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SAMPLE EXAMINATION BOOKLET
New Zealand Scholarship
French
Time allowed: Three hours
Total marks: 24
EXAMINATION BOOKLET
There are three questions.
You should answer Question One and Question Two in this booklet.
If you need more space for any answer, use the page(s) provided at the back of
this booklet and clearly number the question.
Question
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TWO
THREE
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Check that this booklet has pages 2 – 12 in the correct order and that none of
these pages is blank.
You must hand this booklet to the supervisor after two hours.
Question Three is your spoken response in French. This will be recorded in the third hour, in the
Recording Room.
You are to wait in the Writing Room until you are collected to go to the Recording Room to record your
spoken response to Question Three. While you are waiting you may read a book you have brought with
you, provided it is in English.
Question Three will be handed to you in the Recording Room.
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You have two hours to complete Question One and Question Two in this booklet.
After two hours, this booklet will be collected. You will then remain in the Writing Room until you are
collected to go to the Recording Room to record your spoken response to Question Three.
INSTRUCTIONS FOR QUESTION ONE
Listen to a radio interview from a programme about one of the dangers of using cellular telephones.
You will hear the passage THREE times:
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The first time, you will hear it as a whole.
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The second and third times, you will hear it in sections, with a pause after each.
While listening, make notes in the spaces provided on page 4 of this booklet. Use these notes to help
you answer Question One on page 5. Your notes will not be assessed.
Take note of the Glossed Vocabulary on page 5.
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LISTENING NOTES
Section (a)
Section (b)
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GLOSSED VOCABULARY
Un cancérologue
Le cerveau
électromagnétique
rayonnement
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a cancer specialist
the brain
electromagnetic
radiation
QUESTION ONE
Selon l’Organisation Mondiale de la Sante, expliquez les conséquences du portables sur
la santé et donnez votre opinion sur les dangers encourus lors de leur utilisation. Devrionsnous réduire l’utilisation massive des nouvelles technologies afin de préserver notre santé ou
pensez-vous que ces dangers sont en fait exagérés par les médias? Justifiez votre réponse.
Write your response, in French, below.
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instructions for question two
Read the text ‘Les sports extrêmes’, and use it to answer Question Two. Write your answer, in French,
on page 9.
GLOSSED VOCABULARY
le réseaux sociaux
frisson
social network
thrill
un regain d’intérêt
inoffensif
a renewed interest
harmless
Les sports extrêmes
Le désir de se dépasser et la recherche de nouvelles sensations ont donné naissance à
tous les sports extrêmes et activités à forte dose d’adrénaline que ce soit dans l’air, sur
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Combien d’accidents ou de morts faudra-t-il compter avant d’interdire ces sports
extrêmes ?
Sources (adapted):
http://www.rtl.be/loisirs/detente/insolite/6449/faire-la-plance-dans-endroits-insolites-la-mode-du-planking
http://savoirenscene.blogspot.com/2009/03/les-sports-extremes-ou-le-plaisir-de.html
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QUESTION TWO
EITHER
Ecrivez un résumé de ce texte. Chaque phrase ne doit pas contenir plus de trois mots
consécutifs extraits de ce texte.
OR
Vous voulez créer un club de ‘planking’ reconnu par la fédération française des sports. Ecrivez
une lettre adressée au président de la fédération expliquant
(1) les raisons pour lesquelles ce sport devrait être reconnu
(2) les mesures que vous prendriez afin de minimiser les dangers encourus par ce sport.
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Question
number
Extra paper for continuation of answers if required.
Clearly number the question.
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