Sujet du BAC A2 2017 d’anglais LV2, avec corrigé

Exercice 1 · PART ONE : READING 30% · 6 points

1. Vocabulary

   Match the words in Column (A) with their synonyms or meanings in Column (B).
   One option in Column (B) is not concerned. Write your answers like in the example.
   Example: 11. =j

   11. willing (L. 25)

   1. 1. threatening (L. 1)

   2. 2. regardless (L. 2)

   3. 3. witnessed (L. 4)

   4. 4. deceitful (L. 6)

   5. 5. swift (L. 6)

   6. 6. target (L. 7)

   7. 7. dismal (L. 10)

   8. 8. agendas (L. 18)

   9. 9. vacuum (L. 19)

   10. 10. race (L. 23)

   1. avictim
   2. bplans
   3. ccompetition
   4. demptiness
   5. edishonest
   6. fdark, bad
   7. gwithout considering
   8. hexperienced, watched or seen
   9. iquick, rapid
   10. jconsenting, desirous
   11. kmenacing
   12. lbooks

2. True/False statements

   Decide whether the following statements are true (T) or false (F) according to the text.
   Then justify your answer by quoting the line(s) of the text. Write your answers like in the example.
   Example: 11. T (Lines 1-3)

   1. 1. According to the author, only a few countries are concerned by terrorism.

   2. 2. Young people are more likely to be attracted by terrorism.

   3. 3. Terrorist recruiters always force the youth to join them.

   4. 4. Bad living conditions and the lack of good family background can create terrorist ideas.

   5. 5. The challenge the youth are facing in the world concerns only the lack of jobs.

   6. 6. The writer does not make a difference between "be marginalized" and "be targeted".

   7. 7. The terrorists prefer recruiting the youth because of their different capacities.

   8. 8. When the youth cannot achieve their goals, they get frustrated.

   9. 9. Enemies of humanity exploit the youth by building houses for them.

   10. 10. One solution the writer proposes is that power should be given to the youth.

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

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

1. Language

   The text below is about terrorism and modern technology. To reconstruct its meaning, fill in the numbered gaps with the appropriate words from the box below. There are more words than gaps. Write your answers like in the example.
   Example : 11. = with

   with	that	into	against	spread	for	How
   across	are	their	under	To	by

   Today, with the outstanding development of personal computers (PCs) and cell phones, the Internet has become a widespread tool for communication and research.
   Young people (1) …………… the largest group of Internet users, and extremist groups (2) …………… their poisonous ideology (3) …………… social media platforms, attracting victims (4) …………… their dark world (5) …………… religious pretexts, and promises of heavenly rewards. (6) …………… that end, they use appealing high tech videos (7) …………… misleadingly fascinate young people by glorifying their terrorist crimes as great achievements. We have to stand up (8) …………… this threat, which takes advantage of our youths' potential to create inhumane world. We have to direct our energies not to answer the question "What should we do?" because the actual question is "(9) …………… should we do it?"
   We have to empower young people to fight the war (10) …………… their future, by providing them (11) with the tools to address their generation through electronic communication platforms. They need to form intellectual networks and alliances that can reach out to members of their generation and lead the youth's public opinion to adopt values of coexistence, respect of diversity and rejection of violence.