Bac 2013 General Anglais LV1

BACCALAURÉAT GÉNÉRAL SESSION 2013 ANGLAIS _______ LANGUE VIVANTE 1 Série L – Durée de l’épreuve : 3 heures – coefficient : 4 Séries ES-S – Durée de l’épreuve : 3 heures – coefficient : 3 _______ L'usage des calculatrices électroniques et du dictionnaire est interdit. Dès que ce sujet vous est remis, assurez-vous qu'il est complet. Ce sujet comporte 5 pages numérotées de 1/5 à 5/5. Répartition des points Compréhension de l’écrit 10 points Expression écrite 10 points 13ANV1ME1 Page : 1/5 Lisez les documents A et B puis répondez aux questions Document A From the first day he could walk Simon had always wanted to outdistance his rivals. The Americans would have described him as ‘an achiever’, while many of his contemporaries thought of him as pushy, or even arrogant, according to their aptitude for jealousy. During his last term at 5 Lancing Simon was passed over for head of school and he still found himself unable to forgive the 1headmaster his lack of foresight. Later that year, some weeks after he had completed his S-levels and 2been interviewed by Magdalen , a circular letter informed him that he would not be offered a place at Oxford; it was a decision Simon was unwilling to accept. In the same mail Durham University offered him a scholarship, which he rejected by return of 10 post. “Future Prime Ministers aren’t educated at Durham,” he informed his mother. “How about Cambridge?