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February 2015
Part one: Reading.

Lyce BAYA - Blida

Second term English exam

Read the text carefully, then do the activities.

Man never stops inventing all sorts of things. These inventions are essential to his
life. They help him to live in comfortable conditions and they increase his chances to survive
on earth. Some of them facilitate his work and make it simpler and less risky. Other creations
allow him to travel long distances in safe conditions or to transport various goods from one
place to another by land, by sea and by air.
Man also uses his intelligence to find appropriate ways to keep in good health and
protect himself from the diseases that threaten human beings. Thanks to his inventiveness, he
has succeeded to bring considerable improvements to his existence. In addition man works
endlessly to satisfy his curiosity about everything that surrounds him. To get amusement and
entertainment, he continuously creates every necessary means to meet his needs in this field.
1/ Say whether these statements are true or false or not mentioned.
abcd-

Man has always been making inventions. True

Various goods are transported only by plane or boat. False
To amuse himself, man invented television. Not mentioned
Thanks to his intelligence, man has managed to remain in good health. True

2/ Answer the following questions according to the text.

a- Have Mans inventions brought him comfort? Yes, they have
b-Give two advantages of the iventions made by Man. to live in comfortable conditions
and they increase his chances to survive
c- Do Mans creations make this work mors dangerous? No, they dont
d- What does Man work endlessly for? . To satisfy his curiosity about everything that
surrounds him.
3/ Find in the text the synonyms of:
a- Menace = threaten b- permit= allow.
4/ Find in the text the opposite of:
a- die live
b- Safe risky
5/ What do the underlined words refer to in the text?
They help him = . these inventions his inventiveness = man
Section Two: Mastery of language
1/ Complete sentence B so that it means the same as sentence A.
a- She asked me: What did Pasteur perfect?
She asked me what Pasteur had perfected.
b- We can leave today. We can leave tomorrow.
We can leave either today or tomorrow.
c- I have a computer at home.
He says that he has a computer at home.

d- Some modern inventions brought comfort. However, they caused many incurable diseases.
Though some modern inventions brought comfort, they caused many incurable diseases.
2/ Put the words between brackets in the correct form.
The computer (not/exist) . did not exist in the past. Von Newman (to make) made. its
invention in 1948. Nowadays, people (to use) it .are using /use for different purposes. In the
near future, it (tobecome) will becaome a common instrument of work.
3/ Fill in the gaps with one word.
The robot is the . . most . amazing invention that man has ever made. In 1987 . .
. an American doctor was able to instruct a robot from a New York Hospital to do an . . .
operation in Starsbourg (France). In the same year, astronauts could pilot another robot so .
as . to take pictures of Mars.
Section Three: Written Expression
Use the following cues to write the biography of Alexander Fleming.
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Alexander Fleming - born 1881 - Scotland - At 13 go to London live his brother - doctor - work 5 years clerk - shipping company continue studies at the same time - At 21 - enroll medical school - London
University - carry out research - dangerous bacteria - 2nd World War - treat
injured soldiers - 1928 discover penicillin - first antibiotics - die London
1955.

Correction in class . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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Regue

11,5

Benzada

12,5

Atchi

18,5

Benyahia

18

Bedri
Berdamane
Tchantchan
e
Hamii
Chaouati
Taleb
Azzoug
NECHE
BELDJEBEL

11
15
10

Benoua
Tebbi
Djenadi

14,5
11
12

16
7,5
15,5
9,5
04
12,5

Roumani
Chennah
Otsmane
Meguenni
Menoueri
HAMCHAO
UI

12
09
07
08,5
12
13,5