Text A · « The dos and don'ts of your first semester at university »
Questions a trous (1-7)
Q1
« Although university is something to look forward to, the experience... »
can also be slightly daunting
Texte : « Starting university is an exciting time. But, we know it can also be slightly daunting »
Q2
« You should attend freshers fairs, because they will inform you... »
about everything you need to know
Texte : « freshers fairs to learn about everything you need to know and meet fellow students »
Q3
« Students with a passion for a particular sport should... »
find their sport and sign up to the team
Texte : « if you're a fanatic sports player, find your sport and sign up to the team »
Q4
« It's worth remembering that first year results often make an important contribution... »
towards the final grade
Texte : « the first year does count towards the final grade »
Vocabulaire en contexte (5-7)
Q5
Find the phrase which means : « in the future »
down the line
Texte : « what you're learning in this first year will help you down the line »
Q6
Find the phrase which means : « clever people »
brain boxes
Texte : « somewhere you're sure is full of brain boxes and mean librarians »
Q7
Find the phrase which means : « study hard »
get your head down
Texte : « the quiet zones for when you really need to get your head down »
Question 8 · Choisir les 3 affirmations vraies
Q8
A · B · D
A. First-year students are likely to have similar queries → texte : « Everyone's in the same shoes as you »
B. Other students may be able to answer some of your questions → texte : « the chances are somebody else is thinking it too »
D. Having to look after your spending may be quite worrying → texte : « the idea of managing your money can be somewhat overwhelming »
Titres de paragraphes (9-12)
Q9
Paragraphe 2 (freshers week, societies, sports)
C. Do join as many groups as possible
Q10
Paragraphe 3 (« first year does count », « set the alarm for those 9.00am lectures »)
A. Don't skip lectures
Q11
Paragraphe 4 (« the library will become a second home »)
H. Do explore the library
Q12
Paragraphe 5 (« If you have a question, ask it »)
G. Do get the answers you need
Text B · « An extract from Small Wars » by Sadie Jones
Choix multiples (13-14)
Q13
« The text states that, as the rain fell, ... »
C. spectators sheltered under their umbrellas
Texte : « The quiet rain lay in drops on the umbrellas of the families watching »
Q14
« The sounds of the ceremony... »
D. appeared to signal optimism for the years ahead
Texte : « seemed to promise a bright future that was grounded in England and in discipline »
True / False avec justification (15-18)
Q15
« The spectators gathered in a single row to watch the parade. »
FALSE
Justification : « The families stood in a crowd ten deep » (donc pas une seule rangee)
Q16
« The cadets were wearing clothes made of a waterproof fabric. »
FALSE
Justification : « The wool of their uniforms was dense and damp in the weather » (la laine etait mouillee, donc pas etanche)
Q17
« Family members had difficulty identifying individual cadets. »
TRUE
Justification : « their mothers could hardly tell one from another »
Q18
« There were spectators who had watched similar ceremonies before. »
TRUE
Justification : « Some mothers and fathers had seen the passing-out parades of other sons »
Questions ouvertes (19-22)
Q19
« What were the characteristics of passing-out parades before the war? »
sunny and decorative
Texte : « the sunny, decorative ceremony of established peacetime »
Q20
« Which phrase in lines 15-23 shows how strongly people may react to these ceremonies? »
« his father choked with feeling »
(Acceptable aussi : « designed to be emotional and there was nobody there who did not feel it »)
Q21
« What did Hal focus on while he was marching? »
the precise execution of this small part of his training
Texte : « he was thinking about the precise execution of this small part of his training, drilled, redrilled, and accomplished »
Q22
« When did Hal finally experience an emotional reaction? »
when they stood in silence for inspection by Princess Elizabeth
Texte : « afterwards, as they stood in silence for inspection by the Princess Elizabeth – then, suddenly, he felt it »
Reference questions (23-25)
Q23
« the countryside around them » (line 5) — to whom or to what does THEM refer?
the band, the cadets and the families (everyone at the parade)
« them » se refere a toutes les personnes presentes au defile mentionnees aux lignes 1-5
Q24
« the application of the other » (line 8) — to what does THE OTHER refer?
discipline
Texte : « grounded in England and in discipline; the love of one [England] made strong by the application of the other [discipline] »
Q25
« suddenly, he felt it » (line 28) — to what does IT refer?
a sort of overflowing (the emotion / the feeling)
Texte : « then, suddenly, he felt it, a sort of overflowing »
Text C · « Who speaks Australian English? Ethnolects and language(s) in the lucky country »
Choix multiples (26-28)
Q26
« Donald Horne titled his book The Lucky Country because he wanted to... »
B. warn that Australia was not sufficiently independent
Texte : « wake-up call to Australians about our complacency and our embrace of a provincial reliance, first on Britain and later, on America »
Q27
« According to the text, in present-day Australia... »
B. the population doesn't sound the same as it did in the 1960s
Texte : « Australians look and sound very different from their peers in the year Horne's book was published »
Q28
« In The Lucky Country, Horne... »
D. discussed various aspects of the culture of Australia
Texte : « Horne explored many facets of Australian culture in The Lucky Country »
Questions a trous (29-31)
Q29
« In Australia, in addition to English and other languages brought by migrants, there are... »
(many) Indigenous languages
Texte : « alongside Australia's many Indigenous languages, English co-exists with... »
Q30
« Early language researchers noticed that Australian English doesn't have... »
the regional differences (« dialects »)
Texte : « it lacks the regional differences ('dialects') heard in the UK »
Q31
« The term 'ethnolects' is defined as differences in speaking... »
according to background
Texte : « we call these differences according to background 'ethnolects' »
Completer les phrases (32-34)
Q32
« For language researchers, it is now increasingly common... »
F. to consider ethnolects as an advantage
Texte : « current research indicates a more positive role for ethnolects »
Q33
« For most Australians, it is natural... »
E. to modify their speech in different situations
Texte : « any Aussie can switch between ways of speaking »
Q34
« For the descendants of migrants, it is beneficial... »
D. to use the ethnolect to maintain links to their heritage
Texte : « maintaining a community language builds their sense of belonging in Australia while simultaneously connecting them with their heritage »
Vocabulaire en contexte (35-38)
Q35
« influential » (line 1)
G. important
« Donald Horne's influential book » = livre important
Q36
« in vogue » (line 20)
D. popular
« assimilation was in vogue » = l'assimilation etait populaire/a la mode
Q37
« dominant » (line 20)
A. principal
« English was the dominant language » = la langue principale
Q38
« cultivated » (line 40)
C. educated
« cultivated » dans ce contexte = eduque, raffine