Année universitaire 2013-2014
Diplôme de D.A.E.U – Option A
2ème session – Septembre 2014
Intitulé de la matière : Anglais
Nom de l’enseignant : Mme AZZIMANI-ROUSSEAU
Date de l’épreuve : Mardi 9 septembre 2014 – 13h30/16h30
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Nature de l’épreuve : Part 1 : Grammar
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Part 2 : Written comprehension
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Part 3 : Essay
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Bon travail à tous !
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PART 1 : GRAMMAR
1. Complete the following sentences using the present tense (simple/ING). 2 pts
a) Her brother (live) _______________ in South Africa.
b) South Africa's currency (be) ________ the rand.
b) ''What (you/do)_____________ ?''
''I (listen)______________ to a speech by Jacob Zuma.''
2. Complete the following sentences using the preterite (simple/ING). 2 pts
a) Nadine Gordimer was a famous South African writer and an anti-apartheid activist. She
(die) ____________ on July 13, 2014.
b) He (read) ________________ a book by Nadine Gordimer when the telephone (ring)
_______________.
c) Nelson Mandela (meet) _____________ Nadine Gordimer after his release in 1990.
3. Complete the following sentences using the preterite (simple/ING) or the present
perfect (simple/ING). 2 pts
a) He (just/come) ________________ from Johannesburg.
b) We (prepare) _____________ the ceremony for hours. We still have a lot of work to do.
c) He (watch) ________________ television when he (hear) _____________ the news.
4. Complete the following sentences using the preterite (simple/ING) or the past
perfect (simple/ING). 2 pts
a) They (go) __________________ to South Africa last year. They (already/visit)
___________________ the country two years before.
b) Nelson Mandela (become) ______________ the first black president of South Africa in
1994. Several years before, he (spend) ________________ 27 years in prison.
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5. Put the following sentences into the passive voice. 2 pts
a) They awarded the Nobel Peace Prize to Nelson Mandela and Frederik de Klerk.
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b) Jacob Zuma announced Nelson Mandela's death on television.
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6. Put the following sentences into indirect speech (Use the preterite to introduce
indirect speech). 2 pts
a) He said : '' I am happy to have been invited to the ceremony''.
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b) Lisa said : ''Mark should visit South Africa''.
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7. Complete the following sentences using the correct modal. 2 pts
a) If I were you, I wouldn't go out now ! It ________ be risky !
b) You ____________ visit the Apartheid Museum. It is really interesting.
c) _______ you lend me your car? I would like to go to Pretoria.
8. Complete the following sentences using WHO, WHICH or WHOSE. 2 pts
a) Thabo Mbeki is the politician _________ succeeded Nelson Mandela as president.
b) The school _________ is next to this building is the most prestigious school of Pretoria.
c) The man _________ hair is white is a famous anti-apartheid activist.
d) The building __________ door is open is the headquarters of the A.N.C.
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9. Complete the following sentences using A, AN, THE or Ø. 2 pts
South Africa is ___ multicultural country. It attracts a lot of tourists. If you go to South
Africa, you can see ____ impressive number of animals and plants. South Africa has 3
capitals : ___ Pretoria (administrative capital), ___ Cape Town (legislative) and
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Bloemfontein (judicial). ____ country is headed by ___ President Jacob Zuma. South
Africa is now ___ democratic country but it is marked by social inequality.
10. Irregular verbs : Complete the following grid. 2 pts
Base form
Preterite
Past participle
Break
Bring
Cost
Feel
PART 2 : WRITTEN COMPREHENSION
1. Circle the correct statement. 2 pts
a) The text is:
- an extract from Nelson Mandela's memoirs
- a pamphlet
- a web article
b) The text deals with:
- a meeting organized by Nelson Mandela before his death
- the election of Nelson Mandela
- Nelson Mandela's death
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2. True or false ? Circle T (true) or F (false) and justify your answer by quoting from
the text. 14 pts
a) Jacob Zuma announced that Nelson Mandela had gone to the United States the day
before at 8.50 pm local time.
T
F
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b) Jacob Zuma is an archbishop.
T
F
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c) For Barack Obama, Nelson Mandela was a role model.
T
F
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d) Nelson Mandela is compared to Gandhi and Martin Luther King.
T
F
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e) In 1964, Nelson Mandela declared that he was ready to sacrifice his life for his ideal.
T
F
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f) For the first time in history, South Africa hosted the World Cup in 2010.
T
F
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g) Tambo and Sisulu were two major figures of the fight against apartheid.
T
F
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3. What was the Truth and Reconciliation committee (l. 28) ? 2 pts.
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4. What do the following words mean ? Circle the correct word. 2 pts.
''Towering'' (l. 1) :
Small
Great
African
''Freed'' (l. 17) :
Insulted
Voted for
Let out of prison
''Mourning'' (l. 19) :
Great sorrow
Happiness
Conference
''Passing'' (l. 20) :
Success
Death
Presidency
PART 3 : ESSAY
Choose ONE of the following topics and write an essay of at least 200 words. 20 pts
Topic 1 : Why was Nelson Mandela considered to be a hero ?
Topic 2 : Imagine that you are a journalist. You have been asked to write a short article
about Nelson Mandela. (Don't forget to give your article a title)
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Nelson Mandela, the towering figure of Africa's struggle for freedom and a hero to millions around
the world, has died at the age of 95.
South Africa's first black president died in the company of his family at home in Johannesburg after
years of declining health that had caused him to withdraw from public life.
5 The news was announced to the country by the current president, Jacob Zuma, who in a sombre
televised address said Mandela had "departed" around 8.50pm local time and was at peace. (...)
Early on Friday morning Archbishop Desmond Tutu led a memorial service in Capetown where he
called for South Africa to become as a nation what Mandela had been as a man. (...)
Barack Obama (...) said: "Through his fierce dignity and unbending will to sacrifice his own
10 freedom for the freedom of others, Madiba transformed South Africa (...). His journey from a
prisoner to a president embodied the promise that human beings – and countries – can change for
the better. His commitment to transfer power and reconcile with those who jailed him set an
example that all humanity should aspire to, whether in the lives of nations or our own personal
lives."
15 David Cameron said: "A great light has gone out in the world" and described Mandela as "a hero of
our time".
FW de Klerk – the South African president who freed Mandela [and] shared the Nobel peace prize
with him (...) – said : (...) ''He was a great unifier." (…)
[Mandela's] death sends South Africa deep into mourning and self-reflection, nearly 20 years after
20 he led the country from racial apartheid to inclusive democracy. But his passing will also be (...) felt
by people around the world who revered Mandela as one of history's last great statesmen, and a
moral paragon* comparable with Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi and Martin Luther King. (...)
Conducting his own defence in the Rivonia trial in 1964, he said: "I have cherished the ideal of a
democratic and free society in which all persons live together in harmony and with equal
25 opportunities. It is an ideal which I hope to live for and to achieve. But if needs be, it is an ideal for
which I am prepared to die." (...)
His presidency rode a wave of tremendous global goodwill but was not without its difficulties. (...)
Archbishop Desmond Tutu, who headed the truth and reconciliation committee after the fall of
apartheid, said: "He transcended race and class in his personal actions (...). And he restored others'
30 faith in Africa and Africans." (...)
Mandela continued to make occasional appearances at ANC events and attended the inauguration of
the current president, Jacob Zuma. His 91st birthday was marked by the first annual "Mandela Day"
in his honour.
He was last seen in public at the final of the 2010 World Cup in Johannesburg, a tournament he had
35 helped bring to South Africa for the first time (…).
With other giants of the movement such as Tambo and Walter Sisulu having gone before Mandela,
the defining chapter of Africa's oldest liberation movement is now closed.
*paragon : model, ideal
Adapted from ''Nelson Mandela, South Africa's first black president, dies aged 95'' by David Smith , The Guardian,
December 6, 2013, http://www.theguardian.com/world/2013/dec/05/nelson-mandela-dies-aged-95-south-africa
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