Niveau :TCST Mai2017
English Exam Third term Duration :02h Part One: (15pts) Read the text carefully then do the activities.
Back to the history of the telephone in 1876, at the age of 29, Alexander Graham Bell invented his telephone. In 1877, he formed the Bell Telephone Company. Alexander Graham Bell might easily have been content with the success of his telephone invention. His laboratory notebooks demonstrate that he was driven by a genuine and rare intellectual curiosity that kept him regularly searching, striving, and wanting always to learn and to create. He would continue to test out new ideas through a long and productive life. He would explore the realm of communications as well as engage in a great variety of scientific activities involving kites, airplane, structures, sheep breeding, artificial respiration, and water distillation, and hydrofoils. Among one of his first innovations after the telephone was the “photophone,” a device that enabled sound to be transmitted on a beam of light. Bell and his assistant, Charles Sumner Tainter, developed the photophone using a sensitive selenium crystal and a mirror that would vibrate in response to a sound. In 1881, they successfully sent a photophone message over 200 yards from one building to another. Bell regarded the photophone as “the greatest invention he has ever made; greater than the telephone.” Adapted from the Internet A/ Reading comprehension (8pts) 1- Circle the right letter: The text is about:(0.5pt) a) Alexander Graham Bell’s inventions. b) Telecommunication. c) The telephone device. 2- Are the following statements true or false according to the text? (2 pts) a) Photophone is the third invention after the telephone. b) It is Charles Sumner Tainter who developed the photophone. c) Four years after 1877, Alexander Graham Bell and Charles Sumner Tainter make their invention work. d) Bell considered the telephone as the greatest invention he has ever made. 3- Answer the following questions according to the text:(4pts) a) Who invented the telephone? b) What does Bell’s laboratory notebooks demonstrate? c) Could people use the photophone device to send messages? Justify? d) What is Graham Bell’s greatest invention? 4- Who/what do the underlined words refer to in the text? (1.5pts) him (§2) = ……… a device (§3) = ……… they (§3) = …………..
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4. Combine each pair of sentences using the link word between brackets: (1pt) a- Alexander Graham Bell was happy with his first invention. b- But his curiosity drove him always to learn and create. (Although)
a- The mobile phone is useful. b- So nearly every person has one. (so ……that))
5. Give the correct form of the verbs in brackets. (1pts) 1- By this time next year, we (not) (to finish) exams. 2- By 2055, telecommunication inventions ………………….. (to reveal) new devices. 6. Mark the intonation in the following sentences :( ↑↓) (1pt) 1- What is the invention of Graham Bell? 2- Is the photophone an important device? 3- Who developed the telephone? 4- How is photophone created? PART TWO: Choose one of the following topics (5pts) Topic one: Use the following notes to write a profile about the following invention: Problem Floors and carpets get covered in dust and dirt. Initial solution Sweep with a brush; beat carpets with a stick. Problem with the solution Get used up, torn and damaged. Invention Vacuum cleaner. Inventor John Thurman, a businessman. Date 1899. Topic two: Write a composition on the following topic:
Nowadays, the mobile phone is a very useful device, but it has drawbacks. What do you think of this?
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Web site : www.ets-salim.com /Fax023.94.83.37 - Tel : 0560.94.88.02/05.60.91.22.41/05.60.94.88.05 : Correction A/ Reading comprehension (8pts) Circle the right letter: The text is about: Alexander Graham Bell’s inventions. True or false? FALSE – FALSE – TRUE Answer the following questions according to the text: It is Alexander Graham Bell who invented the telephone. Bell’s laboratory notebooks demonstrate that he was driven by a genuine and rare intellectual curiosity that kept him regularly searching, striving, and wanting always to learn and to create. Yes, they could. They successfully sent a photophone message over 200 yards from one building to another. Bell regarded the photophone as “the greatest invention he has ever made; greater than the telephone.” Who/what do the underlined words refer to in the text? they (§3) → bell and his assistant(Charles Sumner Tainter) him (§2) → Alexander Graham Bell a device (§3) → photophone B/ Text exploration: (7pts) Find in the text words that are closest in meaning to the followings :( 1.5pts) Invented/ Content/ enabled/ Find in the text words that are opposite in meaning to the followings: (1.5pts) success / long/ successfully / Complete the following chart as shown in the example: (1pt) verb noun Adjective Example: to prepare preparation prepared To succeed Success successful to invent Invention - inventor Inventive
Combine each pair of sentences using the link word between brackets: (1pt) - Although, Alexander Graham Bell was happy with his first invention his curiosity drove him always to learn and create.
- The mobile phone is so useful that almost every person has one. Give the correct form of the verbs in brackets. (1pts) - By this time next year, we will not have finished exams. - By 2055, telecommunication inventions will have revealed new devices. Mark the intonation in the following sentences :( ↑↓) (1pt) What is the invention of Graham Bell? ↓ Is the photophone an important device? ↑ Who developed the telephone? ↓ How is photophone created? ↓ PART TWO: (5pts)
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