Conseils et Recommendations


Suivre les conseils pratiques ainsi que les recommandations dans la partie Bac 1998 (Sessions principale et de contrôle).

Questions 1 et 2 : Si vous n'arrivez pas à trouver les réponses à ces 2 questions, passez aux autres questions et revenez y par la suite, une fois que vous avez lu le texte plusieurs fois.

Question 3 : On vous demande de trouver 2 réponses (2 effects on children) et 1 (one effect on adults). Le texte pillule de réponses. Une lecture attentive vous permettra de trouver facilement les bonnes réponses.

Question 4 : N'oubliez pas de justifier vos choix (true or false) à partir de détails puisés du texte.

Question 5 et 7 : Il s'agit de trouver une expression ou les synonymes des phrases (1) et des mots (4) donnés.

 
Corrigé

Read the text and answer the questions :

1- Tick (×) the right box :

This article is :    
 
a- a report on a research about the effects of T.V

x
b- a critical essay on a research about the effects of T.V    
c- a report of an interview with a researcher    

2- Tick (×) the right alternative :

The writer is mainly concerned about :
 
a- bad T.V programmes for children and adults.    
b- excessive T.V viewing by children.

×
c- excessive T.V viewing by adults.    

3- Fill in the chart with reference to the text. Mention two effects on children and one effect on adults.

 

Effects of habitual viewing

On children

On adults

  - decreased learning
  - aggressive behavior
  - prevents self entertainment
  - prevents logical / coherent expression
  - cuts them from reality
  - addiction to TV
  - prevents comunication

  - addiction to TV
  - prevents communication

 

4- Tick the right box to indicate whether the following statements are true or false, and justify your answers with details from the text.

Statements

T

F

Justification
a. Wilkins's experience with families proved that children are more addicted to T.V. than adults.    

x

 In general, parents seemed to suffer from holding from television more acutely than their children.
   
b. The conclusions reached by Wilkins are the result of scientific research on children and grown-ups

 

x

   - Wilkins conducted a week long abstinence cure with elementary school kids in Ridgewood studies
- some families began and gave up
- As for parents, many of the same symptoms apply.

5- Find in paragraph 5 the expression which means that television is just an illusion. 

Television connects viewers to nothing except the idea of being connected to something.

6- Tick the alternative that best explains the following statement :
                           
    "The danger of T.V lies not so much in the behavior it produces as in the behavior it prevents" (paragraph 2)

a- the danger lies equally in the behavior it produces and in the behavior it prevents.
b- the danger lies more in the behavior it prevents than in the behavior it produces.

x
c- the danger lies more in the behavior it produces than in the behavior it prevents.

7- Find synonyms of :

a- watching (paragraph 2) : viewing
b- ability (paragraph 2) : capacity
c- signs (paragraph 3) : symptoms / clues
d- turn off (paragraph 5) : disconnet