Anglais

Baccalauréat de l'enseignement général

Madagascar

Session 2009

 

 

TEXT

Environment conservation

 

1970 was world conservation year. The United Nations wanted everyone to know that the world was in danger. They hoped that governments would act quickly in order to “conserve” nature. Here is one example of the problem. At one time, there were 1300 different plants, trees and flowers in Holland, but now only 866 remain. The others have been destroyed by man and his technology. We are changing the earth, the air and water and everything that grows and lives. We can’t live without them.

What will happen in the future? Perhaps it is more important to ask: “What must we do now?”. The people who will be living in the world of tomorrow are the young of today. A lot of them know that conservation is necessary. Many are helping to save our world. There are 15 million boy scouts in many countries who study man and the country around him. In some countries, young people spend their spare time as “conservation volunteers”. They plant trees, build bridges across rivers in forests and so on. In a small town in the United States, a large group of girls clean the banks of all kilometers of their river.

 

QUESTIONS

A – READING COMPREHENSION                    (7 pts)

            I – Find in this text                                                                                                                  (1 pt)

1 – An equivalent of “in the future”. (2^nd paragraph)        

2 – An opposite of “die” (1^st paragraph)

 

II – Say if these statements are TRUE, or  FALSE. Justify your answer.                                      (1 pt)

            1 – Young people are trying to protect the nature.        

            2 – The question “What will happen in the future ?” is more important than the question

“What must we do now”

 

III – Choose the one correct answer                                                                                          (1 pt)

            1 – In Holland:                                     

a) 1300 different plants have been destroyed,           

b)  866 different plants have been destroyed

              c) 434 different plants have been destroyed,

            2 –

a)   All people know that conservation is           necessary,           

b)    Many people know that conservation is necessary, 

 c)    Few people know that conservation is necessary.

 

            IV – Complete with words taken from the text                                                                            (2 pts)

                        1 – Children usually ………………. their pocket money on sweets and biscuits.

                        2 – ……………..is expensive now, for example: food, clothes, medicines, school fees, and so on.      

 

            V – Answer the following questions                                                                                          (2 pts)

                        1 – Why did the United Nations say that the world was in danger ?

                        2 – How are young people helping to save our world ?

 

B – GRAMMAR IN USE                                     (2 pts)

            Fill in each blank with a grammatical item:

            A computer has many uses.     (1)     internet connects your computer to many other computers    (2)     the   world,, so you can collect all kinds     (3)    information.

You can use a computer to show information and write reports.

Best of all, you can use      (4)     to explore, discover and learn.

 

C – INDIRECT TEST OF SPEAKING                 (4 pts)

            I – Make the following sentences less formal                                                                              (1 pt)

                        1) Do you mind my smoking here ?                 

2)  Could you open the window, please ?

           

II – Complete the following dialogue                                                                                           (3 pts)

 

Ticket-seller                          :           Good morning, Sir…………(1)………….?

 

Mr Braun                   :           I’d like a ticket to Isalo, please.

 

Ticket-seller             :           Good.  ………(2)…………….?

 

Mr Braun                   :           George Braun.

 

Ticket-seller             :           …………(3)………..…………………….?

 

Mr Braun                   :           B – R – A – U – N.

 

Ticket-seller             :           Ok

 

Mr Braun                   :           ………………(4)………………………..?

 

Ticket-seller             :           Ar 5,000 Sir.

 

Mr Braun                   :           Here you are. Oh, ………(5)………………if you don’t mind ?

 

Ticket-seller             :           Sorry, but the front seat is already taken.

 

Mr Braun                   :           No problem. And …………(6)…………… from here to Isalo ?

 

Ticket-seller              :           About 100 kms.

 

 

D – WRITING                                                   (7 pts)

            What are the advantages and disadvantages of using a mobile phone ?  (in about 80 words)