2009 - anglais - Sciences Po Toulouse
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2009 - anglais - Sciences Po Toulouse
I N S T I T U T D ' É T U D E S P O L I T I Q U E S TEST D'ENTREE EN QUATRIEME ANNEE - 2009 ANGLAIS Documents autorisés : • aucun Les réponses seront obligatoirement reportées sur la grille réponse (recto-verso) que vous trouverez en fin de test. • Une seule solution devra être choisie. • Il n’y a pas de points négatifs. a Cocher la grille proprement selon le modèle ci-contre B 1 2 3 b c d e X X X Une fois que vous aurez terminé, vous pourrez conserver ce test. test. Vous ne rendrez que la grille-réponse, c'est-à-dire la dernière page après l’avoir détachée et y avoir soigneusement et lisiblement inscrit votre nom et votre prénom en caractères d’imprimerie. Rappel : Les téléphones portables, calculatrices, agendas électroniques et autres appareils électroniques du genre sont strictement interdits lors de l'épreuve. Il est interdit au candidat, sous peine d’exclusion, de signer sa composition en dehors du cadre prévu à cet effet ou d’y mettre un signe quelconque pouvant indiquer la provenance de la copie. ■ IEP - 2ter rue des Puits creusés – BP 88526 – 31685 Toulouse Cedex 6 ■ Tél. 05 61 11 02 60 ■ Fax 05 61 22 94 80 ■ e-mail : [email protected] ■ www.sciencespo-toulouse.fr Leading the lawmakers Jan 8th 2009 Adapted from The Economist “CHANGE begins at home,” say the billboards in Washington, DC. They are adverts for a discount furniture store, urging people to spruce up (1) their apartments with new sofas. But they also describe Barack Obama’s agenda (2). The president-elect was chosen to stop wasting blood and treasure on foreign wars and start fixing what’s broken at home. As the flames in Gaza attest, the rest of the world is hard to ignore. Nonetheless, Mr Obama started work in the capital this week with a hugely ambitious domestic programme. He wants to rescue the economy from free fall (3), extend health care to nearly everyone and re-engineer the way Americans produce and consume energy. As Obamamania grips (4) the planet, it is easy to forget that power in America is divided. The president cannot do much, especially at home, without a willing legislature. Before he can sign a bill, Congress must pass it. Before he can spend money, Congress must appropriate it. Before his nominees for high office can start work, the Senate must approve them. The executive and the legislature are supposed to be coequal branches of government, so the first meeting of the 111th Congress on January 6th was, in theory, just as important as Mr Obama’s impending (5) inauguration. How will Congress work with Mr Obama? Some say he will charm it like a snake. His party has the same hefty (6) majority in both chambers, with 59% of seats to the Republicans’ 41%. He has no formal power to boss Democratic lawmakers around, but he can set the agenda and promote it with his huge and expertly wielded megaphone. If his presidency is deemed (7) a success, his party will reap (8) the electoral benefits. Just as Mr Bush has recently dragged congressional Republicans down, a popular President Obama would help Democrats maintain their majorities in 2010. The economy is in dreadful shape. Wise folk concur that a swift and powerful stimulus is required. The public are receptive: nearly two-thirds say the government should spend more to revive the economy. Democrats are anxious not to let the crisis go to waste. Some see a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to reshape America. They liken the current times to the Depression of the 1930s, in part because they want to enact a new New Deal. But will Congress really be so pliant (9)? In the Senate, Republicans have just enough votes to mount a filibuster and block bills. They have ideological objections to the Obama agenda. Mitch McConnell, the Republican leader in the Senate, frets that he will hire 600,000 new civil servants. Fiscally conservative “Blue Dog” Democrats may rebel if the stimulus grows too big. And public support may prove fragile. Though voters broadly support action to curb greenhouse gases, provide universal health care and kick-start the economy, they may change their minds if that leads to higher fuel bills or taxes. Despite all this, the chances are that Mr Obama will enjoy a lengthy honeymoon. For one thing, he shows every sign of handling Congress deftly (10). His team is packed with people who know how Capitol Hill works. Mr Obama is also shrewdly (11) reaching out to Republicans, proposing that a large part of the stimulus should take the form of tax cuts. As long as he is popular, he will get most of what he wants. And he could remain popular for a while. Since the economic crisis conspicuously began under Mr Bush, Mr Obama can plausibly blame him for everything that goes wrong and then take the credit for the recovery, when it comes. 2 Les exercices 1, 2 et 3 portent sur l’article de la page précédente. Parcourez les questions avant de lire l’article plus en détail. Vous pouvez écrire sur l’article et le détacher si vous le souhaitez. Exercice 1: Choisissez l’expression synonyme qui correspond le mieux au sens du mot souligné en gras dans le texte. Reportez la réponse dans la grille-réponse ( /11) 1- [spruce up] a) scatter b) spice up c) smarten up 2- [agenda] a) timetable b) calendar e) roadmap 3- [free fall] a) flustering d) inflation 4- [grips] a) grapples with e) gets hold of 5- [impending] a) looming e) essential c) schedule b) gratuitous fall e) disaster b) grates b) forthcoming 6- [hefty] a) slight b) slender 7- [deemed] a) reckoned to be d) made to be b) doomed to be e) hoped to be 8- [reap] a) harness b) repeal 9- [pliant] a) steadfast e) trustworthy d) clutter e) mess up d) programme c) a recession c) grids d) gropes for c) far-off c) tractable d) further d) sizeable e) unruly c) turned into c) bring about b) easily swayed c) elastic d) put off e) harvest d) reliable 3 10- [deftly] a) clumsily b) lightly c) daftly d) gracefully 11- [shrewdly] a) astutely b) boldly c) meanly d) foolishly e) fortunately e) skilfully Exercice 2 : Dans l’espace du recto de la grille-réponse réservé à cet effet, traduire le 4ème paragraphe, en italique dans le texte (« The economy is in dreadful shape… a New Deal »). ( /9) Exercice 3 ( /15) Will Barack Obama enjoy a honeymoon and lead the lawmakers? Provide five elements that indicate Barack Obama cannot simply impose his agenda the way he wishes to and five other elements that suggest he might nonetheless succeed in manoeuvring Congress in his first few months in office. Write your answer on the back side of the answer sheet. You must write 10 full sentences. You are not allowed to quote the text and must instead reformulate it. Exercice 4 – La fin des mots en gras a été effacée dans le texte cidessous. Écrivez lisiblement le mot entier dans la grille-réponse. ( /6) EVERYONE knows that the financial system took a downw___ (12) dive in mid-September. The failu____ (13) of Lehman Brothers turned the rich world’s credit crun____ (14) into a global calamity, as the international banking system came close to coll____ (15) and even the most basic functions of finance, such as trade credit, seized up. To stop this financial breakd____ (16) sending the world economy into a tailspin, politicians scrambled with bank-rescue pack____ (17) and promises of fiscal stimulus. Adapted from The Economist print edition, Jan 15th 2009 4 Exercice 5 –remplacez les blancs par les éléments appropriés : this/ the / a / 's / Ø [ce signe signifie qu’il ne faut rien mettre]. Reportez la réponse dans la grille-réponse ( /6) ____ (18) industry is in grave trouble. Around the world, factory ____ (19) output is plunging at its fastest pace in decades as ______ (20) consequences of slumping demand have rattled along the supply chain. In _____ (21) three months to November American industrial production fell at an annualised rate of 16% compared with the three months before. Over the same period Japan fell by 21% and Germany’s by 15%. Some emerging economies have done even worse. South Korea ____ (22) factory output fell at an annualised rate of 25%, about as fast as in its financial crisis _____ (23) decade ago. Adapted from The Economist print edition, Jan 15th 2009 Exercice 6- Choisissez la bonne réponse et reportez-la dans la grilleréponse. ( /13) 24 - What is she complaining about ? She ... have warned us. a) would b) must c) ought to d) may e) will 25 - I ... be wrong, but I feel he will become a prominent politician. a) may b) should c) have to d) am able to e) need to 26 - Professor Adams isn't in. He ... to London. a) should have gone b) should have been d) is able to go e) would have gone c) had to go 27 – The bridge is still … a) built b) being constructing c) constructed d) in construction e) being built 28 – She … for over an hour now. a) has been crying b) has cried e) cried c) cries 29 – We’ll go to bed soon, … good because I’m tired. a) that is b) what’s c) which is d) that which is 30 – I’d rather you … a) don’t smoke d) haven’t smoked d) is crying e) wich will be b) didn’t smoke c) won’t smoke e) shouldn’t smoke 31 – If I had had better connections, I… a respected journalist. a) could become b) could have become c) would become d) might have became e) might become 5 32 – That monument is … a) a war’s memorial c) a memorial war e) the war’s memorial b) a war memorial d) a memorial of war 33 – It was the first time he … her. a) ’d ever seen b) was ever seeing c) d) is ever seeing e) ’s ever seen 34 – Nobody knows the exact value of bread, …? a) Do they b) Does he c) do you e) don’t they ever saw d) doesn’t he 35 – If you were ever in trouble, I would give you all the help you … a) needed b) would need c) will need d) will have needed e) should need 36 – They anticipate … more staff. a) the hiring b) hiring c) to hiring e) to hire 6 d) hiring of Entrée en 4ème année 2009 * Anglais * NOM : ………………………………………………………………………. Prénom : ..…………………………………………………………………. Date naissance : ……………………………… Grille-réponse: a b 01. 02. 03. 04. 05. 06. 07. 08. 09. 10. 11. 12. 13. 14. 15. 16. 17. Exercice 5 this the c d Entrée en 4ème année 2009 - ANGLAIS – Exercice 6 a b e c d e 24. 25. 26. 27. 28. 29. 30. 31. 32. 33. 34. 35. 36. Exercice 2: Traduction a 's Ø 18. 19. 20. 21. 22. 23. 7 Exercice 3 Will Barack Obama enjoy a honeymoon and lead the lawmakers? Provide five elements that suggest President Obama cannot simply impose his agenda the way he wishes to o (1) ____________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________________ o (2) ____________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________________ o (3) ____________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________________ o (4) ____________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________________ o (5) ____________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________________ Provide five other elements that suggest he might nonetheless succeed in manoeuvring Congress in his first few months in office. o (1) ____________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________________ o (2) ____________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________________ o (3) ____________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________________ o (4) ____________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________________ o (5) ____________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________________ 8