First Term Exam - Bill Gates 2

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Text:

Bill Gates was born on October 28^th, 1955. He is a famous American computer programmer. He always likes computers very much. In his teenage years, he was fond of computing and began programming computers at age 13. In 1975, he stopped his studies at Harvard University and founded the Microsoft corporation with his friend Paul G. Allen. At the age of 31, he was a billionaire. In 1990, he introduced windows 3.11. Gates was married on January 1^st, 1994, to Melinda French Gates. They have three children. Gates opens short stories and reads them every night. He likes reading, and enjoys playing golf.

PART ONE:

Section One: Reading Comprehension ( 07 Pts)

A) Read the text then say if the following sentences are true or false ( 03 Pts)

1- Bill Gates loves computers (………) 2- He married Melinda (………)

3- He has three children (………)

B) Complete this label according to the text ( 02 Pts )

First name: Bill Surname: Gates

Date of birth: ………………….. Nationality: …………………..

University: ………………….. Occupation: …………………..

C)1-Find in the text words, phrases or expressions that are closest in meaning to these words ( 01 Pt )

well known = …………………….. loves = ……………………..

2-Find in the text words, phrases or expressions that are opposite in meaning to these words ( 01 Pt )

shuts ≠ …………………….. never ≠ ……………………..

Section Two: Mastery of Language ( 07 Pts)

A) Add one word for each list( 02 Pts )

1	car	boat	Plane	………………………
2	father	sister	mother	………………………
3	French	English	Spanish	………………………
4	green	red	Black	………………………

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B) Put the following verbs in the right box ( 05 Pts )

put / visit / play / have / be / study / revise / do / go / cry

	Regular verbs	Irregular verbs
1-	……………..…………….	……………..…………….
2-	……………..…………….	……………..…………….
3-	……………..…………….	……………..…………….
4-	……………..…………….	……………..…………….
5-	……………..…………….	……………..…………….

PART TWO: Integration Phase (written expression) ( 06 Pts)

Reorder the following words and write correct sentences

1- discovered / in / penicillin / 1928 / Alexander Fleming / .

2- the / 1971 / invented / Hounsfield / in / scanner / .

3- telephone / Who / the / invented / ?4- Christopher Columbus / in / America / 1492 / discovered / .