PART OnE: Reading

(15 pts)
A- Comprehension:
(07pts)
Read the text care!""# and do the acti$ities:
The social audit is a business statement published every year to
present a set of information about the social projects, benefts and actions
addressed to employees, investors, market analysts, shareholders, and the
community at large. %t also functions as a strategic instrument to evaluate
the practice of corporate social responsibility.
Through its social audit the company shows what it does on behalf of
its professional staf, their families, collaborators and the community at large.
Transparency is given to the activities developed to improve quality of life. Its
main function is to make public the companys social responsibility, thereby
strengthening the links between company, society and environment. If all
companies use social audit, they will develop fast.
The social audit is published because it is ethical. !eing fair, good and
responsible is a reason in itself. The social audit adds value, gives the
company a reference that is being more and more appreciated by investors
and consumers throughout the world. It reduces the risks" it is an instrument
of evaluation.
The social audit benefts all groups involved with the companys
activities. It provides useful information for directors to make decisions.
#uppliers and investors learn how the company faces its responsibilities with
regard to human resources and the environment, &hich is a good indicator of
how the company is run. The social audit shows consumers the quality of the
product or service that is provided, pointing to the way the company chooses
to make itself known. The number of companies that publish annual social
audit has grown fast'
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artci"e) 1-Choose the genera"
idea o the text'
a-$thical and unethical business .
(%#ocial audit and its in&uence on companies, society and environment.
c%#hareholders and their benefts.
)-Are the o""o&ing statements tr!e or a"se*
a%The social audit is published annually.
(%The main function of social audit is to present some information about the
company' c%The social audit adds no
important value to the company'
d%The social audit benefts all groups related to the companys activities.
+-Ans&er the o""o&ing ,!estions according to the text:
a%what is social audit'
(%(ow does a company beneft from social audit'
c%Is social audit ethical' )ustify your answer.
--.hat or &ho do the !nder"ined &ords reer to in the text*
It*+,- which*+.-
5-%n &hich paragraph is it mentioned that the compan# can ma/e
itse" /no&n thro!gh socia" a!dit*
01Text Exp"oration:
(02 pts)
1-3ind in the text &ords c"osest in meaning to the o""o&ing'
make better *+/- major * +/- quickly *+.-
)-4i$e the opposites o the o""o&ing &ords /eeping the same root:
ethical 0 responsible 0 approve 0 legal
+- 5oin each pair o sentences &ith one o the connectors rom the
"ist' 6a/e an# necessar# changes'
in order to % therefore % provided that % although '
a% 1 company will act responsibly. It will gain the confdence of its clients'
(% #ome companies are unethical.It2s hard for them to reveal their fnancial
situation' c- #ocial audit is benefcial.#ome companies
don2t use it in their business activities.
--7nder"ine the stressed s#""a("e in the o""o&ing &ords:
Information % strategic % ethical % responsibility
5-Reorder these sentences to ma/e a coherent paragraph:
a% It also contributes to the economic progress of its community'
(% to improve its businnes perfomance8
c% 3esponsible business conduct allows an entreprise
d% make profts,and meet its stakeholders e4pectations.
PART T.O: .R%TTE9 E:PRE;;%O9
(05pts) Choose
one o the o""o&ing topics:
Topic O9E : 5se the following notes to write a composition of ,66%,/6
words on how to fght child labour.
all the companies must publish their social audit.
social audit provides us with information about child labour.
pass stringent laws.
inform the parents about the risks of child labour.
give the children their right for education.
Topic T.O7 8rite a composition of ,66%,/6 e4plaining the causes of the
decline of most ancient civili9ations .