Complexe Scolaire & 

Polytechnique Bilingue DAV-AMEN Année Scolaire   : 2022-

2023

GOLO-DJIGBE (KPOSSOUHOUE

BP  : 384 Abomey-Calavi Epreuve  : Anglais

Tél : 95 19 47 29 / 96 07 44 26 / 99 39 16 16 Classe : 1ère ABCD
Durée : 3heures

DEUXIEME SERIE DES EVALUATIONS SOMMATIVES DU 2ème

TRIMESTRE

Compétences à évaluer
- CD2 : réagir de façon appropriée à un message lu ou support multimédia
- CD3 : produire de façon appropriée un texte ou support multimédia de type
particulier
L’Epreuve
I- REACTION A UN TEXTE ECRIT
Contexte: Tout le monde a les mêmes chances de réussir dans la vie. Mais il
faut de la détermination et la méthode pour y parvenir.

Support
Text : Oprah Winfrey’s history.
Oprah Winfrey was born in Kosciusko, Mississippi. Her parents were
unmarried and separated soon after conception. Oprah had a difficult childhood.
She lived in great poverty and often had to dress in potato sacks for which she
was mocked at school. She was also sexually abused at an early age. From the
age of 14, she went to live with her father. Oprah says he was strict, but she was
in the mood to be disobedient during her teenage years. After working her way
through college, she became interested in journalism and media and got her first
job as a news anchor for a local TV station.
Her emotional style did not go down well for a news programme, so she was
transferred to an ailing daytime chat programme. After Oprah had taken over,
the daily chat show took off, and this later led to her own programme – The
Oprah Winfrey Show. The Oprah Winfrey show has proved to be one of the
most successful and highly watched TV show of all time. It has broken many
social and cultural barriers such as gay and lesbian issues. Oprah has also
remained a powerful role model for women and black American women in
particular. She is credited with promoting an intimate confessional form of
media communication,which has been imitated across the globe.
Oprah Winfrey has promoted many spiritual books, which have focused on
the aspect of taking responsibility for your life – not changing your
circumstances, but changing the way you look at your life.“What I learned at a
very early age was that I was responsible for my life. And as I became more
spiritually conscious, I learned that we all are responsible for ourselves, that you
create your own reality by the way you think and therefore act. You cannot
blame apartheid, your parents, your circumstances, because you are not your
circumstances. You are your possibilities. If you know that, you can do
anything”, she said.
Her range of media enterprises has made Oprah one of the richest self-made
women. The Forbes’ international rich list has listed Winfrey as the world’s only
black billionaire from 2004 to 2006 and as the first black woman billionaire in
world history. In 2014 Winfrey has a net worth of more than 2.9 billion dollars.
“Oprah Winfrey arguably has more influence on the culture than any university
president, politician, or religious leader, except perhaps the Pope”
From 2006 to 2008, she lent her support to the Presidential campaign of
Barack Obama. Her influence and personal following played a key role in
helping Obama to become the first African-American to become president.
Oprah Winfrey has been critical of the presidency of Donald Trump and on
various occasions has hinted she would be interested in the possibility of
running as a Democrat for president.
Slightly adapted from from internet.

Critères d’évaluation : Après avoir lu le texte, tu montreras que tu l'as

compris en:
-reconnaissant les détails du texte ;
-exprimant tes appréciations personnelles sur le texte ;
-montrant ta compréhension du vocabulaire du texte ;
- reformulant certains passages du texte,
- traduisant un passage du texte de l’Anglais en Français ou certaines phrases
du Français en Anglais.

Consignes
Item 1: Write “right” or “wrong” for the following statements.
1) Oprah parents were very rich.
2) Oprah wrote many books.
3) Oprah is one of influence people in America.
4) Oprah is a millionaire.

Item 2: Give answers for these questions on the text.

1) Why was Oprah mocked at school?
2) Write Oprah’s quote about taking responsibility.
3) Who did she support for presidential elections?
Item 3: Find in the text words or expressions meaning almost the same with
these:
1) Got divorced (paragraph 1)
2) Obstacles (paragraph 2)
3) Self-formed (paragraph 4)
4) Someone who gets a billion (paragraph 4)

Item4: Complete the sentences below with words or expressions from the
text.
1) Oprah was …………………… when she was teenager.
2) She had interest for ……………………………………
3) In 2014, her net wealth was about ……………………
4) Oprah supported …………………………. for the presidential elections.

Item 5: Chose the appropriate answer to fill in the gaps.

1. Yoruba people help
……………………………………………………………….
a- each other b-themselves c- one another
2. The twin sisters love ………………………….
a- themselves b- each other c-one another
3.Oprah usually prides …………….. on his skill of journalism
a- herself b- each other c- himself
4. The small boy works hard to ……………………. His sick mother
a- endure b-support c- bear
5. After they ……….. the little boy from the hospital, his mother took him
home.
a- Will release b- had released c- release

Item 6: Rephrase these sentences using the prompts given.

1) Oprah had a difficult childhood. But she succeeded.
Despite ………………………………………………………………….
2) If Oprah didn’t take responsibility, she couldn’t succeed her life.
Unless …………………………………………………………………..
3) No black woman reached that level before.
It’s the first time ………………………………………………………..
4) Oprah helped many americans
Many americans………………………………………………………………

Item 7: Translate the following passage into French.

From “From 2006 to 2008, she lent her support…” down to “as a Democrat for
president.”
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B- La production d’un texte de types et de fonction variés :

Contexte:
Le succès n’est pas le fruit du hasard.Il depend de certains facteurs.

Critères d’évaluation: Tu montreras ta capacité à produire un texte en :

- respectant le contexte et le type de texte ;
- respectant la logique interne du texte ;
- construisant des phrases grammaticalement correctes ;
- utilisant le vocabulaire adéquat, l’orthographe et la ponctuation
appropriée.
Consigne
writing
Can someone who comes from poor family or background succeed in life? Give
strong arguments to support your opinion.
(20 lines maximum)