DIPLOME NATIONAL DU BREVET SESSION: 2016 Feuille 1/5 SUJET

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EPREUVE: ANGLAIS Coefficient 1

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TOUTES SERIES

Epreuve de Langue Vivante Etrangère: ANGLAIS

SESSION JANVIER 2016

Durée : 1 h 30 Coefficient : 1
Ce sujet comporte 5 pages: de la page 1/5 à la page 5/5.

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 Notation sur 20 (18+2 points pour l’orthographe et la présentation)

FROM THE STREETS TO SUCCESS

While some kids don't always like what mom or dad is cooking for dinner, they don't have to
worry about where to find their next meal. Elizabeth Murray grew up with drug-addicted
parents and often didn't have warm clothes or food. "It would be common for me to go into
my kitchen and see my parents shooting drugs into their veins, “Elizabeth told 20/20. "When
5 they were done, there would be blood spots all along the walls from where they had
missed veins."
When Elizabeth was 10 she found out her mother had AIDS. A few years later, while
most teenage girls were worrying about what to wear, Elizabeth was looking after her Mom,
whose AIDS had become full blown and were complicated by tuberculosis. Her Mom died at

10 age 41 in 1996.
At 15 Elizabeth was homeless. Her mom was gone and her dad was on the street. After her
mom's death she knew things had to change and she knew it was up to her. "I connected
the lifestyles that I had witnessed every day with how my mother ended. And if there was
anything I could do about it that would not happen to me. So I went back to school. But mind
15 you, I was homeless," explains Elizabeth.
Her high school didn't know Elizabeth was homeless, not that she cared. She took an extra
load of work, studied on the stairs and made excellent grades. When she read about
a scholarship offered by The New York Times she quickly applied and won. She will receive
$12,000 for every year at college. Elizabeth was determined to go to Harvard and the
20 university didn't turn her down.
Right now Elizabeth lives with her little sister in New York while she waits to become a full-
time student. She isn't too sure what she wants to major in yet but plans on pursuing
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theater, film and literature. She's working at the New York Times right now and they offered
her work for the summer. Elizabeth has gone from homeless to Harvard.
Text and picture adapted from: http://www.kidzworld.com

2 points sont attribués à l’orthographe et à la présentation

I – COMPREHENSION DU TEXTE -6 POINTS

A. Les mots ci-dessous ont leurs synonymes dans le texte. Trouvez-les !

hot (l-3) ……………………………….…………………

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B. Compréhension détaillée (5 points)

Cette histoire a retenu votre attention et vous voulez en savoir plus. Votre voisin est ravi
de pouvoir vous raconter la suite ! Cependant, ce qu’il dit n’est pas toujours vrai ! Dites si
les phrases ci-dessous sont vraies ou fausses et justifiez vos réponses en citant les passages
du texte.

1. Elizabeth’s childhood was wonderful.

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2. Her parents really took care of her.

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3. Elizabeth left her mother alone when she was sick

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4. Elizabeth decided to follow her mother’s steps.

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5. She worked hard to get a scholarship.

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II- COMPETENCE LINGUISTIQUE – 5 Points

A. Vous retrouvez une coupure de journal sur votre bureau et vous constatez que des
mots ont été tachetés. Complétez- la à l’aide de la liste de mots ci-dessous.

when / though / in / the / but / by / of / up

James Blake is ............................ real example ....................... success ................ business.

He started ..................... selling newspapers everyday in the streets of Boston....................

he was only 8. It was a very tiring job .................... he never gave .................... Today,

……………………………………………………. he is 18 James has got his own newspaper agency.

B. Voici l’histoire passionnante d’un autre adolescent, mais les verbes entre parenthèses
doivent être conjugués au temps qui convient pour en faire un paragraphe parfait.

I (be) ………………………… Mark Collier, and I (start) ………………………………….. a number of small

businesses and I ( work) …………………….. on my biggest project yet.

I (be) …………………………..always …………………. interested in business, my parents

(be) ……………………both self-employed and thankfully they (share) …………………………………..

their stories and experience with me mostly over the dinner table. I (set)………………….…up my

carrot selling business when I (be) ……………………….………. five

C. Kate a beaucoup d’admiration pour Elizabeth et aimerait recevoir des conseils de sa part.

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 III – EXPRESSION ECRITE EN LANGUE ANGLAISE – 7 POINTS
Sujet : Vous avez traversé aussi une situation très difficile dans votre vie ; aujourd’hui grâce
à votre courage et votre persévérance tout est parfait. Vous rédiger un paragraphe en
respectant le plan suivant : que vous est-il arrivé ? (ou ? quand ?) Comment êtes-vous senti
(e) ? Qu’avez –vous fait pour surpasser ces obstacles ? Comment vous sentez-vous
aujourd’hui ?

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