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Bribery is the crime of giving or receiving something of value to influence official action. Both the
person giving and receiving the bribe are guilty of bribery.
Bribery is illegal for two reasons : firstly, it usually involves a public official using his or her office for
personal gain. Secondly, it can cause officials to make unfair decisions that affect citizens. Bribery is a
very old crime. There is evidence of bribery dating back more than 4,000 years.
Usually, a person who bribes a public official is paying to get special treatment. This special treatment
can come in many forms.for example, a company might bribe an official to win a government contract.
No one knows how often people commit bribery, but many experts believe that most people who bribe
officials are never caught.
Adapted from World book. 2004

A- READING/ INTERPRETING (7pts)

1- Choose the correct answer.
- The text is :
a- A newspaper article. b-A report c- An extract from a book

2- Answer the following questions according to the text.
a- Is bribery a new phenomenon ?
b- Why is bribery unethical ?
c- Are all bribery actions punished ? Justify.

3- What or who do the underlined words in the text refer to ?

4- Find in the text words that are closest in meaning to :
Proof §2 =………. ………….=Themajority§3

5- Find in the text words that are opposite to :
Innocent §1#1……………….. Few §3 #...............


TEXT EXPLORATION (7pts)
1- Supply punctuation, apostrophes and capital letters where necessary.
In the united states of america officials convicted of bribery may be fined removed from office or
sent to prison.

2-Join the following pairs of sentences using the connectors in brackets.
a- He is the man. He has been arrested by the police. (Who)
b- He bought the product. It was not of good quality. (Though)
c- Bribery is illegal. Counterfeiting is illegal. (both …… and)

3- Give the opposite of the following words keeping the same roots.
Ethical - legal - moral - honest -

4- Match pairs that rhyme.

a- production
b- statistics
c- bribe
d- notices

1- ethics
2- corruption
3- practices
4- tribe

5-Ask questions about the underlined words
We should fight bribery.
1 2
WRITTEN EXPRESSION (6pts)

Choose one topic.

Topic one : What would you do to fight corruption if you were elected head of state ?
Use the following ideas to write your paragraph.
Anti corruption programme.
Fight tax evasion .
Encourage honest workers .
Take measures to rehabilitate value of work.
Include ethics education in school programmes

Topic two :
Why is ethics so important in our daily life ? Give some examples of ethical behaviours……..