Sujet du brevet 2026 d'anglais — Amérique du Nord — candidats libres

26LVANAN1 Page DIPLÔME NATIONAL D U BREVET SESSION 2026 LANGUE VIVANTE ETRANGERE ANGLAIS Toutes séries Durée : 1 h 30 (Coefficient 2) Dès que le sujet vous est remis, assurez-vous qu’il est complet. Le sujet comporte 5 pages numérotées de la page à la page Vous répondez directement sur le sujet, sans le dégrafer. Le sujet est rendu dans son intégralité en fin d’épreuve. Le candidat veille à compléter le cartouche d’anonymat au verso des pages indiquées. Première partie : évaluation de la compréhension d’un texte écrit 10 points Deuxième partie : évaluation de l’expression écrite 10 points L'usage du dictionnaire et de la calculatrice est interdit. 26LVANAN1 Page When Mr Hiram B. Otis, the American Minister, bought Canterville Chase 1, every one told him he was doing a very foolish 2 thing, as there was no doubt at all that the place was haunted. Indeed, Lord Canterville himself, who was a man of the most punctilious honour, had felt it his duty to mention the fact to Mr. Otis, when they came to discuss terms. 5 “We have not cared to live in the place ourselves”, said Lord Canterville, “since my grand- aunt, the Dowager3 Duchess of Bolton, was frightened into a fit, from which she never really recovered, by two skeleton hands being placed on her shoulders as she was dressing for dinner, and I feel bound4 to tell you, Mr. Otis, that the ghost has been seen by several living members of my family, as well as the rector of the parish, the Rev. Augustus Dampier, who 10 is a fellow of King’s College, Cambridge. After the unfortunate accident to the Duchess, none of our younger servants would stay with us, and Lady Canterville often got very little sleep at night, in consequence of the mysterious noises that came from the corridor and the library.” Oscar Wilde, The Canterville Ghost, 1887. 1 Chase : manor 2 Foolish: …