Conseils et Recommandations

Questions n°1 et 3 : (Voir exercices 1 et 4 de l'épreuve de la session principale de Juin 1998).
Question n°2 : (Voir exercice 2 de l'épreuve de la session principale de Juin 1998).

 
Corrigé

1. Fill in the blanks with the appropriate alternatives provided on the right.
  
Smallpox was (1) a very widespread disease in   1) had been - was - would be
the 18th century. During an epidemic, it killed 
as   many (2) as one person out of three.   2) few - much - many
  Even those who were lucky enough (3)   3) enough lucky-lucky enough-too lucky
to recover were left (4) with scars all over   4) were left - left - had left
their faces. These were often so (5) awful   5) too - so - such
that people had to wear (6) masks for the   6) must wear-have to wear-had to wear
rest of  their lives.

2. Put the bracketed verbs in the correct tense or form.

   Yesterday, the European Union [LIFT] lifted a nine month ban on Japanese fish imports. The lifting [REMOVE] removed one of the few [IRRITATE] (irritants - irritations) in Euro-Japan trade relations. The ban [APPLY] (was aplied - had been applied) after a routine inspection that [UNCOVER] (uncovered - had uncovered) inadequate hygiene controls at Japanese fish [FREEZE] freezing centres. Since then, Japanese fishery officials [INSTITUTE] (instituted - have instituted) reforms to their [INSPECT] (inspection - inspecting) system.

3. Fill in the blanks with the appropriate alternatives provided on the right.

I used to dread (1) Saturday mornings.   1) dread - dreading - dreadful
No matter what (2) I did, I usually   2) that - which - what
developed a dreadful headache about an hour after
I got up (3). Eventually, a friend told   3) got - get - will get
me I was probably getting too much (4)   4) too little - too much - too many
sleep. I thought she was crazy but as (5)   5) though - as - like
the headaches were so bad, I decided to take her
advice (6) and started getting up at 7 a.m.   6) order - advice - request
No more lie-ins and, would you believe it, no more
headaches, either (7).   7) too - either - neither
So, if you suffer weekend headaches, try  getting up early.

4. Fill in the blanks with one of the alternatives under the same number as the blank.

  The immigration is understandable. America is after all the land of opportunity (1), where those who are ambitious can rise (2). Most of the young men who leave depressed, poverty stricken (3) Sicily with its shifting traditions and high unemployment (4) work their way toward (5) this goal in their new homeland by laying bricks, driving taxis or waiting on (6) tables in restaurants owned (7) by more affluent relatives.

THE ALTERNATIVES

1) opportunity - immigrants - prejudice
2) raise - arise - rise
3) stricken poverty - poverty stricken - poor stricken
4) employer - employment - unemployment
5) in - toward - about
6) on - for - at
7) owned - belonged - borrowed