Boutighen middle School Level 

:3MS

Second English Examination Time :1h

Mark Elliot Zuckerberg is a famous American programmer and internet entrepreneur

who was born on May 14th.1984 in New York, U.S.A. Mark studied at Harvard University,
where he met his friends and created computer games just for fun. Mark was fan of
computers and continued to work on developing new programs.
In 2004, Mark and his friend created ‘’Facebook’’ website which allows users to
create their own profiles. In 2012, the number of Facebook users achieved one milliard.
Zuckerberg became the fifth richest person in the world with a worth of 74.2 billion in
2016.

Part one: 14pts

Reading Comprehension :

Task one: Read the text and complete the ID card.(3pts)

Name:……………………………..
Nationality:…………………….
job:………………………………………..
Date of birth:………………………………………..
Place of birth :……………………………………..
Invention :………………………………………

Task two: Answer these questions from the text  (2pts)

1-Is Mark Zuckerberg a well-known person?......................................................................

2- Was he interested in computers?..........................................

3- What did he create?.......................................................

Task three :Find in the text words that are synonym /antonyms of the following. ( 2pts)

Well-known =………… invented=………………… Died ≠………….. old≠………………….

Mastery of language :

Task one: Give the correct form of the verbs between brackets  (2pts)

While Mark and his friends (to work) ……………………….on the computer games,
they (to think)………………………………… of developing new programs.
Task two: combine the sentences with « who » or « which »(3pts)

- Ibn Khaldun was a great sociologist. /He created modern sociology.

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- Ibn Sina was a famous doctor…..…….wrote the “Canon of medicine”. /The Canon of
medicine is an important book in the field of medicine.
…………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………….

Task three: Classify these words in the table :(2pts)

Discovered – founded – invented -developed

/t/ /d/ /id/

Writtenn Expression (6pts) :

Your friend is making a project work about the famous scientist « Isaac Newton ».
Help (him / her) to write a biography about him using the information below:

…………………………………………………………………………………………………… Name: Isaac Newton

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Nationality: English
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Job: mathematician - physicist
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Date of birth: January 4th, 1643.
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Place of birth: England.
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Achievements: 1-He (to discover) the
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law of gravity in 1687
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2-He (to write) a book « Mathematical
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Principles of Natural philosophy »
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Date of death: March 31st, 1727.
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Place of death: London.
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Place of death :London
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