Corrigé Sujet Bac S Lv1 Anglais 2013

DOCUMENT A

line 1-17

A) statement 3

B) He wants to become Prime Minister. So he is determined to get to Oxford University as it is according to him the best courses he could follow to fulfill his dream.

"Future Prime Ministers aren't educated at Durham" l. 10

"How about Cambridge?" ....." No political tradition" l. 11

line 17 to the end

C) Simon is in Oxford. He intends to visit all the colleges to see if they have a place for him. He intends to visit six everyday until he is accepted in/ taken.

it was tempting to choose "determined" but I think "impatient" was what the text tells you about Simon's state of mind during his conversation with the Don.

D) You had to choose only ONE adjective here.

It could be CONFUSED : "Simon's words were unusually faltering", l. 32.

It could be HESITANT : "just as doubt was beginning to set in and Simon was wondering if after all..."l. 24

E) Yes he does.

Quote : "Mrs Kerslake was not surprised when her son went on to be President of the Oxford Union" l. 41.

DOCUMENT B

F) characters present : Morrie and the narrator .

The two characters used to be close friends when they were at university/during their college years.

G) the two periods of time : past one and present day.

Past period : this period refers to the university years, when the narrator was a student with Morrie, still dreaming about what he would become later.

Present day : the day of the meeting with Morrie he has not seen for a long time. He is 37 years old, working as a journalist specialised in sport events maybe.

H) Right/Wrong

1 Right : "traded lots of dreams for a bigger paycheck" l.3

OR "rich people like me" l.17

2 Right "Morrie talking....of our college years as if I'd simply been on a long vacation" l.5

3 Right : "I once promised myself I would never work for money(...) I would join the Peace Cops, that I would live in beautiful, inspirational places" l.2

4 Wrong : "I never realized I was doing it" l.3/4

""What happened to me?"l.12

"I remained.... unsatisfied" l. 20

I) He realizes that he abandonned all his dreams, that he has become what he disliked most when he was a young adult. He has given up his dreams for a comfortable, materialistic life which leaves him unsatisfied and frustrated.

J) the narrator's state of mind when meeting his friend

Before meeting his friend, it had never dawned on him to consider the choices he made and the meaning of his life. As he is talking to Morrie and trying to

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