Nume şi prenume_____________________

X-thGRADE INITIAL TEST Clasa_______________

Data_____________
10 points granted
PARTEA I (60 puncte)

I. Read this passage about the great Hungarian composer, Bela Bartok. (15 x 2p = 30p )
Bela Bartok was born in Hungary in 1881, the son of a director of an agricultural school.
He studied at the Conservatory in Budapest and wrote Concerto, The Miraculous Mandarin and
the Kossuth Overture which was performed in 1904 in England. He also wrote the Concerto for
Violin for Sir Yehudi Menuhin..
In 1905 he started to travel through Hungary, Slovakia and Romania to study folk music.
He made 16,000 recordings of people playing and singing and became very interested in
traditional Hungarian instruments and melodies. He was very interested in all kinds of folk
music. He returned to Budapest in 1908 and worked as a piano teacher at the Hungarian Academy
of Music until 1934.
In 1940 he went to live in the United States because he did not agree with Nazism. He
worked in the US as a pianist. He died in 1945, a poor man, but he was a great composer and
invented a new musical language. Among his greatest works are the six great street quartets, the
opera Bluebeard’s Castle (1911) as well as several ballets like The Wooden Prince (1914-1916).
His music is still performed and greatly appreciated today.

1. Here are eight statements about Bartok. Put a "T" if the answer is true, a "F" if the
answer is false and a" ? " if the passage does not say.

a) Bartok"s main concern in his youth was folk music.

b) He could sing traditional melodies.
c) His father was a teacher at the conservatory.
d) He wrote at least one opera.
e) He died in America.
f) He studied music in Hungary.
g) He died at the age of 65.
h) He loved Mozart’s music.
i) His native country was USA.
j) He was a piano teacher as well.
k) He died extremely rich.
l) He collected folk music from Slovakia, Romania and from the country where he was
born.
2. Find words in the passage that mean:
a) a person who is at the head of an organisation
b) something that makes a copy of a sound
c) a piece of music written for four instruments.

II. Choose the correct item(10 x 2p = 20 p):

 1. Mother ___________ dinner at the moment.
a. cooks b.cook c. is cooking
2. Paul’car is ______________ than Tom"s.
a. fast b. fastest c. faster
3. Would you mind _______________ the cat out?
a. letting b.to let c. let
4. There are some ___________ playing in the park.
a. child b. childrens c. children
5. Have you finished the washing-up _______?
a. never b.yet c. just
6. I am________than you.
a. taller b. the tallest c. the most tall
7. There are three________cooking at the canteen.
a. woman b. womans c. women
8. Father______to work every day.
a. drives b. drive c. drove
9. She wants to learn______to swim.
a. why b. which c. how
10. I am going to repair __________ .
a. the table"s leg b. the leg of the table c. the tables"leg

B.Unjumble the words connected with jobs: (5 x 1 p = 10 p)

1. I always wanted to be a usern but I hate the sight of blood. _____________

2. You’d be a good rctoa .You’re very good at different accents._____________
3. You have to be very patient to be a good tcherae.Students will love you for
that.___________
4. Oplcie ofcrfies can quite often be in danger. ____________
5. He plays the piano very well.He’ll a famous instpai. _____________

PARTEA A-II-A
Write an informal letter to a friend to invite him/her to pay a visit to your town.Present
some places you can visit together. ( 100-120 words) (30 p)
KEY
I. 1. a T, b ? , c F, d T, e T, f T, g F, h ?, i F, j T., k F, l T.
2. a. DIRECTOR
b. RECORDING
c. QUARTET
IIA 1-c
2-c
3-a
4-c
5-b
6-a 7-c 8-a 9-c 10-b

B 1-nurse
2-actor
3-teacher
4-police officer
5-pianist