UNION DES COMORES Examen : Baccalauréat

MINISTERE DE L’EDUCATION NATIONALE Durée : 3h Session : 2018 Nbr pages :

Série : A1 A2 A4 C D G Stc Sti
Epreuve : LV - Anglais Coeff. : 2 2 2 2 2
Heart disease has mind-body connections that you should consider. Prolonged stress due to the pressures at home, on the job, or
from other sources can contribute to abnormally high blood pressure and circulation problems. As with many other diseases, the
effects vary from person to person.
How you handle stress also influences how your cardiovascular system responds. Studies have shown that if stress makes you
angry or irritable, you're more likely to have heart disease or a heart attack. In fact, the way you respond to stress may be a greater
risk factor for heart problems than smoking, high blood pressure, and high cholesterol.
Then there's depression, the persistent feeling of sadness and despair that can isolate you from the rest of the world. In its severest
form, depression can not only increase the risk of heart disease but also worsen an existing condition.
Research shows that while approximately 20 percent of us experience an episode of depression in our lifetimes, the figure climbs to
50 percent among people with heart disease. Long-term studies reveal that men and women diagnosed with clinical depression are
more than twice as likely to develop coronary artery disease or suffer a heart attack. In addition, heart patients are three times more
likely to be depressed at any given time than the population as a whole.
So, left untreated depression can put you at strongly greater risk of suffering a heart attack or stroke. In fact, according to some
clinical estimations, depressed people are twice as more likely to suffer a heart attack as long as 10 years after the initial depressive
episode.
And happy people have healthier levels of fibrinogen in their blood, making them less vulnerable to cardiovascular disease and other
diseases related to their heart.

Questions.
I) True or false? Justify your answer from the text. ( 2 pts)
1) As with many other diseases, the effects of heart disease are the same for everybody.
2) if stress makes you angry, your risk for heart problems is greater than when you smoke.
3) Depression and despair can separate you from the rest of the world.
4) The risk of having a stroke can be low when depression is not treated.
II) Answer each question with a complete sentence. ( 5 pts )
1) What are the mental problems that may increase the risk of heart disease?
2) Why are home pressures bad for your health?
3) What is the risk of having a stroke for people with treated depression?
4) Which people can be less vulnerable to cardiovascular disease?
5) How many decades does it take to suffer a heart attack after the initial depressive episode?
III) Vocabulary. Complete with the correct expression from this list: ( 1pt)
contribute, patients, vulnerable, diagnosed. (use an expression one time only
a) More people …….. with cardiovascular diseases had depression
b) Smoking can …….. to the risk of having a heart disease.
c) Researchers show that …….. with high blood pressure risk having a heart attack.
d) The persistent feeling of sadness and despair can make you more …….to heart diseases.
IV) Writing. ( 3pts )
Choose one of the topics and answer the question.
1) In your opinion, which of these 2 things is more dangerous for the health of our heart, stress or smoking? Write
your opinion in a paragraph of 7 lines.
2) Do you think that a healthy lifestyle can reduce the risk of heart disease, even if there are uncontrollable factors
such as age, sex or family history? Explain your answer in a paragraph of 7 lines.
V) Grammar.
I) Put the verb in parentheses in the past simple or the past continuous. (4 pts)
1) It (not snow) when I went to bed. 2) Your friend (not come) to the theater with us last night.
3) When she knocked at the door I (to sleep). 4) I (not study) when you called.
5) (to wear) the boy his suit when you saw him?
II) Complete the sentences with at, in, or on. (1.5 pt)
1) There was nowhere to sit _________ the bus. 3) Mary was born ______ Mohéli.
2) I arrived ______ the station ten minutes before the train left. 4) What did you do _____ the weekend?
5) They played football _____ the afternoon. 6) We got married _____ October 12th.
III) Find the errors and correct them ( 1.5 pt)
1) My mother is good at to dance. 2) The students enjoy to play after class. 3) He was the worker whom helped me.
IV) Translate. (2 pts)
1) Depression can increase the risk of heart disease. 2) Les malades attendent dehors depuis ce matin.
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