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I. (10 points) Read the texts below and decide which variant (A, B, or !) best "its each space.
A number of prehstorc pantn!s stll sur""e on the #alls of ca"es n $pan an% southern &rance' (he) sho# #th
ama*n! accurac) a #%e (1) +++++ of anmals #hch the ca"e %#ellers chase%, such as bson an% %eer, an% are (2)
++++ remar-able for ther lfe an% po#er' It s "er) (3) ++++ that the pctures #ere connecte% #th huntn!' (here s a
"er) famous e.ample n Lascau., n #hch #e can /ust (#) ++++ out a man amon! some anmals' (here are also a
($) +++++ of %ar- %ots n the pantn!' (hou!h the meann! of the pcture s not clear, t %oes, (6) +++++, sho# that
the ca"e %#ellers #ere an artstc people n man) (%) +++++'
More than 0111 )ears (&) ++++, the E!)ptans be!an pantn! on the #alls of ther tombs e"er)thn! that #ent on n
ther (') +++++ l"es' (he) bele"e% that the f!ures of people, anmals an% e"er)%a) facts #oul% enter the afterlfe
#th the %ea% person'
(he most artstc people of an) a!e, (10) +++++ perhaps the Chnese, #ere the Gree-s'
2' A %fference B !roup C floc- D "aret)
3' A 4ute B too C such D enou!h
5' A true B %efnte C l-el) D possbl)
6' A see B #atch C ma-e D loo-
0' A se"eral B fe# C collecton D number
7' A ho#e"er B althou!h C too D an%
8' A means B ponts C #a)s D "e#s
9' A snce B follo#n! C pre"ous D a!o
:' A common B %al) C pr"ate D usual
21' A apart B e.cept C not D bes%es
II. (1$ points) (ill the )aps in the text below with *+, s-itable word.
Dctonares are (1) ++++ the most mportant tools of self-e%ucaton' (2) +++++ $amuel ;ohnson #rote hs nfluental
En!lsh %ctonar) n the e!hteenth centur), the #or- -ept (3) +++++ bus) for se"eral )ears' At the en% of that pero%,
he (#) +++++ #rtten the meann!s of o"er fort) thousan% #or%s' Most mo%ern %ctonares re4ure a ($) ++++ %eal
less tme an% effort to #rte because #rters often use earler %ctonares (6) ++++++ a source of reference'
No#a%a)s, most %ctonares are (%) ++++ to!ether b) teams of #rters, or le.co!raphers' $ometmes the) nee% to
#or- to!ether n meetn!s< at other tmes the) #or- n%epen%entl) of (&) ++++ other, on %fferent parts of the
%ctonar)'
(') ++++ one tme, the startn! pont for %ec%n! on #hch #or%s to nclu%e use% to be the le.co!rapher=s o#n
-no#le%!e' (hese %a)s, teams (10) ++++ use of a lar!e collecton of e.amples of (11) +++++ onl) #rtn! but also
e"er)%a) speech, #hch s -no#n as a corpus' (eams also refer (12) +++++ boo-s an% artcles about lan!ua!e as
(13) ++++ as as-n! e.perts n partcular sub/ects about the more specal*e% #or%s' &nall), or%nar) people are
as-e% to sa) #hat the) thn- about the (1#) ++++ #or%s are %efne% an% (1$) +++++ the) fn% the e.amples pro"%e%
helpful or not'
III. (20 points) Rephrase the "ollowin) sentences so that the .eanin) sta/s the sa.e and -sin) the word in
capitals. 0o- .-st not chan)e the word in capitals.
2' >e #as fre% f"e months a!o'
>e +++++++++++++++++++++++++for f"e months'
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3' I reall) #sh I ha% !one to un"erst)'
I %eepl) +++++++++++++ to un"erst)'
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5' It seems that Paul sn=t to be truste%, after all'
Paul++++++++++++++++++++++ trust#orth) after all'
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6'=?ou are l)n! to me@=, $arah sa% to Luc)
$arah ++++++++++++++++++ to her'
A17,!
0' I am sure #e are not %on! t the r!ht #a)'
(hs+++++++++++ +++++++++++++++++#a) #e=re suppose% to %o t'
B,
7' Bascall), our happness %epen%s on our ablt) to communcate'
'(he +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ #e are'
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8' I #sh I ha% complete% m) stu%es at un"erst)'
I no# re!ret +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ m) stu%es at un"erst)'
+*6
9' But for the nter"enton of hs bo%)!uar%s, the Pres%ent m!ht ha"e been hurt'
If ++++++++++, the Pres%ent m!ht ha"e been hurt'
I+6,R9,+,!
:' Mar) %%n=t l-e the Chnese foo% I offere% her, an% Paul %%n=t ether'
Nether Mar) +++++++++++++++++++++++the Chnese foo% I offere%'
4I:,!
21'=I ha"e sent )ou a letter as promse%=, she sa%' 7,+6
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$he sa% ++++++++++++++++++++++++++ hm a letter as promse%'
I9.(10 points)
V. (10 puncte) Read the text below and look carefully at each line. If a line is correct put a tick. If a line
has a word that should not be there, write the word:
In May 1961, President Kennedy announced to Congress that the United 1
States should to try and land a man on the Moon by the end of the 2
decade !his "as the birth of the #$ollo $ro%ect, but the #merican &
scientists had still not succeeded in getting a man into s$ace so they '
had a long "ay to go # brea(through "as being made in )ebruary 1962 *
"hen +ohn ,lenn became the first #merican to go into orbit , "here he 6
s$ent until * hours before returning safely to -arth ,etting a man on .
the Moon "as not going to be such an easy tas( and /#S# "ere and 0
an1ious about achie2ing Kennedy3s ob%ecti2e In the end, scientists at 9
/#S# decided for to send a 24$art s$acecraft to the Moon 15
9I. (10 points) Read the text below and -se the words )iven in capitals below to "or. words that "it in the
)aps. 6he words in capitals are )iven in the order in which /o- need to -se the..
1 ; I+(*R2< 2 ; 2AI+< 3 ; I23*R6A+,< # ; (I6< $ ; !,9,4*3< 6 ; *+6I+1,< % ; AB*4I78< & ;
,76AB4I78< ' ; 7155,76< 10 ; +A6I*+<
Accor%n! to Gree- le!en%, the Ol)mpc Games #ere starte% b) >ercules, son of Zeus, n honour of hs father' (he
frst Ol)mpc Games about #hch #e ha"e A2B ++++ #ere hel% n 887 BC on the plan of Ol)mpa' Games ha% ta-en
place before ths %ate but ha% consste% A3B +++++ of charot races' (he ancent Gree-s thou!ht the Games #ere so
A5B ++++ that the) measure% tme b) the nter"al bet#een them' A pero% of four )ears #as referre% to as an
Ol)mpa%' (he Games also represente% the Gree- %eal of ph)scal A6B ++++ an% beaut), #hch the) cons%ere% as
mportant as the A0B +++++ of the mn%' Nothn!, not e"en #ar, #as allo#e% to nterfere #th the Games' (he) #ere
hel% A7B ++++ e"er) four )ears for more than 2111 )ears untl ther A8B +++++ b) the Comans n AD 5:6'
At the en% of the nneteenth centur), a &renchman calle% Baron the Coubertn %ec%e% to A9B +++++ the tra%ton'
&ollo#n! hs A:B +++++, ffteen natons met at an A21B ++++ con!ress n 29:6' (#o )ears later, the frst mo%ern
Ol)mpc Games #ere hel% n Athens' In 3116, the Ol)mpcs returne% to Greece, #hen Athens pla)e% host, once
a!an, to the !reatest sports e"ent n the #orl%'
9II. (2$ points)
SCRIETI RASPUNSURILE PE FOAIA DE RASPUNS (ANSWER SHEET). BARA6I 6*A6, 73A6II4,
+,*234,6A6,. 6I23 !, 41R1= 3 *R,. +1 7, A*R!A 31+6, !I+ *(II1.
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