1st term English examination

1st term English examination
Stream: S. exp/ Maths Time: 2 hours
Part One. a) Read the text carefully then do the activities. (8pts)
The global anti-corruption organization Transparency International (TI) has reported corruption is increasing around the world. A “TI” press release reports there is serious corruption in most of the world’s countries. TI’s yearly survey questions business people and public officials to find out how corrupt a country is. Bangladesh and Chad finished bottom as the most corrupt countries, while Iceland finished top. Finland and New Zealand were the second and third cleanest nations. Corruption is declining in Turkey and Nigeria, but increasing in Russia and Canada.
TI chairman Peter Eigen said: “Corruption is a major cause of poverty as well as a barrier to [reducing] it.” He also said corruption and poverty lock people in a “cycle of misery”. Mr. Eigen warned corruption must be reduced to free people from poverty. David Nussbaum, TI’s chief executive, stated: “Corruption isn’t a natural disaster: it is the cold…theft of opportunity from the men, women and children who are least able to protect themselves.” He also said leaders needed to keep their promises to help poor people. The world has made a target to halve extreme poverty by 2015.
1)Are the following statements true or false?
a) Corruption isn’t decreasing around the world.
b) New Zealand is one of the most corrupt countries.
c) Poverty is increasing because of corruption.
d) Corruption is man-made
2) Answer the following questions according to the reading passage.
a) What is the role of Transparency International?
b) Why does TI’s yearly survey questions business people and public officials?
c) Which country is the most corrupt?
d) How can we free people from poverty?
3) What do the underlined refer to in the text?
a) it (§2) b)who (§2)
4) The text is about: (Choose the general idea of the text) (1 pt)
a) Transparency International and Corruption
b) The War on Corruption
c) The Spread of corruption in poor countries
5) The text is:
A) a newspaper article. B) an annual report. C) a public statement

b) Text Exploration (7pts)
1) Find in the text:
a) a word which is opposite in meaning to: increasing (§1)
b) a word which is closest in meaning to: obstacle (§2)
c) a word whose definition is: to divide into two (§2)




2) Which adjective can we derived from each of the following nouns?

Nouns Adjectives
• Transparency
• Corruption
• Poverty
• Misery


3) Complete sentence (b) so that it means the same as sentence (a).

1. a) The painting was so perfectly imitated that nobody knew it was copied.
b) It was such ……………………………………………………
2. a) I think more organizations should join TI to fight corruption.
b) It’s high time………………………………………………….
3. a) I regret having accepted the bribe.
b) I wish………………………………………………………….
4) Fill in the gaps with words from the list below.

counterfeiters – medicine – die - fake.

The U.N warns that many people will …(1)… as a result of taking the …(2)… drug. The … (3)…very cleverly copy the details on the packaging and labelling of the … (4)… and ensure that all tablets and pills look identical to the real thing.



5) Classify the following words according to the number of their syllables.

a) corruption. b) fraud. c) Transparency. d) survey.



Part two . Written Expres​sion(5pts)
Choose one of the following topics
TOPIC 1 You are a journalist interviewing a member of Transparency International, write the interview using the following points:
- the causes of increase in corruption around the world
- the measure that TI has taken to reduce or eradicate corruption
- the countries where TI has got results
- plans in the future

TOPIC 2
Next December, there will be an anti-corruption summit in Strasbourg organized by a Group of States against corruption. What would you suggest if you had the opportunity to attend the summit?
Write a paragraph about your suggestion










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Part one. Reading comprehension (8pts)
1) a)True b)false c)true d)true

2) a) It’s a global anti-corruption organization.
b) to find out and report through a yearly survey how corrupt a country is.
c) Bangladesh and Chad are most corrupt countries in the world.
d) by reducing poverty.

3) a) it (§2) = poverty b) who (§2) = the men, the women and the children
4) a) Transparency International and Corruption
5) The text is a newspaper article.
b) Text Exploration (7pts)
1) a) increasing ≠ declining b)obstacle = barrier c)to divide into two : to halve
2)
Nouns Adjectives
• Transparency transparent
• Corruption corrupt
• Poverty poor
• Misery miserable

3) a) It was such a perfect imitation that nobody knew it was copied.
b) It’s high time more organizations joined TI to fight corruption.
c) I wish I didn’t accept the bribe.
4) The U.N warns that many people will die as a result of taking the fake drug. The counterfeiters very cleverly copy the details on the packaging and labelling of the medicine and ensure that all tablets and pills look identical to the real thing.

5)
One syllable Two syllables Three syllables Four syllables
fraud survey corruption transparency

Part Two Written expres​sion(5pts)
Topic one / Topic two: Content + Form (5pts)
Evaluation Grid
Competences Indicators G
1. Task achievement Content/format relevance to topic 1.5
2. Coherence/Cohesion Logical structuring of ideas/use of markers 1.5
3. Accuracy Language correctness: Spelling/punctuation 1
4. Structure/Lexis Appropriate structure / lexis 1