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‫الاخأتبار الخأير في مادة الناجليزية‬

"The numbers are in and they don’t look good." that was the assessment of Josephson
institute of Ethics last October, when they conducted a survey about the moral standards of
more than 20.000 middle and high school students. Almost half the young people reported
stealing something from a store in the previous 12 months. In the same period seven out of
10 cheated on an exam.

Should we be worried? Many observers say that we should. We see evidence of more
antisocial behavior than ever among our youth – a sort of divorce between personal ethics
and everyday behavior. Even among our most academically talented students, personal
interest seems to triumph over the common good.

From across the political spectrum come calls to address the problem, as people from
left, right, and center – however differently they may understand morality – recognize that
building character is everyone's business. And, of course, in American society, whatever is
everyone's business and involves children quickly leads us to the school.

The ideal that schools should produce people who are both smart and good has a
venerable tradition in the United States. Most children in 19th century America learned
their ABC's from the McGuffey Readers, which were replete with stories of honesty, self-
reliance and courage. The reader's author, William H McGuffey, was a professor of moral
philosophy at the University of Virginia. But by the early 20th century, schools were
beginning to lose their comfort with such moral indoctrination. As America became a more
pluralistic society, it was harder to come up with a shared notion of good behavior. Given
the lack of agreement, moral education, it was argued, was best left to the individual
child's family and religious institution. By the late 1970s character development had all
but disappeared as a goal of American public schools.

by Steve Johnson

Part one:
Reading/interpretation
1) Circle the choice that best complete the statement.
a) The text is: a- narrative b- descriptive c- expository
b) The text is addressed to: a- authorities b- scholars c- general readers

2) Choose the most suitable title to the reading passage.

a- Ethical standards
b- Ethics in education
c- Scholars behaviour

2) Say whether the following statements are true or false according to the text and
 correct the false ones .
a- the survey results were satisfactory.
b- A few numbers of students cheated on the exams.
d- Building character should be an individual interest.
e- American schools start neglecting about some moral beliefs

3) Find in the text words closest in meaning to:

Organize (1§) = neat (3§) =
4) Find in the text words opposites in meaning to:
Fear (4§) ≠ empty (4§) ≠

5) Find words in the text whose definitions follow.

a- the way that someone acts towards other people (2§)
b- Qualities and features that make a person, groups or places different from others ( 3§)

6) Filling the table with the missing word category.

verb Noun adjective adverb

locate ………….. …………… ////////////////
……….. …………… different …………
………… Education ………… …………..

7) Combine the sentences below using the appropriate connector.

Although – because – in order to - therefore

a- education was becoming more accessible. the region hadn’t witnessed the positive
changes.
b- Schools have become necessary partners. Parents should reinforce the
relationships with them.
C -families and religious institutions need help. Recognize and build individuals
characters
8) Divide the followings onto roots and affixes.
Recognition- indoctrination-understanding-individual
Prefix Root suffix

9) Classify the followings according to the pronunciation of their final "d/ed"

Landed- supported -pronounced -baked

10) Underline the stressed syllable in the words below.

Absentee – psychology- international– economical.
Part two: written expression
Choose one of the following topics.
Topic one

Is it the responsibility of schools to teach students moral standards or personal

responsibility? People would argue that morals are the realm of parents. What are your
own arguments on this issue?
Topic two
Many educators believe that students misbehave to achieve self-serving
goals. These usually include:
- Getting attention.
- Seeking power.
- Taking revenge.
- Avoiding failure.

write a paragraph of about 120 words talking about the causes of student's misbehavior.

Good luck and best wishes