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Term Paper
School year 2018-2019
Ist semester

Part I – Reading and Writing – 45 points

Read the text below and complete the following tasks.

The Titanic left Southampton to joyful applause on April 11th 1912, stopped in Cherbourg to pick up more
passengers and headed for New York. The passengers settled down to life on board, eating, drinking,
dancing, and generally enjoying all the good things which the ship had to offer. As the ship approached the
waters of the North Atlantic, messages were received, warning of icebergs, and lookouts were alerted but no
one thought that the ship was in any serious danger. At 11:40 on April 14 th, a lookout, nearing the end of a
two-hour watch, spotted an iceberg immediately ahead and reported it to the ship’s bridge. For a short time it
looked as if there was going to be a head-on collision but at the last moment the ship swung to port. The
iceberg appeared to brush along the ship’s side. On the bridge and in the lookout tower it seemed as if there
had been a close miss. No one was yet aware of the danger they were in. Some groups of passengers even
went on to the deck to see the tons of ice which had showered on to the ship as the iceberg scraped by.

1. Read the text again and decide if the following sentences are true (T) or false (F). 10
points

A. The Titanic sailed from New York to Southampton.

B. The Titanic picked up her passengers in Cherbourg.
C. The passengers enjoyed life on board the ship.
D. The ship had received warnings of icebergs before collision.
E. The passengers were aware of the danger they were in.

2. Answer the following questions: 15

points

A. Why did the ship stop in Cherbourg?

B. What did the passengers do on board the Titanic?

C. Wht happened when an iceberg was spotted ahead?

3. Write questions to which the underlined words are the answers. 8

points

1. ..............................................

2. ..............................................

3. ..............................................

4. .............................................

4. Find antonyms to the words written in bold. 12

points
1. joyful ≠ 2. good ≠
3. to offer ≠ 5. last ≠
4. short ≠ 6. close ≠
Part II – Use of English – 45 points

1. Choose the correct variant and, on your exam sheet, write the corresponding letter next to the number of
the sentence. 20
points
1. Stop making noise! My little son … for an hour.
a. sleeps b. is sleeping c. has slept d. has been sleeping
2. They promise they … back soon.
a. will come b. would come c. are coming d. had come
3. Don’t interrupt me, let me … what I want to say first.
a. finishing b. to finish c. finish d. have finished
4. I think ......... a break now; I’m exhausted.
a. I have b. I’ll have c. I’m having d. I would have
5. He … to Geneva last night.
a. flyed b. flied c. flew d. flewed
6. He … when I arrived at his house.
a. had already left b. has already left c. had yet left d. will have left
7. The children usually ... a lot of noise.
a. do b. are making c. make d. are doing
8. It ... all the summer.
a. has been raining b. was raining c. rains d. is raining
9. … the new Polanski film?
a. Have you seen b. Had you seen c. Have you looked d. Did you see
10.What ... doing all day?
a. have you been b. did you c. will you d. must

2. Form complete sentences by putting the following words into the correct order. 5
points

1. better / is / your / mine / idea / than

2. on / I / Sundays /my / friends / I / tennis / relax / play / with / and.
3. hasn’t / he / bike / motorbike / has / got / got / but / he / a / a.
4. Donna’s / are / in / books / schoolbag / her.
5. holidays / you / usually / do / spend / where / your?

3. Put the verbs in brackets into the right tenses. 10

points

1. Mary (not see) ………………………….. the film last night.

2. He (walk) ………………………….. in the park yesterday when it (start) ………………… to rain.
3. I (know) ……………………………… George for five years.
4. Something strange (happen) ………………….. yesterday while I (jog) ………………………….. in
the park.
5. I (water) ………………………….. the flowers yesterday. I (water) ………………………….. them
every day. I (water) ………………………….. them now because I (not water)
………………………….. them since yesterday.

4. Fill in the blanks with the right words, then translate into Romanian. Choose your words from: same,
television, holding, remarkable, mind, of, finger, showed, believe, these. 10
points

Uri Geller is the most modern psychic. He has appeared on (1) ………….............…….. all over the
world and millions of people have seen him bend spoons by touching them with just one
(2) ........................................ and stop clock and watches just by (3) …….............……………. them in
his hand. Geller claims that he can do (4) ……..............………. things using the power of the (5)
……….................……. However, many people don’t (6) ……..........................…….. him and an
American magician, James Randi, (7) ………...............………. a group of scientists that he could do the
(8) …...............…………… things as Geller using simple magic tricks. However, in a number (9)
…...............…...………. tests Geller proved to scientists that he had another (10) …………...............
………… psychic power.