UNINVERSITY OF BEJAIA
DEPARTMENTOF SCIENCEA},ID TECHNOLOGY
LEVEL ISTYEAR LMD
FEBRUARY,2OIT
ReplacementExam of English
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The solar systemis the Sun and the objectsthat travel aroundit. The Earth is part of the
solarsystembecause!! alsotravelsaroundthe sun.The Sunis a starsimilarto the otherstarsin
the sky but it is muchcloserto the Earth.The Sunis mostlya big ball of gasescomposedmainly
of hydrogenand helium. Earth is locatedbetweenVenus and Mars. The path tË planetsuse
wlen traveling aroundthe sun is oval-shapedand is calledits orbit. Eachàf tn planetsin the
solarsystemtakesa differentamountof time to orbit or travelaroundthe Sun.
The planetEarthtakes365 daysor oneyearto orbit the Sun.The otherplanetstakemore or
lesstime to orbit the Sun.The planetsof the solarsystemarealsoa varietyo1sizesandaremade
up of different substances.
The largestplanetin the solar systemis Jupiter.Over 1,000Earths
could filI the size of Jupiter.The smallestplanetis Mercury,which is alsothe closestplanetto
the sun. Earthandvenus aresimilar in sizeto eachother.
The four inner planets,Mercury,Venus,Earth,andMars aremadeof rock containingmany
differentminerals.The four outerplanets,Jupiter,Saturn,Uranus,andNeptunearemostlymade
up of different gases.Other objectsin spaceinclude the moonsof six planets.A moôn is a
celestialobject(objectin space)that orbits anotherbody in space.Thereare approximately173
moonsthroughoutthe solarsystem.Earthhasa singlemoon,MercuryandVenushavenone,and
the planet with the most moonsis Jupiterwith 63. Not far behinâlupiter is Saturn with 62
moons.
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A / COMPREIIENSION
1- Give a title to the text. (lpts) The Solar System
2- Are thesestatementstrue, falseor not mentioned?(2pts)
a' The Sunandthe objectsthat travelaroundit is calledthe solarsystem.(True)
b- The differencebetweenthe Sun and the other star is that the rr- ir much farther
awayfrom the eanh.(False)
c- The smallestandlargestplanetsof the solarsystemareMercuryandSahsn
respectively.
(False)
d- The asteroidbelt containsinegularlyshapedbodies,which arebelievedto be left
overfrom the beginningof the solarsystem.(Not mentioned)
3- what do the underlinedwords in the text refer to? (lpts)
a- that: refersto sun and objects.
b - it :refersto earth
4' Find in the text words which are similar in meaningto the followingwords (2pts)
neareFcloser b- situated= Iocated c- lot of -- many d - turns: orbits travels
o
around
B / LANGUAGE MASTERY
1- Pick up from the text, two verbs correspondingto eachcolumn.(2pts)
Regular verbs
Travel, called , located , to orbit , include ,
use
Irregular verbs
Take , made, have
2- Ask questions on the underlined words. (3pts)
The Earttr is part of the solar systembecauseit also travels around the sun.
o Why is the earth a part of the solar system?
Earth is locatedbetween Venus and Mars.
. Where is the earth located?
Other objects in spaceinclude the moons of six planets.
. What do other objects in spaceinclude?
3- Classify the words below according to the pronunciation. (3pts)
sky,
liar,
made,
size,
larl
fire,
day
lrcl
sky
day
made
svze
larcl
Liar
fire
4- Give the plural of the following words: (2pts)
a- A wife: wives, b- a variety: varieties, c- a Criterion: criteria, d- aBox: boxes
5- What is the difference between the two sentences?(lpt)
A small farmer
.
I
The farmer is small.
A small farmer is a man who has a small farm, whereasthe farmer is small means
that he is a small man physically.
C / WRITING (3pts)
Complete the paragraph below with the missingwords:
Categories,
facts,theories,hypotheses,
astronomers,
beliefs,
The theories about the creation of the world can be divided into two categories: religious
and scientific. The first one is constituted of divine theseselaboratedby men and women with
strong religious beliefs. These men and women are more interested in divine mystery than in
producing tangible facts about the origin of the world and its evolution. The second one is
composedof a numberof hypothesesput forward by astronomers and astrophisists.