3AS Exam Corruption

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Second Term English Test
Third Year exp sci Duration: 1 hour
Read the following text carefully and do the activities
Corruption results from a variety of economic, institutional, political, social and historical factors. It flourishes when democratic institutions are weak, laws are not enforced, political will is lacking, and when citizens and the media are not allowed to be partners in democracy. Corruption and unethical behavior by public officials are serious threats to basic principles of democratic government, undermine public confidence in democracy and threaten the rule of law.
Since the enactment of the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act of 1977, the United States has provided indispensable leadership so that business enterprise can compete fairly in the global economy. Today, rule of law and anticorruption initiatives are key foreign policy elements that promote integrity and confidence in both government institutions and in the global marketplace.
1/ In which paragraph is it mentioned that?
a- Business enterprise can work legally in the global economy.
b- Corruption is a real threat for our life.
2/ Answer the given questions according to the text
a- What does corruption threaten ?
b- How has U.S.A helped in fighting corruption in business ?
3/ What do the underlined words in the text refer to?
It (§1) that(§2)
4/ Find in the text words that are closest in meaning to the following:
a- Elements (§1) b- the quality of being honest (§2)
5/ Complete the following table
verb noun Adjective
Indispensable
Government
To compete
6/ Give the correct form of the verbs
a- On December 9th 2004 citizens around the world ( to celebrate ) the first U.N International Anticorruption day.
7/ Classify these words according to the pronunciation of their final 'es' / 's
Includes , forms, markets, challenges