Lyce Secondaire

Matire: Anglais
Date: 13/ 12 / 2014 - Dure : 2 heures
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Classes: 3ime Eco 1&2 / 3 ime Sc
Devoir de synthse 1
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The text
Exactly one year ago, I joined the Daily Mail to write a Saturday advice column and this
desperate letter was to my page.

Dear Bel Mooney

My daddy left home when I was 2 so I don't know him. We lived with Dave who is nice and his 2 children
Rosie and Tom.
I liked to have a sister, we shared a room, and a brother who is 5. Now mummy says we are moving away
to another house and I wont see them.
I will be at a new school and wont know anyone, I am very sad. Dave says it is up to mummy to say I can
see them but she says no.
I do not like where we will live, I want to see Rosie but she wont be in my class so I wont see her. I liked
having a bedroom with her and I knew Tom from when he was 2.
I am very sad but Mummy is cross and says she doesn't like Dave any more but I still do because he was
nice and as good as a daddy.
Mum wont come to sport day at school like he did. She works and I have to get a key and be home until
she is home.
Can you make her let me see Dave and Rosie and Tom sometimes even if she wont see them?
Rosie says she and Tom cry and so does Dave and he is grown up.

Love from
Gemma x

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1026362/The-heartbreaking-letter-tells-good-dadimportant-role-all.html#ixzz3LICzBkSf (shortened)

I/ Reading comprhension questions (12 marks)

(1) Tick () the right option. (1 mark)

- Gemma is writing this letter to complain about (....) her mothers decision.
(....) her new school.
(....) her careless father.
(2) Correct the following false statements with details from the text. (3 marks)
a* Gemmas father died when she was very young.
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b* Gemma s mother is a stay-at-home mom.
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c* Gemma doesnt like to keep in touch with Dave and his children.
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(3) Circle the adjectives that best describe Dave. (2 marks)

demanding / caring / selfish / supportive / strict

(4) Complete the following statements with information from the text. (3 marks)
a* Gemma and her mother are moving to another house because ..............................................................
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b* ..............................................................................................................................., thats why Gemma
feels so desperate.
c* Gemma considers Dave as ....................................................................................................................
(5) What does the underlined word in the text refer to ? (1 mark)
- Them refers to .........................................................................................................
(6) Find in the text an equivalent for the following word. (1 mark)
- Angry = .................................................
(7) Provide a justified personal answer for the following question. (1 mark)
- If you were Gemmas mother, what would you do to make her feel happy?
I .......................................................................................................................................................................
because ............................................................................................................................................................

II/ Language (6 marks)

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Task 1: Circle the correct alternative. (3marks)

Quarrelling with your teen doesn't necessarily mean you have a bad relationship. The quality of a
parent/teen (behaviour misunderstanding bond)(1) has several measures: there is the comfort of
simply being together, the (willingness willed willing)(2) to share a range of daily experiences and to
express a range of feelings - happiness (as well as inspite of due to)(3) their unhappiness. Some
parents and teens who engage in (frequently frequent frequency)(4) arguments have, by these
measures, a good relationship: what matters is that a quarrel (hasnt ended - doesn't end
didnt end)(5) with two people simply brooding over their own anger. What a teen is aiming
(about of for)(6), after all, is to gain recognition and new respect for the parents he still loves.

Task 2: Put the bracketed words in the right tense or/and form.
(3marks)

UNICEF works in over 190 countries to promote and protect the rights of children. The worlds
largest provider of vaccines for (develop) ___________________ (1) countries, UNICEF supports child
health

and

(nourish)

__________________

(2),

clean

water

and

sanitation,

quality

(basicly) ______________ (3) education for all boys and girls, and the protection of children from
violence, exploitation, and HIV. That makes UNICEF unique among world organisations, and unique
among

(that)

________________

(4)

working

with

the

young.

All

our

work

(fund) __________________ (5) by the voluntary contributions of individuals, businesses, foundations

and governments not by the United Nations. Through contact with UNICEF, the lives of millions of
children have been changed for the (good) _________________ (6). Together, we can do so much more.

III/ Writing (12 marks)

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Task 1: Use the following notes to write the biography of Bill Gates.
(4 marks)

Date and place of birth: 28 October 1955 / Seattle, Washington USA.

 1975: Foundation of Microsoft with his friend Paul Allen.

1996 2007 / 2009 / 2014: become the richest man in the world.
2000 2004: donate over $ 24 billion / improve the standards of public school education in the US.
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Task 2: Recently, a group of students have had a violent and racist
behaviour which caused many troubles within your school.
At the occasion of the international Human Rights Day, your English
teacher asked you to prepare a speech to be delivered in front of your
classmates to remind them of the philanthropic values of tolerance,
mutual respect and brotherhood. Write the speech.
(8 marks)
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GOOD WORK