Unit3 / Exam Sample1

Suggested by Teacher Na3im, March 2021

The Moon is the only celestial body on which humans have set foot. While the Soviet Union's Lunar
program was the first to reach the Moon with unmanned spacecraft in 1959, the United States' NASA
Apollo program achieved the only manned missions to date, beginning with the first manned lunar orbiting
mission by Apollo 8 in 1968, and six manned lunar landings between 1969 and 1972, with the first being
Apollo 11. These missions returned over 380 kg of lunar rocks, which have been used to develop
geological understanding of the Moon's origins, the formation of its internal structure, and its subsequent
history. It is thought to have formed some 4.5 billion years ago. One formation theory is a giant impact
event involving Earth. But it was called into question in 2012, after re-analysis of Apollo samples.

After the Apollo 17 mission in 1972, the Moon has been visited only by unmanned spacecrafts, notably
by the final Soviet Lunokhod rover. Since 2004, Japan, China, India, the United States, and the European
Space Agency have each sent lunar orbiters. These spacecrafts have contributed to confirming the
discovery of lunar water ice in permanently shadowed craters at the poles and bound into the lunar regolith.
Future manned missions to the Moon have been planned, including government as well as privately funded
efforts. The Moon remains, under the Outer Space Treaty, free to all nations to explore for peaceful
purposes.

From:
wikipedia.org

A / Comprehension.

1-Copy the right answer. The text is an excerpt from:

 a- a science magazine. b- internet. c- a 2004 Chinese newspaper.

2-Are the following true or false according to the text?

a. The Americans sent the first spaceship to the Moon.

b. Apollo 11 was an unmanned flight.
c. No missions to the Moon have been planned since 1972.

3-Answer the following questions according to the text.

a-What did the missions to the Moon bring to us?

b-How did the recent missions contribute to our understanding of the Moon?

c-Has the impact theory about the origin of the Moon been confirmed?

4-What do the words in bold refer to in the text?

5-Choose the general idea for this passage.

a-The Moon is a big satellite.

b-The Moon might have been attracted by the sun.

c-The exploration of the Moon.

B / Text Exploration.

1-Find in the text words or phrases that are opposites in meaning to:

 a- the last ( § 1 ) b-external ( § 1 ) c-publicly ( § 2 )

2-Divide the following into roots and affixes.

 Unmanned – permanently – unexpectedly – distances.

3-Combine the following sentences using the appropriate connectors in brackets.

a. They cannot agree on its origin-Men have studied the moon for centuries. . ( although / so ).
b. Space programs continue to be financed. Astronomers will make more discoveries. ( if / although )

4-Imagine what B says to complete the following dialogue.

A-What does astronomy study? B-....................................

A-Is it also concerned with the origin of our universe? B-.....................................

A-What do people think of space programs? B-.....................................

A-And you, what is your position to the matter? B-.....................................

5-Classify the following words according to the pronunciation of the final ‘s’.

 programs – states - landings – purposes – spacecrafts – structures.

Part Two / Writing.

Choose ONE of the following topics.

Topic 1: Imagine you had the opportunity to visit another inhabited planet….

Use the following notes and conditional sentences type 2 to write a composition ( about 70 words ) describe
the differences which would exist between that planet and our planet Earth.

 Strange looking creatures.

 Different nature.
 Different food.
 Different architecture ( buildings )
 Much more advanced technology.

Topic 2 : Write a composition of about 70 words on the following topic.

How can we fight and eradicate children’s unhealthy food related obesity?