MINISTERUL EDUCAȚIEI

Etapa locală a olimpiadelor naționale școlare

BRASOV, 2022
Limba engleză

CLASA a VII-a

 Toate subiectele sunt obligatorii.

 Nu se acordă puncte din oficiu.
 Timpul efectiv de lucru este de 2 ore.

SUBIECTUL I – USE OF ENGLISH (25 points)

I.1. Read the following text and fill in the blanks with the correct verb forms. 20 points

Here I am (1)...(reply) to your letter, which (2)...(arrive) two days ago, before (3)…(leave) for Rome. I
(4)...(tell) yesterday that the company (5)…( send) me there next week for a business conference. If I
(6)…(know) about it earlier, I would have told you. Anyway, I’ll ring you up as soon as I (7)…(get) there.
By the way, I met John Marshall who told me that he (8)…(work) for the previous two months on the plans
for the new factory you are interested in. He (9)…(work) very hard because he looked very tired. By the time
I come to Rome he (10)…(finish) them, so I’ll bring them with me.

I.2. Read the following text and decide which answer (A, B, C or D) best fits in each gap. 20 points

When I was about twelve, I (1)__________ the chance to go to western China, looking for rare plants in an
extraordinary area of mountains and forests. I wasn’t at all that (2)___________ in plants, but my dad’s a botanist
by (3)_____________ and he was going as assistant to Professor Beall, who was leading the expedition.
It was an important international expedition and my name was (4)____________not on the list of
participants. But at the (5)__________ moment, one of the experts broke his ankle and had to
(6)____________ out. It was impossible to get anyone else to go at such (7)__________ notice, so my dad
suggested taking me, for the experience.
I think the professor was so surprised that he agreed without thinking, but he obviously began to
(8)_________ doubts as soon as the plane was in the air. I remember him (9)___________ that he hoped I
wasn’t going to run around and (10)____________ on rare specimens!

1 A - got B -found C - reached D - received

2 A - fascinated B - keen C - interested D - fond
3 A - work B -profession C - job D - employment
4 A -completely B -definitely C -particularly D -confidently
5 A -late B - final C -last D -end
6 A - drop B -slip C -fall D -sleep
7 A - quick B - brief C - fast D - short
8 A - have B -see C -do D -feel
9 A - speaking B -telling C -talking D -saying
10 A - tread B - spoil C - squash D - ruin

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I.3. Use the word given in brackets to form a word that fits in each sentence. 10 points

1. Do you happen to know the ….. (HIGH) of Ben Nevis?

2. It is amazing how …..(YOUTH) she looks at her age!
3. We had an …..(ENJOY) day boating on the lake.
4. Snow lasts longer in …..(MOUNTAIN) regions.
5. He proved so stubborn that it seemed …..(POINT) to me to insist.

SUBIECTUL al II-lea – READING COMPREHENSION (25 points)

Read the text below and choose the correct answer (A, B, C or D).

Lisa Tyler was weary after a long, hard day at the pottery factory where she works. But as she approached
her home in the English city of Stoke-on-Trent, her heart lightened.; soon she would be having a nice cup of
tea, putting her feet up and watching Friends, her favourite TV series. But first, she needed to change out of
her work clothes and pick up her three-year-old son from his grandmother’s house nearby. As Lisa walked
up her garden path, she noticed a light flashing on and off in an upstairs bedroom. A shiver went down her
back. What if it was a burglar? Quietly, she crept round to the back of the house to see if there was any sign
of a break-in. Sure enough, a window was open and someone’s coat was hanging on the gatepost! Well, 26-
year-old Lisa didn’t fancy coming face to face with a burglar, so she ran to a neighbour’s house and rang the
police. But as she sat waiting for the police to arrive, Lisa’s curiosity got the better of her and she decided to
go back and see what was going on. That’s when she saw a leg coming out of the downstairs front window.
It was a man climbing out. Lisa gasped in shock. The burglar was carrying her portable television! At this
point, Lisa saw red. She didn’t have many possessions and she’d saved long and hard to buy that set.
Besides, nobody was going to stop her watching Friends. “Oh, no you don’t”, she muttered under her breath,
as the fury swelled inside her. Without even stopping to think, she tore across the garden and started shouting
at the burglar. „Give me my TV - drop it now!‟ she screamed. Ignoring her, the man fled across the garden.
So Lisa threw herself at him and successfully rugby tackled him to the ground. The burglar struggled to
escape, but Lisa hung on like the best kind of guard dog despite being punched and kicked. As she looked
up, she realised that she recognised the burglar’s face. She was so surprised that she lost her grip and burglar
got away, leaving the TV behind in the garden. By the time the police and her father arrived, Lisa was in
tears. ‟I can’t believe you were so foolish, Lisa,' scolded her father. „You could have been killed.‟ „I know,
but at least he didn’t get my TV,‟ she replied. Lisa later remembered the name of the burglar, who had been
in the same year as her at school. He was later caught and jailed for 15 months after admitting burglary and
assault. In May last year, Lisa was given a Certificate of Appreciation by Staffordshire Police, for her
„outstanding courage and public action‟. But in the future she intends to leave household security to a new
member of her family, Chan, who is real guard dog.

1. How was Lisa feeling as she walked home from work?

A. tired B. anxious C. depressed D. relieved
2. What does „pick up‟ mean in line 5?
A. contact B. visit C. collect D. check
3. What first led Lisa to think there was a burglar in her house?
A. Something had been broken. B. Something had been left outside. C. Something was in the wrong
place. D. Something was moving inside.
4. Why didn’t Lisa wait in her neighbor's until the police arrived?
A. She was worried about losing her television. B. She wanted to know what was happening. C. She
noticed something from her neighbor's window. D. She realised that the burglar was leaving.
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5. What does „Lisa saw red‟ (line 16) mean?

A. She got impatient. B. She felt frightened. C. She got angry. D. She felt brave.

SUBIECTUL al III-lea – WRITING (25 points)

Write a narrative essay beginning like this:

“As I answered the telephone, little did I realise how my life was about to change.”

Write your story in 120-150 words and give it an appropriate title. Pay attention to the following:

 you don’t need to write long descriptions;

 use dialogues only if they are relevant to your characters or events;
 you should use this plan:

1. Introduction (paragraph 1 – set the scene)

2. Main Body (paragraph(s) 2/3 – develop the story)
3. Conclusion (paragraph 4 – end the story).

Don’t count the words given in the beginning.

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