ANGLAIS Session du 5 septembre 2011 Durée 40

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Q 3. The place ... they live is difficult to find.
ANGLAIS
Session du 5 septembre 2011
Durée 40 minutes
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A. whence
B. what
C. which
D. where
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Règlement
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.
Q 4. On our way ... the match, we stopped off to get food to
eat at the stadium.
A. to
B. at
C. for
D. upon
Comment remplir la fiche de réponses :
Remplissez en majuscules d'imprimerie (A, B, C) à l’intérieur des cases
des champs vos 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 :
Q 5. What are her ... about this proposal?
A. thought
B. thoughts
C. thinking
D. thinks
Q 6. As a local celebrity, Joan ... receiving a lot of attention!
A. used
B. is used
C. used to
D. is used to
Q42 … … … : … comme ceci Q42 … … … : …
Vous pouvez cocher une autre case :
Q42 … : … : …
Q 7. Priscilla asked me ... to do for my birthday, tomorrow.
Vous pouvez re-cocher la case effacée ainsi : Q42… … … : …
A. what I’d like
B. what’d I like
C. I’d like what
D. what I liked
Il ne faut pas essayer de reconstituer la case :
Notation, barème :
Chaque question comporte quatre propositions de réponses, une seule
réponse est juste, une seule case doit donc être cochée par question.
Une réponse juste rapporte :
4 points
Une réponse fausse quelle qu’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 donnent :
0 point
(C’est une possibilité d’annuler une réponse à une question)
Q 8. The larger point here is ... we need to be more careful
about hiring people.
A. than
B. that
C. whom
D. who
La correction est réalisée par lecture scanner vous garantissant l’anonymat de correction.
Q 9. That was the ... mission I’ve ever had to accomplish.
A. tiringer
B. more tiring
C. tiringest
D. most tiring
I. Grammaire : Complétez les phrases suivantes avec une
des quatre réponses proposées.
Q 1. Her favourite sport is ....
Q 10. Susan ... have been on time, if only there hadn’t been
an accident on the main road.
A. should
B. ought to
C. might
D. may
A. the tennis
B. of the tennis
C. tennis
D. of tennis
Q 2. Is the dog waiting outside ...?
A. your
B. yours
C. of you
D. to you
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II. Compréhension de texte : Après avoir lu le texte cidessous, sélectionnez la bonne réponse pour chacune des
questions portant sur ce passage.
On 15 April 1912, the legendary ship Titanic sank, taking the
lives of 1,503 passengers and crew. It was the largest vessel to
date, but hardly the most advanced. In fact, Titanic adopted
the same designs and technologies as her older sister,
Olympic. The sole true innovation of Titanic was her scale.
Titanic and Olympic, of the White Star line, were designed to
compete with the smaller, faster ocean liners, Lusitania and
Mauretania, of the Cunard line. Both Cunard vessels were
setting new speed records, using sophisticated engines drawn
from advances in warship construction. They represented the
same sort of advance as the Concorde supersonic aircraft.
Titanic and Olympic would better be described as the Boeing
747s of their day: larger, slower people carriers, with space
for large cargoes. As such, they posed a great commercial
threat to the smaller and more expensive-to-operate Cunarders.
But certain key adjustments for Titanic’s scale were not
made. Her rudder, for example, was much smaller than even
those of the Cunarders, limiting her ability to turn quickly in
an emergency. And Titanic had only enough lifeboats for a
third of her 3,511 passengers and crew.
It is often said Titanic was trying to set a speed record when
she sank. This can’t be true, since her engines were never even
at full power. Also, her captain took the longer southern route
across the Atlantic... ironically, in order to avoid ice.
Some of the most persistent Titanic myths concern Joseph B.
Ismay, chairman of the White Star line, and Captain Edward
J. Smith, Titanic's commander. Paradoxically, Smith is
remembered as a hero, even though he was the man most
directly responsible for the loss of Titanic, whilst Ismay is
seen as a coward, despite having helped to save many lives.
Ismay's fault was that he survived, unlike Smith. The US
press attacked Ismay, especially in newspapers owned by
William Randolph Hearst. Hearst’s journalists focused on
testimony from witnesses seeking to strengthen exorbitant
insurance claims against Ismay’s company. These witnesses
declared that Ismay had ordered Smith to go as fast as possible
and then did nothing but save himself after the accident.
In actuality, it was Smith who failed to heed ice warnings, did
not slow his ship when ice was reported directly in his path
and allowed lifeboats that were only partially filled to leave
the sinking ship. Ismay, on the other hand, was seen by more
objective witnesses helping many passengers onto lifeboats,
before being ordered to get aboard one himself.
Q 13. Who does the text say is most responsible for the
sinking of Titanic?
A. Captain Smith
B. Joseph B. Ismay
C. William Randolph Hearst
D. Cunard
Q 14. Why did Captain Smith take the southern route across
the Atlantic?
A. to save time
B. because Ismay ordered it
C. to use less engine fuel
D. to stay away from ice
Q 15. To what are Cunard and White Star ships both
compared in the text?
A. old and new battleships
B. people of different ages
C. different kinds of airplanes
D. heroes and cowards
Q 16. According to the text, who claimed that Ismay told
Captain Smith to go as fast as possible?
A. people seeking insurance money
B. William Randolph Hearst
C. the most objective witnesses
D. various Titanic crew members
Q 17. Approximately how many people may we infer
Titanic’s lifeboats could have held?
A. 740
B. 1170
C. 3030
D. 3520
Q 18. Which of the following is not cited as a fault of Titanic?
A. The rudder was too small for such a large ship.
B. There weren’t enough lifeboats for all on board.
C. The ship couldn’t change directions quickly.
D. The technologies used were not yet perfected.
Q 19. Which of the following was an advantage of Titanic
over Cunard ships?
A. Titanic was less costly to operate.
B. Titanic had a more modern design.
C. Titanic had more powerful engines.
D. Titanic was more exciting for travel.
Q 11. Titanic’s main difference from all previous ships was:
A. speed
B. luxury
C. size
D. technology
Q 20. How many individual ocean-liner ships are named in
Q 12. What happened to Captain Smith after the accident?
A. His testimony was quoted in newspapers.
B. He didn’t survive the catastrophe.
C. He tried to fill all lifeboats to full capacity.
D. He recorded an objective account of the accident.
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this text?
A. two
B. four
C. six
D. eight
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III. Vocabulaire : Sélectionnez la proposition dont le sens
est le plus proche du terme souligné.
Q 29. Part of the thrill of skiing is how fast you can go.
A. danger
B. tedium
C. excitement
D. precision
Q 21. A recent survey shows that families are making an effort
to eat healthier meals.
A. trial
B. study
C. game
D. discovery
Q 30. As we drove past the museum, Janet pointed out
several architectural details.
A. indicated
B. tallied up
C. admired
D. explained about
Q 22. I found the book somewhat confusing.
A. oddly
B. totally
C. fairly
D. unjustly
Q 23. Do you know what the proper dress is for this event?
A. appropriate
B. significant
C. spotless
D. obvious
IV. Conjugaison : Sélectionnez la réponse correcte.
Q 31. Before going to the concert, last night, Cindy and I ...
to the park together.
A. go
B. are going
C. have gone
D. went
Q 24. I find that most films out today are too silly.
A. complex
B. flashy
C. expensive
D. inane
Q 32. How many records has this talented athlete ... in her
career?
A. break
B. broke
C. broken
D. bracken
Q 25. The excuse he concocted to explain his absence was
hardly credible!
A. intervened
B. fabricated
C. pleaded
D. mumbled
Q 33. Please tell Richard that he must stop ... on this project
and get back to his regular duties.
A. works
B. working
C. to work
D. having worked
Q 26. Jennifer embraced Eric as soon as he walked into the
room.
A. perturbed
B. engaged
C. teased
D. hugged
Q 34. Edmond has a collection comprised of coins that ...
from 47 different countries.
A. come
B. is coming
C. comes
D. are coming
Q 27. These patterns of behaviour are seen in almost all
infants.
A. models
B. problems
C. observations
D. details
Q 35. Jennifer ... a letter and sent it to them immediately
after she heard the news.
A. writ
B. wrote
C. written
D. was writing
Q 28. The problem with John is he is sometimes rude
without realising it.
A. inflexible
B. unrefined
C. impolite
D. undermined
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Q 36. I ... you a new cap, as soon as you tell me which
colour you prefer.
A. buy
B. am buying
C. will buy
D. was buying
Q 37. After the children fell asleep, chocolate coins ...
throughout the garden by their mother.
A. are hiding
B. have hidden
C. were hiding
D. were hidden
Q 38. Commentators point out that, currently, the prices of
basic necessities ....
A. are going up
B. go up
C. are gone up
D. will go up
Q 39. If only you ... the concert, you would’ve discovered
how beautifully they play.
A. heard
B. have heard
C. were hearing
D. had heard
Q 40. Now that all of us ... the whole book, we can finally
discuss its surprise ending.
A. read
B. have read
C. are reading
D. have been reading
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