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Technicum Si-Tarek Of Relizane  First Year Students  Scientific Streams 2005/2006  Practice: 'Dear Mrs. Fortune,' SECTION ONE: Comprehension.   Read the following text carefully then do the activities below.   Dear Mrs. Fortune,            I read your advertisement for an 'au pair' in the International Times. I am very interested in the job. I would like to work in the USA this summer. I like children and I would like to look after your two sons.          My name is Anna Sentinelli, and I am nineteen years old. I live in Padova, Italy, with my family. We are a very big family. I have six brothers and two sisters. My mother is a housewife because she has a lot to do at home. I am the oldest child in the family. When I am at home I help her with my younger brothers and sisters. My father is an engineer. His office is in Venice. He is not at home very often because he travels a lot for his job.            At university I am studying English and Russian. I want to be an interpreter. I like reading and cooking.            My university semester ends on June 15th and I go back on September 15th.   Yours sincerely, Anna Sentinelli Exercise 01: How many paragraphs are there in the above passage?                         Exercise 02: What do the underlined words in the text refer to? a. …your two...  => b. We are...         => c. … help her...  => d. … for his job. =>   Exercise 03: Answer the following questions according to the text. a. Who is Anna writing to?     . b. Why is she writing to her?     . c. When can she start work?     . d. How many people are they in Anna's family?     .   Exercise 04: Find in the text words whose definitions are the follo-wing.      a. Text or image message on newspapers, radio or TV to attract people's attention on some product or service:      b. A married woman who has no job:      c. Moves from one place to another:   SECTION TWO: Mastery of Language.   Exercise 01: How many syllables are there in these words? Write the number in the box next to each one. France   Tunisian Germany Turkish   Exercise 02: Put the words in brackets in their correct place in the sen-tence. c-He is complaining. (always)    d-I go to bed after ten. (rarely)      Exercise 03: Complete sentence "B" so that it has the same meaning as sentence "A".   A: "You must do this exercise at home," the teacher ordered his pupils.   B:  to   Exercise 04: Reorder the following sentences to make a coherent paragraph. a-He was born in Stratford-Upon-Avon in 1564.                     b-In the mid-1580’s, he went to London to work as an actor. c-William Shakespeare is an English playwright and poet.      d-He became famous because of his works such as:                e-Hamlet, Macbeth, Othello and King Lear.                            f-He studied at the local Grammar School.                                 SECTION THREE: Written Expression.   Write a short composition describing yourself.     -Introduce yourself.     -Tell about your regular activities and hobbies.     -Tell about your likes and dislikes   You can do this at home as a home work