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 069

Read the text below and complete the following tasks.

Mary Stewart was very young when she was sent over to France to marry the King of
France. She was the most beautiful queen in the world and the old French Queen, Catherine
taught her to love dresses, shows, dancing and to be cunning and cruel.
But soon after their marriage the young King of France died and Mary went back to
Scotland. Used to a life full of amusement in France she didn’t want to listen to the wise Scotish
counsellors. She took advice only from her Frenchmen who preferred dancing and singing instead
of minding serious things.
While Mary was away in France very many people and most of the great lords became
Protestants. And now, as she was back, she tried to make them all turn Catholics again.

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. Mary taught the old French Queen Catherine many interesting things.
B. Mary took the Scotish counsellors’ advice seriously.
C. The Frenchmen preferred having fun instead of minding serious things.
D. While Mary was in Scotland many people became Protestants.

2. Answer the following questions: 6 points

A. Where was Mary sent when she was very young?

B. Did she want to listen to her wise Scotish counsellors?
C. Why did Mary go back to Scotland?

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