Exam : Ibn Sina

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Ibn Sina
Ibn sina (Arabic) , 980-1037was a Persian philosopher who spent his life as a physician andscholar-in-residence at many Islamic courts, He died while in service in Isfahan. Many of hiswritings were translated in the west. Inn sina's works are concise, precise andcomplete, the most notable being a philosophical encyclopedia. As did otherMuslim scholars of the Greek school, he attempted to put together philosophy andIslam. For Ibn sina philosophy was the true path to understanding. His summariesof Aristotle reval a Neoplatonic outlook, especially in his emphasis on thedualism of mind and matter as passive and creation as the act of instillingexistence into this passive substance; only in God are being and existenceone.Ibn Sina also wrotr numerous works on medicine. His best known is the Canonof medicine, based primarily on Greco-Roman medical tracts. An extraordinarilypopular work, If was translated into learning in European universities forcenturies.

Part one: (14pts)
A - Reading Comprehension : Read the text carefully then to the activities : (7 pts)
Activity one : Answer the following questionsaccording to the text : (2 pts)
1 – Who was Ibn sina ?
2 – Who were his works described?

Activity two : Say true / false : (2 pts)
1) Ibn sina tried to loin : Philosophy and Islam
2) According to Ibn sina : Philosophyis not really as important as it was thought by Greek scholars.
3) Ibn sina was interested in : Philosophy only.

Activity three :
a) Find in thetext words, phrases or expressions having the same meaningas : (1 pts)
short = …………… Famous = ……………
b) Find in thetext words, phrases or expressions opposite in meaning to the following : (1 pts)
active ≠ …………… death ≠ ……………

B – Mastery oflanguage : (7 pts)
Activity one : classify the following wordsaccording to the pronunciation of their diphthongs : (2 pts)
Stone – buy – here – air – nose – spear – five - there.

a	l e	e a	al
……………….. ………………..	……………….. ………………..	……………….. ………………..	……………….. ………………..

Activity two : Complete the followingsentences. With the appropriate relative pronouns : which / where / who : (3 pts)
1 – Harun al Rachid ……………… was the fifth abbasid Caliph was a great warrior.
2 – People from several countries used to come to Baghdad ………… they studieddifferent sciences.
3 – The maincause ……………led to the disintegration ofthe empire was its division between the Caliph's sons.

Activity three: Put the verbs between bracketsinto their correct tense : (3 pts)
1 – If scientists (to go) back to the study of plants,they (to find) many medicines to serious diseases.
2 – You (not to succeed ) if you (not to do) your bestin this life.
3 – Ibn sina (use to be) an excellent philosopher buthe (not to realize) that plants will not be taken into consideration.

Part two : (6 pts) Written expression
Write a short paragraph about Harun al Rachid making the best use of theinformation below (use used to / didn't use to / the relative pronouns)

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