Anglais 2012 S1

BANQUE D'EPREUVES CONCOURS BACHELOR EGC 2012
B ACHEL O R
eGC
ECOLES DE GESTION
ET DE COMMERCE
ANGLAIS
Session du 31 mars 2012
Durée totale de l’épreuve : 40 minutes
Rendez obligatoirement le questionnaire et la fiche de réponses.
Comment remplir la fiche de réponses :
comme ceci
Q42
Vous pouvez cocher une autre case :
Q42
Vous pouvez re-cocher la case effacée ainsi :
Q42
Q 4. When I was younger, I … hold my breath under water for 2
minutes!
Remplissez en majuscules d'imprimerie (A, B, C) à l’intérieur des cases
des champs Nom, Prénom, Date de naissance, N°, sur la fiche de
réponses selon les données de votre convocation, puis répondez aux
questions en portant une croix au stylo feutre noir à l'intérieur des cases
correspondant aux réponses justes. Exemple : si D est la réponse juste
de la question 4 :
Q4 A
B
C
D
En dehors de ces indications et coches, la fiche de réponses ne doit
comporter aucune annotation, tâche, graffiti.
Pour corriger une case cochée par erreur il suffit de couvrir la case et son
remplissage par une couche complète de correcteur blanc. Exemple :
Q42
Q 3. Your job clearly leaves you lots of free time, …?
A. it does
B. it doesn’t
C. doesn’t it
D. does it
A. could
B. will
C. should
D. can
Q 5. The town has had a tramway … seven years now.
A. since
B. from
C. for
D. during
Q 6. After losing my mobile, misplacing my passport then missing
my flight, this has been the … day of my life!
A. worsest
B. worse
C. baddest
D. worst
Il ne faut pas essayer de reconstituer la case :
Notation, barème :
Chaque question comporte quatre propositions de réponses, une seule
réponse est juste, une seule case doit donc être cochée par question.
Une réponse juste rapporte :
4 points
Une réponse fausse quelqu’en soit la composition* coûte : -1 point
(* sauf toutes les cases cochées, voir ci-dessous)
Une absence de réponse donne :
0 point
Toutes les cases cochées à la question donne :
0 point
(c’est une possibilité d’annuler une réponse à une question)
Q 7. The sooner you finish your part of the project, ... it’ll be..
A. better
B. the better
C. best
D. the best
Q 8. We’ve just glimpsed a restaurant … was advertising English
La correction est réalisée par lecture scanner vous garantissant l’anonymat de correction.
breakfasts on the menu!
A. that
B. who
C. where
D. of which
I. Grammaire : Complétez les phrases suivantes avec une
des quatre réponses proposées.
Q 1. We’ve already booked … reservations in the various hotels
Q 9. I never have coffee this early, because I … tea in the
we’ll be staying in while in Rome.
A. for us
B. to us
C. ours
D. our
morning and find it makes me less anxious.
A. used to drink
B. am used to drink
C. use drinking
D. am used to drinking
Q 2. We’re pleased to be joined by Jessica, the newest member...
team.
A. on a
B. on the
C. on some
D. on
Q 10. In this family, we really try to look ... each other, but without
being overprotective, either.
A. out for
B. on to
C. around for
D. along with
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II. Compréhension de texte : Après avoir lu le texte cidessous, sélectionnez la bonne réponse pour chacune des
questions portant sur ce passage.
Around 330 old people die every year from
hypothermia, where the symptoms are a fall in blood pressure
and body temperature and possibly loss of consciousness.
However, research indicates that most deaths in winter aren’t
due to hypothermia, but to heart attacks sparked off by the
extreme cold. Early warning signs of a heart attack are a
severe pain in the chest and difficulty breathing.
But it’s not just the elderly whose health is at risk
during winter. Dr Josephine Arendt has done research into
how light affects our mental and physical well-being. When
the weather is cold we naturally spend most of our days
indoors, so our bodies don’t absorb enough bright light. The
result? Tiredness, sleepiness, depression, and an increased
appetite. Seasonal Affective Disorder (or ‘SAD’ for short)
affects one in twenty people during autumn and winter.
Unfortunately, hot weather can also be bad news for
our health. Too much exposure to bright sunlight on the
beach can lead to the red, itchy or even blistered skin that
characterises sunburn. In cities when summer temperatures
reach the nineties, the air becomes polluted with ozone, a
poisonous gas which causes coughing, throat and eye
irritation. In addition, the summer also sees an increase in the
number of hay fever sufferers, with symptoms similar to those
of ozone poisoning, namely sneezing, coughing, watery eyes
and a runny nose. This is caused by an allergy to pollen.
But it’s not only things we can see on the weather
map which affect our health. Some weather conditions are
invisible to the human eye, yet can have a devastating effect
on the state of our bodies – and minds. Changeable weather
affects the electrically charged particles – known as ‘ions’ –
in the atmosphere. When the ions in the air are negatively
charged, we feel full of energy, but if there is a large amount
of positive ions, there’s a tendency for us to feel depressed,
and to suffer from severe migraine headaches.
William Rea of The Environmental Weather Centre in
Dallas took a group of ‘weather sensitive’ people and
monitored them in windowless rooms so they had no idea
whether it was rain or shine outside. Just before a
thunderstorm – when there was a majority of positive ions –
the weather sensitive group said they felt ill, with some
complaining of painful joints, headaches and bowel problems.
Many scientists, however, are not convinced by such
evidence, and there is no medical name for this condition as
yet.
Q 11. How many old people die each year from hypothermia?
A. three hundred and three
B. thirty three hundred
C. three hundred and thirty
D. three thousand and thirty
Q 13. This text asserts winter deaths are more frequently caused
by:
A. ozone poisoning
B. hypothermia
C. Seasonal Affective Disorder
D. heart attacks
Q 14. What, from the text, can bring on a heart attack?
A. hypothermia
B. freezing weather
C. chest pains
D. breathing difficulties
Q 15. Dr Josephine Arendt’s research concerns the health risk of:
A. not treating depression
B. the 20% of young people who don’t exercise
C. excess absorption of rays from the sun
D. insufficient exposure to light
Q 16. Why were William Rea’s groups monitored in windowless
rooms?
A. to increase their sensitivity to the weather
B. so they could hear but not see a thunderstorm
C. so they would be oblivious to weather conditions
D. so as to eliminate natural daylight
Q 17. Which of the following is mentioned as a negative effect of
hot weather?
A. more heart attacks
B. more ozone in the air
C. increases in charged ions
D. frequent headaches
Q 18. Which invisible weather condition does the text say might
adversely affect us?
A. ions with a positive charge
B. negative particles in the atmosphere
C. increases in static electricity
D. pressure fluctuations after thunderstorms
Q 19. Which of the following is not a manifestation of SAD,
according to the text?
A. hunger
B. anger
C. fatigue
D. drowsiness
Q 20. Just before a thunderstorm, the following phenomenon has
Q 12. According to the text, which of the following can be a sign of
hypothermia?
A. becoming unconscious
B. frequent falling down
C. difficulty breathing
D. pain in joints
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been observed by William Rea:
A. shocks from ambient electricity
B. a decrease in ozone in the atmosphere
C. people reporting feeling ill
D. mixing of positive and negative ions
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III. Vocabulaire : Sélectionnez la proposition dont le sens
est le plus proche du terme souligné.
Q 29. It was very thoughtful of Jack to offer to pick me up after
work tonight.
A. pensive
B. stern
C. intelligent
D. attentive
Q 21. He left the door open on purpose so we could hear the
concert.
A. slyly
B. hopefully
C. clearly
D. intentionally
Q 30. How many well-wishers did you count at the company’s
opening ceremony?
A. opponents
B. sponsors
C. supporters
D. subscribers
Q 22. At work, I’ve been asked to handle the files of a very
important client.
A. take care of
B. carry around
C. look for
D. turn over
IV. Conjugaison : Sélectionnez la réponse correcte.
Q 31. The 2012 Australian Open … taking place over the next two
Q 23. Family and friends surrounded the graduates.
A. applauded
B. hugged
C. encircled
D. tempted
weeks.
A. is
B. is going to
C. was
D. has
Q 24. He’s been troublesome for most of his stay, but has finally
come around in the last few days.
A. missing
B. bothersome
C. dejected
D. awesome
Q 25. Your esteem matters more to me than the specific outcome
Q 32. Francesca … at least two languages.
A. is speaking
B. speaking
C. speaks
D. speak
Q 33. It’s all been arranged: I ... to Lyon at the end of the current
year.
A. was moving
B. be moved
C. will to move
D. am moving
of this project.
A. status
B. opportunity
C. structure
D. result
Q 34. I got a great bargain at the sales: look at what I’ve … for
Q 26. My library card has expired; I’ll have to update it.
A. renew
B. reply
C. repair
D. return
only 7€!
A. bet
B. bought
C. buy
D. buyed
Q 27. Hampered by her twisted ankle, she awkwardly limped to
the finishing line.
A. stubbornly
B. carefully
C. clumsily
D. quickly
Q 28. Tom’s favourite motto is “life’s too short”
A. caption
B. saying
C. tale
D. theory
Q 35. She … 300 guests to the wedding, already, when she
learned it was cancelled.
A. invited
B. has invited
C. had invited
D. has been inviting
Q 36. I only just remembered … the alarm before closing the
door.
A. turn on
B. to turn on
C. turning on
D. to turning on
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Q 37. This is the sort of event that ... by almost everyone after
only a few days.
A. forgets
B. has forgot
C. is forgot
D. is forgotten
Q 38. If Scotland is given its independence, there … fireworks
everywhere!
A. will be
B. will have been
C. would be
D. is
Q 39. I would really like … away on holiday this year.
A. going
B. to go
C. to going
D. go
Q 40. We …to the airport to pick him up, when he called and said
he had taken a taxi.
A. were driving
B. are driving
C. have driven
D. had driven
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