فرص الفصل الثاني في مادة اللغة مادة الانجليزية للسنة الثانية من التعليم المتوسط رقم 1

Chess




Northern Indians invented this game in year 500. It’s a game for two people. It’s played on a board with 64 black and white squares and 32 pieces. Each player has 16 pieces (chessmen): king* queen* bishop* knight* rook (or castle) and pawn. The player wins the game when he attacks the king and can say “checkmate”! This word comes from an Arabic sentence الشيخ مات that means « the king is dead »



PART ONE

Section one : Reading comprehension (7 pts)



A/ Read the text carefully then answer these questions (4 pts)

1- who invented “chess”?

2- how many pieces does each player have?

3- What does “checkmate” mean?

4- Is the origin of “checkmate” Arabic?

B/ Sort from the text words opposite in meaning to these words (3 pts)

Black ≠ ………………

Alive ≠ ………………

Southern ≠ ………………



Section two: Mastery of the language (7 pts)

A/- Match the word to the right opposite (2pts)

silent -----------------strong

weak ----------------- stupid

clever-----------------happy

sad--------------------noisy

B/- Complete using: hers – ours – mine (1.5 pts)

- Can I borrow your sharpener* I lost ……..

- I am using it. Ask Amina* she isn’t using ……….

- Oh! I see that your drawing is better than ………

C/- Give the negative form (2 pts)

- They visited Tunisia last summer.

- He plays crosswords on the computer.

D/- Correct the mistakes in this sentence (1.5)

She can speak not* she are ill. She feel bad.



PART TWO: Written Expression (6 pts)

Reorder the sentences to obtain a coherent paragraph.



a- Yesterday* I won my brown belt.

b- My trainer asked me to go on a diet.

c- I was not very fit. I was fat*

d- and I could not do the exercises.

e- Two years ago* I tried to practice judo.

f- After two weeks* I could run as a lion.



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