Engleza bilingv admitere cl IX-a 31.05.

2012
Varianta 1
1. For questions 1-15, read the text bellow 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). Write your answers
on the separate answer sheet. (15p)
Love
Once (0) upon a time, there was (1) ........ island where all the feelings lived: Happiness, Sadness,
Knowledge, and all of the others, inclusing Love. One day it (2)....... announced to the feelings that the
island would sink, so all constructed boats and left, except (3) .....Love. Love was the only one who
stayed. Love wanted to hold out until (4) .........last possible moment. When the island had almost
(5) ........, Love decided to ask for help. Richness was passing by Love in a grand boat. Love said:
Richness, can you (6) ..........me with you? Richness answwered, No, I cant. There is a lot of gold
and silver in my boat. There is (7) ........place here for you. Love decided to ask Vanity (8) ........was
also passing by in a beautiful vessel. Vanity, please help me! I cant help you, Love. You are all wet
and (9) ...............damage my boat, Vanity answered. Sadness was close by so Love asked,
Sadness, let me go with you. Oh...Love, I am so sad that I need to be (10) ........myself! Hapiness
passed by Love, too, but she was so happy that she did not even hear when Love called her.
Suddenly, (11) ...........was a voice, Come, Love, I will take you. It was an elder. So blessed and
overjoyed, Love even forgot to ask the elder (12)................... they were going. When they arrived at
dry land, the elder went his own way. Realizing how much was owed to the elder, Love (13) ............
Knowledge, another elder, Who helped me? It was Time, Knowledge answered. Time? asked
Love. But why (14) .........Time help me? Knowledge smiled with deep wisdom and answered,
Because only Time is (15) ................ of understanding how valuable Love is.
2. For questions 1-10, read the text below and choose the word which best fits each space.
Choose only one word in each space. There is an example at the beginning (0).Write your
answers on the separate answer sheet. (10p)
Disneyland
This is a place where people of all (0) ages can come and be entertained and never want to (1) .........
It is Disneyland, (2).......outside Paris, especially (3)............... to provide the best for Europe and the
(4)...............of its new guests. The park is (5) ................into five areas, each one representing a
special theme. (6) .........in a film, the (7)...........are taken along through a series of magical sets to
relive the past, even (8)..............visit wonderful faraway places (9)................of excitement and
fantasy, and into the future. The trees that have been (10)..............aorund the park protect the guest
from the real world outside. The resort area, beyond the park, has six hotels to suit the needs of every
guest. (source:cnn.com)
0 A ages
B lives
C years
D dates
1 A leave
B go
C depart
D live
2 A nearly
B hardly
C just
D absolutely
3 A composed
B created
C consistent
D placed
4 A rights
B demands
C enquiries
D dealings
5 A shared
B distributed
C calculated
D divided
6 A Whereas
B Unless
C As if
D Wherever
7 A staff
B guests
C members
D teams
8 A look
B go
C run
D turn
9 A full
B crowded
C complete
D packed
10 A dug
B planted
C grown
D stuck
3. For questions 1-10, read the text bellow. Use the word given in capitals at the end of some of
the lines to form a word that fits in the space in the same line. There is an example at the
beginning (0). Write your answers on the separate answer sheet. (10p)
Computers have had the (0) ABILITY to play chess for many years
ABLE
Now, and their (1)...............in games against the best players in the world has
PERFORM
shown steady (2) ................ . However, it will be years before the designers of
IMPROVE
computer games machines can beat their (3) ...........challenge yet the
BIG
ancient board game called GO. The playing area is (4) ..... larger than in
CONSIDERABLE

chess and there are far more pieces, so that the (5) .........of moves is
almost (6) ............ The game involves planning so many moves ahead that
even the (7).............. calculations of the fastest modern computers are
(8) ........................... to deal with the problems of the game.
In a recent (9) ........for computer Gomachines, the best machine beat all
Its computer rivals, but lost (10)..........to three young schoolchildren, so
There is obviously still a lot of work to do!

COMBINE
END
IMPRESS
SUFFICIENT
COMPETE
HEAVY

4. For questions 1-10, complete the second sentence so that it has a similar meaning to the
first sentence, using the word given. Do not change the word given. You must use between
three and eight words, including the word given. There is an example at the beginning (0).
Write your answers on the separate answer sheet.
(10p)
(0)
I dont know who he is, so I cant help you. (knew)
I could ...help you if I knew who ..he is.
1. Ive never seen such a boring movie. (most)
This ........................................................................... ever seen
2. Would you mind closing the door? (kind)
Would you be .......................................................the door?
3. Mary prefers cleaning to cooking. (clean)
Mary ................................................................................cook.
4. She is prettier than her sisters. (pretty)
Her sisters ....................................................................she is.
5. We ought to be going home. (time)
Its ........................................................home.
6. He put on sunscreen. He didnt want to get burnt. (avoid)
He put on sunscreen ......................................................................burnt.
7. Someone stole Julies purse fro her office while she was out. (had)
Julie ..........................................................from her office while she was out.
8. No, I didnt steal Julies purse, Tom said. (having)
Tom .......................................................................Julies purse.
9. I learnt to ride the bicycle because you encouraged me. (never)
I ...................................................to ride the bicycle if you hadnt encouraged me.
10. They didnt see the child until it was too late. (did)
Not until it was ................................................................................the child.
5. Put the verb in brackets into the correct form:

(10p)

1. Why are you so dirty? I ...................................................(work) in the garden all morning.

2. I wish she ..............................................(not/leave) so early last night.
3. Dont make too much noise when you come in. We ..................................................(sleep).
4. I saw Dave as I ................................(do) the shopping . He looked well.
5. He complained to me of ................................(have) a toothache.
6. Im afraid you ..........................................(not/get) the job unless you look smart.
7. We cant leave until the taxi ............................. (arrive).
8. It was the first time she ....................................................(meet) such a funny character.
9. By next June I ..............................................................(work) here for ten years.
10. He ............................................. (always/leave) his books all over the room.
6. Fill in the gaps with the right forms of the irregular verbs (5p):
1.
hear - .......................... - ............................ hearing
2.
write wrote
- ............................ - ..............................
3.
....... lay
- ........................... lying
4.
teach - ........................ - ............................ - teaching
5.
show - ......................... - ............................ - showing
Nota: Durata probei este de 60 minute. Se acorda 10 puncte din oficiu.