to resemble (ed) = a se asemana cu ...
1. All Kate’s friends and ……relatives…………… came to her party.
2. I occasionally meet Terry, but he is more a/an ……acquaintance…………. than a friend.
3. Mary received many cards, congratulating her on the ……birth……….. of her baby.
4. When Paul arrived, he received a warm and friendly ……greeting……………….. .
5. Six months after their ……engagement………….. , Michael and Lisa got married.
6. There was a great ……celebration………. in the village when their team won the cup.
7. In an ideal ………marriage…………. , the husband and wife share each other’s problems.
8. Dina and her mother look alike. There is a strong ……resemblance …….. between them.
9. There was no trouble, and the ……behaviour…………… of the football fans was excellent.
10. Tom cried when he heard about the ……death……… of his old dog.
2. Read the text below and choose the correct word for each space. (10 items x1.5p=15 points)
The word ‘blog’ is a short form of the term ‘web log’. Blogs (1)………… off as online diaries (2)……………… people kept a record of events in their personal lives and shared their (3)………….. . This is (4)...……….. the most common type of blog and many are private. However, increasingly more blogs are used for business purposes. There are now many different types of blogs. These vary in their style and their contents; some concentrate (5)…………a particular subject, such as travel blogs which are also known as travelogs, legal blogs sometimes called blawgs, political blogs, education blogs, fashion blogs or even dream blogs – the (6) .......……..is growing. A blog that features videos is called a vlog and if it is (7)…………up of photos it can be called a photoblog. The joy of blogs is that it isn’t (8) ………… to know how to write in code. Entries can be posted directly online in (9) ......………text and other (10) ……..can add comments. This makes blogging a form of social networking.
1. | A. introduced | B. started | C. began | D. opened |
2. | A. where | B. which | C. that | D. who |
3. | A. mind | B. purposes | C. brain | D. thoughts |
4. | A. still | B. already | C. even | D. too |
5. | A. to | B. of | C. on | D. with |
6. | A. list | B. series | C. record | D. label |
7. | A. brought | B. taken | C. made | D. held |
8. | A. need | B. able | C. asked | D. necessary |
9. | A. natural | B. normal | C. average | D. reasonable |
10. | A. anyone | B. people | C. someone | D. person |
3. Fill in with the correct form of the verbs in brackets. (10 items x2p=20 points)
1. By the time we got to the theatre, the play ……HAD……. already ……BEGUN……. (begin).
2. When ……DID………. Shakespeare ……WRITE….….. (write) his plays?
3. Tom burnt his hand while he …WAS COOKING……. (cook) dinner.
4. I’m tired. I …HAVE DONE…. (do) a lot of work today.
5. We usually drink coffee, but today we …ARE DRINKING ... (drink) tea.
6. A new hospital …IS GOING TO BE BUILT ……… (build) in our district next year.
7. ……ARE…. you …DOING…..... (do) anything this weekend?
8. If you ……….EAT.…….. (eat) too many sweets, you’ll get ill.
9. ……CAN.… you …HEAR.…….. (hear) the wind? It’s blowing heavily right now. 10. I …HAVE BEEN READING…. (read) this book for a month now.
SUBIECTUL III (25p)
Write a story with the title:
“My lucky day”
Write between 150-180 words.
NOTĂ
· Toate subiectele sunt obligatorii.
· Nu se acordă puncte din oficiu.
· Timp de lucru: 90 de minute.
VARIANTA 2
SUBIECTUL I (10 items x 1.5p = 15p)
Read the text below and choose the correct word for each space.
Every year, in Stockholm on 10th of December there is an event which is 1) ............. throughout the 2) ................. . It is the Nobel Prize giving Ceremony. This is a very special day 3) .............. prizes are given to scientists, 4) .............. and peace-makers who have (5) ............ more of a difference than anyone else in their subject.
The event has grown enormously since 1901 when only 150 guests (all male) attended. 6) ........., around 1,800 people, including the Nobel Prize winners who are still alive, are 7) .......... . It is a day of fun and luxury. The winners (8) .............. their prizes from the Swedish King. The prize giving is followed by an enormous celebration dinner in the Town Hall.
The main reason it is so popular is that the Nobel prizes have 9) ......... a special place in society. Many similar international prizes exist, (10) ......... none of them are so well-respected.
1) A traditional B built C famous D engaged
2) A world B earth C planet D continent
3) A which B why C when D that
4) A painters B actors C doctors D referees
5) A made B done C had D got
6) A But B So C And D Now
7) A impressed B invented C invited D insulted
8) A fetch B pick C receive D take
9) A created B earned C reached D become
10) A unless B like C but D even
SUBIECTUL II (10 items x 1.5p = 15p)
Complete this postcard. Write ONE word for each space.
Some hotels have hundreds of rooms, some have just a 1) ....FEW..... . You might think small hotels are friendlier, but making guests feel welcome isn’t a question of size 2) ..BUT.. of attitude. Guests can 3) ...BE... made to feel at home in a 900-room hotel with a swimming 4) ...POOL.... and half a dozen restaurants, and unwelcome in a hotel with a few bedrooms and just a small breakfast room. It all depends 5) ......ON.... the employees, from receptionists 6) .......TO..... cleaners and managers.
Many people start working 7) ........IN...... hotels to meet people, or to provide a good service. My own reason for working at a hotel 8) .....IS..... less interesting: I left university, my parents 9) .....HAVE....... moved abroad, and I had to 10) ...FIND.... a job with accommodation.
SUBIECTUL III (15 items x 1p = 15p)
Put the verbs in brackets into the correct tense.
Carolyn is my best friend. I remember very well the first time we 1) …HAVE MET…… (meet). It was our first day at secondary school, and we 2) …SAT…… (sit) next to each other for the first lesson. We 3) …DIDN'T KNOW….. (not/know) any other students in our class, and so, we 4) ……BECAME…. (become) friends. We found that we 5) …LIKED….. (like) the same things, especially music and sport, and so we 6) …SPENT…..(spend) a lot of time together.
We 7) …LEFT….. (leave) school five years ago, but we 8) …MEET… (meet) as often as we can. For the last six months Carolyn 9)…HAS BEEN….. (be) in Mexico. At the moment, she 10) ……IS WORKING…….. (work) in a school as a teaching assistant. She 11) …IS COMING……… (come) back to England next month, and when she 12) …COMES….. (come) back, we 13) ……WILL HAVE…. (have) lots of things 14) ……TO TALK….. (talk) about. It 15) …WILL BE……(be) really nice to see her again.
.
SUBIECTUL IV (10 items x 1.5p = 15p)
Use the words in bold to form a word that fits in the gap in the same line.
1) After two years of ........FRIENDSHIP......., Kate got to know David really well. (friend)
2) If you don’t speak the language you feel more like a ........FOREIGNER.... . (foreign)
3) Don’t forget to turn off the .........COOKER.......... before you leave. (cook)
4) They didn’t give Harry the job as he was ........INEXPERIENCED...... (experience)
5) The most useful......INVENTION.... of the past few decades must be the clockwork radio. (invent)
6) Smoking too much is ....HARMFUL.. to your health. (harm)
7) I am going to be a ....CONTESTANT .....in a TV quiz show. (contest)
8) I have a ... PREFERENCE. for pop music over rock. (prefer)
9) Luke came in first in the song .....COMPETITION ........ . (compete)
10) We should always take other people’s feeling into .....CONSIDERATION... . (considerate)
SUBIECTUL V (10 items x 1.5p = 15p)
Read the text and choose the correct answer: true (T) or false (F).
Norwich, the capital of the part of Britain known as East Anglia, has existed as a place to live for more than two thousand years. It began as a small village beside the River Wensum. The first cathedral was built in 1095 and has recently celebrated its 900th anniversary, while Norwich itself had a year of celebration in 1994 to mark the 800th anniversary of the city receiving a Royal Charter. This allowed it to be called a city and to govern itself independently. Today, in comparison with places like London or Manchester, Norwich is quite small, with a population of around 150,000, but in the 16th century Norwich was the second city of England. It continued to grow for the next 300 years and got richer and richer, becoming famous for having as many churches as there are weeks in the year and as many pubs as there are days in the year. Nowadays, there are far fewer churches and pubs. With its fast growing university student population and its success as a modern commercial centre, the city now has a wide choice of entertainment: theatres, cinemas, nightclubs, busy cafes, excellent restaurants, and a number of arts and leisure centres. Now the city's attractions include another important development, a modern shopping centre called 'The Castle Mall'. The people of Norwich lived with a very large hole in the middle of their city for over two years, as builders dug up the main car park. Lorries moved nearly a million tons of earth so that the roof of the Mall could become a city centre park, with attractive water pools and hundreds of trees. But the local people are really pleased that the old open market remains, right in the heart of the city and next to the new development.
1. The River Wensum flows through the entire East Anglia. T/F
2. People have lived by the River Wensum for at least 2,000 years. T/F
3. In the 11th century Norwich was a small village. T/F 4. Norwich has been a city since its first cathedral was built. T/F
5. Norwich has always been one of the smallest English cities. T/F
6. There are more churches today in Norwich than there were in the past. T/F
7. The number of students in Norwich is increasing. T/F
8. The Castle Mall took more than two years to build. T/F
9. Norwich people still like shopping at the old market. T/F
10. The city park surrounds the Mall. T/F
SUBIECTUL VI (25p)
Write a 150-word story beginning with the following sentence:
“I was visiting a town for the first time when someone called out my name.”
blurt 4 - 3
someone who is visiting places for pleasure = tourist
an animal that is hunted by another for food = prey ( prada)
a flat moving part that sticks out from the body of a fish = fin ( aripioara de peste )
a piece of iron shaped like a U and nailed to the bottom of a horse's hoof = horseshoe
a strip of leather or other material worn around the waist to hold up clothes = belt
a person who lived in former times who is related to you = a ncestor ( stramos )
an artistic dance with formal jumps , turns and poses - ballet
to move back and forth regularly = to commute ( a face naveta)
not awake = asleep
a very tiny piece of food, especailly bread = crumb ( firmitura)
a large ape that has a heavy body and dark hair = gorilla
a dark substance put on eyelashes to make them look thicker and longer = mascara ( rimel)
a fermenting agent used in baking that makes dough ( coca) rise = yeast ( drojdie)
a small salamander with smooth skin, lungs and a long tail = newt ( triton)
a long pole with a flat blade at one end used in pairs to row a boat = oar ( vasla)
to pull the feathers out of a bird = to pluck ( a jumuli)
the part of a sound system from which the sound comes = speaker ( difuzor)
thin, loosely woven cloth used as a bandage, swab ( tampon) or dressing = gauze ( tifon)
a small spool ( rola) in a sewing machine that holds the thread = bobbin
a short trip made to take care of some business = errand ( comision , treaba marunda)
a large , furry rodent with a flat tail and large front teeth = beaver ( castor)
a slow- moving animal with a soft body inside a piral shell = snail
a place in the human body where two bones come together = joint ( incheietura)
to develop a red tinge ( nuanta) in the face from embarrassment = blush ( a se inrosi)
a large painting or other words of art on a wall or ceiling = mural
a shelf above a fireplace = mantel
a long walk out in nature = hike ( a face drumetii)
the two openings of the nose = nostrils ( nari )
a railroad car attached to the end of a train = caboose ( vagon de serviciu)
to slide out of control while driving in a vehicle on slippery ground = to skid ( a derapa)
a portable bed for carrying sick or injured people = stretcher ( brancarda)
a sport of fighting with padded goves in a roped ring = boxing
