Exampl of Second Term English Exam
Message par skynet007 le Mer 11 Avr 2012 - 9:05
Second Term Exam
Level: 3year foreign languages
Duration: 3 hours
Text:
Medical ethics are the principles or standards of human conduct with regard to the field of medicine, medical research, the philosophical analysis and discussion of these principles. Questions about medical ethics were, until the middle of the 20 century, thought to be for the medical profession alone to answer. There might be questions, for example, about whether it could be ever be right to breach the strict code of confidentiality that holds between doctor and patient.
Should a patient's family be told if he or she were suffering from transmissible or heritable disease that the patient intended to conceal from family members? Should a cephalic baby, born without a brain, be quietly allowed to die by the doctor, and the parents told that the baby had died naturally? Could someone with a terminal illness be given drugs that would hasten an otherwise painful death? Such problems still arise and in an acute form. It is still true, too, that if a doctor in the United Kingdom behaves in a professionally disgraceful way, he or she can be struck off from the register and barred from practice by other doctors. They make up the General Council and are responsible for the honour and trustworthiness of the profession.
Recently, the medical profession can no longer rely on its own conscience, for the questions they are faced with are no longer concerned with the relationship between individual doctors and their individual patients. The general public is better educated and has the power to take a share in ethical and public policy decision making.
PART ONE: Reading and Interpreting
A/- Comprehension: (7pts)
1- Are these statements true or false. Correct the false ones?(1.5 pts)
a- In the past, people thought that the only medical profession could answer about medical ethics…………….
b- Ethical problems, nowadays, in medical research and practice concern doctors only………….
c- The General Medical Council can prevent a doctor from having unethical practices……
2- Read the text and answer the following questions: (2 pts)
a- What do we mean by 'medical ethics'?
b- List down two ethical problems which medicine is facing nowadays?
3- What or who do the underlined words refer to in the text:Sad 2 pts)
a- he(§2)………….
b-he(§2)……………
c-they(§2)……………..
d-its(§3)…………..
4- In which paragraph it is mentioned the definition of medical ethics?
……………………………………………. (0.5 pt)
5- Circle the letter that correspond to the right answer: (0.25pt)
The text is about:………………….
a- The history of medicine
b- Medicine in the 20 century
c- Medical ethics and its principles
6- Reorder the following ideas according to the text:
a- The dilemma between telling secrets to patients and the honesty of doctors.
b- The general public and the power of sharing making medical ethics.
c- The definition of medical ethics.
B/- Text Exploration: (8 pts)
1- Read the text and find words that are closest in meaning to these definitions:( 0.5 pts)
a- Property that can be passed from one member of a family to an other:…………..
b- Person born without brain:………………………………..
2- Find in the text words that are opposites to the following: ( 1pts)
a- tolerant (§1)≠........................ b- dishonesty (§2)≠………………..
c- private (§3)≠………………. d- worse (§3)≠……………….
3-Join the pairs of the sentences using the given linking words:( 2 pts)
1-a- ethical problems in medical research will be solved.
b- the general public is involved in medical research to solve ethical problems. (providing that)
2-a- strict laws were legislated by governments.
b- many businessmen still escape from taxes. ( although )
4- Complete the table: ( 1.5 pts )
ADJECTIVE VERB NOUN
……………………… To embezzle ……………………
.............................. ……………………. bribary
…………………….. To corrupt. …………………..
5- Put a stress mark on the following words: (1pts )
Corruption / economic / personality / product ( n )
6- Fill in the blanks using the following words: goods-taxes- wages- salaries (1 pt)
The government collects money from citizens through….(1)……… Income tax is the tax collected on…….(2)….and…..(3)….. Inheritance tax is collect on what people inherit from others. Customers or excise duties have to be paid on…..(4)……..imported from countries.
PART TWO: Written Expression(6pts)
Choose one topic:
1- Sometimes doctors need to end someone's life by giving him a medicament or an inject just because he suffers a lot or his mind is dead..etc
Do you agree with this practice? Is it ethical to end someone life? Justify your point of view using arguments.
2- Do you think that ethics are important in teaching? Explain using arguments?
You can use the following clues: Make differences between poor and rich pupils / neglect some pupils and concentrate only on the excellent ones / giving markes according to pupils faces or prestige / teachers' role is just to present the lesson no matter to pupils' understanding or questions
Correction of the second term exam foreign languages
Part One:Reading and Interpreting
A- Comprehension: (7pts)
1- True or False: (1.5pts)
a- true
b- false. Ethical problems, nowadays, in medical research and practice concern doctors and the general public.
c- true
2- Answer the questions: (2pts)
a- Medical ethics: are the principles or standards of human conduct with regard to the field of medicine, medical research, the philosophical analysis and discussion.
b- Two ethical problems which medicine is facing today are: whether to tell a patient that he is suffering from transmissible or heritable disease and to allow a cephalic baby to die by the doctor and the parents told that the baby had died naturally.
3- Reference words: (2pts)
a- he: patient b- he: a doctor
c- they: other doctors d- its: medical profession
(0.5pt) 4- The definition of medical ethics is mentioned in ( § 1 )
5- The text is about: Medical ethics and its principles (0.25pt)
6- Reorder the sentences according to the text: (0.75pt)
c- The definition of medical ethics.
a- The dilemma between telling secrets to patients and the honesty of doctors.
b- The general public and the power of sharing making ethics.
B/- Text Exploration: (7pts)
(0.5pt) 1- Words that match the definitions:
a-Property that can be passed from one member of a family to an other: heritable.
b- Person born without brain: cephalic
2- Find opposites: ( 1pt)
a- tolerant≠ strict b- dishonesty≠ trustworthiness
c- private≠ public d- worse≠ better
3- Join the pairs of the sentences: (2pts)
1- Ethical problems in medical research will be solved providing that the general public is involved in medical research to solve ethical problems.
2- Although strict laws were legislated by government, many businessmen still escape from taxes.
4- Complete the table: (1.5pts)
adjective noun verb
embezzled To embezzle embezzelment
bribed bribary To bribe
corrupt corruption To corrupt
5- Put a stress mark: (1pt)
Cor'ruption eco'nomic perso'nality 'product (n)
6- Fill in the blanks: ( 1pt)
a- taxes b- wages c- salaries d- goods
Part Two: Written Expression( 6pts)
Topic 1: 2pts……….form 2pts………content 2pts…….spelling mistakes/ tenses
Topic 2: 1.5pts……….form 1.5pts………content 3pts…….spelling mistakes/ tenses
