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RAPPEL DU SUJET
COMPREHENSION
Document A
Lines 1 to 17
A. Which statement best corresponds to the situation here?
1. Simon has just finished high school. His dream is to go either to Cambridge University or to Oxford
University.
2. Simon is a university student at Oxford. He has rejected an offer from Durham University as his only dream
was to go to Oxford.
3. Simon is at high school. He is determined to go to Oxford University and so he rejects offers from all other
universities.
B. Explain what determines his choice of university? Justify with a quote.
Lines 17 to the end
C. Copy out the text and fill in the blanks (one blank = one word).
Simon is in _____________ (name of the city). He intends to visit all the ______________ to see if they have a
___________ for him. He intends to visit six every day until he is _______________.
D. Which adjective best describes Simon as he goes about his visits? Give two quotations to justify your choice.
HESITANT - DETERMINED - CONFUSED - IMPATIENT
E. Does he succeed in getting a place at university? Justify with an element from the text.
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Document B
F. Who are the characters present in the extract and how do they know each other?
G. The passage refers to two periods in the narrator's life. Which ones ?
H. Are the following statements Right or Wrong? Quote from the text to justify.
1. The narrator earns a lot of money.
2. The two characters haven't seen each other for quite a long time.
3. As the student the narrator had a lot of ideals.
4. The visit makes him realize he is content with his current life.
I. "What happened to me?" (ll.1,11 and 21). What did happen to him? Explain in a few sentences what he has just
realized.
J. What do we realize about the narrator's state of mind when meeting his friend?
Documents A and B
K.
1. In your opinion what is the theme common to both documents?
a. Absence of ambition
b. Failure
c. Success in life
d. Pride
2. Explain your choice of answer in a few sentences.
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Lisez les documents A et B puis répondez aux questions
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LE CORRIGÉ
Comprehension
Document A
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Lines 1 to 17
A. 3.
B. Simon is a very ambitious young man as he wishes to become the next Prime Minister.
"Future Prime Ministers aren't educated at Durham" (l.10)
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Lines 17 to the end
C. Simon is in Oxford. He intends to visit all the colleges to see if they have a place for him. He intends to visit six every
day until he is accepted.
D. Simon is determined. "On a trestle table in the corner of lodgings he intended to make permanent ….until his question
is had been answered positively" (l. 19-22).
He is also hesitant. "It was on the fourth afternoon, just as doubt was beginning to set in and Simon was wondering if
after all he would have to travel to Cambridge the following week" (l. 24-25).
E. As we can read l. 41 "Mrs. Kerslake was not surprised when her son went on to be President of the Oxford Union",
Simon succeeded in getting a place at the university of his choice.
Document B
F. The characters are the narrator and his university friend, Morrie.
G. The two periods are his college years and his present life at 37.
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H.
1. Right "I traded lots of dreams for a bigger paycheck" (l. 3) OR "rich people like me" ( l. 17).
2. Right "as if I'd simply been on a long vacation" (l.5).
3. Right "I once promised myself I would never work for money, that I would join the Peace Corps, that I would live in
beautiful, inspirational places" (l.12-13).
4. Wrong "My days were full, yet I remained, much of the time, unsatisfied" (l. 20).
I. The narrator realizes that he is not leading the life he had wanted to. He has lost his dreams along the way and that
makes him unhappy and bitter. His professional life has taken over and he has been trapped in the rat race.
J. The narrator feels depressed, lonely, and inadequate. He has lost all sense of belonging.
This casual conversation with his friend makes him feel ill-at ease and confused about something he has never really
thought of. Something he may have tried to repress for years, namely the loss of his dreams. Talking to Morrie has
revealed hom pointless his life is. As he is starting a mid-life crisis, he seems to be in need of support from his friend.
Documents A and B
K.
1. c. Success in life
2. Simon has succeeded in enrolling at Oxford. He is therefore on the road to greater success as he aims at becoming
Britain's future Prime Minister. He is characterized by his audacious temper and a bit of luck too, as the saying
goes: "Fortune favours the brave". As for the narrator in Document B, he has succeeded according to accepted
norms. However, he is not satisfied with the way his life has turned out to be since he has abandoned his former
ideals without realizing them.
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