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EPREUVE D’ANGLAIS

CD N⁰2 : Réagir de façon précise et appropriée a des messages lus

CD N⁰3 : Produire par écrit des textes de type et de fonction varies

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L’EPREUVE

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A- REACTION A UN TEXTE ECRIT

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- Contexte
Beaucoup de personnes ont réussi leur vie après avoir surmonté les difficultés surtout pendant

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leur enfance et même avec la pression des parents parfois illettrés.
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Text:
Benjamen Carson was born in 1951 in Michigan where he was brought up by his mother as
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his father deserted the house when he was only eight years old. His mother Sonia had to
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abandon school only after a few years of education because of poverty and what she was
experiencing at school. Carson’s moods, in these conditions swung from good to bad. He was a
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volatile teenager and always a weak student at school.

Determined to turn her son around, Sonia limited his TV time and refused to let him go
outside to play until he’d finished his homework. She was criticised by her friends but she was
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determined her son would have greater opportunities than she did. She required them to read
two books every week and give her written reports. At first, Ben resented the strict regimen.
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But after several weeks of his mother’s unrelented position, he began to find enjoyment in
reading. Being poor, there wasn’t much opportunity to go anywhere. But between the covers
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of a book, he could go anywhere, be anybody and do anything. He began to learn how to use
his imagination and found it more enjoyable than watching television.
Reading books changed him a lot. He began to see himself different from the other kids in
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his neighboring. He saw that he could become the scientist or physician she had dreamed
about. Staying focused on this vision helped him get through some of the more difficult time.
Within a year, Carson was amazing his teachers and classmates with his improvements. As he
recalled several years later, he began to realize he wasn’t stupid. He was top of his class and
the hunger of knowledge had taken hold of him. It wasn’t easy in the predominantly all-white
school. After Ben had received a certificate of achievement at the semester break, one of his
school teacher berated the white students for letting a black student get ahead of them
academically. Later at South Western High School in Inner — City Detroit, his science teachers
recognised his intellectual abilities and mentored him. He graduated with honors from high
school and wanted to pursue a medical career. But as his mother wasn’t well off, Carson had to
work through most of this time in college, determined to achieve his goals. He then knocked on
doors looking for summer work and usually got one through persistence. This work and a
scholarship allowed him to attended YALE University where he earned a BA in Psychology and
continued to become a neurosurgeon.

Critères d’évaluation: Apres avoir lu le texte ci-dessus, tu prouveras que tu l'as compris en :
- Reconnaissant des détails
- Exprimant des appréciations

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- Montrant ta maitrise du vocabulaire et de certaines structures grammaticales et
fonctions de la langue anglaise

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- Traduisant un passage en anglais
Tâches:

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Item1: Are there statements "right" or "wrong"
1- Carson's father died when he was only eight years old.

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2- Sonia could sucessfully educate ben as she was rich.
3- A year after carson's change, nobody worked better than him in his class.
4- Carson went to YALE University thanks to a scholarship and his summer job.
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5- All the teachers in carson's school were happy to see a black student succeed.
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Item2: Answer these questions on the text.
1- Why was Carson obliged to abandon schooling?
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2- What made Carson change from a weak student to a brilliant one?

3- List four qualities developed by Carson in the text.
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Item3: Find the antonyms or opposites of these words

1- Brillant (Paragraph1)
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2- Unpleasant (Paragraph2)
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3- Bottom of (Paragraph 3)
4- Failure (Paragraph 4)
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Item4: Translate into French.

From: "Reading books changed ...."down to" with his improvements". (in paragraph3)
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Item5: Put the verb in brackets into right tense and form.
1- How long ago he (to separate) the Siamese?
2- It was an obligation for Carson to (success) in the operation.
3- Sonia asked him to (summary) the books he read.
4- If his mother hadn't helped him, he (not to become) a famous surgeon.

Item6: Choose the correct answers to fill the sentences.

1- Carson (use to, used to, is used to) read two books every week and give the report.
2- Sonia (made, did, make) her best to help her son successful.
 3- It didn't (do, made, make) much difference if a black student become the top of the
class.
4- Carson decided to work in order to pay his schooling (itself, himself, one another).

Item7: Rephrase these sentences using the prompts given.

1- Carson became a hard worker because her mother encouraged him.

If _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
2- Sonia was poor but she educated her children into famous scientist
Despite sonia's _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _

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3- Sonia regularty made her son read books
Sonia used _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _

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4- If you don't read books, you won't be successful like Carson
Unless _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _

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B- La production d'un texte de type particulier.

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• Contexte
Un enfant né de parents pauvres et illettrés peut-il réussir sa vie ?
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Critères d’évaluation : Tu montreras ta capacité a produire un texte en anglais en:

• Respectant le contexte et le type de texte ;

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• Respectant la cohérence et la logique interne des idées ;
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• Construisant des phrases significatives et grammaticalement correctes;

• Utilisant le vocabulaire, l’orthographe et la ponctuation appropriés.
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Tâche
Writing
"Children from poor parents can't succeed in life." Do you share this option? Justify your answer
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with two concrete examples, and convincing arguments. Mention three qualities, values or
conditions needed to succeed.
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