SAMPLE EXAMINATION BOOKLET

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1 S SAMPLE EXAMINATION BOOKLET New Zealand Scholarship French Time allowed: Three hours Total marks: 24 EXAMINATION BOOKLET Question ONE TWO Mark There are three questions. You should answer Question One and Question Two in this booklet. If you need more space for any answer, use the page(s) provided at the back of this booklet and clearly number the question. THREE TOTAL /24 Assessor s use only Check that this booklet has pages 2 12 in the correct order and that none of these pages is blank. You must hand this booklet to the supervisor after two hours. Question Three is your spoken response in French. This will be recorded in the third hour, in the Recording Room. You are to wait in the Writing Room until you are collected to go to the Recording Room to record your spoken response to Question Three. While you are waiting you may read a book you have brought with you, provided it is in English. Question Three will be handed to you in the Recording Room. New Zealand Qualifications Authority, All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced by any means without the prior permission of the New Zealand Qualifications Authority.

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3 3 You have two hours to complete Question One and Question Two in this booklet. After two hours, this booklet will be collected. You will then remain in the Writing Room until you are collected to go to the Recording Room to record your spoken response to Question Three. INSTRUCTIONS FOR QUESTION ONE Listen to a radio interview from a programme about one of the dangers of using cellular telephones. You will hear the passage THREE times: The first time, you will hear it as a whole. The second and third times, you will hear it in sections, with a pause after each. While listening, make notes in the spaces provided on page 4 of this booklet. Use these notes to help you answer Question One on page 5. Your notes will not be assessed. Take note of the Glossed Vocabulary on page 5.

4 4 LISTENING NOTES Section (a) Section (b)

5 5 GLOSSED VOCABULARY Un cancérologue Le cerveau électromagnétique rayonnement a cancer specialist the brain electromagnetic radiation QUESTION ONE Selon l Organisation Mondiale de la Sante, expliquez les conséquences du portables sur la santé et donnez votre opinion sur les dangers encourus lors de leur utilisation. Devrionsnous réduire l utilisation massive des nouvelles technologies afin de préserver notre santé ou pensez-vous que ces dangers sont en fait exagérés par les médias? Justifiez votre réponse. Write your response, in French, below.

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8 8 instructions for question two Read the text Les sports extrêmes, and use it to answer Question Two. Write your answer, in French, on page 9. GLOSSED VOCABULARY le réseaux sociaux social network un regain d intérêt a renewed interest frisson thrill inoffensif harmless Les sports extrêmes Le désir de se dépasser et la recherche de nouvelles sensations ont donné naissance à tous les sports extrêmes et activités à forte dose d adrénaline que ce soit dans l air, sur For copyright reasons, this resource cannot be reproduced here. Combien d accidents ou de morts faudra-t-il compter avant d interdire ces sports extrêmes? Sources (adapted):

9 9 QUESTION TWO EITHER Ecrivez un résumé de ce texte. Chaque phrase ne doit pas contenir plus de trois mots consécutifs extraits de ce texte. OR Vous voulez créer un club de planking reconnu par la fédération française des sports. Ecrivez une lettre adressée au président de la fédération expliquant (1) les raisons pour lesquelles ce sport devrait être reconnu (2) les mesures que vous prendriez afin de minimiser les dangers encourus par ce sport.

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12 12 Question number Extra paper for continuation of answers if required. Clearly number the question.