Niveau : 3ASLLE
Avril 2015
Third Term English Exam N° 01 Duration :03h30
Subject one
Part ONE: READING AND INTERPRETING
Read the text carefully then do the activities
There is a rise in global securities fraud and some specialists are working hard to combat it. When
fraud becomes endemic in a nation, it can produce radical political changes that bring to power leaders
who are hostile to market economies.
Executive who strip corporations of money for their own use (called “looting control frauds” in
criminological circles) use accounting fraud as a weapon of choice to inflate income and net worth. They
also use normal corporate mechanisms to convert corporate assets to their own personal benefit before
the company collapses.
Looters are succeeding in various parts of the globe because of several factors. The expansion of
privatization of state-owned enterprises (SOES) over the last two decades has led to a dramatic global
upsurge in commercial enterprises, which increases the potential for private-sector looting. The
mishandling of privatization creates the incentives for looting.
We cannot “win” a decisive battle against fraud. We need to be eternally vigilant against fraud and
work cooperatively with other nations. The Institute for Fraud Prevention (IFP) can help build those
alliances.
Conducting research helps to learn how to spot fraud before it causes catastrophic damage. The results
of the ‘IFP’ research will provide the guidance to expand the education of auditors, to improve the
management of audits and to better regulate securities. The information gathered by the IFP will be a
major factor in the global effort to detect and prevent fraud.
 COMPREHENSION/INTERPRETATION. (7pts)
1. Choose the right answer. the type of the text is: (0.5pt)
Argumentative
expository
narrative
2. The text is about: (0.5pt)
a) Foreign currency
b) National enterprises.
c) Combating fraud.
d) The Institute for Fraud Prevention.
3. Are the following statements true or false according to the text? (2pts)
a) Looters are trying to combat fraud.
b) Fraud can have an impact on radical political changes.
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c) The expansion of privatization of state-owned enterprises has been stopped.
d) The IFP is a commercial enterprise.
4. Answer the following questions in full sentences according to the text: (3pts)
a) How do some executives behave?
b) What does the abbreviation ‘SOEs stand for?
c) What is the main aim of The Institute for Fraud Prevention?
5. What or who do the underlined words refer to in the text? (1pt)
It (§1) ……………
their (§2) ………..
.TEXT
EXPLORATION (7pts)
1/Find the opposites of the following words in the first paragraph: (0.5pt)
a) Support ≠……………………..
b) Beneficial ≠…………………
2/Match words from the second paragraph with the correct definitions below: (0.5pt)
a) Persons in a business or a commercial organization with administrative or managerial
powers =……………………
b) Criminal act such as stealing money =……………………
3/Complete the following table. (1pt)
Verb
Noun
adjective
To believe
………………….
………………..
………………….
practice
……………….
4/Complete the second sentence so that it means the same as the first one: (1.5pts)
a) The expansion of privatization of state-owned enterprises increases the potential for privatesector looting.
b) The potential for private-sector looting ……………………………………………
a) We cannot win a decisive battle against fraud.
A decisive battle against fraud ……………………………………………………..
b) I feel strongly that our government should do something to eradicate fraud.
It’s about time…………………………………………………………..
5/ Supply the correct form (s) of the verbs in the following passage: ( 2.5pts)
We (have) to take control fraud seriously; that (mean) recording it when we (detect) itthe Justice Department (not keep) statistics on control fraud- and conducting research to learn
how to spot it before it (cause) catastrophic damage.
6/ Classify the words below according to the number of their syllables: (1pt)
Knowledge - fraud - embezzlement - corrupt
Part two : written expression (6pts)
Choose only one topic and write a short paragraph.
Topic 1: what do you think of counterfeiting and what are its effects? You may use the following
notes.
-unethical /immoral business
-affects people ‘s health /economy of the country.
-loss of money/taxes not paid.
Topic 2: would you boycott products from foreign companies which use child labour? Justify your
answers.
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