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SUJETS D’ANGLAIS AU BTS

ANGLAIS 2009

NB: Write all the answers (and the answers only) in the official booklet, respecting die
chronological order in each section. Inscrivez toutes les réponses (et les réponses uniquement)
dans le cahier de composition, en respectant l’ordre.

SECTION ONE: LINGUISTIC COMPETENCE.

A- From your knowledge of transition words and cohesion in writing, match each set of
words with its function from a list.

List of functions: exemplifying - contrasting - concluding/summarizing - doubting -

showing consequence – emphasizing - comparing - adding

1. Therefore, as a result, thus, so: . ………………….

2. Nonetheless, although, on the other hand: . ………………….
3. For instance, such as, as a case in point: . ………………….
4. Above all, especially, indeed, must important. ………………….
5. Similarly in the same way like, as: . ………………….
6. To sum up, in brief, on the whole, all is all: . ………………….
7. Furthermore, besides, moreover, beyond that: . ………………….
8. Perhaps, maybe possibly: . ………………….
B- Rewrite the underlined contracted form min formal language
1. ABC, the lame duck won’t pay his bill in time: . ………………….
2. He’d been here before: . ………………….
C- SENTENCE STRUCTURE: Put the words in brackets into their most suitable
position in the sentence.
1. (Very well) He speaks English. ………………….
2. (To Berlin) die consultant flew on business. ………………….
D- Select the most appropriate preposition of each space from the list given

List: on – over – up – off

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“Time is . ……………., so the meeting is . ………………“, said the president.

E- Do as Indicated
1. Write the fraction: 2/3 in words: ………………….
2. Write the football match score 4-0 in words: . ………………….

SECTION TWO: BUSINESS LEXIS

A- From the list, select the most appropriate synonyms for the underlined word(s)
1. I’m a bit broke at the moment: . …………………. (Busy - short of money - rich -
angry)
2. The new manager fired half the sales force: . …………………. (Lay off- sacked -
dismissal - imprisoned).
B- Match each category of staff with their respective work-place selected from the list.

List of workplaces: Kiosk - cybercafé - stock exchange - warehouse - factory floor -

building site - headquarters - restaurant - insurance company.

1. Managing director / general manager: ………………….

2. Bull, bear, broker: . ………………….
3. Packers, wrappers, stock-keepers: . ………………….
4. Foremen, machine operators, blue-collar workers. ………………….
C- Put the word(s) in brackets into its (their) most appropriate form(s).
1. (High) His current employer offers him a much salary. ………………….
2. (Employ) He signed the contract of yesterday
3. (able/promote) her . ………………….to handle English fluently prevented the
management from. ………………….
D- What do the following business abbreviations and acronyms stand for?
1. CEO (company executive) . ………………….
2. WTO (global institution) . ………………….
E- Find the most appropriate complement for each verb from the list given

List of complements: a loan - prices - fire - a hotel room - a number - a cheque - a meeting
- a contract.

1. To slash: ………………….
2. To book: ………………….

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3. To dial: . ………………….
4. To convene: . ………………….

SECTION THREE: TRANSLATION

A- Translate into English

Si votre société paie plus d’impôts que la loi ne requiert; vous avez intérêt à consulter un
expert comptable pour établir votre bilan et votre compte de résultats. . ………………….

B- Translate into French

The fastest way to go bankrupt is to run a business without mastering your current financial
situation. Avoid the services of amateur bookkeepers. ………………….

SECTION FOUR: UNDERSTANDING AND RESPONSE

Read the text and answer the question below, using your own words as far as possible.

Japanese workers aren’t motivated primarily by money or the prospect of climbing to

the top. Basically, they work for the team. Their attitude is a throwback to Feudal days when
Daimyo (Feudal Lords) protected and provided for their followers and demanded loyalty and
obedience in return. Today, the Daimyo are gone, replaced by corporations - but the traditions
of obedience remains. Company presidents often take a paternalistic interest in their
employees, attending ten or more employee weddings a month whereas some board members
go to “many, many more’

As a result, the Japanese worker usually feels a deep loyalty to his firm, which almost
always employs him until he retires or dies. Working for the advancement of the company is
elevated into a life goal for the worker. Japanese society encourages this by identifying man
not by his profession, but by the company he works for, Mitsubishi for example, regardless of
whether he is a driver or vice president. Often a Japanese employee’s life revolves more
around his company than his family And almost one third of the workers feel that work is the
most meaningful part of their lives.

Company officials work hard at maintaining a team spirit among employees. In many
firms, the work day starts with group exercise, the chanting of a company sang or a slogan -
paced speech by the president. Sometimes whole plans are shut so that workers and
employees can go off together for company - paid overnight trips. Along with team work

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comes harmony. Most firms have management-labour councils that hold year-round
discussions with employees not just on wages and vacation issues, but also on production
rates, new machinery and how to improve working conditions. As a result of this team effort;
strikes are infrequent; and when they occur, they are usually symbolic and end after a day;
workers just care too much that other companies will get ahead of their own.

There is also a philosophic basis for the Japanese work ethic of which westerners are
often not aware. It is based on Confucianism, which promulgates the doctrine that work is a
virtue. And , of course, there are practical reasons Japanese work so hard. One is to save for
retirement at 55. In recent years, young Japanese workers have been muttering about their
small pension scheme and other aspects of their work life. A few even reject the traditional
hard-work ethic that created the Japanese economic boom. But Japan is still far away for
slackening its national passion to work.

Questions

1- What are the two contrasting attitude to work mentioned in the text?
2- Which two things explain the Japanese approach?
3- Enumerate two concrete things which Japanese entrepreneurs do to create and
consolidate strong “love” between the company and its workers.
4- Name two positive effects of the Japanese work ethic? a-………….. b-…………….
5- What can the Cameroonian entrepreneur learn from the Japanese experience?

SECTION V: CREATIVE WRITING.

Write some 250 works on any ONE of the following topics.

1- Advertising
2- The contribution of commercial banks to the economy of a nation.

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