Sujet du BEPC 2015 d’anglais (zone II), avec corrigé

Exercice 1 · PART ONE : READING COMPREHENSION · 8 points

1. Vocabulary check: Match the words or expressions from the text in column A with their synonyms or definitions in column B. One word or expression in column B is not concerned. Write your answers like in the example.

   Example****: 1-f

   1-outbreak (L.1)

   1. 2-boost (L.4)

   2. 3-worldwide (L.5)

   3. 4-awareness (L.7)

   4. 5-killer disease (L.7)

   5. 6-affected (L.8)

   6. 7-founder (L.10)

   7. 8-reach (L.12)

   8. 9-recorded (L.15)

   1. ainitiator
   2. bconsciousness
   3. cget to
   4. dwhich you can listen to later
   5. estimulate
   6. fepidemic
   7. gsuccessfulness
   8. hcontaminated
   9. ifatal sickness
   10. jall over the planet
2. B.1

   Comprehension questions: Read the text again and give short answers to these questions. (Two lines maximum)

   How did people feel when Ebola broke out?

3. B.2

   According to people, what was the way of transmission of Ebola?

4. B.3

   Which people does Halt-Ebola want to inform?

5. B.4

   How will people get information from Halt-Ebola?

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

Exercice 2 · PART TWO LANGUAGE IN USE · 6 points

1. Task 1

   Koffi asked Michael, the founder of Halt-Ebola , for some pieces of information about his project. Here are his answers:
   1-“I talk about Ebola everywhere in Africa.”
   2-“It is killing people mostly in west Africa.”
   3-“Some People neglect the instructions.”
   4-“Africa will win the Ebola war.”
   Rewrite Michael's answers starting with the indicated expressions. Write your answers like in the example.

   Example****: 1-Michael said that he talked about Ebola everywhere in Africa.

   1-Michael said that……

   2-He told Koffi that (2) ……………
   3-He added that (3) ……………
   4-He concluded that (4) ……………

2. Task 2

   The passage below is about some African diseases. Complete it by using the right word from the brackets to make it meaningful. Write your answers like in the example:

   Example****: 1-most deadly

   Everybody fears Ebola fever today. Medical officials say that it is the 1-(deadly, more deadly, most deadly) disease the world has ever faced. But people tend to forget that malaria is (2) …………… (dangerous, as dangerous, more dangerous) than Ebola regarding the great number of victims it causes every year. Actually, no disease is (3) …………… (good, better, best) than another. All of them are (4) …………… (fearful, more fearful, as fearful) as any killing disease.

Exercice 3 · PART THREE WRITING · 6 points

1. Writing

   TOPIC:

   You have just attended a conference on Ebola fever. For your English club magazine, write a text of 10 to 12 lines maximum in order to sensitize your friends about this disease. In your text,

   -list three symptoms of Ebola;
   -say how people catch Ebola Virus;
   -suggest some precautions to avoid Ebola.