(1) Parents, teachers, health professionals, and other adults have been concerned about the influence of the media on children and adolescents for many decades. Exposure to media is inescapable. It is part of enculturation, of learning to be an adult, and part of one’s society. Media provide the main vehicle for education and information sharing and for almost all forms of entertainment. It is estimated that Americans spend at least 10% of their lives watching TV…Exhaustive research has studied the possible effects on attitudes, beliefs, and behaviors of messages presented in print or electronic media. (2) Today, most teens have their own TV with cable, VCR/DVD and CD players, and interactive video games all in the privacy of their own rooms 24H, 7 days a week. Those who do not have these items almost always have friends who do. Most have their own computers and connection to Internet; they have access to virtually any kind and degree of violent and sexual content and anything else one could imagine. Interactive media create new dimension of potential harm as users participate and become emotionally involved in activities that are violent, erotic or even both. Most teens have signed onto social networking sites (e.g. MySpace, Facebook). In addition to regular communication with friends and relatives, they may have electronic conversations with people whose identities are completely unknown and whose motives may include sexual solicitation. (3) Messages related to sex, drugs, and violence surround us at all times in most environment at various levels of explicitness and intensity. Each individual child, adolescent, and adult will interpret each message in the context of his or her upbringing, family environment, religion, culture, and many other influences. The same message may have harmful, beneficial, or neutral effects on different people and different effect on the same person under different circumstances. (4) Print media are readily available to all children, but adults generally have control over selection and distribution and can monitor their content unlike children and adolescents. However, it may be possible to shield them from exposure to all media messages that adults consider inappropriate or potentially harmful. It’s possible to help children and adolescents learn how to distinguish messages that are designed to sell products, messages that are products in themselves, and messages that are informative or entertaining. It’s possible to guide them to media messages that encourage safety and good health and away from messages that promote unhealthy content. http://www.acog.org I. Comprehension (15 POINTS) BASE ALL YOUR ANSWERS ON THE TEXT. A. ARE THESE STATEMENTS TRUE OR FALSE? Justify. (4 pts) 1. Adults don’t care about the effects of media on children and adolescents. ……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………. 2. All children have their own TV and video games. ……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………. 3. Messages are interpreted based on one’s backgrounds. …………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………… 4. Children’s use of media can be controlled by adults. …………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………… B. Answer the following questions. (4 pts) 1. Why exposure to media is inescapable? …………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………. 2. What happens when teens have their own computers and connection to Internet? …………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………........................... 3. How could one message be interpreted in different ways? ………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………….. 4. What is the writer’s attitude towards children and teens’ use of the media? …………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………… C. COMPLETE THE FOLLOWING SENTENCES FROM THE TEXT. (2 PTS) 1. Teens who don’t have their own TV usually…………………………………………………………………………………… ………………………………………………………………………………………………………….. 2. Unlike children and teens, adults…………………………………………………………………………………………………… ………………………………………………………………………………………………………….. D. FIND IN TEXT WORDS THAT MEAN ALMOST THE SAME AS: (2 pts) 1. Sure to happen (paragraph1) : …………………………………………………….. 2. Linked (paragraph 3): ……………………………………………….. E. WHAT DO THE UNDERLINED WORDS IN THE TEXT REFER TO? (3 pts) 1. Their (paragraph 2): ………………………………………. 2. Whose (paragraph 2): ………………………………………. 3. Their (paragraph 4): ………………………………………. II. LANGUAGE (15 POINTS) A. FILL IN THE GAPS WITH THE APPROPRIATE WORDS FROM THE LIST: (2 pts) 1. Along…………………………..music and poetry, art was seen as something edifying. Of - with - for 2. The students ………………………….won in the competition will receive gifts. Whom - which - who 3. In the past, parents used to ……………………………..their kids in difficult conditions. Look for - bring about - bring up 4. I……………………..travel tomorrow if the weather is fine. Could - may - should have B. FILL IN THE GAPS WITH THE APPROPRIATE WORDS FROM THE LIST. (2 pts) Family code - high status - presenting - run - take part - social justice - empowerment 1. More and more business companies all over the world are nowadays……………….by women. 2. Thousands of people from all over the world…………………………in the environmental campaigns. 3. There will be math’s Olympiad in the city and Lucy is………………………………………our school. 4. Despite the difficulties women face they were able to reach a …………………………………………….in their Country. C. PUT THE WORDS IN BRAKETS IN THE CORRECT FORM: (2 pts) 1. Most women really want (equal)……………………………..in their family (relate) ……………………………….. So as to live in peace and happiness. D. PUT THE VERBS IN BRAKETS IN THE CORRECT FORM: (2 pts) 1. Paul (live)……………………………………..in many countries before he settled in New York. 2. By 2050, my father (retire)………………………………………… 3. Some people don’t let their children (work)………………to help them make living. 4. I (spend)……………………….my birthday in Ifran last year. E. REWRITE THE SENTENCES AS INDICATED. (3 pts) 1. My grandmother is baking my birthday cake at the moment. My birthday cake……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………….. 2. ‘’ The government will introduce strict new rules on driving on motorways.’’ They said…………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………… 3. There was a terrible noise. However, Mike could sleep. Despite……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………… F. PUT THE FOLLOWING EXCHANGE IN THE CORRECT ORDER: (2 pts) a- I am free this weekend. b- I wonder if you could come to my graduation party. c- I’d love to. d- Do you have any plans for the weekend? Amine: ………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………….. You: ……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………… Amine: ………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………….. You: ……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………….. G. COMPLETE THE FOLLOWING EXCHANGES APPROPRIATLY: (2 pts) 1. Ella: I am addicted to drugs. What should I do? Adam: (give advice) …………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………… 2. John: What’s your opinion about the new family code? James: (give opinion) ………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………… III. WRITING (10 POINTS) DO TASK 1 AND 2 TASK1: Complete the following paragraph. (4 pts) Eating healthy food has many advantages. First, …………………………………………………………………………………….. …………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………… ………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………….. ………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………….. …………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………… ………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………… ………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………… ………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………… TASK2: Write an email to your friend telling him about your experience as a teenager whose parents are divorced. Tell him about the difficulties that you faced and how you overcame them. (6 pts) Dear…………………. ……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………. …………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………. …………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………. …………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………. ……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………. ……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………. ……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………. ……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………. ……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………. ………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………….. …………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………. ………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………….. …………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………… ……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………. ……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………. ……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………. ……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………. ……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………. ……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………. ……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………. 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