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SUJETS D’ANGLAIS AU BTS

ANGLAIS 2004

I- GRAMMARAND SPEECH FUNCTIONS

A/ With a question tag, invite confirmation of the following observations:

1. Even in the age of electronic maids, letters still get poster ………………………………
2. They would still have to be posted for a long while yet…………………………………..

B/ Put the following claims in the Negative

1. Cameroon expected to see the end of the economic crisis in the 1990”…………………..
2. I’ll have to help my sister in the shop…………………………………………………….

C/ Fill in the gap in information with a grammar word from the following list: when/
only/ so / unit/ unless

1. He had never travelled abroad ………………..he was 36.

2. When asked to resign, Mr. Chips said he had no intention of doing……………….

D/ From your knowledge of English, fill in each gap in the following conversation with a
single grammar expression. “Excuse me, please”

1. “Yes, what can I ……………….for you”

2. “What ………………. the word “purchaser”

3.”It ……………….buy”

“Thank you”

E/ Put the verbs in parentheses in the most suitable form

1. I enjoy (watch) advertisements on the telly). Watching

2. Don’t forget (be) on time. to be
3. (Train) for a better job makes me feel confident of the future. Training

F/ Fill in the gaps in communication with either, few, much, or little

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Water and electricity bills are bills that hardly anybody minds running up but which few settle
willingly

G/ Fill in the gaps in communication with either so, such, or since.

1. Such cheap but valuable articles are rare.

2. We have been in business since 1996.

H/ Fill in the gap in communication with either of the following two words.

As a result of the Christmas and New Year festivals my account was overdrawn and in the red
(overdraw overdraft).

II- VOCABUL.ARY

A) Fill in the gaps in communication with words from the list

List of expressions: guided... employer... regard.... recognise... unlikely wages.... scheme....

one... workers... report… heads... afford.... increases.... ones… decisions…. de1ay…

3. My friends think I’m ……....to find a job so soon. It’s difficult to find ……..…..presently
4. Many parents can’t ……..………..to give their chidden pocket money everyday.
5. The ……..………..think their ……..………..should pay them more.
6. They think their ……..………..Aren’t good enough.
7. I’ve got a lot of friends but only two close……..………..
8. One of the responsibilities of management is to have special ……..………..for employees
9. Forward-looking management will ……..………..signs of changes in social behaviour
heralding changing tastes.
10. Some ……..……….. must be made quickly, others may be delayed.
11. The ……..………..was submitted by the financial controller.
12. A ……..………..for the reduction of die company’s capital was discussed in board
meeting.
13. He was advised to ……..……….. his trip.
14. A meeting of all department ……..………..held yesterday.
15. By what principles would you be ……..………..when planning the installation of a new
filing system?

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16. The sales have been badly affected by increase in price……..………..

III- TRANSLATION

A) Translate the following information from French into English.

Je suis tout à fait d’accord que l’on peut avoir un petit travail payant pendant que l’on est
élève au Cameroun de nos jours où il manque vraiment de quoi payer les livres et où l’argent
de poche ne se donne même plus dans beaucoup de cas.

B) Translate the following administrative knowledge into French.

A company is concerned about the spare taken up by its filing system, so could you kindly
suggest an appropriate one as well as describing factors that must be taken into account in the
selection of office furniture and equipment?

IV - COMPREHENSION

Read the passage carefully and answer the questions coming after it. Use complete English
sentences.

THE HANDY BRINGS LOTS OF MONEY

The chief executive of the Olivetti group of companies, Francesco Caio says he realized the
need for high speed data communication between its companies.

And they believed it could radically reduce the cost of doing business through using email and
data communications. So he shifted the companies of which he had become General Manager
from internets and websites to making the Mobile cellular phone. It was a shift for which
overwhelming economies of scale are claimed “What I spotted was the overwhelming
economist of scale” he has quoted as saying after costs had been cut to one-tenth.

This success derived from his vision for the companies audit was a vision which he
successfully got his collaborators to share. The vision and his methods were later vindicated
by the figures that show the loss or profit in the balance sheet at the end of the year and by
those in the books that show the daily cash flow.

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Having pioneered the mobile cellular phone in Italy, he is known there as Mr Mobile where
he is also credited with having launched Italy’s first mobile phone network. This happened in
1990 before the world cup when the mobile network was built from the simple philosophy
that something simple but of high quality should be delivered to the customer. From this, the
eventually designed the world’s first washing machine that communicates with the Internet
using a built-in mobile phone: the margherita 2000 con machine which sends reports about
breakdowns and innovations, he advises that “you should define what you want to do and
why” adding that works, the numbers will it”. This said, he later embarked on a restructuring
of the set-up, a modernizalion of the management and redesign of the brand after which it is
reported to have increased its value fivefold.

But all was not exactly laid sailing for him. He was once obliged on the board over whether a
breakeven would be an achievable target in 1996. Soon afterwards, the chairman and the said
acolytes were to have been found guilty of false accounting and resigned.

Speaking about the incident and his period in the cold, he says “there’s no such thing as a bad
experience in business” and that “any experience is a good experience in my book”.

QUESTIONS

1. State explicitly what you think the enterprise’s balance sheet and books said about the
company’s performance and from what sort of economic strategies did the derive?
2. Describe the intrinsic value of the mobile cellular telephone.
3. What did Francesco Caio pioneer about washing machines and what did he name his own?
4. What is his advice about taking decisions?
5. What was the mistake of the chairman and his acolyte’s on the board?
6. What will probably happen if, as a boss, you do not get the co-operation of your
collaborators?
7. How does lie say people should positively view business contretemps?
8. Describe the innovations in the administration of the companies that lie hoped will make
them more performant.

V- ESSAY

Choose one only of the following topics

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Lither (a) write 200 words on an economic crisis you have been living through. Or (b) How
Cameroonians have been coping with the economic crisis that started in the mid 1980. Or (c)
the organisation of commerce and industry in your city or town of residence.

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