DIRECTION DE L’ENSEIGNEMENT SUPERIEUR BACCALAUREAT

PR OFE SSIONNEL ET TECHNIQUE

Service d’Appui au Baccalauréat SESSION 2008
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Secteur : TERTIAIRE Epreuve de : ANGLAIS
Filière : Gestion
Métier : Comptable Durée : 2 heures
Code matière : 002 Coefficient : 2
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Société Commerciale
Kianja Ampanjaka
Antananarivo-101
Madagascar
27 February 2000
The Kishu Trading Co.
P.O.BOX 46713
Tokyo
Japan
Dear Sirs,
We have learnt from our Chamber of Commerce that you make straw mats. We should like to know if those
mats are made from rice straw. If they are, would you please send us the following:
1- a catalogue on machines for treating raw rice straw before plaiting it
2- a catalogue on plaiting machines
3- a catalogue of their prices CIF Malagasy ports
This equipment would be intended for small –sized factories.
But if they are not, would you please tell us what other purposes rice straw could be used for, and send us
catalogues accordingly.
We thank you in advance and look forward to hearing from you soon.
Yours faithfully,
Rabetsihy
Chief Buyer

Questions
A - READING COMPREHENSION
I - Answer these questions (5 pts)
1- What kind of letter is this ?
2- What kind of equipment does Rabetsihy want to be given information about ?
3- What does C I F stand for ?
4- Would the machines be transported by air ?
5- What position has Mr Rabetsihy in the Société Commerciale ?
II - Vocabulary (2 pts)
Find in the text the synonyms of :
a)- aims c) manufactured
b)- appropriately d) to wait with impatience

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B - GENERAL KNOWLEDGE (3 pts)

1- What is an indent ?
2- Give 3 documents needed in overseas shipment.
3- Give 2 terms of payment and explain each of them.

C - GRAMMAR
I - Supply the correct verbal tenses and forms (2 pts)
1- If you work harder, you (to get) good marks
2- The correspondent bank already (to confirm) the credit
3- A – How long you (to wait) here?
B– We (to wait) here for one hour
II - Guided reformulation (3 pts)
Rewrite the following sentences without changing their meanings
1- “Please, supply us with 20 computers”
The wholesaler begged him………………………………
2- They were showing some customers the new equipment
The new equipment.……………………………………….
3- Everybody should understand it
It ………………………………………………………….

D - LANGUAGE FUNCTIONS
I - Write in a more polite way (2 pts)
a) - What time is it?
b) - Let’s dance
II - Complete the following dialogues (3 pts)
1- A -…………………………………………
B - go straight on , then turn left

2- A - I’m afraid you’ve got the wrong number

B ……………………………………………….

3 - A - could I use your phone please ?

B ……………………………………………. (accepting)

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