Examen Anglais Baccalauréat Sujet Anglais Filière LP

increased. The growing number of people available for more kinds of work led to the development of more complex social structures. With a food surplus, a community could support a variety of workers who were not farmers. However, farming the world over has always relied upon a dependable water supply. For the earliest societies this meant rivers and streams or regular rainfall. That is why the first great civilizations emerged along rivers. Later, communities were able to develop by taking advantage of the rainy seasons through building water dams. One of the outgrowths of agriculture was the science of mathematics. People studied the movements of the Moon, the Sun, and the planets to calculate seasons. In so doing, they created the first calendars which made it possible to determine the arrival of each growing season. Measurements of land areas and of crop amounts were also important factors in farming. Adapted from Britannica Student Library 1. Are these statements true or false? Write T or F next to the letter corresponding to the statement. a. People in ancient times settled down thanks to farming. b. Agriculture fed farmers only. c. Mathematics contributed to the development of farming. 2. In which paragraph is it mentioned that... a. people started conserving food very early? b. farming led to the appearance of different types of human activities? 3. Answer the following questions according to the text. a. Mention two changes agriculture brought to mankind. b. Why did ancient people have to build dams? c. Did people use to calculate seasons before the development of agriculture? 4. Who or what do the underlined words refer to in the text? a. it (§1) b. It (§2) c. who (§2) d. they (§4) 5. Copy the title you think is the most appropriate to the text. a. Farming and Water Supply. b. Agriculture and Mathematics. c. Agriculture: the Basis of Civilization. B/ Text Exploration (08 pts) 1. Find in the text words whose definitions follow. a. To go and live somewhere permanently. (§1) b. Complete change having great effects. (§2) c. Walls built across rivers to stop the river’s flow and collect water. (§3) d. Printed tables showing all the days, weeks and months of the year. (§4) 2. Complete the chart as shown in the example. Verb Noun Adjective Example to revolutionize revolution revolutionary decisive measurement 3. Connect each pair of sentences with one of the words given. Make changes where necessary. as a result - although a. All the ancient civilizations developed in similar ways. They had different regional and climatic conditions. b. Ancient people created the first calendar. They were able to calculate the arrival of growing seasons. 4. Reorder the following sentences to make a coherent passage. a. By combining the two types of graphs, ancient Egyptians managed to make words. b. It is a complex system which uses drawings. c. Hieroglyphics is an ancient Egyptian writing system. d. It also uses phonograms which are signs representing sounds. 5. Classify the following words according to the pronunciation of their final ‘ed’. controlled - created – developed – relied /t/ /d/ /id/

Part Two: Written Expression (05 pts)

Choose ONE of the following topics. Topic one: Agriculture contributed greatly to the development of civilizations in different aspects of life.