Conseils et Recommandations

 
Question n° 1 : C'est un exercice à trous classique ( huit mots pour huit trous)

Question n° 2 :  Il s'agit de remplir les trous par les mots appropriés dérivés de ceux fournis entre parenthèses. ATTENTION: Bien lire le paragraphe et chaque phrase séparément pour pouvoir trouver la réponse adéquate. (Ex: après "for", il est indisponsable de mettre le verbe à la forme "ing"; "job" donne "jobless" en raison du contexte qui est "Unemployment".

Question n° 3 : C'est un exercice à trous et à choix multiples. Là aussi il faudrait lire attentivement le paragraphe afin d'en saisir le sens. Ainsi donc, il vous sera aisé de répondre correctement.

Question n° 4 : Cet exercice mérite une attention particulière.  Il vous est demandé de:
- mettre les verbes donnés entre parenthèses dans les temps appropriés.
- choisir le mot adéquat afin de remplir les cinq trous (de 1 à 5)

  
Corrigé
 

1. Fill in the blanks with the appropriate words from the box ( 4 points )
  

newcomers  -  skills  -  citizens  -  restrictions  -
compelled  -  priority  -  assimilating  -  ethnic . 

    
    Faced  with the growing  numbers of immigrants from all sorts of ethnic backgrounds, and with the problems of assimilating them to basically Anglo-american  culture, the U.S government felt compelled to introduce various restrictions on immigration . Today, the U.S.A.  accepts a maximum of  270,000  newcomers per year .   Priority is given, first of all, to relatives of U.S citizens , then to people with special  skills that are of value to the country.

2. Put the bracketed words in the right form (3,5 points)

     Unemployment (insure) insurance is a scheme for (protect) protecting workers who have become (job) jobless through no fault of their own. The programme is financed by contributions from (employ)  employers. (employees) and businessmen. Besides, monthly social security (pay) payments are made to people who have stopped (work) working (work) after reaching (retire) retirement age .

3. Fill in the blanks with the appropriate alternative provided on the right . (3 points)
 

 

The situation of blacks began changing  in 1948
when (1) President Truman ordered   1) when - while - whereas
equal treatment  in (2) the army. That   2) for  -  at  -  in
was the first step in the  process (3)   3) process - procedure - procession.
of integration . Desegregation was only one aspect
of a nationwide movement  for (4)   4) for  -  against  -  at
racial equality . Organisations like (5)   5) such  -  that  -  like
the N.A.A.C.P. helped blacks fight their legal
battles (6).   6) wars  -  battles  - hostilities.

 

4. Put the bracketed verbs in the right tense and fill in the blanks with the right alternatives provided in the following box (3.5 points).

  1.  to inform  -  inform  -  informing
  2. might  -  must  - should
  3. would  -  must  -  should
  4. to come  -  come  -  coming
  5.  have  -  had  -  have had

            Last  summer, Mr.  Wilson  and his  wife (spend) spent their holiday in Miami. One  morning, just as they were getting ready to go to the beach , they received an urgent phone call informing (1) them that  their  son John (be) had been / was seriously  injured in a car crash and that he might (2) die. They packed their  cases and took the first  plane home. During  the  flight, they  talked  about  their son. « We should (3) never   have  agreed  to  leave  John  by himself  » , said  Mrs. Wilson. « Why didn’t we make him come (4) with us?  If he had  come  with us, he wouldn’t have had (5) the accident. » sobbed his wife .