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People's Democratic Republic of Algeria

Ministry of Education
Emhamed Yazid middle school Level : 3 MS Academic year : 2023/2024
The Second Term English Exam: Time : 1.30 H

The text : …..

Marie Curie
Marie Curie is known as the mother of modern physics. She was the
first woman scientist and the first woman to be awarded the PhD and also
to win the Nobel Prize. Marie Sklodowska Curie was born in Warsaw,
Poland on November, 1867. Both of her parents were teachers.
She began the university studies and the scientific work in Warsaw
in 1890. Marie moved to France in 1891. There, she studied mathematics
at the Sorbone, an important French university; she graduated from it in
1894.
In Paris, she met Pierre Curie who worked there as a professor. The
two scientists married in 1895. Together, Marie and Pierre worked on
scientific research. They discovered many new elements such as: Radium
and its property, radioactivity... In 1903, Marie and Pierre with another
scientist shared the Nobel Prize for chemistry.
Pierre died in an accident on the streets of Paris in 1906. Marie was
sad, but she continued her work. She was awarded again the Nobel Prize
for physics in 1911. She created X-ray machines. She was the first person
to win two awards in different sciences. Marie died on July, 1934 in Paris.
She died of radiation poisoning.
The source: from the net.

Part one : (14/14pts) :

Section one : Reading Comprehension : (7pts)
Task1: Read the text and write : “True”, “False” or “Not mentioned”. (3pts)

1- Marie Curie’s father was a teacher. …………….………..

2- Her husband was a professor in Warsaw University. ……………………..
3- The couple had two daughters and one son only. …………………….

Task2: Read again the text and complete the chart: (2pts)

The year : The event :

1894 : ……………………………………………………………………………………….
1903 : ……………………………………………………………………………………….
1906 : ………………………………………………..………………..…………………….
1911 : ………………………………………………..………………..…………………….

Task 3: What do the underlined words in the text refer to ? (2pts)

There ………….……………….. Who ……………………………….

 Section Two: Mastery of Language: (7pts)
Task 1: Write the verbs in brackets in the right form : (3pts)

1- I ( to read ) ……………..a book while my sisters ( to watch ) ………………..a movie .

2- While they ( to play ) ……………..a foot ball match ,She ( to listen ) …………to music .
3- Louis Columbus ( to discover) ……………….America in 1941.

Task2: Join the pair of sentences using the suitable relative pronoun : “who” / “which” : (2pts)
1. a) Thomas Edison invented the lamp. b) The lamp was invented in 1879.
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2. a) Alexander Fleming discovered penicillin. b) Alexander Fleming was an eminent scientist.
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Task3: Classify the following words according to the pronunciation of the final ”ed ” :
Worked - Invented - Discovered - Awarded

/d/ Played /t/ Liked /id/ Ended

- ………………. . - ……..…..…. . - ………………. .
- ………………. .
Part Two : (06/06pts) : Integrated Situation: (6pts)
The scientific world has known numerous eminent scientists who eliminated the human’s
life in different fields and Thomas Edison is one of them.
Use the ID Card below to write a short biography about him.

Id card
Full name: Thomas Edison.
Date and place of birth: 1847.
Ohio,USA.
Occupation:Physicist.
Invention: The light bulb.
Career and Achievements:
- (To start) school at the age of 8.
- His teacher (to call) him stupid.
- His mother (to teach) him at home.
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- 1859: (To leave) school but (to read) …………………………………………………………………

a lot of science books at home. …………………………………………………………………
- 1877: (to invent)the phonograph, a …………………………………………………………………
kind of a CD Player. …………………………………………………………………
- 1879: (to invent) the electric bulb. …………………………………………………………………

Date and place of death: October …………………………………………………………………

18th, 1931. New jersey, USA. …………………………………………………………………
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 Best wishes.
Your teachers of English.