Anglais Brevet 2013

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Correction / Corrigé Epreuve d'anglais au Brevet (DNB) 2013 (Mercredi 26 juin 2013)

WOMAN BUYS $34,000 PAINTING AT GOODWILL FOR $10
Beth Feeback, who lives in North Carolina, knows how to find a good bargain. In fact, she recently turned $10 into $34,375. Feeback shows at Goodwill, a thrift store, where people can buy used clothing and items cheaply. In her spare time, Feeback paints folksy (*) pictures of large-eyed kitties. Late April, Feeback was combing (*) Goodwill for a nice arm blanket. Instead, she stumbled (*) on two large paintings that she felt she'd be able to paint her kitties on - after painting over them, of course. She paid $9.99 and took them home. It wasn't unitl five months later that she fetched them to recycle them into cat paintings.
But something caught her eye on one of the paintings. There was a sticker on the back of the canvas that said that the painting - a red diamond with blue and white stripes - had come from the Weatherspoon Art Museum at the University of North Carolina. Someone suggested she find out more about the painting, so she Googled it.
That's when she discovered that it was painted by artist Ilya Bolotoswky, and was called Vertical Diamond... and was worth more than $34,000. [...] Famous auction house (*) Sotheby's sold the painting for Feeback for $34,375. She said that she and her husband plan to use the money to renovate their house and pay off some of their debts. She also intends to thank the couple that brought the painting to Goodwill by painting a picture of Buttons, their cat who passed away.
According to an article on the Time.com news website, Feeback also wants to recreate Vertical Diamond, but with a giant cat face in the middle of it.

By Joyce Grant, Teachingkidnews.com, October 3, 2012.
folksky : popular
to comb: to walk around
to stumble : to find among other things
an auction house : a place where you can buy things at the best price

2 points sont attribués à l'orthographe et à la présentation

I) COMPREHENSION DU TEXTE (6 points)
A) Lors d'une soirée entre amis, vous entendez cette histoire incroyable. Votre voisin de table vous présente les faits.
Cochez la bonne réponse.

1. The story took place in
- Great Britain
X the United States (North Carolina)
- Russia

2. Everything started in
X April 2012 (last April)
- October 2012
- December 2012

3. At Goodwill, you can buy
- expensive clothing and items
X cheap clothing and items (people can buy used clothing and items cheaply)
- expensive paintings

4. Beth Feeback paints
X kittens (paint her kitties on)
- little dogs
- birds

B) Cette histoire a retenu votre attention et vous voulez en savoir plus. Votre voisin est ravi de pouvoir vous raconter la suite. Cependant, ce qu'il dit n'est pas toujours vrai !
Dites si les phrases ci-dessous sont vraies ou fausses et justifiez vos réponses en citant les passages du texte.
1. Feeback a acheté une couverture chaude chez Goodwill.
F "two large paintings"

2. Feeback découvre que la fameuse oeuvre 'Vertical Stripes' a été peinte par l'artiste Ilya Bolotowsky.
F "and was called "Vertial Diamond"

3. Feeback a fait des folies et a dépensé une vraie fortune pour ses achats.
F $9.99

4. Feeback a décidé de remercier le couple donateur en leur peignant un tableau.
V "she also intends to thank the couple that brought the painting to Goodwill by painting a picture of Buttons".

C) Vous avez retenu l'attention d'un autre invité qui est journaliste. A son grand étonnement, il ignore tout de ce fait divers. Vous lui expliquez l'enchaînement des faits.
Recopiez les phrases en les classant par ordre chronologique.

1. One of her friends suggested she looked for information on the Internet.
2. She took the paintings home.
3. She paid $9.99 for the paintings.
4. She discovered it was 'Vertical Diamond' painted by artist Ilya Bolotowsky.
5. Beth Feeback bought two large paintings at Goodwill.
6. On one of the paintings, there was a sticker on the back of the canvas which caught her eye.
7. Finally, Feeback received $34,375 for the famous painting.
8. Five months later, she decided to use the paintings to recycle them.

a) Beth Feeback bought two large paintings at Goodwill.
b) 3. She paid $9.99 for the paintings.
c) 2. She took the paintings home.
d) 8. Five months later, she decided to use the paintings to recycle them.
e) 6. On one of the paintings, there was a sticker on the back of the canvas which caught her eye.
f) 1. One of her friends suggested she looked for information on the Internet.
g) 4. She discovered it was 'Vertical Diamond' painted by artist Ilya Bolotowsky.
h) Finally, Feeback received $34,375 for the famous painting.

II) COMPETENCE LINGUISTIQUE (5 points)
A) Ce journaliste vous appelle le lendemain et vous demande davantage de précisions sur cette incroyable histoire. Complétez les questions par le mot interrogatif qui convient.

1. - HOW MANY paintings did she buy at Goodwill's?
- She bought two large paintings.

2. - WHERE did the painting come from?
- It came from the Art Museum of North Carolina.

3. - WHAT did Beth Feeback see at the back of the canvas?
- She saw a sticker.

4. - HOW MUCH did Sotheby's pay for the painting?
- A lot of money! More than $34,000!

B) Vous lui expliquez ensuite ce que Beth Feeback compte faire dans un futur proche avec tout cet argent. Conjuguez les verbes entre parenthèses.
1. She (renovate) is going to renovate (will renovate) their house.
2. She (pay off) is going to pay off (will pay off) some of her debts.

C) Le journaliste veut varier le vocabulaire de son article et vous demande de l'aider à trouver des synonymes.
Repérez dans le texte les synonymes des mots suivants :
1. free time: spare time
2. to transform : recreate
3. to die: to pass away
4. baby-cats : kitties

III EXPRESSION ECRITE EN LANGUE ANGLAISE (7 points)

Vous pensez être dans la même situation que Beth Feeback. Vous avez récemment fait l'acquisition d'un objet de valeur pour une somme modique dans un vide grenier.
Vous écrivez au journaliste pour lui dire de quel objet il s'agit, lui expliquer à quel endroit et dans quelles circonstances vous l'avez acheté et ce que vous avez l'intention de faire car vous venez de découvrir que cet objet vaut beaucoup d'argent. (en 50 mots environ).

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