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Bendhiaf Lhaoues Middle School Tuesday February 28h, 2012

Level: 4th year Teachers: Bouzidi / Belalmi


Module: English Timing: 1 hour
The Second English Exam
Text:
Ibn Sina was born in the year 371 of the Hegira, near Bukhara, a large city in
Uzbekistan. He learnt the Koran before he was ten. At the age of twenty, he was already a
well-known doctor. One of his patients was the Sultan of Bukhara. He treated him for a
serious illness. When he was cured, the grateful Sultan allowed Ibn Sina to come to his private
library in the palace for reading different books of Medicine. Life became difficult in Bukhara
during the Turk’s period, so he left the town and travelled round the Arab world. He wrote the
“Canon of Medicine” and a lot of other books. He died at the age of 57.
Part I: (13 pts)
A - Reading comprehension: (7 pts)
Activity one: Read the text carefully then answer these questions (2 pts)
a- Did Ibn Sina write any books?
b- Did he cure the Sultan?
Activity two: Read the text again then say True / False. Correct the wrong statements: (3 pts)
- Ibn Sina died in the year 428 of the Hegira.
- The Sultan of Bukhara was grateful.
- Ibn Sina didn’t leave Bukhara.
Lexis: Find in the text the synonyms of the following words: (1 pt)
Sickness = ………. / Studied = …………..
- Find in the text the opposites of the following: (1 pt)
Public ≠ ………/ Unknown ≠ ………….
B: Mastery of language: (7 pts)
Activity one: Write the verbs between brackets in the right tense: (3 pts)
1- Ibn Sina used to (to be) a great doctor.
2- He (to live) in Bukhara many years ago.
3- If I become a doctor, I (to follow) his steps.
Activity two: Provide punctuation and capitals where necessary: (2 pts)
avicenna is the name of this arab scientist in english
Activity three: Classify these words in the following table: (2 pts)
patients / died / life / age.
/ ei / / ai /

Part II: Situation of integration: (6 pts)


Activity one: A friend of yours asked you if you know any Algerian scientists, and you
thought about Ibn Badis.
Write a short biography of this great scientist. Take use of the following table.
Birth Studies Travels Achievements Death
Constantine 1889. Al Zaytouna in Tunisia. Mecca 1912. Publish ‘Al Muntakid ‘ newspaper 1940

2011 / 2012 The Best Of Wishes

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