it didn’t mean that their friendship 8-(be) ……………….. over. It simply meant that both needed to feel honest with each other.

• Fill in the blanks with 8 words from the following box (4 marks) :

After completing a three-year course work in fashion design, and later

modeling briefly, Sade began backup 1……………………… with British band Pride.

During this time, she formed a songwriting partnership 2………………… Pride’s guitarist

/ saxophonist Stuart Matthewman ; together, backed by Pride’s rhythm section, they began doing 3- ………………. own sets at Pride gigs. Her solo performances of the song “Smooth Operator” attracted the attention 4……………………………………………………………. record companies,

and in 1983 Sade and Matthewman split from Pride to form the band Sade. By the time she 5………………………………………. her first show at London’s Heaven nightclub, she had

become so 6-…………………….. that 1,000 people were turned away at the

door. Following a record deal with Epic Records the band released their debut 7-

……………….. Diamond Life (1984). It sold over six million copies, becoming one of the top-selling debut recordings of the 1980s, and the 8-………………………………………. …. -selling debut

ever by a British female vocalist.