Concursuldelimbaenglezfazazonalfebruarie2013ClasaaXIaVariantaA

UseofEnglish
I.

Filleachofthenumberedblanksinthefollowingtext.Useonlyonewordineachspace.(15
points)

Television owes 1 ...... origins to many inventors. But it was the singleminded determination of an
amateur inventor, John Logie Baird, that led 2 ....... the first live television broadcast.
BorninScotlandin1888andeducatedinGlasgow,JohnLogieBairdearnedaliving 3..... arazorblade
salesman. In the 1890s Guglielmo Marconi showed that sound could 4 ...... sent by radio waves. Baird
becameconvincedthatasimilarsystemcouldtransmitapicture.Hespentmostof5.....sparetimeworking
onhisideasinhistinyworkshopwithout6.......commercialsupport.He7.......tousehis8.......earningsto
continue

his

research.

In1924,Bairdsuccessfullytransmittedthegeneraloutlineofafigureovermore9.......threemetres.He
continuedtoexperimentand 10...... October25,1925,transmittedarecognisableimageofadoll.Heran
11........totheofficeonthegroundfloorandpersuadedoneoftheofficeboystocomeupstairs.12.........
boybecamethefirstlivingimagetransmittedbytelevision.Overnight,Bairdbecamefamousandthemoney
13 ........... he needed to continue his research was at 14 ........... made available. In 1927 he made a
transmission from London to Glasgow and in 1928 he made 15 ......... from London to New York. He
continuedexperimentingthepossibilityofcolourtelevision.
II. Usethewordsincapitalsattheendofthelinesbelowtoformwordsthatfitthegapinthe
sameline(10p)
Ifyouusuallyuseyourlefthandin1..............toyourrightyouaresaidtobelefthanded.Such
PREFER
peoplehavealwaysbeenlookedat2...............because90%ofthepopulationisrighthanded.
SUSPICION
Itis3..................arighthandedworld:nexttimewhenyouwanttogetintoatinofbeanstry
DEFINE
usingan4..................withyourlefthandandyouwillunderstandtheproblem.However,this

OPEN

5..................hasbeenovercomebymanyfamouslefthandedpeople.Lefthandedsportingstars

ABLE

ledtheway:forexample,MartinaNavratilovas6................onthetenniscourtfearedher
OPPOSE
7...........lefthandedshots.JuliusCaesar,AlexandertheGreatandCharlemagnehaveallbeen
BEAT
8..............................aslefthanded.Inthefieldofarts,theillustriouslistoflefthandersis
IDENTITY
9...................:HarpoMarxplayedalefthandedharp;Ravelwroteapianoconcertofora

END

lefthanded10.................;thentherewereCharlieChaplin,LewisCarroll,Leonardo,Picasso...
PIANO

III. Completethesecondsentencesothatithasasimilarmeaningtothefirstsentence,usingthe
wordgiven.Donotchangethewordgiven.Youmustusebetween3and8wordsincluding
thewordgiven.

(15points)
1.ItisagoodideatolearnChinesetoimproveyourfuturejobprospects.

(TAKING)

.........................................................................................................isagoodwaytoenhanceyourwork
opportunities.
2.AssoonasIpressedthesendbuttonIbegantoregreteverwritingit.

(THAN)

Nosooner...................................................................Ibeganto
regreteverwritingit.
3.IdontwantanyonetodisturbmewhenImworkingsoIswitchoffmymobile.

(DISTRACTED)

Iswitchoffmymobileso
..........................................
work.
4.Icantbelieveyoustayedsocalm.

(TEMPER)

I......................................................................................ifIhad
beeninyourshoes.
5.Theonlyoptionwehadwasacceptingthepayoff.

(CHOICE)

We...................................................................
.........acceptthepayoff.

IV. Writeoneprepositionineachgap.(10points)
1. Ivegottosummon........thecouragetotellmyparentsImnotgoingtouniversityafterall.
2. Youwereluckytoget..........withjustawarning.
3. Thepoliceareplanningtocrack............ondrinkdrivingovertheholidayperiod.
4. Iwouldsinglethispoem.........foritsworderfuluseofimagery.
5. Carlsspeechwent...........verywellatthereception.

Writing(50points)

Writeanarticleforayoungpeoplesmagazinecommentingonwhetheritisappropriateforteenagersto
becomefashionmodels.Usebetween200and220words.

ClasaaXIaVariantaAKeyandMarkingscheme
Key:
I.

UseofEnglish

1. Fillin
(1)
(2)
(3)
(4)

its
to
as
be

Writing

Taskachievement

15p

correctformat
relevanceofideastotask
lengthconstraint
Accuracy
10p

(5) his
(6) any
structures
(7) had
(8) own

correctspellingandpunctuation
Registerandvocabulary10p

(9) than
(10) on
(11) down

semiformalregister
variedvocabulary
Organization,cohesion,layout10p

(12) this
paragraphing)
(13) which
(14) last
(15) one

correctuseofgrammaticalstructures
widerangeofgrammatical

correctlayout(headline,
clearorganizationofideas
linkingwords
Overalleffect
5p

2. Wordformation

1. preference
2. suspiciously
3. definitely
4. opener
5. disability
6. opponents

readerwillbeinterestedand
persuaded

7. unbeatable
8. identified
9. endless
10. pianist
3. Rephrase
1.TakingupChinese
2.hadIpressedthesendbuttonthan
3.asnottobedistractedwhenI
4.wouldhavelostmytemper
5.hadnootherchoicebutto
4. Fillinwithonepreposition
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.

up
off/away
down
out
on