Devoir de Synthèse 1 Anglais Bac Technique

Jemmel Secondary school

Timing :2 hours

End-Term English Test N 1 Level :4^th form Tech

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• Reading (12)

A-Read the text and answer the questions below.

• Paul Newman, actor, director, and racing driver, was born in Ohio, Cleveland, in 1925, so good looking that people said it was a shame to waste such beauty on a boy. He did some acting in high school and college, but never seriously considered making it his future However after graduation, Paul immediately started working in the theatre where he met his first wife, Jackie Witte , while they were acting together. They got married in 1949 and got three children, boy and two girls. Paul moved to live and work in New York away from his family, when he met Joanne Woodward, an actress. They acted together in the long Hot Summer. Paul and his wife recognized that their marriage wasn’t working well and got divorced.

The new couple then got married in Las Vegas.

• Newman’s career did not start so First he found work in the theatre and several T.V. shows .When he was thirty, he moved to Los Angeles and made his first film . It was what Newman called an “uncomfortable start” in the movies, in a minor role of a Greek slave .The experience was so bad that he went back to the theatre and hadn’t accepted a role for two years.
• “Someone Up There”, the film he had chosen to act in, was his first big break. He played the boxer, Rocky Graziano . Newman was the kind of a method actor who believes in living the part before bringing the film. He spent days from morning till night with He studied the fighter’s speech and watched his boxing, and talked about Graziano ‘s childhood ,family background and psychology. The method brought Newman stardom overnight.
• Newman went on then making He acted in many films such as Cat on a Hot Tin Roof , the hustler, Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kin, The Sting and Towering Inferno. He has made over forty five films, and has won many awards, but has never won an Oscar. (Adapted)

• Choose a title for each paragraph.(2)

• Read paragraph 1/2 and Correct these false statements.(3)

A-Thanks to Newman’s personality, people thought he would be a famous star.

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B- Newman had planned his future as an actor since he was at school.

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• Give two reasons why Newman got fame with “Someone Up There like Me” (paragraph 3) (1)

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• Read paragraph 4 and complete the following sentence ( 3 )

Although Paul ………………. in many films and was awarded many ………………… , he ……………………………………………………………..

• Guess what this sentence Circle the right option. (1)

so good looking that people said it was a shame to waste such beauty on a boy

a– purpose                       b– cause and effect                    c– result

• What do the underlined words in the text refer to? (2)

It               ( paragraph 1 ,line 3 )    refers to …………………………………………………………………

The experience ( paragraph 2, line 3)    refers to ……………………..…………………………………………

• Language(6)
• Circle the right option (3)

• Fill in the gapped paragraph with words from the box .There are two extra words (3)

III Writing(12)

• Write a biography Of Kevin Cosner (4)

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• Read the topic below and write a 15-line letter .(8)
  • Ï@You want to go on holiday Write a letter to a travel agency to inquire about the best destinations available, accommodation, food , transport, flight, airport taxes , package price …………

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