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Comprension écrite
General comprehension (/5)
1. Nature of document: (0,5 pt)
 a letter
 an article
 an extract from a novel
 a speech
2. Complete the table with the appropriate details. (1,5 pt)
Author:
Hillary Rodham Clinton (U.S. First Lady in 1995)
Event associated with the document:
United Nations 4th World Conference on Women, Beijing, China
5 September 1995
Subject of the document:
Women’s rights / women’s condition
3. The document can be divided into six parts. Complete the table to indicate its structure. (3 pts)
Lines
Key idea
Part One
1 - 12
Conference = celebration of women (& reunion)
Part Two
13 - 20
About important issue : women
Part Three
21 - 27
Women are central / vital to well being of (families &) nations
Part Four
28-41
Speaker = spokeswoman for American women (& all women)
Part Five
42-49
In defence of human rights
Part Six
50-66
Time to act to defend women
Detailed Comprehension (/15)
4. True or false? Justify each time by quoting the text. (3 pts)
True
False
x
Justification
a. The conference is a form of reunion.
A coming together (l.9)
x
b. The writer only talks about women in cities.
In fields… in village markets (l.11)
x
c. Everyone applauds the conference.
Some who question (l.13); some who wonder (l.16)
d. The writer believes conferences play a vital
role in society.
It is conferences like this that
governments… to listen etc. (l.21-22)
x
e. The conference only concerns women.
Every man, every child … (l.28)
x
f. American women are different.
Raising children on minimum wage etc. (l.31)
x
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compel
5. Quote the part of the text where the writer speaks about the following points:(3 pts)
education : if women are healthy and educated (l.23) / fighting for good schools (l.34) / not schooled (l.59)
parity in employment : a chance to work and earn as full and equal partners in society (l.25)
ill treatment : lives are threatened by violence (l.33) / subjected to violence (l.59)
pollution : clean air and clean airwaves (l.35)
poverty : minimum wage / can't afford health care (l.31)
unsocial hours : working all night (l.38)
6. Complete the following table with one example of each of the techniques present in the document: (3,5 pts)
TECHNIQUE
Example
A ALLITERATION
Families will flourish (l.25) / When families flourish / peaceful,
prosperous world / strong and stable future
F
Families rely on mothers and wives
FACTS
O OPINIONS
I want to speak up for
R REPETITION
Celebration / come together / their families will flourish / I want
to speak up for / women who / it is a violation of human rights
when / take bold steps
E EMOTIVE LANGUAGE
Burned to death
S STATISTICS
T THREE (RULES OF)
Homes, neighborhoods and workplaces (l.14-15);
PRONOUNS
I, me, we
FLATTERY
(Distinguished delegates) bonification
7. Explain the use of the following pronouns: (1,5 pt)
l.4 ‘me’ refers to Hillary Clinton
l.11 ‘we’ refers to women in general
l.14 ‘them’ refers to ‘some who wonder whether …’ / people who are against women
8. In the last ten lines of the document, pick out: (2,5 pts)
3 references to forms of discrimination : valued less, fed less, fed last, (l.59)
2 references to forms of exploitation : overworked, underpaid (l.59)
9. In your opinion, is this a good example of this type of document? Explain why. (1,5 pt)
Yes. Hillary Clinton’s speech is well-structured and she uses quite a lot of rhetorical techniques to influence her audience. At the
same time, she addresses her audience less directly than Martin Luther King or Nelson Mandela : she never uses the pronoun
‘you’.
Total des points sur 20.
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