First Term exam : Counterfeit Medicines

من طرف **SAADI** الإثنين فبراير 14, 2011 7:06 pm

Part1.Reading (15 points)

a)Comprehension (8points)

Read the text carefully then do the activities

The United Nations has sent out a warning that up to fifty per cent of prescription medicines sold in developing world pharmacies are fake. A report from the International Narcotics Control Board, the UN drugs watchdog, said fake medicines are flooding into poorer countries. It stated that the consequences of people taking these drugs can be deadly. It also warned that the trade in fake prescription drugs may soon overtake the trade in illegal drugs. Many of the resources of the world’s law enforcement agencies are focused on hard drugs like heroin and cocaine. The UN suggests a refocus so that poor nations can fight the trade in counterfeit prescription drugs. The biggest problem for developing countries is that their laws are too old to control the flood, especially for sales over the Internet and those delivered by mail.

The UN warns that many people will die as a result of taking the fake drugs. The counterfeiters very cleverly copy the details on the packaging and labelling of the medicine and ensure all tablets and pills look identical to the real thing. However, the fake medicine is often a dangerous cocktail of chemicals that can kill or cause serious injury. The UN’s report said the fake drugs, “expose patients to serious health risks by providing access to…medicines that are ineffective, substandard and, in some cases, even lethal.” The UN’s Philip Emafo said: "Gains over the past years in international drug control may be seriously undermined by this ominous development if it remains unchecked". He warned that many discount medicines in stores or online often seem to be authentic but turn out to be made from recipes posted on the Web.

1. Read the text then say whether these sentences are true or false:

a.	Fifty percent of prescription drugs in poor countries may be fake.	T / F
b.	Some medicines are causing floods in some developing countries.	T / F
c.	The world’s police forces are not ready to deal with this problem.	T / F
d.	The sale of prescription drugs over the Internet is not a problem.	T / F

2. What do the underlined words refer to?
a) that their laws are too old……….§1
b) He warned that………….§2

3. Answer the following questions according to the text.
a) Is it easy to identify the boxes and labels of the fake drugs?
b) Where can the recipes for many fake medicines be found?

4. Choose a title to the text:
a) UN warns of deadly fake medicine
b) Counterfeit money
c) Pirated software

5. What is the type of the text?
a- a letter
b-a newspaper report
c-a web article

B. Text exploration (7points)

1. Find in the text words closest in meaning to the following:
a. Counterfeit §1
b.lethal § 1
c. exactly the same §2
d. genuine §2

2. Give the opposites of the following words keeping the same root
a. Honest
b. Legal
c.moral

3. join the following pairs of a sentence using the connectors between brackets
1.
a. they will die.
b. Many people have taken fake drugs. (Consequently)

4. Complete sentence “B” so that it means the same as sentence»A”
1. A.Governments ought to unite to fight counterfeiting.
B. Governments………………unite to fight counterfeiting.

2. A. The counterfeiters copy the details on the packaging.
B.The details…………………………………………………………….

5. Reorder the words to get a coherent sentence
fake/ better/ trade/stop/ the government/in/ The /prescriptions. /had/the

Part 02:Writing (5pts)

Choose one topic:

Topic one: Write a paragraph answering the following questions
What do you think of the counterfeiters?
Do you ever worry the medicine you take might cause you more harm than good?
What can people in developing countries do to protect themselves against fake drugs?
Do you think law enforcement agencies will ever be able to stop the trade in illegal and fake prescription drugs?
What kind of punishment do you think the counterfeiters should receive?
Would you ever buy medicine over the Internet?

Topic two:
What can medicine companies do to make it more difficult for counterfeiters to copy their drugs? .