test d`entree en deuxieme annee

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TEST D'ENTREE EN DEUXIEME ANNEE
- 2010 ANGLAIS
Durée de l’épreuve : 1 h 30 mn
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adapted from: The Guardian, April 11th, 2010.
Antony Lerman
Society needs institutional anchorage
Institutions can still give meaning to people's lives and enhance a sense of identity. But
confidence in them has collapsed
When the bedraggled bunting hangs limply in party HQs [1], the babies are spared any
more kisses and all the election promises look tawdry and reckless [2] in the cold early
morning light of 7 May, I guarantee we will still be without answers to intractable and
unglamorous problems glossed over in soundbites [3], if mentioned at all, in the
campaign. Ideas like national citizens service, which look backwards and are designed to
appeal to nostalgia for the "golden age" of the second world war, will do nothing to confront
the very contemporary problem of the collapse in trust and confidence in so many of
society's key institutions.
This looks like a good time to be an anarchist, not that action by the heirs of Peter Kropotkin
and Pierre-Joseph Proudhon have had anything to do with the ebbing away [4] of faith in
official and even voluntary institutions. Look around at the banks, parliament, social
services, the Catholic church, the army and you see organisations creaking and groaning
[5] under the weight of their own internal contradictions. Those contradictions are not
simply a matter of structural deficiencies. Men screwed up. We have been treated to an
unparalleled spectacle of the fallibility of human decision-making. What happened to the
world's financial system, is evidence that we were barely a heartbeat away from meltdown
[6], with social implosion rapidly following. Institutions that looked unassailable were
suddenly incredibly vulnerable. (…)
Many institutions may seem quintessentially impersonal, but Cambridge researchers,
analysing what makes people in some countries happier than others, found that one of the
most consistent [7] trends is that those with the highest levels of happiness also reported
the highest levels of trust in their governments, the police and the justice system, as well as
those around them. As the Harvard economist and Nobel laureate [8] Amartya Sen said
recently: "Institutions play a huge role in enabling people to fulfill all that they are capable
of achieving in their lives."
Yet when we do see politicians grappling with [9] institutional change it's almost as if they
are oblivious to the fact that it's the actions of human agents on which the successful
working of institutions depends. I expect that whoever is in power after 6 May will happily
reshuffle [10] the departments of state, refusing to learn the lesson that while you can
construct beautifully precise models of how things should work, in the real world decisionmakers are fallible and imperfect, and investing increasing power in the managerial class is
a recipe for failure. It may be far messier, but what they should be doing is facilitating the
capacity and opportunities for citizens to be (quoting Sen again) "responsible for their own
wellbeing". (…)
In such a fast moving and fluid world, some institutions simply cannot adapt (the Catholic
church), new ones no longer have enough time to solidify and globalisation has impaired
[11] any sense that they can be fully subject to local, human control. They have also
become increasingly detached from transcendental ideologies that have traditionally given
meaning to people's lives. The short-termism that characterises discussion of the failings of
institutions at general election time makes the prospect of politicians ever coming to grips
with [12] these problems pretty bleak [13]. Yet, as successful civil society organisations
show, institutions can still give meaning to people's lives and enhance [14] a sense of
identity, which strengthens society as a whole and is not divisive. Countries scoring highest
on happiness scales have thriving [15] civil societies. (…/…)
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Les exercices 1, 2 et 3 portent sur l’article de presse.
Exercice 1 : Choisissez le synonyme qui correspond le mieux, en contexte, au sens du
mot en gras dans le test. Reportez la réponse dans la grille-réponse.
1.
HQs
a) high commandment
b) cabinet offices
d) armed services
e) organizational central offices
2.
reckless
a) risky
b) mindful
d) responsible
e) idiotic
3.
c) unostentatious
soundbites
a) manifestos
b) catchphrases
d) video clips
e) wounds
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b) departure
d) amount
e) decline
c) climaxing
groaning
a) mumbling
b) complaining
d) deteriorating
e) breaking down
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b) atrophy
d) overreaction
e) economic crisis
c) disaster
consistent
a) incoherent
b) illogical
d) regular
e) self-contradictory
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c) erratic
laureate
a) recipient
b) graduate
d) heir
e) receiver
9.
c) procrastinating
meltdown
a) overheating
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c) platforms
ebbing away
a) pressure
5.
c) siege
c) diploma
grappling with
a) contesting
b) gripping
d) trying to deal with
e) accepting
c) endorsing
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10.
reshuffle
a) to put aside
b) to leave untouched
d) to invalidate again
e) reorganise
11.
impaired
a) weakened
b) fixed
d) destroyed
e) amended
12.
c) to get rid of
c) strengthened
coming to grips with
a) starting to deal with
b) reaching consensus over
c) aware of
d) being on good terms with e) coming to terms with
13.
bleak
a) weak
b) nonsensical
d) promising
e) dim
14.
enhance
a) lower
b) establish
d) restore
e) belittle
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c) vain
c) develop
thriving
a) luxurious
b) ailing
d) withering
e) lavish
c) flourishing
Exercice 2 : Choisissez la reformulation qui correspond au mieux au sens du texte et
reportez votre réponse dans la grille réponse.
16.
a)
human happiness has nothing to do with institutional power.
b)
human happiness relies to some extent to the confidence one places in one’s institutions.
c)
institutions actually tend to make people quite unhappy with their lives.
17.
a)
the author’s viewpoint is overall pessimistic about the possibility for citizens to have a say
in the public space.
b)
the journalist is predicting a renewal of the public opinion’s faith in the political class after
the 2010 General Election in the U.K.
c)
the author offers a rather positive outlook as to the possibility for the citizens to manage
to reach wellbeing by and for themselves.
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18.
a)
the end of the Cold War and the multi-polar world is to be held responsible for the fact
that nowadays people are lost.
b)
a sense of hopelessness has arisen due to failing institutions that used to be the
cornerstones of society.
c)
the ever decreasing influence of the Church is the prevailing factor accounting for a loss of
values in modern societies.
19.
a)
the main problem with politicians is that their short-run and political-marketing-based
vision prevents them from tackling the problems properly.
b)
the political class’s main fault is to rely too much on demagogical and somewhat
formatted discourses, implying a real risk of anarchy.
c)
the problem stems from the fact that political decision-makers show no real sense of
responsibility, nor do they show empathy for the people they are supposed to represent.
Exercice 3 : Retrouvez les mots qui ont été partiellement ou totalement effacés de ce
dernier paragraphe de l’article (ci-dessous) et réécrivez-les entièrement et lisiblement dans
la grille –réponse.
Post-6 May, for politicians to restore trust in their class, they will have to engage in fos-… [20]
citizen empowerment, within the context of a shared space in which private and public come
together to create or negotiate shared values which form the basis of society's institutional
arrangements. Freedom of information, social justice, environmental sust-… [21], …-ipatory
[22] democracy, human rights, respect for human dignity, equality – a new poli-… [23] based
on these principles could lead the way to the reform and restoration of trust in institutions.
Regrettably, in the feeding frenzy now going on, it is impossible to know wh-… [24] any of the
parties will come to their senses after the election and take … [25] this task.
Exercice 4 : Choisissez la bonne réponse et reportez-la dans la grille-réponse.
26.
She … already… the party when they… .
a) had/left/had arrived
b) had/left/arrived
d) Ø/left/arrived
e) aucune réponse n’est correcte
27.
c) did/leaved/arrived
I … rather you … .
a) would/have left
b) had/left
d) would/left
e) aucune réponse n’est correcte
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c) had/leave
Raymond Carver, … short stories I like so much, was one of the greatest writers of his
generation.
a) whom
b) that
c) Ø
d) whose
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e) which
29.
This the house … the ammunitions were found.
a) in where
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c) from whose
d) whereby
e) in which
My grandma, after … my mother looked after for more than 10 years, died last month.
a) whom
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b) from which
b) which
c) that
d) that/ who
e) whose
… drought had … severe consequences on … agriculture.
a) a/ a/ the
b) the/ Ø/ the
c) the/ Ø/ Ø
d) a/ Ø/ the
e) aucune réponse n’est correcte
32.
Dr Pike has developed… way to teach… music to …children under five.
a) the/ the/ the
b) a/ Ø/ Ø
c) a/ the/ Ø
d) the/ Ø/ the
e) aucune réponse n’est correcte
33.
I’m fond of animals and I like… cat in … house.
a) the/the
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b) a/ a
c) a/the
d) Ø/a
e) Ø/the
It was decided that the elections … postponed due to the instability in the country.
a) were
b) had been
c) should be
d) will be
e) aucune réponse n’est correcte
35.
Which sentence is correct?
a) were you offered a concert ticket, which band you would select?
b) should you be offered a concert ticket, which band would you select?
c) If you were offered a concert ticket, which band should you have selected?
d) If you should be offered a concert ticket, which band were you to select?
e) aucune réponse n’est correcte
36.
We shall not put the heating on … our visitors feel cold.
a) because
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b) provided
c) in spite
d) if
e) unless
He is … kind-hearted … man he will always spoil his kids!
a) so… Ø
b) too… a
c) such…a
d) such… Ø
e) aucune réponse n’est correcte
38.
… you succeed or not, at least you’ll have tried
a) unless
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b) whether
c) in spite
d) until
e) even though
… party comes to power, it will face massive discontent
a) which
b) whoever
c) what
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d) whatever
e) however
40.
It’s been more than 15 years since I … him.
a) met
b) haven’t met
d) didn’t meet
e) have met
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c) have been meeting
The government threatened… taxes even more
a) to increase
b) increasing
d) with increasing
e) by increasing
42.
c) with increase
I’m looking forward …. on holiday at the end of the month.
a) for going
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b) to go
c) going
d) to going
e) go
Which sentence is correct?
a)
The American president Barack Obama said USA is on the path to economic recovery.
b)
American president Barack Obama said USA is on the path to the economic recovery.
c)
American president Barack Obama said USA is on the path to economic recovery.
d)
American president Barack Obama said the USA is on the path to economic recovery.
e)
aucune des solutions n’est correcte.
44.
Which sentence is correct?
a)
I bought a new car last year, and then a month later I won one in a competition. So I
didn’t need to spend all that money!
b)
I bought a new car last year, and then a month later I won one in a competition. So I
needn’t have spent all that money!
c)
I bought a new car last year, and then a month later I won one in a competition. So I
needn’t spend all that money!
d)
I bought a new car last year, and then a month later I won one in a competition. So I
didn’t have to spend all that money!
e)
45.
Aucune des solutions n’est correcte.
The girls… piano playing has improved enormously contrary to their
brother… as we could see in yesterday… performance.
a) ’s/ ’s/ ’s
b) Ø/ Ø/ ’s
c) ’/ ’s/ ’s
d) ’s/ ’s/ Ø
e) ’s/ Ø/’s
Exercise 5:
46.
The Supreme Court of the USA is…
a)
composed of 23 members and passes the bills presented by the House of representatives
b)
the highest court in the USA, with powers of judicial review and jurisprudence, and is
composed of 9 members
c)
is composed of 50 members and the President of the senate serves as its presiding officer
d)
is the body previously known as the Judicial Committee of the House of Lords
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47.
In the UK, the House of Commons is the name of…
a) the official residence of most senior British cabinet Ministers, including the Prime Minister
b) the official residence of the First Lord of the Treasury
c) the elected lower house of the bicameral parliament
48.
The leader of the Liberal Democrats in the UK in April 2010 was …
a) Nick Clegg
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d) the upper house of the parliament
b) David Cameron
c) Sir Menzies Campbell
d) Michael Howard
In November 2010, the American citizens will elect…
a) their senators
b) their president
c) some of their House representatives
d) some of their senators and all their House representatives
50.
L’une des sélections de journaux suivante n’est pas cohérente, laquelle?
a) The Guardian, The Independent, The Times, The Observer
b) The Sun, The Daily Express, The Daily Mirror, The Daily Mail
c) The Daily Mirror, The Daily Telegraph, The Independent, The Times
d) The Washington Post, The Los Angeles Times, The New York Times, The Philadelphia
Enquirer
Exercise 6: vous traduirez les phrases suivantes dans la grille-réponse.
51.
Que ce soit le Labour ou les conservateurs, aucun des deux partis ne semble aborder la
question de manière convaincante.
52.
Le scandale a fait les gros titres et a eu des conséquences assez terribles pour le porteparole de l’organisation.
53.
Le but principal de cette organisation non-gouvernementale est de fournir un accès
convenable à l’eau potable.
54.
Le réchauffement climatique et les gaz à effet de serre devraient être à nouveau au cœur
des discussions.
55.
Aussi étrange que cela puisse paraître, il n’a pas changé d’avis.
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