Ali Bennour High School, Tadmait May 2022
rd
Level 3 Year duration: 2 h 30 m
(experimental science, civil engineering, technical maths, maths, management and economy branches)
ENGLISH Mock Exam
الموضوع األول
Part One: Reading (15 points)
A/Comprehension (08 points)
Read the text carefully, and do the activities.
Africa is the world’s second fastest-growing region, and yet 100 million more Africans live in extreme
poverty today compared to the 1990s. Sub-Saharan Africa, in particular, is home to the largest share of
people living in extreme poverty.
Corruption continues to harm the efforts to bring people out of poverty. In recent years, many national
governments, as well as the African Union, have declared the fight against corruption as their priority. In
contrast to political commitments, more than half of all citizens think that corruption is getting worse in
their country and that their government is doing a poor job in tackling corruption, according to the Global
Corruption Barometer (GCB) report. This latter reveals that institutions that are meant to control corruption
remain weak and citizens across the continent have to pay bribes to access the most basic services, like
health care and education.
Unsurprisingly, surveys reveal that the poorest people are twice as likely to pay a bribe – and more likely
to be victims of corrupt behaviour by bureaucrats – than the richest. However, these surveys only paint a
partial picture of corruption in Africa. National governments aren’t the only ones failing African citizens in
the fight against corruption. Foreign actors play a significant role in nurturing corruption in Africa; thus
depriving the region from sustainable development.
Taken from: [Link]
1. Select the correct answer: 2 pts
a. The main topic of the text is: a. poverty in Africa b. Corruption in Africa c. African
underdevelopment
b. The text is: a. web report b. letter of complaint c. newspaper article
c. The main purpose of the text is : a. to inform b. to entertain c. to argue
d. The text is: a) descriptive b) argumentative c) expository
2. In which paragraph is it mentioned that: 1 pt
a. Africa’s economy is one of the fastest growing.
b. Poor people pay more bribes than rich ones.
3. Answer the questions according to the text. 3 pts
a. Why are there so many poor people in Africa despite its riches?
b. Have the African Union’s anti-corruption programmes eradicated corruption? Justify your answer.
c. What impact does foreign intervention have on Africa’s affairs?
4. Who or what do the words in bold refer to in the text? 1.5
their §2 their § 2 this latter §2
B) Text Exploration: (7 pts)
1. Find in the text words whose definition is as follows: 1.5
a. the state of being inferior in quality or insufficient in amount §1
b. dishonest or fraudulent conduct by those in power §2
c. Officials who are concerned with paper documents at the expense of people's needs. §3
2. Complete the table below. 1.5
Verb Noun adjective
growing
Government
to sustain
2. Rewrite sentence ‘b’ so that it means the same as sentence ‘b’. 2 pts
1. a. Foreign powers are depriving Africa from sustainable development.
b) Africa …………………………………………………………………
2. a. an African citizen who wants a future change toward eradicating corruption.
b. I wish ……………………………………………………………………
3. a. If Africans don’t fight corruption, they will become poorer and poorer.
b. Unless ……………………………………………………………………..
4. a. African nations should promote more transparency and accountability.
b. African nations …………………………………………………………
3. Classify the words below according to the pronunciation of final‘s’. 1 pt
continues – governments – surveys – services
/s/ /z/ /iz/
4. Fill in the gaps in the following passage with the words below. 1
gone - president – movement – unprecedented
Two former prime ministers in Algeria have ………. 1 on trial on corruption charges. This is an
……………. 2 act that would reveal some transparency and accountability in response to the pro-democracy
………….. 3 that pushed out the long-serving ……………. 4
Part two: writing (5 pts)
Choose only ONE of the following topics.
Topic 1: Algeria was ranked at 117 among 180 least corrupt nations in the world. As a youngster, write a
short public statement to denounce unethical practices in our country and say what you would do to
eradicate them. Use the notes below:
features of corruption: bribing officials to get favours, embezzlement at banks, fraud, nepotism in the
workplace and at school, money laundering, counterfeiting …..
anti-corruption measures: report corrupt officials, judicial pursuit(justice), educate children about
morality, provide better living conditions for all citizens,
Topic 2: You have been a victim of an online shopping spam – You bought an item online but you haven’t
received anything- Write a letter of complaint to the Ministry of commerce to denounce this dishonest act
and ask for possible refund.
