Sujets d’anglais LV1 du BAC 2008, séries A1 et A2, avec corrigé

Exercice 1 · PART ONE : READING 40% · 8 points

1. Each of the following definitions and meanings refers to a word or phrase in the text. Find the corresponding word or phrase and write it down. One has been done for you.
   Example : 3-J.
   3. reflexive of (line 5)

   1. 1. throughout (line 1)

   2. 2. trend (line 5)

   3. 4. curriculum (line 7)

   4. 5. broadening (line 9)

   5. 6. scrutinizing (line 10)

   6. 7. root out (line 11)

   7. 8. biases (line 11)

   8. 9. grappled with (line 14)

   9. 10. issues (line 14)

   10. 11. thriving (line 27)

2. Say whether these statements are true or false according to the text. Write (T) for true and (F) for false, and give the line(s) to justify your choice.

   1. 1. Africa has been satisfactorily taught in all American schools.

   2. 2. The new trend has to do with improving the 50 states educational system.

   3. 3. The American States deal with educational matters as a global curriculum.

   4. 4. The states are improving the only courses about Africa.

   5. 5. Montgomery County's public schools are the best example of the (new) change in education.

   6. 6. The African-American community is the most numerous in Montgomery County.

   7. 7. Montgomery County's pupils learn about Africa in the relevant subjects.

   8. 8. African culture was famous before colonization.

   9. 9. In Montgomery County's schools, pupils are asked to give a description of various African countries.

   10. 10. The final objective of a multiracial approach to education is to achieve mutual understanding in the whole community.

Le corrigé de cet exercice est offert, à la fin de l’énoncé

Exercice 3 · PART THREE : LANGUAGE IN USE 20% · 4 points

1. A

   Choose the most suitable word or group of words from the lists (1 to 11) to fill each numbered space and make the text meaningful. Write your answers like this : 2 –a = all over.

   1. a) natives	b) immigrants	c) refugees	d) smugglers
   2. a) all over	b) outside	c) within	d) somewhere in
   3. a) long	b) short	c) good	d) hard
   4. a) ran away from	b) dropped out of	c) were afraid of	d) were dismissed from
   5. a) after all	b) first	c) then	d) finally
   6. a) operated	b) excluded	c) enlarged	d) developed
   7. a) essays	b) subjects	c) tests	d) examinations
   8. a) bilingual	b) multicultural	c) racial	d) multilingual
   9. a) instead	b) at the same time	c) separately	d) in addition
   10. a) classroom	b) workshops	c) classes	d) instructions
   11. a) successful	b) counterproductive	c) productive	d) controversial

   Issues in American Education

   The United States is a country of (1) …………… who come from (2) … the world and speak many different languages. In the past, new immigrants had a (3) …………… time in American schools, and many of them became discouraged and (4) …………… school because they could not understand their schoolwork in English. They were (5) …………… not able to get good jobs because they didn't have a good education.
   To help these new immigrants, many schools in the United States (6) …………… bilingual programs. (Bi means "two," and lingual means "language"). If a school had a lot of Spanish-speaking students, it might have a bilingual program where the Spanish-speaking students would study their (7) …………… in both English and Spanish. A school with a large Chinese population might have an English-Chinese (8) …………… program. Students in bilingual programs are able to continue their general education and learn English (9) ……………. After a period of time when they have learned enough English, they can take all their (10) …………… in English with other students.
   Bilingual education is (11) ……………, meaning some people like it and are in favor of it, and other people are against it.

   From Developing Reading Skills by Linda Markstein
   (Heinle Heinle Publishers) p. 73

2. B

   Choose a suitable word to fill the numbered gap in the text. Write your answer like this : 9 –every.

   Health and the body.

   Keeping fit and staying healthy have, not surprisingly, become a growth industry. Apart (1) …………… the amount of money spent each year on doctors' prescriptions and approved medical treatment, huge sums are now spent (2) …………… health foods and remedies of various kinds, from vitamin pills (3) …………… mineral water, not to mention health clubs and keep-fit books and videos. We are now more concerned than (4) ……………, it seems, about the water we drink and the air we breathe, and are smoking less, though not yet drinking less alcohol. This does not appear to mean that coughs and sneezes have been banished, (5) …………… that we can all expect to live to a hundred. To give a personal example, one (6) …………… my friends, who is a keep-fit fanatic, a non-smoker and teetotaller, and who is very particular (7) …………… what he eats, is at present languishing (8) …………… bed with a wrist in plaster and a badly sprained ankle. Part of his healthy lifestyle is to play squash (9) … day after work, and that accounts (10) …………… the ankle. He also cycles everywhere, and if you have ever tried to cycle through the rush-hour traffic with a sprained ankle, you will understand (11) …………… he acquired the broken wrist.

   From Advanced Language Practice
   By Michael VINCE, Macmillan Heinemann, p. 213