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Nacer-Bey Slimane High School School year: 2019/2020
Level & streams: Year 3 Exp. Duration: Two hours
Sciences, MT & ME The First Term Exam of
English
Part One: Reading (15 points)
A/ Comprehension (08 points)
Read the text carefully then do the activities.
Around the world, buying property is a favorite method for the corrupt to launder their ill-gotten gains.
When corrupt officials take large bribes, embezzle funds or otherwise steal money from the countries they
are meant to serve, the money usually has to be cleaned before it can be enjoyed. As well as offering the
trappings of luxury and symbols of status, property bought with dirty money can be sold because its owner
needs to effectively disguise the corrupt origins of the funds. In some places in particular, it is easy to hide the
real owner of a property: anonymous companies can be used to purchase property, meaning even law
enforcement don’t know who owns the house next door.
Rich countries are often the recipients of illicit investment. Corrupt officials, notably in Africa, usually take
advantage of the loose regulation of the property market. In 2017, Teodorín Obiang, the Vice-President of
Equatorial Guinea, had his US$118 million mansion in Paris confiscated after he was found guilty by a court in
France of money-laundering and embezzlement. James Ibori, former governor of Delta State in Nigeria,
was sentenced to 13 years in prison after admitting fraud of nearly US$66 million.
More transparency about what public officials own makes it harder for public officials to secretly amass
wealth in office through corrupt practices. Public declarations of assets before and after officials are in office
should be universal practice. At the very least, it allows activists and the media to ask, “How did you afford that
mansion on your public salary?”
Adapted from: www.tranparency.org
1. Circle the letter that corresponds to the correct answer: (01,5pts)
A. The text is extracted from: a. a website b. a book c. a magazine
B. The text is about how… a. money laundering takes place b. to buy a property
c. money launderers are caught
C. The text is: a. descriptive b. argumentative c. expository
2. Put the following ideas in the order they appear in the text: (02pts) order  …. - …. - …. - ….
a. Making public statements of properties helps to investigate about their origin.
b. Weak laws in developing countries allow officials to transfer their dirty money to other countries.
c. Laundering money through property purchase is a common practice everywhere.
d. After corrupt officials clean their ill-gotten money, they start using it.
3. Answer the following questions according to the text: (03pts)
a. How do corrupt public officials make ill-gotten gains? ………………………………..…………………
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b. Why does the owner sell the property bought with dirty money? ………………...………………………
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c. What was Theodorin Obiang accused of? …………………………………………………………...……
4. In which paragraph is it mentioned that the corrupt do not use their real names when they buy a property
from dirty money? (0,5pt)  It is mentioned in § ……
5. Say to what or who the underlined words in the text refer: (01pt)
a. they (§2) ………………………….. b. it (§4) …………………………..
B/ Text Exploration (07 points)
1. Find in the text words or phrases that are opposite in meaning to the following: (0,5pt)
a. reveal (§2) ≠………………… b. poor (§3) ≠……………….
2. Divide these words into roots and affixes:(01,25pts) dishonesty - ineffectively - enforcement - universal
prefix root suffix prefix root suffix
dis honest y
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3. Rewrite sentence (b) so that it means the same as sentence (a): (02,25pts)
1. a) All the money placed in foreign banks will be recuperated.
b) The government …………………………………………………………………………………..
2. a) The convict regrets having made such huge wealth from drugs.
b) The convict wishes ………………………………………………………………………………...
3. a) Money laundering won’t be eradicated unless stricter laws are passed.
b) If ……………………………………………………………………………………………………
4. Put verbs in brackets in the correct tense: (01pt)
a. It’s about time the government (to activate) ………………… the Accounts Council.
b. More public officials (to go)………………… to jail providing that the current judicial system changes.
5. Classify the following words according to the pronunciation of their final “ed”: (01pt)
enjoyed – used – /t/ /d/ /Id/
afforded - sentenced
6. Reorder the following sentences to get a coherent passage: (01pts) order  …. - …. - …. - ….
a. They should have access to all the information they need,
b. when agents act with integrity and conduct checks on the real owner and the source of funds.
c. Money laundering through real estate is much harder
d. and should face consequences for not flagging suspicious transactions.
Part Two: Written Expression (05 points) Choose ONLY ONE topic:
Topic One: Suppose you were a businessman who has made his wealth from money laundering. Thanks to
your lobbying power you have become mayor of your town. However, all of a sudden you regret having made
dirty money. What measures would you take, as mayor, to fight money laundering in your town?
You may use the following notes:
- Pass stringent laws/ Inflict severe punishment - Create special committee to dig up the origin of
- Eradicate all illegal activities (drug public official’s money as well as their properties
dealing/smuggling…) - Commission social reporters and auditors in banks
and suspicious companies…
Topic Two: Your friend convinced you to buy a product (phone/watch…) from a black market, but later it
stopped working because it was a counterfeit. Write a 100 word opinion article telling consumers why they
mustn’t buy counterfeits.
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