Djignabo High School

Terminales S - 2011/2012

2 hours

Students name: Class: .. ENGLISH TEST TEXT: VACCINES FOR THE POOR The U.S. administration has designed a proposal to encourage pharmaceutical companies to invent new vaccines for poor countries. The proposal would address a severe problem. Malaria, Tuberculosis and AIDS kill more than 5 million people each year, yet effective vaccines do not exist, in part because most of the victims live in poverty and cannot afford drugs. Drug companies are to be given tax incentive: a credit against their taxes of one dollar for each dollar of sales of new vaccines they make to government or non-profit agencies in the worlds poorest countries in effect doubling the companys money on each sale. That could create sufficient incentive for an expensive research program. One reason to believe that the incentive will work is the successful record of a similar proposal for low-income housing that has successfully channelled corporate money to community groups in some of Americas worst slums. The tax incentive proposal would be limited to new vaccines for malaria and any other infectious disease that kills more than a million people each year. With any luck, the benefits for mankind could be spectacular. Adapted from International Herald Tribune, April 3, 2000 p8. I.Reading Comprehension (08 pts) A. Complete the following comment on the text. (2 pts) The text suggests that, even in rich (1). like the U.S., the administration can be concerned about (2) that mainly affect poor people elsewhere. This proposal, which consists in giving pharmaceutical companies enough tax (3). to encourage them to invent vaccines that the (4) can afford to buy, is a praiseworthy one. B. Say whether the statements below are true or false. Justify by quoting from the text. (3 pts) 6. The new vaccines will be sold to agencies which are only concerned about making profit. T F .. 7. In the U.S., tax incentive proposals have been non-existent before this one. T F .. 8. The author is pessimistic about the proposal. T F .. C. Find in the text words which are close in meaning to the following: (2 pts) 9. medicines = .. 10. to have the desired effect = .. 11. overcrowded and poor districts in city = .. 12. contagious = ... D. Referencing: What do the underlined words in bold refer to in the text? (1 pt) 13. they (make) refers to: ... 14. That (could create) refers to: .. II.Linguistic and Communicative Competence (06 pts) E. Complete these sentences meaningfully with the appropriate pronouns. (1.5 pts) 15. AIDS is a disease . has no cure. 16. Mamadou is the boy . brother got AIDS from his white partner. 17. Whenever he looks at in the mirror, he feels that he is getting thinner and thinner.

F. Reformulation: Rewrite the sentences below without changing their original meanings. (1.5 pts) 18. The disease affected her severely. She .......................... 19. If governments dont help the poor, they wont be able to afford the drugs. Unless.......................... 20. Lets work together to fight these fatal diseases. I suggest ... G. Verb Tenses / Forms: Put the bracketed verbs in the right tenses and forms. (2 pts) Alphonse (live) 21. with the HIV for 10 years now. His father said that he couldnt help (look) 22. at his son without shedding tears. If the victims of AIDS (not live) 23.. in poverty, they could afford the antiretroviral drugs. Its high time people (stop) 24... stigmatizing them. H. Complete the interview below meaningfully with the right questions and tags. (1 pt) 25. Interviewer: Most people today are worried about AIDS, .? AIDS Officer: Yes, they are. 26. Interviewer: Tell me, ? AIDS Officer: Well, the area of the world which is most infected by HIV-AIDS is Sub-Saharan Africa. 27. Interviewer: People rarely broach subjects like AIDS and sex at home, ..? AIDS Officer: Thats right. Many African cultures havent broken their taboos on sexuality yet. So, itll be very difficult to eradicate this pandemic in the near future. III. Essay Writing: Choose one topic and write about 200 words. (06 pts) Topic one: For the time being there is no cure for AIDS. What could you do to participate in the fight against the spread of this fatal disease in your town or village? Topic two: Why is Africa the continent which is most infected by HIV-AIDS? ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ...