Anglais BAC A-C-D 2025 — Cameroun

COLLEGE PRIVE LAÏC MONGO BETIB.? 972 TEL. /22 68 6297 33 20 67 23·YAOUNDE ANNEE SEQUENCE . EPREUVE CLASSE DUREE COEFFICIENT SCOLAIRE 2024/2025 N°6 MOCK ANGLAIS T'es A4' CID 03H 04 Nom du professeur: WINIFRIED BIH jour: NOMS ET PRENOMS: Classe: N°. SECTION A: GRAMMAR (10marks) . 1. Complete this dialogue with the most appropriate words of your choice (5marks) Alex: Hey Jamie,have Vou noticed how much techn~logy is changing schools these days? Jamie: Oh, absolutely! Ifs like every time 1 turn around, there's some new gadget or app designed to students learn. What do Vou think 9,bout it? Alex: 1 think ifs amazing! 1 mean, back when we were in school, ail we had were textbooks and chalkboards. , students have access to interactive lessons, virtual labs, and even AI tutors! Jamie: That~s true. 1 remember struggling with Maths in. high school, and there was nothing like the Maths-solving,apps or online tutorials we -have now. Do Vou think these tools actually make a difference? Alex: Definitely. For example, there are apps now that break down complex concepts into bite sized pieces and evèn offer practice problems instant feedback. 1 wish we'd had that back in those day! J~mie: Yeah, ) think the instant feedback is one of the coolest pc:rts. But 1 also wonder if technology might distract students rather than help them . . Alex: Thafs a valid point. There's always a risk of distractions, ail social media or games. But 1think 'if used ,'technology can enhance learning. Ifs ail about finding the right balance. Jamie: Agréed. Anci there are some really cool technologies out there. 1 heard qbout virtual reality c1assrooms'where:you can explore ancient civilizations or dive into the human body Alex: That's like steppÎng into.a science fiction movie! Imagine being able to walk through the streets of ancient Rome or see how the circulatory system works from the inside. Ifs like learning through experience. Jamie: Exactly! And about online 'courses? There's so much flexibility now for people who can't always attend tradition Il) Complete the sentences with the most appropriate words chosen from the brackets (5marks) • You booked the tickets, ? (Booked Vou, didn't Vou, do vou) • This ~ime next year, 1 computer engineering in the university. hv.ilIstudy, willbestudying, going to study) • If Chaka computer sCience at school, she wou Id have been computer literate with a good job. (studied, studies, hadstudied) • Parents don't rnind . on their children's education.(spending,spend,a~espending} • The. cyber café owner for hacking into people's accounts.(arrested, was arrested, will arrest} 'r _J SECTIONA: VOCABULARY(10marks) .. •. 1} Fill the blanks by choosing the correct ans~er from the box.' There are more words than you need. Use eachwordonly once. (5 marks) , l, ' .. l, 1 co:nmute, G.P.s., .password, leisure, relax, worked. remotely, commond 1 1 , order, verification . 1) A good example of a activity is playing computer games. 2) Many people, beca.use of the lockdown ________-'. although they go to their offices once a week. 3) The tourists installed a in their phones so they could easily trace their way into the forest. 4) Enter the two-steps code to protect vour whatsapp account from hackers. 5) Many people pre goods from abroad and receive them three months ';later? 11) Choose the best option from the brackets to complete each sentence (5 marks) 1) After working for hours on I\is computer, Dad was tired and started (yawning, data, Bluetooth). 2) With thèinternet it is easy to friends and relatives in other countries. 'r (get in trouble, make friends ,stay in touch) 3) She for a job as a computer programmer but she wasn't successful. (faithfully, applied; demanded) . . '4) My phone is dying, 1 need to find a charger to extend the ~_ (battery life, charging system, signal) 5) --'-,'the computer each time' Vou end a working session.(shot up, shot down, start up) SEcrlON C: READING COMPREHENSION (10 MARKS) Read the passage below carefully and answer the questions that follow Technologies are becoming increasingly complicated and increasingly interconnected. Cars, airplanes, medièal devices, finanâal transactions, and electricity systems ail rely on more computer software than they ever have before, making them seem both harder to understand and, in sorne cases, harder to control. Government and corporate surveillance of individuals and 'information processing rely largely on digital technologies and artificial intelligence, and therefore involves less human-to-human contact than eVer before and more opportunities for biases to be embedcfed and codified in our technological systems in ways we may not even be able to identify . or recognize. Bioengineering advances are opening up new terrain for challenging philosophical, 'political, and economic questions regarding human-natural relations. Additionally, the management of these large and small devices and systems is increasingly done through the cloud, sa that control over them is both very remote and removed from direct human or social control. . The study of how to make technologies like artificia 1 intelligence or the Internet of Things "explainable" has become its Dwn area of research because it is so diffiCult to understand how tJ1ey work or what is at fault when something go es wrong. This growing complexity makes it more diffîcult th~n ever-and môre imperative than ever-for scholars to probe how technological advancements are altering life around the world in both positive and negative ways and what social, political, and legal tools are needed to help shape the development and design of technology in beneficial directions. This can seem Iike an impossible task in Iight of the rapid pace of technological change and the sense that its continued advancement is inevitable, but many countries around the world are only just beginning to take significant steps toward regulating computer technologies and are still in the process of radically rethinking the rules governing global data flows and exchange of technology across borders. Technology can be a source of tremendous optimism. It can help overcome sorne of the greatest challenges our society faces, including climate change, famine, and disease. For those who believe in the power of innovation and the promise of creative destruction to advance economic development and lead to better qual-ity of life, technology is a vital economic driver. But 1. it can also be a tool of tremendous fear and oppression, embedding biases in automated decision making processes and information-processing algorithms, exacerbating economic a~d social inequalities within and between countries to a staggering degree, or creating new weapons and avenues for attack unlike any we have had to face in the pasto Scholars have even contended that the emergence of the term technology in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries marked a shift from viewing individual pieces of machinery as a, means to achieving political' and social progress to the more dangerous; or hazardous, view that larger-scale, more complex technological systems were a semiautonomous form of progress in and of themselves More recently, technologists hav~ l ' sharply criticized what they view as a wave of new Luddites, people intent on slowing the dev.elopment of technology and turning back the clock on innovation as a means of mitigating the societal impacts of technological change. 1 The impacts are 6ften unpredietable' as technofogies are adopted in new contexts and come ta be used irr ways that sometimes div.erge significantly from the use cases envisioned by their designers, The internet, designed to help ~ransmit information between computer networks, 'became a crucialyehicle for commerce, introducing unexpected avenues for crime and financial f~aud. Social media platforms Iike Facebook and Twitter, designed to connect friends and families through sharing photographs and life updates, became focal points of election controversies and political influence. Crypto currencies, originally intended as a means of decentralized digital cash, have become ,a signifii:ant environmental hazard as more and more computing resources a're devoted to .mining -these forms of virtual money. One of the crucial challenges in this area is there~ore . recognizing,. documenting, and evén anticipating sorne of these unexpeeted consequences and providing mechanisms to technologists for how to think through the impacts of their work, as weil as possible other paths to different outcomes. And just as technological r. innovations can cause unexpected harm, they can also bring about extraordinary benefits-new vaccines and medicines to address global pandemies and save thousands of lives, new sources of . energy that cari drastically reduce' emissions and help combat c1imate change, new modes of education that can reach people who would otherwise have no access to schooling. Regulating technology .therefore requires a careful balance of mitigating risks without overly restric~ing . potentially be'neficial innovations. .Source: adapted Jrom the internet. QUESTIONS -1) Why are technologies becoming more and more complicated? 2) State two ways in which tectmology is said to be a source ~f tremendous· optimism • 3) What are Crypto currencies and why were they ereated? 4) Write down two benefits of modern technologies as mentioned in the text. 5) ln your own ~ords, say what Vou understand by artificial intelligence. 1. Write a composition on any one of the foJ/owing topies of between 250-300 words. 1} Advances in technology mean that machines are increasingly used to do jobs that were previously done by human beings. The benefitsfar outweigh the disadvantages. To what èxtent do. . . Vou agree? You may use the following guidelines; • State three instances where work was effectively carried out by man . , • State three instances where machines effectivelydo work. • Show three consequences on man when work is done by machine. • Clearly state your stand point on whether 'work should be done by man or machines '1' 2) With the coming of modern technology, recreation has taken a different has taken a different dimension l:Inlike the traditional methods. Write an article to THE POST NEWSPAPER in which you: - Say what vou understand by recreational activities with two examples -state three tradition al recreational activities -state three modern recreational activities ( - write"three ôdvantages of recreational activities. NB; your name is SPONGE BOB 3) The people of your community strongly believe that the rise of the social media has no positive effects due the way ill-intentioned people use it., for this reason they hardly usesocial media. In a spèech on THE INTERNATIONAL MEDIA DAY, make them see the importance of using the social media. In your work . _ J • 'explain what vou understand by social media with examples • make. them media see thr.ee ways in which iII-intentioned people have misused the social • state four advantages of community social media that can help in the development of the • NB: You are DENZER RICHARD; a computer engineer. Vour community is Njokaland •