English exam

ايمان الله · 2010-04-26, 11:32

ENGLISH EXAM CLASS: 3LV/ LPH .
Part one: Read the text and do the activities(14 pts)
Text:
Corruption is the abuse of entrusted power for privet gain. Corruption hurts everyone,and it hurts the poor the most. For example, a father who must do without decent clothes because he is unable to pay a bribe to get his child into a supposedly free school. A sick person who buys counterfeit drus , putting his or her health in danger.
Other times the impact of corruption is less visible. For instance, post-disasters donations that never reach victims, callously diverted instead into the bank accounts of criminals, or the faulty buildings, built to lower safety standards because a bribe passed under the table in the construction process that collaps in an earthquake or hurricane.
Corruption has considerable consequences, trapping millions in poverty and breeding social, economic and political unrest.
Corruption denies poor people the basic means of survival, forcing them to spend more of their income on bribes. Human rights are denied where corruption is rife.
Corruption undermines democracy and the rule of law. It distorts national and international trade, threatens domestic and international security and the sustainability of natural resources.
Corruption compounds political exclusion: if votes can be bought, there is little incentive to change the system that sustains poverty.
As a conclusion, corruption hurts everyone whose life, livelihood or happiness depends on the integrity of people in a position of authority.

1-How many modals are there in the first paragraph?
2- Answer the following questions
a- Which people are the most affected by corruption?
b- Pick out 3 words that are related to corruption
c- What is the risk engendered by counterfeit drugs?
d- Why do buildings sometimes collaps in an earthquake?
3-
a- Find words in the text that are closest in meaning to:
instance= effect= security= common=
b- Find in the text words whose definitions follow:
1* something given to somebody in order to get him to do something often wrong in favour of the giver
2* made or done in imitation of another thing in order to deceive.
4-Complete these sentences with words from the text
a- He .............his back when he fell.
b- Poor people cannot always live in ...............conditions.
c- The witness was offered a .................. to say nothing about what he had seen.
d- She got a shock when she learnt that she had paid a big sum of money for her necklace which was ...................., and not made of gold.
5-What do the underlined words in the text refer to?
His - That- their- it

6-Add more words to the list
Fraud: ………….-………………-………………-…………
Honest: …………-……………….-…………. -……………
7-Complete the following table
nouns adjectives opposites (adj)
Fair
Responsible
Agree
honest

8-Complete the sentence (b) so that it means the same as (a)
1-a- You ought to stop deceiving people.
b- You’d better……………………….
2-a-I wonder why government is late in passing stringent laws to stop corruption
b- It is high time………………………………………………………………
3-a- Providing that we work hard together, we will succeed in fighting corruption.
b- We will…………………………………..as long as………………………………
4-a Counterfeiters are deceiving people with their fake products.
b- People …………………………………………………………..

9- Underline the stressed syllable
economy- economic- ethics - political

10- Fill in the gaps with the following words
Powerful- on - free- leads - its- impact
What is Transparency International? It is a civil society organization that…1… the fight against corruption. It brings people together to in a ...2… worldwide coalition to end the devastating …3… of corruption ….4… men, women and children around the world ..5… mission is to create change towards a world …6… of corruption .

Part two: Write a composition about one of the following topics.

Topic one

6pts)
It is said:” Every man has his price.”
-What is the meaning of the proverb?
-What do you think of it? justify your point of view.
Topic two;
Theoritists disagree about the purpose of a business in society; some suggest that it is to maximize the returns to its owners and shareholders while others say that it must be in favour of all the society.
-What do you think? Discuss