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AMID CONGO // Site internet : www.amidcongo.org // E-mail : info@amidcongo.org BACCALAUREAT BLANC SESSION DE : JUIN 2020
EPREUVE DE : Anglais SERIES: C & D
SECTION ONE: Reading comprehension.
Read the text and answer the questions that follow.
Text: Cholera
Cholera is an infectious disease that cause severe watery diarrhea, which can lead to dehydration and even to death if untreated. It was prevalent in the United States before modern water and sewage treatment system eliminated to spread by contaminated water.
However, cholera outbreaks are still a serious problem in other parts of the world. The World Health Organization reports that’s that there are 1,3 million cases each year.
The disease is most common in places with poor sanitation, crowding, war and famine. Common locations include parts of Africa, South Asia and Latin America.
Vibrio cholera, the bacterium that cause cholera is usually found in food or water contamination by feces from a person with the infection. Common sources include:
Foods and drinks sold by street vendors, vegetable grown with water containing human wastes, raw or undercooked fish and seafood caught in water polluted with sewage. When a person consumes the contaminated food or water, the bacteria releases a toxin in the intestines that produce severe diarrhea. About one in 20 people infected have severe watery diarrhea accompanied by vomiting, which can quickly lead to dehydration. These include: rapid heart rate, loss of skin elasticity, dry mucous membranes including the inside of the mouth, throat, nose and eyelids, low blood pressure, thirst muscle cramps if not treated dehydration can lead to shock and death in a matter of hours.
The Common methods for treating cholera include oral rehydration salts, intravenous fluid rehydration, antibiotics, zinc supplements. These treatments add to the liquid in the body and rehydrate it. They also help reduce the length of time you have
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diarrhea. If you are traveling to an area where cholera is common, your chances of catering the disease are still low if you wash your hands, drink only bottled or boiled water, avoid raw food and shellfish, avoid dairy foods, and eat row fruit and vegetables that you can peel yourself.
A/- GLOBAL COMPREHENSION:
Read the text and answer by True or False after each statement. (Please, write True or False in full letters).
1- Cholera can be healed by following some medical instructions.
2- We may also find cholera in some European countries.
3- Cholera is unable to lead people to death.
4- Diarrhea and coughing are the symptoms of cholera.
B/- DETAILED COMPREHENSION
Read the text again and answer the questions that follow.
1- Where can we find Vibrio cholera?
2- Can people avoid contracting cholera? Justify your answer.
3- What causes cholera?
4- How many cases does the WHO report each year?
SECTION TWO: Linguistic competence.
A/- Vocabulary:
Match each item in column A with its right definition in column B.
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Column A Column B
1- Dehydration a- The beginning of something 2- Prevalent b- Full of people.
3- Outbreak c- The fact of being weak and ill.
4- Crowding d- The widespread of something.
B/- Grammar:
a- Turn these sentences into passive voice:
1- Did NGANGUIE Stop the smugglers?
2- THE COVID-19 is killing so many people around the world.
3- MFINKA and Divine grave him a present.
4- Cholera will cook vegetable in morning.
b- Mistake correction:
Each of the follow sentences contains one mistake. Please, find it then suggest a correction.
1- I was making herself at home.
2- OKENDZA usually eat not row fruits to avoid cholera.
3- PAMBOU speaks English fluently. So, does I.
4- It rains too much yesterday afternoon.
SECTION THREE: Communicative competence.
Complete the following conversation with the missing questions.
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AMID CONGO // Site internet : www.amidcongo.org // E-mail : info@amidcongo.org A- Hello! What do you do? B: Hello! I am a nurse
A1: ………? B1: I work in a doctor’s office.
A2: ………? B2: I have Benn a nurse for six years.
A3: ………..? B3: I help the doctor and give injections A4: ……….? B4: Yes, I like my work very much.
SECTION FOUR: Guided writing.
Reorder the following scrambled words to have meaningful sentence.
Put these scramble words in order to get meaningful sentences.
1- That/ would/ me/ mind/ for/ you/ doing/ ?
2- People/ understanding/ philosophy/ have/ helps/ good/ life/ of.
3- You/ apologize/ the/ not/ telling/ I/ for/ truth.
4- Efforts/ decrease/ have/ infection/ they/ the/ to/ done.
