Bouchnafa Mohamed High school Level 

: 3rd year Lit

Timing : 01hour Feb, 2022
The First Term English Test
Read the text then do the following activities.
Corruption is an insidious disease that has a wide range of damaging effects on societies. It
undermines democracy and the rule of law, leads to violations of human rights, disturbs markets,
erodes the quality of life and allows organized crime, terrorism and other threats to human security to
flourish.
This evil phenomenon is found in all countries but it is in the developing world that its
effects are most destructive. Corruption hurts much more the poor by diverting funds intended for
development, weakening a government’s ability to provide basic services, feeding inequality and
injustice and discouraging foreign aid and investment. Corruption is a key element in economic
underperformance and a major obstacle to poverty relief and development.
Corruption is a symptom of deep-seated and fundamental economic, political and institutional
weaknesses and shortcomings in a country. To be effective, measures against corruption must
therefore address these underlying causes and not the symptoms. Emphasis must thus be placed on
preventing corruption by tackling the root causes that give rise to it through undertaking economic,
political and institutional reforms. Anti-corruption enforcement measures such as oversight bodies, a
strengthened police force and more efficient law courts will not be effective in the absence of a
serious effort to address the fundamental causes.
Adapted from United Nations Convention Against Corruption, 2004
By: Kofi A. Annan UN Secretary-General

A/ Text Comprehension :
1. Say whether the following statements are True or False.
a. Corruption weakens democracy and engenders human rights violations.
b. Corruption is found just in some places in the world ……………..
c. Developed countries are less affected by corruption than other countries in the world
d. The fundamental causes of corruption are the key to fight it ………………
2. Answer the following questions according to the text. (04 pts)
a- What does the writer compare corruption to?
……………………………………….………………………………………………
b- How does corruption affect poor people ?
……………………………………….…………………………………………
c- What should be done first to prevent corruption ?
……………………………………….………………………………………………
3. Re-order the following sentences according to their appearence in the text
Sentences The right order
1. The major cause of economic losses and poverty is corruption …………..
2. There is no effective way to stop corruption better than ……………
addressing the principle cause
3. Corruption is considered as an illness that has negative impact ………….
on the world
 4. Find who or what the underlined words in the text refer to : (03 pts)
This (§2) = …………………. These undelying causes (§3) = ……....................

B/ Text Exploration :
1. Find in the text words or phrases closest in meaning to the following:
a- A verb that means to slowly reduce or gradually destroy something (§1) = ………..
b- A noun means the act of putting money, time and efforts for profit (§2) = …………
c- An adjective describes things that are adequate to accomplish a purpose (§3)= ……….
2. Divide the following words into roots and affixes.
International - underperformance - inequality
prefix root suffix

………….. ………….. ……………..

……………. …………. …………….
……………. …………. …………….

3. Combine each pairs of sentences with connectors given between brackets. Make
changes where necessary.
e. Governments of different countries cooperate. Governments of different countries
eradicate corruption. (Provided that)
………………………………………………………………………………………………
f. Criminals manage to distinguish the origin of their incomes. Criminals use tricky
methods. (Such ….. that)
………………………………………………………………………………………………
4. Re-write sentence (b) so that it means the same as sentence (a) :
a- School authorities should pass strict school regulations to students
b- It’s high time………………………………………………………
a- All countries have strong desire to stop corruption.
b- All countries wish ………………………………………………….
a- All countries are committed to fight corruption, as a consequence the world become a
better place to live in
b- Because of ……………………………………………………………………..
5. Reorder the following sentences to get a coherent paragraph. (02 pts)
a- Usually, we think about these issues
b- because we find ourselves faced with a hard decision.
c- but they are simply attempts to settle issues that we all think about.
d- Some ethical theories seem complicat