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Colegiul National "Mihai Eminescu", Petrosani: I.1. Read The Following Text and Answer Questions 1-5
Colegiul National "Mihai Eminescu", Petrosani: I.1. Read The Following Text and Answer Questions 1-5
Colegiul National "Mihai Eminescu", Petrosani: I.1. Read The Following Text and Answer Questions 1-5
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13. II.1. Read the text and fill in the numbered blanks with ONE WORD only. Attention! Short forms, such as its
isnt, Im, wasnt, cant, etc. are NOT one word.
15 points
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15. Fast food
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The concept of fast food is very important in English-speaking countries (0) for one major reason:
the working day starts at around the same time (1) _____ in European countries, but finishes (2) _____ earlier, typically
at about five o'clock in (3) _____ evening when the offices, banks and many of the shops begin to close. As a result,
there's not much time for lunch, (4) _____ many people bring something from home to eat at their desks, (5) _____ with
a cup of tea or instant coffee made with the office kettle, (6) _____ than going out to a restaurant for a proper lunch as
do many European office workers, (7) _____ usually finish work much later in the evening.
17. For (8) _____ who prefer to get out of the office to have a break or (9) _____ fresh air, there are the various fast food
options (10) _____ as sandwiches, Cornish pasties, burgers, kebabs, or fish and chips, many of (11) _____ can be eaten
on the move, (12) _____ even the need to sit down!
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Only on special occasions is a British office worker likely to eat lunch in a restaurant. (13) _____
someone's birthday, promotion, engagement or retirement, for example, a group of colleagues will eat together in a pub
or restaurant. It is for this reason (14) _____ foreign visitors are often surprised (15) _____ the lack of affordable, good
quality, places to have lunch in the major British cities.
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20. II.2. Complete the second sentence so that it has a similar meaning to the first sentence using the word given (in
brackets). Use between two and five words. Do not change the word given.
15 points
21. 1. Someone has killed the party leader in a car bomb attack.
22. The party leader ____________________ in a car bomb attack . (has)
23. 2. It's too cold to go to the beach today.
24. It's ____________________ to the beach today. (warm)
25. 3. You won't pass the exam unless you study harder.
26. If ____________________ you won't pass the exam. (don't)
27. 4. What are your plans for the weekend?
28. What ____________________ at the weekend? (do)
29. 5. She complains all the time about the teacher.
30. She ____________________ about the teacher. (keeps)
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32. II.3. The word in capitals at the end of the following sentences can be used to form a word that fits suitably in the
blank space. Fill each blank in this way.
20 points
33. EXAMPLE:
She said Thank you in a most friendly way.
FRIEND
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My teacher encouraged me to take the exam.
COURAGE
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1. Pedro was known for his ____ .
HONEST
2. The student lost marks in the exam because a lot of what he wrote was
36. completely ____ .
RELEVANT
3. Hes such a ____ person that his students love his lessons.
LIKE
4. This newspaper used to be printed ____, but now it only comes out
37. once a week.
DAY
5. That teacher gets very angry about ____ work.
CARE
6. Flavias ____ was the happiest time of her life.
CHILD
7. John was very ____ when his girlfriend left him.
HAPPY
8. Everybody loves Mary for her _____.
KIND
9. Peter used to be so _____, but he has changed a lot.
FRIEND
10. David has always wanted to go to Hollywood and
38. become a famous _____.
ACT
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40. II.4. Put the verbs in brackets into the right tense and form (include the adverb if there is one)
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1. Jim! 1
(turn down) that noisy music! Jim! I 2
(talk) to you!
2. What 3
(you/usually/do) at weekends?
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(you/ever/eat) a frog?
4. Is it snowing outside? Yes, it 5 (snow) since last night.
6 (it/ever/snow) before in this part of the country?
5. When he first 7 (come) to this country, he 8
(not have) a penny. But since then he 9 (become) one of the richest
citizens.
6. 10 (you/hear) from Jason lately?