Guellala Secondary School First Term English School Year: 2012 / 2013 Date: December 2012 End of Term Test Teacher:Miss.Aïda Ben Yacoub Duration: 2 hours N°1 Classes: 2nd Year Student’s name: ………………………..………… Class: ……… Nº: …… Mark 20 Reading Comprehension 1 - Tick (√) the right alternative : (2 mks) The suitable title to the text is: Internet addiction. The internet reunites people. Teenagers
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Jing-mei’s story also deals with a clash between a mother’s faith and belief in persistence versus a daughter’s inner sense of futility. Jing-mei believes that she is simply not “fated” to be a prodigy‚ that ultimately there resides within her an unchangeable element of mediocrity. When she tells her reflection in the mirror one night that she will not allow her mother to change her‚ that she will not try to be what she is not‚ she asserts her will in a strong but negative manner. At that moment
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but we love them too‚ most of the time! Some ways they express that is through songs. They want us to stay Humble and Kind like Tim McGraw‚ leave our legacy like The Script‚ and always know that we are one of a kind like Pink. These messages are the three things that we need in our lives forever. “Childhood stars shine‚ always stay humble and kind.” Our teachers picked Humble and Kind by Tim McGraw because they want us to know that no matter what happens in life we need to stay the good christian people
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NE EKONOMI ….…….……….………..……………………. 3 NORMA E INTERESIT E KREDIVE ………………………....................……………………...........………............… 4 KREDITE BANKARE –BEKIM APO MALLKIM? …………………………………………………............………............…. 4 LIDHJA MES NORMES SE INTERESIT DHE INVESTIMEVE …………………………….................…............…... 6 FORMA E DREJTE QE LIDH NORMEN E INTERESIT ME INVESTIMET …………..................................……. 7 ARSYET QE BEJNE QE NORMA E INTERESIT TE MOS NDIKOJNE TE INVESTIME
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Analysis: The short story‚ "Two Kinds‚"� displays the relationship between a Chinese mother and a disobedient Americanized daughter. Jing-mei‚ a second-generation Chinese daughter‚ deals with her own internal conflict as well as an external conflict with her mother. The internal effort to find her true self is a lesson Jing-mei will have to discover‚ as she gets older. Being born of Chinese heritage‚ Jing-mei struggles with the burden of failing to meet her mother’s expectations. She was never sure
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stories “Two Kinds‚” by Amy Tan and “The Rocking Horse Winner‚” by David Lawrence. Whether the aspirations are from the death of a family member‚ as in “Two Kinds‚” or a financial situation as in “The Rocking Horse Winner‚” the effects are shown to be too much for a child to handle‚ causing a feeling of pressure to fill the void. This can rob them of a happy childhood and ruin the relationship with their parents‚ ultimately causing psychological problems or even death. In the story‚ “Two Kinds”‚ Amy Tan
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In the excerpts “The Violin” and “Jing Mei Woo:Two Kinds”‚ the authors demonstrate their maternal relationships between mother and child. In Amy Chua’s novel Battle Hymn of A Tiger Mom‚ she shows how she and her daughter have a very tense yet close relationship‚ while in Amy Tan’s novel The Joy Luck Club‚ she and her mother have a very strict and unloving relationship. Both mothers want more out of their daughters‚ but Tan’s mother is much stricter and more intense about her commitment to the piano
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Lit Analysis: Two kinds by Amy Tan Two kinds represents the two kinds of daughters. A daughter who is obedient‚ who follows her mother’s suggestions and a daughter who follows what’s on her own mind. This story will help you find your own identity in this complicated world. The story represent the relationship between the daughter and mother and the relationship between the traditinal practices of chinese and the modern world. The mother really what her daughter to succeed in her undetermined talent
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In the story “Two Kinds”‚ Tan portrays how excessive parental control alienates a child and makes them insecure causing them to rebel against their parent’s beliefs and standards. The mother lives her dreams through her daughter. She moved to America from China because she believed that anything is possible there. She wanted to give her daughter everything she did not have as a child which is a chance to be successful and have a good life. The mother expected her daughter to be a prodigy. She would
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Amy Tan’s “Two Kinds” In “Two Kinds” Amy Tan uses a wide range of techniques and literary elements to demonstrate the true meaning behind the story. She incorporates similes and imagery to intertwine her story. “Two Kinds” is the last story in the second of four sections of Amy Tan’s immensely successful first book‚ The Joy Luck Club. The story is concerned with the complex relationships between mothers and daughters. Amy Tan tells the story‚ from the point of view of an adult looking back on
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