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ETAPA JUDETEANA
BAIA MARE, 15 FEBRUARIE 2014
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I shifted uncomfortably inside my best suit and eased a finger inside the tight white
collar. It was hot in the little bus and I had taken a seat on the wrong side where the
summer sun beat on the windows. It was a strange outfit for the weather, but a few
miles ahead my future employer might be waiting for me and I had to make a good
impression. There was a lot depending on this interview. Many friends who had
qualified with me were unemployed or working in shops or as labourers in the
shipyards. So many that I had almost given up hope of any future for myself as a
veterinary surgeon. There were usually two or three obs advertised in the Veterinary
Record each week and an average of eighty applicants for each one. It hadn!t seemed
possible when the letter came from "arrowby in #orkshire. Mr S. $arnon would like to
see me on the $riday afternoon% I was to come to tea and, if we were suited to each
other, I could stay on as his assistant. Most young people emerging from the colleges
after five years of hard work were faced by a world unimpressed by their enthusiasm
and bursting knowledge. So I had grabbed the lifeline unbelievingly.
The driver crashed his gears again as we went into another steep bend. &e had been
climbing steadily now for the last fifteen miles or so, moving closer to the distant blue of
the 'ennine (ills. I had never been in #orkshire before, but the name had always raised a
picture of a region as heavy and unromantic as the pudding of the same name% I was
prepared for solid respectability, dullness and a total lack of charm. )ut as the bus made
its way higher, I began to wonder. There were high grassy hills and wide valleys. In the
valley bottoms, rivers twisted among the trees and solid grey stone farmhouses lay among
islands of cultivated land which pushed up the wild, dark hillsides.
Suddenly, I realised the bus was clattering along a narrow street which opened onto a
square where we stopped. *bove the window of a small grocer!s shop I read +"arrowby
,o-operative Society!. &e had arrived. I got out and stood beside my battered suitcase,
looking about me. There was something unusual and I didn!t know what it was at first.
Then it came to me. The other passengers had dispersed, the driver had switched off the
engine and there was not a sound or a movement anywhere. The only visible sign of life
was a group of old men sitting round the clock tower in the centre of the square, but they
might have been carved of stone.
"arrowby didn!t get much space in the guidebooks, but where it was mentioned it
was described as a grey little town on the .iver *rrow with a market place and little of
interest e/cept its two ancient bridges. )ut when you looked at it, its setting was
beautiful. 0verywhere from the windows of houses in "arrowby you could see the hills.
There was a clearness in the air, a sense of space and airiness that made me feel I had left
something behind. The pressure of the city, the noise, the smoke 1 already they seemed to
be falling away from me.
Trengate Street was a quiet road leading off the square and from there I had my first sight
of Skeldale (ouse. I knew it was the right place before I was near enough to read S.
Farnon, Veterinary Surgeon on the old-fashioned brass nameplate. I knew by the ivy
which grew untidily over the red brick, climbing up to the topmost windows. It was what
the letter had said 1 the only house with ivy% and this could be where I would work for
the first time as a veterinary surgeon. I rang the doorbell.
1 As he travelled, the writer regretted his choice of
A seat.
B clothes.
C career.
D means of transport.
2 What had surprised the writer about the job?
A There had been no advertisement.
B He had been contacted by letter.
C There was an invitation to tea.
D He had been selected for interview.
3 The writer uses the phrase had grabbed the lifeline! "line #$% to show that he felt
A confident of his ability.
B ready to consider any offer.
C cautious about accepting the invitation.
D forced to ma&e a decision unwillingly.
4 What impression had the writer previously had of 'or&shire?
A t was a beautiful place.
B t was a boring place.
C t was a charming place.
D t was an unhappy place.
5 What did the writer find unusual about (arrowby?
A the location of the bus stop
B the small number of shops
C the design of the s)uare
D the lac& of activity
6 What did the writer feel the guideboo&s had missed about (arrowby?
A the beauty of the houses
B the importance of the bridges
C the lovely views from the town
D the impressive public spaces
7 How did the writer recognise *&eldale House?
A The name was on the door.
B t had red bric&s.
C There was a certain plant outside.
D t stood alone.
0 (ow did the writer!s attitude change during the passage?
A He began to feel he might li&e living in (arrowby.
B He became less enthusiastic about the job.
C He realised his journey was li&ely to have been a waste of time.
D He started to loo& forward to having the interview.
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