ENGLISH TEST

2 NDE / ENGLISH TEST / NAME ………………………………..

IDENTITY

1. NOTIONS FONCTIONS. Link up the elements in column 1 with the NF suggested in column 2 so as to form meaningful sentences that you will write down in column 3

Gym lesson – life lesson	APPEARANCES	..........................................................................................…....................................................................................…….................................................................. ..........................................................................................…................................
In this picture – sheep smoking cigarettes - see	DESCRIBING (not I can see )	..........................................................................................…....................................................................................…….................................................................. ..........................................................................................…................................
Students in school 2 for / students in school 1 against	CONTRAST	..........................................................................................…....................................................................................…….................................................................. ..........................................................................................…................................
Teenagers – be themselves	DIFFICULTY	..........................................................................................…....................................................................................…….................................................................. ..........................................................................................…................................
Mr Keating – his students – walk each in their own pace	EXPECTATIONS	..........................................................................................…....................................................................................…….................................................................. ..........................................................................................…................................
This ad – people smoke less	GOAL (but)	..........................................................................................…....................................................................................…….................................................................. ..........................................................................................…................................
This ad – women – be slaves to fashion	ACCUSING	..........................................................................................…....................................................................................…….................................................................. ..........................................................................................…................................
Awareness campaign – people realize smoking is dangerous	PERSUASION	..........................................................................................…....................................................................................…….................................................................. ..........................................................................................…................................
People – smoke less –	ADVICE	..........................................................................................…....................................................................................…….................................................................. ..........................................................................................…................................

2. SUPERMODELS. Fill in the blanks

ashamed / plump / love handles / provocative pose / the hourglass figure / prevails / stands for / anorexic / a glamor magazine / breasts /

It is not exactly the kind of ad that you could find in ……………………… like Cosmopolitan or Elle ! Instead of ……………………… of a thin, underfed model, we have the ………………………, not to say fat body of an overweight Barbie doll striking a very ………………………, as if she was offering her body to the viewer. She has ………………………, a fat belly and her ………………………are sagging. She has pouting crimson lips and wonderful green eyes contrasting with the red that ………………………in the picture.

Red ususally symbolizes passion, but here it also ………………………anger, the anger of billions of women who have been torturing their bodies for years trying to look like ……………………… supermodels.

The implicit message in this ad is Be yourself, don’t be ………………………of your body, don’t become a slave to fashion, and buy our products a typically American attitude .

3. WRITING. School uniforms

Would it be a good idea to introduce uniforms in French schools ? List all the arguments for and against in the table, then write a paragraph using the appropriate functions to weigh the pros and cons (peser le pour et le contre) of such a decison

FOR

AGAINST

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APPEARANCES

DESCRIBING

CONTRAST

DIFFICULTY

EXPECTATIONS

GOAL (but)

ACCUSING

ADVICE