3rd Experimental Sciences/economy

Mefti Abdelkader’s Secondary School

Grade level :3rd Experimental Sciences/economy Duration : 1:00h
Read the text carefully then do the activities.
Part 1:Reading and Interpreting

Bribery is the act of promising, offering, or giving a professional or person of authority something of value (i.e. money, property, services, or favors) in order to break the rules or ethics in a given situation. Bribery is a type of corruption that can occur in a number of professional and political situations. Though any one in a place of an authority may be subject to bribery, public and government officials, police officers, legal professionals, doctors, bankers, and other business professionals are those most likely to become the subjects of bribery .
(Adapted from” NEW YORK TIMES”, Nov2007)
1. Tick the correct answer of the following questions:
A. The aim of the passage is to:
(a) fight (b) inform (c) entertain
B. The text is:
(a) a letter (b) a report (c) a newspaper article
2. Are the following statements true or false? Correct the false ones.
a) Bribery is a kind of corruption ……………
b) Anyone can be subjected to bribery ……………..
c) Bribery is an ethical practice ……………..
3. Choose the most suitable title for the reading passage.
a) The Importance of bribery …………….
b) The consequences of bribery ……………..
c) Bribery as a criminal act ……………

Part 2:Text Exploration
4. Find in the text the words whose definitions follow.
a) Materials, goods or anything belongs to someone = ………………….
b) Power = ………………………..
c) Worth and importance = . …………………….
6. Combine the following sentences using the provided connectors:
a. He bought a car. He used it in his daily work (so that)
………………………………………………………………………………………………
7. Use the following words to complete the text below.
Jungle - ethical- arguments – businessmen- business - money
Some people say that………. should apply their own personal………. standards when doing business. They tell us that you need………… to make money; that the world of business is a………..; and that if we respect ethics, we can undermine the values of hard work and freedom. Let me tell you that I don’t agree with these ………….at all. I believe that such arguments are only excuses to escape the responsibility of these business companies. As far as I am concerned, I say that ethics has everything to do with …………