Liceul Teoretic “Jean Louis Calderon”, Timişoara

Catedra de limbi moderne

Evaluare iniţială 21-25.09.2015

TEST DE EVALUARE INIŢIALǍ

LIMBA ENGLEZǍ – CLASA A IX-A, L2

Pentru rezolvarea corectă a tuturor cerinţelor din Partea I si din Partea a II-a se acordă
90de puncte. Din oficiu se acordă 10 puncte.
Timpul efectiv de lucru este de 45 de minute.

SUBJECT I ...........................60 points

THE TITANIC: ANOTHER DISASTER MOVIE?

The biggest gamble in movie making history has received no fewer than fourteen Oscar
nominations. And not only that: contrary to what almost everyone said during the troubled course
of its production, it looks like the gamble is going to pay off. Titanic, James Cameron’s $200
million epic about what he has called “the quintessential tragedy of the 20th century”, has been
a great success across Europe and America. Test screenings in America have been
overwhelmingly positive. Daily Variety, the most influential film newspaper in America, has no
doubts. They call it “A spectacular demonstration of what modern technology can contribute to
dramatic story-telling”, and concludes that, unlike the liner which sank in the North Atlantic
eighty-five years ago, this Titanic “arrives at its destination”.
But it hasn’t been all that easy. Shot over eight months (about two months longer than
originally planned), Titanic saw its budget spiral almost out of control. With such lavish sets,
huge casts and expensive, state-of-the-art computerized special effects, the movie seemed set to
become as big a disaster as the story on which it was based.
The perfectionist James Cameron went to extraordinary lengths to get his film exactly
right. The filmmakers built a perfect scale model of the ship, which at 236 metres was almost as
big as the original, and mounted it on giant hydraulic lifts to reproduce the effect of the vessel
sinking. The model stood in a tank filled with 77million litres of sea water.
Everything in Cameron’s movie is bigger, grander and more expensive than anything that
has been done before.

1. Match the words below with their definitions (10 points).

1.gamble, 2 success, 3 budget, 4 lavish, 5 vessel

a. A large ship or boat:
b. Extravagant, excessive:
c. A risk taken in order to gain some advantage:
d. The cost or estimated cost of something:
e. A favourable, satisfactory result or accomplishment:

2. Choose True/ False or Doesn’t Say for the following sentences according to the text (10p).
1. Titanic has been a succesful film on two continents.
a) True b) False c) Doesn’t Say
2. It took one year to shoot the Titanic?
a) True b) False c) Doesn’t Say
3. Cameron is not being described as a perfectionist?
a) True b) False c) Doesn’t Say
4. The importance and attention given to filming Titanic is more than any film has ever received.
a) True b) False c) Doesn’t Say
5. 500 actors and actresses playd in this film.
a) True b) False c) Doesn’t Say

3.Put the verbs in bracket into the correct tense ……………………… 20 points
1. That can’t be right! I ……………….(not believe) it!
2. We …………….(watch) TV between 9 and 10 last night.
3. When Tom ……………(finish) his letter, he ……(take) it to the post office yesterday
afternoon.
4. What you (do) with that vase? If you drop it, it will break!
5. The manager ………(expect) a group from the ministry t come and visit the place next
week.
6. Mother always …………….(tell) me what to do, how to dress, where to go and where
not to. As if I were a baby!
7. He was so ill yesterday that he ……..(drink) his medicine and ………(go) to bed.
8. During the sports class last week, all the boys in our class ………(play) football.

4. Choose the correct answer, A, B, C or D. 20 points

1 Are you going to the ......................... tonight? An American jazz band is playing.
A play B exhibition C concert D opera ..........
2 Have you ever ......................... to Antarctica?
A been B visited C went D come ..........
3 My grandmother was a tall woman ......................... short grey hair.
A and B with C of D had ..........
4 He was cooking breakfast ......................... he burned his hand.
A since B during C while D when ..........
5 Do you want to be a millionaire? is the most popular ......................... show on TV.
A documentary B soap C quiz D comedy ..........
6 My exams will be finished ......................... two weeks, and then I’m going on holiday!
A in B for C at D on ..........
7 The ......................... of the United States is about 250 million.
A size B country C people D population ..........
8 My brother ......................... the new James Bond film yesterday evening.
A sees B saw C was seeing D has seen ..........
9 My favourite ......................... are Mozart and Beethoven.
A poets B directors C conductors D composers ..........
10 I stayed at home all day yesterday. I didn’t go ......................... .
A somewhere B anywhere C nowhere D wherever .......

5. Writing 30 points
Do you have any hobbies? How do you like to spend your free time? Write a composition
in no more than 100 words (10 lines)