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The United Nations has sent out a warning that up to fifty per cent of prescription medicines sold in developing world pharmacies are fake . A report from the International Narcotics Cotrol Board . the UN drugs watchdog . said fake medicines are flooding into poorer countries . It stated that the consequenes of people taking these drugs can be deadly . It also warned that the trade in fake prescription drugs may soon overtake the trade in illegl drugs . Many of the resources of the world's law enforcement agencies are focused on hard drugs like heroin and cocaine . The UN suggests a refocus so that poor nations can fight the trade in counterfeit prescription drugs . The biggest problem for developing countries is that their laws are too old to control the flood . especially for sales over the Internet and those delivered by mail .
The UN warns that many people will die as result of taking the fake drugs . the counterfeiters very clevery copy the details on the packaging and labelling of the medicine and ensure all tablets and pills look identical to the real thing . However . the fake medicine is often a dangerous cocktail of chemicals that can kill or cuse serious injury . the UN's report said the fake drugs .°expose patients to serious health risks by providing access to …. Medicines that are ineffective . substandard and . in some cases . even lethal . ° The UN's philip Emafo said ° Gains over the past years in international drug control may be seriously undermined by this ominous development if remains unchecked *He
Warned that many discount medicines in stores or online often seem to be authentic but turn out to be made from recipes posted on the Web .
1- what is the type of the text
2- Read the then say whether these statements are true or false
a-Fifty percent of prescriptio drugs in poor countries are fake.
b- the major focus of the world's law enforcement agencies is on heroin and cocaine.
c-the sale of prescription drugs over the Internet is not a serious problem.
d-Fake medicines can kill people
3-What do the underlined words refer to in the text?
a/ that their laws are too old …………§1
4-Answer the following questions according to the texte.
a-Is is easy to identifly the boxes and labels of the fake drugs?
b- Where can the recipes for many fake medicines be found?
5-In which paragraph is it mentioned that counterfeiters are very skilfulat imitating medicines?
6- Choos a title to the text
a/ UN warnings of deadly fake medicines
1-Find in the text words closest in meaning to the following
a/ results §1= …………. b/counterfeited §1=…………….. c/intelligently §2=………….
2-which nouns can be derivrd from the following adjectives?
a/ Honest b/ legal c/ Moral d/ lawful
3/Connect each pair of sentences using the connector in brackets. Make changes where necessary …
a/ Governments have made a lot of efforts . They have been unable to syop the flooding of counterfeit products / although/
b- Local authorities are encouraging people. They want them to be to more active. /to/
5- Classifly the following words words according to the pronunciation of final °ed °
Stated – warned - unchecked – delivered
PART TWO WRITTEN EXPRESSION
Choose one of the follozing topics.
Write a composition of no more than 100 words an on the following topic
Wat can people do to fight counterfeit medicines ?
The following notes will help you
Health professionals encourage patients to buy medicines from reliable sources.
Tell their health professionals about any problem
Take precautionary measures
Usevisual inspection tools
Write a composition on the following topic