SECOND TERM EXAM
CLASS :3 ASS
A-Read the text
carefully then answer the given questions.
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Consumption in modern societies
Today, everywhere in the world,
people have developed a new attitude towards the act of buying .The fact
that markets are filled with all sorts of goods encourages everyone to
engage in the purchase of a large variety of items .Some of
these
are essential either because they contribute for our biological
survival like food and medicine or because they play an important part
in protecting our mental balance like songs and books.
But next to such
vital things we find numerous elements
which we feel
obliged to acquire although they do not have any determining role in our
existence. It is in this case with fashion clothes, paintings, objects
of decoration, specially designed furniture, jewels and make up
products. We can also integrate in the same category the electronic
devices that equip modern houses. The list still includes cameras,
phone-mobiles, silver dishes, gold watches, sun –glasses, sport cars,
pleasure boats and a multitude of the articles which we buy just because
they are accessible in markets.
All these items
do not add much to the basic needs of our species. Yet, all of us are
eager to get them provided we have the means to do so.
They
are gradually incorporated in our life and form an important aspect of
it. Initially, their production had no other aim than to provide a
source of income for their creators .Now, they have brought an
additional feature to our life –style and participate in shaping our
personality to some extent .We are unable to abandon their use for the
simple reason that such an attitude will expose us to severe criticism
from our fellows who will think that we no longer belong to modernity
and civilisation.
1-
Choose the right answer from the given
statements (1.5pt)
a)The text is ….
1-Narrative
2-Argumentative 3-expository
b) Nowadays, people
consume more and more articles because …
1-of the rise of the amount
of goods exposed in the market
2- of the decrease of the
amount of goods exposed in the market .
3- of the bad quality of
goods exposed in the market .
c) Accessible products in
the markets means
1-Affordable
2-fiund at high prices 3-rarely found in markets.
2-Answer the
given questions according to the text(2pts)
a/What encourages people to
buy a lot of items?
b/What items do we consider
as being vital in life?
3-In which paragraph
is it mentioned that… (1pt)
“Since products are
available in markets, people are able to buy them”
4- What
or who do the underlined words refer to in the text.(1.5pt)
a/…………..some of these…….§1
b/…………..elements which……§2
c/…………because they…….§3.
5-Find words in the
text that are closest in meaning to (1pts)
a- types
b-take part
remedies…..