Proposée par la DRES/EN de la région de l'extrême-nord

Answer all the questions

Section A: Grammar (10 marks)

I- Complete the dialogue between a teacher and her student who is apologizing for forgetting his homework. (5 marks)
Teacher: Good morning, dear students.
Student: Good morning, Madam.
Teacher: Today, I have to mark your homework myself. John, bring your homework to me.
Student: (1) . . . . . . . .Madam, I don’t have my homework with me.
Teacher: Did you do it?
Student: Yes Madam, but I (2) . . . . . . . .it at home.
Teacher: How is it possible? You (3) . . . . . . . . .did that before.
Student: Actually, I (4) . . . . . . . . . .to my uncle’s burial yesterday where I spent the night.
Teacher: Oh! I am extremely sorry for that loss, yet I still think you (5) . . . . .not . . . . .. your homework.

II- Transform the sentences below as indicated in brackets (5 marks)

1. You are addicted to shopping, . . . . . . . . ? (Question tag)
2. The law requires the control of certain communicable diseases. (Passive voice)
3. The teacher will punish us if we don’t do our homework. (Third type conditional)
4. They have the obligation to succeed in their exam. (Replace the underlined expression with a modal verb).
5. They have got a new classroom today. (Reported speech)

Section B: Vocabulary (10 marks)

I- Fill in the blanks with the correct word chosen from the list below: (5marks)
Elections. . ./. . .law. . ./. . .rights. . ./. . .equal. . ./. . .people
1. All human beings are born free and have the same . . . . . .
2. Every person is . . . . . no matter his/her race skin colour, religion, gender, or language.
3. The . . . .. . is the same for every person and should be applied in the same way.
4. Democracy is a system of government in which the. . . . . . . of a country vote their leaders and representatives.
5. Free and fair . . . . . . are held on a regular basis in order to choose and replace governments.

II- Choose, from the brackets, the word which has the same meaning as the underlined word and write it in the space provided. (2 marks)

1. We need to develop healthy relationship with people from other cultures. . . . . . (dangerous, hostile, peaceful)
2. Communicable diseases can be spread from one person to another and cause a large number of people to get sick. . . . . . . (held back, transmitted, received)

III- Choose the most suitable word in brackets to complete the blanks. (3 marks)

1. Ribatou Hotel is the most. . . . . . hotel in the North Region. (luxurious, cherry, luxury)
2. The young men are all working, none of them is . . . . . .(resting, restful, restless)
3. All the people should love one another, no . . . . . . .where they live. (matter, problem, mater)

Section C: Reading comprehension (10 marks)

Read the following passage carefully and answer the questions that follow. Use correct English sentences and, as far as possible, your own words.

The information in a person’s computer is private, and normally it is a crime for anyone to find a way of seeing this information when they have no right to do so. People who have committed the crime of hacking or finding a way of seeing the data in other people’s computers have been sent to prison for as long as six months. However, Paul Redworth, aged 19, did not intend to commit a crime when he illegally gained access to other people’s computers. In the opinion of the court, Paul was an addict who could not stop what he was doing.
Paul was given his own computer when he was 11 and started by playing computer games.
But he soon became bored with this and quickly learned to write his own programs; that is, give the computer instructions to do certain things. By the age of 14 he was able to gain access to other people’s computers, starting with ones belonging to a travel organization. Quickly moving on to bigger and more powerful machines, he was even able to see the secret details of people’s illnesses by reading health records on computers.
His computer was the only thing that mattered to Paul so he would stay up nearly all right, sitting at it in a darkened room hour after hour, night after night, hardly eating or sleeping. His physical and social life suffered, but Paul’s skills with computers had no limits. He was very intelligent and the reason for his hacking was because it was an intellectual challenge. Computer owners try to keep their information private by using what are called security systems, which simply means ways of protecting their information. Paul’s aim was to use his brain to find a way of defeating these systems.
Before he could get into a computer, he had to discover its secret password. But he was not contented just to read the information he found, he would add his own messages.
How was Paul able to reach computers all over the world from his mother’s house? He made a piece of equipment which linked his computer with others through the telephone line.
This piece of electronic equipment is called a modem. The first computer he hacked was at the university near his home. It was one of a network of computers linking universities all over the country. His mother became very worried of his behaviour, so she switched off the electricity supply in their house. But, whenever she did this, he would become very aggressive and turn it on again.
Fortunately, Paul obtained a place at university to study computing. He finds the work there
very challenging, so he no longer feels the need to hack other computers and has stopped breaking the law.

(Culled from Go for English 1ère , page 24)

Questions

1. When is it a crime to try to see the information on someone else’s computer? (1 mark)
2. Why was Paul Bedworth not sent to prison? (1 mark)
3. List three things that you can do with a computer as mentioned in the text. (3 marks)
4. How did Paul’s use of his computer affect his health? (1 mark)
5. Give words or phrases which occur in the text for each of these expressions: (2 marks)
• security system:
• Data:
• committing a crime:
• instructions for a computer:
6. Are you a computer addict? Justify your answer. (2 marks)

Section D: Composition (10 marks)

Write an essay of about 200 to 250 words on any ONE of the following topics.

1. As the representative of the minister of transport in your town, you were asked to give a talk to Drivers’ Union on road accidents that are becoming more and more frequent. You should list three causes of road accidents, three consequences and you should also propose at least three solutions on how to prevent them.

2. You are a new civil servant and you wish to acquire bank services. Write an essay in which you present the services offered by banks. You should indicate:
• the types of accounts one can open,
• the various transactions one can do,
• the advantages of adhering to a bank.

3. Kizeta , your friend, who lives in London, would like to visit your country during holidays. Write her an invitation letter. You may, present the cultural diversity and unity of Your country, talk about a tourist site or a beautiful landscape in your country. You are Fadila Issiako. P.O. Box 1603.