Examen d’anglais L1 Gestion (texte Export MG) avec corrigé

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ANGLAIS

A- READING COMPREHENSION

Export MG started to export vanilla, cloves and coffee in 1996 and has since diversified to other products. It is even exporting rosewood nowadays.

In its dealings with foreign firms, it favours the use of irrevocable letter of credit among other possibilities, and its prices are quoted FOB Toamasina.

Export MG is a private limited company governed by Malagasy law; with a capital of MGA 1,000,000 whose registered office is situated 150, Route Circulaire, Antananarivo Madagascar.

Its customers know that, in the event of any dispute arising, such dispute will be settled in the Antananarivo Commercial Court.

I. Donner l’équivalent en français de ce qui suit :

1. Cloves
2. Private limited company
3. € …………… USD ……………
4. Registered office
5. Commercial Court

II- Answer the following:

1. Choose the correct answer:
   Rosewood is:
   a) an agricultural product.
   b) a fishery product.
   c) a forestry product.
   d) a mining product.
2. An irrevocable letter of credit is used in international trade; give two (2) other ways of settling accounts in international trade.
3. FOB is one way of quoting prices. Give two (2) other ways of quoting prices in abbreviated forms and in full forms.
4. In the expression “its customers”, what does the possessive “its” refer to?
5. Find in the text a word that means:
   solved: ……………
   relationship: ……………
   located: ……………
6. Trading involves 2 parties at least: the …………………… and the customer.
7. Finish the following:
   In the expression “a private limited company”, we understand that the company is limited by ……………………

B- GRAMMAR

I) Rewrite the following groups of sentences as instructed to make just ONE SENTENCE EACH TIME. Changes are necessary:

1. The company has to elect a new Chairman. Its Chairman died last October.
   Use: Whose
   ……………………………………………………
2. If there is any dispute, it will be submitted to the competent court.
   Begin: Should ……………………………………………………
3. We did not buy the car. It was expensive.
   Use: so
   ……………………………………………………
4. Talks will not resume. They must stop the strike first.
   Use: unless
   ……………………………………………………
5. They are paid every end [la source imprime « cmi »] of the month. Cheques are used.
   Use: by
   ……………………………………………………

II) Fill in the blanks with the words given in the table:

1.

We hereby confirm (1) …… Mr Jane Clapton is employed (2) …… our company (3) …… Project Manager and running our office in Antananarivo.

2.

III) Finish the following sentences:

1. If I won the PMU star prize ……………………………………
2. The company envisages dismissing employees, although ……………………………………
3. A quorum of 2 directors is required at any ……………………………………