3rd year all streams Solaj Said Secondary School
Final Examination
Part One: Reading
A/Comprehension
Author: Leah Wawro, Transparency International - DSP
Wed, 24 Apr 2013 06:00 AM
Yesterday, the British ‘businessman’ James McCormick was found guilty of fraud for selling millions of pounds worth of utterly useless bomb detectors to governments around the world, including a major contract in Iraq. A whistleblower alleges that McCormick paid millions of pounds in bribes to at least 15 senior Iraqi officials. This resulted in over 6,000 fake bomb detectors sold to the country, hundreds of people killed because of them, and McCormick pocketing £55 million from the Iraqi government for the job. This is less than what the US – the single largest country donor in Iraq – has allocated for primary healthcare in the country for 2012 through its Economic Support Fund.
But this wasn’t just a rogue greedy individual—the responsibility for stopping such activity is as international as the trade itself. Questions must also be asked about how a British man continued to sell these sham devices from the UK for so long. According to the Guardian, it took a full year for the devices to be banned from export after whistle-blowers raised concerns to the UK Department of Business and the House of Commons Defence Select Committee. The Guardian also states that “consignments of the devices were once stopped at the UK border before being exported and officials queried whether export documents were required. The reason none were needed was they could find no functioning electronics inside [emphasis added].” In other words, the bomb detectors could have been replaced with coat hangers with no consequence.
Read the text above then do the activities that follow.
1-Choose the letter that corresponds to the right answer
A/ The text is ….a) a newspaper article b) an online article c) a letter
B/ The text is about….a) tax evasion b) bribery c) fraud
2-Answer the following questions according to the text:
a) Who is James McCormick?
b) What did he do?
c) How did the authorities know about his unethical business?
d) What were the consequences of his immoral act?
3-What / who do the underlined words refer to in the text?
a) Them §1 b) itself §2
4-Complete in the table with facts from the text:
Who? Did what Where? When? Who helped him/ Where?

B/ Text Exploration
1-Find in the text words that are opposite to:
a)futility §1 b) Innocent §1 c) generous §2 d) buy §2
2-Complete sentence (b) so that it means the same as sentence (a):
1) a-Corruption has become a normal behaviour; citizens do not react against it.
b)Corruption has become so……………………………………
2) a)Honesty is said to be the best policy.
b) We………………………………………………
3-Re-order the following sentences into a coherent paragraph. .
- Fake medicines are flooding into poorer countries.
- 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.
-These drugs can be deadly.
- It also warned that the trade in fake prescription drugs may soon overtake the trade in
illegal drugs.
-The UN suggests a refocus so that poor nations can fight the trade in counterfeit 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 .
4-Give the opposite of the following words keeping the same root.
a) Honest b) Responsibility c) useless d) legitimate
5-Make pairs of words that sound the same:
Legal - money - ban - Law - Honey - eagle - can - Saw.
Part Two: Written Expression
Write on one of the following topics
Topic 1-Algerian citizens suffer from different social problem as a result of corruption.
Use the following notes to write a paragraph about the causes and consequences of
corruption.
Causes: Lack of education - Low salaries – neglect of citizens’ rights –denial of citizenship.
Consequences: injustice, widening the gap between the poor and the rich, hate, economic loss-
Solutions: Associations, Education, Stringent laws, True punishment……

Topic2-
Food safety is very important in the consumer’s life.
Do-you think we, in Algeria care about our diet and eating habits?
Give your arguments.
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