Ministerul Educaţiei, Cercetării şi Tineretului

Centrul Naţional pentru Curriculum şi Evaluare în Învăţământul Preuniversitar

Examenul de bacalaureat 2008

Proba E/F
Proba scrisă la Limba engleză
L3 – Minorităţi

• Toate subiectele sunt obligatorii. Se acordă 10 puncte din oficiu.

• Timpul efectiv de lucru este de 3 ore.

SUBIECTUL I (30 puncte) Varianta 010

Read the text below and complete the following tasks.

British Airways (BA) has been flying planes from Britain to North America this month without
a single passenger aboard because of a cabin crew shortage, the airline said Wednesday.
One environmental group sharply criticized the "phantom" BA flights, saying they indicate
once again how indifferent the aviation sector can be to the world's battle against global warming.
Since Nov. 1, about one BA flight a day from Britain to the United States or Canada has left
Heathrow or Gatwick airport carrying only pilots and cargo because of a cabin crew shortage, BA
spokesman Tony Cane said.
The empty flights allowed BA to pick up passengers in North America who have reservations
to fly to Britain, he said.
BA said it is working hard to resolve the problem, caused by the difficulty it sometimes has
coordinating the separate schedules of its 15,000 full- and part-time cabin crew members, 3,000
pilots and 240 planes operating around the world. This sometimes leads to a lack of cabin crew for
a specific flight.

1. Read the text again and decide if the following sentences are true (T) or false
(F). On your exam sheet write T or F next to the letter indicating the sentence. 4 points

A. This month British Airways has been flying empty planes from Britain to North
America.
B. A flight a day from Britain to the US or Canada has left carrying only pilots and
cargo since Oct. 1.
C. The empty flight don’t allow passengers to be picked up by BA in North America.
D. BA has difficulties coordinating the separate schedules of its employees.

2. Answer the following questions: 6 points

A. Where do empty planes fly to?

B. Why have some planes left carrying only pilots and cargo?
C. How many pilots does BA have?

3. Write questions to which the underlined words are the answers. 10 points

4. Find antonyms to the words written in bold. 6 points

5. Use two of the antonyms found above in sentences of your own. 4 points