Ministerul Educaiei, Cercetrii i Tineretului Centrul Naional pentru Curriculum i Evaluare n nvmntul Preuniversitar

Examenul de bacalaureat 2008 Proba E/F Proba scris la Limba englez L1 normal L2 Toate subiectele sunt obligatorii. Se acord 10 puncte din oficiu. Timpul efectiv de lucru este de 3 ore. (30 puncte) Varianta 010

SUBIECTUL I
Read the text below and complete the following tasks.

Just about any sports movie, airport paperback or motivational tape delivers a few boilerplate rules for success. Believe in yourself. Dont take no for an answer. Never quit. (1) Above all, be true to yourself. Its hard to argue with those maxims. They seem self-evident if not written into the Constitution, then at least part of the cultural water supply that irrigates everything from halftime speeches to corporate lectures to SAT coaching classes. Yet several recent studies stand as a warning against taking the platitudes of achievement too seriously. (2) The findings not only confirm that such purists are often at risk for mental distress as Freud, Alfred Adler and countless exasperated parents have long predicted but also suggest that perfectionism is a valuable lens through which to understand a variety of seemingly unrelated mental difficulties, from depression to compulsive behavior to addiction. Some researchers divide perfectionists into three types, based on answers to standardized questionnaires: Self-oriented strivers who struggle to live up to their high standards and appear to be at risk of self-critical depression; outwardly focused zealots who expect perfection from others, often ruining relationships; (3) Its natural for people to want to be perfect in a few things, say in their job being a good editor or surgeon depends on not making mistakes, said Gordon L. Flett, a psychology professor at York University and an author of many of the studies. (4) (Benedict Carey, Unhappy? Self-Critical ? Maybe Youre Just a Perfectionist ) 1. Four sentences/groups of words have been removed from the text. Select the appropriate sentence/ group of words for each gap in the text. There is one extra sentence/group of 4 points words which you do not need to use. A. The new research focuses on a familiar type, perfectionists, who panic or blow a fuse when things dont turn out just so. B. I think of myself as either in control or out of control. C. Dont accept second best. D. and those desperate to live up to an ideal theyre convinced others expect of them, a risk factor for suicidal thinking and eating disorders. E. Its when it generalizes to other areas of life, home life, appearance, hobbies, that you begin to see real problems. 2. Who/What do the words in bold refer to? 3. Give the antonyms of the following words. 1. quit 2. true 3. recent 4. unrelated 5. perfect 4. Answer the following questions. A. What do the recent studies warn us against? B. What do the studies focus on? C. What are self-oriented strivers, according to some researchers?
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Ministerul Educaiei, Cercetrii i Tineretului Centrul Naional pentru Curriculum i Evaluare n nvmntul Preuniversitar

5. Comment on the following sentence: Its natural for people to want to be perfect in a few things, say in their job being a good editor or surgeon depends on not making mistakes. (50 4 points words)