Question n°1 : Cet
exercice consiste à remplir les trous par l'une des trois possibilités données (voir la
marge).
Il est indispensable de lire d'abord le paragraphe très attentivement sans se soucier des
mots proposés. Cela vous permettra de comprendre le paragraphe et donc de bien choisir le
mot approprié (parmi les 3 proposés).
(Pour plus de conseils se référer à l'exercice n°1 de langue de l'épreuve des
sections Lettres/Economie et gestion Juin 1998.)
Question n°2 : Il s'agit de compléter les mots
donnés par des lettres appropriées pour obtenir des mots ayant un sens et qui se
prêtent au contexte du paragraphe.
Commencez par lire le texte sans vous soucier des mots à compléter. Une fois que vous
avez capté le sens global, revenez à chaque phrase et relisez la plusieurs fois afin de
définir la nature (nom / adjectif / participe passé utilisé comme adjectif etc.) du
mot. Si vous n'êtes pas sûr(e) d'une réponse, ne paniquez pas, passez au mot suivant et
revenez-y à la fin.
Question n°3 : C'est un exercice à trous. ATTENTION
!. On vous signale qu'il y a 2 mots (2 extra items) qui ne seront pas utilisés.
Il importe de faire attention à des mots qui peuvent porter à équivoque (verbe ou nom :
c'est le cas de waste qui est utilisé ici comme nom et non comme verbe.)
Question n°4 : Semblable à l'exercice n°1 de cette
épreuve.
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1. Fill in the blanks with the appropriate alternatives provided on the right.
| Working
conditions have changed a lot in the |
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| last
fifty years. Whether they have changed for the better
(1) |
1) good - better - best |
| or
for the worse (2) is more difficult to say. It depends on the way we choose to
regard them. If we consider |
2) bad - worse -
worst |
| figures (3) and statistics, we will see that |
3) numbers - figures - dates |
| working
hours are shorter and paid |
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| (4)
holidays are longer now than what they |
4) priced - paid - moneyless |
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used to be
(5) in the first half of the |
5) used to be-had been-have
been |
| twentieth
century. Social protection (6) |
6)
violence-protection-integration |
| in
case of accidents, diseases or pregnancy |
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| is (7) much better now. Hygiene |
7) is - are - were |
| standards
are precisely defined (8) under |
8) define - defining -
defined |
| the
strict control of the authorities. |
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2. In the following
paragraph, 7 words are not written in full. Only the beginning letters are indicated. Read
the paragraph and complete these words.
| The open University
course is a practical means to have a recognized B.A or B.Sc degree. It |
| can also open up a whole new
world of interests, challenges and achievements . There are |
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| over 150 courses to choose from
in arts, sciences, |
{ |
computer science
commerce
communication |
, languages,
mathematics, |
| business management,
law and social welfare. |
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3. Fill in the blanks
with words from the box below. Be careful there are 2 extra items.
ability - concentrate - waist - hold - covering - grasp -
waste - discoveries |
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Ruth is a
13-year old girl whose mathematical achievement at St Hugh's College, Oxford is difficult
to grasp. In two years, she completed a
3-year degree course covering 17 topics.
Ruth began reading books at 4 but in 12 months she developed her reading ability to that of a nine-year old. Her parents had then
decided that school was a waste of time. Mr
Lawrence, her father, gave up his job as a computer consultant to concentrate on one-to-one teaching at home using ideas of
the Greek philosopher Socrates to lead Ruth on to her own discoveries
through a sequence of questions and answers. |
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4. Fill in the blanks with the appropriate
alternatives provided on the right.
| Single-parent
households in the U.S.A rose (1) by about 75
% |
(1) rise-raised-rose |
| between
1960 and 1983. The number of unwed mothers jumped |
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| from
half a million to about 3 million in 1982. These changes have |
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| caused
concern among (2) many Americans. Some feel
that |
(2) between - among - about |
| traditional
values are eroding and that the center of American |
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| life,
the nuclear family, is in danger. Others, however, believe |
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that such (3) developments reflect a liberalization in |
(3) like - such - as |
| American
life. For instance (4) they point out that changes |
(4) For instance - Since -
Though |
in
divorce laws made it easier (5) to be divorced. They also
claim (6) that the once strong
social
taboos
against |
(5) less easy - easier -
easiest
(6) persuade - claim - blame |
| unmarried couples living
together or against |
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| illegitimate (7) children have broken down and are |
(7) legal - legitimate -
illegitimate |
| now
things of the past. |
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