Clasa a IX-a sect.

I. Use the word given in brackets to form a word that fits in each sentence (10 x
1p = 10 p)

1. I’m not very (MUSIC)__________ ; I can’t play any instrument, I’m afraid.
2. Your test was (COMPLETE)_________ ; you only did four out of five questions.
3. Dinosaurs and other (HISTORY)_________ creatures disappeared during the Ice Age.
4. Your room is very (COLOUR)___________ with all these reds and greens.
5. Al Capone was a/an (FAMOUS )__________ gangster.
6. One thing I know is that I wouldn’t like to have an (OCCUPY)_________ like yours.
7. Madame Tussaud’s is one of the most popular (ATTRACT)________ in London.
8. What are the (QUALIFY) for any young person who wishes to become a teacher?
9. It is not (SURPRISE)_____ that in Tokyo they do things differently from London.
10. We live in a quiet (NEIGHBOUR)__________ , which makes a nice change.

II. Translate the following text into Romanian (10p)

The clock in the living room has just struck two, but I'm still awake. Wide awake. Usually I'm a
good sleeper, but not tonight. I can't stop thinking about that girl. I've got to write down what
happened.
It was this evening around seven thirty, as I was on my way home from college. I was waiting
for the connection at Willesden Junction. As usual at that time of night, there was only one train
to Watford every twenty minutes, and the platform was crowded. Most of the people looked
pretty familiar, the kind of people who stand on the same platform at the same time every
day; ordinary people going about their ordinary life.

SUBIECTUL B – INTEGRATED SKILLS

III. Read the text below and do the tasks that follow.

The Internet affects the way we shop, how we communicate with each other, how we find
answers to questions and much more. But for the time being, there have been concerns that the
older generation are being left behind because they are unable to use a computer.
However, this is changing and several charities and community groups now help older
people to get online. Paul Robinson runs one such charity. Paul worked for an IT company
before deciding to leave his well-paid job and start the charity. As he explains, ‘I used to spend a
few hours a week helping some older people use the Internet at a local library and I could see the
difference it made to their lives. It can be quite lonely for the elderly when their children move
away to find work and start a family of their own. Learning how to use e-mail and receive
photographs of their children and grandchildren was a wonderful experience for them. And when
I saw what a big effect it had on their life I left my job and set up Seniors Online. We run
training courses so that older people can enjoy the same opportunities as the rest of us.’
One of Paul’s students is 89-year-old Betty, who had never used a computer in her life
before she joined one of the classes. That was six months ago and Betty has now completed the
course and received her ‘graduation certificate’. ’I joined a class so I could learn how to use e-
mail to keep in touch with members of my family,’ she says. ‘That’s been fantastic but the best
thing of all has been learning how to research my family history online. Using a computer was a
bit scary to begin with because you think you’ll do something terrible if you press the wrong key.
But you soon learn that you can’t really break anything – and the teachers are very patient. I
think all people my age should do a course like this.

I. For each question choose the correct letter A, B, C or D (5 x 2p= 10p)

1. What is the writer trying to do in this text?

A. Tell older people that they have to learn how to use the Internet.
B. Describe how the Internet can benefit older people.
C. Help Paul get money for his charity.
D. Encourage children to keep in touch with their elderly parents.

2. Paul left his job with the IT company because

A. his salary there wasn’t very good
B. he realized how important the Internet was to older people
C. he wanted to work in his local library.
D. he wanted to help parents find their children.

3. Betty started a computer course

A. to get a qualification.
B. to find out how to research her family history.
C. to learn how to send and receive e-mails.
D. to learn how to fix her computer.

4. According to Betty,
A. it doesn’t matter if you damage the computer.
B. it can be difficult to use the keyboard.
C. the teachers take the time to help you.
D. you need to be patient to learn how to use a computer.

5. What might Paul say about the Internet?

A. Older people aren’t getting enough help to use it.
B. It’s too difficult for older people.
C. Families should help elderly relatives use it.
D. Older people need it more than young people.
Clasa a X-a sect A

I. Use the word given in brackets to form a word that fits in each sentence (10 x
1p = 10 p)

1. I’m not going to clean the floor, it’s not my (RESPONSIBLE)____________

2. Your (PUNISH)________________ for not doing your homework is to stay behind after
school.
3. I want to be a painter or a composer, I want to do something (CREATE)____________
with my life.
4. The Queen of England’s art collection is so (VALUE)_________ that it is impossible to
insure it.
5. He says he saw some visitors from outer space in his garden; it’s just his
(IMAGINE)_________!
6. My brother’s mood is very (PREDICT)__________; sometimes he’s happy and the next
moment he’s depressed.
7. The French (REVOLUTIONARY)__________, which took place in 1789, changed the
history of Europe.
8. He has a sad (EXPRESS)_________ on his face; I wonder what’s wrong.
9. Why are holidays sometimes more (STRESS)__________ than staying at home?
10. (LIKE)_________ most people, I took no interest whatsoever in the Olympic Games.

II. Translate the following text into Romanian (10p)

Then he walked over to the motor car where the woman sat crying in the corner. “That
was a pretty thing to do,” he said in a toneless voice. “He would have left you too.”
“Stop it,” she said.
“Of course, it’s an accident,” he said. “I know that.”
“Stop it,” she said.
“Don’t worry,” he said. “There will be a certain moment of unpleasantness but I will
have some photographs taken that will be very useful at the inquest. There’s the testimony of the
gun-bearers and the driver too. You’re perfectly all right.”
“Stop it,” she said.
“There’s a hell of a lot to be done,” he said. “And I’ll have to send a truck off to the lake
to wire for a plane to take the three of us into Nairobi. Why didn’t you poison him? That’s what
they do in England.”
“Stop it. Stop it. Stop it,” The woman cried.
(E. Hemingway – The Short Happy Life of Francis Macomber)
SUBIECTUL B – INTEGRATED SKILLS

Read the text below and do the tasks that follow.

Diane Modahl’s six older sisters all live within a ten-minute drive of their parents’ house in
a suburb of Manchester. It is the place where Modahl lived from the age of 11 until the age of 24,
when she married and moved to Sale – twenty minutes away by car. Every Sunday she and her
husband, like the rest of her siblings, return to Manchester for a huge Jamaican lunch of
marinated chicken, rice with peas and fried potatoes. It is a family tradition and they all relish it.
In Diane’s mind, Manchester stands for happiness. Up until the age of 11 she had lived in
Moss Side and Longside. She remembers little about these places except the sports days her
father used to organize for the children in the neighbourhood. Her father, who worked in the
pastry department of a factory, was, she says, ‘like the Pied Piper’, knocking on everybody’s
door and encouraging them to take part. ‘The first prize for the races would be a chocolate bar,
which really inspired me then.’
Her mother, a nurse, ‘is a very ambitious and positive lady’, and Modahl thinks it was
mostly due to her desire to make ‘a step up’ that the family moved from their three-bedroom
council house in Longside to a very large five-bedroomed Victorian house in Manchester, an
area which ‘tended to be white middle-class’.
Modahl made friends with two girls living opposite. ‘I do remember always being different
from them but if they were racists, it was inadvertent. They’d ask rather silly questions, like did I
burn in the sun, and what kind of makeup could I use? Colour and race never came up in
Longside, but there were more black people there. I was bemused by people’s reaction to me in
Manchester but there was never any blatant name - calling and I never felt uncomfortable.
Although my brothers and sisters always accused me of being naïve, I think it was just ignorance
and curiosity.
Whereas before her marriage Modahl would never have contemplated leaving her home
town, since meeting her husband she now feels ‘the sky’s the limit’. She says she’s more mature.
‘I wouldn’t hesitate to move to Norway, where he comes from. We are thinking of it and it’s an
exciting thought. He and I rely on each other totally. We both want each other to achieve our
ambitions. Now we have our first child we have to set a standard and tone for our family. I think
my parents would be disappointed if they felt one of us was being held back and tied to them.’

I. For each question choose the correct letter A, B, C or D (5 x 2p= 10p)

1. Diane’s brother and sisters

A. live very close to their parents’ house in Manchester.
B. sometimes return to Manchester for family reunions.
C. have always lived in Manchester.
D. do not particularly like having lunch together.

2. Diane’s father had a good sense of fun because

 A. he went door to door to encourage the neighbours’ children to participate in races.
B. he knew how to motivate the children to participate.
C. he made all children feel happy.
D. he always had good jokes to tell.

3. Diane’s mother had always wanted the family to move because

A. their house in Longside was too small.
B. she had always wanted to live in a Victorian house.
C. she wanted the family to have a better position in society.
D. she wanted to live in a white middle-class area.

4. Diane’s friends living opposite

A. always made Diane feel different on purpose.
B. always asked innocent silly questions.
C. were racists and made Diane feel uncomfortable.
D. always called Diane naïve.

5. Diane and her husband

A. want to live near Diane’s family forever.
B. have their hearts set on achieving their goals.
C. often rely on each other.
D. do not think of having children yet.

II. Read the text again and write a narrative-descriptive essay about a 16-year old teenager
who has just moved to a new school. Your writing should refer to what happened on their
first day there, the atmosphere of the place and their feelings and emotions. (200-220
words) 50 p