Sheikh larbi Tebessi secondary school Level: 1Y.

Sc & Tech
Name & class Timing: 2 hours
The Third Term English Exam
Part One : READING/ (15 pts )
Many modern surgical instruments are of exactly the same design as those devised
in the 10th century by a Muslim surgeon called al-Zahrawi. His scalpels, bone saws,
forceps, fine scissors for eye surgery and many of the 200 instruments he devised are
recognizable to a modern surgeon. It was he who discovered that catgut used for
internal stitches dissolves away naturally (a discovery he made when his monkey ate
his lute strings) and that it can be also used to make medicine capsules. In the 13th
century, another Muslim medic named Ibn Nafis described the circulation of the
blood, 300 years before William Harvey discovered it. Muslims doctors also invented
anaesthetics of opium and alcohol mixes and developed hollow needles to suck
cataracts from eyes in a technique still used today.
www.scibd.com- Muslim Inventions-

A / COMPREHENTION & INTERPRETATION.(07pts)

1. The text is about: (01 pt )
a- Islamic Surgery b- Ibn Nafis c- Surgical instruments
2. Say whether the following statements are true or false: (2pts )
a-Surgical instruments in the present are like old ones . 1
b-The catgut was discovered by Ibn Nafis. 2
c.Anaesthetics of opium were invented by Muslims. 3
d- suck cataracts from eyes is a modern technique.
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3. Answer the following questions according to the text: (3pts )
a-When were the surgical instruments devised?
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b-Did the monkey eat the lute?
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c-What did William Harvey discover ?
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4. Who or what do the words in bold type refer to in the text? (1 pt )
a-Who :.................. It :....................
B /TEXT EXPLORATION (08pts)
1.Match each word with its definition: (1.5pt )

Word Definition
1-instruments a-The process of creating something that has never been made before
2-discovery b-a tool or a device, especially used for performing a particular piece of work
3-invention c- Finding information, a place, or an object, especially for the first time.

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2.Divide the following words into roots and affixes/ (1.5pt)
Internal - recognizable - Unknown-
Prefix Root Suffix
 3.Transform the verbs between brackets into the correct form.(2pts)
The technique of inoculation (injection, vaccination) ( not be).................invented by
Jenner and Pasteur but ( devise)............... in the Muslim world and (bring)................ to
Europe from Turkey by the wife of the English ambassador to Istanbul in 1724. Children in Turkey
(be ).......... vaccinated with cowpox to fight the deadly smallpox at least 50 years before the
West discovered it.
4- Classify the following words according to the "ed" final (1pt)
Invented - vaccinated – discovered – hiccupped –
/t/ / d / / id /

5-Fill in the gaps with one word:.(2 pts)

Modern - was - civilization - advances
When Europe ………..living in the dark ages, Islamic ………………….was blossoming, and the
……………..during this period are more relevant to the ……………..world than those of the
Ancient Egyptians and Aztecs.”

Part Two : WRITTEN EXPRESSION ( 05 pts )

Choose only one topic
Topic one:
-Use the following notes to write the Biography of ʾ Al-Rāzī
* l-Rāzī, in full Abū Bakr Muḥammad ibn Zakariyyāʾ al-Rāzī, Latin Rhazes, (born . 854
AH , Rayy, Persia [now in Iran]—died 925/935, Rayy),
* Studied Medicine, Ophthalmology, Chemistry .
*wrote a pioneering book about smallpox and measles providing clinical characterization of the
diseases celebrated alchemist and Muslim philosopher who is also considered to have
been the greatest physician of the Islamic world.
Topic Two:
Use the following notes to write a description of the Samsung RT-2ASDIS (Fridge )

- two door fridge type - Gross Width 576mm - Gross Height 1.605mm –
- Gross Depth 660mm -Color Inox Silver - Gross Freezer 69-price 40.000 DA

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