BACCALAURÉAT DE L’ENSEIGNEMENT GÉNÉRAL

Épreuve de : ANGLAIS
Durée : 03 heures
Coefficient : A1= 2 ; A2=1 ; Série A

TEXT:

THE BEST JOB

Have you already thought of your future job? You are invited to read and choose.

 The secretary speaks two languages at least. She classifies documents and she sometimes types. Generally, a young man is not advised to be a secretary. The farmer works at five or half past five in the morning till six or half past six in the evening. He works in the fields or looks after domestic animals. If you are fond of suit clothes at work, don’t think of farmers job,

The teachers love children and young people. They just have books, chalk and pens as friends. They work very much and so do the doctors. In the fact, the doctors work on working days, on Saturday, on Sunday, and they never refuse a call at night. They spend the most part of their time looking after patients.

But, I personally wish for the best job. I want to be a manager. So, I’ll get up at eight o’clock in the morning and I’ll start working at half past ten. The most part of my time will consist of meetings and telephone calls. I already imagine my clerks respectfully greeting me “Good morning, Sir! ” I don’t think of dealing with hard work. And nobody can urge me doing things. It’s only me who can decide and think of how to get profits from my activities.

QUESTIONS

A- READING COMPREHENSION (7 pts)

I- Find in the text: (1 pt)

1- The synonym of: a) Taking care  b) Fancy
2- The opposite of : a) hate  b) worst

II- Choose the best answer: (1 pt)

The secretary’s job consists in:

a) only classifying documents.
b) just typing.
c) waiting for telephone calls.
d) typing sometimes and classifying documents

III- Say if these statements are TRUE or FALSE or ING. justify your answer (1 pts)

1- According to the text, the secretary’s job consists in answering telephone calls.
2- The teachers’ job and the doctors’ job are more or less the same.
3- The writer’s wish is to become a manager.

IV- Answer these questions (2 pts)

1- How is the person who works in the fields called?
2- What job does the writer like very much?

V- Re-order the following ideas so as fo get a summary of the text (1,5 pts)

1- Eventually the writer declares his wish,
2- He talks about the teachers’ job compared with the doctors’ job.
3- The writer deals with the timetable of the farmers within the day.

B- GRAMMAR IN USE (2 pts)

Fill in the blanks with the most appropriate grammatical items

Rajao was living ………..1…………. town during a few months. He looked………..2…………….a good job. wdfh he was hired…………..4………………… a shop-keeper. ……….5…………….. hard my life is!”, …………..6………….remarked. Finally, he went ………..7………. to his uncle’s home and told him ………….8……… his case.

1=………………….   2=……………………….  3=………………………  4=………………….  5=………………….    6=………………….

7=………………….  8=………………….

C- INDIRECT TEST OF SPEAKING (4 pts)

l- Match the sentences in column A with those in column B (1 pt)

II- COMPLETE THE FOLLOWING DIALOGUE (3 pts)

– Shop assistant: Good afternoon Madam, ………..1…………. ?
– Customer : I’d like a computer.
– Assistant : Yes, Madam, which one do you prefer?
– Customer : ………..2…………….
– Assistant : Here you are, we can try immediately. And if you buy it, you’ll have a two-year guarantee.
– Customer : Can I have a look at this one?
– Assistant :  wait a minute.
– Customer : ………….4……………….
– Assistant : Six hundred thousand Ariary.
– Customer : Oh! ………..5…………….. Can I bargain over the price?
– Assistant :  ………….6………….(Apologizing) you can’t because ifs a vety high quality.

WRITING (7 pts)

“Bush fire practice cannot be eradicated in the countryside of Madagascar.” Do you agree or disagree with this  statement? Give your viewpoint in about 120 words.