Monday, 11 May 2009

THE BACCALAUREATE ENGLISH EXAM LM JUNE 2008

THE BACCALAUREATE ENGLISH EXAM LM JUNE 2008The Economic Commission for Africa estimates that between 1960 and 1989, some 127,000highly qualified African professionals left Africa. According to the International Organisation for Migration, Africa has been losing 20,000 professionals each year since 1990. This has raised claims that the continent is dying a slow death from brain drain, which has financial, institutional, and societal costs. African countries get little return from their investment in higher education, since too many graduates leave...

CORRECTION OF THE BACCALAUREATE ENGLISH EXAM LM JULY 2008

المركز الوطني للتقويم و الامتحاناتCORRECTION OF THE BACCALAUREATE ENGLISH EXAM LM JULY 2008KEY AND MARKING SCALENB: Please accept any appropriate answer not mentioned in the key.I. COMPREHENSION (15 POINTS)A. TRUE OR FALSE? (3 pts, 1 each)1. True: Schools were located dozens of kilometres away from her home.2. False: Her family was too poor to pay for her studies./ her family couldn't afford to pay ...3. True: My interests are different from ..... ./ I have learnt to make my decisions ...B. WH- QUESTIONS (2 pts, 1 each)Accept any appropriate answer(s)C....

CORRECTION OF THE BACCALAUREATE ENGLISH EXAM SC JULY 2008

المركز الوطني للتقويم و الامتحاناتCORRECTION OF THE BACCALAUREATE ENGLISH EXAM SC JULY 2008KEY AND MARKING SCALEI. COMPREHENSION (15 POINTS)A. BEST TITLE (2pts)1. The story of a geniusB. TRUE OR FALSE? (4 pts, 1 for each correct and justified answer)1.False: (electric light was not his only invention/ he invented the phonograph, the motion picture, etc,.)2.False: (started experimenting at a young age at home)3.True: (he was 12 when he got his first job)4.True:( he worked 16 hours out of every 24 hours)C. ORDER OF EVENTS (2 pts)2. Edison first became...

CORRECTION OF THE BACCALAUREATE ENGLISH EXAM SC JUNE 2008

المركز الوطني للتقويم و الامتحاناتCORRECTION OF THE BACCALAUREATE ENGLISH EXAM SC JUNE 2008KEY AND MARKING SCALEI. COMPREHENSION (15 Points)A. TRUE OR FALSE + JUSTIFICATION. (3 pts, 1 for each correct and justified answer)I. False (she was born in a rural Moroccan village)2. True (Rachida and her classmates were laughed at by villagers as they walked to school)3. True (Some of them are examples of independent female entrepreneurs)B. ANSWER THESE QUESTIONS. (4 pts, 1 for each appropriate answer)C. WHAT DO THE UNDERLINED WORDS IN THE TEXT REFER TO?...