{"id":1980,"date":"2019-03-11T14:08:51","date_gmt":"2019-03-11T14:08:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/prof11.ibalade.com\/?p=1980"},"modified":"2019-09-01T06:28:13","modified_gmt":"2019-09-01T06:28:13","slug":"ts4-mock-exam-lv1","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/prof11.ibalade.com\/?p=1980","title":{"rendered":"TS4: Mock exam LV1"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"western\">I. COMPREHENSION ECRITE<\/p>\n<p class=\"western\">DOCUMENT A<\/p>\n<p class=\"western\">1. How did the journalist feel towards Muhammad Ali when he was a child? Give two reasons why he felt that way<span style=\"color: #ff00ff;\">.When he was a child, the journalist felt impressed towards Muhammad Ali: \u201ca rare mix of fluidity and power\u201d (l.2-3) and \u201cI believed him\u201d (l.6). + He was good at his sport+ He was a role model<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"western\">2. Explain why, according to the journalist, people feel like him towards celebrities. (2 elements) <span style=\"color: #ff00ff;\">According to the journalist, people feel like him towards celebrities because \u201cour star athletes \u2013 and our celebrities in general \u2013 are treated as our cultural elite\u201d (l.11-12) and \u201cwe feel an actual sense of personal connection to them\u201d (l.16-17).FORMULATION PERSONNELLE<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"western\">. a. How have the journalist\u2019s feelings towards athletes evolved? <span style=\"color: #ff00ff;\">With time, the journalist has taken some distance and feel much less impressed, much detached .<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"western\">b. To what extent does Charles Barkley share the journalist\u2019s point of view? (20- 30 words)<\/p>\n<p class=\"western\"><span style=\"color: #ff00ff;\">Charles Barkley shares the journalist\u2019s point of view as he suggests celebrities should not be role models, much to the contrary: they were not meant for that and are just there for performing their main activity.+Parents should be r\u00f4le models<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"western\">DOCUMENT B<\/p>\n<p class=\"western\">4. What does Mickey Mantle do for a living?<span style=\"color: #ff00ff;\">Mickey Mantle is a baseball player.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"western\">5. Say what the narrator expects from Mantle.<span style=\"color: #ff00ff;\">The narrator expects an autograph from Mantle.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"western\">6. a. Focus on lines 5 to 9. How does the narrator\u2019s perception of Mantle compare to the way he imagined him?<span style=\"color: #ff00ff;\"> Mantle has an impressive body, maybe more than when he appears through the TV (strong-built \/ muscular)<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"western\">8. a. Describe and comment on Mantle\u2019s attitude towards the narrator as they talk. (+\/- 50 words)\u00a0<span style=\"color: #ff00ff;\">All along the conversation, Mantle\u2019s attitude towards the narrator evolves. Indeed, he appears as very nice and even god-like at the beginning. Nevertheless, when he contemplates the little boy and his outfit, he becomes unpleasant and, even, mean to him, as he seems to be prejudiced against delicate gender issues and rather intolerant. Moreover, he doesn&#8217;t know who Ariel is, which betrays his lack of culture.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"western\">b. Say what impact Mantle\u2019s attitude has on the narrator.<span style=\"color: #ff00ff;\">Mantle\u2019s attitude is disappointing the narrator.\u00a0Moreover, he feels ashamed<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"western\">9. What does Danny Hupfer do as a result? In your opinion, why does he react that way?<span style=\"color: #ff00ff;\">\u00a0As a result, Danny Hupfer does not want an autograph anymore. He reacts that way because he is disappointed and, all of a sudden, does not admire the baseball player anymore.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"western\">DOCUMENTS A ET B<\/p>\n<p class=\"western\">10. To what extent do both texts illustrate the difference that may exist between being a celebrity and being a hero?\u00a0<span style=\"color: #ff00ff;\">Celebrities are people who are famous . Heroes are people who do something extraordinary.It&#8217;s essential to make the difference.Both texts show that famous people are not \/ should not be role models because in both documents people feel betrayed by their attitude.In doc A., example of Tiger Woods who cheated on his wife. In doc. B, Mantle refuses to sign an autograph to a child<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I. COMPREHENSION ECRITE DOCUMENT A 1. How did the journalist feel towards Muhammad Ali when he was a child? Give two reasons why he felt that way.When he was a child, the journalist felt impressed towards Muhammad Ali: \u201ca rare mix of fluidity and power\u201d (l.2-3) and \u201cI believed him\u201d (l.6). + He was good <span class=\"ellipsis\">&hellip;<\/span> <span class=\"more-link-wrap\"><a href=\"https:\/\/prof11.ibalade.com\/?p=1980\" class=\"more-link\"><span>Read More &rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/prof11.ibalade.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1980"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/prof11.ibalade.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/prof11.ibalade.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/prof11.ibalade.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/prof11.ibalade.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1980"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/prof11.ibalade.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1980\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1986,"href":"https:\/\/prof11.ibalade.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1980\/revisions\/1986"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/prof11.ibalade.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1980"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/prof11.ibalade.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1980"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/prof11.ibalade.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1980"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}