Macro QCM Direct 5
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Macro QCM Direct 5
EPREUVE D’ANGLAIS Session du 11 avril 2015 Durée totale de l’épreuve : 40 minutes Lisez attentivement le questionnaire et en l’utilisant comme brouillon, marquez les réponses justes. Reportez les réponses justes sur la fiche de réponses. Ne vous arrêtez pas sur les questions auxquelles vous ne savez pas répondre rapidement. Rendez obligatoirement le questionnaire et la fiche de réponses. Comment remplir la fiche de réponses : 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 comme ceci Q42 Vous pouvez cocher une autre case : Q42 Vous pouvez re-cocher la case effacée ainsi : Q42 Il ne faut pas essayer de reconstituer la case : Notation, barème : Chaque question comporte deux ou plusieurs 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 4. Ted told … about this project last week. A. me B. to me C. for me D. with me Q 5. I’ve been living here … early last year. A. during B. for C. from D. since Q 6. Feel free to choose … restaurant sounds best to you. A. whatever B. which C. what D. any Q 7. I look forward … meeting you at the trade fair. A. on B. of C. to D. about Q 8. You’ll be attending the seminar this week, …? A. you will B. won’t you C. are you going D. you aren’t going Q 9. We’d better ask Susan before buying her a ticket, since she … be able to get time off from work that evening. A. might not B. doesn’t C. would not D. couldn’t Q 10. Mary explained … but not how to get there. A. was where the store B. where the store was C. the store was where D. where was the store La correction est réalisée par lecture scanner vous garantissant l’anonymat de correction. I. Grammaire : Complétez les phrases suivantes avec une des quatre réponses proposées. Q 1. Nelly invited several of … colleagues to the meeting. A. here B. her C. hers D. her’s Q 2. Don’t sign this contract … you’ve read the small print. A. less B. while C. without D. until Q 3. Dan is older than most of us, but he’s not the … student in the class. A. most old B. more old C. oldest D. older Page 1 sur 3 II. Compréhension de texte : Après avoir lu le texte cidessous, sélectionnez la bonne réponse pour chacune des questions portant sur ce passage. Shapes fall from the sky, and all you have to do is to control how they fall and fit within each other. Since Tetris was released in Russia in 1984, millions of hours have been lost playing this simple game. Why is it so compelling? Some people say that after playing Tetris for hours they see blocks fall in their dreams or buildings move together in the street – a phenomenon known as the “Tetris Effect.” The journalist Jeffrey Goldsmith wrote a famous article asking if Tetris was “a pharmatronic” – a video game with the potency of an addictive drug. Many games are basically ritualised tidying up. Snooker, or pool if you are non-British, is a good example. The first person makes a mess (the break) and then the players take turns putting the balls away by using wooden cues to knock them into the pockets, in a very particular sequence. Tetris adds a computer-powered engine to this scenario: while the player tries to tidy up by completing whole rows of blocks so that they disappear, the computer drops extra blocks from the sky, adding to the mess. It looks like a perfect example of a pointless exercise, but one which weirdly keeps us interested. There's a textbook psychological phenomenon called the “Zeigarnik Effect,” named after Russian psychologist Bluma Zeigarnik. In the 1930s, Zeigarnik was in a busy cafe and heard that the waiters had fantastic memories for orders, but only up until the orders had been delivered. Able to remember all the requests of a party of 12, they instantly forgot the whole order once the food and drink had hit the table. Zeigarnik gave her name to the whole class of problems where incomplete tasks stick in memory. Tetris holds our attention by continually creating unfinished tasks. Each action in the game allows us to solve part of the puzzle, while also creating new problems. A chain of these partial-solutions and newly triggered unsolved tasks can easily stretch to hours, each moment full of the same kind of satisfaction as scratching an itch. Studies of Tetris players show that people prefer to rotate the blocks to see if they'll fit, rather than think about how they'll fit. Either method would work, but Tetris creates a world where action is quicker than thought. This is part of the key to why it is so absorbing. Unlike so much of life, Tetris makes an immediate connection between our insight into how we might solve a problem and the means to begin acting on it. The Zeigarnik Effect describes and names a phenomenon, but it doesn't really give any reason for why it happens. A plausible explanation for the existence of the Effect is that the mind is designed to reorganise around the pursuit of goals. If those goals are met, then the mind turns to something else. Tetris takes advantage of this goal orientation by creating a continual chain of frustration and satisfaction of goals. Q 12. This text summarizes the player’s goal in Tetris as: A. feeling an itch B. cleaning up a mess C. falling down D. remembering shapes Q 13. Tetris is presented as similar to all of the following except: A. pool B. drugs C. puzzles D. labyrinths Q 14. As defined here, the “Tetris Effect” describes the: A. illusion that blocks are moving outside the game B. fun of replacing logical deduction with action C. sense of purpose in cleaning up an endless mess D. link between memory and unfinished tasks Q 15. According to the “Zeigarnik Effect,” people best remember actions that are: A. annoying B. unfinished C. addictive D. sequential Q 16. The text tells us that “snooker” is: A. used as a model for designing recent video games B. significantly more popular than the game of pool C. the British name for the game also known as “pool” D. a game that the psychologist Bluma Zeigarnik played Q 17. All of the following types of professionals are mentioned here except: A. game designers B. journalists C. psychologists D. waiters Q 18. The blocks in Tetris are analogous to what element of snooker? A. the break B. the cues C. the pockets D. the balls Q 19. What does this text say the “Tetris Effect” and the “Zeigarnik Effect” have in common? A. what they describe B. who invented them C. why they’re wrong D. nothing mentioned here Q 20. Which of the following best summarizes the main point of the text as a whole? A. Video games like Tetris are really just about cleaning. B. Many types of video games are extremely addictive. C. Tetris captivates by linking accomplishment with new tasks. D. Psychologists describe phenomena but not causes. Q 11. According to Ms. Zeigarnik, professional waiters remember complex orders until they: A. eat them B. write them down C. serve them D. say them out loud Page 2 sur 3 III. Vocabulaire : Sélectionnez la proposition dont le sens est le plus proche du terme souligné. Q 21. This conversation has led me to believe that we have made the wrong choice. A. fear B. dream C. obtain D. suppose Q 22. Providing simple explanations of complex arguments is a skill that requires practice. A. ability B. experience C. strategy D. power Q 23. Starting a new business in such an unstable context was a bold decision. A. weak B. daring C. harsh D. complex Q 24. Don’t get too close to the edge of the cliff. A. bottom B. hole C. verge D. top Q 25. Students rated the course according to various criteria, including the homework requirements. A. labelled B. evaluated C. learned D. failed Q 26. Some politicians forget that true freedom actually requires well crafted laws. A. really B. currently C. initially D. oddly Q 27. He opened his speech by quoting Santayana. A. calling B. explaining C. citing D. summarizing Q 28. She was absolutely thrilled about the news. A. dubious B. confused C. terrified D. delighted Q 29. This assignment is fairly easy, but the next one will be considerably more challenging. A. justly B. clearly C. somewhat D. altogether IV. Conjugaison : Sélectionnez la réponse correcte. Q 31. I can’t stay long, but I’m willing … in any way I can. A. helping B. to help C. to be helping D. to go to help Q 32. Stock prices have … to new lows in all sectors. A. fell B. fold C. felled D. fallen Q 33. When I get home, tomorrow, I … you a call. A. give B. gave C. will give D. have given Q 34. To keep morale high, make sure that success …. A. rewarding B. is rewarded C. was rewarded D. be rewarded Q 35. The cost of buying so many books … considered too high for the average student to bear. A. is B. are C. be D. been Q 36. They only test the knowledge we have been …. A. teach B. teached C. taught D. tote Q 37. He didn’t notice the new decorations until after he … eating. A. is finishing B. is finished C. has finished D. had finished Q 38. She told me I should stop … time and get to work. A. wasting B. to waste C. waste D. wasted Q 39. I usually … fruit more often in summer than in winter. A. was bought B. have bought C. buying D. buy Q 40. He went to 9 different stores that day, but they … all closed for the holidays. A. are B. were C. will be D. have been Q 30. The ban on using mobile phones doesn’t apply here. A. prohibition B. argument C. support D. rule Page 3 sur 3