Time: 2 hours
Final term exam
Section one : Reading Comprehension (8pts)
Read the text and answer the following questions:
Text/
Albert Einstein was e German –born physicist, although most people probably know him as the most intelligent person who ever lived .his name has become part of many languages when we want to say someone is a genius, as in the phrase, "she 's a real Einstein". he must have been pretty brainy to discover the theory of relativity.
In 1999, "time" magazine named Einstein as the person of the century. no one could have guessed this would happen when he was at school. he was extremely interested in science but hated the system of learning by heart. he said it destroyed learning and creativity. he had already done many experiments, but failed the entrance exams to a technical college.
He didn't let this setback stop him. when he was 16, he performed his famous experiment of imagining travelling alongside a beam of light.
He eventually graduated from university, in 1900,with a degree in pfysic.tweleve years later he was a university professor and in 1921, he won the noble prize for physics. he went on to publish over 300 scientific papers.
1- the text is about: a- theory of relativity b- Einstein 's biography c- discovery profile.
2-read the text and say true or false:
a- only few people know that Einstein is a genius person.
b-Einstein never failed in his exams.
c- in 1912 Einstein was a university professor.
d- Einstein published less than 300 scientific reports
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3-read the text and answer the questions:
a- what was Einstein's nationality?
b-what did Einstein discover?
c- did Einstein learning very much?
d-when did Einstein graduate from university?
4-who/what do the underlined words refer to: him(1&) it(2&) this(2&) him(3&)
5-in which paragraph is it mentioned that Albert Einstein was a winner of the noble prize?
B-Text Exploration: (7pts)
1-find in the text words that are closest in meaning to:
Mastermind (1&) predicted (2&)
2-complete this table:
Noun | Verb |
| To discover |
| To fail |
Creativity | |
learning | |
3-match the following pairs of sentence using words between brackets
a-Albert Einstein is a person. we should thank Albert Einstein for his discovery (whom)
b-Einstein is a genius person. he discovered the theory of relativity ( so + adj+ that)
c-he was intelligent. he failed the entrance exam of technical college.( although)
4-mark the intonation at the end of questions:
a- was Albert Einstein a scientist?
B-where and when was he born?
5- fill in gaps with the following words: minded- scientist- once- always
Einstein is the only…….. to become a cult figure; a household name. he ……joked that when people stopped him in the street, he ……….replied:" pardon me, sorry! Always I am mistaken for professor Einstein. today he is seen as the typical mad, absent-………. Professor, who just happened to change our world.
Section two: written expression(5pts)
Choose only one topic
Topic 1:use the following notes to writ a life story of Alexander grahambel
- date of birth: march ,3.1874
-place of birth: Scotland
Achievements:
1872: to find a school for deaf-mutes in Boston, Massachusetts
1874: while working on a multiple telegraph, to developed the basic ideas for the telephone
1875: files first patent for telegraphy
1876: when the first complete sentence was transmitted
1877: to form Bell Telephone Company to operate local telephone exchange operation
1880: to invent the photo phone, which transmits speech by light rays
1882: to acquire a controlling interest in the Western Electric Company, Elisha Gray's company
1885: to form American Telephone and Telegraph Company to operate the long distance
-date of death:August2. 1922
Topic 2: discuss in few lines the following idea
" can we live without technology
