BACCALAURÉAT DE L’ENSEIGNEMENT GÉNÉRAL
Épreuve de : ANGLAIS
Durée : 02 heures 30 minutes
Coefficient : Bonification ; Série C-D
TEXT: The famadihana
Winter is back… But the entire village feels warm today. The family – in its widest sense – is gathered. This an opportunity which should not be missed since it will only happen every seven years. It’s winter and time for the exhumation or “famadihana” (turning of the bones). It is also called “bemenaka”, literally « with a lot of oil», as a reference to the very greasy food offered to the guests.
According to our beliefs, a Malagasy person never dies, but just becomes a « razana » (ancestor) who can see, hear and listen to us. And, why not protect and bless us. Omnipresent, he is next to us every day. Sometimes through dreams, And the «Bemenaka» is only one facet of these Malagasy habits. customs and beliefs which remain incomprehensible to foreigners when they see such joy a few meters from the family vault…
Vintsy N°21, 1997
A- READING COMPRFHENSION
I- Find in the text
II- Choose the one best answer
1- According to the next
2- Malagasy people
III- Fill in the blanks with words from the text.
IV- Answer the following questions.
V- Scrambled summary. To summarize the text, put the sentence in order.
B- LANGUAGE TEST
I- GRAMMAR
Fill in with the appropriate grammatical items.
Do you know that tobacco comes ….. America? It first arrived in Britain in about 1565
Later on, King James I…. reigned in England for 22 years………. not like it.
……. he wrote a little book …….try and convince people ……to smoke.
II- Language Function
Complete the following dialogue
Alice is in hospital and Gladys comes to visit her.
Gladys: Hello I’m sorry to hear you’re not well
Alice: Thank you for coming to see me.
Glady: ……………………………………?
Alice: I have a fever. My headaches and I often feel dizzy.
Gladys……………………………………?
Alice: For a few days, I hope.
Gladys: …………………………………………? (Offering help)
Alice: Would you mind opening the window?
Gladys: (After opening the window) Is that OK?
Alice: ………………………………
Gladys: You’re welcome.
C- WRITING.
What are the advantages of practicing sport? (About 30 words)
CORRIGÉ
A- READING COMPRFHENSION
I- Fin in the text
1- The equivalent of: « tomb » is vault
2- The antonym of: « far from» is a few meters from/next to
II- Choose the one best answer
1- According to the next
b- Malagasy people will continue living after death.
2- Malagasy people
a- believe that their “razana” can help them in their life.
III- Fill in the blanks with words from the text.
1- We must protect our environment if we want to survive
2- Christian people believe that God is blessing their life
IV- Answer the following questions.
1- Malagasy people and their ancestors communicate through dreams.
2- The “bemenaka” is a Malagasy custom which remains incomprehensible and full of contradictions to foreigners. This is because of the joy they see a few meters from the vault. Regularly, when people visit a cemetery or a vault, they should be sad and now, this custom shows the opposite.
V- Scrambled summary. To summarize the text, put the sentence in order.
The whole family comes to celebrate the exhumation. It is an important event for Malagasy people, because they believe that their ancestors protect and bless them.
B- LANGUAGE TEST
I- GRAMMAR
Fill in with the blanks with the appropriate grammatical items.
Do you know that tobacco comes from America? It first arrived in Britain in about 1565
Later on, King James I who reigned in England for 22 years did not like it.
So, he wrote a little book to try and convince people not to smoke.
II- Language Function
Complete the following dialogue
Alice is in hospital and Gladys comes to visit her.
Gladys: Hello I’m sorry to hear you’re not well
Alice: Thank you for coming to see me.
Glady: What’s the matter?
Alice: I have a fever. My headaches and I often feel dizzy.
Gladys: For how many times will you stay in hospital, then?
Alice: For a few days, I hope.
Gladys: What can I do for you?
Alice: Would you mind opening the window?
Gladys: (After opening the window) Is that OK?
Alice: It’s better now, thank you.
Gladys: You’re welcome.
C- WRITING.
What are the advantages of practicing sport? (About 300 words)
Everyone needs to practice sport. Even if it’s just walking for an hour or a few minutes. The human body needs to move and do some efforts. Studies shows that practicing sport can keep the bacteria far away and keep us in good health.
Sport is not only a competition like Olympics and tournaments. It’s for fun too. There’s sport practicing in team or alone. Those who are practicing in team are good for the team spirit, it teaches us to share and protect each other. And the most important is that it makes us feel that we belong to a little family. It gave us an open mind on everything too, a competitive mind.
Practicing sports makes us live longer because it keeps away from the disease and make the immunity system stronger. We are more resistant to a lot of microbe. For those who are handicapped, it makes us recover all their motive function too