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90398 Read and understand written language in French
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Credits: Six
RESOURCE BOOKLET
Refer to this booklet to answer the questions for French 90398.
Check that this booklet has pages 2 – 3 in the correct order and that none of these pages is blank.
YOU MAY KEEP THIS BOOKLET AT THE END OF THE EXAMINATION.
© New Zealand Qualifications Authority, 2011. All rights reserved.
No part of this publication may be reproduced by any means without the prior permission of the New Zealand Qualifications Authority.
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FIRST TEXT: Taking a Look at New Zealand / Un Regard sur la Nouvelle-Zélande
Read the article below about an exchange student’s year in New Zealand.
Use this text to answer Question One and Question Two.
Je viens de passer un an en Nouvelle-Zélande – comment ai-je trouvé les Néo-Zélandais ? ...
Nous sommes tous différents, mais nous pouvons être amis et vivre heureux ensemble.
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William
Source: http://www.piefrance.com
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SECOND TEXT: An Afghan Girl in France / Une jeune fille afghane en France
Read the interview below between Phosphore Magazine and Yalda Rahimi. Use this text to answer
Question Three and Question Four.
Glossed Vocabulary
une bourse
un ascenseur
scholarship
a lift
Quand Yalda Rahimi est arrivée en France, à 17 ans, tout étonnait la jeune fille : les trains sous la
terre, l’ascenseur - petite pièce qui monte et qui descend. ... Et on est là pour la rendre plus belle
encore. Surtout nous, les jeunes.
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Source (adapted): Phosphore Magazine, 19 Decembre 2005.