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previous d) helpful A big currency counterfeiting ring has recently been smashed by City police. a) denounced b) discovered c) heard of d) created As flood waters receded yesterday the scale of the devastation became clear. a) type b) colour c) extent d) cost The parents urged their children to do their best in their exams. a) encouraged b) hoped c) wanted d) expected Anglais 50 37. 38. 39. Passerelle 2001•SUJETS 27/12/01 17:58 Page 51 40. There was widespread agreement on the course

working at home. It has two dozen people trialling the project but believes it can roll out the idea to accommodate any level of demand. Geoff Thompson, the managing director of the company, said he could match the estimated £8 to £10 an hour that it cost a British company to have a seat in an Indian call centre. “I think it is a great pity that the individuals making these decisions [to outsource to India] have not thought through the alternatives that technology can provide,” he said. “By moving

working at home. It has two dozen people trialling the project but believes it can roll out the idea to accommodate any level of demand. Geoff Thompson, the managing director of the company, said he could match the estimated £8 to £10 an hour that it cost a British company to have a seat in an Indian call centre. “I think it is a great pity that the individuals making these decisions [to outsource to India] have not thought through the alternatives that technology can provide,” he said. “By moving seats

B C more opportunity / to be rewarded for creativity and initiative. D 25. There are a lot of questions being asked today, / not only about the origins of the crisis / A B but the extent to which we will be affected / and how much this will finally cost us. C D 26. Advertisement uses many different approaches / but companies are starting to realize / A B that endorsement by celebrities / and product placement are becoming more effective. C D 27. He called an hour before the meeting / to say that he

opportunity / to be rewarded for creativity and initiative. D RELLE 25. There are a lot of questions being asked today, / not only about the origins of the crisis / A B but the extent to which we will be affected / and how much this will finally cost us. C D PASSE S UJET S 29/10/09 1 26. Advertisement uses many different approaches / but companies are starting to realize / A B that endorsement by celebrities / and product placement are becoming more effective. C D 27. He called an hour before

principe à la vie amicale. Une amitié menacée par la passion est plus humaine qu'une amitié désincarnée. De l'amitié ainsi conçue, le mariage est le lieu par excellence. En effet, « entre amis tout est commun », selon les derniers mots du Phèdre de Platon. Or le mariage offre des possibilités de mise en commun à celles de nul autre état comparables : cela va du compte en banque à la chair (« une seule chair ») en passant par mille autres choses. Mais puisque la fin répond au commencement

not usually productive. a) boring by b) bored of c) bored by d) boring of 46 12. Cambridge, __________ historical colleges are magnificent, is a great place to study. a) whom b) whose c) who’s d) where 13. __________ constant efforts to provide low-cost drugs, HIV still causes millions of deaths. a) Despite of b) In spite of c) Spite of d) In spite 15. Dubai has under construction __________ skyscraper in the world. a) the most high b) highest c) the most highest d) the highest 16. I would like

artificiality PREFACE xxvii of the proceeding, each period has its own priorities and distinctive character. Nor has the conventional ‘canon’ of great authors been overturned: whatever their reasons, most readers still prefer the tragedy of Phèdre to be told by Racine rather than Quinault. On the other hand, the concept of literature now includes forms of expression which until recently, because they did not wear a tie, were denied entry to polite literary society: regional writing, crime fiction

qu'affaiblir l'action [...] et que distraire le spectateur dans son Œdipe [par rapport à Œdipe de Sophocle] », et nous souscrivons aujourd'hui à cette opinion; en revanche, quand il écrit que « M. Racine est tombé dans le même inconvénient en composant sa Phèdre », cela nous paraît assez peu pertinent, mais peu importe. Ces jugements marquent qu'il demeure impossible, alors, quand on réfléchit aux langues, français, grec ancien, latin, de ne pas appuyer toute comparaison, tout raisonnement, sur les textes

Mithridate, en Porus et en Burrhus? Ces passions encore favorites des anciens, que les tragiques aimaient à exciter sur les théâtres, et qu'on nomme la terreur et la pitié, ont été connues de ces deux poètes. Oreste, dans l'Andromaque de Racine, et Phèdre du même auteur, comme l'Oedipe et les Horaces de Corneille, en sont la preuve. Si cependant il est permis de faire entre eux quelque comparaison, et les marquer l'un et l'autre par ce qu'ils ont eu de plus propre et par ce qui éclate le plus ordinairement