Bability to empathise and a sh; mixed reception from the min fellow extreme digital media users The writer does most of his work A. at the office, B. in front of the computer. C. in the park near his house, . in the countryside. 2. The author So ‘ 6: Was working 42 hours a day, Ge oa: Vrs & convinced technophabe. Pxam Sheet. F C. rejected technology, arching and ‘was heavily relying on digital devices, Pecasionally, pr ea04 Stil BS. It was not easy for him all Of Twitter &: {0 focus on a task for a long time ht hours a &.!0 deliver his latest novel on time C- to find time for his family D. to give up smoking, 4. He felt A. his work was liberating B. his life was a mess, G-he was going against the tide D. his work efficiency was low. ever more St nothing, ation had Y Working 5. Digital media A. improve our cognitive skills B. sharpen our memory. C. affect our brain, D. diminish our attention span Na piece ntist: my ction, in bd by a ictures: J 6. Research shows daydreaming ‘brains distracts us from important tasks, ‘minds B. favours a better recall ember 5; allows us to escape our daily ives Fecal D. diverts us from our work pYOUCEEEET. Thie'brain needs @ ultients to function propery B. a break to reinforce memorics C.a good night's sleep, Care just like the body, reath ights ding ites tes lia- m, 8. The writer A continued working on his book B. went on holiday to Ibiza, C- realized he should have taken time out D. shut down his computer. Prepare yoursolt for the BAC exe laky sense of identity Medical and scientific coms ugh her remarks received a . they certainly strike a chord (worn telegraph.co.uk)Propare yourself for the BAC exam 9. Susan Greenfield believes ‘A. networking sites develop creativity. B. networking sites generate wealth. C. networking sites induce immature behaviour. 1D. networking sites should be banned. 10. The medical and scientific communities A have reacted differently to Mrs. Greenfield's findings. B. have reached the same conclusions as Mrs. Greenfield. C. agree with Mrs. Greenfield's views. D. deny Mr. Greenfield's merits. 11, Read the text below. For questions 1-10, choose the answer (A, B, C or D) whi you think fits best according to the text. Write your answers on your exam shi City dwellers are becoming “terrified” of the countryside as urban pressures leave m disconnected from the great outdoors, the director general of the National Trust warns today. Dame Fiona Reynolds believes city dwellers, especially the young and poor, a ‘damaging their health by being increasingly confined to urban areas and the indoors. Tr trust is launching a six-month campaign to investigate whether the nation is losing toucs with the countryside and to see what can be done about it. Reynolds argued that schools should make sure pupils spend time outdoors and sleeg in the countryside. She is also recommending that health professionals should prescrib activities in rural areas to help improve public health. She said; "I's urgent we reconnee people. We're breeding a society that's less confident about exploring, less confide ‘about going to places we haven't been to before.” There is evidence that people who at brought up in big cities are scared and see the countryside as a place full of unfamil and unexpected things. It's becoming this great unknown, alien place." The six-month consultation is part of a move by the trust to encourage more people tf make more use of its gardens, parks, hills and coastlines, rather than thinking of t charity just as a custodian of great houses. The trust's Outdoor Nation initiative begit with a debate at the annual meeting today. The charity is keen for its findings to be into the government's natural environment white paper, due to be published next spring People will be invited to join the debate and a "roving reporter” will travel the countrysid to find out about attitudes. Reynolds thinks the problem is more acute among poorer, lower socio-economic group. who are less able to travel. "We don't have the same expectation that kids will pl outside. It means children don't discover things, they don't have the same curiosity abo nature. It doesn't do people any good to always be indoors, to be mollycoddled, prot She said children should be able to spend nights camping. "This allows them to experieno something different from their daily lives — in a safe environment, but one that stretches them, makes them able to explore, stretch the boundaries of their comfort zone.” Reynolds would also like to see doctors prescribing country walks. "When you are walkit ‘everything calms down, you can think clearly, you can breathe fresher air. It can be a for of preventative medicine. Walking is a briliant way to find yourself, to give yourself space “The message is that your quality of life can be enhanced by access to nature. There beauty everywhere. You find a little stream or a litle patch of trees that you can fallin lo with. Every place has something magical and heartlifting.” (Steven Morris, The Guardian, Saturday 30 October 201* City dwetiers A. miss the fresh air B. visit the countrysi C. are discon O. avoid trave Prepare yourselt for the BAC exam of the countryside. ide every weekend, nected from the countryside (elling to the countryside, 2 Confinement to urban areas and t A. leads to poorer health B. protects city dwellers from n C. damages people's selt-este D. ensures a healthier testyie, the indoors latural hazards, em, Cor D) which exam sheet, Bs leave many a! Trust wams 2d poor, are bindoors. The Blosing touch 3. The trust D. intends to Convince people to change their atitude, 4 Reynolds considers that A. people are bold a FS and sleep ld prescribe ® reconnect aes 5. The aim of the sixmonth campaign is Buntamiice A. to inform people about tne countryside © (0 "9 People to use their gardens less 5 (2.deterine people to spend mens time in nature ee D. to instruct people on hovw te Preserve belter their parks. oo Se The charity Ho be fed A. is keen to publish t xt spring 8. wants its findin, untryside > groups vil Dlay Y about lected." erience etches riosity about nature, . Spend too much time playing Computer games, alking | form ace,” 8. Reynolds belie, A. children ves that re is love 010)_—_Propare yourself forthe BAC exam 9. Walking A. is a form of alternative medicine. B. is an exhausting activity. C. is good for your body and mind. D. is a brillant way to lose weight. 10. The message of the text is that A. people should spend more time in open air B. the natural environment should be protected C. the countryside is losing its charm. D. our health depends on the place where we live. 12. Read the text below. For questions 1-10, ording to the text. Wri Using gadgets while you're distractions says using a g 900d thing. , choose the answer (A, B, C or D) which ite your answers on your exam sheet. driving can be a very bad thing, but an expert on automotive jadget that watches you while you're driving can be a very year in motor vehicle crashes, and research indicates that failures of attention — Including distractions or drowsiness - Probably played a role in most of those crashes. Crashes and near-crashes are about three times as likely to hay Performing a complex task not related to driving (such as dial and twice as likely during a moderately complex task (su reported As new technologies are introduced, the list of potenti Questions have been raised about dashboard GP: well as "green" energy-monitoring displays. Of course, most drivers overestim: ippen when the driver is ing a phone or even texting), ich as inserting a CD), Lee al distractions keeps getting longer. 'S navigation devices, for example, as wn camera-monitoring research what they don't notice.” seconds before and after every abrupt movement on the road. "We took that video, put it on a CD, and then we had a ‘report. card’ that shows the number of events that the teen driver experienced over time," he said. "It had a pretty dramatic effect on teens, in terms of the frequency of these abrupt Steering and braking events that are often associated with distractions." 86 Hero sssao Re : Steer ee a ee vom>s ” o . § com>? oom>e Pomp aetnaPropare yourself for the BAC exam "After the feedback sessions, the number of events triggered by risky drivers declined 89 ‘percent, Lee said, and the rate of risky driving remained low even six weeks later. ‘Can a car become too smart for our own good? Computerized car-trackers already can secord when and how far you're driving - as well as how many abrupt stops and starts "you put your car through. Some insurance companies are offering discounts for drivers ‘who use the tracking devices, but privacy watchdogs worry that this sort of thing could eventually turn Big Brother into a back-seat driver. “Obviously there are issues of privacy that come into play as you collect these data about srivers," Lee said. "I think about that, but | really haven't studied that in detail." Instead, Lee is focusing on technologies that will help drivers help themselves. “Having your car know a little bit more about you and your behaviour might well be worth it in terms of the number of lives saved," he said. (www.msnbc.msn.com) 4. Gadgets ‘A. used while driving increase the risks of accidents. B. can help drivers find their way. C. are useful when travelling long distances. D. can distract the drivers’ attention from the road. 2. John D. Lee argues that people A. understand that distractions are harmful. B. don't realise that distractions can cause accidents. C. are unaware of the level of distraction they are exposed to. D. need feedback in order to avoid accidents. 3. Vehicle crashes are caused by ‘A. drunk driving, B. mechanical failures. C. lack of attention. D. sleep disorders. 4. The risk of crashes builds up when A. drivers are sleepy. B. drivers are drunk. C. drivers speak on the phone. D. drivers listen to music. 5. The number of distractions A. is levelling off B. is decreasing. C. is the same. D. is increasing 6, Most drivers ‘A. have a high opinion of themselves. B. doubt their driving skills. C. consider themselves flawless. D. underestimate their driving skils.Propare yourself for tho BAC exam 7. Watching the driver A. is an invasion of people's privacy. B. can be distraction itself C. made teenagers more aware of their driving D. had no consequences. 8. Installing a special camera system AA. increases the chance of survival in case of accident. B. discourages speeding on public roads. C. annoys drivers very much. D. reduces the number of events caused by risky driving, 9. Some insurance companies ‘A. encourage the drivers to use tracking devices. B. disagree with the use of tracking devices. C. reward the drivers who don't use tracking devices. D. force drivers to install the tracking devices. 10. Having a smart car A. might save your life. B. can be intimidating C. is a dream for most people. D. is a sign of social status. 13. Read the text below. For questions 1-10, choose the answer (A, B, C or D) which! you think fits best according to the text. Write your answers on your exam sheet, As teenagers have long complained, it's not that they're lazy, i's just that parents and schoolteachers don't understand them. Now they have been given top-grade academic ‘ammunition to hurl at annoying adults before slamming the bedroom door and going back to bed — lying in bed for hours at the weekend is part of their inborn cycle of sleep! and wakefulness. It's circadian rhythms innit AUS study published today in the journal "Paediatrics" found that early school starts were! forcing students to perform academically at a time of day when they were at their worst, The researchers, from Northwestern University in Illinois, go so far as to describe the school day as causing an “epidemic of sleep deprivation among adolescents”. They say) the weekend lie-in enjoyed by so many young people is simply part of their natural cycle and should not be dismissed as laziness. Sixty students at Evanston Township high school in illinois kept sleep diaries during school holidays and term-time as part of the study. Bright light was "administered" ‘morning (presumably by flinging open the curtains?) in an attempt to normalise the timing of the circadian cycle. This made no difference at all. They showed that adolescents lo: as much as two hours of sleep per night during their first week back at school week aft the summer holiday and made up at weekends by sleeping longer. All the students performed better in class during the afternoon than in the moming observed the researchers who gave them computer and paper and pencil tests. TI young people reported being wearier, less alert and having to make a greater effort i early morning classes. 88which sheet. ts and demic | going {sleep s were worst. be the ey say cycle during in the timing nts lost after ping, is. The ffort in Propare yourself for the BAC exam researchers said that potential solutions to the problem included changing school ‘Gnes and having tests later in the day. They said that doctor, parents, teachers and ‘agers all needed to be aware of adolescents’ lifestyle patterns and their different valedge of adolescent circadian rhythms could promote better family relationships i IEerents understood that sleeping late on weekends is part oftheir children's in-born cycle Ses not lazy’ or antisocial behaviour,” the researchers said. Excy.morning light treatments did not modify the amount of sleep each student got each Gicht, their mood, or the results of computer-administered vigilance tests. All students Serformed better in the afterioon than in the momina ‘Students in early morning classes Sorted being wearier, being less alert, and having to expend greater effort. She North Westem researchers conclude stemly: "The results of this study demonstrated Be current high schoo! start times contribute to sleep deprivation among adolescents. Consistent with a delay in circadian sleep phase, students performed better later in the ay than in the early morning.” Seoth short-term and long-term strategies that address the epidemic of sleep deprivation Song adolescents will be necessary to improve health and maximize school performance.” (www.guardlian.co.Uh) 4. Teenagers ‘A. are much lazier than before. B. usually slam doors in the mornings. C. are annoyed by teachers and parents. D.need a lie-in at the weekend. 2. Early school starts ‘A. force students to study harder. B. boost students’ test performance, C. compel students to be more responsible, D. diminish students’ performance, 3, Researchers claim that the school day ‘A. brings about eating disorders B. leads to an unhealthy lifestyle. C. causes great anxiety among students. D. limits the amount of sleep students get. 4, Sixty high school students ‘A. refused to wake up early in the morning: B. took part in a sleep related study. C. complained about their schedule D. protested against sleep deprivation. 5, Early-morning light treatments ‘A didn't change the students’ circadian cycle B. triggered better results. C. normalised the students’ circadian cycle. D. modified the students’ circadian cycle.Propare yourselt for the BAG exam 6. All the students A. performed better in the morning, B. got the same marks at tests. C. had better results in the afternoon, D. made a greater effort in afternoon classes, 7. A solution to the problem is A. reducing the number of classes. B. having more classes in the afternoon C. changing teenagers’ lifestyle pattern ©. starting schoo! not so early in the Morning, 8. Knowledge of adolescent circadian rhythms A. leads to a better understanding of teens’ social lite. B. promotes weekend lie-ins. C. helps parents discipline their children, D. fosters a happier family life 8. Students in early moming classes 6: afe more interested in the subjects they study. B. find it more difficult to concentrate, C. are in a good mood for studying, D. have excellent marks in science subjects, 10. The results of the study A. demonstrated that early classes improve students’ results, 8. proved that early classes contribute to students’ academic success, G: Showed that early classes deprive students of sleep. D. highlighted that early classes maximize School performance,Prepare yourself forthe BAC. 5 because of field-conservation efforts, relocation of animals to safer regions and ded wildlife refuges, the population has reached around 20,000. ‘over the past few years, the news from Africa has tumed dire. Poaching, once ined, has skyrocketed. From 2000 to 2007, only about a dozen rhinos were poached ch year in South Africa, where nearly 90% of all rhinos live, according to the WWF. But year, 333 were illegally slaughtered there, nearly all found with their homs chopped *Poaching is like a bush fire,” says Raoul du Toit, a Zimbabwean environmentalist e won the prestigious Goldman Prize this year for his efforts to nurture critically gered black-thino populations. “It starts small, but it spreads and turns into a lagration very rapidly.” Although the current poaching levels are not high enough to ress the natural population growth of rhinos in southern Aftica, they are edging ever pser to the tipping point. "We look on this as an emergency,” says Josef Okori, the ager of the African Rhino Program for the WWF. "We are waging a protracted war." d itis a real fight. Today's illicit rhino-hom trade isn't just small-time poachers picking ‘a stray beast or two. Instead, law-enforcement officials say, global criminal syndicates ‘orchestrating the lucrative business. By weight, rhino horn can be worth more than fetching tens of thousands of dollars a kilogram in China or Vietnam, by far the two st markets for the illegal material, according to environmental watchdog groups, d because individual hors are compact, they can be transported easily. value of rhino hom explains why poachers often use expensive equipment like light craft, helicopters, tranquilizer guns and night-vision goggles to pursue their quarry — "everwhelming conservation efforts by underfunded national wildlife commissions. African ‘Game ranchers, safari quides and wildife officials — precisely those who should be protecting ‘The beasts — have been caught dabbling in the trade. (adapted from www.time.com) m 1. Rhinos: A. are revered for their horns. B. have fascinated people with their horns. C. are very intelligent mammals. which D. have been protected for millennia heet. ajesty Be 2- In Asia, rhino horns azie ‘A. are used for medicinal purposes. B. are recommended for the treatment of cough. C. are sold in street markets. D. are turned into cosmetic products. ors, r the. lors st of nese 3. Two of the Asian populations ‘and A. have declined dramatically. B. have been outnumbered by elephants. C. have doubled in the last 20 years. a D. have decreased by 10% since the 19th century. ‘i 4. The African white rhino population gin A. is on the brink of extinction. und B, has been wiped out by poachers. C. has been relocated to Asia D. has increased due to the measures taken.propare yourself for the BAC 0x2 5, Poaching in Africa fas constantly decreased B. has been steady: ©, has increased dramatically D, has been eradicated 6, Raoul du Toit, a Zimbabweem environmentalist, aothas been awarded a prize fOr fis contribution to poaching: D believes poaching is 2 minor phenomenon. © declined the prestigious GOIOmm Prize. . thinks poaching is spreading very fast. 7.The current levels of poaching ‘A. are under control population growth of rhinos. B. can suppress the natural ©. pose a great threat to the rhino ‘population. Dare higher than 10 years 29°: hom trade i scale phenomenon lucrative business. ‘on the international a9 tof control 8, The illicit rhino A. isn'ta small B. isn'ta very C. isn'tan issue D. isn't getting oul yenda. 9, China and Vietnam Th ave banned the use of rhino NOS B. punish those who sell thir homs. © care the final destinations for most of the rhino horns. D. import only medicine made of rhino hors s use expensive equipment ‘are real professionals. B because rhinos are dificult to spot. * Answers 1. 1. C (‘wwwanfiction.net, which launched in late 1998, has attracted tens of thousands of teenagers who like to read and write fan fiction”) 2. D (‘While most other fan-fiction sites are boutiques devoted to Harry Potter or The X-Files, "FFN is the giant shopping mall,” says Tara O'Shea, 28, who started writing fan fiction at age 11.”) 3. D ("A third of them are 18 and under, and about 80% are female, according to creator Xing Li") 4.C ("Xing Li, 24, a computer programmer who lives in Los Angeles and calls the site “strictly a hobby.") 94Propare yourself for the BAC exam ‘cRegistration is free but permitted only ifyou click the box marked "I'm at least 1 Ithere's no accounting for dishonest answers).”) iS (Writers upload stories directly tothe site, assioning @ category and rating from G toNC-17") ("But there's real value to having your peers cheer you on, says Merle Marsh, @ jprep-school administrator and author of several parents’ guides to the Net’) iG (Marsh applauds the site for encouraging Young people to read and write”) [A (But censorship would be counter to L's VS of an online community free to share ig stuff, aw and uncut - as long as the graphic material is clearly marked.") 8 (Running the site takes 25 hours out of his ‘week, but Li says if it helps aspiring Scribes find an audience, it's worth it") {ACLots of kids today grow up with a keyboard in one hand and a joystick in the other.") (‘There are plenty of benefits to introducing kids to tech devices early.”) ("And kids can have a rich social life and mee! a ‘much more diverse group of people to which they might never be exposed in their own hometowns.”) 5 (‘Many parents worry that violent video games may desensitize children to violent ‘behaviour in real life...”.) © c (one type of communication that’s very popular with teenagers is real-time chat (wis includes Web-based chat, use of IRC (Internet Relay Chat) programs, Instant Messaging services such as those offered by MSN, AOL and Yahoo, as well as SMS messaging via cell phones.”) IE C (‘In order to type their messages more quickly, kids often use a type of phonetic ciioathand instead of grammatically correct, properly spelied sentences.”) 7.6 (Educators, parents and others are divided on that question. Some folks argue that Janguage is aways evolving, and newer and more ‘efficient spellings are a good thing.” C (’After all, a glance at a page of Olde English will show you that we don't use the vame spellings now that our ancestors used”) 9. (‘Some researchers have concluded that teens re able to slip easily between the “abbreviations and conventional spelling...) 40. A "Some experts say the problem is not the lingo itself, but the fact that kids are v Sble to diferentiate between when itis and isn't appropriate.”) m3. 4. (paragraph 1) 2. A(*But now the geisha, the traditional female ‘entertainers of Japan, have found new job opportunities through the internet”) 4.0 (the maiko, or apprentice geisha, who spend at least five years studying the arts ‘of music, dance and witty conversation’) 4, \CAhundred years later, the number had ‘decreased to 500, including 200 maiko.") 5. (‘in the old days, the geisha houses were a meats for poor families to ensure a (velinood for daughters whom they could no longer ‘support or marry off”) 6.8 (‘Nowadays girls hear about it through the internet from all over Japan.”) 7.B (’Despite the allure oftheir white make-up and exquisite kimono, the life of a trainee ‘geisha is far from glamorous.) 8.6 (’They rise early and spend the moming master the traditional accomplishments Tike geisha ~ dance, singing, the playing of the stringed shamisen and the cand shakuhachi flute and the art of make-up and the kimono.") — 95Prepare yourself for the BAC exam 9. B (‘But as well as online recruiting, the rise in maiko numbers is connected with a revived interest among young Japanese in traditional customs.” 10. A("It’s cool to be Japanese again, and this is part of the trend.”) 4 1.B ("People who mistreat animals will face fines of up to £20,000 and year-long prison sentences under welfare laws to be announced next week.”) 2. D (‘RSPCA inspectors will be given powers to enter premises without a warrant...") 3. A(‘Itwill be scrutinised by a parliamentary committee and then go before both Houses of Parliament.") 4. (‘Anyone owning a pet, farm or exotic animal will have a statutory “duty of care” towards it and could face having it taken away and being banned from looking after another.") 5. A ("RSPCA inspectors will also gain the right to enter without a warrant any lorry, ferry, plane or hovercraft carrying animals.”) 6.B (‘Local authorities will be given discretion to insist on registration of people who make money from animals, such as dog-walkers or pet-sitters, who care for animals) when owners are away.”) 7.C (‘Animal welfare campaigners, however, will be angered that the draft Bill, whic updates the Protection of Animals Act 1911, contains no reference to circus animals) and fails to ban the docking of dogs’ tails.”) 8. A(Mr Bradshaw does not believe in a total ban on docking and wants to reach agreement con which breeds of working dog would be exempted before introducing a ban.”) 9. C (‘Other measures in the Bill include a ban on anyone under 16 owning a pet and o goldfish or other animals being given as prizes at fairgrounds or in competitions.” 10. B ("The crackdown follows years of pressure from the RSPCA and organisations ‘such as the Kennel Club.") fs. 1. A(‘The term "genetic modification” provokes widespread fears about the corporal control of agriculture, and of the unknown.”) 2. C (‘no scientific evidence associating GM plants with higher risks for the environmet or for food and feed safety than conventional plants and organisms".) 3. B ("They claim that our research trial of blight-resistant GM potatoes on a plot at JI one of only two ongoing GM research trials in the UK, is a “dangerous experiment 4. C ("The blight resistant variety being trialed, that reduces the amount of pesticide the cro needs — and is rejected by the protesters — could not have been produced without GM: 5.C (‘With support from JIC, we invited them to take part in a proper debat Disappointingly, they declined.”) 6. (‘the benefits of GM technology are becoming clearer to all.”) 7. D (‘Food insecurity and climate change highlight the challenges of sustainably feedi ‘a growing world population.”) 8. C ("But in Europe, while taxpayers’ money is stil paying to develop useful GM traits, taxpayers are not benefiting from their deployment.) 9. A (‘Many promising GM traits exist, often discovered by academics, but # commercial risks are too great, the costs too high and the rewards too low for t European private sector to invest in taking them forward.”) 10. D ("We need to think about the cost of not adopting GM as well as the risks, and must not spur the great opportunities created by embracing it.”) 96Prepare yourself for the BAC exam 6 ‘Actually, the idea for Earth Day evolved over a period of seven years starting in 1962.") C (‘For several years, it had been troubling me that the state of our: ‘environment was ‘simply a non-issue in the politics of the country.") ‘A (For many reasons the tour did not succeed in putting the issue onto the national political agenda.") 5 (‘Six years would pass before the idea that became Earth Day occurred to me while ‘on a conservation speaking tour out West in the summer of 1969.") 'A(‘Suddenly, the idea occurred to me ~ why not organize a huge grassroots protest ‘over what was happening to our environment?") D ("The wire services carried the story from coast to coast. The response was electric. It took off like gangbusters.”) B ("For the next four months, two members of my Senate staff, Linda Billings and John Heritage, managed Earth Day affairs out of my Senate office.”) © (’The New York Times carried a lengthy article by Gladwin Hill reporting on the astonishing proliferation of environmental events.”) ‘AC it was obvious that we were headed for a spectacular success on Earth Day.”) .D ("That was the remarkable thing about Earth Day. It organized itself") 7 4.C (“in a few weeks, the heir to one of the world's greatest fortunes, David de Rothschild, will set sail across the Pacific.") 2.C ("...to focus attention on one of the world's strangest and most unpleasant ‘environmental phenomena: the Great Pacific Garbage Patch, a rubbish-covered region of ocean...”) 3. ("This pollution is now devastating populations of seabirds and fish that ive in the region.”) 4. D ("...which is being sponsored by the International Watch Company and Hewltt- Packard...") 5. B (‘post blogs, photographs and video clips of the area") 6.0 (-...the 30-year-old environment crusader has designed a special catamaran with a hull made of frames filed with 12,000 plastic bottles.”) catamaran —> *David de Rothschild, will set sail across the Pacific ~ in a boat, the Plastiki, made from plastic bottles and recycled waste.” 7. ("The plastic water bottle epitomises everything about this throwaway, disposable society,’ said de Rothschild ") to epitomize = to be a perfect example of a quality or type of thing to throw away = to dispose of = to discard 8. B ("he added that he was not aiming to demonise plastic, but was trying to highlight its altemative uses”) 9. B (‘its name inspired by the balsa raft Kon-Tiki that was built and sailed across the Pacific in 1947 by the Norwegian explorer Thor Heyerdahl") 40. A (‘the 20-metre catamaran has cost several million dollars to construct and has taken three years to reach its current design.") fs. 4. B ("...a uniquely British form of classical music concerts.”) 2. C ("These concerts would, Newman hoped, educate the people about classical music ‘and hopefully make it more popular.”) 97Propare yourself for the BAC exam 3. C ("...a large part of the seating area had no seats and so the patrons had to stand during the performances.) 4.B (‘Newman and Wood wanted to keep the atmosphere as informal as possible, although customers were asked not to strike matches during vocal performances.") 5.A("There is at least one Prom concert every evening, and a large number of these are preceded by a pre-Prom talk.”) 6. C ("Each Prom season now has themes, and the works reflect one of the themes." 7.B (‘The performance is still a mix of old and new and includes music, conductors, performers and orchestras from around the world,”) 8.B (*...the highlight of the Proms season is The Last Night of the Proms.”) 9. D ("Throughout all of this the Prommers will rousingly sing along, bob up and down in time with the music and join in with whistles and hooters!") 10. A ("It is quite a sight and an amazing atmosphere! You really need to experience it to believe it”) 1. D (‘the one that can easily be considered the unforgettable "Queen" amongst them all, is the British Museum’) 2. C (‘Britain's national museum of archaeology and antiquities was established by an act of Parliament in 1753") 3. B (‘home of approximately seven million objects from all continents") 4. C (‘Located in a central area of London....") 5. D (‘the British Museum's collections in archaeology and ethnography are particularly outstanding") 6. B (‘the visitor can admire its famous holdings") 7. A (‘the museum has been illustrating and documenting the story of human development’) 8. B (‘the British Museum does not charge any admission fees") 9. A (‘But some of its most prestigious holdings, like the Parthenon Marbles and the Benin Bronzes are among its most disputed collections”) 10. D ("the British Museum has refused to return either collection") 10. 1.B (‘As a writer, | spend a lot of my time glued to my computer screen: researching and: pitching ideas, dealing with emails, keeping abreast of breaking news and, occasionally, writing.”) 2..D (’... unable to resist the temptation any longer, | also answered the call of Twitter. Setting aside BlackBerry time at evenings and weekends, | was devoting eight hours a day to digital media.”) 3. A (‘I found it difficult to concentrate on any given task for more than a few minutes.") 4.0 (‘Despite working ever more furiously, | would reach the end of a 10-hour day and feel | had achieved almost nothing.”) 5.C("...my gluttony for digital media came at a price: a severe impact on cognitive function, in particular memory.”) B ("...the daydreaming had improved their recall.”) 7. ("...if you are not giving yourself a break, you are hindering your brain's ability te consolidate memories and experiences...)Propare yourself for the BAC exam (My constant cyber-hopping meant that | had never really stopped, taken a deep Breath and let my poor, overcooked brain rest. Hardly rocket science, then, that my thoughts were so fragmented.”) ‘©C .... social networking sites such as Facebook, which has 350 milion users Worldwide, and Twitter, which generates 50 million tweets a day, risk "infantilising” the 21st-century mind.") A (’...her remarks received a mixed reception from the medical and scientific communities... .") 1. : Be down ig > (City dwellers are becoming "terrified" of the countryside as urban pressures leave many disconnected from the great outdoors, the general director of the Ree vestond National Trust wams today.) © HP A ("Dame Fiona Reynolds believes city dwellers, especially the young and poor, are ‘damaging their health by being increasingly confined to urban areas and the indoors. ") >:D ("The trust is launching a six-month campaign to investigate whether the nation is ngst them all 'osing touch with the countryside and to see what can be done about it") *C(‘She said: I's urgent we reconnect people. We're breeding a society that's less Confident about exploring, less confident about going to places we haven't been to before.”) % C ("The six-month consultation is part of a move by the trust to encourage more People to make more use of its gardens, parks, hills and coastlines, rather than thinking of the charity just as a custodian of great houses.”) 6.8 ("The charity is keen for its findings to be fed into the govemment's natural environment white paper, due to be published next spring. People will be invited to join the debate and a “roving reporter" will travel the countryside to find out about attitudes.") 7. (‘We don't have the same expectation that kids will play outside. It means children don't discover things, they don’t have the same curiosity about nature.") 8. B (‘She said children should be able to spend nights camping.") 8.C ("When you are walking everything calms down, you can think clearly, you can breathe fresher air. It can be a form of preventative medicine. Walking is a brillant way to find yourself, to give yourself space.") 10. A("The message is that your quality of life can be enhanced by access to nature.”) Particularly’ of human Sand the hing and vs Pa B12. 1. A (Using gadgets while you're driving can be a very bad thing,") Jwitter, J 2. C ("People don't always understand the degree of distraction they may be exposing 9 eight themselves to ...s0 the idea is to help people understand that distraction by providing them with feedback.") 3. C ("More than 40,000 people die every year in motor vehicle crashes, and research indicates that failures of attention ~ including distractions or drowsiness ~ probably played a role in most of those crashes.”) 4. C (Crashes and near-crashes are about three times as likely to happen when the driver is performing a complex task not related to driving...) 5. D ("As new technologies are introduced, the list of potential distractions keeps getting longer.”) 6.A("In one survey, 88 percent of the respondents judged themselves to be safer than the average driver.") utes.") ay and itive ity to___Propere yourself for the BAC exam 7.C ("When she actually saw the video from the perspective of the camera, she was shocked to learn that she almost hit a telephone pole at 40 miles per hour," Lee said.) 8. D (‘Ithad a pretty dramatic effect on teens, in terms of the frequency of these abrupt steering and braking events that are often associated with distractions.") 9. A ("Some insurance companies are offering discounts for drivers who use the tracking devices...”) 10. A (‘Having your car know a litte bit more about you and your behaviour might well be worth it in terms of the number of lives saved," he said.) 13. 1D ("ying in bed for hours at the weekend is part of their inbomn cycle of sleep and wakefulness. I's circadian rhythms innit”) 2.0 (‘AU.S. study published today in the journal “Paediatrics” found that early school starts were forcing students to perform academically at a time of day when they were at their worst.") 3. D (‘The researchers, from Northwestern University in lilinois, go so far as to describe the school day as causing an "epidemic of sleep deprivation among adolescents”) 4. B (‘Sixty students at Evanston Township high school in kept sleep diaries during ‘school holidays and term-time as part of the study.”) 5. A (‘Bright light was "administered in the moming (presumably by flinging open the curtains?) in an attempt to normalise the timing of the circadian cycle. This made no. difference at all.”) 6. C (“All the students performed better in class during the afternoon than in the morning, observed the researchers who gave them computer and paper and pencil tests.”) 7. B (‘The researchers said that potential solutions to the problem included changing school start times and having tests later in the day.") 8.D ("Knowledge of adolescent circadian rhythms could promote better family relationships, if parents understood that sleeping late on weekends is part of their children’s in-born cycle and not ‘lazy’ or antisocial behaviour," the researchers saic ) 9. B ("Early-morning light treatments did not modify the amount of sleep each student got each night, their mood, or the results of computer-administered vigilance tests.") 10. C ("The results of this study demonstrated that current high school start times contribute: to sleep deprivation among adolescents. Consistent with a delay in circadian sleep phase, students performed better later in the day than in the early morning.”) 14. 1.B ("Yet for millennia, rhinos have entranced humans with their horns.”) 2.A ("Most of all, though, rhino horn was prized in Asia for its medicinal value.") 3. ("Two of the three Asian populations — the Sumatran and Javan varieties — are on the brink of extinction.”) 4. D ("The real conservation success story has been the dramatic rebound of the African white thino.”) 5.C ("Poaching, once restrained, has skyrocketed. From 2000 to 2007, only about 4 dozen rhinos were poached each year in South Africa, where nearly 90% of all rhinos live, according to the WWF.) 6. ("Poaching is like a bush fire,” says Raoul du Toit, a Zimbabwean environmentalist who won the prestigious Goldman Prize this year for his efforts to nurture critically endangered black-rhino populations.) 100era, she was ur,” Lee said.) these abrupt s.") ar might weil f sleep and erly schoo when they © describe escents" ) ies during Open the made no. morning, tests”) hanging family of their § said.) ent got ts.") tibute sleep Prepare yourself for the BAC exam ———_—Spae yourselt forthe BAC exam 7.C ("Although the current Poaching levels are not high enough to suppress the natural ‘hinos in southern Africa, Population growth of . they are edging ever closer to the tipping point.”) 8.A (“Today's illicit thino-hor rn trade isn't just small-time poachers Picking off a stray beast Or two. Instead, law- enforcement officials say, global criminay syndicates are tive business, “) their quarry...) 1s. 1. D ("Anger is "an em fury and rage," according to Charles Specializes in the study of anger." when you get angry, your their angry feelings,") 8. C ("Expressing your angry feelings in an assertive — not aggressive ~ manner is the healthiest way to express anger.") 7. B ("The aim is to inhibit or suppress your anger and convert it into more constructive Pathological expressions of anger, behaviour (getting back at people indirectly, without '9 them head-on) or a personality that se Such as passive-aggressive telling them why, rather than eM perpetually cynical and let the feelings subside.") 10. D ("As Dr Spielberger notes, Someone ~ or something ~ is going to get hurt ")Propare yourself for tho BAC exam WRITING - Subiecte tip 1 (nivel A1- A2) 1 You have not been in contact with a friend for some time and you want to send infor. mation about yourself and find out about your friend as well. Write to him an e-mail of about 100 words in which to include a presentation of your first classes of a foreign language course. 2. You have just retumed home from a trip you really disliked. Write your best friend an email of 80-100 words explaining what happened and your impressions. 3. Afriend of yours from another country is going to visit you during the winter holiday. Write an email of 80-100 words to him about his coming and the way you spend Christmas. 4. Write an email of about 100 words to share some of your happy memories from childhood with a friend of yours. 5. Write an email to one of your friends about the way you usually spend an evening Out. Write about 80-100 words. 8. Write @ short letter to your best friend to send himv her news about a great achievement of yours. Write your answer in 80-100 words. 7. You have just won two tickets to spend a weekend at the seaside. Write your best friend an email of 80-100 words, to invite him/ her to come with you 8. You have to take an important decision. Write a short lelter to your pen pal asking him/her for some advice on the matter. Write your answer in 80-100 worde 8. You are ready to spend a weeklong holiday in another country and you need your pest friend to help you take care of your pet. Write a 80-100 word email o ask for hig help and give the necessary directions on how to take care of your pet 10. Your best friend has asked you to give hinv her some advice related to a diet problem and You decided to send your answer in a short email. Write your answer in 80-100 words 11. Write an email to your best friend to inform him” her about your plans for this holiday and ask him/ her if itis possible to join you, Use no more than 100 words. 12, Write a short narrative about a situation that seemed dangerous, but eventually tured into a funny one. Write your answer in 80-100 words. 13. Write a short letter to your friend asking for his/ her advice on how to convince your paras (0 tet you go on a trip to the mountains scheduled for the beginning of the holiday. Write your answer in 80-100 words. "4, The editor of your school magazine has asked you to write an article about a time when you failed and what you have leamed from that experience. Write an article of about 100 words. 15, Your parents have just surprised to help you by offering to arrange your own room: the way you lke it. Write your bestfriend an email of 80-100 words, describing your New room and inviting him, 102Prepare yourself for the BA > Succesten answers 1. To: From: —sonya...@yahoo.com Subject: my class of German Dear Anna, What have you been doing lately? 'm missing you so much and also our holidays together. ve started not only school, but also my first course of German language taught in English. It is both interesting and difficult because | have to pay altention to both languages at the same time, but | feel how I'm getting better and better at English, too. We're working in small groups and | speak and do exercises during every class. | hope this way I'l be able to write something in German to you soon. Please write to me about yourself! Your friend, Sonya 2 To: sandy... @yahoo.com From: . jennifer@hotmail.com Subject: a horrible tr it to send infor. fo him an e-mail sof a foreign, i best friend an ions. winter holiday. y you spend smories from id an evening out a great = your best words. Hello, my dear Jennifer, {can't wait to tell you about this trip to Sinaia from which I've just come back. It was just horrible! First, we had a flat tire and we had to wait for two hours in the middle of nowhere until somebody came to help us. Second, the villa from the travelling brochure was actually a need your J miserable hut with no hot water and a toilet in the garden, imagine! Then, before leaving, f0askforhis J the gate broke down and we had to pay for it because we were the last people to have aa touched it! problem and jp Can you believe such bad luck? Write to me soon! Yours, Sandy 3. To: marco...@yahoo.com From: linda... @hotmail.com Subject: about the winter holiday 100 words. this holiday fs. ut eventually Hi, Marco! How are you? | hope you haven't changed your mind and you'r still coming this winter. So, t'lktell you how we spend Christmas in my country. First, we buy the Christmas tree and the whole family comes around to adorn it, while singing carols. Next, we write the invitations for the Christmas party, prepare the presents and cook traditional food. If my young nephews are coming, one of us will play Santa Claus and they'l recite poems from kindergarten to impress him, so that he gives them as many gifts as possible. So, we're waiting for you! Yours, Linda an article of ‘own room, eribing yourPropare yourself for the BAC oxam wa To: jackson... @hotmail.com From: leona...@yahoo.com Subject: happy memories Hello, Jackson! Are you alright? Last time we spoke only about sad issues, so | thought that today | should write about something nicer. Have | told you about one of my happiest memories from childhood? One day I found a \white flufy puppy behind my house. | was very surprised when my parents let me keep him. We called him “Pound” (because he was so small) and now he has become the superb Terrier that you saw in my courtyard. | only hope I can take him with me when | g0 to college. Take care of yourself and let me know how you are! With love, Leona Bs. To: lorna...@yahoo.com From: michaela@hotmail.com Subject: my evenings out Hi, Lorna! ''m very happy you're coming to spend the summer holiday together. | hope that we can: 90 on several trips because my parents are going to be abroad during that period. So | guess we'll spend more time with my friends. ''m sure you'll like it. We usually meet in the neighbourhood of one of us and choose @: snack-bar or a trattoria. We sit around a table, tell jokes and stories, discuss some of the problems we have had lately and we listen to music. ''m sure we'll have fun together! Waiting for you, Michaela 6. Dear Michael, How have you been doing? we talked? the results for the Cambridge test that | happy that all the effort has paid off! Now | can come to visit you because I feel | deserve a little holiday before the school ‘exams’ session comes up. What do you think? Waiting for your answer, Your best friend, George 104Prepare yourself for the BAC oxam Hello, Jeremy! fare things going? | hope everything's OK because | have great Hewes ve just won (ree atthe prize draw promoting the new chocolate wafers! They are fora 3-day ote Seaside, Will you come with me next weekend to Mamaia, at the Park at the think of anybody else because you are my bes! friend and you 4° to stay Benin for only two months! Please let me know it you can come Nette because | ee send them the name of the person I'm bringing along in {wo days’ time. Yours, Mike Dear Daniel, Hope my leter finds you well and that you can help me answer the question that has been haunting my mind so much these days. Sou know how much I've always wanted to study abroad, and now my uncle is offering SS help me with my studies in his country. But this decision '§ not as easy as | thought it Brould be. Sam in love, as you know, and | don't want her here and me there Moreover, | don't Keven think that | will become better prepared there either. what should | do? Please write to me! Your friend, Alex Be. To: georgia...@hotmail.com From: — andreea@yahoo.com Subject: please, can you take care of my cat? Hello, my dearest! fm writing to ask you to take care of my cat while | am away in Greece. You know I'm Jeaving in 2 days. You've always loved Mizzy and | hope you two will get along very wel {bring her sand tray and her food to your house and I'l stay overnight for her to get used to your place Te Lal right with you? I's only for a week and you are living alone for the moment. Jim so grateful for your help! bring you something very nice from Greece! Yours, Andreeaepare yourselt for tho BAC oxam 10. To: marian...@yahoo.com From: _thestrangerandy, @yahoo.com Subject: Re: Dear Marian, So, pay more attention buddy! BPellenged me Yours, =epted the ¢ Andy foolishng Bin. FO: Jenny love_@yahoo.com From: sorana, Popat234@yahoo.com Subject: invitation to the world Dearest Sorana, . these are just we'll be visiting ate many more on their wishlist, What de You say? Can you come with mea Flease, talk to your parents ang all me! If there's no problem, they'll have to talk to mi afierwards Hugs, Jenny 12. The Soap opera that saved my day Iwas long after midnight. | was sain back from a Saturday night Party, scared at t ought of my mum getting upseiaane fore sense ofthe late hour: She had howe alway the rng! bout me coming home before se O'clock, but | totaly forgot about it wih the music and my friends’ jokes ever feanleted as silently as | could, but 6 Treeable Sutbrise my mother was in the liv shin catching her favourite TV series’ {foz0 in the doorway. But she tare her ey Shining brightly to me and said Cassandra finally married Roberiosig classes, bodybuilding ally talk tog IS a different personalize or you ley asked 1. e visiting with me? k to mine Prepare yoursot for the BAC exam 13. My dear Jane, are you? | really need your help with some advice. ‘about asking my parents for permission to the b gement only. Maybe have some ideas because, seemingly, everything pleads against my plan Love, Johanna 14. Failure can be a good teacher, too! was 15, full of confidence and rea Never start running without some exercise before. ithout understanding how it affects you, because brother's deskmate who actually had asked him Unfortunately, for good! annie...@hotmail.com susan...@yahoo.com Subject: please, my new room Hey, Annie! hope things are OK with you because I'd lke to invite you to see my new room, Bs been my dream since childhood and now my parents surprised me and they let me painted it green and | put spot lights on the ‘and the carpet | bought is fluffy with some within the bookshelves —a very hip design tan hardly wait for you to see it! What do you say? Yours, SusanPropare yourself for the BAC exam WRITING — Subiecte tip 2 (nivel B1-B2) 1. Write an article of 180-200 words in response to the following statement: High places have their precipices. 2. Write an article of about 200 words on the following topic: Politeness costs nothing and gains everything. 3. Write an article entitled: The quality of a product is reflected in its price. Write yo ‘answer in 180-200 words. 4. Your school magazine organises a competition of articles entitled Necessity is ‘mother of invention. Write your article in 180-200 words. 5. Your school organises a competition for articles entitled A house is not a home. Writ your answer in 180-200 words. 6. Write an opinion essay in response to the following statement: Modern technology is not always what we desire it to be. Write your answer in 180-200 words. 7. As your IT club representative, you decided to write a formal letter to one of ‘companies that may sponsor your activity to ask for information related to their offes Write your answer in 180-200 words. 8. Write an opinion essay in response to the following statement: The highest result education is tolerance. Write your answer in 180-200 words. 9. The editor of your school magazine has asked you to write an article about fashion is generally perceived by teenagers. Write your answer in 180-200 wo 10. Write an argumentative essay in response to the following statement: The ‘age should be raised to twenty. Write your answer in 180-200 words. 11. As part of a school project, you are asked to write a for-and-against essay shopping. Write your answer in 180-200 words. 12. Write an argumentative essay in response to the following statement: The genera gap cannot be bridged. Write your answer in 180-200 words. 13. Write an opinion essay of about 200 words on the following topic: Violence ag; nature is a crime against humanity. 14, Your school organised an opinion essay competition on topics of great importance ‘teenagers, and you decided to write about hobbies. Write your answer in 180-200 15, Write an argumentative essay in response to the following statement: Young today do not use their free time wisely. Write your answer in 180-200 words. > Succesten ANSWERS 1. High places have their precipices There may be no other word so often used symbolically as the word "high associated with success in one’s career, spiritual life and thinking, majesty, all of connotations of desirable a ascension to the intended goal. What this quote brings novelty is the logical connection between a high place and the deep, steep dangerous abyss that will always surround it. 108} against ance for D words. | people "itis (them Sasa > and Propare yoursol forthe BAC exam simpler the geographical image that opens in front of our eyes, the clearer the 's. In other words, no matter what high position people will try to achieve in life, "Sanger of falling and losing their lives is imminent and they should be aware of it & warning comes especially for all those who nowadays are looking for a quick and Success and they begin climbing to a high place without any preparation, guidance Precautions. That is why, there are so few who become successful, and even if they what they wanted, they cannot keep it for long and fail very soon, the morale of the quote is to start on your way to your dreams using reason, Search, attention, the others’ experience and mainly the acknowledgement of the ial danger and mistakes that accompany our journey. Politeness costs nothing and gains everything 'S difficult to imagine a period in history when politeness was more necessary than Itis difficult to imagine any society without politeness and manners, but in the violent. orld nowadays, politeness is one answer to both staying alive and not hurting anyone. the simplest of its forms, politeness is the smile and the greetings to people who we ‘unter, work or spend time with, and it indeed costs nothing, but gains Fommunication, peace of mind, the possibility of negotiating prices or situations and any others, # higher form of politeness is the register of the language we use. It is often called Nespect or reverence and it usually opens many doors in communicating to officials, Selling difficult relationships and even finding ways to defuse conflicts. Some say that if Mey use it, they show weakness, but the general reaction is of appreciation and mutual respect. fm conclusion, politeness is the way to build ourselves an image of respect without any eed of money, a life without conflicts and relationships of mutual help and collaboration, 3. The quality of a product is reflected in its In a world where doing shopping can also turn people into shopaholics people or lead to greater poverty, itis always very useful to understand what makes the price and the Quality of a product. Generally speaking, there are many characteristics which would make a product desirable, such as price, necessity, quantity, brand, etc., but the most appreciated feature has always been quality. As it can only be tested by experiencing the product itself, over time, buyers tried to identity elements to indicate how qualitative a certain product may be. Some say itis its brand, others relied on its appearance, but many more considered its price. 109Prepare yourself for the BAC exam In truth, the price indicates the quality, because the more elaborated the production Process, the higher the price. But it can also reflect the scarcity of the product on the ‘market, the fame of its brand and many others. This is why, very often, those who make their shopping choices based on the price of the merchandise can be wrong |n conclusion, the quality of a product is indeed reflected in its price, but this can b influenced by many other factors as well a Necessity is the mother of invention {tis inventions that have made possible the progress of humankind until now, but th would not have been possible unless people had understood the usefulness of effor study and research that made breakthroughs possible. This is why necessity can b indeed called “the mother of inventions” Necessity mainly manifests itself in two directions. Firstly, no invention has ever bee ‘made without being the answer to a problem, and secondly, inventions are almost alway connected to a previous element. One example that can be brought in favour of the first idea is that the older a problem the world, the bigger the success of an invention that solves it, and we can mention he the wheel, the car, the plane, the telegraph, to name only a few of them. As for t Second idea, it is obvious that every new invented device comes to develop and enlarg the functions of the previous ones. |n conclusion, necessity is the mother of inventions because it is the one that dra attention to a gap that needs to be filled, a problem to be fixed or a development to made. 5. Ahouse is not a home !tis generally known that the living standard of a country is given by the number dimensions of the houses built during a specific period of time. This should also indies the level of welfare of the citizens. Unfortunately, it will definitely not show their level happiness, as this is usually given by the number of houses people call “home”, and difference between these stalistics is often striking, Ahouse is not a home because a house is a building while a home is connected to idea of a family and the feeling of belonging and sharing. Both of them offer peo shelter against rain and blizzard, but a home gives them also protection against enemé strangers and the negative feelings of loneliness and depression. ‘Ahouse offers the warmth of central heating while a home offers the warmth of love given received. A house is made of walls, doors, windows, while a home is made of communice Support, understanding and care. And the number of differences could go on. In conclusion, a house is not a home because they belong to two different sides ¢ person's life: the physical side and the emotional one. 110Prepare yourself for the BAG exam Modern technology is not always what we desire it to be days, there may not be a topic more debated than the impact of modem technology People's lives and, unfortunately, | have to admit that many of the shortcomings ght into discussion here have already turned out to be true, apparently despite initial ions. ‘one can think of nuclear energy that was created for totally positive purposes, but sch triggered destruction beyond humankind's worst nightmares. condly, computers were invented and upgraded so that we can increase our work ed and the amount of information processed. Unfortunately, people have also found to use high-tech devices to invade privacy, steal property and identities or deceive Not to mention the negative effect that radiation emitted by computers has on 's health, jough the examples could continue with pharmaceuticals, genetics, advertising, ellites and others, nobody can argue against the idea that only the wrong use of edern technology made its destructive potential possible. ‘conclusion, | personally agree there is a long way between the good intentions of ehnological breakthroughs and their evolving into totally unexpected directions. | am but this can tl now, but iness of efforts sity can b ler a problem iced this problem cannot be solved by ceasing scientific research, but through mention hi ong, united and devoted efforts to predict and limit its negative outcomes. jem. As for P and enlarg 7. ‘one that draws velopment to be: Dear Sir/ Madam, 41am writing regarding your offer to sponsor our high school IT club with a number of ‘computers and a series of peripherals necessary for our activity. 4s far as | have understood from my discussion with our school headmaster, there is a number of items which you would be willing to help us with. This is why | would like to ask you on behalf of all my colleagues to send us this offer together with any requirements that you may have so that we can discuss the details. Bee percent HBB Furthermore, | would also like to be notified about the papers | should need and the their level of ‘Steps | should follow to acquire this equipment as soon as Possible, as we are truly in ie", and the je seat need. Jlend my letter by expressing my deep gratitude for your intentions and I look forward to nected to the receiving further information from you, as well as any other demand you consider that pote oople I ve should take into consideration. | can be contacted either via mail at instenems, I #-club_mike...@yahoo.com or on the mobile phone no. 0720202xxx. Yours faithfully, Mihailescu Mihai IT Club Representative, High school No, 301 love given and = t sides of a