TEST DE EVALUARE INIIAL Anul colar 2013-2014 Limba englez - Clasa aXI-a - L1 Numele i prenumele elevului: Data susinerii

testului: Pentru rezolvarea corecta a tuturor cerinelor din Partea I si din Partea a II-a se acorda 90 de puncte. Din oficiu se acorda 10 puncte. Timpul efectiv de lucru este de 50 minute. PARTEA I (60 de puncte) 1. Read the text below and choose the most suitable answer for each question. (20 points) Before the grass has thickened on the roadside verges and leaves have started growing on the trees is a perfect time to look around and see just how dirty Britain has become. The pavements are stained with chewing gum that has been spat out and the gutters are full of discarded fast food cartons. Years ago I remember travelling to other countries and being saddened by the plastic bags, discarded bottles and soiled nappies at the edge of every road. Nowadays, Britain seems to look at least as bad. What has gone wrong? The problem is that the rubbish created by our increasingly mobile lives lasts a lot longer than before. If it is not cleared up and properly thrown away, it stays in the undergrowth for years; a semi-permanent reminder of what a tatty little country we have now. Firstly, it is estimated that 10 billion plastic bags have been given to shoppers. These will take anything from 100 to 1,000 years to rot. However, it is not as if there is no solution to this. A few years ago, the Irish government introduced a tax on non-recyclable carrier bags and in three months reduced their use by 90%. When he was a minister, Michael Meacher attempted to introduce a similar arrangement in Britain. The plastics industry protested, of course. However, they need not have bothered; the idea was killed before it could draw breath, leaving supermarkets free to give away plastic bags. What is clearly necessary right now is some sort of combined initiative, both individual and collective, before it is too late. The alternative is to continue sliding downhill until we have a country that looks like a vast municipal rubbish tip. We may well be at the tipping point. Yet we know that people respond to their environment. If things around them are clean and tidy, people behave cleanly and tidily. If they are surrounded by squalor, they behave squalidly. Now, much of Britain looks pretty squalid. What will it look like in five years? a. The writer says that it is a good time to see Britain before the trees have leaves because A. Britain looks perfect. B. you can see Britain at its dirtiest. C. you can see how dirty Britain is now. D. the grass has thickened on the verges. b. According to the writer, things used to be A. worse abroad. B. the same abroad. C. better abroad. D. worse, but now things are better abroad. c. For the writer, the problem is that A. rubbish is not cleared up. B. rubbish persists longer than it used to. C. our society is increasingly mobile. D. Britain is a tatty country. d. Plastic bags are an environmental problem because A. they take a long time to decompose. B. they are given to shoppers for free. C. there is no solution to them; D. there are 10 billion of them thrown away every year. e. The tax introduced by the Irish government A. had no outcome; B. helped supermarkets increase their revenues on carrier bags; C. was applied for only three months; D. reduced the use of plastic bags. f. Michael Meacher A. followed the Irish example with a tax on plastic bags. B. tried to follow the Irish example with a tax on plastic bags. C. made no attempt to follow the Irish example with a tax on plastic bags. D. had problems with the plastics industry who weren't bothered about the tax.

g. The writer thinks A. it is too late to do anything. B. we are at the tipping point. C. there is no alternative. D. we need to work together to solve the problem. h. The writer thinks that A. people are squalid. B. people behave according to what they see around them. C. people are clean and tidy. D. people are like a vast municipal rubbish tip. 2. Rewrite each sentence so that it contains the word in bold. (30 points) a. Until then Id never been abroad. first That was _____________________________________________ been abroad. b. He used to have more friends than he does now. as He ________________________________________________________ he used to. c. I regret leaving my last job. wish I _________________________________________ my last job. d. Its impossible for Heidi to have eaten all that food! possibly Heidi ___________________________________________ eaten all that food! e. Such was the pressure on the Prime Minister, that he had no alternative but to give in. much The Prime Minister was _____________________________ that he had no alternative but to give in. f. We no longer subscribe to Farmers Weekly magazine. cancelled We __________________________________________ Farmers Weekly magazine. g. You should keep your papers in a safe place. you If I __________________________________________________ my papers in a safe place. h. I hope theyll pick me for the basketball team. picked I hope _______________________________________________ basketball team. i.Where did you find that book? had She wanted to know ___________________________________ that book. j. I think you should find a job. high Its _____________________________________________________ a job. 3. Fill in the gaps with ONE suitable word. (10 points) Many of us are still unaware of the need to preserve rare species. Some people argue that species have ______ dying out since life began. "So _____ should we worry about them now?" _____ ask. They calmly believe that others _____ take their place. What these people _____ not realize is that it will ______ millions of years before a set ______ species is evolved to replace those ______ are rapidly losing. These species are ______ national heritage. We should not let ______ die off. They should be preserved for our descendants. PARTEA a II-a (30 de puncte) 1. Write a letter to a friend of yours telling him/her about your summer holiday. Use about 100 words. Start and end the letter in an appropriate way.