Ali belhoune /Beja Level:4th YEAR
2013/2014Name:
Teachers: Mrs Souli+ Miss BaltiClass. Number
Reading Comprehension (12mmmarksmmars)m
20 Mark
301. Tick the appropriate option: (2 mark)a/This text is:
argumentative expository narrative b/ It is mainly about: the
importance of reverse brain drain. The impact of brain drain on
developing countries. The ways to avoid brain drain.
2.The following statements are FALSE, correct them with details
from the text: (3 marks)
a- It is easy to stop migration.
(p1).......................................b- most Tunisians who
immigrate are looking for political
freedom.(p2).......................................c- It is easy
for migrants to decide to come back to their home countries(p4)..3/
circle the right option (1 mark)When he says the losses are greater
than the gains the professor seems:Enthusiastic / sympathetic
/pessimistic / optimistic
4/Find words in the text meaning nearly the same as: (3
marks)percentage(parag1)= . increase (parag3) =
..................................... obstacles (parag4)= .5/ What
do the underlined words in the text refer to: (2 marks)
1. It : (p 1):
...................................................... 1. who : (p
3): .....................................................
6/Do you think that there can be a solution to brain drain? Why
or why not?II/ Language
1-Put the bracketed words in the correct tense and/or form.
(3marks)
Many women are choosing to climb off the ladder voluntarily far
early in their working lives in an "opt-out revolution". (High).
qualified women are dropping out of promising careers in far
(large)..numbers than their male counterparts. While men tend to
leave jobs for reasons of "(strategy). repositioning" , women are
most likely to quit for "family reasons". The key to encouraging
more women to pursue their careers is the (promote). of more
flexible and female-friendly working conditions since they
(struggle)for decades to reconcile their femininity with a male
working culture (build).. around single-mindedness, competitiveness
and self-projection. Committed women need to take time out. The
trick is to help them to maintain connections that will allow them
to come back without being marginalized for the rest of their
careers.2-Circle the correct alternative: (3maks)
The Nobel Prize in literature is awarded annually, since 1901.
Each year, it is given to honour an author from any country who has
produced in the field of literature the most (outspread /
outstanding / outside) work in an ideal direction. The Swedish
Academy decides who, if anyone, will receive the prize in any given
year and announces the name of the chosen (nominate / literate /
laureate) in early October. The 2009 Nobel Prize (has awarded / has
been awarded / had awarded) to the German novelist Herta Muller.
Muller, who received death threats in her native Romania after
(refused / refusal / refusing) to become an informant for secret
police during Ceausescus totalitarian regime, has become only the
12th woman in 108 years (to win / wins / won) the Nobel Prize for
literature. Though praised by the Nobel judges (of / for /to)
drawing the landscape of the dispossessed with the concentration of
poetry and the frankness of prose, Muller returns constantly to the
depiction of the dictatorship and exile of her own life in her
novels.
III/ Writing:
1- Develop the following notes into a short paragraph about
brain drain. (5 marks)* Brain drain _ happen _ nations _ lose _
scientists and highly-skilled workers _ because _ better paid jobs
elsewhere* term brain drain _ used for the first time _ 1960 _
British scientists and intellectuals _ emigrate _ USA* recently _
it _ affect _ poorer countries * rich countries _ benefit _ workers
_ escape _ bad conditions in their home countries* now _ many _
these workers choose to live _ Britain
2- Topic: (8marks)Technology can be great for staying in touch
with friends but it may also create a trap that can discourage
children from being in contact with people around them. Write a
15-line article to explain the impacts of technology (internet/ TV/
mobile phones...)on the kids and their communication with their
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Evaluation Criteria:Adherence to content / 3 language accuracy /
3 mechanics of writing /2
1/ Better-trained, recent migrants enrich their countries of
origin but not enough to compensate for the losses caused by their
departure. They contribute positively through remittances and by
giving hope to those looking to develop their skills. However, only
their return could change thissituation.Over the last three
decades, the proportion of migrants in the population of
industrialised countries has doubled and the volume of peoples
remittances now exceeds international development assistance. There
is an increasing number of highly skilled people among these
migrants. Does the brain drain from poor countries to richer
countries only have negative effects? Studies carried out to date
in different parts of the world have led to conclusions that are
often contradictory. Whats the situation in the Maghreb, and more
particularly, in Tunisia? AFEMISEreport tries to answer this
question (FEM33-16). The issue is important because despite
increasinglyrestrictive policiesin terms of receiving emigrant
workers, the migration continues. 2/ More than a million Tunisians,
or one tenth of the population, live and work abroad, especially in
Europe, half of them in France.Every year around 25,000 Tunisians
leave their country because of structural unemployment which
prevents them from finding worksays Mongi Boughzala, Professor of
Economics and Management at Tunis University.Between 2003 and 2008,
the number of Tunisian students in Europe doubled, and the
percentage of those staying to work is even higher, especially as
theseyoung peopleare extremely bright. 3/ Despite this brain
drain,does human capital accumulation benefit the country and does
it contribute to growth? There are undeniable positive elements;
more qualified, better trained young people and increasing
relocation represent 11% of Tunisias foreign earnings but if you
think of it in terms of net income, it doesnt add up, the losses
are greater than the gainsis the only conclusion Mongi Boughzala
came to from data he analysed. 4/ There can only be a net benefit
when qualified migrants decide to come back to their country of
origin, suggests the economist. This is the case for Tunisia,
Morocco, and Algeria. However, the more skills these migrants have,
the greater their degree of integration in thehost countryand the
more settled they are, the less likely they are to return. Will the
Arab Spring change anything? There are still many impediments to
overcome, it will take time, Mongi Boughzala cautiously warns. For
that to happen, there would need to be employment opportunities in
their own country that do not exist at the moment.
http://www.femise.org/en/2012/03/discussions/la-fuite-des-jeunes-cerveaux-continue-dans-les-pays-du-maghreb/Remittances
= transfer of money
