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2012 Brevet de fin d'tudes moyennes (BFEM)

preuve d'anglais L1

I. Reading comprehension (8 points)

Laura was a new 10th grade student at Millport High School. Laura quicklybecame friends with her next door neighbor and cassmate! "essica. #hey li$edin the same neighborhood and had all of the same classes. %ecause theylooked similar! they shared e$erything & they e$en had the same type of cellphone. ln the afternoons! they would play! study! and work on their homeworktogether. 's their friendship grew! their studying decreased and they began totalk during cass.

%ecause of their incessant talking! they had to be separated during (nglishclasses. #his was a perfect classroom situation until one day they took a test.)hen the tests were graded! the teacher noticed a similarity between Laura and"essica*s answers. +n all the correct answers they had the exact sameexplanation! and they missed all of the same questions. #he teacher confrontedLaura and "essica about this phenomenon. #hey caimed that there was no wayfor them to cheat because they were sitting on opposite sides of the room.

#he teacher belie$ed them but decided to carefully monitor the class during

each exam. ,or the first exam! she did not notice anything out of the ordinary &howe$er! Laura and "essica*s tests were exactly the same. +n the next test! theteacher kept her eyes on Laura and "essica. She noticed that both girls kept onehand on the desk and one hand in their lap. )alking quietly! she came up toLaura and disco$ered that she was using her cell phone. "essica was using hercell phone as wel. She immediately confiscated both cell phones and ga$e bothgirls a -ero on the exam.

#he teacher began to further in$estigate the use of the cell phones. Shedisco$ered that Laura and "essica were sending the test answers through text

messaging. #his practice of sending answers through text messaging hasbecome $ery common among teenagers. o sounds can be heard andteenagers can type without looking at the phone. #he next day Laura alsoadmitted to taking a picture of some of her test answers and sending it to"essica.Adapted from The University of Alabama Computers and Applied TechnologyProgram (2006) Technology !ducation " A series of case studies Available athttp"##$$$bamaeduaedu#edtechcasesl#

RESAFAD Sngal avec le soutien de l'OIF
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A. Read the text and write down the letter corresponding to the most appropriateanswer (3 pts)

1) A title for the text could be ...

a/ Helping schoolgirls succeed with cell phones &

b/ #he benefits of cell phones* usage in school &

c/ heating with cell phones in school &

d/ Laura and "essica experts in new technologies.

2) Laura and Jessica were separated in the class because ...

a/ they were too talkati$e &

b/ they had similar answers in their tests &

c/ they were using their cell phones in the tests &

d/ the teacher wanted to punish them.

3) he teacher confiscated the two girls! cell phones when she noticed ...

a/ a similarity between the two girls* answers &

b/ the cell phones were ringing in class &

c/ they kept one hand on the desk &

d/ the cell phones were dissimulated under the desk.

".ic#($) in the rue or %alse column& then 'ustif with specific passage uotedfrom the text (3 pts)

*tatements rue %alse Justification from thetext

2/ #he teacher caught the two students

right after the first test

3/ "essica showed Laura the answersduring the tests

4/ #he two girls could text message withtheir eyes closed

+. ,hat do the following words refer to in the text - (1 pt)

5/ #his in 6 #his was a perfect classroom situation 7 .................................................


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8/it in 6 ...sending it to "essica 7 ................................................................................

. ,hich of the following ad'ecti$es best describe the teacher!s and the twogirls! attitudes - (1 pt) respectful 9 suspicious 9 impatient 9 dishonest 9 inquisiti$e 9unfair

:/ Laura and "essica (2 ad'ecti$es) ...............................................................................

10/ #he teacher (2 ad'ecti$es) .......................................................................................


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II. Communicative competence (7 points)

/. After the teacher confiscated the two girls! cell phones& she as#ed themuestions. +omplete their con$ersation coherentl. (2.0 pts)

he teacher ow l want you to answer my questions ;

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6 Bon*t you e$er talk to me ; 7

14 ...................................................................................................................... &

15 ...................................................................................................................... &

18 ...................................................................................................................... &

1: ...................................................................................................................... &

. Laura!s father is tal#ing about his daughter!s addiction to cell phones.+omplete his re$elations coherentl with the most suitable words inbrac#ets. (1.0 pts)

D)hene$er l see my daughter l see (2).....................(his 4 her 4 him)cell phone; t is sort of glued to her she sleeps with her cell9phone on the pillow! she eatswith her cell9phone nearby! she brings the cell phone to the bathroom. 'nd theother day! l (21).............(am 4was 4 ha$e been)surprised to see that the cell9phone in her hand while (22)................(ser$e 4 ser$ed 4 ser$ing)herself somehot soup ;D

5. Report Jessica!s mother uestion. (1 pt)

@A/ 6 )hy can*t you imagine yourself without a cell phone = 7 "essica*s mothersaid.

E "essica* s mother asked her daughter.............................................................


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Writing (5 points)

+hoose 67/ topic and write about 8912 words

opic 1 Laura and "essica ha$e to face the members of the school*s

Bisciplinary ommittee ?composed of the Frincipal! the Gice9Frincipal and theteacher/ for their udgment. )rite their con$ersation and gi$e the final decision ofthe Bisciplinary ommittee.

opic 2 Laura and "essica write a letter of apology to the school*sadministration.

opic 3 heating has become a real problem in schools. 'ccording to you!what are the causes and consequences = )hat can be done to find a solution tothis phenomenon =


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