Sujet du BAC A2 2022 d’anglais LV2, avec corrigé

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

1. Vocabulary 20%

   The words in column A are from the text. Match each of them with its corresponding meaning in column B. One word in column B is not concerned. The indicated lines will help you. Write your answers like in the example.
   Example: 7 – a (7. sloppy (L. 15) – a. slippery)

   1. 1. diving (L. 3)

   2. 2. climax (L. 5)

   3. 3. edged (L. 7)

   4. 4. draw (L. 8)

   5. 5. showpiece (L. 9)

   6. 6. threatened (L. 12)

   7. 8. eluded (L. 20)

   8. 9. rescued (L. 21)

   9. 10. drifted (L. 27)

   10. 11. romp (L. 29)

   1. aslippery
   2. bsaved
   3. cmenaced
   4. ddefeated
   5. ematch in which no team has won
   6. fplunging
   7. geasy victory
   8. hof exceptional quality
   9. imoved slowly to the end
   10. jturning point
   11. kavoided
   12. lscored

2. Comprehension 20%

   Choose the right option for each statement or question about the text. Write your answers like in the example.
   Example: 1 – d

   1. What is the text mainly about?
   a. The goalless draw between Ghana and Cote d'Ivoire.
   b. The switch of goalkeepers in the Elephants team.
   c. The domination of Ghana team over the Elephants.
   d. The victory of the Elephants after penalty kicks.

   1. 2. What major role did Copa Barry play?

   2. 3. What was the final score of the match?

   3. 4. Did Wilfried and Tallo score their penalty kicks?

   4. 5. According to the author, why did history repeat itself?

   5. 6. What shows that the Ivorian team dominated at the beginning of the match?

   6. 7. How do we know that the Ghanaian team dominated the match during the rest of the first half time?

   7. 8. What made the Ghanaians feel positive towards the end of the first half time?

   8. 9. Why did the two teams have to go extra-time?

   9. 10. Which of the following sentences expresses the same idea as "The pattern of half-chances continued…until the shootout"? (L30-32)

   10. 11. Gyan and Wilfried Bony are

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

   The text below is about the best football players of Côte d'Ivoire. Some words are missing. Fill in each numbered gap with the correct option, like in the example.
   Example: 1- from

   Ivorian famous footballers

   Yaya Touré : This midfield warrior became one of the highest paid players in the world when he joined Manchester City 1 (from-at-on-to) Barcelona in 2010. He is used (2) …………… (at-with-by-on) City in a more advanced role (3) …………… (less-to-at-than) he was at Camp Nou and was one of the signings that truly represented City's transformation (4) …………… (at-into-from-of) a major force. Yaya's brother Kolo (5) …………… (also-but-with-to) plays his soccer at the Etihad Stadium.

   Drogba Didier: Now in the autumn of his career, Drogba's sheer physical presence (6) …………… (but-or-in-and) ability to batter defenders into submission (7) …………… (will-are-have-do) ensure that he can continue playing (8) …………… (in-on-at-with) a high level for a few years yet. Drogba has been a key protagonist (9) …………… (in-at-on-up) the Ivory Coast's rise to prominence in recent years and he also helped Chelsea (10) …………… (on-to-at-over) win three Premier League titles at club level before (11) …………… (moving-moves-move-moved) to Shanghai Shenhua in 2012.

   Adapted from www.liveaboutdotcom

2. B

   Read the following passage about football and complete it with the right word from the box to make it meaningful. Write your answers like in the example.
   Example: 1-development

   sentiments – problems – fields – black – racism – physical –
   matches – modern – football – challengers – development

   Football around the world

   England and Scotland had the first football leagues. The British continued to influence football's 1 … through regular club tours overseas and the continental coaching careers of former players. Before World War II, Italian, Austrian, Swiss and Hungarian teams emerged as particularly strong (2) …………… to the British. During the 1930s, Italian clubs and the Italian national team recruited high-calibre players from South America. European (3) …………… has also the wider political, economic and cultural changes of (4) …………… times. International (5) …………… in Europe were often seen as national tests of (6) …………… and military capabilities. More recently (7) …………… became a more prominent feature of football, particularly during the 1970s and early 1980s: many coaches projected negative stereotypes onto (8) …………… players; supporters routinely abused non-white on and off the (9) …………… of play; and football authorities failed to counteract racist incidents at games. In general terms, racism at football reflected wider social (10) …………… across Western Europe. In post-communist Eastern Europe, economic decline and rising nationalist (11) …………… have marked football culture too.

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