07 Apr

BACCALAUREAT BLANC STI - CORRECTION

Publié par Sandrine CHARAVY - Catégories : #TERMINALES STI

COMPREHENSION

A. Choose the correct answer and quote two elements from the text to justify your answer.

The scene takes place.... 2. In a police station

B. Complete the sentences by using the following expressions.

Victim n°1 – a bike messenger – a man in a suit – a copper – victim n°2 – the narrator

Paul Kamsky is a copper and a man in suit.

Miss Bell is the narrator and a bike messenger.

Ingrid de Soto is victim n°2

Margaret Farrell is victim n°1

C. Use the list below to say

1. who is present at the interview : Paul Kamsky and Miss Bell.

2. who is just mentioned during the interview : Margaret Farrell and Ingrid de Soto.

3. who is present in the rest of the text : A WPC and two officers.

D. Say what the underlined words refer to.

1. it would be brought (line2) = the messenger's bike

2. I’m recognizing it (line 31) = the oddity of the situation

3. that’s what I was trying to say (line 33) = " I was the witness, not the victim"

4. Well, there’s one (line 43) = a connection

E. Right or wrong? Answer and justify by quoting from the text. Give the line numbers.

1. The narrator has never been to a police station.

Wrong (l.1) "I was becoming an expert on police interviews rooms"

2. The inspector and the narrator have never met before.

Right (l.13-14) "I'm Detective Chief Inspector Paul Kamsky"

3. The Chief Inspector did not want to leave the case to another detective.

Right (l.18) " as soon as I heard, I had to come and talk to you myself"

4. Paul Kamsky is an experienced policeman.

Right (l.38-39) " I've been a copper for twenty-eight years"

5. The interview is going to be short.

Right (l.44) " I'm just here to ask a couple of simple questions"

F. Find the adjective which best describes the narrator and justify your answer with two quotes from the text.

Shocked : "I'm a bit shaken by it" (l.29) -"it's a horrible, horrible coincidence" (l.34)

G. Find three quotes from the text showing that the Inspector thinks the narrator could be the murderer.

l.27-18 "I wondered if you had any comment to make"

l.39-40 "The only time I've ever found someone on two mouder scenes within a couple of month is because they were the murdere"

l.42-43 " I'm afraid we're going to ask you to be here for a while"

l.48-50 "Well, there's one...you"

CETTE QUESTION SERA TRAITEE UNIQUEMENT PAR LES CANDIDATS DES SERIES STI – STL

H. Find in the text the equivalents of these words or expressions (in the order of the text).

1. regained self-control = pulled myself together

2. declaration = statement

3. perplexed = baffled

4. strangeness = oddity