Sujets d’anglais LV1 du BAC 2021, séries A1 et A2, avec corrigé

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

1. VOCABULARY CHECK

   Match the words from the text in column A with their synonyms or definitions in column B. One definition in column B is not concerned. Write your answers like in the example. Example: 1- c

   1- compulsory (line 1)

   1. 2- unforeseeable (line 3)

   2. 3- far-reaching (line 4)

   3. 4- trade-off (line 5)

   4. 5- booing (line 10)

   5. 6- broadcast (line 15)

   6. 7- flavour (line 17)

   7. 8- dwindle (line 23)

   8. 9- a time lag (line 24)

   9. 10- forgo (line 25)

   10. 11- catering (line 26)

   1. aabandon
   2. btransmission
   3. cforced, obligatory
   4. dspecial savour or taste
   5. ebalance, equilibrium
   6. fdiminish
   7. gprovision of food and drink
   8. hdisapproval shouting
   9. iunpredictable, uncertain
   10. jadmiration
   11. kdelay
   12. lextending in effect
2. B1

   COMPREHENSION CHECK
   Read the text again and write short answers to these questions (Two lines maximum).

   What measures did football leagues take to restart their competitions?

3. B2

   Is it easy to predict when the fans will return to stadiums? Justify your answer.

4. B3

   What is the most important change in football in this period of Covid-19?

5. B4

   Why is it so easy to understand anything that coaches and players say on stadiums today?

6. B5

   Which solution has been found to the lack of the usual stadium atmosphere?

7. B6

   How do TV channels compensate the absence of real spectators?

8. B7

   How could the absence of spectators on stadiums affect TV viewer demand?

9. B8

   In what way does the COVID-19 impact football economically?

10. B9

    Which leagues were the first ones to restart the games? Why?

11. B10

    According to the writer, which of ticket sales and TV marketing brings more money?

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

Exercice 2 · PART TWO : LANGUAGE IN USE (30%). · 6 points

1. A

   This is part of an article about the special role of spectators. To make it meaningful, fill in the gaps with the appropriate words from the box below. One word in the box is not concerned, and another word can be used in two gaps. Write your answers like in the example. Example: 1- in

   so- the – collecting- for- of – in- served- have- during- to – on -in

   The role of spectators for professional sports is well-known within sport economics. For soccer 1…… particular, there is empirical evidence that fans have considerable impact, for example, (2) …………… referees. Reade Schreyer and Singleton, therefore assume that the absence of fans (3) …………… the Covid-19 crisis will (4) …………… an impact on the results (5) …………… sporting events (6) …………… general. They refer to a study by Petterson-Lindbom and Prinks and are (7) …………… new evidence within an ongoing project.
   Besides these effects on the outcomes of matches, we would like (8) …………… focus on the importance of spectators to produce the marketable product "soccer". With the broadcasting of the "ghost games" on television, television viewers were (9) …………… via the broadcasters. Television viewers are "pure" consumers of the marketable products "soccer game". Demand (10) …………… the product depends, primarily on consumer preferences, the economic determinants (costs of access, incomes, etc...) (11) …………… quality of sporting competition.

   Adapted from Exploring the Sports Economic Impact of Covid-19 on Professional soccer, by Michael Drewes, Frank Daumann and Florian Follert, Soccer and Society, vol.22,2021, Issue 1-2, tandfoline.com, 03/08/20

2. B

   This is the speech from the World Football Summit (WFS) that suspended football competitions because of the Coronavirus pandemic. To make it meaningful, choose the correct forms or tenses of the verbs in parentheses. Write your answers like in the example.
   Example: 1- puts.

   WFS SUSPEND ALL ON-SITE EVENTS FOR THE NEXT FOUR MONTHS DUE TO THE CORONAVIRUS

   The Corona virus pandemic is posing an unprecedented challenge for the world. One that can only be overcome if the global community works together as a team and 1 (puts – is putting- has put) general interests over individual ones. This means (2) …………… people's health and well-being as the only priority, and that's what the World Football Summit is committed to.
   We are all confident that the end of this battle (3) …………… near, that the ball (4) …………… soon roll again and we will be able to gather around football and the rest of the things that make us happy. But currently, there (5) …………… no way to know exactly when this will happen.
   We (6) …………… to give alternative dates, but at the moment nobody is able to predict when it will be safe for people around the world to travel normally and come together for larger events. What you can be sure of is that this global crisis (7) …………… only the first and most important of our founding principles: our commitment to serve the football industry through thick and thin. If we all play our role, we (8) …………… this match.
   The world we (9) …………… out to may not be the same anymore, and our industry (10) …………… adapt. The beautiful game (11) …………… heal deep wounds across the world throughout history and now we need to make sure that it remains that way.