REPUBLIC OF CAMEROON

REPUBLIQUE DU CAMEROUN Peace-Work-Fatherland

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MINISTERE DE L’ENSEIGNEMENT SUPERIEUR
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COMMISSION NATIONALE D’ORGANISATION DE L’EXAMEN NATIONAL COMMISSION FOR THE ORGANIZATION
NATIONAL DU BREVET DE TECHNICIEN SUPERIEUR (BTS) OF BTS EXAM
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Examen National du Brevet de Technicien Supérieur- Session de Juin 2022

Spécialité/Option : Transversale (toutes les spécialités)
Epreuve : Techniques d’Expression Anglaise
Credit: 3 Durée: 3heures

SECTION 1: LINGUISTIC COMPETENCE: 15 MARKS

I. GRAMMAR /10 marks

1.) Complete the following sentences with the letter of the correct answer. (2.5marks)
1. I started working _____ 2018 _____ the age of 22.
A) at / at; B) in / at; C) on / at
2. When you’re not sure what to do, the best thing is to _____ nothing,
A) Do; B) make; C) get
3. I _______ get into my house last night because I’d lost my key.
A) Can; B) could; C) couldn’t
4. The boss is coming back _____ Monday.
A) At; B) In; C) On
5. Would you like _____ to eat?
A) Something; B) nothing; D) everything

2.) Provide the forms of the following sentences as indicated in the brackets. (5mks)

a. They completed the order last Friday. (passive voice)

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b. He told me that he found travelling to work at peak times stressful and time-consuming
(direct speech)
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c. Start writing, ……………………………………….? (tag questions)

d. ‘I have been studying for this exam since last month.’ (indirect speech)

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 The student said that ……….…………………………………………….………………
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e. The phone number was written down incorrectly by her. (active voice)
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3.) Provide the appropriate word to complete the following sentences. (2.5 marks)

1. If we had been more careful, we __________ not have found ourselves in this trouble.
2. Three years ___________, I was in London.
3. I would build many hospitals and schools if I _______ Dangote.
4. This is definitely the _________ difficult exam I have written so far.
5. Lagos is much___________ (big) than Douala.

II. VOCABULARY /5marks

1.) Complete the following sentences with your own words. (2.5marks)
1. Someone who works on the land, growing things is called a ________________.
2. The opposite of full is __________________.
3. If you have a toothache you might want to visit a ______________________.
4.Someone who wants to lose weight or has a health problem goes on a _____________.
5. The machine that makes a car move is its ________________.

2.) From the following list, selecteither the synonym or the antonym of the underlined word
as indicated at the end of each statement./ 2.5 marks
(poor; deadly; concern; hardworking; forced)
1. In spite of the medical advances of recent years, AIDS is basically as fatal as ever before.
_______________ (synonym)
2. To succeed in life you have to be a very lazy person. ________________ (antonym)
3. The officer compelled the suspect to lead him to the scene of the crime.
__________________(synonym)
4. Some of us come from very wealthy families. __________________ (antonym)

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5. The focus of economics is the production and distribution of goods and services.
___________(synonym)

SECTION 2: READING COMPREHENSION /10 MARKS

Read the passage carefully and answer the questions that follow.

The Tyrannosaurus Rex

Among predatory dinosaurs, few flesh-eaters were bigger, faster and nastier than the "tyrant lizard"
of popular imagination, the Tyrannosaurus Rex. At least, that is what we have been led to believe.
Now research suggests that, far from being the Ferrari of dinosaurs, Tyrannosaurus Rex, whose
ferocious reputation has fascinated generations of schoolchildren, was in fact a cumbersome
creature with a usual running speed of twenty-five kilometres an hour. This is a mere snail's pace
compared with modern animals such as the cheetah.
Unlike some of the predators of today's African savannah, which can change direction almost
immediately, the dinosaur would have had to turn slowly or risk tumbling over. And while a human
can spin forty-five degrees in a twentieth of a second, a Tyrannosaurus would have taken as much
as two seconds, as it would have been hampered by its long tail. Thankfully, however, all its prey,
such as triceratops, would have been afflicted with the same lack of speed and agility.
The findings were reached after researchers used computer modelling and biomechanical
calculations to work out the dinosaur's speed, agility and weight. They based their calculations on
measurements taken from a fossil dinosaur representative of an average Tyrannosaurus and
concluded the creatures probably weighed between six and eight tonnes.
Calculations of the leg muscles suggest that the animal would have had a top speed of forty
kilometres an hour, which is nothing compared to a cheetah’s one hundred kilometres an hour. It
is sobering to reflect, though, that an Olympic sprinter runs at about thirty-five kilometres an hour,
not sufficient to outrun a Tyrannosaurus, should Man have been around at that time!

Questions

1. What were the three main characteristics of the Tyrannosaurus Rex?

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2. In turning, what could hamper the Tyrannosaurus Rex?

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3. What was the weight range of this deadly animal?
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4. Whatdid scientists use In calculating the size, speed and agility of Tyrannosaurus Rex ?
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5. How fast could a Tyrannosaurus Rex run?
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SECTION 3: TRANSLATION /5 marks

1. Translate the following sentences into French. (2.5marks)
a. I have just bought this phone and its battery is already dead!
b. Road accidents are very common these days.
c. Atangana has become a brilliant engineer.
d. It is already three months that my friend’s mother is sick.
e. His nephew is a professional footballer.

2. Translate the following sentences into English. (2.5marks)

a. Quand je suis arrivé au garage, c’était encore fermé.

b. Quand je finis ma formation, j’irai rendre visite à mes grands-parents au village.
c. Quel que soit le cas, rentre avant 18 heures!
d. Regardez, je suis très fatigue; je ne veux aucun bruit.
e. je suis en retard parce que mon alarme n’a pas sonné à six heures comme je l’ai
réglé.

SECTION 4: WRITTEN COMPOSITION 10 MARKS

Write an essay of about 200 words on one (1) of the following topics.

1. Write to the Human Resource Management Total Douala to apply for an internship. Your
Name is MbamaFrank; your address is P. O. BOX 03Bafoussam.

2. Give a vivid description of an accident you witnessed on your way to school.

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3. Despite all the warnings, people seem not to really care. Write a speech on
‘Environmental Pollution’ which you have to deliver to sensitize your classmates and the
school community at large.

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