ool year 2023- 2024 INSPECTION DES CEG DE BRAZZAVILLE DEPARTEMENT D'ANGLAIS First term exam Level : 38 Hours : 2 SECTION |: Reading comprehension (7pts) Read the following text anc answer question 1 and 2 below Text: the rise of English The rise of English is a remarkable success story. When Julius CAESAR landed in Britain over two thousand years ago, English did not exist. Fise hundred years later, English, was probably spoken by abcut as few people as currently speak Cherokee and with a litle influence. Today, English is used by at least 750 milion people, and barely half of those speak it as a mother tongue. Some estimates have put that figure closer to one billion. Whatever the total, English at the end of the twentieth century is more widely scattered, more widely spoken and written, than any other language has ever been. Ir is the language of techrology from SILICAV valley to SHANGHAL English is tke medium for 80% of infcrmation stored in the world’s computers : KHERNELL Lesson Plus P. 119 QUESTION 4: (3,5pts) Read the following sentences and say if they are true (T), false (F) or not in the text (N). the first answer has been done for you as an example. Write 1. . F, now continue 1- Now, English is spoken by seventy ‘ive ion peoole. ‘The rise of English is an unremarkable success story Nowadays, English spoken by at 750 million pecple. Britain 2000 years ago. AILAfiican countries speak English. ius CAESAR: went to Br the world’s computers are in English In SHANGHAI, English is the language of technolegy. “QUESTION 2: Mate sing up (3,5pts)Here are some halves sentences Now ead the text again and then, put part A and B corresponding to have meaningful sentences. As ani example 1... .......c, now continue. Part A 4- The rise of English is Part B language of technology 2- Julius CAESAR lande b+ more spoken aid written 3. Five hundred years later En; c aremarkable success story was d- English as a mother tongue 4. English is used 2y > over two thousand years 5- Half of 750 million person speck ago 6- English at the end of the twentieth f- atleast 750 milion people century is g-_nformation sto-ed in t 7- English is the world’s computers 8- It is the medium for 80% of he spoken with a little influence. Fill in the blanks using the following words. Use each word only once. The first answer has been done for you. Nrite 4... it, now continue, [Voce bulary - technology - frang Text: fais ~ 600,000 - t= fewer—to-the | is spoken in many countties,........1 vocaaulary ......2...... Compendies Oxford English Dictionary lists about 3. words; and a further helf million ...4. and scientfic terms: remein uncatalogued. According ......5....... Tradition estimates neighboring German has a 6. of about 185,000 words and Frenci: 7..... than 100,900 words which include suc. 8. As “le hit parade and le snacque barre’. SECTION IIL : Guided writing (6pts) Conjugate the veriss in brackets in the simple past. 1- The rise of English(to be ) a remarkable success story. Many people (not to speak) English many years ago. 2+ They( to travel) with their language and cutture. - The broadcasting company B.B.C( to trarsmit ) in English The statistics of English ( tz be ) astonishing. ‘Oxford English Dictionary (to list) $00,000 words.