Sujet du BEPC 2013 d’anglais, avec corrigé

Exercice 1 · PART ONE: READING COMPREHENSION · 8 points

1. Match each word or expression from the text in column A with its synonym or definition in column B. One word or definition in column B is not concerned. Write your answers like in the example.

   Example: 1 – found out = e – discovered

   1. 2- robbery (L. 2)

   2. 3- threatened (L. 3)

   3. 4- gave up (L. 3)

   4. 5- hideout (L. 6)

   5. 6- locked up (L. 10)

   6. 7- expectations (L. 14)

   7. 8- guilty (L. 15)

   8. 9- made a vow (L. 16)

   1. ahiding place
   2. bstealing
   3. cimprisoned
   4. dlost their mind
   5. ediscovered
   6. fwhat he thought
   7. gstopped
   8. hbad for doing wrong
   9. ipromised
   10. jmenaced

2. Are these statements true or false? Write “T” for true and “F” for false. Justify your answers by indicating the lines. Write your answers like in the example.

   Example: 1 = F (L. 1)

   1. 2- At first, Kwabena did not know what his friends wanted to do.

   2. 3- The young gangsters did not want to be recognized.

   3. 4- In the beginning Kwabena knew the operation was risky.

   4. 5- The bank robbery was successful like the other night operations.

   5. 6- Somebody informed Kwabena's parents about their son's arrest.

   6. 7- Kwabena thought his parents would not visit him.

   7. 8- Kwabena's parents refused to see him.

   8. 9- Kwabena's father paid for his liberation.

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

Exercice 2 · PART TWO: WRITING · 6 points

1. Task A or B

   Choose only one of the two tasks below and do it.

   TASK A:

   Kwabena's father went to meet him at the police station of Takoradi, Ghana, as soon as he heard of his son's arrest. Here is the dialogue between the father and his son.

   Complete it.

   Father: Good morning my son. What have you done?

   Son: Good morning, Dad. I am so sorry.

   Father: Why did you do that?

   Son: (1)……………………………

   Father: Who are those friends who forced you?

   Son: (2)……………………………

   Father: Do you know that you will stay in prison for a long time?

   Son: (3)……………………………

   Father: How can I help you?

   Son: (4)……………………………

   Father: Some money? How much?

   Son: (5)……………………………

   Father: So much money?

   Son: (6)……………………………

   Father: Are you sure Kwame's father paid that?

   Son: Yes, he did. Kwame told me so.

   Father: Ok, I'm going to see the police chief.

   TASK B

   As a member of your English Club, you are asked to write about security and juvenile delinquency in your town. Your production will be published in your school magazine.

   Write your text down in 12 to 15 lines maximum.

Exercice 3 · PART THREE: LANGUAGE IN USE · 6 points

1. Choose the correct question word from the box to complete the sentences below. One of the question words is not concerned. The information in brackets will help you.

   Who – How often – Where – When – How long – How much – Why – What – How many

   Example: 1 – How much

   1- …………… did this nice shirt cost you? (5000 FCFA)

   1. 2- …………… asked Samuel to leave the army? (his mother)

   2. 3- …………… do you visit your grandmother? (Once a week)

   3. 4- …………… did the teenager run away from home? (because his stepmother did not like him)

   4. 5- …………… helped the bank manager to catch the robbers? (the security system)

   5. 6- …………… did your brother join the national football team? (in 1996)

   6. 7- …………… professional boxers did our champion beat during his career? (15)

2. B

   Choose the right form of the verbs in brackets and complete this paragraph. Write your answers like in the example.

   Example: 1– entered

   One night, a thief broke the window into Mr Kassy's house. When he 1- (had entered – entered – entering), everybody (2) …………… (is – was – has) sleeping deeply. He did not (3) …………… (wanted – wants – want) to make a noise. He walked quietly across the living room to steal the TV set. But as he (4) …………… (was trying – tries – will try) to open the door, he made a big noise and Mr Kassy (5) …………… (has waken – wakes – woke) up, turned on the light and (6) …………… (see – saw – seen) the thief carrying the TV set away. He (7) …………… (catches – caught – was catching) him and took him to the police station.