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tmentalAssessment st
udyy
ear2023-
2024
Dir
ecti
onofstudi
es Disci
pli
ne:Engl
ish
Engli
shdepar
tment Level:PD
Time:2h

TEXT:Asuccessf
ulmanager

1-Mr
.Ntonme’
ssuccessesi
nbusi
nessr
esul
tfr
om pat
ience,
abi
l
ity
,humancont
actand
hi
shardli
neonbusi
ness.

2-Whenhewasst i
llayoungpupili
ntheBaloumgouPrimarySchool;
histeacher
s
unanimouslypredi
ctedthathewouldhaveagoodbusinesscareer
.Atthatti
me,
Mr.Ntonmeusedt okeepsweet si
nhisschoolbagandsell
them duri
ngbreakandsome
ofhisteacherswerehisregul
arcust
omersbecausehewast heonlysel
lerofsweet
sin
thewholev i
ll
age.

3-Hesoongav eupstudy i
ng, mov edontoBAFOUSSAM wher ehest artedsell
i
ng
tomat oes,saladandot herv eget ablesalong¨ Faml a¨st
reet.Af tertwoy earsofpr oblems
withthepol i
ce,heopenedashopandst artedselli
ngsecond- handcl othesandot her
small arti
clesheboughtatanauct i
on.Aftertwoy earsofhar dship, hehadsav edenough
moneyandbr anchedoutint or eady -madecl otheshei mpor tedf rom Fr ance.From t hen
Mr .
Nt onmeunder t
ookadv erti
si ngcampai gnst opromot ear ti
cles,usi ngallthemoder n
medi a:radio,newspapers,leaflet s,fol
ders,magazi nes,car-car ds,thel ocalci
nema,
etc…..Heev enhi r
edsomej obl essy oungstersassandwi chmen, buthesoongav eupt he
i
deabecausei tseemedr i
diculousi nthenewt own.

4-Whenheopenedhi ssev enthshop, Mr.

Nt onmeor ganizedamemor abl
epart
ypresi
ded
overbytheGovernorofthewest ernprovince.Butpeoplewer ejealousofhissuccess
andaccusedhim ofbelongingt othe¨ fal
ma¨ sect.Neverthel
ess;hecar ri
edonhis
businesssowellt
hathest art
edbui l
dingmoder nhousesal l
overthet ownandfil
ms
thr
oughoutthecountr
y.Hisef fortswer erewardedbypubl i
cencour agementfr
om the
Governmentbecauseheempl oyedmor ethan8, 000cit
izens.

5-Thesecr
etofhi
ssuccesswasthatMr.
Ntonmewasf airi
nhistr
ansactions;heclear
ed
al
lhi
sgoodsthr
oughthecust
omsandr ef
usedsmuggl
ingofanyki nd.Hegav ehis
empl
oyeesafai
rsal
aryandal
waysencouragedt
hem t
oi nvesti
nbusiness.

Vocabul
ary
:

Sandwi
chmen:
peopl
ewhowal
kabouti
nthest
reet
stoadv
ert
isepr
oduct
s.

Toadv
ert
ise:
tot
ell
thepubl
i
caboutapr
oducti
nor
dert
oencour
agepeopl
etobuy
.

Smuggl
i
ng:
toi
mpor
torexpor
til
l
ici
tl
ywi
thoutpay
ingl
awf
ulcust
omschar
gesordut
ies.
I
tem 1:
Aret
hesest
atement
s¨Ri
ght
¨or¨
Wrong¨
?

1–Nt
onme’
ssuccessi
nbusi
nessdependsonhi
sindi
sci
pli
neandl
ackofpat
ience.

2–Nt
onme’
steacher
susedt
obuysweet
sfr
om hi
m atschool
.

3–Ev
ery
bodywashappyaboutNt
onme’
sbusi
ness.

4–Hecr
eat
edj
oboppor
tuni
ti
esi
nhi
scount
ry;

5–Hemi
str
eat
edhi
sempl
oyees.

I
tem 2:
Answert
hesequest
ionsaboutt
het
ext
.

1–Howdi
dMr
.Nt
onmest
artbusi
ness?

2-Whydi
dMr
.Nt
onmer
ejectt
hei
deaofsandwi
chmen?

3-Wer
epeopl
ejeal
ousofhi
ssuccess?Quot
eapassaget
ojust
if
yyouranswer
.

I
tem 3:
Mat
chwor
dsi
ncol
umnAwi
tht
hei
requi
val
ent
sincol
umnB

Col
umnA Col
umnB

1-Pr
edi
cted a)peopl
ewhobuygoodsf
rom aper
sonorashop

2–Smuggl
i
ng b)t
oldabouthi
sfut
ure

3–Fai
r c)r
easonabl
eandj
ust

4–Cust
omer
s d)t
hecr
imeoft
aki
ngsomet
hingi
l
legal
l
yfr
om onecount
ryt
oanot
her

I
tem 4:
Chooset
hecor
rectwor
dtof
il
li
nthegaps(
Wri
tenumber
sandanswer
sonl
y)

1–Thesemen….
.al
otofmoneyi
nthecompanyl
asty
ear
.(
make–made–di
d)

2–Thesecr
etofhi
s……l
i
esi
nhi
sloy
alt
y.(
Successf
ull
y–successf
ul–success)

3–Mymot heror
gani
zedamemor
abl
epar
tyandpeopl
eaccused……ofsmuggl
i
ng.(
her
-
hi
m –her
sel
f)

4–Bobandhi swi f
ewer esurpr
isedandlookedat
……whent
heywont
hepr
izeoft
hebest
busi
nessman.(he-himself
-eachother)

5–Theempl
oyee…….t
hej
obsuccessf
ull
y.(
do-make–does)
I
tem 5:
Ident
if
ytheVoi
ce

Got
hrought
hesent
encesgi
venbel
owandi
dent
if
ythev
oiceused.

1.Shr
eyaGhoshal
singsbeaut
if
ulsongs.

2.TheSunset
sint
heWest
.

3.Theboywasbei
ngbeat
enbyhi
steacher
.

4.Buckyi
shel
pedbySt
eve.

5.Thecar
pent
eri
sbui
l
dingt
hedesk.

6.Thewoodcut
tercutdownt
het
ree.

7.Themandr
oppedhi
saxei
ntot
her
iver
.

8.Thebi
rdwasshotbyt
henaught
yboy
.

9.Thebagwasf
oundbyme.

10.
Nat
ashal
ostt
hemoney
.

I
tem 6:
Transl
atei
ntoFr
ench

Fr
om:
¨Thesecr
etof
¨……….
downt
o…….
.̈t
oinv
esti
nbusi
ness¨(
lastpar
agr
aph)