OLIMPIADA DE LIMBA ENGLEZĂ – ETAPA LOCALĂ

Clasa a XII-a – SECȚIUNEA A

22 februarie 2020 Varianta 1

SUBIECTUL A – USE OF ENGLISH

I. Read the following text and put the verb in brackets in the correct tense. (10 x 1p = 10p)

It 1).....................(rain) when we arrived at the coast but by midday it had stopped. We thought the rain
2)....................(last) all day and we 3)................(be) very glad it 4)....................(do not) because we
wanted to go swimming. We found a cafe where we could eat outside and 5)...............(have) a nice
meal. By the time we had finished lunch the sun 6).......................(shine) brightly and the temperature
7)...................(rise) to 30 degrees. We all 8).................(run) down to the beach and, after we
9)........................(change) into our swimmimg things, we 10).................(dive) in the sea.

II. Read the text below and think of the word which best fits each space. Use only ONE word in
each space. There is an example at the beginning (0). (10 x 1p = 10p)

(0) When the girl returned, she was much calmer. Mike thought that (1)......... must think she had
made herself look rather foolish and had (2)......... more importance to the happening than it
deserved. Mike realised that the girl felt awkward, and that at Waterloo Station she would be glad
to (3).................. good-bye to him and forget the event.
When they (4).............. the station, he took her to find a taxi. The man who had frightened her must
be (5)............ in the crowd, and it was (6) ................. that he might trouble her again. But they did
not see him.

The (7)..................gave the driver an address in Kensington and stepped into the taxi. „Thank you”,
she said. „ Thank you very much.” The taxi moved (8)............ . Mike stepped (9) ............... to
wave, and (10)...................... nearly knocked down by another taxi, which was behind.

III. For each question, fill the space in the sentence using the base word given in bold at the
end. (10 x 1p = 10p)

The economy of the 21st century is based on skills and (1) ..... KNOW
according to a recent report. The study shows that throughout this
century there will be more jobs for those with the right
qualifications and the right skills, and fewer jobs for those with
none. The best employee will be one with a (2) ..... level of DEMONSTRATE
academic or (3) ..... achievement that can enable the individual to VOCATION
support their CV with evidence of desirable personal qualities.
As (4) ..... increases and technological advances make typical GLOBE
working practices redundant, (5) ..... employees will need to show PROSPECT
various personal attributes. As well as wanting people who are
flexible, companies are also looking for evidence of (6) ..... ADAPT
It is also (7) ..... necessary to be an excellent communicator as the INCREASE
majority of companies make their profits from the skills of people
selling their goods as much as from the producers themselves.
The (8) ............ of the very best people is crucial. Unless RECRUIT
businesses show the (9) ..... to adapt they may find they WILL
are (10) ..... according to the authors of the report. SUSTAIN

IV. Choose the correct answer A, B, C or D. 10x1p=10 points

1. The judge was taken ill after the trial proceedings began.
A. Hardly was the judge taken ill that the trial proceedings began.
B. The trial proceedings have begin before the judges was taken ill.
C. Hardly had the trial proceedings begun when the judge was taken ill.
D. No sooner had the judge been taken ill than the proceedings began.

2. The first growth ..... cities and industry in the United States brought skyscrapers.......being
and...... a need..... maximum....place.....a minimum.....land.
A. in/of/to/of/of/with/of C. of/into/with/for/of/on/of
B. of/ in/ for/to / for/of/on D. in/ to/to/of/of/with/of

3. Se pare că a fost rănit de un stângaci.

A. It seemed that he was wounded with the left hand by a man.
B. It appears that he has been wounded by a man with a left-hand.
C. They say he was wounded with the left hand by a man.
D. He seems to have been wounded by a left-handed man.

4. He arrived ……………….. London ……………….. 6 p.m. ……………….. a foggy November day.

We often have fog ……………….. November.
A. in, at, on, in; C. to, on, during, in;
B. at, at on, during; D. by, at, in, in;

5. ”I am sorry. I’m not much of a driver” means:

A. Regret, nu sunt șofer de multă vreme. C. Regret, nu sunt mulți șoferi.
B. Regret, nu conduc prea bine. D. Regret, nu sunt șoferi buni.

6. Era așa de frumoasă că aproape nu reușea să își ia ochii de la ea.

A. She was so beautiful that he nearly couldn’t take his eyes from her.
B. So beautiful was she that he could almost not take his eyes off her.
C. So beautiful was she that he could hardly take his eyes off her.
D. She was so beautiful that he couldn’t hardly take his eyes from her.

7. When Dora insisted ……………….. for a walk, she ……………….. refuse.

A. to go, could make no; C. that they went, wouldn’t;
B. on going, could hardly; D. that they should go, didn’t succeed to.

8. Not only.......to report the accident, but also later denied he ..... the car.
A. failed / had been driving C. did he failed/ hadn’t been driving
B. did he fail / had been driving D. failed/ he drove

9. Galilei a spus că Pământul se învârte în jurul Soarelui.

A. Galilei said that the Earth went round the Sun.
B. Galilei said that the Earth was going round the Sun.
 C. Galilei said that the Earth is going round the Sun.
D. Galilei said that the Earth goes round in the Sun.

10. Nu aș fi venit la tine daca nu aș avea nevoie de un sfat prietenesc.

A. I wouldn’t come to you if I didn’t need a friendly advice.
B. I wouldn’t have come to you if I didn’t need a friendly advice.
C. I wouldn’t have come to you if I didn’t need a piece of friendly advice.
D. I wouldn’t have come to you if I hadn’t needed a piece of friendly advice.

SUBIECTUL B – INTEGRATED SKILLS

I. Read the text below and for questions 1-5, choose the answer (A, B, C, D) which you think fits best
according to the text. ( 5x 2p = 10 points)
HOME COMFORT

It was a lazy Sunday afternoon, the lull before the storm of Monday morning madness of alarm
clocks, traffic jams and deadlines. The clock struck three and Rebecca's elbow still rested on the arm
of the tapestry-covered sofa. With her fingertips she began caressing the rough piping that ran along its
seams. Simultaneously, the toes of her left foot moved back and forth across the edges of the sheepskin
rug. This action Rebecca found comforting; it reminded her of being at home as a child when she used
to sit in the family sitting room, her toes playing with the fringes of another kind of rug. Her mother
would snap at her to stop it, so of course she did it all the more.
Rebecca had a sudden whiff of the glue that Katy was applying to make one of her artistic
creations. Her daughter was seated on a cushion right in the middle of the room, looking like an island,
surrounded by a sea of cardboard cut-offs, sequins, felt-tip pens, and pristine sheets of white A4 paper
that she had disobediently pinched from her father's study. She really should be working at the kitchen
table, Rebecca thought, but I don't have the appetite for the outburst that might happen if my genius-
daughter-at-work is disturbed. Every three minutes and 50 seconds Katy got up to replay Kylie
Minogue's version of 'The Locomotion'.
"Why don't you listen to the CD all the way through, Katy?" her dad said, who was sprawled
out on the other sofa. "You'd like the other songs as well." "Nah, too boring."
Rebecca glanced at David and then said, "I could do with something to perk me up." Her words trailed
off with a heavy sigh, and then a yawn. It was the first in a series of hints that she would like him to
get up and make her a cup of tea.
On the lamp table next to the sofa, she noticed a letter that had been delivered a week ago,
advertising exercises classes and a slimming club. She had kept it on the table as a reminder, or
perhaps to conjure up the same kind of magical effect that people believe in when they splash out on
membership to a fancy gym without going near the place more than once every two months.

1) Rebecca's mood at the start of the story is

A. calm and reflective
B. cross and irritable
C. restless and agitated
D. sad and upset

2) As a child Rebecca used to

A. sit at the table with her family
B. play with the carpet fringes
C. chat with her mother
D. sleep in the afternoon
3) What action does Rebecca take with her daughter?
A. She reprimands Katy for making a mess on the floor
B. She asks David to speak to Katy
C. She appeals to Katy to play a wider range of music
D. She does nothing in order to avoid a fuss.

4) Why does Rebecca want a cup of tea?

A. to help her sleep
B. to get rid of her husband
C. to cheer up
D. to help her daughter calm down

5) What is Rebecca’s attitude to the letter lying on the table?

A. The advert’s claims are misleading.
B. She hopes it will prompt her to take up exercise.
C. It makes her feel more motivated.
D. She thinks the slimmimg club is good value for money.

II. Read the text again and write an opinion essay on What makes a house a home? Express your
opinion using 220-250 words. (50 points)

Notă: Toate subiectele sunt obligatorii. Timp de lucru: 3 ore. Nu se acordă puncte din oficiu.
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Clasa a XII-a – SECȚIUNEA A

SUBIECTUL A – USE OF ENGLISH

I. Read the following text and put the verb in brackets in the correct tense. 10x1p=10 points
1. was raining
2. would last
3. were
4. didn’t
5. had
6. was shining
7. had risen
8. ran
9. had changed
10. dived

II. Read the text below and think of the word which best fits each space. Use only ONE word in each
space. There is an example at the beginning (0). (10 x 1p = 10p)

1. she
2. given
3. say/wave
4. reached
5. somewhere
6. possible
7. girl
8. off
9. forward
10. was

III. For each question, fill the space in the sentence using the base word given in bold at the end. (10 x
1p = 10p)

1. knowledge
2. demonstrable
3. vocational
4. globalisation
5. prospective
6. adaptability
7. increasingly
8. recruitment
9. willingness
10. unsustainable

IV. Choose the correct answer A, B, C or D. 10x1p=10 points

1. C
2. C
3. D
4. A
5. B
6. C
7. B
8. B
9. A
10. C

SUBIECTUL B – INTEGRATED SKILLS 60p

I.2px5=10p
1. A
2. B
3. D
4. C
5. B
Nota: Orice variantă neprecizată în barem și considerată corectă de comisia de evaluare va fi acceptată.

II. OPINION ESSAY MARKING SCHEME – (220-250 words) 50p

See the marking scheme

MARKING SCHEME FOR THE OPINION ESSAY

Analytical Exemplary Proficient Partially Proficient Weak Incomplete Point
criteria s

10p 8p 6p 4p 2p

CONTENT The essay is The essay is fairly The essay is partially The essay is The essay is
completely completed with the completed with slight faulty, including wholly
relevant to topic, description of logical impediments in serious logical inadequate the
describing people/places/eve the logical impediments in quality of the
people/places/ev nts/atmosphere, development of the the sequencing description
ents/atmosphere having a clear description. of events. failing the
, having a clear development requirements of
development the task.
and including the
final reactions of
the protagonist

ORGANIZATION There is There is a fairly There is partial There is serious Paragraphs are
AND COHESION complete logical completion of completion of the task. inconsistency in incomplete, both
connection of paragraph Paragraphs are the organization linking devices,
paragraphs due organization due to partially complete due of the mechanics, and
to a judicious use scarce misuse of to unfinished ideas and paragraphs due length
of linking linking devices, scarce use of linking to the misuse of requirements
devices, mechanics, and devices, mechanics, the linking having been
mechanics, and length and length devices, disrespected.
length requirements. requirements. mechanics, and
requirements. length
requirements.

VOCABULARY A wide range of A range of The range of A limited range A very narrow
vocabulary is vocabulary is used vocabulary is of vocabulary is range of
used appropriately and adequately used in the present within vocabulary is
appropriately accurately in the essay; errors in word the essay; less present; errors in
 and accurately essay; occasional choice /formation are common items word
throughout the errors in word present when more of vocabulary choice/formation
essay; precise choice/formation sophisticated items of are rare and predominate;
meaning is are possible; vocabulary are may be often spelling errors
conveyed; minor spelling is well attempted; spelling faulty; spelling can make the
errors are rare; controlled with can be faulty at times. errors can make essay obscure at
spelling is very occasional slips. The register of the text times. The
well controlled. The register of the narrative-descriptive understanding register used in
The register of narrative- essay is partially difficult. The the narrative-
the narrative- descriptive essay is relevant to the task register of the descriptive essay
descriptive essay relevant to the task with a narrow narrative- is inappropriate
is totally relevant with slightly inconsistency of style, descriptive for this type of
to the task, being incongruent lapses leading to halts in the essay is writing.
organically within the logical development of inconsistent due
integrated all discourse. ideas to the mixture
along the of styles.
discourse.

STRUCTURES A wide range of A range of A mix of complex and A limited range A very narrow
grammatical grammatical simple grammatical of grammatical range of
structures is structures is used structures is present structures is grammatical
used accurately accurately and with throughout the essay; present along structures is
and flexibly some flexibility errors are present the essay; present within
throughout the along the essay; when complex complex the essay; errors
essay; minor occasional errors language is attempted; language is rare predominate;
errors are rare; are possible; punctuation can be and may be punctuation
punctuation is punctuation is well faulty at times. often faulty; errors make the
very well controlled with punctuation text obscure at
controlled. occasional slips. errors can make times.
text
understanding
difficult.

EFFECT ON The interest of The text has a good The effect on the The effect on The text has a
TARGET the reader is effect on the reader is satisfactory. the reader non- negative effect
READER aroused and reader. relevant. on the reader.
sustained
throughout