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Term paper IX B
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PARTEA I (60 de puncte)

I. 1. Read the text below and complete the following tasks. Write all your answers
on the Answer Sheet.

The sea has been the most important thing in Ellen MacArthur’ life since she spent a summer on her Aunt
Thea’s boat on the English coast when she was eight years old. Her bedtime reading at that time was a
biography (A) of a famous yachtsman who had sailed round the world three times and her dream was to
do the same thing. Her parents, who are both teachers, understood that cross-country running and hickey
were not going to provide enough adventure for their daughter, and that they could do nothing to alter her
decision. (1)_____.

But as Ellen knew, it is easy to dream of doing a round-the-world voyage, but finding the money and
learning how to go about it is more difficult. At the age of eighteen she made her first solo trip around the
coast of Great Britain. (2) _____. In 1994 she started talking about entering the Vendee Globe, the
famous French single-handed (B), non-stop, round -the -world race. Then the real struggle(C began.

Ellen lived in a caravan to save money for the race and even slept under her boat for a few nights.
(3) _____. One of these was from the Kingfisher brewery, and an alliance was born. She named her boat
after them and they are still her sponsors today. ‘My strongest quality is that I just don’t give up’, she
says.

By the time the boats lined up for the start of the 2000 Vendee Globe race, Ellen MacArthur had sailed
120,000 kilometers in eight months in her beloved Kingfisher, more than anyone else in the race had
sailed the previous two years.(4) _____. Nevertheless, the sight of this tiny figure at the helm (D) of the
enormous ocean racing yacht made almost everyone in France feel protective towards her. For the next
three months, the news bulletins on French television contained not only race reports but also medical
updates about Ellen.

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I. 1. a. Four sentences have been removed from the text. Select the appropriate sentence for
each gap in the text. There is one extra sentence which you do not need to use. Write your
answers on the Answer Sheet. 8 points
A. By now she was also a very experienced racer and was considered to be one of the favorites.
B. For her this was a test to see if she could cope with the hardships of a lone voyage.
C. Ellen had already started to save up her pocket money to buy a boat.
D. She wrote two thousand letters asking for sponsorship from companies and got two replies.
E. You are there at the start; you should be there at the finish.

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I. 1. b. Match the words in bold in the text to their definition given below. There is one
extra definition which you do not need to use. Write your answers on the Answer Sheet.
4 points
A 1. The wheel which guides the boat
B 2. Without help from other people
C 3. A great effort to do something difficult
D 4. An account of a person’s life written by someone else
E 5. Reports with the latest information

I. 1. c For the following sentences, choose the answer (A, B, C, D) which fits according to
the text. Write your answers on the Answer Sheet. 10 points

1. Ellen’s parents feel about her ambition _____.

A. they wanted her to take up other sports B. they thought she would change her mind
C. they realized it was inevitable D. they thought it would cost too much money
2. Ellen decided to enter the Vendee Globe race because_______
A. she had proved to herself she could do it B. she wanted to learn more about sailing
C. she was tired of sailing around Britain D. she wanted to become famous.
3. Once Ellen had decided to enter the Vendee Globe race, the most difficult thing
for her was _____.
A. finding somewhere to live B. adapting to the cold weather
C. getting financial support D. feeling she wanted to give up
park movement relief
4. The French public liked Ellen because ______.
A. she had already won a lot of races B. she looked very small and vulnerable
C. she overcame medical problems D. she appeared on French television a lot
5. She named her boat after______
A. her parents B. a friend of hers
C. a sponsor D. a fish

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I. 2 Read the text below to fill in the missing information. On your Answer Sheet, write
only the missing words next to the number indicating each blank space. 12 points
A college party (1)____ in disaster last Friday when six students (2)_____ the International
College here in Bridgetown had to be (3)_____ to hospital suffering (4) _____ food poisoning.
Two of the six are (5) ____ in hospital, but are said to (6)___ “comfortable”; the remaining four
have been sent home.

I. 3. Read the text below and use the words given in capitals below to form words that fit in
the gaps. The words in capitals are given in the order you need to use them: 11 points

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DREAD, ELECTRIC, FAIL, TECHNICAL, EXPLODE, PLUG, BELIEVE, FROST,
NERVE, SLEEP, LOUD
I had a really_____(1) weekend last month. In forty- eight hours almost every _____ (2)
appliance in the house broke down. The computer was first. A message appeared saying
‘Disk_____(3) and I just had to switch it off and call the _____(4) for help. Next was the
washing machine. I heard a terrible noise like an _____(5) and when I went to check, the laundry
was full of smoke. I managed to_____(6) the machine just before it caught fire. _____ (7) as it
may seem, the fridge stopped working the same day. It started to _____(8) itself for no reason
and there was water all over the kitchen floor. By then I was a _____(9) wreck, so I decided to
lie down for a while. I was just falling ____(10) when my electric toothbrush started buzzing
_____(11). Somehow it had switched itself on!

I. 4. Rephrase the following sentences so that the meaning stays the same. Write your
answers on the Answer Sheet. 15 points
1. Please help me with my luggage.
Would you ……………………………………………………………………….
2. Why did he make us wait so long?
Why did he keep………………………………………………………………….
3. It’s too expensive to eat at this restaurant
We can’t………………………………………………………..............................
4. Everyone laughed at his joke.
They couldn’t help……………………………………………………………….
5. Would you like spending a weekend in the mountains?
How about………………………………………………………………………

PARTEA a II-a (30 de puncte)

Read the text below. In one paragraph write your own ending of the story. (8- 10 lines)

Henry Blodgett looked at his wristwatch and saw that it was two o’clock in the morning. In
despair, he slammed shut the textbook he’d been studying and let his head sink onto his arms on
the table in front of him. He knew he’d never pass that examination tomorrow; the more he
studied geometry the less he understood it. Mathematics in general had always been difficult for
him and now he was finding that geometry was impossible for him to learn.
And if he flunked it, he was through with college; he’d flunked three other courses in his first
two years and another failure this year would, under college rules, cause automatic expulsion.
He wanted that college degree badly, too, since it was indispensable for the career he’d chosen
and worked toward. Only a miracle could save him now.
He sat up suddenly as an idea struck him. Why not try magic? The occult had always interested
him. He had books on it and he’d often read the simple instructions on how to conjure up a
demon and make it obey his will. Up to now, he’d always figured that it was a bit risky and so
had never actually tried it. But this was an emergency and might be worth the slight risk. Only
through black magic could he suddenly become an expert in a subject that had always been
difficult for him.
From the shelf he quickly took out his best book on black magic, found the right page and
refreshed his memory on the few simple things he ha

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TEST DE EVALUARE INITIALĂ

Anul şcolar 2011-2012
Limba engleză
Clasa a X- a L1

BAREM DE EVALUARE SI DE NOTARE

Se punctează oricare alte formulări/ modalităţi de rezolvare corectă a cerinţelor.

Nu se acordă punctaje intermediare, altele decât cele precizate explicit prin barem. Nu se acordă
fracţiuni de punct.
Se acordă 10 puncte din oficiu. Nota finală se calculează prin împărţirea punctajului total acordat
pentru test la 10.

PARTEA I (60 de
puncte)
I. 1. a Select the appropriate sentence_______ _____2p x 4 sentences 8p

1 2 3 4
C B D A

I. 1. b. Match the words in bold to their definition__________1p x 4 words 4p

1 2 3 4
D B C A

I. 1. c Choose the correct answer (A, B, C, D) _____ 2p x 5 words 10p

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1 2 3 4 5
C A C B C

I.2. Fill in (one word only) _2x6 words 12p

Suggested answers: Any correct answer will be accepted.

1. ended 2. from
3. taken 4. from
5. still 6. feel/be

I.3 (1 point 11 = 11 points): 11p

1 dreadful 2 electrical 3 failure

4 technician 5 explosion 6 unplug
7 unbelievable 8 defrost 9 nervous
10 asleep 11 loudly

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I. 4 (15 p) Rephrase_____ 3px5 sentences 15p

Suggested answers. Any correct answer will be accepted.

1. Would you mind helping me with my luggage?

2. Why did he keep us waiting so long?
3. We can’t afford to eat at this restaurant.
4. They couldn’t help laughing at his joke.
5. How about spending a weekend in the mountains?
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PARTEA a II-a (30 de
puncte)
Marking Scheme
Task: narrative paragraph (creative writing)
task achievement & original input 10p
relevance of ideas to topic 4p
- organization 6p
- organization / layout 3p
- cohesion and coherence 2p
- length constraint 1p
- language accuracy and variety 6p
- correct use of grammar structures 5p
- accurate spelling and punctuation 1p
- register and vocabulary 4p
- appropriate register and vocabulary 1p
-range of vocabulary 3p