Date :Sunday,January 21st,2018 Name :……………………………

Class :3MS…..
Second term test N°1

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Dream is the first step to progress

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Dr .Noureddine Melikechi is an atomic and optical physicist,

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educator and inventor who works for the NASA,he was born in
1958 in Thenia in the wilaya of Boumerdes,Algeria.After graduating

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from Thenia ‘s primary and middle school,the young scientist left
his town to the Lycee Abane Ramdane in El_Harrach in 1973and there he received his
Baccalaureate in Mathematics in 1976.He went to the University

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Houari Boumediene of Science and Technology of Algiers where he got a DES in Physics in
1980.He got a scholarship from the Algerian state to go to England where he did a master of
science in Physics then a PhD in the laboratory of Professor Leslie Allen.

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Melikechi received numerous prestigious awards :DSU’s president Excellence in research

awards(1998 and 2008),the 2005 SMART(Strengthening the Mid_Atlentic Region for
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Tomorrow)and other famous ones.In 2011,Governor Jack Markell of Delaware named Melikechi the
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Delaware Ambassador To Mars in recognition for his work on space science.

By Amel Blidi
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Task one(3pts) :
I read the text carefully then choose the right answer :
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1_The text is :a_a press article b_excerpt from a book c_a web article.
2_Dr.Melikechi is a researcher in field of : a_electronics b_space science c_music
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3_Dr.Melikechi got his PhD from: a_Sussex university b_Stanford university c_Houari
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Boumediene university.
Task two (2pts):I read the text and fill in the ID card of Dr.Noureddine Melikechi :

Name :…………………….
Date and place of birth :…………………………………
High school studies :…………………………..
Undergraduate studies :……………………………………………
Post graduate studies :……………………………………
Professional experience :…………………………………………………………………………………..

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 Task three(1pt) :
_I find in the text the synonyms of these words :
Important=………..……………………….. §2 Many=………….…………. §3
Task four (3pts):
I write the correct form of verbs between brackets :
a_Al_Khawarizmi is considered ‘the father of algorithm and algebra’ which he (to
invent)……………………..in the ninth century.

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b_During the rign of the Abbasid Caliphs,many Muslim scholars(to work)………………………………...on the
translation of foreign scientific books into Arabic while they (to study)…………………………….at ‘the

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House of Wisdom’.
Task five(2pts) :

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_Turn these sentence into interrogative and negative form :
People used to fasten their clothes with lots of buttons and hooks.

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*Interrogative form :…………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………….… ?
*Negative form :…………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………….
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I classify the words in the table below :enough_achieve_of_first
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Task seven(7 pts) :

It is « National inventor’s day »in Algeria,to celebrate the event,I’m going to write a biography of
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one of the scientist and put it on display in the local puplic library where an official ceremony will
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*I Choose one of the scientists and write a short biography for him/her.
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