Second Term Test : Ethics Education

من طرف **SAADI** الإثنين فبراير 14, 2011 4:51 pm

Read the text carefully then do the activities
Education is central to prevent corruption. But when the educational system itself is corrupt, can children ever learn the values that must underlie a transparent and accountable society? When money counts more than knowledge in the quest for a diploma, studying and learning lose their purpose. Ethical values are transmitted to children through their environment and their education.
Bribery and corruption damage universities and schools across the world, according to a report for the UN's education wing, UNESCO. Academic fraud, such as fake degrees, is more common in the United States than in developing countries, it says. In higher education, the problems centre mostly on bogus universities, degrees which can be bought rather than earned and fake accreditation or licensing of institutions. The study says the number of fake universities on the internet offering bogus degrees rose from 200 to 800 between 2000 and 2004. Officials in Ukraine had admitted that in 2005 most licensing or accreditation applications for the country's 175 private universities required some form of bribery for success.
Transparency International believes that if the fight against corruption is to be successful, youth must grow up believing that their talent, effort and merit count more than favouritism, manipulation and bribery. In addition, children need to be shielded from corruption. This why TI addresses both sides of the issue in its work: educating children about how to identify and tackle corruption, as well as putting measures in place to stop corruption in the classroom.
BBC NEWS.
A – Reading comprehension:
1) The text is: circle the right choice.
a- narrative b- descriptive c- expository 2)

Say whether the following statements are true or false according to the text.
a- Children receive ethical values from environment and education. …………..
b- The developing countries are more common by academic fraud than USA. ……………
c- Between 2000 and 2004, the number of fake degrees diminished to less than 200. ……………
d- Children mustn't learn how to identify and tackle corruption. ……………

3) Choose a suitable title to the text. Circle the right choice.
a- Corruption in the World b- Bribery c- Corruption and Education

4) Answer the following questions according to the text.
a- How many sources for obtaining ethical values are mentioned in the text? List two of them.
……………………………………………………………………………………………………
b- Does the study say that the number of fake degrees is less than 200?
……………………………………………………………………………………………………..
c- How can we fight corruption according to Transparency International?
………………………………………………………………………………………………………

B- Text exploration:
1) Find in the text words that are closest in meaning to the following:
a-sent (§1) =…………………. b-popular(§2)=……………….
c-increased(§2)=………………. d- besides(§3)=…………………
2) Complete the following chart.

Verb	Noun	Adjective
…………………………….	education	…………………….
……………………………	………………….	corrupted
…………………………….	crime	……………………….

3) Rewrite the sentence "b" so that it means the same as sentence "a".
1) a- Ethical values are transmitted to children through their environment and their education.
b- The environment………………………………………………………………………
2) a- Bribery and corruption have damaged universities and schools.
b- Universities……………………………………………………………………………...
3) a - Parents must educate their children how to fight corruption.
b- Children…………………………………………………………………………………
4) Complete the following conversation between a journalist and a manager.
A:………………………………………………………………………………………….
B: Yes, you can.
A:………………………………………………………………………………………….
B: Yes, I have a number of people working for me.
A: ………………………………………………………………………………………….
B: Yes, the business is profitable.
A: ………………………………………………………………………………………….
B: I think that my success is due to the priority I place on relationships.
A:…………………………………………………………………………………………….
B: I mean my approach to handling a customer is really consultative sale.
5) Classify the following words according to the pronunciation of their final "s".
values- counts-schools-says-addresses-measures.

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Second Term Test : Ethics Education Quran10