Enseignement secondaire II REPUBLIQUE ET CANTON DE GENEVE Département de l'instruction publique, de la culture et du sport Enseignement secondaire II Direction générale Ecole de commerce + EXAMEN D'ADMISSION EN MP2 (MP POST CFC) Nom... Prénom... Signature... EXAMEN D'ANGLAIS Durée : Nombre de pages : Matériel autorisé : Directives : 90 minutes 7 pages Aucun matériel autorisé Toutes les feuilles, y compris les feuilles de brouillon, doivent être rendues avec le nom du candidat. L'énoncé doit également être rendu en fin d'examen. RESULTAT Points obtenus :... / 80 pts Seuil de suffisance : 53 / 80 pts Si insuffisant pourrait être admis dans le degré précédent suffisant insuffisant Remarques....... Nom et signature du correcteur... Examens d'admission en MP2 (MP post CFC) EXEMPLE pour 2015 Anglais 1/7
What is Fair Trade? This week is Fair Trade Fortnight in the UK and World Fair Trade Day is in May. Maybe you buy products with a Fair Trade label or from a Fair Trade shop. But what does Fair Trade mean and how and when did this movement start? The Fair Trade movement is about 60 years old. It started with NGOs buying handicrafts from developing countries. This was useful extra money for women who often had no other way of making money. Food products were next, and now there are thousands of fairly-traded products including clothing, flowers and even footballs. Thousands of Fair Trade shops and supermarkets around the world now sell these goods and there are more than 1 million small-scale producers and workers in over 50 countries in developing countries involved in Fair Trade. Coffee is the best-known Fair Trade product and, after oil, it is the world s most valuable product on the world market. It is difficult for small-scale farmers to reach international markets. They cannot control the price for their produce as the buyers decide this. However, when prices fall, coffee growers can get less money for their coffee than it cost them to grow it. Fair Trade guarantees a minimum price so that farmers know how much they will get for their produce and can plan for the future. All Fair Trade organisations try to reduce poverty through trade for small-scale producers. The key guarantees are that the farmers will get a fair price which the producers are happy with. If the price falls in the international market, the producers will still get the guaranteed price. They also have a long-term agreement with the buyers, so they don t need to worry if they will sell their produce or not. Another guarantee is that they will have safe and healthy working conditions and equal pay for men and women. They usually receive some extra money to help the local community and they can spend this on anything that will help the community, such as health or education. For example, they might decide to build a well for the village or a nursery school. Fair Trade products sometimes cost a bit more, but consumers worldwide spent 1.6 billion on Fair Trade products in 2007 and this is growing every year, so many people are happy to pay a little extra to help the millions of people who depend on smallscale farming for their food and wages. January 2011 - Adapted from Macmillan Publishers Glossary NGOs (noun) non-governmental organisations: organisations that are not part of the government, but may work with government departments developing countries (noun) developing countries are poor and do not have many industries handicrafts (noun) beautiful things made by people using their hands valuable (adj) worth a lot of money reach (verb) to arrive at somewhere key (adj) very important community (noun) the people who live in an area well (noun) a deep hole that is dug in the ground to provide a supply of water nursery school (noun) a school for children between the ages of three and five wages (noun) the money you earn for working Examens d'admission en MP2 (MP post CFC) EXEMPLE pour 2015 Anglais 2/7
I. Reading 1. Read the text carefully and decide if the sentences are true (T) or false (F). Circle the correct statements and correct those that are false. a) The first Fair Trade product was food. T/F b) You can only buy Fair Trade products in Fair Trade shops. T/F c) With Fair Trade, men and women earn the same money. T/F d) Fair Trade products cost the same as other products. T/F 2. Discuss the following questions (Do not copy from the text!) a) What is the aim of the Fair Trade movement? Give at least 4 elements. (35-40 words)... / 8 (Content :... / 5 ; Language :... / 3) Total :... / 8 b) Would you be happy to pay a little more for Fair Trade products? Why or why not? Give at least two reasons. (35-40 words) (Content :... / 5 ; Language :... / 3) Total :... / 8 Examens d'admission en MP2 (MP post CFC) EXEMPLE pour 2015 Anglais 3/7
II. Vocabulary and grammar 1. Complete the sentences with the correct comparative form of the adjectives in the box below. There is an extra word! difficult, expensive, fair, happy, healthy, safe, small, useful, valuable a) It is... for small-scale farmers than large-scale farmers to reach international markets. b) Fair Trade products are... than other products. c) Is oil... than coffee on the world market? d) Is it... to pay women the same wages as men than to pay men more? e) It is... for the farmers to have a long-term agreement with the buyer than to have a short-term agreement. f) In developing countries are the farms usually... than in richer countries? g) A Fair Trade agreement guarantees... and... working conditions than a traditional business agreement.... / 8 2. Find in the text of part I synonyms (=) or antonyms ( ) for the following words. Paragraphs 1-2-3 : a) purchase =... b) perhaps =... c) begin =... Paragraphs 4-5 : d) increase... e) dangerous... f) salary =...... / 6 Examens d'admission en MP2 (MP post CFC) EXEMPLE pour 2015 Anglais 4/7
3. Find in the text of part I the words that correspond to the following definitions. a) To... something is to give it in exchange for money. b)... are people or companies that make goods for sale. c) When something is..., it belongs to a particular area or neighbourhood. d) A... is a person who purchases or uses goods for personal use.... / 4 4. Put the verb in brackets in the to-infinitive or the gerund (-ing) form. a)... is really good fun (fly) b) We stopped at the chemist's... some aspirin. (buy) c) "What is this for? " "It's for... vegetables." (cook) d)... is a good form of exercise. (swim) e) It really is time.... (go) f) We decided... until the end of the film. (not / stay) g) I'm looking forward to... the programme. (see) h) We were getting tired, so we stopped... lunch. (have)... / 8 5. Verb Tenses - Give the correct form of the verb in brackets. a) When I got home I found that the dog... (eat) all my dinner. There was nothing left! b) I don't want a steak. I think I... (have) the chicken. c) We were all sitting beside the swimming pool when Dr Fouad... (arrive). d) Oh no, I can't open the door! I... (lose) my keys! e) Sorry, I can't stop now. I... (go) to an important meeting. f) The last ferry for Dover... (leave) at 6 pm. g) Look at that car! It... (hit) that tree! h) I... (see) him three times since he moved to my street. Examens d'admission en MP2 (MP post CFC) EXEMPLE pour 2015 Anglais 5/7
i) On Saturday morning they... (go) to the library to get some books for their project. j) It... (snow) when I arrived in Moscow.... / 10 6. Structures - Circle the best answer. Only one answer is correct! 1. My coat is so dirty that I... wash it before wearing it again. A. would B. must C. needn t D. can 2. I am sorry, but I don t have... change. A. many B. some C. enough D. a 3. The bus only leaves in half an hour! You... hurry! A. mustn t B. haven t to C. can t D. don t have to 4. I have to go shopping because there isn t... milk left. A. no B. any C. some D. a 5. Could you please wait... me? A. --- B. after C. for D. to 6. Would you like to drink... cup of coffee? A. a B. some C. the D. any 7. Jake isn t very clever, and... is his sister. A. so B. either C. both D. neither 8.... borrow books from the library? A. Who B. Who does C. What D. Where 9. Thank you for offering to lend me these two books! But as I only have time to read one,... one will do! A. both B. either C. neither D. any Examens d'admission en MP2 (MP post CFC) EXEMPLE pour 2015 Anglais 6/7
10. I have two brothers.... are at a university. A. The both B. All C. Both D. Either 11. When I was a child, I... to do any sport. A. could not B. was C. could D. didn t use 12. She has got the same laptop... I have. A. as B. that C. than D. so 13. I have got four sisters and brothers, and I am... the family. A. the older than B. oldest than C. the oldest in D. the oldest than 14. Last year s exhibition was more enjoyable... this year s. A. than B. then C. as D. that 15. He... send us some supplies. A. will B. would like C. is going D. wants 16.... borrows books from the library? A. Who B. Who does C. What D. Where 17. The factory... these cars are made is near Liverpool. A. where B. who C. that D. which 18.... the weather... good tomorrow, we ll go hiking. A. When / is B. When / will be C. If / is D. If / will be 19. I need to buy a new answering machine... replace this old one. A. to B. for C. as D. so 20.... travelling by plane has become less safe since...11 th September. A. ---/--- B. the/the C. ---/the D. the/--... / 20 Examens d'admission en MP2 (MP post CFC) EXEMPLE pour 2015 Anglais 7/7