Le sujet 2005 - Bac ES - Anglais LV1 - Compréhension écrite |
Note importante aux candidats :
Les candidats traiteront le sujet sur la copie qui leur sera fournie en respectant l'ordre des questions et en faisant apparaître la numérotation, (numéro et lettre repère le cas échéant, ex : 15b - voir en particulier les questions 2, 4 et 9). Ils composeront des phrases complètes à chaque fois qu'il leur est demandé de rédiger les réponses. Le nombre de mots indiqué constitue une exigence minimale. En l'absence d'indication, les candidats répondront brièvement à la question posée. Les citations seront précédées de la mention de la ligne.
1. a. Who is the narrator? How is he/she related to Sam?
b. Justify your answer by quoting from the text.
2. Match one element from column A with an element from column B.
A |
B |
1. Sam had a heart-attack |
a. in '76 |
2. They had children |
b. in the late 70s |
3. They got married |
c. in the early eighties |
4. Sam found a good job abroad |
d. at the age of fifty-two |
5. They moved back to England |
e. in the summer of '99 |
3.
What consequences did Sam's job have on his lifestyle ? (30 words)4. Choose the right answer.
They decided to
a. buy a brick house in Richmond.
b. rent a place in Dorset.
c. buy a farmhouse in Devon
d. rent a flat in Torquay
Questions 5, 6 and 7. Focus from line 18 to 29 ("We'd done well ...world sporting fixtures").
5. a. l.19. "There was no immediate hurry for either of us to find a job."
What does it reveal about their standard of living while abroad? (15 words)
b. l.19-20. "Or so we imagined." - What does this mean? (20 words)
6. How do they see the British society on their return to their homeland? (30 words)
7. Find a key sentence showing that it wasn't difficult for their children to adapt to their new environment.
Questions 8 to 12. Focus on line 30 to the end.
8. a. Who was Sam in touch with some time after their return?
b. What did they talk about on the phone?
9. Say who the underlined words refer to. (l.39 to l.42)
I took time to wonder why it never seemed to occur to Sam that Jock was as big a fantasist as he was, particularly as Jock had been trumpeting 'mega-buck sales' down the phone to him for years but had never managed to find the time - or money? - to fly out for a visit. "What did you say?"
10. l.38. "I lied through my teeth".
What did Sam lie about? Why did he feel the need to lie? (30 word)
11. Did the narrator and Sam share the same vision of Jock Williams? (20 words)
12. What is Sam's state of mind at the end of the passage? (20 words)
Question 13
13. Translate into French from "The idea was to have..." line 14 to "...Torquay" line 17.
Note importante aux candidats :
Les candidats traiteront le sujet sur la copie qui leur sera fournie en respectant l'ordre des questions et en faisant apparaître la numérotation, (numéro et lettre repère le cas échéant, ex : 15b - voir en particulier les questions 2, 4 et 9). Ils composeront des phrases complètes à chaque fois qu'il leur est demandé de rédiger les réponses. Le nombre de mots indiqué constitue une exigence minimale. En l'absence d'indication, les candidats répondront brièvement à la question posée. Les citations seront précédées de la mention de la ligne.
1. a. Who is the narrator? How is he/she related to Sam?
b.
Justify your answer by quoting from the text.2.
Match one element from column A with an element from column B.
A |
B |
1. Sam had a heart-attack |
a. in '76 |
2. They had children |
b. in the late 70s |
3. They got married |
c. in the early eighties |
4. Sam found a good job abroad |
d. at the age of fifty-two |
5. They moved back to England |
e. in the summer of '99 |
A |
B |
1. Sam had a heart-attack |
d. at the age of fifty-two |
2. They had children |
c. in the late early eighties |
3. They got married |
a. in '76 |
4. Sam found a good job abroad |
b. in the late 70s |
5. They moved back to England |
e. in the summer of '99 |
3.
What consequences did Sam's job have on his lifestyle ? (30 words)4. Choose the right answer.
They decided to
a. buy a brick house in Richmond.
Questions 5, 6 and 7. Focus from line 18 to 29 ("We'd done well ...world sporting fixtures").
5. a. l.19. "There was no immediate hurry for either of us to find a job."
What does it reveal about their standard of living while abroad? (15 words)
They earned enough money to afford to live on their savings for a while, back to England. (17 words)
b. l.19-20. "Or so we imagined." - What does this mean? (20 words)
They didn't expect to face money problems but they found out that life in Britain was more expensive than they thought. (21 words)
6. How do they see the British society on their return to their homeland? (30 words)
Contrary to what it used to be in the 70's, the British society has now become an affluent consumer society centered on leisure and shopping rather than on social issues. (30 words)
7. Find a key sentence showing that it wasn't difficult for their children to adapt to their new environment.
l.25. "Hastily the boys abandoned us for their own age group".
Questions 8 to 12. Focus on line 30 to the end.
8. a. Who was Sam in touch with some time after their return?
b.
What did they talk about on the phone?9.
Say who the underlined words refer to. (l.39 to l.42)10.
l.38. "I lied through my teeth".11. Did the narrator and Sam share the same vision of Jock Williams? (20 words)
12. What is Sam's state of mind at the end of the passage? (20 words)
13. Translate into French from "The idea was to have..." line 14 to "...Torquay" line 17.