3rd year Scientific Streams
Final Examination
Part One: Reading
A/ Comprehension
New research reveals that restaurant menus showing how much exercise is needed to burn off calories could be good for losing weight. Researchers from the Texas Christian University say that telling customers how many minutes they must walk to burn off the calories from a hamburger is much better information than showing how many calories the hamburger has. They say people do not really understand calories but do understand they have to walk for 30 minutes. Senior researcher Dr. Meena Shah said the menu could help people make healthier choices. She said: "We need a more effective strategy to encourage people to order and consume fewer calories from restaurant menus."
The researchers looked at the restaurant orders made by 300 different people. Some used a menu without calorie information; some had a menu with calorie information; and the rest were given a menu with a guide to how many minutes of fast walking would burn off the calories in the food. Example information on the last menu suggested a woman would need to walk for two hours to burn off the calories in a double cheeseburger. The people who had the menus with the exercise information ordered food with the fewest calories. Researcher Ashlei James said: "Brisk walking is something nearly everyone can relate to, which is why we displayed…the minutes of brisk walking needed to burn food calories."
www.breakingnewsenglish.com
Read the text above then do the activities that follow.
1- Circle the letter that corresponds to the right answer.
A/ The text is ………….a) Scientific b) Literary d) political
B/ The text is ……a) How to lose weight b) How to walk c) How not to put on weight.
C/ The text …………a) narrative b) argumentative c) expository.
2-Answer the questions according to the text.
a) What have restaurants introduced in their menus?
b) What are the results of the new menu?
c) What is the consumers’ attitude towards the new menu?
3-Who/ What do the underlined words refer to in the text? a) They §1 b) who §2
4-Ask questions to the underlined words.
a) They must walk to burn off the calories.
b) A woman would need to walk for two hours.
5-Re-order the following ideas according to their occurrence in the text.
a) The new menu makes consumers aware of what they eat.
b) Consumers don’t understand what calories are.
B/Text Exploration.
1-Find in the text words that are synonyms to: a) Sport§1 b) Consumer §1 c) Quick §2 2-Complete sentence’b’ so that it means the same as sentence ‘a’.
A- a)”We have very bad eating habits’’, said my friend.
b)My friend said that ………………………………………………
B-a)I don’t speak English well
b)I wish I………………………….
C-a) I missed the lesson this is why I can’t do the exercise.
b)If I had not missed the lesson…………………………
3-Complete in chart as shown in the example.
Example :Small Smaller Smallest
Much …………….. …………
……… ………….. Fewest
……………… Less …………………
4-Classify the following words according to the pronunciation of their final ‘s’
a) Restaurants b) customers c) foods d) calories e) loses f)choices
5-Imagine what «A” says and complete in the dialogue
A-:……………………………..
B-: Sorry, thanks, I never take energy drinks.
A-:……………………………………………..?
B:-Because they are unhealthy, full of caffeine and other unsafe ingredients.
A:-…………………………………….?
B:- I have read it in a scientific magazine.
Part Two: Written Expression.
Write about only one subject.
Topic 1-
Some people say that Genetically Modified Foods are a real threat to our health.
What’s your opinion ? State your arguments in not more than 150 words.
Topic2-
You have bought a computer as a genuine product but when you start using it you discovered that it was fake.
Write a letter in which you complain to the shop owner.
Introduction: purpose of the letter.
Development: The price of the computer, trust, your disappointment…
Conclusion: Never buy from that shop again.
Final Examination
Part One: Reading
A/ Comprehension
New research reveals that restaurant menus showing how much exercise is needed to burn off calories could be good for losing weight. Researchers from the Texas Christian University say that telling customers how many minutes they must walk to burn off the calories from a hamburger is much better information than showing how many calories the hamburger has. They say people do not really understand calories but do understand they have to walk for 30 minutes. Senior researcher Dr. Meena Shah said the menu could help people make healthier choices. She said: "We need a more effective strategy to encourage people to order and consume fewer calories from restaurant menus."
The researchers looked at the restaurant orders made by 300 different people. Some used a menu without calorie information; some had a menu with calorie information; and the rest were given a menu with a guide to how many minutes of fast walking would burn off the calories in the food. Example information on the last menu suggested a woman would need to walk for two hours to burn off the calories in a double cheeseburger. The people who had the menus with the exercise information ordered food with the fewest calories. Researcher Ashlei James said: "Brisk walking is something nearly everyone can relate to, which is why we displayed…the minutes of brisk walking needed to burn food calories."
www.breakingnewsenglish.com
Read the text above then do the activities that follow.
1- Circle the letter that corresponds to the right answer.
A/ The text is ………….a) Scientific b) Literary d) political
B/ The text is ……a) How to lose weight b) How to walk c) How not to put on weight.
C/ The text …………a) narrative b) argumentative c) expository.
2-Answer the questions according to the text.
a) What have restaurants introduced in their menus?
b) What are the results of the new menu?
c) What is the consumers’ attitude towards the new menu?
3-Who/ What do the underlined words refer to in the text? a) They §1 b) who §2
4-Ask questions to the underlined words.
a) They must walk to burn off the calories.
b) A woman would need to walk for two hours.
5-Re-order the following ideas according to their occurrence in the text.
a) The new menu makes consumers aware of what they eat.
b) Consumers don’t understand what calories are.
B/Text Exploration.
1-Find in the text words that are synonyms to: a) Sport§1 b) Consumer §1 c) Quick §2 2-Complete sentence’b’ so that it means the same as sentence ‘a’.
A- a)”We have very bad eating habits’’, said my friend.
b)My friend said that ………………………………………………
B-a)I don’t speak English well
b)I wish I………………………….
C-a) I missed the lesson this is why I can’t do the exercise.
b)If I had not missed the lesson…………………………
3-Complete in chart as shown in the example.
Example :Small Smaller Smallest
Much …………….. …………
……… ………….. Fewest
……………… Less …………………
4-Classify the following words according to the pronunciation of their final ‘s’
a) Restaurants b) customers c) foods d) calories e) loses f)choices
5-Imagine what «A” says and complete in the dialogue
A-:……………………………..
B-: Sorry, thanks, I never take energy drinks.
A-:……………………………………………..?
B:-Because they are unhealthy, full of caffeine and other unsafe ingredients.
A:-…………………………………….?
B:- I have read it in a scientific magazine.
Part Two: Written Expression.
Write about only one subject.
Topic 1-
Some people say that Genetically Modified Foods are a real threat to our health.
What’s your opinion ? State your arguments in not more than 150 words.
Topic2-
You have bought a computer as a genuine product but when you start using it you discovered that it was fake.
Write a letter in which you complain to the shop owner.
Introduction: purpose of the letter.
Development: The price of the computer, trust, your disappointment…
Conclusion: Never buy from that shop again.