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THIRD TERM ENGLISH EXAMINATION
PART ONE : READING AND INTERPRETING (15 pts)
Read the text and do the activities:
The idea that humour can be developed as a managerial “tool” is prevalent in a range of industrials, professional and managerial literature which suggests practical things that managers can do to facilitate humour at work.
Humour is becoming more accepted, more supported in most workplaces since a sense of joy and play is not unprofessional or unintelligent but is associated with the most creative minds. Sociologists suggest that businesses must begin to supplant simple-minded toughness with the powerful “humour skills” of fluidity and adaptability. One principal key of excellence in business is “human and humour resources”; happy workers produce happy results, which are vital to the healthy development of human resources.
Humour is not only the tool of the organizational saboteur but also the tool of the initiator, the motivator and the survivor; it has countless applications in the workplace.
It was observed that being over-serious can get in the way of effective social relationships and that humour can be used as a “tool” to maintain control of the situation.
A)- COMPREHENSION/ INTERPRETATION (08 pts)
1/ The text is about : (1 pts)
a)-The importance of humour at work.
b)- Happiness at work.
2/ Are the following statements true or false ? (1.5 pts)
a)-Managers believe that humour can’t be a factor of success in business.
b)-A sense of joy at work is unprofessional.
c)- Humour has got a lot of applications in the workplace.
3/ Answer the following questions according to the text. (2 pts)
a)-What are the two associated resources in doing an excellent business ?
b)-How are over-serious people considered ?
4)-In which paragraph is it mentioned that some techniques are available to enable managers to introduce humour at work? (1 pt)
5/ What or who do the underlined words in the text refer to ? (1.5 pts)
that… §1
which… §2
it… §3
B)- TEXT EXPLORATION (07 pts)
6/ Cross the odd one out: (1.5 pts)
a)-teacher – stranger- grocer – carpenter
b)-linked – combined – joined –derived
c)-giraffe –shark – tiger -lion
7/ Rewrite sentence (b) so that it means the same as sentence (a). (1.5 pts)
1)-a)-Humorists have entertained people before the invention of TV .
b)-People………………………………………………… …
2)-a)-“You are under arrest”, the policeman told him.
b)-The policeman told him that…………………………..
3)-a)-James was an honest man; however, he was very poor .
b)- James was an honest man…………………………….
8/ Give the opposite of the following words keeping the same root. (1.5 pts)
prudent – correct – countable – advantage –legitimate – regular
9/ Give the correct form of the verbs in brackets. (1 pt)
a)-If they had read the book, they ( know )……… the story.
b)-You had better (watch)………the show this evening.
10/ classify the following verbs according to the pronunciation of their final “s”. (1.5 pts)
works – cries – presents – crowds – cities – matches
/ s / / z / / i z /
PART TWO : WRITTEN EXPRESSION (05 pts)
Choose one of the following topics:
Topic 1: Some people are emotional and others are self-controlled. Use the notes below to compare between the two types of temperaments.
• Emotional : expressing happiness in public / sharing feelings with other people / being indiscrete / crying easily …
• Self-controlled : much reserved / hiding their emotions / discrete / acting seriously in public places / embarrassed to be seen crying in public …
Topic 2: Do you think that humour is the solution to get rid of stress and help to overcome the difficulties of life? Give your arguments in a paragraph of about 9 lines.
