DIRECTION DE L’ENSEIGNEMENT SUPERIEUR BACCALAUREAT

PR OFE SSIONNEL ET TECHNIQUE

Service d’Appui au Baccalauréat SESSION 2009
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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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The New Art Manufacturing

Company Ltd
96-98 Wood Lane
Chiswick.
London
W5A3EU

Mr J Schmidt
Chief Buyer Your Ref : JS/12
Kurt Schiller Gmb H Our ref : GD/hd
Freidensstr. 44
200 Hamburg 50 4 June 2001
West Germany.
Dear Mr Schmidt,
Your order (N° 1331) for sofa-beds.
We thank you for your order for twenty sofa-beds, which we received today.
We are glad to confirm that we can supply the above order from stock, and we enclose a pro-forma
invoice for the goods, CIF Hamburg.
The order will be despatched as soon as we have received confirmation of your Documentary Credit from
Finlays Bank in London. We have already contacted our forwarding agent to make arrangements for the
transportation of the goods, and we assure you that we can meet your delivery deadline of 31 July.

We look forward to hearing of the safe arrival of your order and to doing further business with you.
Yours sincerely.
Georgina Dickenson

Georgina Dickenson (Ms)

Enc. Pro-forma invoice.

Questions
A - READING COMPREHENSION
I - Answer the following questions (5 points)
1- What kind of letter is this ?
2- Who is this letter from ? (an importer or an exporter) ?
3- What are the goods for sale ?
4- When will the goods be delivered ?
5- What does CIF Hamburg mean ?
II - Vocabulary (2 points)
Find in the text :
1 – Synonyms of ( 0,5 pt x 2)
a) provide ;
b) not damaged.
 2 – Opposites of (0,5 pt x 2)
a) sent ;
b) below.

B - GENERAL KNOWLEDGE (3 points)

I- Underline the odd man out (0,5 pt x 2)

1- Computer – Typewriter – Television set – Calculator.
2- Banknote – Cheque – Bill of Lading – Bill of Exchange.

II- Match the words in column A with those in column B. (0,5 pt x 4)

1) An investment a) furniture, lands, machines, etc.

2) An agenda b) banking.
3) Fixed assets c) the money you lend or give to a
business in view of profit.
4) Loan d) the list of matters to be discussed at a
meeting.

C - GRAMMAR (5 points)
I - Supply the correct verbal tenses and forms (2 pts)
1- We just (to despatch) the goods to our customers.
2- She went to Australia but now she (to come) back.
3- Brian : Hello, Susan. Is Alan there ?
Susan : No, I’m afraid he (to go) out.
Brian : Oh, what a pity ! When exactly he (to go) out ?
Susan : About ten minutes ago.

II - Guided reformulation (3 pts)

Rewrite the following sentences without changing their meanings :
1- “Read the instructions before you switch on the machine”, he said to me.
He told me ……………………………………………………
2- “Have you received your bank card ?”
He asked me .………………………………………….……….
3- You should repair this faulty package.
This faulty package …………………………………………

D - LANGUAGE FUNCTIONS (5 points)

I - Write in a more polite way. (2 pts)
a) – Come with me to the theatre this evening.
b) – Mail this letter for me.
II - Complete the following dialogues (3 pts)
1- A : Could I borrow your bike, please ?
B : …………………………..……………… (refusing).

2- A : …………………………………………. (asking for information).

B : It’s mine.

3- A : ……………………………………… (asking for opinion)

B : In my opinion, swimming is a very good sport.
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