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Eyewitness : Migrants suffer in Morocco.
Xavier Casero, a doctor working with Medecins Sans Frontieres, tells the BBC News
website about his experience treating African migrants in Morocco trying to get into
Europe through Spain’s enclaves of Ceuta and Melilla.

I worked in Morocco for a month and a half at a clinic in Tangier, but most of my work
was in a 4x4 vehicle, treating immigrants who live in the forest close to the border with
Melilla, We carry all the medicines and medical supplies in the car with us.
The typical patient is a person who has tried to jump the fence into Melilla, and is
5 wounded and maybe traumatized. For example, the last man I treated was 24 years old, from
Mali (the majority of them come from Mali, Senegal and Cameroon, or Nigeria). This man had
a very bad wound, after a Moroccan soldier had hit him in the head. It was an open wound,
and when I arrived in the forest it was eight hours after he’d been injured, and he was
bleeding badly. He lost consciousness, and was very traumatized. I saw cases like this every
10 day – every time I went to the forest, I would find four, five, six cases like this.
Another problem is the lack of hygienic conditions in the forest. There’s no potable
water, nowhere to go to the toilet – they go to the toilet in the middle of the forest, close to
where they live. They live with wild animals, they have no shelter – they make little shacks
with plastic sheeting – it’s filthy,. If you visited, you might think it was impossible to live like
15 this, but they do it. It’s also overcrowded – there are 400 to 500 people in a patch of about
400 sqm in the forest.
I’ve seen a lot of women give birth in the forest. About 10 % of the immigrants are
women, and around a quarter of these women are pregnant,. Another quarter have small
babies. In a month and a half, I saw six deliveries in the middle of the forest with no medical
20 help, apart from us, but often we arrived too late to help with the birth.
The immigrants won’t go to hospital because the police are around – they’d rather stay
in the forest, hidden from the security services. Occasionally we do take patients to hospital,
and the staff there always take them in, because we only take the most serious cases. We’ve
never been refused, but they do it reluctantly. We have to supervise their treatment, because
25 sometimes the hospital refuses to treat the patients in the same way as the Moroccan
patients. I know this is a serious allegation. Often they tell us that MSF has to pay for the
medicines for the patients. It’s a form of discrimination. It’s true that Moroccans have to pay,
but I know that there are some cases when they will tell us we need to pay for medicines they
give freely to Moroccan patients.
30 It is difficult work, mainly because of the working hours. We often work for 24 hours –
we have to be available at night, on Sunday mornings, whenever there is an emergency. But
for me personally, this work is very fulfilling. This last experience in Morocco has changed my
mind about the immigrant problem. Sometimes you need to see the problem from inside –
from close up, to change your mind. I had a different opinion than I do now.
35 European governments have to do something. I don’t know what the solution is, but the
problem needs solving quickly because people are suffering. And those who arrive at the
border are only 10 % of those who set out. Many die on the way.
http ://news, bbc.ci.uk/

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I. COMPREHENSION (08 points)


A. VOCABULARY
Find in the indicated paragraphs of the text words or phrases with the same
meaning as : (0,25 for each answer) = 01,5 point)
1) Without enthusiasm (paragraph 5) = …………………………………………………
2) Very dirty (paragraph 3) = ………………………………………………………………
3) Birth-givings (paragraph 4) = …………………………………………………………..
4) Near (paragraph 3) = ……………………………………………………………………
5) Frontier (paragraph 7) = ………………………………………………………………..
6) Accusation (paragraph 5) = ……………………………………………………………

B. True/ False : Say whether these statements are true or false and justify by quoting
from the passage (0,5 for each = 02,5 points)

1) The 24-year-old immigrant got wounded by trying to jump the fence…………………


………………………………………………………………………………………………..
2) 90 % of the immigrants die before they get to the border……………………………….
………………………………………………………………………………………………..
3) About half of the female immigrants are pregnant or have small babies………………..
………………………………………………………………………………………………..
4) Moroccan medical staff do not really like to treat immigrants…………………………..
………………………………………………………………………………………………..
5) The author has been deeply affected……………………………………………………….
………………………………………………………………………………………………..

C. Match each paragraph (1-7) with a title (a-g). One is done for you, as an example.
(01,5 point)

Titles
a. biased treatment
b. a positive change of mind
c. a mobile clinic
d. Birth giving in bad conditions
e. A risky adventure
f. Unhealthy living conditions
g. An urgent call for help

c
1- ____. 2- ____ 3- ____ 4- ____ 5- _____ 6- ____ 7- ____

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D. Contextual Reference (0,25 for each = 01 point)
What do the following words refer to ?
1- it (but they do it) line 15 : ……………………………………………………………….
2- us (apart from us) line 20 : ………………………………………………………………
3- this (1 know this is a serious allegation) line 26 : ……………………………………
4- you (Sometimes you need to see the problem from inside) line 33 : ………………

E. Complete the following sentences by referring to the text. (Be as brief as possible)
(0,5 for each 01,5 point)
1- Most immigrants stay in the forest because……………………………………………
2- Médecins Sans Frontières surpervises the immigrants’ treatment to make sure
they …………….………………………….
3- Xavier Casero works even at weekends in order to help in case of ……………….

II. LINGUISTIC COMPETENCE (06 points)


A : Rewrite these sentences without changing their meanings. Use the prompts.
(01,25 point)

1- In our family, no one is as old as grandfather


Grandfather…………………………………………………………………………..
2- Moussa didn’t go to school, he went to the theatre
Instead of……………………………………………………………………………..
3- If I don’t find a job, I won’t get married.
Unless………………………………………………………………………………..
4- You may say what you want but I won’t believe you.
Whatever……………………………………………………………………………..
5- Henry made a lot of efforts but he didn’t score a goal.
Despite…………………………………………………………………………………
B : Ask questions corresponding to the underlined words or groups of words.
(0,5 x 04 = 02 points)
These boys used to go swimming twice a week
1 2 3
1- ………………………………………………………………………………………………
2- ………………………………………………………………………………………………
3- ……………………………………………………………………………………………...
4- The next elections will be held in February 2007.
…………………………………………………………………………………………………
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C : Put the verbs into the right tenses or forms.(0,25 x 5 = 01,25 point)
1- He spends all his time ____________________________ (sleep)
2- Before he went to Italy, Modou __________________ second-hand clothes (sell)
3- You want to go to England in 3 months’ time. It’s high time you _____________
looking for the required documents (start).
4- Nafi has just told me that she ____________________ flowers by her boy friend
yesterday (offer).
5- Had I known he was so corrupt, I _______________ for him (not vote).

D : Fill each gap with ONE word taken from the list (0,25 x 6 = 01,5 point)
What ___________________ nice girl Katy is ! How long is it _________________ she
1 2
came here ? I wonder __________________ she would object ___________ working
3 4
with us. Her father is the man ______________ car was stolen at the airport last week.
5
___________ she has been coming to school on foot these days, she is always on time.
6

List : that – whose – an – although – since – whether – that – a.

III. ESSAY Choose one of the following topics (150-200 words) (06 points)

1) The author says that he doesn’t know what the solution to the immigration problem is.
Write him a letter explaining how you think the problem could be solved.

2) Are you one of the numerous candidates for emigration ? Why or why not ?
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ANSWER KEY
A. Vocabulary
1) reluctantly ; 2) filthy ; 3) deliveries ; 4) close to ; 5) border ; 6) allegation
B. True/False :
1- False : had hit him in the head (line 7)
2- True : “And those who arrive at the border are only 10 % of those who set out”
(lines 36-37).
3- True : “around a quarter of these women are pregnant. Another quarter have small
babies”.(lines 18 - 19)
4- True : “they do it reluctantly“/ “the hospital refuses… Moroccan patients “(lines 24-25)
5- True : “but the problem needs solving quickly, because people are suffering”. (lines
35-36 ; also lines 32-34)
C. Matching paragraphs with titles.
2.e 3.f 4.d 5.a 6.b 7.g
D. Contextual reference
1- live like this…………………
2- workers of Médecins Sans Frontières
3- sometimes the hospital refuses to treat the patients in the same way as the Moroccan
patients.
4- People in general (indefinite)
E. Sentence completion
Individual answers are required here. Here are possible answers :
1-… because they are afraid of being caught
2- … they are well treated
3- … emergency.
II- Linguistic competence
A. Rewriting
1- Grandfather is the oldest person in out family
2- Instead of going to the cinema, he went to the theatre
3- Unless I find a jog, I won’t get married.
4- Whatever you may say I won’t believe you.
5- Despite his efforts, Henry didn’t score.
B. : Asking questions
1- Who used to go swimming twice a week ?
2- What did these boys use to do twice a week ?
3- How often did you go swimming ?
4- When will the next elections be held ?
C. Right verb tenses or forms
1- sleeping
2- had sold / sold
3- started
4- was offered
5- would not have voted
D. 1-a 2-since 3-whether 4-whose 5-although
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1 (…) “What a pleasure, and a privilege, to be here in Missouri. It is almost a


2 homecoming for me. Nearly half a century ago, I was a student about 400 miles north of
3 here, in Minnesota. (…)
4 When you leave one home for another, there are always lessons to be learnt. And I
5 had more to learn when I moved on from Minnesota to the United Nations - the indispensable
6 common house of the entire human family, which has been my main home for the last 44
7 years. Today I want to talk particularly about five lessons I have learnt in the last 10 years,
8 during which I have had the difficult but exhilarating role of Secretary General.
9 I think it is especially fitting that I do that here in the house that honors the legacy of
10 Harry S. Truman. If FDR (Franklin D. Roosevelt) was the architect of the United Nations,
11 President Truman was the master-builder, and the faithful champion of the Organization in its
12 first years, when it had to face quite different problems from the ones FDR had expected. My
13 first lesson is that, in today’s world, the security of every one of us is linked to that of
14 everyone else.
15 That was already true in Truman’s time. The man who in 1945 gave the order for
16 nuclear weapons to be used – for the first, and let us hope, the only time in history –
17 understood that security for some could never again be achieved at the price of insecurity for
18 others. He was determined, as he had told the founding conference of the United Nations in
19 San Francisco, to “prevent – if human mind, heart, and hope can prevent it – the repetition of
20 the disaster [meaning the world war] from which the entire world will suffer for years to
21 come”.
22 He believed strongly that henceforth security must be collective and indivisible. That
23 was why, for instance, he insisted, when faced with aggression by North Korea against the
24 South in 1950, on bringing the issue to the United Nations and placing US troops under the
25 UN flag, at the head of a multinational force. But how much more true it is in our open world
26 today : a world where deadly weapons can be obtained not only by rogue states but by
27 extremist groups ; a world where SARS or avian flu can be carried across oceans, let alone
28 national borders, in a matter of hours ; a world where failed states in the heart of Africa can
29 become havens for terrorists ; a world where even the climate is changing in ways that will
30 affect the lives of everyone on the planet.
31 Against such threats as these, no nation can make itself secure by seeking supremacy
32 over all others. We all share responsibility for each other’s security. And only by working to
33 make each other secure can we hope to achieve lasting security for ourselves.
34 And I would add that this responsibility is not simply a matter of states being ready to come to
35 each other’s aid when attacked – important though that is.
36 It also includes our shared responsibility to protect populations from genocide, war crimes,
37 ethnic cleansing and crimes against humanity – a responsibility solemnly accepted by all
38 nations at last year’s UN summit.” (…)

Note : SARS = Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome

Extracted from Kofi Annan’s final speech as UN Secretary General at the


Truman Presidential Museum and Library in Independence, Missouri.
Monday, 11 December 2006.

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I COMPREHENSION (08 points)


A Which one of these is the most suitable title for the text ? (01 point)
1) Choose the letter corresponding to the right answer.
a) Mutual accountability
b) Collective responsibility
c) Individual responsibility
d) Unilateralism

B Say whether the following sentences are true or false. Justify by quoting a specific
passage from the text. (03 points)

2) Dangerous weapons are easily accessible.


3) America reacted alone in the conflict that opposed the two Koreas.
4) Lasting security can be obtained provided that mutual security is achieved.

C What do the following items refer to in the text ? (02 points)

5) its (line 11): ….in its first years.


6) which (line 20) …from which the entire world…
7) these (line 31) …such threats as these…
8) it (line 36) ….It also includes…

D Vocabulary in context : Find in the indicated paragraphs synonyms for these words or
group of words (02 points)
9) exciting (paragraph 2)……..
10) malicious(paragraph 5)………………..
11) asylums (paragraph 5)………………..
12) looking for (paragraph 6)………….

II LINGUISTIC COMPETENCE (06 points)


E Rewrite the sentences without changing their meanings by starting with the words
given. (02 points)
13) a) It’s a pity that North Korea went on war against South Korea.
I wish…………………………………………………………………………………………
b) He promises to meet us tomorrow.
We’d rather……………………………………………

14) There is no house more important than the United Nations in the world.
The United Nations…………………………………………………………………………
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15) If there had been no solidarity between nations, most conflicts would never have been
settled.
Never…………………………………………………………………………………………..

F Ask questions corresponding to the underlined groups of words. (01,5 point)

16) The Organization meets once a month to try to solve problems.


a b
a) ………………………………………………………………………………………………… ?
b) …………………………………………………………………………………………………. ?

17) Kofi Annan led the United Nations for 10 years.


c
………………………………………………………………………………………………………..

G Word formation : Complete these sentences with the right form of the words in
brackets. (02 points)

18) (Poor) and (hungry) are widespread in Third World countries today.
……………………………………………………………………………………………………..

19) The resolution of the situation in Iraq depends on the (withdraw) of US troops.
……………………………………………………………………………………………………..

20) The government and the rebel movement have signed a peace (agree)
………………………………………………………………………………………………………

H Complete these sentences using the appropriate tag question. (0,5 point)
21) No one could quell that crisis, ………………….?
22) I am a citizen of the world, ……………………….?

III WRITING (06 points)


Choose one topic and write an essay of 150 to 200 words.

Topic one : What would you suggest to make the United Nations stronger than it is today ?
Develop your ideas by focusing on the weaknesses of this organization.

Topic two : Comment upon this statement of the former UN Secretary General : “In today’s
world, the security of every one of us is linked to that of everyone else”.
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ANSWER KEY
I COMPREHENSION (08 points)
A 1) Suitable title (01 point)
b) Collective responsibility
B True or False (03 points) 01 point par réponse
2) True « Deadly weapons can be obtained not only by rogue states but by extremist
groups »
3) False : “That was why, for instance……………………………a multinational force”
4) True : “and only by working to make each other secure can we hope to achieve lasting
security for ourselves”
C Referencing (02 points) 0,5 point par réponse
5) the organization
6) the disaster
7) “a world where deadly weapons can be obtained…………. everyone on the planet”.
8) it refers to : this responsibility
D Vocabulary in context (02 points) 0,5 point par réponse
9) exhilarating
10) rogue
11) havens
12) seeking
II LINGUISTIC COMPETENCE (06 points)
E Rewrite the sentences without changing their meanings using the words given
(02 points) 0,5 point par réponse
13) a) I wish North Korea hadn’t gone on war against South Korea
b) we’d rather he met us today.
14) the United Nations is the most important house in the world.
15) Never would most conflicts have been settled if there had been no solidarity / if there
had not been any solidarity
F Asking questions (01,5 point) 0,5 point par réponse
16) a) How often does the organization meet to try to solve problems ?
b) What does the organization meet once a month for? / Why does the organization meet
once a month ?

17) How long did Kofi Annan lead the United Nations?
G Right forms (02 points)
18) Poverty - hunger.
19) withdrawal.
20) agreement .
H Complete these sentences using the appropriate tag (0, 5 point : 0,25 point par
réponse)
21) could they?
22) aren’t I? / am I not ?
A. WRITING (06 points)
With focus on language, style coherence and accuracy.
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1 When Archana Sharma got married in 1999, she saw it as a chance to keep her family
2 out of poverty after her father’s untimely death. A strikingly beautiful folk dancer from the
3 north Indian state of Haryana, the then 25-year-old had turned down several offers to act in
4 regional-language films because she came from a conservative family, consenting instead to
5 wed a Toronto-based astrologer she knew through her maternal uncle. “I agreed to marry a
6 man I had never met, thinking he would take me to a better life in Canada,” she says. “Once
7 settled there, I would take my two younger sisters and our mother, too.”
8 After a six-week visit for the wedding, her husband returned to Toronto promising to
9 complete the legal formalities for her to join him. But her tickets never came. After six years
10 of waiting, Sharma received documents informing her that she had been divorced. Stories
11 like Sharma’s are growing increasingly common across India, as changing values remove
12 some of the social stigma surrounding failed marriages and concern from activists and
13 officials encourages more women to talk about it.
14 As many as 30,000 women have been abandoned by their émigré husbands,
15 according to one Indian government estimate. Activists say the real figures are probably
16 much higher as most cases still go unreported. The Ministry of Overseas Indian Affairs
17 (MOIA), established in 2004 to look after the welfare of an estimated 20 million Non-resident
18 Indians (NRIs), launched a scheme earlier this year to provide counseling, legal and financial
19 aid for Indian wives abandoned abroad. (…)
20 Despite impressive economic growth over the past decade, some 450,000 Indians
21 emigrate to other countries to find work every year, while thousands more go illegally. “For
22 some, going abroad is about seeking better opportunities and social mobility,” says Rainuka
23 Dagar, senior research fellow at the Chandighar-based Institute for Development and
24 Communication, “but for many, it is about status. It is a symbol of pride to have a member of
25 the family living and earning abroad.” In many communities, “marriage to an NRI is
26 considered a status symbol as it gets the entire family a chance to go abroad,” says Santosh
27 Singh, chairperson of the government-affiliated Family Counseling Center in Chandigarh.
28 Most of these unions, without doubt, are successful ones. But some overseas
29 marriages can be problematic. At an MOIA conference on the issue in February, Girija Vyas,
30 chairperson of India’s National Commission for women noted that brides going abroad can
31 suffer from culture shock if they have had no prior exposure to the West. Their overseas-
32 raised spouses can find themselves pressured into a traditional marriage by émigré parents.
33 The combination can result in loveless, incompatible relationships and eventually, divorce.

BY MADHUR SINGH / NEW DELHI


TIME , October 22, 2007 page 38.

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I. COMPREHENSION (08 points)


A.
1) Choose the most appropriate answer a, b, c, or d (01 point)
The text mainly deals with :
a) Traditional marriage in India
b) Broken marriages in India
c) Non-resident Indians
d) Arranged marriages in India

B Complete the following sentences accurately and meaningfully according to the text.
Do not copy the text ! (01,5 point)

2) Archana Sharma considered her marriage a means………………………………………..


……………………………………………………………………………………………………
3) She agreed to marry a man she had never met because……………………………………….
……………………………………………………………………………………………………..
4) Although overseas marriages can cause troubles,……………………………………………….
……………………………………………………………………………………………………….

C What or who do the underlined words refer to in the text ?


5) She came from a conservative family (l.4)
6) It is about status (l. 24)
7) their overseas – raised spouses (l. 31)

D. Circle True or False. Justify your answers by quoting a specific passage from the text.
(03 points)

8) Arshana Sharma has never seen her husband. T / F


………………………………………………………………………………………………………
9) Stories like Sharma’s are now frequent in India. T / F
……………………………………………………………………………………………………….
10) Having prior exposure to the West can prevent suffering from culture shock. T / F
………………………………………………………………………………………………………..
E Find in the indicated paragraphs synonyms for the following words or phrases
(01 point)

11) project (paragraph 3)


12) in the end (last paragraph)

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II. LINGUISTIC COMPETENCE (06 points)

F. Rewrite the following sentences without changing their meanings by using the
prompts given (02 points)
13) Archana regrets marrying that man.
Archana wishes………………………………………………………………………………
14) She was unhappy because she agreed to marry that man.
She wouldn’t…………………………………………………………………………………..
15) He has been working abroad for six years.
It is……………………………………………………………………………………………….
16) “Marriage to an NRI is considered a status symbol as it gives the entire family a chance to
go abroad” said Santosh Singh
Santosh Singh said that………………………………………………………………………….

G. Ask questions corresponding to the underlined groups of words (01 point)

17) Brides going abroad can suffer from culture shock.


…………………………………………………………………………………………………….. ?
18) He has been working abroad to keep his family out of poverty.
……………………………………………………………………………………………………….

H Fill in the gaps with the right forms of the words in brackets. (02 points)
19) She hoped that her marriage wouldn’t be a…………………………… . (fail)
20) She hasn’t got a husband yet, she is still………………………. . (marry)
21) She can think of………………………reasons for not getting married. (count)
22) They were happily married despite their…………..differences. (culture)

I Use a question tag in this conversation and complete B’s answer meaningfully. (01 point)
23) – A : Sharma’s been treated unfairly, __________ ?
24) – B :_______________________________________________________________ .

III. WRITING (06 points)


Choose one topic and write an essay of 150 to 200 words.
Topic one : Why do some women suffer from marriages with husbands living abroad ? What
solutions do you propose?

Topic two : Nowadays, more and more girls prefer marrying men living or working abroad.
Comment upon this phenomenon and explain why ?
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BUILDING CONFIDENCE

Big infrastructure projects are vital to Africa’s long-term development. South Africa’s
newest port of Coega is a good example. In 2007, vessels will use this facility to ship
manganese and other products from South Africa to China and the rest of the world. The
authorities think the complex as a symbol of industrial Africa. “We need to develop
5 infrastructures, we are not going to advance if we don’t even have the roads to bring
medicine to the rural areas,” says a spokesman.
The call to construction is ringing out across Africa. Infrastructure is the new buzz word
of leaders from South Africa’s Thabo Mbeki to Senegal’s Abdoulaye Wade. It is also a key
topic in meetings where political and business leaders discuss how Africa’s priority
10 infrastructure projects can boost growth. Despite a commercial boom that pushed growth at 5
percent in Africa last year, the leaders want better infrastructures to win more business. The
New Partnership for Africa’s Development (NEPAD) an African initiative that aims to attract
64 billion dollars in investment by tackling bad governance, ending conflicts and making the
continent more business-friendly, has put improved infrastructures near the top of its priority
15 list. “There can be no meaningful development without trade”, reads NEPAD’s infrastructure
action plan. “And there can be no trade without adequate and reliable infrastructures.”
The need is as obvious as it is urgent. Africa’s roads and railways lines, ports, and
power grids are neither adequate nor reliable. Much of the continent’s infrastructure is
crumbling or non existent. The Democratic Republic of Congo is packed with timber or
20 minerals, yet it has only a few thousands kilometers of paved roads. In other war-torn
countries, public buildings have been destroyed by years of fighting. Corruption and
mismanagement have left public structures in places inefficient.
The lack of infrastructures deters many companies from investing and drives up costs
for those that do. To attract more investment, Africa has drawn up plans to spend billions
25 over the next few decades. Some landlocked countries want to build new rail lines through
neighboring states to improve their connections to the sea. The next decade may also see
the completion of the Trans-Saharan Highway from Algeria to Nigeria. The West African Gas
Pipeline will tap natural gas from the Nigerian oil fields. The most ambitious plan is for a
massive dam on the Congo River that will produce enough electricity across the continent
30 and export it to Asia and Europe.
Surprisingly the funds for new projects aren’t lacking. Africa’s richest countries are
willing to build. Rich donor nations in the West help finance plans in poorer countries, as
does the World Bank. Private infrastructure funds are also supplying capital. The problem is
confidence. Financiers, private or public, need projects that they can rely on. Business
35 leaders cite numerous hurdles to investment : corruption, political instability and
governments’ lack of capacity to run huge projects and their reluctance to hand over control
of projects to the private sector.

Simon Robinson Time, June 2005.

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I. READING COMPREHENSION (8 marks)


A. What do the underlined words refer to ? (0.5 mark x 4 = 2)
1. it is also a key topic (paragraph 2) = ……………………………………………………………
2. its priority list (paragraph 2) = ……………………………………………………………………
3. those that do (paragraph 4) = ……………………………………………………………………
4. their reluctance to hand over (paragraph 5) = …………………………………………………
B. Write the number of the right paragraph in front of the following titles
(0.5 marks x 5 = 2.5)
5. A concrete scheme for development : …………….
6. In need of trust : ………………
7. The need for infrastructures : …………….
8. Some ambitious future projects : ………………
9. A catastrophic state of affairs : ……………..
C. Circle True or False and quote a specific passage from the text to justify
(0.5 mark x 3 = 1.5)
10. Building infrastructures is the only aim for NEPAD. T / F
…………………………………………………………………………………………………….
…………………………………………………………………………………………………….
11. There cannot be economic growth with the existing infrastructures. T / F
…………………………………………………………………………………………………….
…………………………………………………………………………………………………….
12. Money is not an obstacle to the development of infrastructures in Africa. T / F
……………………………………………………………………………………………………..
……………………………………………………………………………………………………..
D. Vocabulary in context :
Find in the text words similar in meaning to the ones below (0.5 mark x 2 = 1)
13. dissuades = (paragraph 4) = ………………………………………
14. extract (paragraph 4) = ……………………………………………
Find in the text words opposite to the ones below (0.5 mark x 2 = 1)
15. recession (paragraph 2) ≠ ………………………………………
16. willingness (paragraph 5) ≠ ……………………………………
II. LINGUISTIC COMPETENCE (6 marks)
E. Write the correct form of the words given to fill the blanks (0.25 marks x 4 = 1)
17. The African leaders aim to promote the………………………of the continent’s
infrastructures. (improve)
18. The infrastructure question is the most……………………….item on this year’s political
agenda. (topic)
19. Many political leaders have now become…………………because they often break their
promises. (rely)
20. Very often, populations question the………………….of their governments’ policies.
(adequate)
III COMMUNICATIVE COMPETENCE
F. React meaningfully and originally to the following situations, using the expressions
below :
It is high time – Should have – If – Unless – Should. (0.5 mark x 4 = 2)
21. Situation : Poor public facilities
Reaction : ………………………………………………………………………………………….
………………………………………………………………………………………………………
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22. Lack of adequate infrastructure


Reaction : …………………………………………………………………………………………...
……………………………………………………………………………………………………….
23. Infrastructures have been ignored in the past
Reaction : ………………………………………………………………………………………….
………………………………………………………………………………………………………
24. The cost of infrastructures has increased considerably, compared to 20 years ago
Reaction : ………………………………………………………………………………………….
………………………………………………………………………………………………………
G. Complete this text with the appropriate tags or questions (0.5 mark x 4 = 2)
Journalist : It is just incredible ! Practically everything has been destroyed in here,
………………………. ?
25
Observer : Unfortunately yes !
Journalist : ……………………………………………………………………………………. ?
26
Observer : They have been fighting since Colonel Costa came to power after a coup.
Journalist : But, …………………………………………………………………………….. ?
27
Observer : He claimed that his government was corrupt.
Journalist : And……………………………………………………………………………… ?
28
Observer : No ! Nothing has improved. The situation has become worse instead.
Journalist : It’s a pity. Everything is to be reconstructed. It will take years to get the country
back on its feat !
H. Write the verbs below into the right forms and tenses (0.5 marks x 2 = 1)
29.The Democratic Republic of Congo will start exporting electricity as soon as the dam on
the Congo ………………… (to complete)
30. Had they been given free rein, the business leaders…………………………………..a good
deal of realizations. (to achieve)
IV. WRITING (6 marks)
Choose one topic and write 150 to 200 words on it
Topic 1 : “There can be no development without trade and no trade without adequate and
reliable infrastructures”. Comment on this assertion and give examples to illustrate
your point.
Topic 2 : Write a letter to the Minister of Transportation, in which you complain of the bad
conditions of the roads in your area, the negative consequences on economic
activities, and make proposals for solutions.
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Years ago in Western lands, many homes had a treasured ritual. The whole family
gathered around the table, at least once a day, to have a meal. No interruptions were
allowed. Nobody watched TV, wore earphones, or sent text messages to friends. A peaceful
environment provided an opportunity for those present to absorb wisdom, strengthen family
5 bonds, and to laugh together over daily happenings while enjoying wholesome food. For
many people today, the family meal may sound like an old-fashioned custom. In many homes
family meals are the exception not the rule.
“The fact that the evening meal has visibly diminished in the course of a single
generation… is remarkable evidence of how rapidly our social connectedness has been
10 changing,” explains Robert Putnam in his book Bowling Alone. The high cost of living has led
both husbands and wives to work longer hours. Single parents, whose economic situation is
usually more precarious, face an even greater strain on their time. Today’s hectic pace of life
encourages fast food and hasty meals. Not only adults but also children have many
commitments, such as sports and other after-school activities. Additionally, there are fathers
15 who prefer to arrive home when the toddlers are already asleep because they want to avoid
tantrums at supper. Other parents, who do get home in time, choose to give the children
supper first and send them to bed so that husband and wife can have a quiet meal together.
Such situations lead families to have separate eating sessions. Notes stuck on the
refrigerator replace mealtime conversation. Each member of the family arrives home, warms
20 a precooked dish, and sits in front of a TV set, a computer, or a game console. These social
trends may seem irreversible. So is it worthwhile to think seriously about bucking the trend ?
Family meals offer parents a unique chance to care for their children’s emotional well-
being. The supper table is “an obvious place for kids to get regular access to parental
presence and low-key attention,” explains Miriam Weinstein in her book The Surprising
25 Power of Family Meals. Family meals also help children to live a more balanced healthy life.
The U.S. National Center on Addiction and Substance Abuse at Columbia University found
that youngsters who eat with their family about five times a week have fewer problems
related to anxiety, boredom, or lack of interest, and they get better grades at school. “I
believe that family meals give children emotional stability.” Eduardo, a middle-aged father
30 from Spain, says. “My daughters are not worried about when they are willing to tell us
something. Family meals present the perfect opportunity each day. Furthermore, as a father,
these occasions help me keep informed of my daughters’ problems.”
Apparently, when families eat together, it can even help them to avoid bad eating
habits. The University of Navarre in Spain reports that eating alone increases the risk of
35 suffering from eating disorders. True, those disorders could still develop, but the absence of
regular shared meals makes this more likely. “When eating together becomes a routine,
children feel cared for. Family meals give them the emotional security of a warm, loving
family environment”.

Source : Awake ! January 2010 pp. 13-14.

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I. READING COMPREHENSION (8 marks)

A. Circle the letter corresponding to the best answer (0.5 mark)

1. The most appropriate title for the text is :


a) The dangers of family meals
b) Family meals : a worthless custom
c) The benefits of family meals
d) Economic advantages of family meals

B. Find in the text expressions similar to : (1.5 marks)

2. Build closer family ties. (par . 1) : …………………………………………………………


3. Outdated habits (par . 1) : ………………………………………………………………….
4. Full proof (par . 2) : ………………………………………………………………………….

C. Refer to the text and choose the most suitable answer (0.5 x 2 = 1 mark)

5. Fast-food and hasty meals are on the increase because :


a) Parents can no longer buy food for their children
b) Parents and children are busier and busier
c) The cost of living is unbearable for children
d) Parents and children are unwilling to have meals together

6. Why do some parents prefer to eat alone?


a) Because they are worn out after work
b) Because they want to discuss in private
c) Because they want to avoid their noisy kids
d) Because the social trends are irreversible

D. Are the following statements true or false? Circle the right option and quote a
specific passage from the text to justify . (0.5 x 2 = 1 mark)

7. In the past, family members who used to share a meal hardly gained anything from their
gatherings.T / F…………………………………………………………………………………
…………………………………………………………………………......................................

8. It is reported that eating alone doesn’t present any risk. T / F ………………………………


…………………………………………………………………………........................................

E. Fill in the following tables

Table 1 : List two(2) benefits of family meals for children (0.5 x 2 = 1 mark)

9. ………………………………………………………………………………………………
………………………………………………………………………………………………
10. ………………………………………………………………………………………………..
………………………………………………………………………………………………

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Table 2 : List two (2) advantages of family meals for parents (0.5 x 2 =1mark)

11. …………………………………………………………………………………………….
…………………………………………………………………………………………….
12. …………………………………………………………………………………………….
………………………………………………………………………………………………

F. Complete the missing information with english expressions from the text. (2 mark)

Situation from the text (par. 2) Equivalent in the text Causes in the text
“Le bouleversement de notre 13. 14.
proximité familiale”

Situation from the text (par. 2) Equivalent in the text Consequences in the text
“Le rythme effréné de la vie 15. 16.
actuelle”

II. COMMUNICATIVE COMPETENCE (6 marks)

G. Write the correct form of the words in brackets (0.5 x 2 = 1 mark)

17. With family meals, children have the opportunity to communicate with their
parents……………………….(regular).
18. Scientists are………………..(anxiety) not to have families develop bad eating habits.

H. Complete this dialogue meaningfully without copying the text (1.5marks)


Changing eating habits
A : You know, I hardly ever have meals with my family.
B : How come ?
A : I wish I……………………………but……………………………………………………………..
(19) (20)
……………………………………………………………………………………………………….
B : I guess this is pretty common today !
A : Sure ! The pressures of modern life make……………………………………………………..
(21)
…………………………………………………………………………………………………………
I. Complete the following dialogue meaningfully (0.5 x 3 = 1.5 marks)
Doctor: So your stomach is aching, ___________________________ ?
(22)
Patient: Yes, doctor! And it’s painful !
Doctor: What have you________________ ?
(23)
Patient: Just a few hamburgers and chips !
Doctor: Well, I’ll prescribe you some medicine. I hope it’ll ______________you feel better !
tablets daily (24),
Patient: Thank you, doctor.
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J. This text has been divided into four (4) parts. Reorder it meaningfully and provide
punctuation and capitalization (0.5 x4= 2 marks)

25. great efforts to return home to eat with his family at midday.

26. were often present. Those fond memories convinced me that I should imitate my father’s
example.”

27. It was a special occasion in every sense. We kept up-to-date with the lives of each family
member. Good humour and laughter

28. “When I lived with my parents, there were 11 people at the table everyday. My father made
………………………………………………………………………………………………………….
…………………………………………………………………………………………………………..
………………………………………………………………………………………………………….
…………………………………………………………………………………………………………..
…………………………………………………………………………………………………………..
…………………………………………………………………………………………………………..
…………………………………………………………………………………………………………..

III. WRITING (6 marks)

Choose one topic and write about 150 / 200 words.

Topic 1 : Many people think that eating in restaurants, in fast foods or at street vendors’ is a
good way of saving money. Do you share their opinion? Why or why not?

Topic 2 : Complete this conversation between Fatim and Omar.

Fatim : Omar, you’re watching TV and eating again ! Remember, dad told you not to !

Omar : Listen, Fatim.................................................................................................................

Fatim : .......................................................................................................................................

Omar : .......................................................................................................................................

Fatim : .......................................................................................................................................

Omar : .......................................................................................................................................

Fatim : .......................................................................................................................................

Omar : .......................................................................................................................................
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ANGLAIS
One morning a young black man turned up at school. Ben was excited when the
secretary told him about it during the interval. A messenger from Stanley ? A new
breakthrough ? But it turned out the youth, Henry Maphuna, had come on entirely different
business. Something very personal. He’d heard, he said, that Ben was helping people in
5 trouble. And something had happened to his sister.
As it was near the end of the interval, Ben asked him to come round to his house in
the afternoon. Arriving home at two o’clock, he found Henry already waiting. Susan : “One of
your fans wanting to see you”. A pleasant young fellow, thin, intelligent, polite, and quite sure
of what he wanted. Not very well dressed for such a cool day. Shirt and shorts, bare feet.
10 “Tell me about your sister”, said Ben.
For the last three years the girl, Patience, had been working for a rich English couple
in Lower Houghton. On the whole they’d been kind and considerate, but she’d soon
discovered that whenever the lady was out, the husband would find a pretext to be near her.
Nothing serious : a smile, a few suggestive remarks perhaps, no more. But two months ago,
15 the wife had to go to hospital. While Patience was tidying up in the bathroom, her employer
made his appearance and started chatting her up ; when she resisted his efforts to caress
her, he knocked her down, locked the door and raped her. Afterwards he was suddenly
overcome by remorse and offered her twenty rand to keep quiet. She was in such a state that
all she could think of was to run home. Only the next day did she allow Henry to take her to
20 the police station where she produced the twenty rand and laid a charge. From there she
went to a doctor.
Her employer was summoned and arrested. A fortnight before the trial, the man had
driven to the Maphuna’s home in Alexandra and offered them a substantial amount to
withdraw the charge. But Patience had refused to listen to his slobbering pleas. She’d been
25 engaged to be married, but after what had happened her fiancé had broken it off ; the only
satisfaction she could still hope for was for justice to be done.
It had seemed a mere formality. But in court the employer told a wholly different story,
about how he and his wife had had trouble with Patience from the beginning ; about a
constant string of black boyfriends pestering her during working hours ; on one occasion, he
30 said, they’d even trapped her with a lover in their own bedroom. And while his wife had been
in hospital things had gone from bad to worse, with Patience following him about the house
and soliciting him, with the result that he’d been forced to sack her, paying her a fortnight’s
notice money – the twenty rand produced in court. In a hysterical outburst she’d started
tearing her own clothes, swearing she’d be revenged by accusing him of rape etc. Under
35 oath his wife corroborated his evidence on Patience’s general behaviour. There were no
other witnesses. The man was found not guilty and the regional magistrate severely
reprimanded Patience.

Source : A Dry White Season by André Brink

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I. COMPREHENSION (8 marks)

A. Circle the correct answer (0.5 x 2 = 1 mark)

1. The text is an extract from :


a. a magazine b. a theatre play c. a novel d. a newspaper

2. The main theme is :


a. A quarrel between a housemaid and her female employer
b. Injustice due to racial discrimination
c. a rape case between a teacher and her student
d. the illegal dismissal of a servant

B. There are five incorrect pieces of information in the following summary. Pick them
out and write down the correct phrases or sentences, quoting from the text. The
first one is given as an example.
(0.5 x 4 = 2 marks)

One day, a young man, named Henry Maphuna and whose race is not disclosed in the
text, turned up at a school. He wanted to see Ben and his wife. He wished to get help
from Ben about his sister’s trouble with her white boss. Her name was Patience. She had
worked as a housemaid for a wealthy English couple for three years before being
seduced by her employer. The man explained to Ben how the husband profited from the
absences of his wife to pay court to his sister. Even though the latter accepted to flirt with
him, she refused to make it in bed. But he ended up raping her. As a result, the girl lodged
a complaint against the husband. Although the man to whom she was engaged didn’t take
it hard, Patience wanted justice to be done. But surprisingly, the magistrate decided
against her and the accused was acquitted of the rape charge. To cap it all, she was
severely scolded.

Mistakes Correct phrases or sentences in the text


Whose race is not disclosed Young black man
3. …………………………………………… ……………………………………………….
4. ……………………………………………. ……………………………………………….
5. ……………………………………………. ……………………………………………….
6. …………………………………………… ……………………………………………….

C. Complete the following sentences meaningfully without copying the text


(0.5 x 3 = 1.5 mark)

7. Although Patience rejected the man’s advances,………………………………………………


8. The husband made an attempt to buy Patience’s silence, but………………………………
9. If the girl had not been black,……………………………………………………………………

D. Find in the indicated paragraph of the text words or phrases that match the
following definitions (0.5 x 4 = 2 marks)

10. Careful not to hurt other people’s feelings (paragraph 3) ………


11. Talking flirtatiously (paragraph 3) …………………………………………………………
12. Troubling someone with persistent requests or interruptions (paragraph 5 )………
13. People who are present when an event takes place (paragraph 5) …………………

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E. What or who do the underlined words refer to in the text ? (0.5 x 3 = 1.5 marks)
14. had broken it off : …………………………………………………………………………
15. They’d even trapped her : ………………………………………………………………
16. It had seemed a mere formality : ……………………………………………………….

II. COMMUNICATIVE COMPETENCE (6 marks)


F. Fill in this dialogue with the correct forms of verbs in the box. (0.5 x 4 = 2 marks)

To reject – to give – to throw – to reprimand


A : This case is a disgrace ! The girl ………………………….a fair trial !
17.
B : What happened ?

A : The evidence produced in court was………………… . To make things worse, the girl
18.
was…………………………. ! Can you believe it ?
19.
C : I’m not surprised. I knew the case would be……………………out of court. It’s a white man’s
20.
world !

G. Fill in the gaps with the suitable form of the words in bracket (0.5 x 3 = 1.5 marks)
The verdict that the magistrate gave was quite …………………….. (fair). Eventually, the
21.
……………………………….. (rape) was set free while the plaintiff was left horrified by
22.
such a blatant case of ………………………. (justice)
23.
H. Feeling after the trial (2.5 marks)
24. Describe Patience’s feeling after the trial in one word : ………………………(0.5 mark)

25. Describe the employer’s feeling after the trial in one word : ………………….(0.5 mark)

26. Compare both feelings in one sentence : ……………………………………(1.5 marks)


……………………………………………………………………………………
……………………………………………………………………………………..

III. WRITING Choose one topic and write about 150 words (6 marks)
Topic 1 : What is the importance of a fair administration of justice in a country ?

Topic 2 : Nowadays, there are more and more cases of rape in our society. What do you
think are the causes of this phenomenon and what can be done to put an end to
it ?
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ANGLAIS
Gender Wage Gap : Are you paid as much as a man if he had your job?
How much money are you losing because you’re not paid fairly? Most working women today, if they’re
over thirty, would probably say : “Quite a lot ! Anyway, men would be getting more”.
Their intuitive sense is borne out by the facts. Women working full time – not part time, not on maternity
leave, not as consultants – still earn only 77 cents for every full-time male dollar. This wage gap exists between
5 women and men working at every economic level, from waitresses to corporate lawyers, from nurse’s aides to
CEOs.
Very few individual women can ever find out exactly what their male counterparts would be making in
the same job. But that yawning gap between the average male and average female paycheck is a pretty good
clue that he’d be paid more.
10 Few women think about it this way. Women don’t talk about what they should have earned, or how each
year’s missing lump of money – whether one thousand, ten thousand, or fifty thousand – would have added up
over lifetime. Surely that attitude is personally sensible: no sane person wants to worry about what she
believes she can’t have. But we’re not going to close the gender wage gap until women realize how much it’s
costing us and our families.
15 Of course, your losses aren’t subtracted in one lump sum. That money disappears over time, in small
cuts to your paycheck. Maybe you were hired for $ 1,000 less than the young man who took the same entry
level job. Or you got a smaller year-end bonus because you and the man working alongside you were awarded
bonuses as percentage of salary – and his salary is larger. Or you had to wait longer for a promotion because
you had to prove yourself first, while your male colleague was promoted and given a raise based on his
20 potential. Or you were passed over for a project that would have brought in a large bonus, because the boss
assumed you had to go home and cook for your family.
Each such loss accrues. Many of us have seen those investment charts that show how much $1,000
invested today would turn into over ten or twenty or thirty years. That’s what happens to the money you weren’t
paid: it doesn’t just add up, it multiplies over time.
25 Why do you and other women lose so much money? Decades ago, women used to hear that it was
because women weren’t as well-educated as men, hadn’t worked as long as men, didn’t work as hard as men,
or really didn’t need the money because they were just working until they got married. That’s no longer true. For
decades, women have been graduating from college at the same rate as men – and have even surpassed men
in recent years. Women work as hard as men. Women are often supporting children, and maybe a disabled or
30 unemployed husband, and need the money just as much as men do. Often, married couples rely on both
paychecks. The only demographic difference between male and female workers is a small, and closing,
difference in the length of years women have worked in their careers. That cannot account for 23 cents.
Adapted from Evelyn Murphy with E.J. Graff, Thursday, 02 April 2009.
Notes : 1. CEO : Chief Executive Officer (Directeur Général) 2. A lump sum : une somme forfaitaire
3. Yawning gap = écart important /béant 4. 100 cents = 1 dollar
I. COMPREHENSION (08 marks)
A. Vocabulary in context : Match the following words or phrases with their equivalents in the
text (6 x 0.25 = 1.5 marks)
1 Time off for women who have just
Delivered a baby
2 Money paid daily or weekly
3 Someone doing the same job as you
4 To gain money or salary
5 Extra money added to the salary
6 A percentage

B. Referencing : What or who do the underlined words in the text refer to ? (4 x 0.5 = 2 marks)
7. That attitude (line 12) : ……………………………………………………………………
8. It (it’s costing us and our families) (line 13) : ……………………………………………
9. You (Maybe you were hired…) (line 16) : ……………………………………………….
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C. Are the following statements true or false ? Circle T or F and justify your answers by quoting from the
text a specific passage. (3 x1 = 3 marks)
11. According to the writer, a working woman earns fifty per cent less than her male counterpart.
T/F……………….;……………………………………………………………………………………………………..
Justification : …………………………………………………………………………………………………………..
12. The fact that working women are not as well paid as men affect them as well as their families.
T/F…………………………………………………………………………………………………………………….
Justification : …………………………………………………………………………………………………………
13. The gender wage gap is quite fair because women are less educated than men.
T / F……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………
Justification……………………………………………………………………………………………………………
D. Cloze test : Fill in the blanks with relevant words from the text. Use only one word in each gap
(6 x 0.25 = 1.5 marks)
The narrator seems to express her disagreement on the gender………………………………….gap that
14
many…………………………….women have been suffering from for quite a long time. She believes
15
that the assertion according to which they are not as well educated as their male……….....................
16
is simply groundless. Moreover, they often need to .................................... their children as well as
17
their disabled or……………………………….spouses, which is a heavy burden. For all these reasons,
18
she thinks that they deserve to be well………………………….. .
19
II. COMMUNICATIVE COMPETENCE (06 marks)
E. Fill in the gaps with the right form of the words in parentheses (2 x 0.5 = 1 mark)
20. Sharing expenses in a household is more……………………………… (economy) for a couple.
21. Because of their falling purchasing power, people living in urban areas are getting more and more
……………………………. (individual)
F. Penda, an accountant in a company, has gone to see her boss to discuss her wage. Complete the
dialogue meaningfully and coherently. (2,5 marks)
The Boss : Good morning, Penda ! Have a seat, 22……................................ ? What can I do for you?
Penda : I would like to talk about my wage. I think I need a pay raise.
The Boss : 23. ……………………………………………………………………………… ?
Penda : I’ve been working here for ten years now and I don’t understand why Biram, who’s doing the same job
as me, is better paid than I am . We have the same qualifications, 24. ………………………………. ?
The Boss : You’re right ! I need to think it over ! Give me some time, 25. ……………………………………… ?
Penda : Yes ! Thank you, sir !
G. Reporting (2,5 marks)
Find below an extract of a speech made by a lady who faces discrimination in her country. Report
what she says, reflecting her feelings with (to believe, to wish to wonder).
“… In many countries like mine, women are discriminated against. Why do men underestimate us ? It’s
really a pity that governments don’t take the appropriate measures to put an end to this situation…” ?
26. The lady …………………………………………………………………………………………………………….
………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………
…………………………………………………………………...................................................................
……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………….
III. WRITING (06 marks)
Choose one topic and write about 150-200 words
Topic 1 : Despite women’s considerable contribution to the world economy, some men still believe that their
place is at home. Do you share their point of view ? Why or why not ?
Topic 2 : Fanta is a young CEO (Chief Executive Officer) who wants to get married with a man in a lower
social and professional position. She has a discussion with her friend Aïda who is trying to
dissuade her to do so. Complete their conversation.
Aïda : Listen , Fanta ! If I were you, I wouldn’t get married with that man.
Fanta : Well, Aïda ! …………………………………………………………………………………
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ANSWER KEY
I. COMPREHANSION (08 marks)
A. Vocabulary in context (6 x 0.25 mark = 1.5 marks)
1: Maternity leave 2 : wage 3: counterpart 4 : earn 5: bonus 6 : percentage
B. Referencing (4 x 0.5 mark = 2 marks)
7. that attitude (line 13) : the fact that women don’t talk about how much they are losing /
what they should have earned
8. it (line 15) : gender wage gap
9. you (line 18) : working women
10. both (line 35) : couple / men and women / husband and wife
C. True or False (3 x 1 mark = 3 marks)
11. False : “Women working…still earn only 77 cents for every full-time male dollar”
12. True : “women are often supporting children, and maybe a disabled or unemployed
husband….”
(or) “But we’re not going to realize how much it’s costing our families”
13. False : “For decades, women have been graduating ….men in recent years”
D. Cloze test (6 x 0.25 mark = 1.5 marks)
1. wage ; 15. Working ; 16. Counterparts ; 17. Support ;
18 unemployed ; 19. Paid
II COMMUNICATIVE COMPETENCE (06 marks)
E. Word formation (2 x 0.5 mark = 1 mark)
20. economical ; 21. Individualistic
F. (2.5 marks)
22. Will you ?
23.( Any coherent answer)
24. don’t we ?
25. will you ?
G. Reporting (2.5 marks)

26. The lady believes that in many countries like hers women are discriminated against. (So)
She wonders why men underestimate them. She wishes that governments (would
take) took the appropriate measures to put an end to the situation..
III. WRITING (06 marks)
Relevance to the topic : 2 marks
Cohesion and coherence : 2 marks
Accuracy and Language : 2 marks
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ANGLAIS
Eating wisely

Whether they are rich or poor, many people fail to see the link between their habits
and their health. They may regard enjoying good health as a matter of chance or as
something over which they have little control. Such a fatalistic view holds many back from
improving their health and leading a more productive life. In reality, whatever your financial
5 circumstances, there are basic steps you can take to protect and greatly improve your own
health and that of your family. Is doing so worth the effort? You can improve the quality of
your life and avoid needlessly shortening it. But how?
Concentrate on eating “real” food – whole, fresh foods that people have been enjoying
for millenniums – rather than modern processed foods. Commercially prepackaged foods and
10 fast food from chain restaurants usually contain high levels of sugar, salt, and fat, which are
associated with heart disease, stroke, cancer, and other serious illnesses. When cooking, try
steaming, baking, and broiling instead of frying. Try using more herbs and spices to cut down
on salt. Make sure meats are properly cooked, and never eat spoiled food.
The World Health Organization reports a dangerous worldwide increase in overweight
15 and obese people, often the result of overeating. One study found that in parts of Africa,
“there are more children who are overweight than malnourished”. Obese children are at risk
of present as well as future health problems, including diabetes. Parents, set a good example
for your children by limiting your own portions.
A balanced plate favors a variety of fruits, vegetables, and whole grains over meats
20 and starches. Once or twice a week, try substituting fish for meat; Reduce refined foods such
as pasta, white bread and white rice, which have been stripped of much of their nutritional
value. But avoid potentially dangerous fad diets. Parents, protect your children’s health by
helping them to acquire a taste for foods that are healthful. For example, give them nuts and
thoroughly washed fresh fruits and vegetables for snacks instead of chips or candy.
25 Adults and children need to drink plenty of water and other unsweetened liquids every
day. Drink more of these during hot weather and when doing heavy physical work and
exercise. Such liquids aid digestion, cleanse your body of poisons, make for healthier skin,
and promote weight loss. They help you to feel and look your best. Avoid drinking excessive
amounts of alcohol and too many sweetened drinks. One soft drink a day can add 6.8
30 kilograms to your weight in a year.
In some lands, obtaining clean water can be hard work and is expensive. Yet, drinking
it is vital. Tainted water needs to be boiled or chemically treated. Dirty water is said to kill
more people than wars or earthquakes; it reportedly kills 4,000 children a day. For infants,
the World Health Organization recommends only breast-feeding for the first six months, then
35 breast-feeding plus some other foods until at least the age of two.

Adapted from Awake ! March, 2011.

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I. READING COMPREHENSION (08 marks)


A. Fill in the gaps with words taken from the indicated paragraphs of the text and synonymous
with words in bold (0.5 x 3 = 01.5 marks)
Dieticians advise people to avoid cooking in hot oil (1.) …………………………… par. 2). Otherwise the
food will be deprived (2.) ……………………….. (par. 4) of its most important nutriments. Besides, not
sugared (3.) ……………….. par. 5) drinks are highly recommended on a daily basis.
B. Write TRUE or FALSE after these statements, then justify with relevant passages from the text
(1 x 3 = 03 marks)
4. According to the text, modern foods are a good diet………………………
Justification:…………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………….
5. It is suggested in the text that children’s obesity is due to parental carelessness …………….
Justification: …………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………….
6. Before drinking, it is necessary to heat or treat water with chemicals no matter where it is taken
from………………………………………………………………………………………
……………………………………………………………………………………………………….

C. Complete the following chart with the appropriate information taken from the text. (The first
one is given as an example) (0.5 x 2 = 01 mark)
Food habits Effects

Eating too much Obesity and overweight

Drinking one sweetened drink a day 7. ……………………………………………


……………………………………………….

Drinking dirty water 8. ……………………………………………


………………………………………………..

D. Match each piece of advice with the appropriate paragraph number in the text. (The first one is
given as an example) (0.5 x 3 = 01.5 marks)
Advice Paragraph number

Eat mostly plants 4

9. Eat fresh foods ……………………………………………

10. Do not eat too much ……………………………………………

11. Drink a lot of fluids ……………………………………………

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E- Who or what do the underlined words in bold in the text refer to ?


(0.5 x 2 = 01 mark)

12. many ( holds many back ) …………………………………………………………..


13. you (they help you to feel) ……………………………………………………………….

II COMMUNICATIVE COMPETENCE (06 marks)


F Use the appropriate connectors in the box below to coherently fill in the gaps in the passage
below (0.25 x 6 = 01.5 marks)

additionally – neither – nor – however – as a result – otherwise – though

Human beings must eat to live. (14.) ……………………….., eating too much is dangerous.
15. ………………………………….., it is important to pay attention to what they should eat or drink. 16.
………………………………………..., they may suffer serious health problems
We should (17) ………………………. eat too salty foods (18) ……………………………take too sweetened
drinks. 19. ………………………………., leading a physically active life is helpful.
G Fill in the gaps in the following passage with right forms of the words in the box. One of them
does not fit (0.25 x 6 = 01.5 mark)

Commercially – increase – obese – variety – loss – nutritional – drink


Today more and more prepackaged foods and drinks are (20.) ………………………… . However, (21).
……………………………warn that (22). …………………is gaining ground in some parts of Africa as a result
of overeating. An (23). ……………………….. number of people are now exposed to heart diseases.
(24). ………………………plenty of fluids can help us (25). ………………………….weight and stay healthy.
H A nutritionist (Gnilane) and an overweight person (Ngouda) are discussing good eating habits.
Complete their dialogue correctly and coherently . Do NOT copy sentences from the text!
(0.5 x 6 = 03 marks)
Ngouda : I always eat beef and drink a fresh sweetened drink just after! (26)……….. you?
Gnilane : Not at all ! It’s not good for your health.
Ngouda.So, what do you (27)………………. to stay healthy?
Gnilane : You (28.) ……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………..
Ngouda : I can’t imagine life without meat!
Gnilane : Actually, what you need is a balanced (29)………..
Ngouda :.What are the risks of a fat and salty diet?
Gnilane: You’re likely (30)……………………………………………………………………………………………………………….
………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………

III WRITING (06 marks)


Choose one of the following topics and write between 150 and 200 words
Topic 1
“Spending a small amount of money for prevention is better than spending a fortune for cure”.
Comment on this assertion.
Topic 2
Suppose you are a doctor and you are invited to sensitize people about the importance of eating
wisely. Write down your speech.
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Girls’ education

Education is one of the most critical areas of empowerment for women, as both the Cairo and
Beijing conferences affirmed. It is also an area that offers some of the clearest examples of
discrimination women suffer. Among children not attending school there are twice as many
girls as boys, and among illiterate adults there are twice as many women as men.
5 Offering girls basic education is one sure way of giving them much greater power – of
enabling them to make genuine choices over the kinds of lives they wish to lead. This is not a
luxury. There are also important benefits for society as a whole. Educated girls will be more
protected from violence, sexual abuse and poverty. Researches have also shown that the
infant mortality rate of babies whose mothers have received primary education is half that of
10 children whose mothers are illiterate.
The primary reasons that hinder girl schooling are found in violence, poverty and poor quality
education. Malala Yousufzai, a 14-year-old girl education activist, is recovering from her
massive injuries. Malala is a perfect example of these obstacles. The 14-year-old Pakistani
girl was shot on the neck and on the head. She is safe but very lucky not to have died in the
15 attack.
UNICEF’s Anthony Lake thinks that the abolition of school fees as well as low-cost and
flexible timetables may help to reduce the gender inequality in poor countries and increase
girls’ enrollment. He also thinks having women teachers in schools will be extremely positive
for girls in that they will be seen as role models. Similarly, Mauritania’s commitment to
20 providing free and compulsory primary education, in the early 1990s, resulted in an increased
ratio of girls to boys from 67 per cent to 93 per cent between 1990 and 1996.
“Without achieving gender equality for girls in education”, Kofi Annan stated, “the world has
no chance of achieving many of the ambitious health, social and development targets it has
set for itself”.
25 Despite recommendations from the Beijing Conference in 1995 and the Dakar world
Educational Forum, the majority of countries across the African continent has so far fallen
short of meeting the Millenium Development Goals (MDG) and Education For All (EFA) goals
and are not on track to meet them in full by 2015. This trajectory leaves much room for
improvement ; the rhetorical promise to advance girls’ education on the areas remains far
30 from full implementation in policy and practice. Notwithstanding, however, there have been
numerous recent successes that demonstrate the potential across the African continent.

UNESCO (2007) A Human Rights Approach to Education for All. Paris : UNESCO.

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I. COMPREHENSION (8 marks)
A. Refer to the indicated paragraphs to complete the chart below. (2 marks)
Problem Causes Effects
1. _________________ No chance of achieving
(paragraph 3) Word’s health, social and
Girls’ illiteracy 2. _________________ development targets
(Paragraph 3) 3. _________________
(paragraph 2)
4. __________________
(paragraph 2)

B. List from the text 3 advantages of sending girls to school


(1.5 marks)
5. _______________________________________________________________________
6. _______________________________________________________________________
7. _______________________________________________________________________
C. Complete the following passage meaningfully with words from the text – 1 word for
each gap. (1.5 marks)
When Education For All (EFA) was launched a few years ago, UNESCO intended to make
women’s…………………………….. (parag.1) a reality. Unfortunately, this objective hasn’t
8.
been reached yet due to factors that……………………… (parag.3) girls’ access to school.
9.
For that reason, some countries have made education………………………… (parag.4)
10.
for all girls, that is to say, parents must take their daughters to school.
D. Choose the appropriate answer according to the text (2 marks)
11. “Among children not attending school, there are twice as many girls as boys”
(parag.1) means:
a. The number of girls in schools is half that of boys;
b. The number of boys in schools is half that of girls;
c. Girls out number boys in schools.
12 According to Anthony Lake, one way of reducing gender inequality and increasing
girls’ enrollment is…..
a. to give poor countries important financial aid;
b. to reduce the cost of schooling;
c. to make access to school free.
13. By 2015, most of the countries across Africa will have….
a. reached the MDG and EFA goals;
b. failed to reach the MDG and EFA goals;
c. been half way to reaching the MDG and EFA goals.
14. The phrase “this trajectory” (parag.6) refers to ….
a. the recent history of countries across Africa;
b. the actions countries across Africa have to undertake to reach the MDG and EFA goals;
c. the failure of countries across Africa to reach the MDG and EFA goals.
E. What do the following words refer to in the text? (1 mark)
15. these obstacles (parag.3) : ……………………………………….......................................
16. them (parag.6) : ……………………………………………………......................................
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II. COMMUNICATIVE COMPETENCE (6 marks)
F. Alima, an uneducated woman is discussing with her nephew Samba. Complete their
conversation meaningfully using the correct forms of the verbs in parentheses:
(2 marks)
Alima : Can you help me read this text message on my cell phone?
Samba : What? Do you mean you can’t read messages auntie?
Alima : Well, my parents never (17)………………………… about sending me to school.
(think)
Samba :What a waste! Why don’t you get in touch with uncle Cheikh,
the coordinator of “Education For Adults” Program”?
Alima : (18) ……………………………………………………………………………………….. ?
Samba : Of course! Not to worry! I’ve got his phone number.
What about (19).…………………………him up right now? (to call)
Alima : Good idea! It’s all my grandmother’s fault.
I wish she (20)………………………… to school when I was a child (to send).

G. Match each sentence with the right notion from the list below : (2 marks)
“Cause / effect”, “Condition”, “Contrast”, “Warning”. “Purpose”
Sentences Notions
21. If we want to develop Africa, we’ll have to
focus on girls’ education.
22. Fifty-six million children are at risk of
illiteracy in the world
23. They launched a sensitization campaign
so as to reduce gender disparities
24. Even if there are more boys in schools
girls do better results

H. Complete the following passage with the appropriate form of the words in brackets
(2 marks)
It’s a known fact that girls are (25)……………………………..(discrimination) against in some
countries. Malala’s shows how violence and ignorance can be a (26)…………………………
(hinder) to girls’ schooling. She was shot because she was actively fighting for school
(27)…………………… (attending) for all girls. For that reason, UNESCO strongly advocates
(28)……………… (equality) access to education for all children.

III. WRITING (6 marks)


Choose one topic and write about 150-200 words.
Topic 1 : Comment on the following saying : “If you educate a boy, you educate a person.
But if you educate a girl, you educate a whole nation”.
Topic 2 : Before the passing of the law on gender parity, two members of parliament are
invited on a TV debate to discuss its opportunity and feasibility. One of them is for
and the other is against. Imagine their arguments.
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ANSWER KEY
I. COMPREHENSION (8 marks)
A. Information Transfer (2 marks)
1. Violence ; 2. Poverty (or) poor quality education
3. Sexual abuse ; 4. Violence (or) poverty
B. Comprehension check (1.5 marks)
5. One sure way of giving them much greater power… kinds of lives they wish to lead.
6. More protection from violence, sexual abuse and poverty
7. Lower infant mortality rate for educated mothers
(Other advantages that could be listed :
- Important benefits for society as a whole
- Having women teachers in schools being positive for girls who will see them as role
models).
C. Vocabulary in context (1.5 marks)
8. empowerment ; 9. hinder ; 10. compulsory
D. Multiple choice (2 marks)
11. a ; 12. c ; 13. b ; 14. b
E. Referencing (1 mark)
15. Violence, poverty and poor quality education
16. MDG and EFA goals
II. COMMUNICATIVE COMPETENCE (6 marks)
F. Dialogue completion (2 marks)
17. thought
18. Any grammatically correct and coherent question is accepted
19. calling
20.had sent
G. Matching sentences with notions (2 marks)
21. Condition ; 2. Warning ; 23. Purpose ; 24. Contrast
H. Word formation (2 marks)
25. discriminated 26. hindrance ; 27. attendance ; 28. equal
III. WRITING (6 marks)
1. Topic comprehension (1 mark)
2. Organization (1 mark)
3. Coherence and cohesion (2 marks)
4. Language accuracy (1 mark)
5. Originality (1 mark)
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ANGLAIS
WORLD GRIEVES NELSON MANDELA’S DEATH

Nelson Mandela’s death prompted an outpouring of grief from world leaders and others who honored the
beloved South African leader’s life and legacy. In failing health for years and last seen in public in 2010, his death
at age 95 was not unexpected, but saddened many who compared him with other civil rights leaders such as
Martin Luther King Jr. and India’s Mahatma Gandhi.
5 President Obama, who drew inspiration from Mandela’s life, was effusive in his praise, saying he could not
imagine his own life without the example Mandela set… “He achieved more than could be expected of any man.
We’ve lost one of the most influential, courageous, profoundly good people to be on this Earth,… We will not
likely see the likes of Nelson Mandela again”.
United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-Moon called Mandela “a giant for justice” whose “selfless struggle for
10 human dignity, equality and freedom” inspired many people around the world. “No one did more in our time to
advance the values and aspirations of the United Nations”, Ban Ki-moon said.
Mandela also drew praise from former president Bill Clinton. “We will remember him as a man of uncommon
grace and compassion, for whom abandoning bitterness and embracing adversaries was not just a political
strategy but a way of life”. Clinton said
15 NAACP1 Chairwoman Roslyn Brock said Mandela “embodied the hopes, dreams, aspirations and values of all who
seek justice against tremendous odds… He responded to unfathomable violence with peace and courage, and in
doing so he forever changed the world”.
“It was as if he was born to teach the age a lesson in humility, in humor and above all else in patience”, Bono said.
“In the end, Nelson Mandela showed us how to love rather than hate, not because he had never surrendered to
20 rage or violence, but because he (learned) that love would do a better job. Mandela played with the highest
stakes. He put his family, his country his time, his life on the line, and he won most of these contests”.
Paying tribute from Britain, the Prince of Wales said: Mandela was the embodiment of courage and reconciliation.
He was also a man of great humor and had a real zest for life. With his passing, there will be an immense void not
only in his family’s lives, but also in those of all South Africans and the many others whose lives have been
25 changed through his fight for peace, justice and freedom”.
“Although we were political opponents – and although our relationship was often stormy – we were always able
to come together at critical moments to resolve the many crises that arose during the negotiation process”, said
F. W. de Klerk, South Africa’s last apartheid-era president de Klerk.
Nelson Mandela’s ability to use words to breathe life into his cause was one of his most powerful weapons in the
30 struggle for black equality in South Africa. “I have fought against white domination, and I have fought against
black domination. I have cherished the ideal of a democratic and free society in which all persons live together in
harmony and with equal opportunities. It is an ideal which I hope to live for and to achieve… But if needs be, it is
an ideal for which I am prepared to die”.
Note . (1) NAACP : National Association for the Advancement of Colored People
Source. Internet . Usatoday.com
I. READING COMPREHENSION (8 marks)
A. Some of the statements to the personalitiesmentioned in the text are reformulated below. As in the
example, indicate who said what. (2 marks)
Reformulated statements personalities
1. Mandela will be remembered as an exceptional man. Bill Clinton
2. In spite of our frequent disagreement Mandela and I usually managed to
arrive at a compromise
3. There is little chance that another Mandela appears somewhere in the world
4. He used to face injustice and violence standing as a hero to all victims
5. Everywhere in the world, Mandela was taken as an example
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B. Say whether these statements are true or false and justify by quoting from the text (1 x 3 = 3 marks)
6. Mandela’s death came as a surprise.
T/F …………………………………………………………………………………………..
7. Mandela’s fight was exclusively non-violent.
T/F ……………………………………………………………………………………………
8. Mandela’s eloquence was his major fighting strategy.
T/F …………………………………………………………………………………………….
C. Find in the text equivalent of the following statements (0.5 x 3 = 1.5 mark)
Statements Passages in text
9. Mandela a mis en jeu tout ce qu’il avait de plus cher
10.Il incarnait la bravoure
11. Un principe pour lequel je donnerai ma vie
D. Who do the words in bold characters refer to in the text ? (0.5 x 3 = 1.5 mark)
12. His own (par. 2) ……………………………………..
13. Whom abandoning (par. 4) ……………………………………………….
14. We were (par. 8) ………………………………………………………….
II. LINGUISTIC AND COMMUNICATIVE COMPETENCE (6 marks)
E. This passage is about Nelson Mandela’s years in prison. Reorder it meaningfully. Provide punctuation and
capitalization (0.5 x 4 = 2 marks)
a. South Africa’s first black president was famous.
b. Said Nelson Mandela of his years in prison.
c. This was another example of ironic humor for which.
d. « I went for a long holiday for 27 years, »
Reorder here:
15..……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………
………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………..
F. React meaningfully to each situation by using the word or phrase given: (0.5 x 3 = 1.5 mark)
Situation 16. : Thanks to his strong devotion, Mandela freed his nation from Apartheid.
Your reaction: if ………………………………………………………………………………
Situation 17. : African leaders don’t know what to do to have long-lasting peace.
Your reaction: In my opinion, ………………………………………………………………..
Situation 18. : F.W. deKlerk showed leadership and realism!
Your reaction: Had he ……………………………………………………………………….
G. Use the right form of the words in brackets (0.5 x 3 = 1.5 mark)
Mandela’s death occurred after a long illness at the age or 95. His life was devoted to an 19 …………… (end)
fight against racial segregation and social 20. …………….. (equal). He won admiration around the world when
he preached reconciliation after being freed from almost three decades of 21. ……………….. (prison).
H. Complete with the right preposition (1 mark)
22. Today, most Africans are not satisfied …………. their leadership.
23. Authorities should never deprive people…………… their civil rights.
III. WRITING Choose one topic and write about 150 words (6 marks)
TOPIC 1 : Unlike most African leaders who remain unpopular in people’s memories, Elson Mandela is
unanimously praised worldwide. What, in your opinion, makes him so charismatic and the other
leaders so poorly remembered ?
Topic 2 : “Your school’s English Club is planning to send a correspondence ( e-mail or letter) to the embassy of
South Africa in Senegal. Write your correspondence in about 100 words.
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Teens and Family Relationships : Parents


During early and middle adolescent years, there are usually more frequent conflicts between teens and their
parents. Often, youths try to assert their individuality and to exercise their independence. Youth may rebel
against their parents’ rules and values as part of their identity development process. Sometimes youths openly
defy these rules and values, while at other times they do so in private. They may be reluctant to discuss certain
5 topics with their caregivers when they are afraid this will get them into trouble. Another reason youth may refrain
from discussing certain things with their parents is to prove that they can handle life’s tough situations on their
own. Sometimes youths avoid conversations with their caregivers because they believe their parents “just won’t
get it”, or anticipate that their worries and concerns won’t be taken seriously enough.

Parents ought to carefully listen to their teens’ feelings, before jumping in with solutions. Moreover, parents
10 should guard against trivializing the concerns of their teens. What may seem like a silly and insignificant problem
to an adult with many years of experience can be a monumental one for a teen experiencing a particular situation
for the first time. It is advisable that parents encourage their teens to develop their own solutions. This enables
teens to practice independent decision-making while still benefiting from the wisdom of their parents. When
parents remain sensitive to these issues, teens will discuss important problems with their parents, and will
15 become closer to them during late adolescence.

The conflicts between parents and youths decline for several reasons. First, parents’ roles change during late
adolescence as they are no longer required to be the rule enforcer, or disciplinarian: their more mature teens are
now better able to police themselves. Second, because of their greater cognitive and emotional maturity, youths
are simply better able to have more mature relationships with everyone, including their parents. As adolescents
20 move into adulthood, parents can begin to enjoy a friendlier and more reliable relationship with their almost-
adult children.

Angela Oswalt, MSW, edited by C.E. Zupanick, Psy. D.


http:/www.sevencounties.org/poc/view_doc.
I. READING COMPREHENSION (8 marks)

A. Fill in each blank with only one word from the text (0.5 x 3 = 1.5 marks)
In some families, adolescents are 1………………………. (parag 1) to talk to their parents, especially if it is about
sex matters. In fact, adults are used to 2…………………….. (parag 2) things children report to them because
according to tradition, children are not 3……………... (parag 3)
B. Here are 3 reasons why youth don’t tell their problems to their parents. Match them with the concepts in
the list below (1 x 3 = 3 marks)
Generation gap – Pessimism – Self-reliance

Reasons Concepts
4. They prove that they can handle life’s tough
situations on their own.
5. This will get them into trouble.
6. They believe their parent « just won’t get it. »
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C. Write True or False after these statements, then justify with a specific passage from the text.
(1 x 2 = 2 marks)
7. If teens develop their own solutions, they won’t need to learn from their parents.
………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………
8. In their late adolescence young people are able to take care of their own lives.
……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………..

D. Who or what do these items refer to in the text ? (0.5 x 3 = 1.5 marks)
9. This (line 5) …………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………
10. One (line 11) …………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………….
11. They (line17)………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………

II. LINGUISTIC AND COMMUNICATIVE COMPETENCE (6 marks)


E. Choose the correct verb from those in brackets to complete the following (0.5 x 3 = 1.5 marks)
Nowadays, most parents hardly 12…………………. (don’t get / get / aren’t getting) on well with their adolescent
children. If they 13 ………………….. (are / were / will be) more flexible, there would be less trouble at home.
Therefore, authoritarian parents had better 14 ……………………. (to change / changing / change) their attitudes.
F. Choose the most suitable word in brackets to complete the passage below. (0.5 x 2 = 1 mark)
The main source of 15………………………………(understanding / misunderstanding / understood) between parents
and their kids is lack of communication. Sometimes, their disagreements are so serious that they 16………………
(threat / threaten / threatening) family harmony.
G. Fill in the blanks with the appropriate connector from the list below: (0.5 x 3 = 1.5 marks)
Unless – however – Owing to – Despite – Thanks to – as long as

Raising children is a real challenge for 21st century families. 17………………………… mass media, it has become
much more difficult for parents to make teens obey them. It is so because many adolescents don’t trust their
parents and 18………………………………… there is mutual mistrust, problems will arise. Fortunately, compromises
can be found 19……………………… worrying the situation may be.

H. Complete this dialogue meaningfully between a parent and a psychologist (0.5 x 4 = 2 marks)

Parent : I’m really concerned, doctor! I can’t understand my daughter. She’s changed a lot these days.
Psychologist : (20) Does she………………………………………………………………………………………….. ?
Parent : Not very often! Most of the time, she stays alone in her room.
Psychologist : She has friends at least,(21) …………………………………..she ?
Parent : Certainly! But I barely see them at home.
Psychologist : (22) Why don’t you……………………………………………………………………………. ?
Parent : Ok, doctor! But apart from that, (23) ………………………………………………………….…?
Psychologist : Be nice to her. She needs to feel you trust her.

III. WRITING Choose only one topic (6 marks)


TOPIC 1 : Nowadays, the relationships between parents and their teens are conflicting. Discuss the causes and
drawbacks of these conflicts, then suggest some solutions.
TOPIC 2 : Mr. Diop is a very jealous man; he often has problems with his daughter Faatu. Imagine a
conversation between them.
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ANGLAIS
Environmental Refugees – How Climate Change Affects People’s Lives
A major problem has been that until now, even the United Nations has no official status for those
who are environmental refugees. Thus, there is no official acknowledgement that the affected people
are refugees seeking asylum. Since those affected are called “environmental migrants”, the legal status
of those who should be “refugees” is undermined to the extent that they are not officially obliged to be
5 given asylum. However, experts from the United Nations University’s Institute for Environment and
Human Security (UNU- EHS) stressed that there is an urgent need to define a new category of refugees.
Prof. Hans van Ginkel, Rector of the United Nations University, further emphasizes that
environment-related refugees must be distinguished from economic migrants, who depart voluntarily to
10 find a better life but may return home. While the victims of sudden and highly-publicized natural
disasters like the 2004 Asian tsunami, the Pakistan floods in 2007 and 2012 and Hurricane Sandy in the
USA benefit from the generosity of the private and public sector, the circumstances which turn citizens
into environmental refugees often happen silently and gradually, far away from the attention of the
world. One example of those “silent catastrophes” is the Gobi desert in China, which expands every year
15 by more than 10,000 square kilometers, threatening many villages and fertile soils.*…+
It is difficult to estimate the extent of environmental migration. At this point in time, the UNU-
EHS experts suggest that 50 million people are escaping from the effects of environmental
deterioration. Other estimates suggest that between 20 to 150 million people may be affected.
20 According to Nicholas Stern from the London School of Economics, global warming could create some
200 million climate refugees by 2050 but Christian Aid suggests one billion for the same period of time.
Almost two billon people in the world today depend on the fragile ecosystems in arid and semi-
arid areas, and 90 percent of them live in the developing world. So, the effects of global warming,
25 mainly caused by the industrialized nations hit the poorest nations most. Here, ecological stresses
caused by droughts and desertification are threatening livelihoods and food. Certain crops and livestock
are unlikely to survive in certain locations if conditions become too hot and dry, or too cold and wet.
Small-scale farmers are particularly hard hit. With this leading to an increasing number of people
competing for a decreasing amount of resources, environmental migration also has the potential to
30 create conflicts with other communities. UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon, for instance, blames the
ethnic and religious violence in Darfur on global warming: “The Darfur conflict began as an ecological
crisis, arising at least in part from climate change,” he states in the Washington Post. Further causes that
lead to environmental migration due to global warming are monsoons, floodings and the disruption of
seasonal weather patterns.
35
Until now, Finland and Sweden are the only countries that include “environmental migrants” as
“persons otherwise in need of protection” in their official state immigration and asylum policy. *…+ The
US, Canada and the European Union (EU) for instance, do give temporary asylum to those people that
are affected. Regarding the EU, none of their instruments makes mention of environmental refugees or
40 migrants as yet. Nevertheless, the pressure of recognizing them is growing.
Gabriele Manta & Matthias Kolstrup, RESET editorial. (Adapted) August 2014.
Notes : Small-scale farmers = les petits producteurs / Asylum = asile.

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I- READING COMPREHENSION (08 marks)
A- Match the titles below with the paragraphs of the text. (The last title is given as an
example). (02 marks)
Titles Paragraphs
a- Unequal treatment of victims

b- Hope for recognition of environmental migrants as refugees.

c- Environmental migrants still not recognized as refugees.

d- Causes and possible consequences of environmental migration

e- Figures about environnemental migrants 3

B- Find in the indicated paragraphs of the text words similar in meaning to those in brackets.
(02 marks)
Nowadays there are lots of displaced people for various reasons. And some of them deserve special
attention. But the international community has difficulties agreeing about the (recognition) = 6)
…………………………. (paragraph 1) of their status. Only their situation is (little by little) = 7)……………………….
(paragraph 2) turning into a tragedy as recurrent natural disasters and the drastic anti-migration policies
are (imperilling) = 8) ……………………. (paragraph 4) their lives. Thus, there is (urgency) = 9 …………………
(paragraph 5) to find a solution to that problem.
C- Are these statements true or false? Justify by quoting specific passages from the text. (02 marks)
10- Rich countries are responsible for the consequences of some ecological problems poor countries
are exposed to. ………………………………………………………………………………………………………………
……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………
11- According to Ban Ki-moon, environmental migrants are fighting against the ecological crisis
caused by global warming in Darfur. ……………………………………………………………………………………………
………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………
D. Find in the text a phrase denoting the unknown or unpublicized disasters. (01 mark)
12- …………………………………………………………………………………………………………..
E- What or who do the underlined words in the text refer to? (01 mark)
13- The same period of time (paragraph 3): ………………………………………………………
14- their (paragraph 5) : …………………………………………………………………………..
II. LINGUISTIC AND COMMUNICATIVE COMPETENCE (06 marks)
F. Use the words in the box to complete the summary. (01.5 marks)
or / and / more and more / either / like / however
Global warming affects (15) ……………………… people’s livelihoods, sometimes to such an extent that
they have to leave their homes either temporarily (16) …………… permanently, becoming environmental
refugees. (17) …………………………, unlike victims of political upheaval, who can obtain financial and
medical aid, food and shelter through governments and international organizations, environmental
refugees are not yet recognised by world conventions.
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G. Complete meaningfully this interview between a journalist and a Human Rights activist (HRA) by
building expressions with compounds from the words in parentheses. Number 18 is given as an
example. (01.5 marks)

Journalist: What kind of policy do you develop to help environmental refugees who are not victims of
(18) highly-publicised disasters (disasters which are highly publicised).

Human Rights activist: We lead some awareness raising campaigns so as to provide asylum seekers with
relevant information.
Journalist: Are there any countries that are reluctant to welcome environmental refugees?
HRA: Of course! Countries having (19)…………………………………… (an economy based on tourism), in
general, are not willing to open their doors to these categories of people.
Journalist: Do you financially support (20) …………………………….. (families with low income) in their project
of migrating?
HRA: Yes indeed! Especially those families involved in (21)…………………………………… (migration covering a
long distance).
H. Complete with the right form of the words in brackets. (01.5 marks)
Controlling (22) …………… (legal) immigration is one of the priorities of the European Union’s
authorities. It is (23) …………… (reality) urgent because the consequences are tragic. That immigration
to Europe causes a lot of problems. In terms of jobs, for example, most companies hire cheaper foreign
(24) …………………… (employment) to the detriment of native workers.

I. Complete the conversation between Amy and Sally coherently with the suitable tense and/or form
of the verbs in brackets. (01.5 marks)
Amy: - Migration is a real problem!
Sally: - Of course! The reason is that many people …………………… (25. force) to leave their countries as
asylum seekers because of conflicts and natural disasters.
Amy: - But some other people migrate for economic reasons or in quest for better life.
Sally: - Suppose that they …………………… (26. invest) their money in their country, they would become
rich. I’m optimistic!
Amy: - That’s true! It’s time young people …………………. (27. think) of participating in the development of
their country instead.
Sally: -You’re right! That category of migrants should be sensitized about the bad effects of migration
for a country.
III. WRITING: Choose one topic and write about 150 words (06 marks)
TOPIC 1: “Amongst the general public and politicians, irregular immigration to Europe is associated
with a large number of fears.” said Dita Vogel and Norbert Cyrus, two German researchers.
What could be, for you, the fears that haunt immigrants first and then the European host
countries?

TOPIC 2: Adama, a high school student, writes a letter to the authors of this article (Gabriele Manta
and Matthias Kolstrup) to give his opinion on the advantages and drawbacks of giving a
legal status to the category of environmental migrants.
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ANGLAIS
Why Death Penalty Is Losing Favour in Sub-Sahara Africa

Death penalty is declining worldwide despite a surge in executions during the first few months of
2015 in countries such as Saudi Arabia and Pakistan. The African continent is a vanguard of this trend.
Death penalty has been abolished or has fallen into disuse throughout Portuguese and French-speaking
Africa. The same goes for South Africa and Namibia. Only a handful of countries regularly execute, most
5 prominently Egypt, Sudan, Somalia, and Libya. Several verge on abolition. In 2012, the Ghanaian
government endorsed a constitutional change to abolish capital punishment. Death penalty in Kenya,
historically mandatory for robbery and rape, faces frequent court challenges.

As with most aspects of criminal justice, death penalty as it exists in law is a colonial import.
Except in centralised empires, criminal justice before the modern era was a private matter in which a
10 victim’s family, clan, or kin group negotiated compensation from a perpetrator’s kin under threat of
spiritual harm. Law enforcement and punishment were collective and crime could result in misfortune for
the group. Compensation restored the harmony of a community, a nascent concept of restorative justice
that resonates today. While death penalty was known for religious reasons in Islamic-majority Africa,
elsewhere the use of capital punishment was spotty. Crimes that caused spiritual harm, such as incest or
15 adultery in some societies, often triggered the most severe sanctions. Among the Igbo peoples of Nigeria
and the Maasai of Kenya, murder of a kinsman was treated more harshly than murder of an outsider.
Execution rituals were intricately linked to beliefs about authority and the afterlife.

Attitudes toward death penalty in pre-colonial or colonial times are still relevant. The Batswana of
Botswana practiced capital punishment for murder while the Shona of Zimbabwe used an intricate system
20 of compensation for wrongs. Unlike Botswana, Zimbabwe suffered excessive political executions during
the colonial period. Elsewhere, misuse of death penalty during the colonial era or in the period of one-
party and military rule after independence continues to haunt. In Kenya, more than 1,000 executions of
militants took place during the Mau Mau conflict in the 1950s.

During the Algerian War, the French government even carried out executions for sabotage and
25 other property crimes. Newly independent governments learned these lessons all too well. The sham
capital trials of environmental activist Ken Saro-Wiwa by the Nigerian military government, opposition
leader Orton Chirwa in Hastings Banda’s Malawi, and human rights attorney Koigi wa Wamwere in
Kenya under former president, Daniel Arap Moi, are only the most well-known examples among
thousands.

30 The question confronting political leaders of all retentionist nations is whether death penalty is worth the
cost and the risk of error. But on a continent with a legacy of misuse by powerful, unchecked executives,
the case against death penalty may be even more compelling. Certainly, some brutal dictatorships in the
world today have abolished capital punishment, but their job is harder. Death penalty is a dramatic
expression of state power. Though only a small part of the rule of law landscape, the implications of
35 abolition for judicial independence, transparency, and trust in authority may be far-reaching

Andrew Novak,
George Mason University

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I. COMPREHENSION: 08 marks

A. Complete the table below with appropriate information from the text. (01.5 marks)

Main issue raised Two types of criminality sanctioned by Countries where opinion leaders have
in the text execution been executed

1. _____________________________ 3. _____________________________
4. _____________________________
5. Death penalty
5. _____________________________
2. _____________________________
6. _____________________________

B. Fill in the gaps in the passage below with adequate words from the paragraphs indicated.
(02 marks)

African decision-makers should take into consideration the fact that death penalty used to
contribute to promoting peace in traditional Africa, but not in our modern (7)
_______________ (parag.2). It is no longer very dissuasive. And even in some ancient
African societies, criminals were condemned to pay a (8) ________________ (parag.2) instead
of being sentenced to death. Today, while (9) ________________ (parag.3) of lawbreakers are
still a reality in some countries, capital punishment is on the decrease in many others. In
Senegal for instance, even before death penalty was abolished in 2004, very few (10)
_______________ (parag.4) had resulted in the execution of law-offenders.
C. Match each of the titles suggested below with the paragraph it summarizes best. (02 marks)
Paragraph Title Paragraph N°
11. Reflections on Death Penalty and on its Abolition
12. When Death Penalty Was Determined by State Rulers, Not Judges
13. Capital Punishment Dropping throughout the World
14. Different Crime Punishment Styles in Pre-Colonial Africa

D. Indicate what the following words refer to in the text. (01 mark)
15. this trend (Line2): ______________________________________________________________
16. thousands (Line 29): ____________________________________________________________

E. Identify a text passage that is equivalent in meaning to the following situation. (01 mark)

Situation: Some rulers are wondering whether the application of capital punishment is equitable.
Equivalent: 17. __________________________________________________________________
F. Find in Paragraph 5 a word referring to “political systems in the hands of which absolute
power is concentrated.” (0.5 mark)
18. ________________________________________
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II. LINGUISTIC and COMMUNICATIVE COMPETENCE: 06 marks
G. Complete this passage with the right words from the options in parentheses. (01 mark)
Today our society is very different from what it used to be a few decades ago. Indeed, very
young individuals now take pleasure in perpetrating monstrous acts such as mugging, rape
and even murder, which are clearly (19) ____________ (against/opposing to/contrary) the law.
This situation has led more and more citizens (20) ____________ (into/among/across) the
country to call for the restoration of death penalty to dissuade such odious crimes.
H. Complete meaningfully this extract of a conversation between a religious militant and a human
rights activist on death penalty. Use the prompts where given. (02.5 marks)
Militant: Let me tell you this, Sir. Unlike what you may think, I have much respect for human life
and for your views on human rights. But I still believe whoever kills a person should be killed.
Activist: (21) But why _______________________________________________ second chance?
Militant: This is exactly what should be avoided. The moment murderers know they'll never be
sentenced to death, nothing can prevent them from (22) _________________________________.
Activist: I beg to disagree! There are many cases of former criminals who have repented and become
exemplary citizens. Just imagine if they had (23) ____________________ (to deny) that opportunity!
Militant: Those cases, my friend, are exceptions, not the rule. The large majority repeat the same
crimes as soon as they walk out of prison. However, countries like Saudi Arabia, Kuwait and Iran,
which still execute murderers are said to be (24) ____________________ (safe) places in the Middle
East.
Activist: So how come the United States and China have those very high criminality rates? There are
more executions in those two countries than in the rest of the world and yet, American and
Chinese citizens still kill each other very often, (25) __________________________?
Militant: Of course they still do. But I think those two countries are very different from ours.
I. Fill in the blanks with adequate link words from the box. (01 mark)

despite – unlike – on the contrary – however


There was a decrease in the number of countries that issued death sentences from 19 in 2013, to 18 in
2014. (26) _________________, this was followed by a sharp increase in the number of executions
recorded, which can be attributed to massive condemnations of organized crime gangsters in Egypt
and Nigeria. (27) _________________ what's happening in these two countries, death penalty is no
longer applied in many parts of the world where it is simply considered archaic.
J. Use appropriate forms of the words in brackets to complete this passage. (01.5 marks)
Despite the increase of crimes in some African societies, many jurisdictions keep on pronouncing life
(28) ____________________ (prison) sentences instead of death penalty. And in some cases, the
condemned regret their crimes and show such a good conduct in prison that they are freed after a
certain number of years and given chance to social (29) ____________________ (insert). Amnesty
International considers this humanized approach to justice as more (30) ______________________
(profit) for society than eliminating people who may just have committed a huge mistake.

III. WRITING:Choose ONE topic and write about 200 words (06 marks)
Topic 1: An African Prime Minister is so concerned about the proportions of criminality in his country that
he has decided to deliver a speech at the Parliament on this issue. Imagine what that speech
could be and write it down.
Topic 2: A repeat offender has committed a murder again, but hasn't been arrested so far. Adama, a
member of the victim's family, writes a letter of protest to the justice minister to claim for the
most severe punishment. If not satisfied, he says, the family will take revenge on the criminal.
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ANGLAIS
Challenges in Libya Complicate EU Measures to Stem Migration
In recent weeks, allegations have surfaced that Italy has been paying armed groups in
Libya to cease smuggling migrants into the country. Some estimate that the number of
migrants crossing the Mediterranean into Italy has reduced by half compared to the same
time period last year. At the heart of the issue is a governance vacuum that allows armed
5 groups to control the flow of migrants in and out of Libya, presenting a unique challenge for
governments in North and West Africa and EU policymakers.
In 2015, most migrants to Europe traveled through the Eastern Mediterranean route from
Turkey to Greece. Some 150,000 arrived in Italy by sea through the Central Mediterranean
route that same year. Within one year, that number had increased to approximately 180,000,
10 with ninety percent having departed from Libya. The increased prominence of the Central
Mediterranean route is partly a result of the 2016 EU-Turkey agreement to end irregular
migration through the Eastern Mediterranean route, which made the latter route less
significant. However, the increases in arrivals in Italy are not due to a redirection of migration
flows from Syria, Iraq, and Afghanistan. Those making the journey are overwhelmingly from
15 West Africa, with Nigerians and Guineans being the most heavily represented nationalities.
The vast majority of West African migrants leave their countries as a result of socio-
economic push factors. They tend to enter Libya from Niger, with help from armed groups
who dominate the smuggling industry along the southern border area. Once they enter Libya,
migrants are transferred to smuggling hubs, such as those in Sabha and Bani Walid, where
20 they often try to find work in the informal sector until they have enough money to pay for the
next leg of the journey to Italy. For many groups, especially Nigerians, Italy is the desired
destination due to the presence of West African communities.
The situation in Libya itself acts as an additional push factor. In the past, migrants might
have found work in the country and stayed. Today, the lack of governance and security is
25 causing them to transit as quickly as they can. Work is scarce, and should they be unlucky
enough to be detained in one of the few functioning detention centers, they could suffer
abuse, including beatings and torture. In the best case scenario, detention only comes with
lack of access to healthcare, food, and water…
The EU has been attempting to disrupt migrant smuggling off the coast of Libya through
30 its European Naval Force Mediterranean (EUNAVFOR-MED) Operation Sophia, which was
launched in 2015. The EU operation has, however, been delayed by not having permission to
operate in Libyan waters…
Indeed, overcoming short-termism could be the biggest challenge when it comes to
tackling irregular migration to Europe. Armed groups in Libya can be unpredictable. Those
35 involved in people smuggling need to be encouraged to disengage from such activities in a
sustainable way. This could include providing them an alternative, such as the prospect of
integration into future police or army structures. Sustainable revenue sources also need to be
created for communities that depend on smuggling activities and this, in turn, may be heavily
dependent on improving the overall economic situation in Libya. Ultimately, of course,
40 occupations in West Africa need to be generated through long-term development initiatives.

Adapted from Lisa WATANABE, October 20, 2017.


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I. READING COMPREHENSION: 08 marks
A. This summary of the text contains four (4) errors. Find those errors and then give the correct
information in the table below. Question number 1 is given as an example. (02 marks)
Most migrants today are from countries like Nigeria or Syria. They leave their countries
because of political instability. To reach Libya, they are helped by the European smugglers. And
once in Libya, they often find jobs in offices to save enough money for their final destination,
Italy. In Libya, they are sometimes victims of bad treatments such as beatings and rape.
Errors 1. Syria 2. 3. 4. 5.
Correct info Guinea

B. Look at the four migratory itineraries below. Based on information from paragraphs 3 and 4, decide
which one was taken by migrants of the past and which is being taken by migrants today. (01 mark)
a) Niger  Libya  Smuggling Hubs  Italy.
b) Niger  Smuggling Hubs  Libya  Italy.
c) Niger  Libya  Smuggling Hubs.
d) Niger  Smuggling Hubs  Libya.
6. Itinerary of the past: a) b) c) d) (Choose just one option)
7. Itinerary of today: a) b) c) d)
C. Read paragraphs 1-3 and identify specific passages where the text mentions these cases: (01 mark)

8. Absence of an administration that has the political and legal authority to rule a country.
__________________________________________________________________________________
9. People escaping from their homeland because of difficult living conditions.
__________________________________________________________________________________
D. Complete this passage with appropriate words or phrases from the indicated paragraphs. (02 marks)
Although migration is not a new phenomenon at all, the proportion it has reached today is 10.
_________________ (parag.2) affecting the countries receiving endless fluxes of migrants.
Running away from misery and/or insecurity in their home countries, today’s migrants are ready
to face any danger when 11. _________________ (parag.1) deserts and oceans in their quest for a
better living. These people are so desperate that they often collaborate with criminals who
specialize in the 12. ____________________ (parag.3) of migrants. Unfortunately, many of them
regularly end their 13. _________________ (parag.2) deep in the Mediterranean.

E. Fill in this table with information from the text about Illegal Migration by West Africans. (02 marks)
Aggravating Factor Major Consequence Suggested Solutions
15.
Government
Vacuum 14. 16.
in Libya
17.
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II. LINGUISTIC and COMMUNICATIVE COMPETENCE: 06 marks


F. Birima and Abass are sharing tea at home and discussing the phenomenon of illegal migration by
young Africans. Complete this extract of their conversation meaningfully. (02 marks)
Birima: Did you watch CNN last night?
Abass: No! Was there anything special?
Birima: Very sad news, indeed! They reported that some African migrants 18.
____________________________ (now/to sell) as slaves in Libya, at a very low price.
Abass: I heard about that... But I really can’t understand why people risk their lives and dignity in
adventure, for a hypothetical better life, thousands of kilometers away from home.
Birima: You know, it’s because 19. _______________________________________________________
Abass: I don’t agree with you. We can’t expect everything from our government. We can’t keep
on blaming them all the time. As young people, if we 20. ___________________________________
_______________________, unemployment would probably be reduced in this country.
Birima: That’s quite true. But you know, in some places, 21. _________________________________
_____________________________________________________________________________________

G. Complete the passage meaningfully with the right connectors from the box below. (02 marks)

otherwise / despite / unless / on the contrary / thanks to

What happened in Libya is just a shame! How can Africans sell fellow-Africans, just like that, in
the 21st century? Would this have ever happened if our leaders had made it possible for the
youth to stay and work on the continent? 22. _______________ NGOs’ alerts, they haven’t done
anything to change the situation. 23. ____________________, it’s just now that they are reacting,
after things have become worse. 24. We were informed only ___________________ a CNN
reporter. 25. _________________, we would probably never have learnt about this tragedy.

H. Match the sentences in column A to the notions they express in column B. (02 marks)

Column A Column B
26. Nigerians migrate to Italy due to the massive presence of West African
communities. a) Warning
27. If you’re unlucky enough to be detained in one of the few functioning b) Probability
detention centers, you could suffer torture.
28. Sustainable revenue sources also need to be created for communities that c) Ability
depend on smuggling activities.
d) Cause
29. Overcoming short-termism might be the biggest challenge when it comes to
tackling migration to Europe e) Suggestion
26. _______________ 27. _______________ 28. _______________ 29. _______________

III. WRITING: 06 marks


Choose ONE topic and write about 200 words.
Topic 1: A lot of Africans are exposing themselves to tragic death, repatriation, inhumane
treatment, etc. through migration. What do you think are the causes of such a
phenomenon? What can be the consequences? Propose a few solutions to eradicate it.
Topic 2: Julia has written a letter to her best friend, Fatim, in which she is telling her about her
difficult situation and her intention to try illegal migration. Write Fatim’s response,
insisting on her objections and advice.
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ANGLAIS
Impact of WhatsApp on youth: A sociological study

Today in a rapidly moving world, we can see change everywhere. That is why life has become more
complicated in every way but technology has made it more convenient. It is evolving in the world at
a very fast pace and affecting people’s lives and WhatsApp technology is one of the instruments of
that change. It has become a buzz word among youths and is currently available on most electronic
5 devices such as I-Phone, Android, Windows phones and computers also. WhatsApp is an amazing
application that can help us connect to society and the whole world. It is a powerful medium for the
flow of information and ideas. This application is advantageous in many ways and occupies a major
part of our daily lives.
Even though this app has emerged as an important medium for social networking and the
10 sharing of information and ideas, it has a few harmful effects on the lives of many youths. Therefore,
it is essential to know how it is affecting them and society at large.
An empirical study on the youths of Agra, India has been conducted upon 100 respondents
and an interview table was used as tool of data collection. The study reveals that WhatsApp is a
medium for making communication easier, faster and thereby enhances effective flow of
15 information, idea sharing and connecting people easier. Examining it empirically, it has also found
that WhatsApp has a profound negative impact on youths and adversely affects their education,
behavior and routine lives. It disturbs much of their study time and spoils their spelling skills and
grammatical construction of sentences. This app has been found to be highly addictive and difficult
to control. The impact is so powerful that users give up their real world interest; their entire
20 emotional quotient is restricted to the app. Their happiness or sadness depends on the reply which
they receive from other users.

Adapted form:
https://www.researchgate.net/publication/307142543 Impact of whatsApp on youth A Sociological Study

Note: empirical = empirique (se basant sur l’expérience) : to spoil = gâcher

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I. READING COMPREHENSION (8 marks)


A. Read the text and match the titles with the corresponding paragraphs.
(0.5 x 3= 1.5 marks)

TITLES PARAGRAPHS
1. The sociological study Paragraph n°........
2. The need for reasonable use Paragraph n° ..........
3. A world of change Paragraph n° ……...

B. Complete the following sentences with relevant passages from the indicated
paragraphs:
(0.5 x 3 = 1.5 mark)
5. (Paragraph 2): Whatsapp is undoubtedly a powerful social networking technology;
however, ……………………………………………………………………………………………
…………………………………………………………………………………………………………

6. (Paragraph 1):Since we are living a fast moving world of instant change,


…………………………………………………………………………………………………………
7. (Paragraph 3): Many Whatsapp users feel isolated without it because
………………………………
…………………………………………………………………………………………………………….

C. Complete the chart below with suitable information from the text. (0.5 x 4 = 2 marks)

List two advantages of whatsapp List two disadvantages of whatsapp


7. ………………………………………………… 9. .......................................................................
…………………………………………………….. ............................................................................
8. ....................................................................... 10. .......................................................................
.......................................................................... ............................................................................

D. What or who do the following words refer to in the text? (0.5 x 2 = 1 mark)
11. this app (parag. 2): …………………………………….
12. It (parag. 3): .........................................................
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E. The following statements are TRUE or FALSE. Justify each one with a specific
passage from the text. (1 x 2 = 2 marks)
13. Whatsapp creates a dreamworld. (True)
Justification:….…………………………………………………………………………………
………………………………………………………………………………………………………
14. Whatsapp exists on all cell phones. (False)
Justification……………….………………………………………………………………………
………………………………………………………………………………………………………

II. LINGUISTIC AND COMMUNICATIVE COMPETENCE (6 marks)


F. Samba and Clarisse are discussing the social networks. Complete their dialogue
meaningfully with the right forms of the words from the list below; complete the last
line coherently: (0.5 x 5 = 2.5 marks)
Harm-Use-Inform-Weak

Samba: I can’t use the video calling because the network is getting weaker and 15…………...
Clarisse: No problem. Let’s use the messaging, shall we?
Samba: Sure! You know, I don’t agree with people who spend all their time on Whatsapp.
Clarisse: Why do you say that?
Samba: Because they don’t know the 16 ……………….effects they’re exposed to. I wish authorities
17 ……………… all social networks 18……………….. !
Clarisse: Definitely! And the best way to do that is 19 ………………………………………………..
………………………………………………………………………………………………………………….

G. Put the words between parentheses in the right forms. (0.5 x 3 = 1.5 marks)

Parents can 20. ………………………(education) their children by 21. ........................(inform)


them to be very careful with what they see on social media.
Parents can also limit the amount of time their children spend on the internet and
control which sites can be visible by the activating the 22. ………………………(parent)
control function.
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H. Match each statement below with the notion in the box. (0.5 x 4 = 2 marks)

Advice – Obligation – Possibility – Opinion

Statements Notions
23. It is the government’s responsibility to control the social ………………………
networks.
24. According to Saly, Whatsapp is better than Instagram. ………………………
25. Young people may be exposed to bad influences on social ………………………
media.
26. Parents should control their children’s daily use of internet. ………………………

III. WRITING (6 marks)


Choose ONE topic and write about 150-200 words.

TOPIC 1: Many people are sent to prison because of their manner of using Whatsapp. After
explaining the importance of whatsapp and its bad effects, give some advice to help
people for a good use of that app.

TOPIC 2: Your friend always shares videos, pictures or messages which are fake through
whatsapp. You try to convince him/her to stop doing it or to control the information.
Write down your conversation.
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ANSWER KEY

I. COMPREHENSION (08 marks)

A. Multiple choice (0,5 mark for each answer)


1. = b
2. = a
3. = d
4. = c

B. True or false (01 mark each answer)


5. True : “those working outside the home….another burden”
6. False : “most of these jobs are unskilled…..casual work”.
7. False : “for all their household duties…. supplement family income”.
8. False : “moreover, according to a recent…than in the past”.
C. Vocabulary in context (0,5 mark each answer)
9. unskilled
10. casual
D. Referencing (0,5 mark each answer)
11. girls who receive little or no education.
12. the type of jobs

II. Communicative competence : (06 marks)


13.- 14.- 15. (03 marks)
Wish / if only + past tense in coherent and meaningful constructions

16. - 17. passive forms in coherent and meaningful constructions

18. resourcefulness
19. valuable

III. WRITING (06 marks)


• Ideas
• Coherence
• Organisation (paragraph)
• Grammar/vocabulary
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ANSWER KEY
I. COMPREHENSION
A. 1. c. a novel (0.5 mark)
2. b. Injustice due to racial discrimination (0.5 mark)
B. (0.5 x 4 = 2 marks)

Mistakes Correct sentences or phrases


1. “whose race is not disclosed” “a young black man”
3. “he wanted to see Ben and his wife” Susan : “One of your fans wanting to see you”
4. “before being seduced by her employer” “…ended up raping her”
5. “Even though the latter accepted to flirt with“she
theresisted his efforts to caress her”
husband”
6. “…the man to whom she was engaged didn’t“She take has been engaged…her fiancé had broken it
it hard”

C. (1.5 mark) logical and grammatically correct answers


7. Although Patience rejected the man’s advances, she was forced into sex (or any other
meaningful answer) (0.5 mark)
8. The husband made an attempt to buy Patience’s silence, but he failed. (0.5 mark)
9. If the girl had not been black, the case would not have resulted in an acquittal. (0.5 mark)
D. Vocabulary (2 marks)
10. considerate (0.5 mark)
11. chatting up (0.5 mark)
12. pestering (0.5 mark)
13. witnesses (0.5 mark)
E. Referencing (1.5 marks)

14. it : the engagement (0.5 mark)


15. they : the man and his wife / the couple / Patience’s employers (0.5 mark)
16. it : justice to be done (0.5 mark)

II. COMMUNICATIVE COMPETENCE

F. Dialogue (0.5x 4 = 2 marks)


17. was not / has not been given
18. rejected
19. reprimanded
20 thrown
G. Word formation (0.5 x 3 = 1.5 marks)
1. unfair ; 22. rapist ; 23. injustice
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24. frustration / Disappointment / shock outrage (any logical answer) (0.5 mark)
25. Relief (any logical answer) (0.5 mark)
26. Use of while or whereas should be valued.² (1.5marks)

Ex : While Patience was devastated with shock and anger, the defendant felt
relieved.

III. WRITING (6 marks)

1. Topic understanding (1 mark)


2. Organization (1 mark) 4. Language accuracy (1.5 marks)
3. Coherence and cohesion (1.5 marks) 5. Originality (1 mark)
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ANSWER KEYS
I. READING COMPREHENSION (08 marks)
A. Vocabulary in context (0.5 x 3 = 01.5 mark)
1. Frying
2. Stripped
3. Unsweetened
B. True or False and justifications (1 x 3 = 03 marks)
4. False “Commercially prepackaged foods………….illnesses”
5. True “Parents, set a good example….portion”
6. False “Tainted water needs to be boiled or chemically treated”
C. Information transfer (0.5 x 2 = 01 mark)
7. Addition of 6.8 kg on weight a year
8. Killing or death of more people than in wars and earthquakes/death of 4,000 children a
day
D. Paragraph-titling (0.5 x 3 = 01.5 marks)
9. Paragraph 2
10. Paragraph 3
11. Paragraph 5
E. Contextual referencing (0.5 x 2 = 01 mark)
12. ( rich or poor ) people
13. People in general.
II. LINGUISTIC AND COMMUNICATIVE COMPETENCE (06 marks)
F. Connectors (0.25 x 6 = 01.5 marks)
14. However
15. As a result
16. Otherwise
17. Neither
18. Nor
19. Additionally
G. Word-building (0.25 x 6 = 01.5 marks)
20. Commercialized
21. Nutritionists
22. Obesity
23. Increasing
24. Drinking
25. Lose
H. Dialogue completion (0.5 x 6 = 03 marks)
Note well : any other logical and grammatically correct answer can be accepted
26. Do?
27. suggest/advise/recommend/do?
28. Coherent and correct.
29. Diet?
30. Coherent and correct.
III. WRITING (06 marks)
Topic understanding (01 mark) ; Organization (01 mark) ; Language (01 mark)
Coherence (01 mark) ; Relevance (01 mark); Originality (01 mark)
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ANSWER KEY
I. READING COMPREHENSION (8 marks)

A. Cloze test (0.5 x 3 = 1.5 marks)


1. reluctant
2. trivializing
3. reliable / mature

B. Matching (0.5 x 3 = 1.5 marks)


4. Self-reliance
5. Pessimism
6. Generation gap
C. True or False statements and justifications (1 x 2 = 2 marks)
7. False : “while still benefiting from the wisdom of their parents”
8. True : “Their more mature teens are now better able to police themselves”

D. Referencing (0.5 x 3 = 1.5 marks)


9. discuss certain topics with their caregivers
10. problem
11. parents

II. LINGUISTIC AND COMMUNCICATIVE COMPETENCE (6 marks)


E. Verb tenses (0.5 x 3 = 1.5 marks)
12. get
13. were
14. change
F. Word formation (0.5 x 2 = 1 mark)
15. misunderstanding
16. threaten
G. Connectors (0.5 x 3 = 1.5 marks)
17. Owing to
18. as long as
19. however
H. Dialogue completion (0.5 x 3 = 1.5 marks)
20. Does she usually go out ? (or any other relevant question)
21. doesn’t she ?
22. Why don’t you let her go out more often? (or any other relevant question)
23. What else should I do? (or any other suitable request for advice)

III. WRITING (6 marks)


Content and organization : 2 marks
Coherence and cohesion : 2 marks
Accuracy and originality : 2 marks
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ANSWER KEY
A. Which feeling is expressed by the following phrases? Answer in one word: (1 mark)
Pessimism/Despair
B. -Find in the text the paragraphs and the phrases illustrating: (2 marks)
Situations Paragraphs Phrases
Promiscuity 2- Par. 3 3-been housed with my children in a
single-room for months /

Par. 4 4-the only communal space a shared


kitchen too small for six people

Physical deterioration of housing 4- Par. 5 5-the shower leaked so badly that


part of the living room ceiling caved
in
C. Find in paragraph 3 two phrases referring to homelessness (2 marks)
Homelessness 6- I had to sleep in my car or
7- (sleep) on a park bench
D. 8-“It” in “It took seven months” refers to: Waiting to be housed by the council (1 mark)
E. True or False. Justify your answers by quoting a specific phrase from the text
(2 marks)
9- Few working couples can afford decent housing in big cities: True
Justification: Many working …. couples are ineligible for what little social housing there is left
and, especially in our big cities, they are unable to afford ever-increasing rental costs
…………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………….
10-Renters are well treated by property owners and housing agents: False
Justification letting agents and landlords are constant reminders that we tenants are guests,
possibly unwelcome ones
II .LINGUISTIC AND COMMUNICATIVE COMPETENCE (6 marks)
F. Fill in the gaps with the appropriate form of the word in parentheses (2 marks)
(desperate) 11 / (actually) 12. / (comfortable) 13./ (prefer) 14.
G. Wagane and Mossane are having a serious discussion. Wagane is Mossane’s lodger.
He decided to raise the rental fees without any prior notice to her. Complete their
argument meaningfully. (2 marks)
Wagane: Hi Madam, I hope you are alright.
Mossane: It could be better, thanks.
Wagane: You received the notification about the increase in rental fees, 15.didn’t you?
Mossane: I was not aware 16. Of that How come that you decided alone without 17.
Asking / telling me?
Wagane: Anyway, my nephew told me that you received the letter. I wish you
18.had a more positive attitude to information.
Mossane: If I had received the so called letter, I (19) I would not have reacted this way.
Anyway I’m not ready to pay a single penny more!
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H. Complete the following dialog meaningfully using the correct form of the words
given in parentheses: (2 marks)
A: This apartment building is (20) unaffordable! It’s more than my monthly salary!
B: If I (21) were you, I’d try something (22) cheaper.
A: I guess you’re right! On the other hand the housing industry shouldn’t (23) be
deregulated/unregulated because low-income workers need protection.

III. WRITING
N.B. : Consider the letter format
Understanding (1 mark)
Originality of ideas (1 mark)
Coherence (1 mark)
Relevance (1 mark)
Consistency (1 mark)
Accuracy (1 mark)
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ANSWER KEY
I. READING COMPREHENSION (08 marks)

A. Matching titles with paragraphs. (0.5 x 4 = 02 marks)

1  c ; 2  a ; 3  e ( example) ; 4  d ; 5  b.

B. Vocabulary in context (0.5 x 4 = 02 marks)

6- acknowledgement; 7- gradually ; 8- threatening ; 9- pressure.

C. True / false statements + justifications. (1 x 2 = 02 marks)

10- True: “So the effects of global warming, mainly caused by the industrialized nations, hit the
poorest nations most.”

11- False: “The Darfur conflict began as an ecological crisis, arising at least in part from
climate change.”

D- Finding phrase related to unknown or unpublicised disasters. (1 x 1 = 1 mark)

12. silent catastrophes.

E- Contextual reference. (0.5 x 2 = 01 marks)

13. ……. by 2050 ……; 14. Finland and Sweden’s.

II. LINGUISTIC AND COMMUNICATIVE COMPETENCE ( 06 marks)

F- Cloze test. (0.5 x 3 = 1.5 marks)


15. more and more, 16. or; 17.However.

G. Compound words. (0.5 x 3 = 1.5 marks)

18- highly-publicised disasters (example)


19- tourism-based economy
20- low-income family
21- long-distance migration

H. Word formation. (0.5 x 3 = 1.5 marks)

22- illegal; 23- really; 24- employees

I. Verb tenses and forms. (0.5 x 3 = 1.5 marks)

25. are forced; 26. invested; 27. thought

III. WRITING (06 marks)

Left to the examiner’s appreciation (relevance of ideas, clarity, coherence, grammar


correctness, originality as well as the letter format (formal style mainly) for Topic 2.
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Answer Key

I. Comprehension: 08 marks
A- Table completion (0,25 6 = 01,5 marks)
1- Robbery 2- Rape 3- Zimbabwe 4- Nigeria 5- Malawi 6- Kenya.
(Order of appearance doesn't apply to 3, 4, 5 and 6)
B- Cloze passage (0,5 4 = 02 marks)
7- era / community / societies 8- compensation 9- executions 10- trials.

C- Paragraph matching (0,5 4 = 02 marks)


11- parag.5 12- parag.3 13- parag.1 14- parag.2

D- References (0.5 2 = 01 mark)


15- The fact that death penalty is declining worldwide. (PS: Not the surge in executions)
16- Capital trials (executions may be accepted)

E- Equivalent situation (1 1 = 01 mark)


17- "The question confronting political leaders...  cost and the risk of error."

F- Finding a synonym (0,5 mark)


18 – dictatorships.

II. Linguistic and Communicative Competence: 06 marks

G- Passage completion (0,5 2 = 01 mark)


19- against 20- across.

H- Dialogue completion (0,5 5 = 02,5 marks)


21- Any coherent and correct answer. 22- Any and correct coherent answer. 23- been
denied. 24 the safest 25- don’t they?

I- Gap filling. (0,5 2 = 01 mark)


26- However 27- Unlike.

J- Word derivation (0,5 3 = 01,5 marks)


28- imprisonment. 29- (re)insertion. 30- profitable.

III. Writing: 06 marks


N.B: For the letter, consider format.
- Understanding (01 mark)
- Originality of ideas (01 mark)
- Accuracy (01 mark)
- Coherence (01 mark)
- Relevance (01 mark)
- Consistency (01 mark)
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ANSWER KEY
I. READING COMPREHENSION: 08 marks

A. Error Correction: (0.5 x 4 = 02 marks)

Errors 1. Syria 2. political instability 3. European 4. offices 5. rape


smugglers
Correct info Guinea socio-economic push armed groups informal sector torture
factors

B. MCQ: (0.5 x 2 = 01 mark)


6. Itinerary of migrants of the past: c)
7. Itinerary of migrants today: a)

C. Scanning: (0.5 x 2 = 01 mark)


8. Governance vacuum
9. … migrants leave their countries as a result of socio-economic push factors.

D. Cloze Test: (0.5 x 4 = 02 marks)


10. overwhelmingly 11. crossing 12. smuggling 13. journey

E. Information transfer: (0.5 x 4 = 02 marks)

Main reason Main consequence(s) Suggested solutions


Government 14. Increase of irregular 15. Overcoming short-termism
Vacuum migration / Control of smuggling 16. Encourage smugglers to disengage
in Libya industry by armed groups such activities
17. Long-term development initiatives
to generate occupations in West Africa

II. LINGUISTIC and COMMUNICATIVE COMPETENCE: 06 marks

F. Dialogue Completion: (0.5 x 4 = 02 marks)


18. are now being sold
19., 20. and 21.: Any coherent and grammatically correct answer.

G. Connector Cloze Test: (0.5 x 4 = 02 marks)


22. Despite 23. On the contrary 24. thanks to 25. Otherwise

H. Sentence/Notion Matching: (0.5 x 4 = 02 marks)


26. Cause 27. Warning 28. Suggestion 29. Probability

III. WRITING: 06 marks

Coherence and Cohesion: 02 marks / Accuracy: 02 marks


Organization: 01 mark / Originality: 01 mark

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