Initial Evaluation, 11th grade ; Name/ Surname _________________________________

I a) Read the text attentively.

The term Democracy comes from the Greek words dmos (people) and Kratos (power). In its
literal meaning, democracy means the "rule of the people". In fact it is a form of government
in which all eligible people have an equal say in the decisions that affect their lives.
Democracy as a political systems existed in some Greek city-states, notably Athens following
a popular uprising in 508 BC.
Equality and freedom have both been identified as important characteristics of democracy
since ancient times.These principles are reflected in all citizens being equal before the law
and having equal access to legislative processes. For example, in a representative democracy,
every vote has equal weight, no unreasonable restrictions can apply to anyone seeking to
become a representative, and the freedom of its citizens is secured by legitimized rights and
liberties which are generally protected by a constitution.
There are several varieties of democracy, some of which provide better representation and
more freedom for their citizens than others. However, if any democracy is not structured so as
to prohibit the government from excluding the people from the legislative process, or any
branch of government from altering the separation of powers in its own favor, then a branch
of the system can accumulate too much power and destroy the democracy. Separation of
powers is a model of governance under which the state is divided into branches, each with
separate and independent powers and areas of responsibility so that no one branch has more
power than the other branches. The normal division of branches is into an executive, a
legislature, and a judiciary.
b) Answer to the following questions:
1. What democracy means in its literal meaning ? (1p.)

2. What are the most important principles of democracy? (1p.)

3. How do you think, what are the main factors that can threaten democracy? (2p.)

4. How do you understand the separation of powers ? (3p.)

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Find synonyms for the following words in the text: (2p.)

Privilege _______________________________
Subdivision _____________________________

II. Fill in the blanks with the correct tense forms of the verbs in the brackets (15p.)
1.I usually __________ (go) to school by bus. 2. Yesterday morning I _______ (get) up at
6.30. 3. We needed some money so we ____________ (sell) our car. 4. " __________she ever
_________ (be) to Spain?" 5. "What _________ Peter _________ (do) now?" 6. Please don't
make so much noise. I _____________ (study) for my online degree. 7. Water _________
(boil) at 100 degrees Celsius. 8. Carol often ________ (learn) with her father. 9. Now Ron
__________ (phone) Jill again. It ___________ (be) the third time he _________ (phone) her
this evening. 10. It ____________ (rain) now. It ____________ (begin) raining two hours
ago. So it _____________ (rain) for two hours. 11. ____________ you_________ (hear)
anything from Tom since Christmas? 12. "_____________ it ____________ (rain)?" she
always ____________ (ask) me. 13. " ___________ you ____________ (go) out last night?"
14. New York _____________ (be) one of the largest cities of the world. 15. This house
_____________ (cost) 35,000 pounds in 1980.
III. Outline in writing your opinion on the following topic in the limit of 100 - 130
words: What does it mean to be a responsible citizen of the Republic of Moldova ? (20p.)

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