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Examenul de bacalaureat naional 2013

Proba C
de evaluare a competenelor lingvistice ntr-o limb de circulaie internaional
studiat pe parcursul nvmntului liceal

Proba scris la Limba englez

Toate filierele, profilurile i specializrile/ calificrile
Varianta 7

Toate subiectele sunt obligatorii.
Timpul efectiv de lucru este de 120 de minute.

NELEGEREA TEXTULUI CITIT

SUBIECTUL I (40 de puncte)
Read the text below. Are the sentences 1-5 Right (A) or Wrong (B)? If there is not
enough information to answer Right (A) or Wrong (B), choose Doesnt say (C). Mark
A, B or C on your exam sheet.

Fashion designers

There are millions of people who wish to become successful fashion designers.
However, it has been observed that very few people are actually able to achieve a mark in the
fashion industry. Though it would be tough for a new fashion designer to compete with the
established ones in the fashion industry, you will definitely attain a good position provided you
keep working hard and stay motivated.
This job mainly involves aesthetically designing clothes and accessories that are
comfortable. Fashion designers have to make their collection of clothes a perfect blend of classy
as well as the modern ways of clothing. The challenge before them is to make the models and
actors look their best when they wear the clothes designed by them in films as well as in the
fashion shows, so that they are talked about which, in turn, may generate demand for the
designers work.
Fashion designers have to keep a tab on the current fashion trends in the local as well
as in the global markets and try their level best to make their collection stand out in the stiff
competition. A keen interest in their job and creativity are the qualities which are a must for any
fashion designer to earn a good name for himself. Fashion designers can work for reputed
fashion brands and can also work as self employed businessmen. A fashion designer can
expect to get good assignments based on his/her abilities and recent as well as past
performances. It is important for all budding fashion designers to be aware of all the aspects of
the fashion designer's job in order to make smart career moves.
(www.buzzle.com)

1. Only a few people actually manage to become successful in the fashion industry.
A Right B Wrong C Doesnt say

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2. Those who are hard-working and motivated will get a high position.
A Right B Wrong C Doesnt say

3. Fashion designers should focus only on the modern ways of clothing.
A Right B Wrong C Doesnt say

4. If designers talk about their work, their clothes and accessories will be demanded by
models and actors.
A Right B Wrong C Doesnt say

5. Designers who are creative and put a lot of passion in their job will earn a reputation.
A Right B Wrong C Doesnt say


SUBIECTUL al II-lea (60 de puncte)

Read the text below. For questions 1 10, choose the answer (A, B, C or D) which you
think fits best according to the text.

The Link Between Kids Who Walk or Bike to School and Concentration

Every day outside my sons Brooklyn school, no matter what the weather, you will see a
distinctive pale blue bicycle locked to the rack. It belongs to a 7th-grade girl from a Dutch family
whose members have stuck with their traditional practice of riding to school each day, despite
finding themselves in the not-so-bike-friendly United States for a few years. This lovely blue city
bike was a gift from the parents to their eldest child, who is now almost as tall as a grown
woman. She has graduated from riding with her parents, and deserves a first-class vehicle to
get to class each day. She is fiercely proud of it.
According to the results of a Danish study released late last year, my Dutch friends are
giving their daughter a less tangible but more lasting gift along with that bicycle: the ability to
concentrate better. The survey looked at nearly 20,000 Danish kids between the ages of 5 and
19. It found that kids who cycled or walked to school, rather than traveling by car or public
transportation, performed measurably better on tasks demanding concentration, such as solving
puzzles, and that the effects lasted for up to four hours after they got to school.The study was
part of "Mass Experiment 2012," a Danish project that looked at the links between
concentration, diet, and exercise. Niels Egelund of Aarhus University in Denmark, who
conducted the research, told AFP that he was surprised that the effect of exercise was greater
than that of diet. ()
The process of getting yourself from point A to point B has cognitive effects that
researchers do not yet fully understand. I wrote last year about Bruce Appleyards examination
of cognitive mapping, in which he compared children who were driven everywhere with those
who were free to navigate their neighborhoods on their own. His work revealed that the kids
whose parents chauffeured them had a much poorer comprehension of the geography of the
places they lived, and a less fine-grained knowledge of the landscape around them.
Lots of parents drive their kids to school because walking or driving on streets and roads
designed exclusively for cars makes the journey prohibitively dangerous for anyone, especially
children. That problem is not easily solved, especially since schools are increasingly being built
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on the edges of sprawling development, rather than in a walkable context. But many other
parents drive their kids because its easier, or seems to be easier. They often frame it as a
kindness to the child to spare them trudging all the way to school, even if that trek is only half a
mile long. As these short driving trips become the societal norm, it gets more and more difficult
for families to deviate from them. ()
But if more parents realized that packing the kids into the back seat actually affects their
ability to learn, would they change their ways? Advocate for building schools in more walkable
locations? Demand improved bicycle and pedestrian infrastructure? Or simply make the time
and effort required to get the kids to school under their own steam, accompanying them if need
be?
(www.theatlanticcities.com)
1. What is the main idea of the article?
A. Children who walk or ride to school concentrate better in class.
B. More and more Dutch families move to the USA.
C. Americans love riding bikes.
D. Pedestrian infrastructure in Brooklyn should be improved.

2. Where was the girl in paragraph 1 born?
A. The USA
B. The Netherlands
C. Denmark
D. Brooklyn

3. Who does the Dutch girl ride to school with?
A. Her parents.
B. Nobody.
C. Her grandparents.
D. Her eldest brother.

4. Who was surveyed for the study released in Denmark?
A. All kids aged 5 -19
B. All the kids travelling by car or public transportation
C. Kids aged 5-19
D. All kids under 19

5. What is Mass Experiment 2012?
A. a project on the ability to concentrate
B. an experiment made by AFP
C. a new method of solving puzzles
D. a department of a Danish University

6. What were the results of Bruce Appleyards research?
A. Children must be given maps of their neighbourhood to help them walk to school.
B. Children who explore neighbourhoods on their own understand better the geography
of the place.
C. Most children have chauffeurs driving them around.
D. Parents teach their children the geography of the place.
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7. Why do most parents drive their kids to school?
A. They want to save time.
B. They cant separate from their kids for too long.
C. They are eager to use the roads specially designed for cars.
D. They want to know their children are safe.

8. Why do some parents prefer to drive their kids to school?
A. They like driving.
B. They love going on trips.
C. They want to make it easy for them to get to school.
D. They dont want kids to be late for classes.

9. What should parents understand, according to the writer?
A. Kids ability to learn can be improved if they walk or ride to school.
B. Kids must advocate for safer schools.
C. They should change their kids school.
D. They should improve infrastructure.

10. Which of the following does the writer suggest parents should do?
A. Ask local authorities to build schools in locations which can be reached on foot.
B. Prevent local authorities from improving pedestrian and bicycle infrastucture.
C. Never walk or ride to school with their kids.
D. Keep driving their kids to school.


PRODUCEREA DE MESAJE SCRISE

SUBIECTUL I (40 de puncte)

You have just visited an interesting place and you would like to tell your friend about it. Write an
email to your friend, briefly describing the place, telling him/her what impressed you most and
recommending him/her to visit it.

Write your email in 80-100 words.

SUBIECTUL al II-lea (60 de puncte)

You have recently had a debate on the importance of dreams in our life. Your teacher has
asked you to write an essay giving your opinion on the following statement: All our dreams can
come true, if we have the courage to pursue them. (Walt Disney)

Write your essay in 180-200 words.