Democratic and Popular Republic of Algeria

Level : Ms3 Duration : 1h

Mhidi Charef Middle School-Safsaf.
Second Term Test
Text :
Marie Curie

Marie Curie was born on November 7th, 1867 in Warsaw, Poland,

which was then under the Russian rule. Her parents were teachers who
valued education. But women in Poland could not get university degrees.
So, Maria and her sister, Bronislawa, saved enough money to study in
France. In 1891 Maria entered the Sorbonne, a university in Paris.

Within three years, Marie obtained degrees in physics and math. She
began working with a French scientist, Pierre Curie, whom she married in
1895. Marie began studying radioactivity, and their use in medicine. In
1898 the Curies discovered radium and polonium. They named polonium
after Marie’s homeland of Poland. In 1903 the Curies won the Nobel
Prize for Physics and In 1911, she won another Nobel Prize for
Chemistry.

Marie did not realize that working with radioactive material could
make her ill. She died of leukemia, a type of cancer, on July 4, 1934.

Adapted from : https://kids.britannica.com/kids/article/Marie-

Curie/574599
Part one : (14 points)
Reading Comprehension : (07pts)
Activity one : Read the text carefully and complete Marie’s ID card :(03points)

ID Card
Full Name : ……………………………….
Nationality : ………………………………
Date and place of Birth : …………………
Date and Place of Death : ………………..
Occupation : ……………………………..
Invention : ………………………………..

Activity two : Read the text and answer the folowing questions. (02points)
 Did Marie Curie enter university?
 When did she discover radium and polonium?

Activity three : a. Read the text and find words that are closest in the meaning to :
Started = …………… Sick = …………….
 b. Read the text and find what do the underlined words refer to :
Which §01= …………. They §02= ………….

Mastery of Language :
Activity one : Fill in the gaps with « who » or « which » .(02points)
Marie curie was the first scientist ……… discovered radium. She began studying
radioactivity and the use of radiation in medicine ………. could be used to treat cancer.

Activity two : Put the verb between bracket in past continuous tense.(03points)
1. Marie Curie (To work) on radioactivity.
2. They (To study) all day.
3. My Grandma (To have) a nap.

Activity three: Classify the words in the table. (02points)

Dedicated – Amazed – Washed – Needed
/d/ /t/ /id/
1. 1. 1.
2.

Part Two : (06 points)

Situation of Integration :
Write a short paragraph describing ‘John Logie Baird’ using the following ID card.

ID Card
Full Name : Mark Elliot Zuckerberg
Nationality : American
Date and place of birth : 14th May,1984 in New York.
Occupation : Entrepreneur, computer programmer.
Studies: Obtained Doctorate in laws from Harvard
university.

Achievement : he is cofounder and chief executive officer of

Facebook, the world's largest social network Web site.

Good Luck