Cheik Mohammed Belkbir Secondary School Academic year: 2020-2021

Second Term English Exam

2nd year Scientific Streams

Part 01: Reading (15 pts)

A- Comprehension (8 pts)

Read the text then do the following

Look around the classroom. Everything, from the clothes you are wearing to the air you breath is matter.
Matter is very important. Matter makes up everything including living things like plants and people. It also
makes non-living things such as tables and chairs. Things as big as an elephant or as tiny as a grain of sand
on a beach are matter.

The three states of matter are solid, liquid and gas.All physical matter has mass, weight, volume and
density. Changing from one state of matter into another is accomplished by changing the temperature,
pressure or composition of a substance. All physical matter has mass, weight, volume and density.

Matter also has certain characteristics restricted only to specific physical states. Solids hold their shape and
have a fixed volume. The molecules in solids are packed closely together and cannot be moved. They also
have slow diffusion and low vapor pressure. Liquids consist of particles that are close together with no set
arrangement, can flow easily, can take on the shape of any container it occupies and cannot be compressed
easily. Gases have particles that have large amounts of space between them. Gas is invisible. That means
you can't see it. The particles are so far apart they are invisible, but they are still there! Think about oxygen.
You can't see it, but you know it's there because you breath it. Gas particles move around freely. They are
spread out move fast, like when you are running on the playground at recess.

Adapted from the internet

1. Choose the correct answer. The text is about:

A. Physics
B. Chemistry
C. Mathematics
2. Say if are these statements true or false from the text:
A. Air isn’t a state of matter.
B. Air has a volume.
C. Temperature can change the state of a matter to another one
D. Solids’molecules are so far apart from each other.
3. Answer these questions from the text:
A. Are animals a state of matter?
B. What does a physical matter have in common?
C. How is the vapor pressure in solids?
D. Can solids take the shape of any container they occupy?
 4. What or who do the underlined words refer to in the text?
(a) they §3 (b) them §3

B- Text Exploration ( 07 pts)

1. Match the following words with their corresponding definitions:

Words Definitions
1) Mass A. It is the force of gravity on the object

2) Weight B. It is a measure of the number of atoms in an object.

2. Divide the following words into root and affixes as shown in the example:
Composition – invisible - rearrangement
Example: unmovable

Prefix Root Suffix

un mov able
….. …… ….

3. Write the correct forms of verbs between brackets:

1) If it (rain), the grass (get) wet.

2) Ice (melt) if you (heat) it.

4. Fill in the gaps with the words from the list given:
such as - animals - exist-atoms
Without the element carbon, life as we know it would not… (1) …. Carbon provides the framework
for all tissues of plants and… (2) …. These tissues are built of elements grouped around chains or
rings made of carbon…. (3) …. Carbon also provides common fuels--coal, coke, oil, gasoline, and
natural gas. Sugar, starch, and paper are compounds of carbon with hydrogen and oxygen. Proteins
… (4) … hair, meat, and silk contain carbon and other elements such as nitrogen, phosphorus, and
sulfur.

Part 02: Written Expression (5pts) Choose only one of the following topics

Topic 01: Write a dialogue where you suggest two solutions to your friend’s dilemma.

Your friend‘s dilemma: Three of my classmates have created an offensive (attacking) Facebook that
attacks students and teachers of my school. The headmaster wants to know who did it and I am the
only one who knows. Should I lie to the headmaster or betray my classmates?

Topic 02: Write a paragraph about the causes, effects and solutions to any type of pollution of your choice
GOOD LUCK