LIMBA ENGLEZ CLASA a IX-a

VARIANTA 1
1. This is a text about a hobby turned into a full-time job. Read it and fill each gap with a
word from the table. (30p)
takes

took up
miniature
job

Christmas
models
exhibition

pleased charges
hobby

Searching her mind for . (1) present ideas, housewife Val Moir had the inspiration
of giving her two grown-up sons eight-inch-high .. (2) replicas of their houses.
Encouraged by her pottery tutor, she made a millers cottage for one and a pretty
Victorian house for the other. They were so . (3) that Val decided to turn her
hobby into a full-time . (4). Working from home, she .. (5) between 50
and 80 for her models of customers homes, which range from three-bedroom flats to
grand country mansions. Each house .. (6) between 16 and 20 hours to make. Val,
57, first (7) pottery in her early 20s. she went to local classes but found that she
didnt have enough time to pursue her (8). When she took it up again, it was for
good. Now most of her. (9) can be admired in local craft (10).
2. The following sayings are all connected with food. Match the two halves of each
saying. Write the full sentences on your answer sheet. (30p)
a) A hobby is hard work.

to make their free time more enjoyable.

b) My only hobby is laziness,

so I have to fit it in wherever I can.

c) A hobby is only fun if

you wouldnt do for a living.

d) People are spending more on their

hobbies .

which naturally rules out all the others.

e) Its something I do as a hobby,

you do not have time to do it.

3. Read the following quote and answer the questions on your answer sheet. (30p)
To be really happy and safe, one ought to have at least two or three hobbies, and they all
must be real. Sir Winston Churchill.
a) What is Churchills opinion about hobbies? Do you agree with him? Why? Why not?
b) Do you have a hobby? What is it?
c) Do you know anyone who has an unusual hobby? What is it?
10 p oficiu