English Exam: Cell Phone Impact - Baccalauréat 2017

UNION DES COMORES Examen: Baccalauréat
MINISTERE DE L’EDUCATION NATIONALE Session: 2017
Epreuve: LV - Anglais Série: A1 A2 A4 C D G Stc Sti
Coeff.: 22 2 2 2
Nbr pages: 2 Durée: 33 3 3 3
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Our phones can do so much these days that some people have trouble separating themselves from their
phones to reconnect with the real world. You’ve likely seen them around town, on public transportation,
and in stores with their eyes and fingers glued to their mobile device. Instead of talking to the people
around them, they ignore face-to-face conversation for virtual ones. They also ignore that they might be
exposed to health problems.
Many believe that our younger generation is actually less capable of normal socializing because of the
excessive use of cell phones. They’ve gotten so little practice that they’re simply not comfortable with
talking directly face to face with someone they meet out in public. Since humans are social creatures by
nature who need real life connections, this runs the risk of becoming a huge problem for societies.
Inattention to a person’s surrounding is not the only problem caused by cell phones; it can also lead to
some pretty serious accidents. Cell phones can actually put passengers in danger, when drivers focused on
texting or social media lose control of their vehicles and have major accidents. It is also known that it’s
not safe to use a cell phone while you’re walking. For example, many people have stepped into
oncoming traffic while staring at the screen of their phone. Less seriously, you can fall down stairs, trip
over something on the ground, or bump into a wall or another pedestrian
while you’re absorbed with
what’s happening on Facebook.
The extensive use of cell phones has also been associated with health problems. Some scientist has shown
that cell phones can cause deafness (problem of hearing) and brain tumor development because of high
radiation. Since cancers usually take at least 10-20 years to develop, it will be years before research is
likely to conclude whether cell phones cause cancer or not.
Questions
I) Comprehension
a) Choose the correct answer. (1.5 pt)
1) Nowadays generation prefer
A. face-to-face conversation. B. phone conversation C. no phone conversation
2) According to the text humans are naturally
A. social creatures B. unsocial creatures C. unsociable creatures.
3) The text is insisting on
A. the negative and the positive aspects of cell phones.
B. the negative aspects of cell phones C. the positive aspects of cell phones.
b) Answer these questions. (5 pts)
1) Why is it difficult for young people to have discussion in social direct contacts?
2) Who can lose the control of their vehicles and have major accidents because of cell phones?
3) What accidents can be caused by cell phones while you are walking?
4) List some health problems associated with the extensive use of cell phones.
5) How long can it take for a cancer to develop?
II) Vocabulary
Explain these expressions in English (2 pts)
a) To ignore. b) the excessive use
c) the risk. d) a pedestrian.

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III) Essay (3pts)
1) Do you agree that cell phone can change young people’s behavior negatively? Explain your
opinion in a paragraph of 7 lines.
2) Do you think that cell phones have improved people’s life? Yes or no, explain your answer in a
paragraph of 6 lines
IV) Grammar
a) Fill in the blanks with the correct tense and form of the verb in parentheses. (4 pts)
1) My friend …………… (call) his parents many times since he arrived in France.
2) I ……….. (not be) late tomorrow. That’s a promise.
3) What would you do if you ……….. (lose) your phone?
4) Come in! The students are here in the library, they …….. (do) their homework now.
b) Complete the sentences from box A to the correct clause from box B. (2.5 pts
A B
1) We saw the man
…………………
2) A snack bar is a place
……………
3) The patient has been waiting
………
4) The passenger was happy
………….
5) She wanted to come on foot
……….
a) when she saw the plane
b) who works at the airport.
c) but her left leg was hurt
d) where you can get a drink
or a meal.
e) since this morning
V) Translate (2 pts)
1) It is also known that it’s not safe to use a cell phone while you’re walking.
2) Il peut prendre mon ordinateur à condition qu’il l’utilise au bureau.
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