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nd a cure for major

nde
Année scolaire : 2014-2015 Classe : 2 A- C-D Durée : 3H global killers such as AIDS, Cancer and plants under
threat and species may face extinction.
SITUATION D’EVALUATION EN ANGLAIS 2- Brazil had once the highest deforestation rate in the
I- Informations Générales world and till 2005 has the largest area of forest that is
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removed annually. Between May 2000 and August
II- compétences à évaluer 2006, Brazil lost nearly 150.000km² of forest. In order
CDN°2 : Réagir de façon précise et appropriée à des messages lus to fight this destruction of trees, the Brazilian
et entendus. government has stopped giving new permits for
CDN°3 : produire de façon appropriée des textes de types et de logging. But unauthorized harvesting has continued.
fonctions variés. Efforts to prevent cutting down trees are made through
III- L’Epreuve payments to landowners.
3- The greatest concerns arising from deforestation is the
A- La réaction à un texte écrit. global effect it produces on climatic change. The recent
study on deforestation reports that it is responsible for
Contexte as much as 10 per cent of current gas emissions due to
Les conséquences de la déforestation sur the removal of forests which would have absorbed
l’environnement et les animaux ne sont plus à démontrer. Le these gases. The problem is made worse by the
texte que tu a à lire te parle des désastres de l’Amazonie, method of removing the forest where are burned,
une des plus grandes forêts du Brésil sur l’environnement emitting vast amount of Carbone Dioxide (CO²) into the
dans le monde. Lis-le attentivement et réponds aux atmosphere, affecting not only air quality in Brazil but
questions sui suivent. in the whole world. Though the fires were only
intended to burn areas of forests to make way for
Support agriculture, much more extensive areas of land are
Text : Brazilian forest burned.
1- The Brazilian forest is one of the most biologically 4- Carbon present in trees is essential for ecosystem
diverse regions in the world. Over a million species of development and plays a key role in the regional
plants and animals live in the Amazon and most of climate in Brazil. Fallen leaves resulting from
them are unknown or unclassified. This forest is also deforestation leave behind a mass of dead plants
known to possess a vast resource for the treatments of known as slash, which on decomposition provides a
diseases and scientific researches have been
 food source for invertebrates which in turn has the Item 3: Find in the text words or expressions meaning
indirect effect of increasing Carbone Dioxide levels. the same as the following
a- Sickness (Paragraph 1)
Tâche : Après avoir lu le texte, tu montreras que tu l’as b- Serious (paragraph 1)
compris en : c- To combat (paragraph 2)
- reconnaissant les détails du texte ; d- The cause of (paragraph 3)
- Exprimant tes appréciations personnelles sur le texte ;
- Montrant ta maîtrise du vocabulaire du texte ; Item 4: Write the correct form of the verbs or words in
- Ecrivant les verbes aux temps ou formes corrects ; brackets.
- Reformulant les phrases ; traduisant un passage du texte et a- Many years ago, people (to use) plants for (to treat)
certaines phrases proposées. b- How about (to protect) forests for useful purposes?
c- Trees are known as (nature) resources.
NB : Tu répondras à tous les items en anglais d- If people planted many trees, deforestation (to
happen).

Item 5: Rephrase these sentences without changing

Consignes their meaning.
Item 1 : Say whether these sentences about the text a- Don’t cut down trees otherwise deforestation will occur
are right or wrong. If you…………………………..
a- All the plants and animals living in the Amazon are b- Forests possessed vast resources.
well-known. Vast………………………………….
b- Scientists work in that forest c- African people had better protect their forests in order
c- Too much CO² is good for the atmosphere. to avoid natural disasters.
d- Carbon is very bad for the climate. African people should ………………….
d- We shall plant many tree
Item 2 : Answer these questions on the text
How about…………….
a- How many species of plants and animals are there in
the Amazon? Item 6: translate into English the following sentences
b- How long did Brazil lose 150.000 km² of forest? (2nde A only)
c- What do invertebrates eat? a- Les gouvernements doivent sensibiliser la population
par rapport à l’utilité des forêts.
 b- La déforestation est l’une des conséquences fâcheuses Writing : write a letter to the mayor of your district to inform
de l’abattage sauvage des arbres. him about how people of your village are destroying forests
c- Les guérisseurs traditionnels utilisent les feuilles, les and what should be done to stop that.
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d’éviter le changement climatique.
Item 7 : Translate this passage of the text into french SITUATION D’EVALUATION EN ANGLAIS
II- Informations Générales
(2nde D only)
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From: ‘’Between may 2000………….down to payments to

II- compétences à évaluer
landowners.
CDN°2 : Réagir de façon précise et appropriée à des messages lus
B- La production d’un texte de type particulier. et entendus.
Contexte : CDN°3 : produire de façon appropriée des textes de types et de
Nul n’ignore l’importance de la forêt. Mais dans fonctions variés.
certaines localités de ton pays, les gens continuent d’abattre III- L’Epreuve
les arbres sauvagement notamment dans ton village. Tu A- La réaction à un texte écrit.
décides d’écrire une lettre à une autorité pour l’informer afin Contexte
que des mesures soient prises pour mettre fin à cela. Beaucoup d’enfants subissent la maltraitance des
adultes parfois même de leurs propres parents.
Tâche : tu montreras ta compétence à écrire une lettre en
Anglais en : Texte : I’m Mother’s prisoner
- Respectant le contexte et la logique interne d’une I’m alone. I’m hungry and I’m shiverting in the dark ! I
lettre ; sit on top of my hands at the bottom of the stairs in the
- Utilisant le vocabulaire approprié ; garage. My head is tilted backward. My hands became numb
- Faisant des phrases grammaticalement correctes et hours ago. My neck and shoulder muscles begin to throb. But
significatives. that’s nothing new I’ve learned to turn off the pain.
- Utilisant l’orthographe et la ponctuation appropriées. I’m mother’s prisoner.
I am nine years old and I’ve been living like this for
Consigne years. Every day it’s the same thing. I wake up from sleeping
on an old army cot in the garage, perform the morning
chores, and if I’m lucky, eat leftover breakfast cereal from Dave Pelzer, the Lost Boy, 1997
my brothers. I run to school, steal food, return to ‘’The
House’’. Tâche : après avoir lu le texte, tu montreras que tu l’as
I receive beatings or play another one of her ‘’games’’, compris en :
perform afternoon chores, then sit at the bottom of the stairs - reconnaissant des détails du texte ;
until I’m summoned to complete the evening chores. Then, - montrant ta compréhension du vocabulaire utilisé ;
and if I have completed all of my chores on time, and if I - montrant ta maîtrise de la grammaire utilisée.
have not committed any ‘’crimes’’, I may be fed a morsel of
food. Item 1 : are the following ‘’true’’ or ‘’false’’
My day ends only when Mother allows me to sleep on 1- the narrator is an adult
the army cot, where my body curls up in my meek effort to 2- the narrator is happy of the home
retain any body heat. The only pleasure in my life is when I 3- play games is the pleasure of the narrator
sleep. That’s the only time I can escape my life. I love to 4- the narrator always eats delicious foods
dream. 5- He is always well dressed.
Weekends are worse. No school means no food and
more time at ‘’The House’’. All I can do is try to imagine Item 2: Answer the following questions on the text
myseif away – somewhere, anywhere – from ‘’The House’’. 1-who is the author of this text?
For years I have been the outcast of ‘’The family’’. As long as 2-What is the text about?
I can remember I have always been in trouble and have 3-Who is illtreating the narrator in the text.
‘’deserved’’ to be punished. At first I thought I was a bad 4-Why did the narrator said that her mother was very
boy. Then I thought Mother was sick because she only acted sick.
differently when my brothers were not around and my father 5- ‘’I am a child called ‘’it’’. Explain the reason why the
was away at work. But somehow I always knew Mother and I narrator said this.
had a private relationship. I also realized that for some
reason I have been Mother’s sole target for her unexplained Item 3: Find in the text the synonym of these words or
rage and twisted pleasure. expressions
I have no home. I am a member of no one’s family. I 1- I’m starving (paragraph 1)
know deep inside that I do not now, nor will I ever deserve 2- Captive (paragraph 2)
any love, attention or even recognition as a human being. I 3- Pariah (paragraph 4)
am a child called ‘’It’’ 4- Nine years old (paragraph 5)
I’m all alone inside.
Item 4: Put the verbs in brackets in the right tense - Utilisant des phrases significatives et
1- While I (to work) hard in ‘’The house’’, my brother (to grammaticalement correctes ;
sleep) - Respectant l’orthographe et la ponctuation
2- I (to be) the outcast for years. appropriées.
3- When I realized that all is dark, my brother already (to
sleep) Consigne
4- I always (to receive) beatings. One of your friends lives with his uncle who illtreats
him. Write a paragraph to inform the uncle that every child
Item 5: Rewrite the following sentences without has the same rights.
changing the meaning
1- Mother vas sick so she acted differently
……………………because…………………………
2- Mother is violating children rights when she illtreats
me like this. Mother is violating children rights
by…………………………………………………………………
….
3- People rescued the child labors a few months ago.
It’s a few months…………………………………..
4- I am a child yet I deserve any attend and love.
Although………………………………………..

B- La production d’un texte de type particulier

Contexte
Beaucoup de personnes maltraitent les enfants placés
sous leur tutelle ignorant qu’ils ont les mêmes doits que
leurs propres enfants.

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- Respectant le contexte du sujet ;
 1er Devoir Surveillé du 1er Trimestre a- home trade; b-overseas trade; c- whosaling; d-
retailing
L’Epreuve
3- The person who exchanges utilities with the aim of
I- Lingustic competence
making a profit is called: …………………..
A- Put the bracketed verbs into the correct tense
a- trader ; b-exchanger ; c- profiter; d- maker
1- The Students (to learn) their lessons at the moment.
4- ……………………in an example of aids to trade.
2- Uncle Salifou (to sell) his car two days ago.
a- importing ; b- mining ; c- advertising ; d- retailing.
3- Josline (to send) a mobile phone to her child next
month
II- Reading comprehension
4- I always (to wash) my clothes.

Text : exchange of goods and services

B- Make these sentences passive
No country is complacent and can exist in isolation. All
1- John is watching TV now
the goods and services produced in a country can never in
2- He read a business book today
anytime satisfy all the need of citizens of that country. The
3- We were learning the lesson at school yesterday
natural resources of this world are not equitable distributed.
4- You will play football tomorrow.
A nation therefore has to involve in one of the branches of
commerce known as trade with other countries of the world
C- Write the sentences as indicated in brackets
in order to enjoy the abundant natural resources, goods and
1- Kazim always learns his lessons (negative form)
services found and produced in those countries which are not
2- Carmel and Randolphe can also do domestic work
available within its territory.
(interrogative form)
Besides, with the helps of international trade, a country
3- They pass their exam (interrogative form)
can export the excess goods and services produced within its
4- Wadjoude learned mathematics (negative form)
territory in order to realize foreign exchange that will help it
for other development purposes. This exchange between
D- Select the right answer to complete each
countries of the world is aided by commercial activities like
sentence.
transport, insurance, advertising, warehousing, banking,
1- The productive process is not complete until the goods
communication and tourism known as aids to trade or
reach: …
auxiliaries to trade. It is a result of the crucial role played by
a- The warehouse, b- the ultimate shop; c- the ultimate
commerce that made it be regarded as the life blood of a
consumer; d- the last trader.
nation.
2- Importers and exporters are basically engages in :
UNPUBLISHED
………….
 A- Write true or false
1- Commerce consists in exchange of manufactured
goods and money between countries.
2- Some countries can economically live in isolation.
3- The natural wealth is well distributed all over the world.
4- Countries can reach development without commerce.

B- Answer these questions based on the text

1- Why must a nation involve in foreign trade?
2- What are the commercial activities which help trade to
take place?
3- Give two different ways to call them
4- Why is the role is played by commerce an important
one ?

C- Find in the text words having the same meaning

as these.
1- Numerous (paragraph 1)
2- Discovered (paragraph 1)
3- Shared (paragraph 2)
4- Foreign trade (paragraph 2)

III- Writing
Would you like to become a civil servant or do commerce
after your studies? Justify your choice.
(not more than 15 lines)

NB: A civil servant = fonctionnaire (du secteur public)