Inspectoratul colar Judeean Prahova

Varianta 1

Olimpiada de limba englez-faza pe localitate

19.02.2017
Clasa a IX-a, Sectiunea A
SUBIECTE
I Complete the second sentence so that it has a similar meaning to the first sentence, using the word given. Do not change the
word given.

1 My grandfather always said there was an explanation for You .........................

everything. USED 7 Members can play golf any day of the week. POSSIBLE
My grandfather .............. It is .......................
2. My aunt did great card tricks whenever he came to visit. 8 Shes always found chemistry very easy. (GOOD)
WOULD Shes always ...................................................... .
My aunt ................. 9 I saw one of my friends walking down the high street
3 I like working with people more than on my own. PREFER yesterday. (MINE)
I prefer ................ I saw ....................... .
4 Skiing is not as dangerous as kitesurfing. LESS 10 A nurse helped the woman regain consciousness after
Skiing is .......... she fainted. (ROUND)
5 Sarah has never had a smartphone before. TIME After the woman fainted, she was.................... .
Its .................
6 You can come to the cinema with us if you pay for your
ticket. UNLESS
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II Fill in each gap with a word derived from the word in capitals corresponding to it:

Sports in Japan are a significant part of (1)______ culture.

Both (2)_____ sports such as sumo and martial arts, and (3)_____ imports like baseball and association football are popular
with both (4)____ and spectators. Sumo wrestling is considered Japan's national sport. Baseball was (5)___ to the country by
visiting Americans in the 19th century.

The Nippon Professional Baseball League is Japan's largest professional sports (6)____ in terms of television (7)___ and
spectators.

Martial arts such as judo, karate, and modern kendo are also (8)_____ practised and enjoyed by spectators in the country.
9)_____ football has gained wide (10)_____ since the founding of the Japan Professional Football League in 1992. Other popular
sports include figure skating, golf, and racing, especially auto racing.

There are opportunities to play various sports for all ages, and school plays an important role in the community. Kindergarten
and lower (11)_____ school students can play in a sports club that can be joined (12)_____for a moderate fee.

Most martialarts can be (13)_____as young as 4 or 5 years old. When a student starts 5th grade, the school offers free after-
school (14)_____ for its students to participate. Middle and high schools also encourage their students to join school sports
clubs. (15)_____and nationwide contests and tournaments are held every winter and summer for all sports.

1 JAPAN 2 TRADITION 3 WEST 4 PARTICIPATE 5 INTRODUCE 6 COMPETE 7 RATE 8 WIDE 9 ASSOCIATE 10 POPULAR 11 ELEMENT
12 PRIVATE 13 START 14 ACT 15 REGION

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III Put the verbs written in capitals in the right form:

Jill was walking to her class slowly. She was worried about the History test she 1 HAVE.... to take that morning. As she was
reaching the classroom, a piece of paper suddenly 2 FLUTTER down ... and 3 LAND.... near her feet. As Jill glanced down at the
paper, her heart nearly 4 SKIP ..... a beat. It was the History test paper complete with answers !
Jill's very first thought was not to tell anyone about what she 5 FIND.... . She 6 MEMORIZE...... all the answers and do extremely
well in the test. After some hard thinking, however, she knew that it 7 BE.... a very dishonest thing to do. Besides, it would not
be fair to her classmates. In the end , Jill 8 RETURN.... the paper to her History teacher, Miss James.

"Thanks, Jill. I 9 SEARCH.... high and low for it," said the teacher.

"I 10 READ... all the questions already, Miss James," Jill confessed.

Miss James told her not to worry as she would think of new questions for the test. Jill's heart 11 SINK.... She was half hoping that
the test 12 CANCEL..... Nevertheless, she did her best in the new test later that day.

A few days later, the test papers 13 RETURN.... to the class. To her pleasant surprise, Jill discovered that she 14 SCORE.... eighty
marks.

"You know something," she told her friends. "I could easily have scored full marks if I 15 CHEAT .... on this test. But I wouldn't be
as pleased as I am with the eighty marks I obtained."

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IV Your name is Matt and you are staying in England. You receive an email from your English friend, Tony, asking how
everything is going. You wrote some notes on his email. Use all your notes to write to your friend telling him what you have
been doing recently and if you are enjoying your stay. Write your answer in 120 150 words .

Email from: Tony

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Sent: 20 September

Subject: Hows city life?

Whats Manchester like? (Good shops) I bet the weathers not too good! (Really rough!)

Have you still got that part-time job in the pub? It must be a good way of speaking to new people and making friends.

What about the family youre staying with? (had a few problems; explain) Do you go out much in the evening? I hope the English
classes are going well. (level improving)

Write your email. You must use grammatically correct sentences with accurate spelling and punctuation in a style appropriate
for the situation.Dont sign your email.

50 points

Nota: Toate subiectele sunt obligatorii. Timp de lucru: 3 ore.