ANGLAIS LANGUE VIVANTE I

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ANSWER KEY
I. READING COMPREHENSION (8 marks) A. What do the underlined words refer to in the text ? 1. it = infrastructure 2. its = NEPAD 3. those = companies 4. their = governments B. Write the number of the right paragraph in front of the following titles (0.5 marks x 5 = 2.5) 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. A concrete scheme for development : 2 In need of trust : 5 The need for infrastructures : 1 Some ambitious future projects : 4 A catastrophic state of affairs : 3 (0.5 mark x 4 = 2)

C. Say whether these statements are True or False : (0.5 mark x 3 = 1.5) 10. False : line 15 “…has put improved infrastructures near the top of its priority list.” 11. False : line 10.11 “Despite a commercial boom that pushed growth at 5 % in Africa…” 12. True : line 34 “Surprisingly the funds for new projects aren’t lacking. D. Vocabulary in context Find in the text words similar in meaning to the ones below 13. = deters 14. tap Find in the text words opposite to the ones below 15. ≠ growth 16. ≠ reluctance (0.5 mark x 2 = 1)

(0.5 mark x 2 = 1)

II. LINGUISTIC COMPETENCE (6 marks) (0.5 marks x 2 = 1) E. Write the correct form of the words given to fill the blanks 17. = improvement 18. topical 19. unreliable 20. adequacy III. COMMUNICATIVE COMPETENCE F. Answers should be meaningful original and grammatically correct. (Suggested conswers) (0.5 mark x 4 = 2) 21. It is high time governments rehabilitated public facilities such as schools and hospitals 22. unless adequate infrastructures are built economic growth will be slow. 23. More money should be invested in infrastructures to facilitate the movement of goods and services. 24. If investments had targeted infrastructures 20 years ago, we would not find it hard to meet development goals today. G. Complete this text with the appropriate tags or questions 25. haven’t they ? 26. How long have they been fighting ? 27. Why did he stage a coup or