BACCALAUREAT GENERAL Séries L et S Langue

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BACCALAUREAT
GENERAL
ANGLAIS
SériesL et S
LangueVivante2
SérieS:
Sériel:
Durée 2 heures - Coefficient2
Durée 3 heures - Coefficient4
L'usage du dictionnaireet des calculatricesest interdit.
Avant de composer, le candidat s'assurera que le sujet comporte bien
4 p a g es num ér otéesde 114à 414.
C o mp ré h e n si o n:
10 points
Expression :
10 noints
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R a v iha d n 'tse e n h i s co u si nSonnyfor year s.The m an livedin Bangalor e',for one
t h i n g ;th e y h a d g ro w n u p fo ur thousandmiles apar t. Besides,they had nothi ngi n
c o m mo n .Wh e n th e y me t th ey r egar dedeach other with mutualincompr e hens i on.
B u t So n n yw a s i n L o n d o nfo r a coupleof days,en r outeto somewher eor other ,and
n o n eo f th e o th e rfa mi l yme mber swas ar oundto pick up some siuff he had b r ought
over.
They had arrangedto meet in the lobbyof the RoyalThistleHotel,Bayswater.
Ravi spottedhis cousin straightaway- a portlyman in shirt-sleeves,
pacingup and
d o w nan d sh o u ti n gi n toa mo bile.The fellowhad put on weîght.Har dto imag i nethat
1 0 he was once a playboy,boppingthe night away in the Lotus Room at the Oberoi
H o t e l ,B a n g a l o rei,n th e co mpanyof Bollywoodstar lets.Stilltalking,Sonnysnapped
his fingersat a waiter.'Bacardiand coke,plentyof ice!'
Ravi'sheart sank. Sonny was a wheeler-dealer,
a businessmanof boundless
energy.Ravi had forgottenhow sapping2that couldbe for someonein a fragilestate.
1 5 H e l o ng e dto g o h o me .
So n n y tu rn e d . 'R a vi old chap!' He bar ked som ethinginto his pho ne and
clickedit off. 'Come over here! You look terrible,you poor fellow.Overuuorking
as
u s u a l ?'
' N o -'
'Don'tknow how you stand it, your hair'sgone grey.You should
zv
try the stuff I
use,Tru-Tone,l'll get you a bottle,you'llfeel a new man.' Sonnysnappedhis fingers
againand orderedRavi a drink.
'And you should lose some weight,'said Ravi. 'You're
storingup troublefor
later.'
'Aye, aye, doc.' His cousin'sface was shiny with perspiration,
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he had always
beena sweatyman.
'T h i n ko f yo u r h e a ft.'
Sonnypatted his chest.'Soundas a drum.' He heavedover a carrierbag and
dumpedit at Ravi'sfeet. lt said Sunnama SilkHouse.'Mangoesfor you and your lady
3 0 wife. Broughtthem from Lalit'sfarm - rememberLalit,your uncle'scousin?The best
m a n g o e si n K a rn a ta ka .'
Ravi watched two men cross the lobby. They fetched their keys from
R e c e p ti o nS. u d d e n l y,th e th o ughtof checkingintoa clean,em ptyhotelr oomwas s o
seductivehe nearlyswooned.
'Flying to Frankfurt tomorrow,' said Sonny. 'You know Meyer SysJems?
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They'rerelocatingto Bangalore,to our very own SiliconValley- thesetekkies",they
have their heads screwed on, they all want a piece of the action.You wouldn't
recognisethe place, yaaro,you know how much softwarewe're exporling?We have
the satellitelinks,we have the know-how...' He countedon his fingers.'Motorola,
4 0 T e x a sl n stru me n ts
... T h e w o rld' sshr unk,m y fr iend...'
R a vi 'ste mp l e s th ro b b ed.Outsidean am bulancesped by, its sir en w ai l i ng.
Today he had failed to revive a cardiac arrest.Asthma attack,a young man with
newborntwins.
The drinks arrived.Sonny was still blatheringon. Ravi took a sip of orange
4 5 j u i c ea n d p u t d o w n h i s g l a ss.
'S o n n y,'h e sa i d .'l 'm h a vinga ter r ibletime.'
That he confided in his cousin of all people, a man not overly interestedin
others,took him by surprise.Once he started,however,the wordsgushedfodh.
'Pauline'sfather'scome to live with us, we can't get rid of him and I'm going
out of my mind. Last week he set fire to the kitchen.He was boilingup his revolting
rBangalore:
the capital of the lndian stateof Karnataka
'
sapping:demoralizing
t
tekkies:expertsin technology
'yaar'. (Indian)
my friend
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o l d h a nki e si n my L e C re u se tsaucepan,near lybur nedthe housedown. I ca n'ttel l
y o u h o w d i sg u sti n g
h e i s.' R a v i' svoice r ose.' He str ainshis tea thr oughthe fly - s w ats ,
he neverliftsa fingerto help, he drops biscuitcrumbseverywhere,I càn'tstar,dhim, i
c a n ' t g e t a n y sl e e p , P a u l i n eand I ar e quar r ellingall the time, sooneror la ter I'm
g o i n gt o h a veto mo veo u t, I ca n' tstandit any m or e,I thinkI' m cr ackinqup.,
'
a fly-swat: a flat object for hifting insects
DeborahMoggach,These FoolishThings,2005
NOTEAUXCANDIDATS
Lescandidats
traiteront
le sujetsur la copiequileurserafournieet veilleront
à:
a) respecterI'ordredes questionset repofterla numérotation
sur la copie
(numéroet lettrerepèrele caséchéant,
ex. 14c);
b) faireprécéderles citations
de la mentionde la ligne;
c) composerdes phrasescomplèteschaque fois qu'il leur est demandéde
rédigerla réponse.
COMPRÉHENSION
1. a) Listthe characters
presentin thescene.
b) Amongthem,identifythe maincharacters.
jobs?(10wordsmaximum)
c) Whataretheirrespective
d) Howaretheyrelated?(5 wordsmax.)
2. a) In whichcitydoesthe scenetakeplace?(10wordsmax.)
b) Explainin yourownwordsthe reasonswhythe maincharacters
are in this
city.(15-20words)
c) wherearetheyexactlyandwhataretheydoingthere?(1s-20words)
Focuson the passagefrom line 1 to line27.
The narrator
portraysSonnythroughRavi'seyes.
3. Whatcanthe readerdeduceaboutSonny'sphysicalappearance
in the past?
Answerin yourownwordsusingelements
fromthispassage.(25wordsmax.)
4. Describe
eachmaincharacter's
physical
appearance
now.(20wordsmax.)
5. Focuson Sonny.Pickoutsentences
showing
that:
a)
b)
c)
d)
He is noisy.(1 quotation)
He is authoritative.
(1 quotation)
He is restless.
(1 quotation)
He is self-confident.
(1 quotation)
6. HowdoesRavireactto Sonny'sattitude?
(Swordsmax.)
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F o c u s on th e p a ssa g efro m l ine 28 to 46.
7 . a ) l s R a vip a yi n ga tte n tionto Sonny' swor ds?
b) What is he doing?(Givethreeelements)(20-25words)
B. Wh a t d o e s h e d e ci d eto do at the end of this passage?( ' 10wor dsmax.)
R e a dt h e w h o l e te xt a g a i n .
9. Does Ravi'sdecisioncome as a surpriseto the reader?Quotethreeelements
to justifyyour answer.
'10.a) Four other
membersof Ravi'sfamilyare mentioned.
A mo n gth e m,w h i chone is Ravi' smainconcer nat the time of the sto r y ?
b) Choose four adjectivesfrom the list below which best apply to that
characterand justifyeach chosenadjectivewith a quotationfrom the text.
dangerous/ desperate/ caring/ dirty/
uncooperative
/ friendly/ intrusive/ rich.
c) What incidencedoes that character'sattitudehave on Ravi'smood?(10
words max.)
TRADUCTION
Seuls les candidats de la série L réaliserontcet exercice.
T r a d u i ree n fra n ça i sl e p a ssa g ede Sonnytur ned....( ligne16) à ... tr oublefor l atel
( l i g n e2 4).
EXPRESSION
L e s c a nd i d a tsd e l a sé ri e S choisir ont de tr aiter I' UN des deux sujets au choi x
(200 mots).
Les candidats de la série L devront obligatoirementtraiter les DEUXsujets (300
m o t s a u to ta l , so i t e n vi ro n 1 5 0 m ots pour chaque sujet) .
Su j e t 1 : R a vico me sb a ckh o meand decidesto talkto Pauline' sfather .lm aginethei r
conversation.
Sujet 2: To what extenthave new technologieschangedthe world?Give examples.
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