Trade Organs /Ethics in Business

PART ONE: READING COMPREHENSION (15pts)

A-Comprehension and interpretation    (08pts)

Read the text carefully and do the activitie

In recent years the rise in demand for organ donation has dramatically increased due to advanced  medical technology .At the very beginning of the organ transplant era some people feared that their doctors might accelerate their deaths in order to obtain transplantable organs. Others worried that people living in rich countries might pay poor people living in developing countries for their organs. But are these fears justified?    (§1)

      Trafficking in organs is a crime that occurs in two broad categories. First, there are cases where traffickers force or deceive the victims into giving up an organ. Second, there are cases where victims formally or informally agree to sell an organ and are cheated because they are not paid for the organ or are paid less than the promised price.   (§2)

     Today, China stands alone in continuing the use of organs of executed prisoners for transplant surgery. International organizations such as the World Health Organization regards the sale of human organs as inhumane and unethical, they report that Chinese officials systematically remove kidneys, corneal tissue, liver tissue, and heart valves from executed prisoners, giving them to well-connected Chinese, or, more often, selling them on the black market for up to $30,000, this practice is so organised that it escapes the control.  (§3)

       Many remains to be done to reduce or eliminate illegal trafficking in organs, authorities had better think about passing and enforcing laws against the crime and organizing public education campaigns for victims and potential sellers. The organ shortage may be solved with biotech miracles like transplantable animal organs genetically tailored to match individual human immune systems, or 

by repairing damaged organs using human stem cells.   (§4)

1/   Are the following statements true or false?    (01.5pt)

    1) Trafficking in organs is a crime.

    2) China regards the sale of human organs as inhumane.

    3) Nothing remains to eliminate organs sale.

2/ Answer the following questions according to the text:   (03.5pts)

    1) Does the World Health Organization support Trafficking in organs?

    2) What are the two broad categories in which organs sale occur?     

    3) What is the author’s proposed advice to this illegal act?

3/   what / who do the underlined words refer to in the text?    (01pt)

    1) Their (§1) = … ……. 2) Their (§1) = …….………  

    3) They (§2) = ………... 4) It (§3) = …………………

4/ Choose the answer that best completes the statements (02pts)

    1) The type of the passage is:    a) Narrative           b) Expository       c) Descriptive

    2) The most suitable title is:       a) Body Organs     b) Organs Sale     c) Trafficking

   

         II- Text Exploration            ( 07pts )

1/ Match words from column (A) with their definitions from column (B) (1 pt)

B	A
a- A person who trades in illegal things. b- Extremely cruel behavior. c- A given part of the body of human or animal. d- To give something of value to help people.	1- Donation 2- Organ 3- Trafficker 4- Inhumane

  Rewrite sentence (B) so that it means the same as sentence (A).     ( 02pts 

1.        (A) Traffickers force the victims into giving up an organ.

               ........................................................................  B/The victims                  

2.       (A) Doctors said: “Many actions remain to reduce illegal trafficking in organs”

                     ...................................................(B) Doctors said                   

3.      ( A) I regret having accepted the bribe.

                 ………………………………………………………….( B) I wish                   

3- Complete the table: ( 1.5p

ADJECTIVE	VERB	NOUN
………………………	……………	imitation
..............................	to bribe	……………………
behavioural	……………..	………………..

4- Put a stress mark on the following words: (1.5 pt 

                 imitation    - ethical - import -  export (n)

5- Fill in the blanks using the following words: (1 pt)                                                                                           .                                sale    -    pay     -    ethically        -           shortage

Organ transplant medicine is an incredible life-saving technology, under the right circumstances. Unfortunately, due to a ………….of available organs, a new crime of the 21st century, organ trafficking, is supplying organs to people with the money to …………… big dollars for a new life. Organ trafficking involves the harvesting and ………….. of organs from unwilling donors or donors who sell their organs in …………………questionable circumstances. It is happening in many places throughout the world, but especially in China.

 PART TWO:   Written Expression      (05pts)

Choose one of the following topics                                                                                              Topic one:     Using the following notes , write an opinion article on fighting organs trade.         -organs trade  / unethical activity that must be  fought*                                                                      
-inform and sensitize people on the dangers of organs trade                                                                              -governments must pass strict laws/punish traffickers.                                                                                Topic Two: suppose a comet collided with earth. What would happen ?                                    Write a composition in which you speak about that terrible incident.