Sujet du BEPC 2017 d’anglais, avec corrigé

Exercice 1 · PART ONE READING COMPREHENSION · 8 points

1. Vocabulary check

   Match the words or expressions from Column A with their synonyms or meanings in Column B according to the text. One option in column B is not concerned. Write your answers like in the example.
   Example: 1. pregnant = d. waiting for a baby

   1. 2- drop out (L. 2)

   2. 3- strikes (L. 2)

   3. 4- behaviour (L. 4)

   4. 5- argue (L. 5)

   5. 6- bear in mind (L. 6)

   6. 7- deceived (L. 7)

   7. 8- harass (L. 8)

   8. 9- threatening (L. 9)

   1. athink and say
   2. bmenacing
   3. cmade to believe something false, duped
   4. dwaiting for a baby
   5. eshocks
   6. fcongratulating
   7. gremember, not forget
   8. hleave, abandon, quit
   9. iannoy with repeated invitations for sex
   10. jconduct, manners
2. B.1

   Comprehension questions

   Give short answers to the following questions on the text. (2 lines maximum).

   What serious problem do many school girls meet?

3. B.2

   Explain this sentence: “... as a human being, a teacher can fall in love with his pupil and vice versa.”

4. B.3

   How do some teachers harass school girls?

5. B.4

   What will happen if nothing is done to help young girls at school?

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

   The following text is about teachers' responsibilities towards school girls. Choose the correct options in brackets to give the text its original meaning. Write your answers like in the example.
   Example: 4. = any

   As educators, teachers do have a lot of responsibilities in particular towards their school girls. Their first duty is (1) …………… (to teach/for teaching/teach) young girls life skills that can help them be in charge of their futures. Secondly, teachers (2) …………… (would/should/could) make their female students aware of their rights and duties, and of their limits. The “Teacher-Pupil” relationship (3) …………… (ought to/will/may) remain professional all the time, as the ethics of the teaching profession does not allow 4. (some/no/any) kind of personal relationships between the teacher and the student, even though we know that both are humans with their weaknesses.

2. Task 2

   Below are four of the major resolutions taken at the 2015 African Youth International Conference in Nairobi. Rewrite them without changing their meanings. Start with the underlined words or phrases. Write your answers like in the example.
   Example: 2. = The majority of parents are worried by some teachers' behaviour.

   1. We must do something about the frequent pregnancies of our school girls.
   2. Some teachers' behaviour worries the majority of parents.
   3. School authorities should allow girls to resume school after they give birth.
   4. African parliaments will have to vote laws to prevent teachers from spoiling school girls' futures.

Exercice 3 · PART THREE WRITING · 6 points

1. Article

   TOPIC: (Not more than 12 lines)

   In order to give equal opportunities to young girls at school, the Minister of Education is determined to fight against pregnancies in the schools. “ZERO PREGNANCIES IN OUR SCHOOLS” is one of her slogans. Write an article for your English club magazine about that objective. In your article,

   - give some reasons why school girls become pregnant,
   - propose some solutions to avoid early pregnancies among school girls;
   - say what the government can do to maintain girls at school.