épreuve d`anglais

CONCOURS IPAG
2010
ÉPREUVE D’ANGLAIS
Durée : 45 minutes
Coefficient attribué à cette épreuve : 2
1ère partie
MÉCANISMES & COMPRÉHENSION
Lisez attentivement les instructions suivantes avant de commencer.
Pour chaque énoncé de cette épreuve, vous seront proposées au plus 4 réponses (réponse A, réponse B,
réponse C, réponse D).
Il y a une réponse juste et une seule par question, 40 au total. Vous pouvez vous abstenir de
répondre à une question. Si vous indiquez plus d’une réponse par question, alors votre réponse sera
considérée comme fausse.
Vous vous servirez de la feuille jointe pour indiquer vos réponses en noircissant les cases situées audessus des lettres correspondantes.
ATTENTION : si vous désirez modifier votre réponse à une question, ne raturez pas, mais indiquez
votre nouvelle réponse sur la ligne de correction prévue à cet effet.
Exemple : vous souhaitez répondre B, puis après réflexion D.
A
B
C
D
E
Ö votre 1ère réponse
Ö votre correction
La 1ère partie entre pour 60% dans la note de cette épreuve.
Questions 1 à 20 : Complétez les pointillés
par la formule adaptée ou répondez aux
questions.
1.
What time ... arrive?
A) do you
B) did you
C) are you
D) were you
9.
2.
She ... in opera.
A) is interested
B) is interesting
C) is keen
D) interests herself
10. This job is ... I thought
A) not so easy than
B) not as easy as
C) more difficult that
D) more hard that
3.
He hasn’t smoked ... two years
A) since
B) during
C) for
D) ago
11. I am ... staying with a friend.
A) currently
B) until now
C) actually
D) sometimes
4.
Hurry up! We don’t have ... .
A) many times
B) long time
C) time enough
D) much time
12. The government ... to reduce
unemployment.
A) is trying
B) tries
C) has been tried
D) had been trying
5.
The success of this mission depends ...
you.
A) by
B) of
C) from
D) on
13. Have you ever ... London?
A) been gone in
B) gone in
C) been to
D) been in
6.
He is ... person!
A) so a strange
B) a such strange
C) such a strange
D) a so strange
14. Oh no! I think I ... a terrible mistake!
A) make
B) made myself
C) did myself
D) have made
7.
Excuse me, can you help me? I need ... .
A) an advice
B) some advice
C) some advices
D) one advice
15. You weren’t ... so early.
A) waited
B) expected
C) expecting
D) waiting
8. Nobody ... me to start.
A) said
B) told to
C) told
D) didn’t say
She is wearing the same dress ... you.
A) that
B) as
C) like
D) than
16. When I was young I ... in Nice.
A) have lived
B) was living
C) used to live
D) have been living
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24. The year 1994 is pronounced
A) thousand nine ninety four
B) nineteen ninety four
C) nineteen hundreds ninety four
D) nineteen thousand ninety four
17. Over the last few years my life ... more
complicated!
A) is become
B) has become
C) is became
D) becomes
25. He told me that he ... a little late.
A) will be
B) would be
C) is
D) is being
18. I ... to speaking English.
A) am not used
B) not use
C) didn’t use
D) don’t use
26. It is ... from here.
A) minutes in car
B) five minutes by foot
C) a five minute walk
D) five minute’s walking
19. The school, ... IPAG, is located in Paris.
A) which name is
B) which is called
C) whose called
D) who is called
27. In the last year, she has ... a lot of
difficulties.
A) known
B) experienced
C) met
D) submitted to
20. My friends want ... organise a party for
my birthday.
A) I to
B) me to
C) me
D) that I
28. I don’t think France ... win the next
world cup.
A) might
B) is likely to
C) may
D) don’t will
21. He ... for three years.
A) doesn’t work
B) is not working
C) didn’t use to work
D) hasn’t worked
29. He can go as soon as he ... the job.
A) will finish
B) will have finished
C) has finished
D) is to finish
22. That was a mistake! You ... turned left,
not right!
A) had to
B) must have
C) should have
D) were to
30. If he ... the police, they would have got
away.
A) hadn’t called
B) wouldn’t call
C) wouldn’t have called
D) didn’t call
23. If you ... the dishes, I will sweep the
floor.
A) would wash
B) will wash
C) wash
D) washed
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Lisez attentivement le texte suivant avant de répondre aux questions 31 à 40.
The Preppers (Paul Harris in The Observer, Sunday 14 February 2010)
Tess Pennington, 33, is a mother of three children, and lives in the sprawling outskirts of
Houston, Texas. But she is not taking the happy safety of her suburban existence lightly. Like a
growing army of fellow Americans, Pennington is learning how to grow her own food, has stored
emergency rations in her home and is taking courses on treating sickness with medicinal herbs. "I feel
safe and more secure. I have taken personal responsibility for the safety of myself and of my family,"
Pennington said. "We have decided to be prepared. There are all kinds of disasters that can happen,
natural and man-made."
Pennington is a "prepper", a growing social movement that has been dubbed Survivalism Lite.
Preppers believe that it is better to be safe than sorry and that preparing for disaster – be it a hurricane
or the end of civilisation – makes sense. Unlike the 1990s survivalists, preppers come from all
backgrounds and live all over America. They are just as likely to be found in a suburb or downtown
loft as a remote ranch in the mountains. Prepping networks, which have sprung up all over the country
in the past few years, provide advice on how to prepare food reserves, how to grow crops in your
garden, how to hunt and how to defend yourself. There are prepping books, online shops, radio shows,
countless blogs, prepping courses and prepping conferences.
John Milandred runs a website called Pioneer Living, which is one of the main forums for
discussing prepping. It provides a range of advice for those who just want to store extra food in case of
a power cut, to those who want to embrace the "off the grid" lifestyle of America's western pioneers.
"We get inquiries from people from all walks of life. We had a principal from a school asking us to
talk to their children. We have doctors and firemen and lawyers," he said. Milandred lives in
Oklahoma and, should society collapse around him, he is well placed to flourish. Indeed, he might not
notice that much. His house has a hand-dug well that gives him fresh water. He grows his own food.
He has built an oven that needs neither gas nor electricity. He can hunt for meat. "If something
happened, it really would not affect us," he said.
There are several reasons for the rise of prepping. The first is that, in the post-9/11 world, mass
terror attacks have become a fear for many Americans. At a time when US diplomacy is focused on
preventing Iran getting nuclear weapons and terror experts continue to warn of "dirty bombs" on
American soil, it is no surprise that many Americans feel threatened. Added to that paranoia has come
the recession. Suddenly, millions of Americans have been losing their jobs and their homes,
reinforcing a feeling that society is not as stable as it once seemed. Hollywood has caught on. A
succession of films, such as 2012, The Road, The Book of Eli and Legion, have tapped into an
American Zeitgeist that is worried about the end of civilisation. […] Even government officials have
accepted that the financial crisis posed a threat to social order. In recent testimony before Congress,
treasury secretary Tim Geithner admitted that top-level talks had been held on whether the US could
enforce law and order in the wake of a collapse of the financial system. Certainly, Tom Martin agrees.
He runs the American Preppers Network, which helps provide a wide range of resources. Martin, a
truck driver who lives in Idaho, believes that more and more people will become preppers. "Millions
of people now have the mindset that they want to be prepared for something, but don't know what to
call it," he said.
That rings true with Pennington. In the 1990s, survivalism was the province of anti-government
militiamen or loners in the woods. But preppers are more concerned with stocking up on food and
water and relearning skills so that they can fend for themselves. To that end, Pennington has set up a
website called Ready Nutrition, which teaches basic food skills to prepare for a time when prepackaged goods at a supermarket might not be available: "Prepping is not taboo, like survivalism.
There is no negative connotation to it. We are not rednecks. In many ways, our ancestors were
preppers. So were the Native Americans. It is just going back to being able to look after yourself."
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Questions 31 à 40 : Quelle phrase se
rapproche le plus du sens du texte ?
36. Prepping is considered by many
Americans as
A) a business opportunity.
B) a lunatic sect.
C) a threat to social order.
D) a politically divisive movement.
31. Prepping teaches people to
A) resist government propaganda.
B) be self-sufficient.
C) make terrorist bombs.
D) get a better job.
32. The rise of prepping in the U.S. is
linked to
A) the spread of religious feeling.
B) a general feeling of insecurity.
C) ecological concerns.
D) a mistrust of central government.
37. Unlike preppers, the survivalists of the
1990’s
A) were considered to be anti-social.
B) were considered to be harmless.
C) were mainly from middle-class
backgrounds.
D) were actively engaged in politics.
33. Prepping is a movement that aims to
A) defend
civilisation
against
terrorism.
B) bring about the end of civilisation.
C) escape civilisation.
D) be ready for the end of civilisation.
38. According to preppers, native
Americans are
A) potential enemies.
B) victims of human rights abuses.
C) the original preppers.
D) social parasites.
34. Preppers tend to come from
A) all over the U.S.
B) the suburbs.
C) remote parts of the country.
D) inner cities.
39. Tess Pennington, a mother of 3 children,
A) is learning about alternative
medicine.
B) refuses to use modern medicine.
C) is suspicious of doctors.
D) wants to become a doctor.
35. The U.S. government
A) would like to eradicate prepping.
B) does not know how to deal with
preppers.
C) is encouraging the prepping
movement.
D) shares some of the concerns of
preppers.
40. “It is better to be safe than sorry” means
A) you should prepare too much rather
than not enough.
B) you should never take any risks.
C) you should never apologise or
accept responsibility.
D) you should not help people who
don’t deserve help.
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CONCOURS IPAG
2010
ÉPREUVE D’ANGLAIS
2ème partie
TRADUCTION ET EXPRESSION ÉCRITE
Cette 2ème partie se compose de deux exercices :
A.
Traduisez en anglais les phrases 1 et 2.
B.
Répondez en anglais à la question (environ 10 lignes).
La clarté de l’expression autant que l’utilisation d’expressions idiomatiques entreront dans
l’appréciation du correcteur.
La 2ème partie entre pour 40% dans la note de cette épreuve.
A.
1.
A la différence de nos ancêtres lointains, qui faisaient la chasse et cultivaient la terre, les
gens modernes ne sauraient pas se débrouiller en dehors de la société civilisée.
2.
Depuis le début de la récession, beaucoup de gens de milieux très différents, des
directeurs comme leurs employés, ont perdu leur travail et se trouvent actuellement en
difficulté.
B.
Are you an optimist or a pessimist? And why?
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Correction de l’épreuve de :
Anglais – Concours 2010
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
B
A
C
D
D
C
B
C
B
B
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
19
20
A
A
C
D
B
C
B
A
B
B
21
22
23
24
25
26
27
28
29
30
D
C
C
B
B
C
B
B
C
A
31
32
33
34
35
36
37
38
39
40
B
B
D
A
D
A
A
C
A
A
A.
1. Unlike our distant ancestors, who hunted and farmed, modern people wouldn’t know how to cope
outside civilised society.
2. Since the start of the recession, lots of people from very different backgrounds, managers as well
as their employees, have lost their jobs and currently find themselves in difficulty.
B.
I am an optimist.
Many people believe that history repeats itself and that human beings do not learn from past mistakes.
Certainly, the 20th century saw two world wars, the holocaust, and innumerable other conflicts which
have caused human suffering and misery and the 21st century seems to be continuing on the same path.
We could argue that human nature leads inevitably towards conflict, corruption and the abuse of
power.
However, there is also room for hope. The development of international law and human rights
militates against the abuse of power. In democratic countries, leaders are accountable to the people
they lead. Thanks to the spread of the information on the internet, people are increasingly aware of
what is happening in the world. As a result, each new abuse provokes an international outcry. We can
hope that public opinion is gradually making the world a better place.
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CONCOURS IPAG
2010
ÉPREUVE D’ANGLAIS
Durée : 45 minutes
Coefficient attribué à cette épreuve : 2
1ère partie
MÉCANISMES & COMPRÉHENSION
Lisez attentivement les instructions suivantes avant de commencer.
Pour chaque énoncé de cette épreuve, vous seront proposées au plus 4 réponses (réponse A, réponse B,
réponse C, réponse D).
Il y a une réponse juste et une seule par question, 40 au total. Vous pouvez vous abstenir de
répondre à une question. Si vous indiquez plus d’une réponse par question, alors votre réponse sera
considérée comme fausse.
Vous vous servirez de la feuille jointe pour indiquer vos réponses en noircissant les cases situées audessus des lettres correspondantes.
ATTENTION : si vous désirez modifier votre réponse à une question, ne raturez pas, mais indiquez
votre nouvelle réponse sur la ligne de correction prévue à cet effet.
Exemple : vous souhaitez répondre B, puis après réflexion D.
A
B
C
D
E
Ö votre 1ère réponse
Ö votre correction
La 1ère partie entre pour 60% dans la note de cette épreuve.
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Questions 1 à 30 : Complétez les pointillés par
la formule adaptée.
8. ………. it was raining they decided to go.
A) Although
B) Despite
C) Whereas
D) In spite that
1. How old ………….?
A) does she have
B) will she be
C) has she
D) are she
9. He went to the same school ………. you.
A) that
B) as
C) like
D) than
2. She ………. setting up her own company.
A) succeeded to
B) successed to
C) succeeded in
D) succeeded for
10. It all depends …………. her.
A) on
B) with
C) of
D) in
3. She hasn’t eaten …………. two hours.
A) since
B) during
C) for
D) ago
11. He is …………. studying for his exams.
A) in the moment
B) fluently
C) actually
D) currently
4. He didn’t give us ………. to finish the job.
A) many times
B) long time
C) much time
D) time enough
12. The government …………. to reduce
unemployment.
A) is trying
B) tries
C) has been tried
D) had been trying
5. …………. seems to end in disaster!
A) Everything he does
B) All what he does
C) All that he does
D) Everything which he does
13. Have they ever …………. the United
States?
A) travel to
B) gone in
C) been to
D) been in
6. He didn’t give me …………. milk with
my tea.
A) any
B) no
C) some
D) hardly some
14. Last night the neighbours …………. a lot
of noise.
A) have done
B) made
C) have made
D) did
7. I can’t go on the trip because I am missing
…………..
A) an equipment
B) some equipments
C) any equipment
D) some equipment
15. This is important! You …………. forget!
A) must not
B) don’t must
C) don’t have to
D) haven’t to
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24. $5750 is pronounced :
A) five thousands and seven fifty dollars.
B) five thousands seven hundred fifty
dollars.
C) five thousand seven hundred and fifty
dollars.
D) five thousand seven hundred fifty of
dollars.
16. She’s an interesting woman. When she was
young she …………. in a circus.
A) has worked
B) was working
C) used to work
D) has been working
17. What time did you …………. here?
A) arrive at
B) get
C) come to
D) arrive to
25. She said that she …………. call me later
in the week.
A) might to
B) can
C) would
D) will
18. I …………. to getting up so early.
A) don’t use
B) am not using
C) didn’t use
D) am not used
26. It’s not far, just …………..
A) five minutes of walking
B) five minutes’ car
C) a five-minute walk
D) five minutes’ walking
19. I think we should go back. …………..
A) It becomes night
B) It is getting dark
C) Night comes
D) It becomes dark
27. The company has …………. a lot of
problems recently.
A) known
B) had
C) met
D) submitted to
20. She didn’t remember what …………. her.
A) I told
B) did I tell
C) did I say
D) I said
28. France …………. win the next 6-nations
rugby championship.
A) is unlikely to
B) doesn’t risk to
C) will may
D) don’t may
21. I …………. him since we were at school.
A) don’t see
B) am not seeing
C) didn’t see
D) haven’t seen
29. He can go when he …………. the job.
A) will finish
B) will have finished
C) has finished
D) is to finish
22. How embarrassing! I wish I ………. that!
A) didn’t say
B) haven’t said
C) wouldn’t say
D) hadn’t said
30. If you …………. anything, I never would
have known!
A) hadn’t said
B) wouldn’t have said
C) didn’t say
D) wouldn’t say
23. I …………. make supper unless you
promise to do the dishes.
A) will
B) would
C) wouldn’t
D) won’t
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Lisez attentivement le texte suivant avant de répondre aux questions 31 à 40.
Apr 8th 2010 | SANTA CRUZ, COLCHAGUA VALLEY | From The Economist
The Colchagua valley is sometimes compared to Tuscany. Amid its gentle hills and pretty
villages are vineyards that produce some of Chile’s best red wines. At this time of year, during the
grape harvest, the valley is normally alive with wine festivals. Not this year. As a result of the
massive earthquake that rocked central-southern Chile on February 27th, only two of the valley’s
many hotels and fewer than half of its 18 vineyards are open to visitors and all of the festivals,
except for a few fund-raising events, have been cancelled. Still, Colchagua’s winemakers are
counting their blessings. Unlike the apples that the valley also produces, grapes were not shaken
to the ground. They are being harvested more or less normally, though there is a shortage of
pickers. Many seasonal labourers have either found jobs in reconstruction, or are busy repairing
their own wrecked homes. The earthquake damaged winery installations, too. Just how much wine
was lost, and how much time and money it will take the industry to get back to normal, have
become matters of fierce argument.
Vinos de Chile, the industry association, says that 125m litres of wine were lost, as storage
tanks were ruptured and bottles broken by the earthquake. A fifth of the losses were in the
Colchagua valley. The total loss amounts to just 12.5% of national production in 2009, a bumper
year. René Merino, the president of Vinos de Chile, says producers might have to raise prices later
this year if the peso strengthens because of the inflow of reconstruction money. But some people
in the industry say the association’s figures are underestimates, aimed at reassuring overseas
buyers that supplies will not be interrupted and deterring grape growers from jacking up their
prices. “They’re trying to defend themselves against competitors in Argentina who’ve been telling
importers that Chile will be off the map for the time being,” says a wine analyst in Santiago.
Concha y Toro, the biggest producer and exporter, has so far declined to reveal its losses even
though its shares are publicly quoted. Andrés Sánchez, a wine consultant based in the Maule
region, just south of Colchagua, reckons that spillage in the earthquake totalled over 300m litres.
A similar argument is raging over this year’s vintage. Mr Merino insists the earthquake will
have no effect. Others disagree. Mr Sánchez thinks that adverse weather—frosts in November and
rains in January— meant that this year’s grape harvest was anyway going to be small. The drop in
output of white wine, much of which is made farther north in the Casablanca and Leyda valleys,
could reach 40%, he says. Wine producers in the Colchagua valley say that damage to irrigation
systems meant that some fields could not be watered for up to two weeks after the earthquake.
However, a cool spring and summer has increased grapes’ natural acidity. All this points to a
smaller, but high quality, vintage. “This will be an exceptionally complex year for the Chilean
wine industry and much will depend on what winemakers make of the grapes,” says Mr Sánchez.
Then there is wine-related tourism. Many of the valley’s attractions were destroyed by the
earthquake. They were built of adobe, making them picturesque but deadly. Rebuilding more
safely while restoring the region’s architectural heritage will be tricky.
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Questions 31 à 40 : Quelle phrase se
rapproche le plus du sens du texte ?
36. The winemakers of Colchagua are
counting their blessings. This means:
A) they have become more religious.
B) they have become very cautious.
C) they are trying to be optimistic.
D) they are carrying out an audit of the
damage to the vineyards.
31. Wine-related tourism in the valley will
suffer because:
A) there is no wine.
B) the region is still dangerous.
C) so many buildings have been
destroyed.
D) tourists are not allowed to visit the
area.
37. Why is there such disagreement about the
extent of the damage to the wine business?
A) The situation is still confused.
B) Facts are less important than
commercial strategy.
C) Information sources vary according to
the region.
D) Nobody is in charge of collecting
information.
32. How many vineyards in the Colchagua
valley remain open to visitors?
A) 18
B) 9
C) more than 9
D) less than 9
38. Wine-growers from Argentina:
A) have been trying to help their Chilean
neighbours.
B) would like to take advantage of Chile’s
difficulty.
C) have been importing Chilean wine.
D) have developed a map of the winegrowing region in Chile.
33. The earthquake in February this year
destroyed a lot of Chilean wine because:
A) the grapes dropped to the ground.
B) because wine containers were broken.
C) because the grapes have been left on
the vine.
D) because the wine has been stolen by
looters.
39. According to Mr Merino, the price of
Chilean wine might rise:
A) because of the strength of the Chilean
currency.
B) because of the scarcity of Chilean
wine.
C) in order to pay for reconstruction.
D) because of the improved quality.
34. There are not many people to harvest the
grapes this year because:
A) so many were killed and injured in the
earthquake.
B) many have got jobs in the construction
industry.
C) many have left the region.
D) many are afraid of another earthquake.
40. They cannot reconstruct historic buildings
in exactly the same way because:
A) the traditional materials are not safe.
B) they have lost traditional building
skills.
C) they do not have the time.
D) the traditional materials are no longer
available.
35. According to some experts, the earthquake
has affected the quality of this year’s wine
harvest because:
A) it has changed normal weather
patterns.
B) the grapes were left on the vine longer
than usual.
C) the grapes were shaken on the vine.
D) the vines haven’t been watered as
usual.
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CONCOURS IPAG
2010
ÉPREUVE D’ANGLAIS
2ème partie
TRADUCTION ET EXPRESSION ÉCRITE
Cette 2ème partie se compose de deux exercices :
A.
Traduisez en anglais les phrases 1 et 2.
B.
Répondez en anglais à la question (environ 10 lignes).
La clarté de l’expression autant que l’utilisation d’expressions idiomatiques entreront dans
l’appréciation du correcteur.
La 2ème partie entre pour 40% dans la note de cette épreuve.
A.
1.
Depuis le tremblement de terre de février le gouvernement chilien cherche à reconstruire
le pays.
2.
A la différence de leurs voisins argentins, les vignerons du Chili ont subi une baisse de
production cette année.
B.
How can the world help countries that have been struck by natural disasters?
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Correction de l’épreuve de :
Anglais – Concours 2010
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
B
C
C
C
A
A
D
A
B
A
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
19
20
D
A
C
B
A
C
B
D
B
A
21
22
23
24
25
26
27
28
29
30
D
D
D
C
C
C
B
A
C
A
31
32
33
34
35
36
37
38
39
40
C
D
B
B
D
C
B
B
A
A
A.
1. Since the earthquake in February, the Chilean government has been trying to reconstruct the
country.
2. Unlike their Argentinian neighbours, Chilean wine-growers have suffered a drop in production
this year.
B.
Effective help depends on good preparation. The international community should therefore set up
organisations which are equipped to intervene on several levels over a long period of time.
In the first stages of natural disasters such as hurricanes, floods and earthquakes, the priority is to save
people who are trapped and to deal with the casualties. This means sending properly equipped rescue
teams and medical teams.
In the second stage, people who have lost their homes and livelihoods must be fed and lodged. This
requires logistical planning and supplies of tents, blankets, food and other necessities. Properly
supervised camps must be set up and managed efficiently. An international security force can prevent
looting and keep the peace.
In the third stage, reconstruction is vital. This requires, above all, financial support to rebuild houses
and restore infrastructure.
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CONCOURS IPAG
2010
ÉPREUVE D’ANGLAIS
Durée : 45 minutes
Coefficient attribué à cette épreuve : 2
1ère partie
MÉCANISMES & COMPRÉHENSION
Lisez attentivement les instructions suivantes avant de commencer.
Pour chaque énoncé de cette épreuve, vous seront proposées au plus 4 réponses (réponse A, réponse B,
réponse C, réponse D).
Il y a une réponse juste et une seule par question, 40 au total. Vous pouvez vous abstenir de
répondre à une question. Si vous indiquez plus d’une réponse par question, alors votre réponse sera
considérée comme fausse.
Vous vous servirez de la feuille jointe pour indiquer vos réponses en noircissant les cases situées audessus des lettres correspondantes.
ATTENTION : si vous désirez modifier votre réponse à une question, ne raturez pas, mais indiquez
votre nouvelle réponse sur la ligne de correction prévue à cet effet.
Exemple : vous souhaitez répondre B, puis après réflexion D.
A
B
C
D
E
Ö votre 1ère réponse
Ö votre correction
La 1ère partie entre pour 60% dans la note de cette épreuve.
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Questions 1 à 30 : Complétez les pointillés par
la formule adaptée.
1. How often ... to the cinema?
A) were you going
B) are you gone
C) did you go
D) had you gone
9. I don’t do things in the same way ... you.
A) that
B) as
C) like
D) than
2. She ... to finish the work on time.
A) successed
B) managed
C) succeeded
D) coped
10. Playing chess is ... I thought.
A) more harder than
B) more difficult than
C) not so easy than
D) harder that
3. He can’t come out on Friday as he ...
dinner with his parents.
A) eats
B) will have
C) is having
D) will eat
11. He is ... trying to give up smoking.
A) still
B) yet
C) up to now
D) so far
12. I ... anything for several hours.
A) haven’t eaten
B) don’t eat
C) am not eating
D) haven’t been eating
4. They didn’t give us ... to finish this
exercise.
A) many times
B) long time
C) time enough
D) much time
13. I ... hungry.
A) am having
B) have
C) become
D) am getting
5. I don’t think she ... your story!
A) is interesting by
B) is interested by
C) is interested in
D) interests herself in
14. I expected ... late.
A) that she arrive
B) that she arrives
C) her to arrive
D) she arriving
6. They bought the car ... a garage in Neuilly.
A) from
B) of
C) to
D) out of
15. ... that you would be able to help me.
A) I was told
B) I was said
C) One said me
D) One told to me
7. She wrote to the company to ask for ... .
A) an information
B) some information
C) some informations
D) an information piece
16. When I was at school I ... tennis every
week.
A) have played
B) was playing
C) used to play
D) have been playing
8. He ... playing chess with you.
A) would like
B) would rather
C) enjoys
D) asked for
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24. The figure 2, 375 is pronounced
A) two thousands and thirty seventy five
B) two thousands three hundreds seventy
five
C) twenty three hundreds seventy five
D) two thousand three hundred and
seventy five
17. Last year she went ... Italy.
A) in
B) to
C) at
D) away
18. He ... to getting up so early.
A) is not used
B) doesn’t use
C) didn’t use
D) hasn’t used
25. He ... finish the work on time.
A) don’t probably will
B) doesn’t risk to
C) may not to
D) is unlikely to
19. He asked me ... .
A) when did I arrive
B) when I had arrived
C) when was I arrived
D) when I have arrived
26. He opened the ... and got in.
A) car’s door
B) door car
C) door of car
D) car door
20. They politely waited ... finish my
breakfast.
A) that I
B) for me to
C) me to
D) me for
27. Over the last five years the company ... a
transformation.
A) has known
B) has met
C) has submitted
D) has undergone
21. He ... for two hours.
A) has been waiting
B) is waiting
C) waits
D) does wait
28. Where is Peter? He ... home.
A) has gone
B) is gone to
C) has been to
D) has been gone
22. I can’t understand how he got here before
me! He ... a taxi.
A) did must take
B) had to take
C) should have taken
D) must have taken
29. I will tell you the results as soon as I ...
them.
A) will receive
B) will have received
C) receive them
D) am to receive
23. Although the meeting started on time,
George ... an hour late.
A) turned up
B) showed in
C) put in
D) showed off
30. That was very tactless of me! I wish I ...
that!
A) didn’t say
B) hadn’t said
C) haven’t said
D) wouldn’t have said
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Lisez attentivement le texte suivant avant de répondre aux questions 31 à 40.
Apr 28th 2010 | From The Economist
The Labour Party Prime Minister in Britain makes a blunder while campaigning for the
elections
THAT was a disaster,” said Gordon Brown after an encounter with a voter that had not
gone according to the script on Wednesday April 28th. In fact the incident was nothing
compared with his accidentally keeping a broadcast microphone attached to his lapel which
picked up that remark, and the rest of a conversation with his aides, as they retreated to Mr
Brown’s Jaguar. “They should never have put me with that woman,” he added out of the
corner of his mouth, smiling and waving to the crowd all the while. “Whose idea was that?”
The kicker came after Mr Brown and his team drove away: “she was just a sort of bigoted
woman that said she used to be Labour.”
Insulting women of pensionable age behind their backs is a poor strategy on the
campaign trail. Mr Brown’s remark is likely to do him even more damage than Barack
Obama’s slight to small-town America at a fundraiser during the Democratic primary race.
Mr Brown has neither Mr Obama’s charm, nor the excuse that he was making a reasonable
point in a rather crass way. To make things even worse, Gillian Duffy, a former council
employee from Rochdale and the object of Mr Brown’s remark, would appear to be a walking
archetype of Labour’s core vote.
British voters are, on the whole, tolerant of their politicians’ bloopers. John Major, a
former prime minister was forgiven for describing many of his fellow Conservative MPs as
“bastards”, partly because so many people agreed with him (though he went on to lose the
election in 1997). John Prescott, a former deputy prime-minister, was pardoned for
responding with a left jab when a voter threw an egg at him in the 2001 election.
Both of these incidents confirmed voters’ impressions of the perpetrators. Mr Major was
so polite and ineffectual that he considered even fairly mild swearing to be a transgression.
Mr Prescott’s punch reminded voters that he was irascible and unreconstructed. The danger
for Mr Brown is that his remark also confirms what people think they know about him: that he
does not have much contact with people outside his inner circle; that he is unused to people
disagreeing with him; and that he smiles and waves at voters while thinking “get me out of
here.”
Judging by his reaction, Mr Brown knows this is the case. He went on a radio programme
to apologise to Mrs Duffy and hung his head in his hands while the recording was played back
to him. Mr Brown began his atonement by spending more than half an hour with Mrs Duffy,
during which he apologised for saying something so stupid and said that he had
misunderstood the point that she had made to him earlier.
Alastair Campbell, Tony Blair’s former strategist, said Mr Brown, “was angry less about
the obvious frenzy he had unleashed than the fact that he said what he did.” This has the ring
of truth: for all his faults Mr Brown is not a bad man but rather a tired one, running an
arduous campaign from an uncomfortable position as both incumbent and underdog.
Unfortunately for him, Labour voters seldom take such things into account.
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Questions 31 à 40 : Quelle phrase se
rapproche le plus du sens du texte ?
36. What do Gordon Brown and Barack
Obama have in common?
31. According to the text, Gordon Brown’s big
mistake was to:
A) speak to Gillian Duffy.
B) speak about Gillian Duffy to his aides.
C) leave his microphone on.
D) trust journalists.
A)
B)
C)
D)
Both have a charming manner.
Both dislike crowds.
Both dislike speaking in public.
Both have accidentally offended
people.
37. Who did John Major insult?
A) Members of his own political party.
B) Members of a different political party.
C) The policemen who were guarding
him.
D) Green party activists.
32. Which of the following best describes Ms
Duffy?
A) She is retired.
B) She is a committed Labour supporter.
C) She works for the local council.
D) She is aggressive and bigoted.
38. John Major’s behaviour was considered to
be:
A) typical.
B) completely out of character.
C) a sign of weakness.
D) a lapse that revealed his inner
character.
33. Following the incident with Ms Duffy, Mr
Brown:
A) refused to speak about it on the radio.
B) pretended it was a joke.
C) became angry about the media
coverage.
D) said he was sorry.
39. How did John Prescott react when
someone threw an egg at him?
A) He ran away.
B) He attacked him physically.
C) He shouted insults at him.
D) He hid behind his aides.
34. According to public opinion, this incident
with Ms Duffy reveals that Mr Brown:
A) is ill-at-ease with ordinary people.
B) has poor advisers in his circle.
C) is not a polite person.
D) an unreliable leader.
40. Alistair Campbell:
A) used to be Gordon Brown’s adviser.
B) is currently Gordon Brown’s adviser.
C) used to be the adviser of a former
British prime minister.
D) is currently Tony Blair’s adviser.
35. According to the article, the British Public:
A) is easily shocked by such incidents.
B) doesn’t expect such behaviour from a
prime minister.
C) is indifferent to such stories.
D) does not judge such incidents harshly.
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CONCOURS IPAG
2010
ÉPREUVE D’ANGLAIS
2ème partie
TRADUCTION ET EXPRESSION ÉCRITE
Cette 2ème partie se compose de deux exercices :
A.
Traduisez en anglais les phrases 1 et 2.
B.
Répondez en anglais à la question (environ 10 lignes).
La clarté de l’expression autant que l’utilisation d’expressions idiomatiques entreront dans
l’appréciation du correcteur.
La 2ème partie entre pour 40% dans la note de cette épreuve.
A.
1.
Le Premier ministre britannique n’aurait jamais dû commettre une telle gaffe pendant sa
campagne électorale.
2.
Plusieurs membres de l’équipe de Gordon Brown voulaient qu’il s’excuse publiquement
d’avoir insulté Madame Duffy.
B.
Do you think that the media are right to reveal the private words of politicians?
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Correction de l’épreuve de :
Anglais – Concours 2010
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A.
1. The British prime minister should never have made such a blunder on the election campaign trail.
2. Several members of Gordon Brown’s team wanted him to apologise publicly for having insulted
Ms Duffy.
B.
Generally speaking, the privacy of individuals should be protected by the law. However, occasionally
it is in the public interest to examine and reveal the private lives of individuals.
Politicians are not ordinary citizens. They are responsible for representing and defending the interests
of the electors. It is therefore important for electors to know what they think. If there is a difference
between what politicians say in public and what they say in private, newspapers are right to inform the
public. If their words reveal corrupt or illegal activities it is especially important to reveal the truth.
We can also add that leading politicians are public figures. Their words and actions are continually
reported by the press. As a result, they cannot hope to have the privacy of ordinary citizens. By
seeking election they chose this role and should understand the dangers. The media is a two-edged
sword. Politicians, like other celebrities, frequently try to attract and use media coverage in their own
interest. They should not complain if the media’s interest sometimes becomes intrusive.
More generally, it is perhaps best if politicians are completely open about their lives. Given
the extent of political corruption, complete transparency is in everybody’s interest.
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