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Fdration Europenne Des Ecoles European Federation of Schools Janvier 2009 1/4

UCB4 ANG Ecrit Niveau MASTER Corrig

UC B4 ANGLAIS NIVEAU MASTER EPREUVE ECRITE

CORRIGE JANVIER 2009

1/ TEXT 1

1. In the sentence: another runway was its preferred way of meeting the expected growth ITSrefers back to:

a. The governmentb. Heathrowc. Aviation white paper

2. The British government:a. supports the idea of Heathrows expansionb. is against the idea of Heathrows expansion

c. doesnt have a clear opinion on this subject3. BBA and BA:

a. solved the issue of Heathrows expansionb. persuaded the British government that Heathrows expansion was a good ideac. made the problem of Heathrows expansion even more complicated

4. Hub airports means:a. the European airportsb. small airports

c. neither a) nor b)5. The botched opening suggests that:

a. it happened too earlyb. it was a failurec. it was not prepared

6. Seesawing fuel prices means:a. fluctuating pricesb. increasing pricesc. very high prices

7. Willie Walsh expects the overall number of companies that will go out of business to grow:a. beyond 30b. up to 60

c. both a) and b)8. As a result of the EU emission trading scheme:

a. plane tickets will be more expensiveb. there will be a smaller number of tickets availablec. the tickets will be more difficult to obtain

9. The British government announced plans to cut CO2 emissions:a. 2 weeks before the EUs confirmationb. 2 days before the EUs confirmationc. 4 days before the EUs confirmation

10.Heathrows runway:a. will be built if Conservatives win the next electionsb. will be built if Tories win the next elections

c. is unlikely to be built

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2/ TEXT 2

11.The In-tray (par.1) is:a. a place where letters arriveb. a deskc. a mail box

12.The author of the text:a. speaks Spanish well

b. knows only few words in Spanishc. knows Spanish well enough to read the letter

13.The author of the text can be arrested if he:a. doesnt go to Spain immediately

b. puts off the payment of the finec. doesnt pay the fine

14. Find the WRONG sentence: The author is not sure whether:a. the Spanish authorities followed the correct procedureb. the letter he received is authentic

c. he has paid the fine15.The author:

a. doesnt express his opinion about the harmonisation of the driving laws in the EUb. is for the introduction of common driving lawsc. thinks that the introduction of common laws is not a good idea

16.By saying you can also be fined 90 euros the author wants to say that:a. You can easily lose 90 euros

b. You can be sentenced to payc. It will be fine if you are asked to pay only 90 euros

17. In this sentence: Some EU states are more lax than others, LAX is a synonym of:a. very strictb. very slow

c. not very strict18.What would be the effect of harmonising the drink driving laws in the EU?

a. It would certainly reduce the number of deathsb. It would by no means reduce the number of deathsc. It is doubtful that it would reduce the number of deaths

19.The EU commission:a. is working on harmonising lawsb. is trying to avoid the subject of harmonisationc. is ashamed of the subject of harmonisation

20.By saying: Ill do my bit the author says:a. that it will be his contribution towards harmonisation of lawsb. that he will pay the fine because he doesnt have a choicec. that he will pay only part of the fine

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3/CLOZE TEXT21) 22) 23)

a) there are a) will a) studied

b) it is b) will be b) to study

c) it was c) would c) the study

d) its d) couldnt d) studys

24) 25) 26)

a) no longer a) old a) to......from

b) any more b) olds b) from......to

c) any longer c) olds c) by.......

d) not longer d) olds d) from......at

27) 28 ) 29)

a) that ever a) yet a) any

b) than ever b) already b) a

c) than never c) moreover c) some

d) when ever d) despite d) no

30) 31) 32)

a) worst a) a) old

b) bad b) more b) former

c) worse c) as c) ancient

d) badder d) at d) elderly

33) 34) 35)

a) a) talked a) earliest

b) whose b) said b) better

c) who c) spoke c) earlyd) whom d) says d) quickly

36) 37) 38)

a) at a) taught a) on

b) for b) teached b) in

c) on c) thought c) atd) upon d) teach d) by

39) 40) 41)

a) much a) a lot a) fluently

b) most b) much b) fluent

c) a lot c) lots c) fluencyd) as d) a few d) fluentful

42) 43) 44)

a) its a)them a) for finding

b) our b) our b) to find

c) your c) their c) to finding

d) its d) her d) for find

45) 46) 47)

a) say a) during a) in

b) talks b) while b) byc) speak c) thus c) at

d) tell d) even d) to

48) 49) 50)

a) furthest a) at last a) hopeless

b) further b) at once b) hopefullc) farer c) at least c) hopeful

d) more farer d) at a loss d) hopefully

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4/ ESSAY (/70 POINTS)

According to you what will be the future of the European Union? Will we (and should we) have one

European language, the same driving rules, the same education system etc.?

Would it make Europe stronger and more able to face up to international pressures and chaos?

Write an essay of 400 words (+/- 10% ) on the following subject:

INTRODUCTION 10points

Presentation of the EU, its organisation, history, aims

DEVELOPMENT 25 points

Different hypotheses connected with the future of the EU plus a personal opinion about how successful each

of them can be, the arguments for and against the EU expansion,

The necessity (or the lack of it) of harmonisation of the EU laws.

The questions of European identity, as well as the place of the cultural values of each member state

CONCLUSION 10 points

A general statement that summarises the subject.

Vocabulary / Quality of language 9 points

Spelling 4 points

Grammar 7 points

Originality and risk taking 5 points

Penalty for too many / too few words 3 points

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