SUJET :

CORRIGE :

SERIES STG, STI, ST2S, STL – LV1 ANGLAIS – CORRIGE – SESSION 2009

GENERAL COMPREHENSION

A 2) a novel

B 2) an adult who relates his childhood

C 3) wants to study

DETAILED COMPREHENSION

A – 1) “my parents were nervous about the consequences of allowing me to watch films alone” (l.1-2)

2) “It was Scott who suggested that we skip school one afternoon and go to the cinema” (l.4-5)

3) “Even now, I remember the feeling of wonder that surged through me as I sat in the darkened theatre” (l.9-10)

4) “but when my parents were out and I had the house to myself I would watch other films” (l.19-20)

5) “it was also the film that convinced me that nothing could be better than to ba an American high-school student.” (l.26-27)

B – 1) WRONG

“Eager to learn what it was that made my parents so nervous, I readily agreed” (l.6-7)

2) WRONG

“it was so liberating not to have to worry what my father might say” (l.11-12)

3) WRONG

“during the fight scenes the entire cinema was cheering Rocky as if the fight was actually taking place in the cinema” (l.15-16)

4) RIGHT

“breathlessly urging me that ‘You have to see that film, mate, you’re gonna love it” (l. 24-25)

5) WRONG

“I began reading about exchange programmes that would let me spend a term at an American high school” (l.31-32)

C – 1) “metal locker”, “prom night”, “cheerleader” (l. 28-29)

2) “In my daydreams, the possibility that my high-school experience might differ on my account of not being white did not arise” (l.29-30)

D – 1) it = allowing the narrator to watch films alone

2) we = the narrator and Scott

3) You = the narrator

4) my = the narrator