Corrigé BEP/CAP 1997 ANGLAIS - SECTIONS TERTIAIRES

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CHARITY BEGINS AT WORK

Deborah Allen is a perfect example of charity professional. She started her career as a ballet teacher before getting a job as a part-time typist in a school of architecture. She stayed there for 13 years. during this time, she took several Open Univeristy courses* before leaving to study History of the Modern Third World full-time at the University of London.

Holidays meant volunteer work in a project in Vietnam and during term, she did unpaid work for a charity organization.

When she graduated *, Deborah found work through a charity recruitment* agency as a secretary in the education department of "Save the Children*". She has now been there for a year and she works with schools in England, Wales and Northern Ireland. "I love the variety of my job" says Deborah now 42, and a single parent of a 17-year-old son. Her work includes organizing conferences, asking volunteers to go into schools and talk about their financial problems and setting up* special events* such as the recent Refugee Week in Birmingham.

"In Britain, we have a tendency to feel superior to other cultures, and that's wrong. I'm determined to change attitudes" she says.

adapted from Prima, June 1995

Vocabulary:
Open University courses: cours universitaires par correspondance
The Third World: le Tiers-Monde
to graduate: obtenir sa licence (diplôme universitaire)
Recruitment: recrutement
Save The Children: organisation humanitaire qui défend les droits des enfants dans le monde. Elle travaille à la fois à des actions d'urgence (famine, guerre...) et à des projets à log terme (éducation, santé...)
to set up: organiser
an event: un événement


QUESTIONS
I) Recopiez la bonne réponse (5)
1) Deborah Allen's frst job was:
a) charity professional
b) ballet teacher
c) typist

2) While studying at the University of London, Deborah
a) didn't earn any money
b) earned some money in Vietnam
c) received money from a charity organization

3) She works with:
a) Universities
b) schools
c) Private companies

4) Her job consits in:
a) doing unpaid work for a charity organization
b) working in a charity recruitment agency
c) sending charity professionals to schools

5) "I'm determined to change attitudes" means: "I want...
a) the British to stop feeling superior to other cultures. "
b) the British to feel superior to other cultures."
c) other cultures to feel superior to the British."

II) Choisissez la bonne réponse (5)
1) Deborah has been working in the same organization ......... 12 months. (for / since/ago)
2) She......full-time in the school of architecture when she was 25. (doesn't work/ hasn't worked/didn't work)
3) She decided to apply for a job of secretary after ............... university (leaving / left / leaves)
4) When she was a student, she worked in Vietnam ............ a volunteer. (like/as/with)
5) Deborah's son ................ in 1978. (is born/was born/born)

III) Posez la question ayant pour réponse l'élément de phrase souligné (5)
1) Deborah is 42.
2) Deborah took Open University Courses after leaving a dancing school.
3) She stayed there for 13 years.
4) She found work in a school of architecture.
5) She lives with her 17-year-old son.

IV) Réécrivez le texte suivant en complétant avec le déterminant qui convient: a/an, the, article zéro (5)

Deborah Allen is __________ secretary. She works for ___________ organization that helps schools. For example, when ___________ school has _______ financial problems she sends _____ volunteers to help that school find a solution.

Corrigé très rapide
I) 1b - 2a - 3b - 4c - 5a
II) for - didn't work - leaving - as - was born
III) How old is D? When did D take OU courses? How long did she stay there? Where did she find work? Who does she live with?
IV) a, an, a, zéro, zéro