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Epreuve bfem 2008

EXAMEN DU B.F.E.M. 2008 - EPREUVE D'ANGLAIS LV1-DUREE: 2H-COEF:2
Without water, life could not exist. Water is essential to people in more ways than we might think. We need water for cooking, bathing, transportation and recreation. We eat aquatic plants and animals. We use water to irrigate our crops and manufacture our products. We think there is plenty of it- in oceans, lakes, rivers and streams. It may even seem as though we have more water than we need.

Most of the water on earth-97 percent- is salt water stored in oceans. Only about three percent of the earth's water is fresh water- and most of that is locked up in ice caps and glaciers. The same water is simply recycled over and over again. Just think- the water we are using is the same that the dinosaurs used millions of years ago.

Where does your drinking water come from? Some folks depend on surface water, such as lakes and rivers; others use water that collects underground. In some small communities, people get their water fom public wells and carry it home in pots and buckets. Many big cities rely on networks of pipes, pumps and other equipment that cleans and carries water from the watershed to the kitchen.

Because water is esential; we must manage it carefully. Water is considered at "risk" when it contains materials than can harm people and other organisms. These harmful materials are called pollutants. Pollutants may be chemical, industrial waste, small particles of soil or sewage.

The color and clarity of water can tell you a lot about whether it is polluted. Green color may indicate that the water contains fertilizers or animal waste. Orange-red may indicate that the water contains oil, blood from meat-processing plants, or chemicals from mines. Dark red, purple, and black might mean that the dyes from a textile mill or leather- tanning factory have got into water. The smell of water is another indicator of pollution. Thus, rotten-egg smell may indicate that water contains sewage or industrial waste.
Adapted from English Teaching forum, Jan-Mar 1999(pp 47-48)

I. Reading Comprehension ( 7pts)
A. True or False: write True or False after the folowing sentences, then justify with a relevant quotation from the text (1.5)

1. Polluted water is dangerous for people only.
Justify: ....................................................................
2. The biggest part of the water on earth is drinkable.
Justify:.....................................................................
3. Only color and clarity permit to recognize polluted water.
Justify:....................................................................
B. Title/Paragraph matching: Match these titles with the paragraphs of the text. The first is given as an example ( 2pts)

Titles Paragraphs
4. Different sources of water / Paragraph 3
5. Water- indispenable for all / Paragraph.........
6. How to recognize the impurity of water/ Paragraph.........
7. So much water and so little to drink/ Paragraph........
8. Let us protect our water from danger/ Paragraph........

C. Reference: Who or what do the underlined words in the text refer to? (1.5)

9. " it" in " plenty of it"
10. "others" in " others use water that collects"
11. "we" in " we must mangage it carefully"

D. Vocabulary in context: Choose the correct answer among a, b, c, d proposals. ( 2pts)
12. "aquatic plants" are plants which grow:
a. without any water b. near or in water c. very far from water d. with a lot of water.
13. "fresh water" means water which:
a. is very cold b. is undrinkable c. is not salty d. has no suggar.
14. " harmful materials" are materials that:
a. we use as arms. b. people don't need c. people need a lot d. have a dangerous impact
15. "meat-processing plants" are:
a. factories that transform meat b. trees that produce meat c. meat used for growing plants d. factoties where meat is not eaten.
II. Linguistic competence ( 7pts)
E. Reformulations: rewrite the sentences without changing the initial meaning. (2pts)
16. People are pumping recycled water for irrigation.
- Recycled water..........................
17. Let's look after our water or it will be polluted.
- If we...........................................
18. " Don't waste my water I will need it tonight.", my mother said to us.
-My mother told us.....................
19. We must manage water carefully.
- It is necessary...........................
F. Verb tenses/ Forms: Put the verbs in brackets into the right tense or form. (2pts)

20. If we heat water at 100°C, it ..................................... bubbling. ( to start)
21. It's high time people.......................................about managing water. (to think)
22. It's no use................................ to drink; that water is undrinkable. ( to try)
23. If I had known about the lack of water, I.............................................. some with me. ( to bring)
G. Multiple Choices: Complete with the most appropriate answer. (2 pts)
24. No is liquid is ................................................ water.
a. as precious than b. so precious c. as precious as d. more precious as
25. The student: "Sir, ......................................... have people been using water?"
The teacher: " Since the creation of the world."
a. how long b. when c. how old d. what time
26. Mrs Ngom and Mrs Sarr always wash their.......................... clothes on Sundays.
a. husbands b. husband's c. husbands' d. husbands's
27. This is the man..................................... sells water in our district.
a. who's son b. whose son c. whom son d. which son
H. Word formation: Use the correct form of the words between brackets. (1pts)
28. Oceans have the highest...............................of water in the world. ( percent)
29. Recycled water is too..................................... for people to drink. ( risk)

III. Writing: ( 6 pts)

Choose one topic only and write about 150 words.

Topic 1
: One day, in your district or town or village, there was a problem of water. How did people react? What did you do to help find somutions?

Topic 2: One of your friends thinks that it is not impotant to manage water. You disagree with him or her write the conversation.

Topic 3: You are facing a water problem in your area. You write a letter to the ministry in charge of water resources to ask for his help.

lundi 8 juin 2009

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Corrigé compo. anglais 2nd semestre 3éme

I. Reading comprehension
A. The text is: b. a description of a book
B. All the sentences are false. Justify.
1. false: " Ramatoulaye must share her home with Bintou, her cowife."
2. False: " Aissatou, now a divorced woman living in the United States, left Mawdo after he took a cowife."
3. False: " Ramatoulaye's mother disapproved of her choice"
C. Paragraph title matching
1. friends and victims of plygamy= paragraph 4
2. Tradition versus modernity= paragraph 3
3. The context of the book = Paragraph 1
4. The lost husband= paragraph 2
D. Vocabulary in context
a. Synonyms
1. isolation= seclusion 2. belief= faith 3. thinks= muses 4. remembers= recalls 5. possibility= opportunity
b. Antonyms
1. minor#major 2. acccepted# disapproved 3. good# unfit 4. short#long 5. sad# happy
E. Reference
1. she refers to Ramatoulaye.
2. thes women refers to Ramatoulaye and Binetou
3. the dead refers to Modou Fall
II. Communicative linguistic comptence.
A. Rewrite
1. If her husband weren't dead, Ramatoulaye wouldn't feel lonely.
2. Ramatoulaye said to Aissatou that her husband had died the week before and the children had been crying so much.
3. Mamadou Fall was killed by a heart attack.
4. If her husband hadn't married a second wife, Ramatoulaye wouldn't have been unhappy.
B. Tenses
1. While Ramatoulaye was writing a letter to Aissatou, she started crying.
2. As soon as her husband marries a second wife, Penda will certainly go away.
3. Aissatou is living in the United States at the moment.
4. Mawdo has been running after Aissatou since she left him.
C. Asking questions
1. Ramatoulaye: who complains everyday because she is angry.
2. everyday: How often does Ramatoulaye complain because she is angry?
3. because she is angry: why does Ramatoulaye complain everyday?

Epreuve Bfem 2000

EXAMEN DU B.F.E.M.-ÉPREUVE: ANGLAIS LV1- SESSION DE 2000
DURÉE: 2H- COEFFICIENT: 2

TEXT.-
To a Kikuyu no woman is dearer or more beloved than his mother. For nine months she carries the burden of her child within her until she is relieved in the agony of birth. Then she nourrishes and cleans the child until it grows.
My mother had also striven desperately for my education all the days of my youth. it was eight years since I had last seen her, and she would never see now the fruits of her struggles. I had nothing, not even a photograph, to remind me of the charity, the beauty and wisdom of her face. She had once told me that it was her last dearest wish that she could see the girl I married, and that never be.
It is difficult to expalin the quality of my feelings to Europeans. We consider the relationship between a man and his wife as a partnership based on mutual respect and affection, the purpose of which is the upbringing of the children. This partnership often, but not necessarily develops into deeper alliance of spirit. But we have a saying: " the mother of a man is like second God and there is a sanctity about the relationship between a mother and her son that transcends other human emotions. There is no greater crime in our society than abusing or striking a mother, and the shame of it connot be compared with the consequences of a similar treatment of a wife.
The news of her death gave me greater pain than all than all the beating and the torture that I had been subjected to in all the camps put together. I learnt later that the others had not thought wise to tell me how she died, as they felt I might well do something terrible. Afterwards they told me that she first became ill during the twenty-three hour curfews that were imposed at the height of emergency. After treatment by the catholic missionaries she recovered, but she later had a relapse and months of deadful suffering were at last ended by her death.
J. M. Kariuki, Mau Mau Detainee.

Part one: Reading comprehension activities(07PTS)

A. Give a title to the text ( 0.5)
B. Say whether these sentences are true or false: justify by indicating the line number(1pt)
a. The narrator was eight years old when her mother died.
b. The nattator had not kept a photo of his mother.
c. The narrator's mother died when she was a prisoner.
d. The narrator's wife died before seeing her husband's mother.
C. Vocabulary (3.5)
1.Which words or phrases in the text are similar in meaninf to the following? ( 2pts)
a. make me remember=........ b. education=......... c.disrespectful,insulting=...... d.terrible=............
2. Word formation:
fill in the table.
nouns verbs adjectives
freedom .......... ..............
............... die ....................
3. The following words or phrases are all about the same topic; which one? (0.5)
treatment- recovered- had a relapse- sufferings-.........................................
D. Quote a part from the text showing that the mother is more repected than the wife. (0.5pts)
E. Reference. What do the following words or phrases refer to?
a. That could never be(line8)....... b. we consider.......... c. similar treatment( line15)

Part two: Linguistic competence (7pts)

A. Fill in the gaps in the following sentences with (can, may, must) in their appropriat forms.
a. You........... smoke in class. b. Ahmed failed his exam. He will.......... to repeat his class.
C. This child is too small. He won't ............ to carry this heavy bag.
Ali: ............. you lend me your pen, please? Daba: Here you are.
d. The teacher.......... punish you if you don't do your hoemwork.


B. Fill in the gaps on the following sentences with ( during, for, ago, in since) 1.5PT
e. Last week I went to my village..... two days.
f. She hasn't seen her mother......... her last trip to the village.
g. My brother worked in that factory........... the rainy season of 1994.
h. ..................the christmas holydays I 'll travel to Dakar.
i. This is the best meal I 've had........... I came here.
J. People last saw her eight hours.............


C. Rewrite the sentences without changing their meanings.

a. I had been subjected to a lot of beating and torture.
-They............................
b. "When did your wife arrive in Senegal?" his neighbour asked him.
-His neighbour wanted to know............................
c. We diddn't go to the theater; we went to the cinema.
- Instead of.......................
d. What a pity they couldn't come.

- I wish................
e. Kader can sing very well. So can Aicha.
- Both................
f. Waly hasn't got a job yet. Azize hasn't got one.

-Neither.................



PART THREE: WRITING.
Write 1OO-120 words on one of the following topics.

1. Write a letter to a friend about a recent event which deeply affected you.
2. Who do you prefer, your father or your mother? why?
3. Abdoul: You know, Mame Awa, mother is like a second God; she is not an ordinary person.
Mame: Heavens! How can you compare a person to God? She may be important but...........

Complete this dialogue in which everyone is trying to convince the other. ( 10 to 12 lines)






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