Level: 2nd year Foreign Languages Duration: 1 hour.

Name ..................................................
Third Term Test of English N°1

A-Comprehension:
Read the following text then do the activities.

Ibn Sina was known as a scientist. He was born in the year 371 of the Hegira near Bukhara in the
Old Persian Empire (modern Uzbekistan).

As a young boy, he read a lot about Islam. He learnt the Quran by heart before he was 10, thanks
to his father who was a good Muslim and took great care of his education.

Later at school, he studied Arabic literature and science, and soon he knew more than his teacher.
At the age of 14, he studied medicine alone by reading hundreds of books and by finding the explanation
to his questions on his own. Before he was 20, Ibn Sina was a well known doctor. One of his patients
was the Sultan of Bukhara whom he treated for a serious illness. When he was cured, the grateful Sultan
allowed Ibn Sina to use his private library in the palace.

There and for two years, Ibn Sina improved his knowledge of medicine by reading books written
by the Greek and Chinese doctors. At the same time, he discovered Aristotle's books. Aristotle was a
famous Greek philosopher.

These quiet years of study were suddenly interrupted by the invasion of Bukhara by the Turks. Life
became difficult and Ibn Sina decided to leave the town. He spent many years living and traveling in the
Arab World. He wrote a lot of books about medicine, philosophy, religion and astronomy. He died in the
428 of the Hegira.

“Adapted from internet”

1- What is the text above?

a. a short biography b- a letter c- a story
2- Say whether the following statements are true or false:
a. The text is about an Arab scientist…………………..
b. Ibn Sina was interested just in scientific domains. ……………………….
c. At the age of twenty, he became a well known doctor . ……………………..
d. The Sultan of Bukhara was a healthy one. …………………

3- Answer the following questions according to the text:

a. Who taught medicine to Ibn Sina?
……………………………………………………………………………………………………………..

b. Why could Ibn Sina use the Sultan's library?

……………………………………………………………………………………………………………..

c. Why did Ibn Sina keep travelling in the Arab World?

……………………………………………………………………………………………………………..
4- What do the underlined words refer to in the text?
he (§3) refers to: ………… his (§4) refers to: …………

B-Text exploration:
1- Find in the text words closet in meaning to the following:
Personal (§3) = ……………………. Healed (§3) = …………………..

2- Rewrite sentence ‘B’ so that it means the same as sentence ‘A’.

1. A. Ibn Sina’s knowledge of medicine was improved by reading Greek and Chinese books.
B. Reading Greek and Chinese books..........................................................................................

3- Put the verbs between brackets into the correct tense.

a. If she (put) ………….. a glass bottle of water in the freezer for long, it (break)………………….
b. He (understand)……………… many things, if he (read) ………..………..Ibn Sina's books.
C. If Martians had landed in the United States, Americans (be)…………………. frightened.

4- Complete the following table:

infinitive Past simple Past participle
To understand …………………… ………………..
To feel …………………… ………………..
To leave ……………………………… ………………..
To like ……………………………… ………………...

5- Classify the following words according to the pronunciation of their final “ed” :
helped - allowed - improved - interrupted
/t/ /d/ /id/

Good Luck