Tarek Iben Ziad Secondary School

3AS(Scientific streams)
Duration: 2 hours
Year: 2015 / 2016

Level :

The First Term Exam of English

If you have computer ethics, you wont harass or hurt people with your
computer, and you wont commit crimes such as information theft or virus creation.
The problem that often arises when someone of us are working on a computer is that
we dont see the harm in snooping in another persons private information or trying
to figure out their passwords. It seems smart to copy and paste information into a
school report and pretend that we wrote it (even if the information were public-which
most of it isnt, that would be dishonest). The crimes committed with hacking or
gaming scams dont seem to be harmful because the victims lack faces. Flaming
(aiming abusive, insulting messages at another person online) seems risk-free since
we are anonymous. Indulging in obscenities and other offensive behaviour online
feels empowering simply because no one knows who we really are. No one is going to
come knocking on the door and demand a physical confrontation.However,everyone
of those activities is a violation of ethics.
TheThe
Computer Ethics Institute, a non-profit research and education organisation in
Washington, published a code of ethics in 1998 for computer users. They have given
A)-Comprehension: (7pts)
1._Say whether the following statements are true or false.
a)- If you harass people with your computer it is an ethical act.
b)- You will commit crimes such as information theft unless you have good computer
ethics.
c)- There is no risk in an unethical behaviour on computer.
d)- Plagiarism is insulting messages at another person online.
2. Answer the following questions according to the text.
a) How can the computer be used unethically?
b) Why do people consider computer crimes harmless?
c) What did the Computer Ethics Institute do to fight computer crimes?
d) Are the crimes committed with hacking and gaming harmful?
3. What do the underlined words refer to in the text?
a) their (1) =
b) It (2)=
4. In which paragraph it is mentioned that hacking is a kind of cleverness.
Paragraph number .
B)-Text Exploration: (7pts)
1. Find in the text words that are synonym in meaning to the following:
a) Pirating= (1)
b) clever =(1)
2)- Find in the text words that are opposite in meaning to the following:
a)- Honest(1) # .
b)- public (1) # ..
3. Complete the table below.
verb
to counterfeit

noun

corruption

(1.5pt)
adjective

embarrassing

4. Rewrite sentence B so that it means the same as sentence A

1- a) I think you should tell the police about the breaking of regulations made by
your company.()
b) It is high time.................................................................................
2-

a) I regret having refused to join an anti-corruption association.

b) I wish......................................................................................................

3-

a) The government should pass stringent laws against smuggling.

b) The government....................................................................................

5. Combine the following pairs of sentences using the connectors in brackets.

a) Nations (to overcome) their troubles. They (to fight) all offences honestly. (as long
as)
b) Brands cost high prices, some people cant afford to buy them. (such...that)
6. Classify the following words according to the pronunciation of their final
ed
- distinguished
/t/

- applied

- laughed

/d/

- committed

/ id /

PART 2: Written Expression

Choose one of the following topics.
Topic 1: Using the following notes, write a public statement about counterfeiting and its
effects on the consumer and the society as a whole.
- Counterfeiting / imitation / brands
- Clothes / car parts / medicines / cosmetics
- Deceive disguise consumers purpose
- Bad effects - consumers: harm / diseases
- Economy: down
- Country: bad reputation
Start like this:
Counterfeiting has become very common in many countries
Topic 2: Write a composition to develop the following statement.
- Some people say that good ethics do not bring success.