Name : English Test 1 ( 3rd Term) Date: April 2016

Text: Abd El Hamid Ben Badis Abdel Hamid Ben Badis ,who was born in December 4

th , 1889, Constantine — April 16, 1940,

Constantine, was a famous figure of the Islamic Reform movement in Algeria.

In 1931, Ben Badis founded the Association of Algerian Muslim Ulema, which was a national grouping of

many Islamic scholars in Algeria from many different and sometimes opposing perspectives and viewpoints.

The Association had a great influence on Algerian Muslim politics up to the Algerian War of Independence.

In the same period, it set up many institutions where thousands of Algerian children of Muslim parents were

educated. The Association also published a monthly journal, the Al-Chihab and Ben Badis contributed regularly

to it between 1925 and his death in 1940. The journal informed its readers about the Association's ideas and

thoughts on religious reform and spoke on other religious and political issues.

On April 16th

, 1940, Ben Badis died in his birthplace of Constantine. He was buried in the presence of

20,000 people and his funeral took the aspect of a gigantic humanistic demonstration; anti-colonialist and

democratic; the very principles practiced in the life of this large Algerian hero. Algeria is proud to remember

this hero each year on April 16th, ―The Science Day‖.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abdelhamid_Ben_Badis

Part One: (14pts)

A/ Reading Comprehension : (7points)

Read the text then do the following activities.

Activity One : Complete the table with the events that correspond to the dates. (3points) Dates Events

1)The 4th

of December 1889→

2)1931 →

3)The 16th

of April 1940

1)………………………………………….

2)………………………………………….

3)………………………………………….

Activity Two : What do the underlined words in the text refer to? ( 2pts)

1. Who :

2. Which:

3. Where

4. Hero :

Activity Three: Lexis.

What do these words mean? Choose the right word. ( 2pts)

1. Famous = ……………. a) unknown b) unpopular c) well-known d) normal

2. Association = …………. a) organization b) friend c) team d) school

Part One : B/ Mastery of Language.

Activity One : Combine the following sentences using : “who – where –which- whom”

1) a- Ibn Badis was an Algerian hero.

b- Ibn Badis fought the French colonialism.

2) a- Ibn Badis lived in Constantine.

b- Ibn Badis started his fighting in Constantine.

3) a- Ibn Badis wrote ELchihab newspaper.

b- Elchihab was and Algerian newspaper.

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Activity Two: Write the correct form of the verbs in brackets. (3pts)

Ben Badis then (embark)…………….on a pilgrimage or Hajj to Mecca and (spend)……… three months in Medina.

He (meet)………………..Sheik Bachir Al Ibrahimi.He (encourage)………………. Ben Badis to return to Algeria for

the independence of Algeria.

Activity Three: Write the following words in the right box according to their consonant sound: ( 2pts)

― independence – Islamic – politics – association‖

Part Two: Written Expression (situation of integration) <6pts>

Your friend is making a project work on famous personalities and needs your help.

Help your friend to write a short biography about One of the following personalities(use the relative

pronouns ―who – where –which‖.

Name Elkhawarizmi Alfred Bernhard Nobel Moufdi Zakaria

Birth 780ound r October 183321 12 June 1908

Place of birth ran I Stockholm Sweden Algeria -Ghardaia

Job researchercientific S Chemist Poet

Activities algebra Father of

many works about id D

the developedastronomy and

concept of algorithm

.dynamite inventor of

Established the Nobel Prize

Algerian Author of the

national

"Kassaman" anthem

Poet of the Algerian

Revolution

Death 850 10 December 1896 17 August 1977

The paragraph.

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