Suivre les conseils et les recommandations dans la partie BAC 1998 (Session Principale et de Contrôle).
Question 1 : Bien lire le texte pour pouvoir lui trouver un titre approprié - Mais d'ores et déjà dès la première ligne du premier paragraphe, on comprend le thème du texte.
Question 2 : Les 2 réponses (a/b) à cette question sont facilement accessibles dans le premier paragraphe.
Question 3 : Les 2 réponses (a/b) se trouvent dans les 2 derniers paragraphes (3 et 4) du texte.
Question 4 : Question de référence qui ne pose aucune difficulté et il en est de même pour la question n°5 où il est demandé de trouver des explications aux quatre mots donnés. L'exercice est encore plus simplifié puisque les paragraphes sont donnés. Cela fera gagner beaucoup de temps.

Children on the run / Why do some South Asian children run away from home / (or any other similar title)

2. Khampheth's parents took measures to keep him under control. Pick out two of these measures.

a. They wanted him to stop wearing baggy pants and give up mad haircut.
b. They've changed their phone number time and again

3. The text provides several reasons to explain why children run away. Pick out two of these reasons.

a. Parents find it difficult to understand the  new pressures their kids feel ( a widening rift between generations and gaps )
b. Children rebel against Old World mores.

4. What do the words underlined in paragraph 4 refer to ?

a. them : : refers to "children"
b. them : refers to "parents"

5. Pick out in the text words or phrases that mean nearly the same as :

a. repeatedly ( paragraph 1 ) : time and again / so often
b. growing gap ( paragraph 2 ) : widening rift
c. disappearing ( paragraph 2 ) : vanishing
d. to succeed ( paragraph 3 ) : make it

6. Paraphrase the following sentences :

a. His parents "are at a loss to understand the American culture that seduces him" (lines 6 and 7).
His parents find it difficult to understand the American culture that attracts him.

b. No one knows how many children are on the run. (lines 16 and 17)
No one knows how many children have run away.