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SUBIECTUL
I (5 puncte)
Readthe followingarticle.Fivesentences
havebeenremoved fromthe extract.Choosefromthe
sentences(A.F)theonewhichfits eachgap(1-5).
Thereis oneextrasentence
whichyoudo notneed
to use.

A Rose thinks
it istimesheturned
overa newleaf.
.ffHungerdrove young Rosetostealfoodandshequickly
graduated
topicking
pockets.
ft.ltwas tobethefirstofmany suchvisits.
-ff Shelivesin a damp,uncomfortable basement
bedsitwithnoheating
andnocompanyexceptforherdogs
andcatsandtheTV.
Instead,
shewasgiven lifeimprisonment.
-(F.Sheshould havetriedrobbingbanks,

Looking at thislittleoldlady,it is hardto believe thatshehasspent20of her70yearsinjail.Her

crimehasbeenpickpocketing. Justa shortwhileagoshewascaught practisinghertradein Harrods - a
favourjtehunting ground forthepickpocket asit is frequented bythewell-off.Heifingers aren'tasquickas
theyusedtobeandshewasspotted bya sharp-eyed storedetective,
moreusedtocatching shoplifters.
Luckilyforher,thejudgeletheroff.Allthesame, crime certainly paid
hasn't forRose Jones. 1_
Nevertheless, shebelieves thatit isbettertherethaninprison. Duringhermany spellsinprison,snemetRutn
Ellis,thelastwoman to behanged in Britain
andthenotorious murderess,MyraHindley, whowould certainly
havefollowed Ellistothescaffold if hanging hadnotbeenabolished. 2
Roseblames herlifeof crimeon herchildhood andharshupbringing. Shefeelsthatif hermother
hadn't diedwhenshewasa kid,herlifewould haveturned outdifferently.
Asii was,herfather remarriedand
herstepmother wascrueltoher.3- Shewasonlysixatthetime.When shewas11,shestarted working
asa servant inbighouses. Sheperhaps wishesshehadtakenthatopportunity togo"straighf'butshedidn't-.
Sheremembers takinga lipstick anda five-pound notefromsome.guests; lug-gage.
Whenhermistress
accused herofstealing, shedenied everythingand,foronce, gotawaywithit.
Herlife"inside" startedwhenshewas17.Following a conviction,
shewassentto a prison foryoung
people. 4-Yet, inallherlongcriminal career, Rosehasnever madeanyrealmoney. Elthershejaveit
awayor shespentit on trivialthings. Whileshewasin prison herhusband stolethelitflemoney snenaO
managed tosave.
Nowadays, shehasjustaboutdecided thatherlifeof crimeis over.Afterall,shefindsit difficult
to move
around nowwithout anysupport, whichmakes herlineof workrather difficult.
ln addition,
thepopularity
of

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 creditcardsmeansthatpeople tendto carrylesscasharound
withthemthantheywereonceusedto.
5 Butisit possible
tobreak
thehabits
ofa lifetime?
I

SUBIECTUL
II (10puncte)
Complete thesecondsentence
so thatit hasa similarmeaning
to thefirstsentence,
usingtheword
givenin brackets.
Donotchangethewordgiven.Usebetween twoandfivewords,iniluOinitheword
given.

1' You can borrowmy camera,but you mustbe carefulwithit. (LONG)) you can borrowmy
camera_careful withit.
2. People saythatthefamous couple
areaboutto getmarried, (SAID) ) Thefamous couple_about to
getmarried.
3.Valerie doesn't object toherphotograph appearinginthemagazine. (OBJECTION) ) Valerie
photograph _her
appearinginthemagazine.
4. Maxoffered Gabya liftto thestation,
butshedidn'taccept,(TURNED) ) Gaby offerof a lifttothe
station.
5.Tamsin wastheonlystudent whohadn't doneherhomework. (APART) ) Allthestudents_done their
homework,
6.I findRobert's tasteinmusic veryhardtotolerate.
(PUT)) lfindit hard- Robert'stasteinmusic.
1 9gt{is becoming increasingly popular
in (POPULARITY)
Britain. ) fn. _ inBritain.
€. If I don'tleavenow,l'llmissmytrain.(UNLESS) ) l,llmissmytrain n0w.
9.Pauline hadn't expected toseesomanypeople attheconcert.(SUnpntSf) > ftcame_ toseeso
manypeople attheconcert.
10'lt'sverydifficulttopredict theweather here.(TENDS) ) Theweather unpredictable
here.

SUBIECTUL
III (10puncte)
Complete
thegapsin thetextbelowwithonewordthatbestfitseachspace.
Thereis oneexample.
DearAngela,
I washorrified(0) when I foundoutthatmy12-year-old daughter had(1)_ anested for
stealingsomemake-up froma highstreetchemist, (2) happenedbdcause snenaOOeen dared(3)
someolderchildren shelooksupto.At firstshewentalongwithwhattheywanted (4)_ to rio,
However, onceshewasintheshopshewas(5)- frightened
thatshestartedcrying,*fiiin is tOl
attractedtheattention
oftheshopassistant.
(7) thisterrifying
experience
shehasbeentooafraid togooutonher(B)_ andcriesallthe
time'Myhusband doesn'tseemtocare(9) much. HesayssheJhouldn'thave'siolenin(10)_ first
place.
I feela failure
asa parent andamafraid
thatmychildwillturntocrimelateroninlife.
Yours,
Ashamed

SUBIECTUL
IV (tr5puncte)
Forquestions1 - 15,readthetextbelowanddecidewhichwordA, B, C or D bestfits eachspace.
Thereis anexampleatthebeginning(0).

Thevolume oftrafficin manycitiesintheworldtodaycontinues

toexpand, This(0)_A_ manyproblems,
including
serious air pollution,
lengthydelays,
andthegreater risk(1) acciOenis,Cl-arly,sometiring
must
bedone,butit is oftendifficult
to (2)_ to tochange theirhabits
andleavetheircarsathome.
One
deverificare
a cunogtinlelorde
timb@
possible (3)- is to makeit moreexpensive forpeople to usetheircarsby(4)_ charges forparking
and
(5)- tougher finesforanyone who(6)- thelaw,Inaddition, driverscbulOOerequirid to pbyfor-using
particularroutesat differenttimesof the day.Thissystem , (7)_ as 'roadpricing', is aireadybeing
introduced ina (B)- ofcities,
using
a special card(9)
electronic tothewindscreenofthecar.
Another wayof (10) withtheproblem is to provide
cheapparking onthe (11)_ of thecity,and
strictly
controlthenumber ofvehiclesallowedintothecentre.Driversandtheirpassengers thenusea special
bus.service forthe(12)-stage oftheirjoumey. Ofcourse, themostimportant (13) istoprovide good
publictransport,However, togetpeople to(14)- thecomfort oftheircars,public'transport
mustbefeltto
bereliable,convenient andcomfortable,
withfares(15)_ at anacceptable level,
0 A causes B results C leads D invents
1 Ao f B for C about Dby
2 A make B arranqe C suggest D persuade
3 A approach B manner C custom D style
4 A enlarqinq B increasino C growing D developinq
5 A carryinq
down B puttinq
off C bringing
in D takinqaway
6 A crosses B refuses C breaks D cracks
7 A named B seen C called D known
I A quantity B number C total D sum
o A fixed B joined C built D placed
10 A doing B handlins C dealinq D solvinq
11 A outskirts B border C outside D limit
12 A late B end C complete D flnal
13 A thouqht B thinq C work D event
14 A passon B throwawav C giveup D leave
out
15 A taken B kept C given D stood

SUBIECTUL
V (10puncte)

Readthetextandusethewordsgivenin capitals to formwordsthatfit in the numbered

gaps.The
wordsaregivenin theorderin whichyouneedto usethem.Thereis anexample attheUeginii;g.
0-AssoclATE;
1-KNow;
2-PRoFEsstoN;3-VALUE;4-DtREcr;
5-suBMtr;6-GENERAL;
7-
REJECT;
8 - NOTE;
I - TYPICAL;
10- CREATE

Filmfestivals
areevenlsstaged byprivate organisations,localgovernments, arts(0)ASSOCIATIONS or
filmsocieties.
Theyprovide anopportunityfor(1).....filmmakerstofresent theirmovies toa realliveaudience
andto havethemreviewed by (2)...,critics.
lf a filmis shown at a festival, thefilmmaker gets(3)....press
attentionandexposuretoagents andbuyers.
Somefestivalswelcome a widerange of films,butotherfestivals aremorespecialised. Theymayaccept
onlycomedies, or onlyfilmsmadeby female (4),...,
Mostfestivals accept (5),.. fromanyfilmmaker,
regardlessofhisorherpastexperience,
Eachfestival
hasitsownsetofrules. (6)...,filmmakers aregiven a deadline bywhich theyhavetosubmit
theirfilms._Submitting
a filmtothewrongfestivalis likelytoendin (7).... lf a movieis accepted,theorganisers
(8)...thefilmmaker.Filmfestivalsare(9)..,.divided intocategoiieslikedrama, documentary or an'imation.
Films arejudgedfortheirproduction
value,(10)... . andoverall
impression.

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SUBIECTUL (10puncte)

Readthetext'below andlookcarefully at eachline.Somelinesarecorrectandsomecontaina word

a wordwhichshould
rdrichshouldnotbethere.lf thelineis correctputa tick({. tt ttrelinecontains
notbethere,writethewordbesideit. Therearetwoexamples (0' 00)

0 ehildrenareunder pressuretoperform asnever before.Young 0,

00 boysandgirlsarebeingpushed to attendanextrakarate, French 00 an
1 andcomputer lessons togetahead'Thefeelingis thatasif you 1.
2 donothavea childgenius, thenyouhavetofailed. Parents 2.
3 areplaytheirunborn childrenMozart andenrolthem ingym 3.
4 classesontheirwaybackfromregistering the Because
birth. of 4.
5 this,inUK,children'sfootballteam coaches areintroducing 5.
6 agreements forparents tosign.Theyhave bepromisenot
to to 6.
7 taketheirchild's progress
sporting tooseriously.'Many of 7.
I fathersareconvinced thatextratrainingwillmake up theirson 8.
o ordaughter a supersta/,saysMartin Deighan, a teacherand 9.
10 'ln
coach. thefact,
footbali theimportant thingisthat the 10.
kidsarehavinqfun,and lessons aboutteamwork.'
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DELIMBA
ENGLEZA
PENTRU
ADMITEREAiN
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. BAREM
DEEVALUARE
9I NOTARE
o se puncteazioricare
altemodaritili
derezolvare corectia cerinfelor.
a
l{u:9 puctaje
acordi intermediare,
alteledecitceleprecizateexplicitprinbarem.
Nuseacordi
fracliunide
punct.
Se acordi10 punctedin oficiu,Notafinali se calculeaziprinimpd(ireapunctajului
total
acordatpentrulucrare
la 10.

SUBIECTUL
I (5 puncte)
1. -D ;2 -E;3 - B ;4-C ;S -A 5 x 1punct
i.
f.

SUBIECTUL
II (10puncte)
1.aslongasyouare 10x 1 punct
2.aresaidtobe
3.hasnoobjection to
4.turneddownMax's
5,apartfromTamsin had
6.toputupwith
7. popularity
ofgolfis increasing
8.unlessI leave
9.asa surprisetoPauline
10.tendstobevery

SUBIECTUL
III (10puncte)

10x 1 punct
1-b e e n ;2 -Th i s /l t;3-O y '4-her;S -so ; 6 - wh a t ; 7 - S in c e ; g _ o wn ; g _ v1e0r_y t/ h
t hea t/to o /so ;

SUBIECTUL
IV (15puncte)

15x 1punct
1 2 3 4 5 o 7 8 o 10 11 12 13 14 15
A D A B c c D B A c A D B c B

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1.unknown 10x 1punct
. 2.professional
3.valuable
4,directors
5.submissions
6.Generally
7,rejectidn
8.notify
9.typically
10.Creativity

SUBIECTUL
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4.{
s../
6.be
7. ot
8 . up Gr
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