2020 / 2021 El chikh brahim bayoud School

Level: 3rd Year Scientific Stream

Full Name : ……………………………………………………… Class : ……………………
FIRST TERM ENGLISH TEST

Read the text carefully then do the activities.

A-Comprehension:

Corruption in education is particularly damaging because it endangers a country's social, economic

and political future. It is more detrimental than corruption in other sectors because of its long-term
effects.

Corruption in education can take many forms: bribes paid by parents to teachers to ensure good
grades and examination results for their children; bribes paid by teachers to public officials to get
preferred posting and promotion; embezzlement of funds allocated to purchase teaching materials or to
build schools.

In order to curb corruption in education, governments should work to increase accountability in

educational systems. Besides, clear sanctions for bribery must coexist with codes of conduct. Finally,
civil society should be involved in educational planning and school management as well.

Adapted from www.wikipedia.org

1. Circle the correct answer: (01pt)

The text is taken from: a) a book b) a website c) a magazine

2. Are the following statements true or false? Justify the false ones. (2.5pts)
a. Corruption is more dangerous in education than in the other sectors. …………………
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b. Civil society had better not engage in fighting corruption in schools. …………………
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3. Reorder the following ideas according to their occurrence in the text: (1,5pts)
a. Ways how to eradicate corruption in education. …………………
b. The danger of corruption in education. …………………
c. The different aspects of corruption in education. …………………

4. Answer the following questions according to the text: (2.5pts)

a. Why is corruption in education more detrimental than in other sectors?
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b. Name three unethical dealings in education mentioned in the text.
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5. What or who do the underlined words refer to in the text? (1,5pts)

It (§1) ………………………………… Its (§1)………………………… Their (§2)………………………………………

6. Give a title to the text. (1pt)

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B-Text Exploration:

1-Find in the text words or phrases that are synonymous with: (1,5pts)
harmful (1§) = ………………………………… findings (2§)= ……………………………… punishments(3§)= …………………………………

2-Complete the following chart: (1,5pts)

Verb Noun Adjective
……………………………… corruption …………………………………
To educate ………………………………… …………………………………
………………………………… ………………………………… embezzled

3- Join the pairs of sentences using the link words between brackets. (3pts)
a. Children become good citizens. Children learn ethical principles at an early age. (provided that)
………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………

b. The level of corruption is high. It caused many countries a great economic loss. ( so ....... that )
………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………

4- Rewrite sentence (b) so that it means the same as sentence (a). (2pts)
1-a) Governments should curb corruption in education.
b) It’s high time ……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………

2-a) Parents revealed malpractices of officials.

b) Malpractices ………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………

5- Fill in the gaps with words from the list below to make it more meaningful. (2pts)

Ethical - integrity - if – fight - worked

It’s our responsibility to ………………………………… embezzlement and other unethical practices.

It’s high time we ………………………………… hand in hand so as to put an end to immoral behaviour.
………………………………… we all cooperate and keep our probity and …………………………………, we can succeed.

Ethics is knowing the difference

Between what you have the right to do
And what is the right thing to do