2nd year BAC Physics ____

Quiz n1: (Semester 2)

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Science technology can be found in nearly all aspects of everyday life. For instance, if
electricity had never been discovered, electric devices, heaters, lights, and television would never
exist. Electronic components found in radios, televisions, watches, and calculators are now smaller
and more reliable than before. Advances in electronics are responsible for what is called the
computer age. Because of the computer technology, information can be processed in seconds.
At one time, computers were extremely expensive. They were rarely found outside the
laboratories and large businesses. Since they are now more economically made, computers can be
found in many homes, schools, stores, and libraries. Computers facilitate travel plans by providing
travel agents with easy access to flight schedules, prices, and seating availability. Businesses use
computers to track inventory, purchase and sell stocks, calculate payrolls and perform many other
functions. Computers are also used as educational devices in schools, to monitor home-heating
systems, and to guide satellite and space probes. In the future computers may have
microprocessors produced in outer space, because the environment there is devoid of the Earths
dust and gravitational forces.
The battle against disease and illness has also gained much from science. Safer surgical
procedures are now in use including those for organ transplantation and coronary bypass surgery.
Many procedures have been improved because of the development of specialized medical
instruments. Some instruments enable physicians to see inside the body without making a single
incision. Others can carry out essential bodily functions, such as pumping blood or breathing.
Medical researches are making progress toward the production of artificial blood, which may
eventually eliminate the threat of contracting diseases transmitted during blood transfusions. One
such disease is acquired immune deficiency syndrome, also known as AIDS. This fatal disease
attacks the immune system, rendering it incapable of warding off infections.
I- Comprehension Questions (15 pts.)
B. Are these sentences true or false? JUSTIFY

N.B. BASE ALL YOUR ANSWERS ON THE TEXT.

(3 points)

1. Nowadays, computers have become inexpensive and available for all. ..

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2. Businessmen dont make use of computers. ....................

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3. Doctors are unable to see inside the body without cutting it. ........
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A. Answer these questions: (6 points)

1. Mention, at least, three benefits of using computers? ..
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2. How is science technology present in our daily life? ...

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3. Which example shows that medical instruments have become better? .........
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C. What do the underlined words in the text refer to: (3 points)

1. There (paragraph 2)
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2. Others (paragraph 3) _____________________________
3. it (paragraph 3)
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D. Find in the Find in the text words or expressions which mean the same as: (3 points)
1. development.
(paragraph 1) _____________________
2. costly
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3. menace
(paragraph 3) _____________________

II- Communication/ Functions: (5 pts.)

A- Match each sentence with the appropriate function it expresses: (3 points)
1. You'd better tell your mother the truth!
2. He stayed in England for a year so as to pick up the language
3. No doubt, mobile phones have become so important in our daily life.

A) Advice
B) Certainty
C) Apology
D) Purpose

B- What would you say in this situation: (2 points)

Your neighbours kids are making so much noise at midnight that you cant sleep at all.
You: (complain to him/her)
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Your neighbour: (apologizes) ..
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