Comprehension écrite en anglais sur Madonna

Compréhension écrite

Madonna adoption case heard amid paternity dispute; Raphael Tenthani, May 04, 2009

1°/ General comprehension

1. The article is about:

- a father who wants to stop Madonna adopting his child

2. Complete the table with information about the principal actors in this news item:

Name Age Profession Relationship with other

Madonna 50 Pop star The person who wants to adopt Mercy

David xxxx xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Madonna’s adopted son

Mercy 3 xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx The little gir Madonna wants adopted

James Kambewa 24 Security guard The alleged father of Mercy

Peter Baneti xxxx xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx The man who contradicts what Kambewa says

3. Pick out information in the text to complete this table about the geographic éléments:

Name of country Geographic location

Malawi Southern Africa

2°/ Detailed comprehension

4. Indicate the name of Malawi’s highest court: BLANTYRE

5. True or False ? Justify by quoting the text:

a) False, it’s the second time Malawi justice has considered Madonna’s adoption bid. « Madonna adopted her son David from Malawi last year »

b)True, it‘s the second time Madonna has tried to adopt a child in Malawi. « Madonna adopted her son David from Malawi last year »

c)False, David and Mercy never grew up together. « David, whom she found at another orphanage »

d)True, Mercy has been separated from her mother almost all her life. « Mercy has been in an orphanage since the day she was born »

e)False, Mercy went to an orphonage because of a different reason that the problem of poverty. «  The girl was put in a orphanage because there was no one to breast-feed the baby »

6.In this legal dispute, there are two sides. For each side, indicate the name of the person and their legal aid (person or organisation):

xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Person Legal aid

Side one Madonna

Alan Chinula

Side two Kambewa CBS

7. Explain Liz Rosenberg’s role:

Liz is a spokeswoman, it’s sinificate that she had to speak at the place of a person (here Madonna) to

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