Examen Anglais M1S1 Pharmacie

Questions must be answered on the basis of what is stated or implied in the

passage itself, and not on the basis of what you may know independently
about the subject matter

Texte 1:

GENETICIST: EGGS SHOULD BE USED An eminent Turkish geneticist has

come forward and stated in court that leaving fertilized human eggs in cold
storage is putting "early human beings" into a concentration camp,
"deprived of liberty, deprived even of time." Dr. Aysel Tanju, head of the
genetics department at the Turkish National Centre of Scientific Research,
was testifying in a divorce case. The couple involved produced seven
fertilized eggs in an in vitro fertilization clinic last year that have since been
kept in cryogenic storage. Now the couple disagree on what should be
done with them. While the man categorically states that he does not want
them used by anyone without his consent, his ex-wife expresses her
intention to become pregnant with them. Needless to say, the case is
without legal precedent, and the characterization of the eggs has become
a key distinction in the trial. Dr. Tanju, who enjoys a well-deserved fame
and prestige in the field of genetics as the discoverer of the non-
chromosomal basis of the much-feared Binladenismus syndrome, testified
that life begins at the moment of fertilization. "As soon as he has been
conceived, a man is a man," she said.

1. Choose the correct statement

A) Nowadays, we often witness geneticists testifying in courts.

B) Some fertilized human eggs must certainly be kept in hot storage.

C) A concentration camp is the most appropriate place for "early human beings" to be
kept in cold storage

D) Dr. Aysel Tanju is an eminent Turkish geneticist who, up to now, has repeatedly
testified in courts.

E) The court needed a geneticist to testify and clarify the issue in this particular divorce
case.
2. According to Dr. Tanju,

A) leaving fertilized human eggs in cold storage is the same as stuffing people into
concentration camps.

B) this couple has produced seven fertilized eggs.

C) in vitro fertilization must take place in cryogenic storage.

D) no sooner than we think of a man as a man, he becomes a man.

E) only a geneticist can decide what must be done with fertilized human eggs.

3. Choose the incorrect statement:

A) There has never been a court case of this kind up to now.

B) Dr. Tanju takes great pleasure in being well-known in the field of genetics.

C) An in vitro fertilization clinic must also provide for proper cryogenic storage.

D) It was essential for this court case that a qualified scientist should put forward his or
her opinion as to the definition of a fertilized human egg.

E) Dr. Tanju is best known as the geneticist who discovered the non-chromosomal basis
of the muchfeared Binladinismus syndrome.

4. Choose the correct statement:

A) The husband would like his ex-wife to become pregnant with the fertilized eggs
they've produced in an in vitro fertilization clinic.

B) Binladinismus syndrome is a specific risk to be taken into account for any couple
considering in vitro fertilization.

C) The couple involved in this particular court case are getting a divorce because they
disagree on what should be done with the eggs they've produced in an in vitro
fertilization clinic.

D) Binladinismus syndrome, the genetic basis of which was discovered by Dr. Aysel Tanju,
is a non-chromosomal disorder.
E) According to the passage, whatever the court decision is, the wife should be entitled
to become pregnant with the eggs that her husband and herself have produced
together.

5. An alternative title for the passage might be:

A) The Double Life Of A Geneticist

B) An Unprecedented Non-Chromosomal Problem

C) The Importance of Unfertilized Human Eggs

D) Tragedy Of Divorce: A Modern Instance

E) Human Eggs In Cryogenic Storage

Texte 2:
RURAL WORLD NOW AN URBAN ONE Among all the Third World cities,
only Shanghai boasted of a population of full five-million souls in 1950.
According to an estimate by the United Nations population specialists,
however, there will be no less than forty-five such supercities in the poorer
half of the world by the year 2005. London, meanwhile, will have fallen
from the once prestigious position of being the second-largest in the world
to the extremely modest position of being number twenty-seven down the
line. If current trends continue, the metropolitan area of Mexico City, today
with about seventeen million people and ahead of Tokyo as the world's
most populous centre, will reach twenty-six million by 2005. Sao Paulo will
be right behind at twenty-four million. Life, in metropolitan areas of such
immense proportions, is compressed and miserable. Already in some
districts of Cairo and Djakarta, as much as two to three hundred thousand
people are jammed into every single square mile. This is four times the
population density of comparable towns in the West. "Stabilization of
global population is still virtually a century away," writes a noted
urbanologist: "Before zero population growth is achieved, therefore, cities
could come to resemble insect colonies rather than human habitats." In
1950, Shanghai
6. A) was the only city with a population of five million.

B) took its place among the Third World cities with a population of five-million souls.

C) had a population of no less than five million.

D) was the most congested city among all the Third World cities.

E) was the only Third World city in the world.

7. By the year 2005.

A) London will have become a crowded and miserable Third World city.

B) conditions will be much worse in the Third World than they are today.

C) there will be altogether forty-five supercities in the world.

D) London will have become an extremely modest supercity down the line of twenty-
seven such supercities in the Third World.

E) no city with a population of under five-million souls will be considered suitable for
human habitation.

8. By 2005, Mexico City will

A) be just ahead of and be closely followed by Sao Paulo.

B) be second to Tokyo, as the world's most populous centre.

C) have already started an inevitable downward trend in population.

D) have become an urbanized and uncongested provincial centre.

E) take its place between Tokyo and Sao Paulo population-wise.

9. Life in such metropolitan areas

A) offers many more opportunities for the citizens collectively.

B) cannot be argued to lead to much happiness.

C) ought not to be compared to the conditions in Cairo or Djakarta.

D) is undoubtedly four times better than it is in the Third World.

E) becomes compressed into an area of a single square mile.

10. The closing statement means:

A) In any case, any human habitat is rather like an insect colony.

B) World population will stabilize no earlier than the middle of the next century.

C) Stabilization of global population would can only be achieved within a period of one
hundred years, whatever the conditions are.

D) Zero population growth is obviously desirable from the viewpoint of the urbanologist
quoted in the passage.

E) Many urbanologists are quite content about the way the things are going

Texte 3 A MURDER AT THE ROYAL HOTEL I have been staying at the Royal Hotel for
some time now. This morning, as I walked past a room on the first floor, suddenly I heard
a woman's somewhat muffled voice: "Help!" the woman was obviously trying to scream.
Then I heard a man's voice. "Don't move, or I'll shoot you!" the man was shouting angrily.
"Oh, please don't shoot me," the woman was crying. Then the man gave a final, blood-
chilling laugh. And I heard a shot. And I felt a shiver run down my spine simultaneously...
Without giving the matter a second thought, I knocked on the door loudly. "Come in,"
said the woman, however, in a soft voice, and I rushed into the room. "What's the
matter?" I asked her: "Can I help you?..." "Who're you?" the woman asked angrily. "I... I
heard a shot," I declared, somewhat hesitatingly. And I added: 'Are you all right?" The
woman laughed, "Of course I am all right." She then turned to the man: "Put you gun in
your pocket, dear," she simply said... "What on earth is happening here?" I asked, I think
with some rightful exasperation. The man's answer was that they were not quarrelling at
all, but that they were actors and were trying to memorize their parts for a new play.

11. We may surmise, deduce, infer, conclude from the narrative that the narrator

A) is a hotel keeper.

B) frequently stays at hotels.

C) is currently staying at the Royal Hotel.

D) has a room on the first floor.

E) is a very curious man and frequently pokes his nose into other people's business.
12. The actors are

A) either husband and wife or lovers.

B) exasperated with one another.

C) having a genuine quarrel.

D) going to perform a play at the hotel.

E) rehearsing, so they're play-acting.

13. When he sees the woman is perfectly well and happy, the narrator

A) becomes confused.

B) gets furious.

C) is very happy, too.

D) puts his gun in his pocket.

E) asks the woman if he can help her.

14. Here we have

A) a true-life drama.

B) just a pleasant little anecdote.

C) a scene from an exciting play.

D) a passage from a novel.

E) a joke written by two actors.

15. The lesson we might draw from the story is that

A) we shouldn't poke our nose into other people's business.

B) actors should be cautious when they are learning their parts.

C) people should mind their own business when staying at a hotel.

D) things are not sometimes what they seem to be.

E) one should never speak to a stranger.