Enoncé Epreuve d' Anglais

TEXT

Read the text carefully, then answer the questions.


"The new refugees", these miserable souls, are not fleeing
conventional forms of oppression, such as the famine, persecution
and wars that have caused millions to seek haven in the U.S.
through the generations. These are rich folks who are giving up

5 their American citizenship because they "can't pay the federal

taxes and live in the style they want."

Poor babies ! To be sure, these are not exactly the classic
"huddled masses". Whether they are "wretched refuse", though, is
a different question. These new refugees constitute a pretty small

10 number since, out of 260 million U.S. citizens, only 306 gave up
their citizenship last year. These people, after all, are less like
traditional refugees than they are like the Americans who went to
Canada during the Vietnam War. Those who fled in the 1960s were
motivated by a desire to save their own lives. The "new refugees"

15 merely want to save money.

The "new refugees" aren't going to Canada. Nor are they going
to Britain, France, Germany or Japan. Mostly, the "new refugees"
are going to island pseudo-countries with names like St. Kitts
and Nevis or Turks and Caicos. The U.S. says : "Give me your

20 tired, your poor". These tax havens say the opposite. They are
places of poverty where the well-to-do, in exchange for some
investment, are invited to shed the normal obligations of citizenship
in the rich countries.

In predominantly middle-class nations like the U.S., taxes

25 support a level of shared infrastructure (roads, sewers …) and
social services (police, schools …) that some countries simply
cannot afford. One of the pleasures of membership in an advanced
society is precisely the knowledge that certain aspects of life are
shared by all.

30 Would-be refugees from the U.S. might want to wait before
giving up their citizenship. The good news is that, in some ways,
the U.S. is becoming like the Turks and the Caicos Islands
everyday, as technology and global trade are increasing the gap
between rich and poor ….So don't give up on America yet.

Time Magazine, December 5th, 1994.

I. READING COMPREHENSION

1. Give an appropriate title to the text.
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2. Fill in this table about the difference between traditional refugees and the new refugees.

Sort of refugees People involved Reasons for leaving Destinations

Conventional refugees

New refugees

3.What is meant by :

a. These tax havens say the opposite ( line 20 ). ..............................
b. Certain aspects of life ( line 28 ): .....................................................
c. Don't give up on America ( line 34 ). ..............................................

4. What do the underlined words refer to ?

a. These people ( line 11 ): ..........................................................
b. These tax havens ( line 20 ): ...................................................

5. Find in the text words meaning the same as :

a. place of safety ( paragraph 1 ): .............................................
b. people ( paragraph 1 ): ...........................................................
c. the rich ( paragraph 3 ): ..........................................................

6. Focus on paragraphs 1 and 2 and pick up the two phrases that express the author's irony towards the new refugees.

a. ..........................................................................................................................................................................

b. ..........................................................................................................................................................................

7. Focus on paragraph 5 and paraphrase the sentence :

"in some ways, the U.S. is becoming like the Turks and the Caicos Islands".

……………………………………………………………………………………………………….............................
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II. LANGUAGE

Read the instructions carefully :

Task 1 : Fill in the blanks with words from the list below (there are more words than necessary) :

commit - African - figures - beverage - out - roots - ethnic - smoother - attend - total - pot - census.

America thinks of itself as a diverse society, a gorgeous mosaic, a melting ………………., a quilt of many ………………….. and racial patches. But the 1990 ……………………. suggests that the demographic surface of life in the U.S. is a lot ……………………… than one thinks.
Fifty-eight million Americans, …………………….. of a …………………… population of 248 million, claim German ………………….. . In second place are 38 million who say they are wholly or partly Irish. Those of English ancestry come in third, at 32 million, followed by ……………… Americans at 23 million.

Task 2 : Match a word from column A with a word from column B to get meaningful pairs :

COLUMN A COLUMN B PAIRS

- Law
- Weather
- Indian
- Slave
- Beauty
- Peace - shop
- treaty
- enforcement
- reservation
- trade
- forecast ............................
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Task 3 : Put the verbs between parentheses in the right tense and/or form :

Americans ( to be ) ……………. very lucky that, very early, a few of their countrymen ( to decide ) …………………. that many of the great wilderness areas ( to remain ) ……........…..……. much as they (always be) …………………. . The first national park ( to establish ) ………………. in 1872 when President Grant ( to sign ) ………………a law ( to create ) …………………. Yellowstone National Park. Since then, some 100 other countries ( to create ) …………………. similar national parks.

Task 4 : Fill in the blanks with the right preposition from the list below :

with - from - about - with - to - in :

   Every issue of TEEN MAGAZINE contains articles …………………. current topics that interest young people accompanied …………………. attractive colour photographs. Pages are also devoted …………………. exciting comic stories. There are amusing language games and features that deal …………………. British and American culture and traditions …………………. an enjoyable way. Eight issues are published …………………. October to May.

Task 5 : Fill in the blanks with the appropriate words from the list below, and underline the right alternative where a choice is provided :

play, approaches, according.

The autumn colors are caused by ( least - less - fewer ) hours of sunlight, according to foliage experts. Snow is not the cause.

Chlorophyll, ( which - who - whose ) gives leaves their green color, breaks down as winter ………….
As the green disappears, yellow, orange and red appear. This causes the autumn colors.

The colors vary …………………. to temperature and cloudiness. Snow does not …………………. an important part, but it ( do - does - did ) bring an end to the colors.

III. WRITING

Task 1 : Punctuate and capitalize where necessary :

in the equatorial heat of a new york august the validity of john peterson's claim that everyone can be famous for fifteen minutes is tested daily in a manhattan television studio individuals duos sometimes entire performing families crowd the waiting room at n b c television network in hopes of convincing the producer that they have a trick worth bringing to the attention the audience.

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Task 2 : Using the notes below, write a biography of Robert Frost (no more than 10 lines).

- Date and place of birth : 1874, San Francisco, California.
- Parents' origins : New England.
- 1885 :

- Father's death
- Family ( mother, sister and the poet ) moves to Lawrence, Massachusetts.

- Work experience :

- farmer
- editor
- school teacher
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in New England

- Awards :

- Pulitzer Prize 1924, 1931, 1937, 1943.
- Gold medal by Congress "in recognition of his poetry which has enriched the culture of the United States and the philosophy of the world".

- Died in 1963.
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Task 3 : There are 8 mistakes in the paragraph below : 2 grammar mistakes, 2 word-order mistakes and 4 spelling mistakes.
Read the paragraph carefully, then correct the mistakes in the appropriate columns.

George leaves in a world where time is meaningless, and its possible to go for months without seeing anybody. Lack of sleep, food, or conversation breed confusion and depression. He drinks rarely alcohol and keeps his clothes clean. To fight off the cold, he wears too shirts under his jacket.

Word-order	Grammar	Spelling
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TEXT
Read the text carefully, then answer the questions.
	"The new refugees", these miserable souls, are not fleeing conventional forms of oppression, such as the famine, persecution and wars that have caused millions to seek haven in the U.S. through the generations. These are rich folks who are giving up
5	their American citizenship because they "can't pay the federal
	taxes and live in the style they want." Poor babies ! To be sure, these are not exactly the classic "huddled masses". Whether they are "wretched refuse", though, is a different question. These new refugees constitute a pretty small
10	number since, out of 260 million U.S. citizens, only 306 gave up their citizenship last year. These people, after all, are less like traditional refugees than they are like the Americans who went to Canada during the Vietnam War. Those who fled in the 1960s were motivated by a desire to save their own lives. The "new refugees"
15	merely want to save money. The "new refugees" aren't going to Canada. Nor are they going to Britain, France, Germany or Japan. Mostly, the "new refugees" are going to island pseudo-countries with names like St. Kitts and Nevis or Turks and Caicos. The U.S. says : "Give me your
20	tired, your poor". These tax havens say the opposite. They are places of poverty where the well-to-do, in exchange for some investment, are invited to shed the normal obligations of citizenship in the rich countries. In predominantly middle-class nations like the U.S., taxes
25	support a level of shared infrastructure (roads, sewers …) and social services (police, schools …) that some countries simply cannot afford. One of the pleasures of membership in an advanced society is precisely the knowledge that certain aspects of life are shared by all.
30	Would-be refugees from the U.S. might want to wait before giving up their citizenship. The good news is that, in some ways, the U.S. is becoming like the Turks and the Caicos Islands everyday, as technology and global trade are increasing the gap between rich and poor ….So don't give up on America yet. Time Magazine, December 5th, 1994.
I. READING COMPREHENSION
1. Give an appropriate title to the text. …………………………………………………………...................................................... 2. Fill in this table about the difference between traditional refugees and the new refugees.
	Sort of refugees	People involved		Reasons for leaving	Destinations
	Conventional refugees
	New refugees
3.What is meant by : a. These tax havens say the opposite ( line 20 ). .............................. b. Certain aspects of life ( line 28 ): ..................................................... c. Don't give up on America ( line 34 ). .............................................. 4. What do the underlined words refer to ? a. These people ( line 11 ): .......................................................... b. These tax havens ( line 20 ): ................................................... 5. Find in the text words meaning the same as : a. place of safety ( paragraph 1 ): ............................................. b. people ( paragraph 1 ): ........................................................... c. the rich ( paragraph 3 ): .......................................................... 6. Focus on paragraphs 1 and 2 and pick up the two phrases that express the author's irony towards the new refugees. a. .......................................................................................................................................................................... b. .......................................................................................................................................................................... 7. Focus on paragraph 5 and paraphrase the sentence : "in some ways, the U.S. is becoming like the Turks and the Caicos Islands". ………………………………………………………………………………………………………............................. ……………………………………………………………………………………………………….................
II. LANGUAGE
Read the instructions carefully : Task 1 : Fill in the blanks with words from the list below (there are more words than necessary) : commit - African - figures - beverage - out - roots - ethnic - smoother - attend - total - pot - census. America thinks of itself as a diverse society, a gorgeous mosaic, a melting ………………., a quilt of many ………………….. and racial patches. But the 1990 ……………………. suggests that the demographic surface of life in the U.S. is a lot ……………………… than one thinks. Fifty-eight million Americans, …………………….. of a …………………… population of 248 million, claim German ………………….. . In second place are 38 million who say they are wholly or partly Irish. Those of English ancestry come in third, at 32 million, followed by ……………… Americans at 23 million. Task 2 : Match a word from column A with a word from column B to get meaningful pairs :
	COLUMN A	COLUMN B		PAIRS
	- Law - Weather - Indian - Slave - Beauty - Peace	- shop - treaty - enforcement - reservation - trade - forecast		............................ ............................ ............................ ............................ ............................ ............................
Task 3 : Put the verbs between parentheses in the right tense and/or form : Americans ( to be ) ……………. very lucky that, very early, a few of their countrymen ( to decide ) …………………. that many of the great wilderness areas ( to remain ) ……........…..……. much as they (always be) …………………. . The first national park ( to establish ) ………………. in 1872 when President Grant ( to sign ) ………………a law ( to create ) …………………. Yellowstone National Park. Since then, some 100 other countries ( to create ) …………………. similar national parks. Task 4 : Fill in the blanks with the right preposition from the list below : with - from - about - with - to - in : Every issue of TEEN MAGAZINE contains articles …………………. current topics that interest young people accompanied …………………. attractive colour photographs. Pages are also devoted …………………. exciting comic stories. There are amusing language games and features that deal …………………. British and American culture and traditions …………………. an enjoyable way. Eight issues are published …………………. October to May. Task 5 : Fill in the blanks with the appropriate words from the list below, and underline the right alternative where a choice is provided : play, approaches, according. The autumn colors are caused by ( least - less - fewer ) hours of sunlight, according to foliage experts. Snow is not the cause. Chlorophyll, ( which - who - whose ) gives leaves their green color, breaks down as winter …………. As the green disappears, yellow, orange and red appear. This causes the autumn colors. The colors vary …………………. to temperature and cloudiness. Snow does not …………………. an important part, but it ( do - does - did ) bring an end to the colors.
III. WRITING
Task 1 : Punctuate and capitalize where necessary : in the equatorial heat of a new york august the validity of john peterson's claim that everyone can be famous for fifteen minutes is tested daily in a manhattan television studio individuals duos sometimes entire performing families crowd the waiting room at n b c television network in hopes of convincing the producer that they have a trick worth bringing to the attention the audience. .............................................................................................................................................................. .............................................................................................................................................................. .............................................................................................................................................................. .............................................................................................................................................................. .............................................................................................................................................................. .............................................................................................................................................................. Task 2 : Using the notes below, write a biography of Robert Frost (no more than 10 lines). - Date and place of birth : 1874, San Francisco, California. - Parents' origins : New England. - 1885 : - Father's death - Family ( mother, sister and the poet ) moves to Lawrence, Massachusetts. - Work experience :
	- farmer - editor - school teacher	}	in New England
- Awards : - Pulitzer Prize 1924, 1931, 1937, 1943. - Gold medal by Congress "in recognition of his poetry which has enriched the culture of the United States and the philosophy of the world". - Died in 1963. ................................................................................................................................................................................... ................................................................................................................................................................................... .................................................................................................................................................................................... ................................................................................................................................................................................... .................................................................................................................................................................................... .................................................................................................................................................................................... .................................................................................................................................................................................... .................................................................................................................................................................................... .................................................................................................................................................................................... Task 3 : There are 8 mistakes in the paragraph below : 2 grammar mistakes, 2 word-order mistakes and 4 spelling mistakes. Read the paragraph carefully, then correct the mistakes in the appropriate columns. George leaves in a world where time is meaningless, and its possible to go for months without seeing anybody. Lack of sleep, food, or conversation breed confusion and depression. He drinks rarely alcohol and keeps his clothes clean. To fight off the cold, he wears too shirts under his jacket.