BAC SAMPLE PAPER (LLE)
PART ONE: Reading and Interpreting
(14 points)
Read the text
carefully then do the activities.
The United Nations' children's fund, UNICEF,
says 115 million children worldwide are still missing out on an education, most
of them girls. 2005 is the year set by the UN to achieve gender equality in
primary education.
UNICEF says many countries in South Asia, Africa and
the Middle East cannot meet the target of
gender equality this year. UNICEF is especially concerned about the situation
in west and central Africa, where, it says,
emergency measures are now needed to promote primary education. Only five
countries out of 24 are set to achieve gender equality there. Conflicts in Liberia, Sierra Leone
and the Democratic Republic of Congo have done incalculable damage to
children's education. In South Asia, UNICEF
says, progress has been made but not enough. Forty-two million children across
the region don't go to school. Afghanistan
and Pakistan
have the widest gender gaps. For Pakistan to have the same number of
girls as boys in school by 2015, it would have to increase girls' school
attendance by over 3 per cent each year.
Moreover in eastern and central Europe there is cause for concern, too. The introduction
of fees for tuition, schoolbooks and uniforms has led to rising dropout rates
-- and girls drop out sooner than boys. Belarus and Tajikistan will
not achieve gender equality, neither will Turkey. UNICEF says a
quantum leap is now needed to achieve universal primary education by
2015. it insists that huge efforts should be made in this field if poverty is
to be eradicated by then.
Imogen
Foulkes, BBC News, Geneva
(A/ COMPREHENSION / INTERPRETATION)
1. Circle the choice (a, b and c ) that best completes statements A,C and D.
A. The aim of the passage is to: a) argue a
point b) inform c) entertain
B. The text is addressed to: a) children b) the general reader c) specialists
C. The
text is: a)
letter b) report c) newspaper article
2. Are
the following statements true or false? Quote from the text to justify your
choice about false ones.
a)
There are more girl students than boy students
in the world.
b)
No more than 19 countries are likely to achieve
equality between girls and boys in schools.
c)
Education is free in all countries of the
world.
d)
Education is very important for fighting
poverty.
3. Choose the most suitable title for the
reading passage.
a)
The Importance of Education
b)
UNICEF Report on Education
c)
The Problem of Education in Africa
4. Find in the text the words whose definitions
follow.
a)
to succeed in reaching a particular goal or standard (§ 1)
b)
very large, too big to measure (§2)
c)
to leave school without finishing studies (§3)
d)
one thousand years ( 3)
( B/ TEXT EXPLORATION )
5.Fill in the table with the missing word
category
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Verb
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Noun
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Adjective
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Adverb
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education
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equality
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to promote
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because of
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besides
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then
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although
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1. A (b) - B (b) C (b)
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1.5
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2. a) F : still missing out on
education, most of them, girls
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c F : the
introduction of fees for tuition….
-d
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0.5
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0.5
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3. b
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1
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4. a) achieve
-b) incalculable -c) dropout
-d) millennium
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2
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5. to educate - educational
to equal - equal
- equally
promotion - promotional
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0.5
0.5
0.5
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6. A ……because of the
introduction of fees……..
B…….although some progress has been made
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1
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7. A. nation B education C) situation D) to increase
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2
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8. B
- D – C - D
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2
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PART
1.
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Writing
( See writing evaluation grid in the
syllabus)
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6
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6.Select the appropriate connector / link word and
complete the sentences below according to the text:
A.
Dropout rates in Central and Eastern
Europe have risen……………………………..
B.
The number of children missing school is very
high……………………………
7. Underline the stressed syllable in each
word.
Example: achieve
A) nation B) education C) situation D) to increase
8. The sentences below are in jumbled order. Reorder them to
have a coherent paragraph:
A - They can also bring out sustainable
development.
B - Education should be directed to the strengthening
of respect of human rights.
C - These aspects of education can help achieve
peace in the world.
D - It ought to promote understanding,
tolerance and friendship.
SECTION
TWO: WRITTEN EXPRESSION ( 6 points)
Choose one of the following topics:
Topic 1
A UNICEF representative is visiting your
school. Write (hand him) a petition to protest against the abuses against
children’s rights in many parts of the world. Do not forget to make suggestions
for improving their conditions. (You can use information from the text.)
Topic 2
Respond to the text by writing a letter of
opinion to a UNICEF magazine about the problem of the abuses
of the rights of the child in the world. Support your opinion with
examples and suggest ways to change the situation.
KEYS
PART
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