Exetat d’ anglais 2019
Question 1
Cities usually have a logical reason for being where they are, like a nearby port or river. People settle in these places because they easy to get to and naturally suited to communications and trade. New York City, for instance, is near a large harbor at the mouth of the Hudson River. Over three hundred years its population grew gradually from 800 people to 8 million. But not all cities develop slowly over a long period of time. Boom tows grow from nothing almost overnight. In 1896 Dawson, Canada, was unmapped wilderness. But gold was discovered there in 1897, and two years later, it was one of the largest cities in the west.
Dawson didn’t have any of "the natural conveniences of cities" like London or Paris. People went there for gold. They traveled over Snow-covered Mountains and sailed hundreds of miles up icy rivers. The trail to Dawson was covered with thirty feet of wet snow that could collapse without warning. Of the first 20,000 people who dug for gold, 4,000 got rich. About 100 of these stayed rich men for the rest of their lives.
But no matter how rich you were, Dawson was never comfortable. The instant city of tents and cabins offered few luxuries. And necessities like food and wood were very expensive. But soon, the gold that Dawson depended on had all been found. The city was crowded with disappointed people with no interest in settling down, and when they heard rumors of new gold discoveries in Alaska, they left Dawson city as quickly as they had come. One third left the first week, and the rest soon followed. Today, people still come and go – to see where the Canadian gold rush happened. Tourism is now the chief industry of Dawson city.
QUESTION BASED ON THE TEXT :
1. Indicate the idea that the text doesn’t contain.
La bonne réponse est : d. Rivers and ports don’t attract people.
Le texte dit au contraire que ports et rivières attirent les gens. Les autres idées apparaissent bien dans le passage.
Cities usually have a logical reason for being where they are, like a nearby port or river. People settle in these places because they easy to get to and naturally suited to communications and trade. New York City, for instance, is near a large harbor at the mouth of the Hudson River. Over three hundred years its population grew gradually from 800 people to 8 million. But not all cities develop slowly over a long period of time. Boom tows grow from nothing almost overnight. In 1896 Dawson, Canada, was unmapped wilderness. But gold was discovered there in 1897, and two years later, it was one of the largest cities in the west.
Dawson didn’t have any of "the natural conveniences of cities" like London or Paris. People went there for gold. They traveled over Snow-covered Mountains and sailed hundreds of miles up icy rivers. The trail to Dawson was covered with thirty feet of wet snow that could collapse without warning. Of the first 20,000 people who dug for gold, 4,000 got rich. About 100 of these stayed rich men for the rest of their lives.
But no matter how rich you were, Dawson was never comfortable. The instant city of tents and cabins offered few luxuries. And necessities like food and wood were very expensive. But soon, the gold that Dawson depended on had all been found. The city was crowded with disappointed people with no interest in settling down, and when they heard rumors of new gold discoveries in Alaska, they left Dawson city as quickly as they had come. One third left the first week, and the rest soon followed. Today, people still come and go – to see where the Canadian gold rush happened. Tourism is now the chief industry of Dawson city.
QUESTION BASED ON THE TEXT :
2. Match the words :
1. Boom
2. Crowd
3. Harbor
4. Rumor
5.Wilderness
with their meanings :
a. Cause sorrow because of failing to do what expected
b. Common talk, probably untrue.
c. Large sandy piece of land where nothing grows because there is no rain.
d. Large number of people.
e. Place of safety in which ships take protection.
f. Time of quick money-making in business.
to make a good association :
1. Boom → f. Time of quick money‑making in business (comme la gold boom de Dawson)
2. Crowd → d. Large number of people
3. Harbor → e. Place of safety in which ships take protection
4. Rumor → b. Common talk, probably untrue
5. Wilderness → c. Large sandy piece of land where nothing grows (dans le texte, Dawson était unmapped wilderness)
Cities usually have a logical reason for being where they are, like a nearby port or river. People settle in these places because they easy to get to and naturally suited to communications and trade. New York City, for instance, is near a large harbor at the mouth of the Hudson River. Over three hundred years its population grew gradually from 800 people to 8 million. But not all cities develop slowly over a long period of time. Boom tows grow from nothing almost overnight. In 1896 Dawson, Canada, was unmapped wilderness. But gold was discovered there in 1897, and two years later, it was one of the largest cities in the west.
Dawson didn’t have any of "the natural conveniences of cities" like London or Paris. People went there for gold. They traveled over Snow-covered Mountains and sailed hundreds of miles up icy rivers. The trail to Dawson was covered with thirty feet of wet snow that could collapse without warning. Of the first 20,000 people who dug for gold, 4,000 got rich. About 100 of these stayed rich men for the rest of their lives.
But no matter how rich you were, Dawson was never comfortable. The instant city of tents and cabins offered few luxuries. And necessities like food and wood were very expensive. But soon, the gold that Dawson depended on had all been found. The city was crowded with disappointed people with no interest in settling down, and when they heard rumors of new gold discoveries in Alaska, they left Dawson city as quickly as they had come. One third left the first week, and the rest soon followed. Today, people still come and go – to see where the Canadian gold rush happened. Tourism is now the chief industry of Dawson city.
QUESTION BASED ON THE TEXT :
3. The natural conveniences of cities underlined in the paragraph 2 are referring to:
Dans le paragraphe 2, l’expression “natural conveniences of cities like London or Paris” renvoie aux avantages naturels qui facilitent :
l’accès,
les communications,
le commerce.
Dans le paragraphe 1, ces avantages naturels sont clairement décrits :
ports,
rivières,
harbors,
waterways.
Donc , les natural conveniences =cours d' eau + ports .
Cities usually have a logical reason for being where they are, like a nearby port or river. People settle in these places because they easy to get to and naturally suited to communications and trade. New York City, for instance, is near a large harbor at the mouth of the Hudson River. Over three hundred years its population grew gradually from 800 people to 8 million. But not all cities develop slowly over a long period of time. Boom tows grow from nothing almost overnight. In 1896 Dawson, Canada, was unmapped wilderness. But gold was discovered there in 1897, and two years later, it was one of the largest cities in the west.
Dawson didn’t have any of "the natural conveniences of cities" like London or Paris. People went there for gold. They traveled over Snow-covered Mountains and sailed hundreds of miles up icy rivers. The trail to Dawson was covered with thirty feet of wet snow that could collapse without warning. Of the first 20,000 people who dug for gold, 4,000 got rich. About 100 of these stayed rich men for the rest of their lives.
But no matter how rich you were, Dawson was never comfortable. The instant city of tents and cabins offered few luxuries. And necessities like food and wood were very expensive. But soon, the gold that Dawson depended on had all been found. The city was crowded with disappointed people with no interest in settling down, and when they heard rumors of new gold discoveries in Alaska, they left Dawson city as quickly as they had come. One third left the first week, and the rest soon followed. Today, people still come and go – to see where the Canadian gold rush happened. Tourism is now the chief industry of Dawson city.
QUESTION BASED ON THE TEXT :
3. The natural conveniences of cities underlined in the paragraph 2 are referring to:
L’idée des 20% apparaît dans ce passage du paragraphe 2 :
“Of the first 20,000 people who dug for gold, 4,000 got rich.”
Donc l’information selon laquelle 20% des chercheurs d’or sont devenus riches se trouve uniquement dans le paragraphe 2.
Cities usually have a logical reason for being where they are, like a nearby port or river. People settle in these places because they easy to get to and naturally suited to communications and trade. New York City, for instance, is near a large harbor at the mouth of the Hudson River. Over three hundred years its population grew gradually from 800 people to 8 million. But not all cities develop slowly over a long period of time. Boom tows grow from nothing almost overnight. In 1896 Dawson, Canada, was unmapped wilderness. But gold was discovered there in 1897, and two years later, it was one of the largest cities in the west.
Dawson didn’t have any of "the natural conveniences of cities" like London or Paris. People went there for gold. They traveled over Snow-covered Mountains and sailed hundreds of miles up icy rivers. The trail to Dawson was covered with thirty feet of wet snow that could collapse without warning. Of the first 20,000 people who dug for gold, 4,000 got rich. About 100 of these stayed rich men for the rest of their lives.
But no matter how rich you were, Dawson was never comfortable. The instant city of tents and cabins offered few luxuries. And necessities like food and wood were very expensive. But soon, the gold that Dawson depended on had all been found. The city was crowded with disappointed people with no interest in settling down, and when they heard rumors of new gold discoveries in Alaska, they left Dawson city as quickly as they had come. One third left the first week, and the rest soon followed. Today, people still come and go – to see where the Canadian gold rush happened. Tourism is now the chief industry of Dawson city.
QUESTION BASED ON THE TEXT :
3. The natural conveniences of cities underlined in the paragraph 2 are referring to:
Le texte dit clairement :
“Cities usually have a logical reason for being where they are, like a nearby port or river… New York City, for instance, is near a large harbor at the mouth of the Hudson River.”
Donc, les gens se sont installés à New York à cause de sa position géographique avantageuse : un grand port, une rivière, un accès facile au commerce.
Cities usually have a logical reason for being where they are, like a nearby port or river. People settle in these places because they easy to get to and naturally suited to communications and trade. New York City, for instance, is near a large harbor at the mouth of the Hudson River. Over three hundred years its population grew gradually from 800 people to 8 million. But not all cities develop slowly over a long period of time. Boom tows grow from nothing almost overnight. In 1896 Dawson, Canada, was unmapped wilderness. But gold was discovered there in 1897, and two years later, it was one of the largest cities in the west.
Dawson didn’t have any of "the natural conveniences of cities" like London or Paris. People went there for gold. They traveled over Snow-covered Mountains and sailed hundreds of miles up icy rivers. The trail to Dawson was covered with thirty feet of wet snow that could collapse without warning. Of the first 20,000 people who dug for gold, 4,000 got rich. About 100 of these stayed rich men for the rest of their lives.
But no matter how rich you were, Dawson was never comfortable. The instant city of tents and cabins offered few luxuries. And necessities like food and wood were very expensive. But soon, the gold that Dawson depended on had all been found. The city was crowded with disappointed people with no interest in settling down, and when they heard rumors of new gold discoveries in Alaska, they left Dawson city as quickly as they had come. One third left the first week, and the rest soon followed. Today, people still come and go – to see where the Canadian gold rush happened. Tourism is now the chief industry of Dawson city.
QUESTION BASED ON THE TEXT :
3. The natural conveniences of cities underlined in the paragraph 2 are referring to:
Le deuxième paragraphe décrit :
l’absence de commodités naturelles,
les difficultés du voyage (montagnes enneigées, rivières glacées),
les conditions dangereuses,
le fait que Dawson n’avait aucun avantage naturel comme Londres ou Paris.
Le paragraphe insiste donc sur le manque de commodités et les conditions difficiles.
7.People don’t travel over snow-covered mountains, …..? The expression to finish this sentence is:
Il s’agit d’une tag question.
La phrase est :
People don’t travel over snow‑covered mountains, … ?
Règles des tag questions :
La phrase principale est négative → don’t travel
Le tag doit donc être affirmatif → do they
Le sujet est people → pronom they
Donc la bonne réponse est :
do they
8.As Derrickson was going to Dawson city, our mother waved “Good bye” to … and said “Take care of …”. The words that are missing to complete the sentence are:
La phrase complète devient :
“As Derrickson was going to Dawson City, our mother waved ‘Good bye’ to him and said ‘Take care of yourself.’”
Voici la logique :
1️⃣ Good bye to … → him
On dit goodbye to him (à Derrickson).
Les autres pronoms ne conviennent pas :
us ❌
them ❌
her ❌
2️⃣ Take care of … → yourself
La mère parle à Derrickson, donc elle lui dit : “Take care of yourself.”
ourselves, yourselves, ourself ne conviennent pas.
👉 Donc la seule combinaison correcte est :
✅ him / yourself
9.The man … comes at the gate is my friend. The missing word to make a full sentence is:
La phrase est :
“The man … comes at the gate is my friend.”
On parle d’une personne (the man) et on a besoin d’un pronom relatif sujet pour introduire la proposition :
👉 who = pronom relatif sujet pour les personnes.
Donc :
✅ The man who comes at the gate is my friend.
10.The girl .... bag is red is my sister .
whose exprime la possession
Il est suivi directement du nom possédé → whose bag
Il remplace : the girl who has a red bag
Donc whose = whose + nom (jamais seul).