Concursuldelimbaenglezfazazonalfebruarie2013ClasaaXaVariantaA

I.

Circletheoption,A,B,CorDthatbestfitseachgap:

(10p)

Ifanalienweretolandonourplanetand(1)astrollamongacrowdofearthlings,itwouldhearalotofha
hanoises.Itmightwonderwhat(2)thisstrangehabitserved.Ifweaskourselveswhat(3)agoodlaugh,
theobviousansweristhatitisaresponsetosomethingfunny.Butonescientist,RobertProvine,sayshumour
hassurprisinglylittleto(4)withthat.Instead,itliesatthe(5)ofsuchissuesastheperceptionofselfand
theevolutionoflanguage.Provinerealizedthatyoucannotcapture(6)laughterinthelabbecauseassoon
asyou(7)...itunderscrutiny,itvanishes.Hecollected1,200laughepisodesanepisodebeing(8)asthe
commentimmediatelyprecedingthelaughterandthelaughteritself.Hisanalysisofthisdata(9)some
importantfactsaboutlaughter.Itsamessagewesendtootherpeopleit(10)disappearswhenwereby
ourselves,hesays.
1. A.make

B.get

C.walk

2. A.reason

B.purpose

C.idea

3. A.results

B.leads

C.prompts

D.concludes

4. A.go

B.bring

C.do

D.set

5. A.root

B.stem

C.head

6. A.complete

B.authentic

7. A.place

B.lay

8. A.defended

B.decided

9. A.revealed

B.investigated

10. A.absolutely

B.constantly

D.take
D.meaning

C.contemporary

D.back
D.current

C.stand
C.defined

D.depicted

C.displayed
C.undoubtedly

II. ReadthetextbelowanduseONEWORDonlyineachgap:

D.keep
D.declared
D.virtually

(10p)

(1)__________wouldIspendtheperfectweekend?Well,onSundaysIlike(2)__________betterthantohang
outinShoreditch.WhenIwasyounger,Idgotheremoreor(3)________everyweekendwithmyparents;wed
gotothemarketandhavelunchfromafoodstallanditsstillascrazyandquirkyasit(4)________tobewhenI
wasakid.Ialwayshave5)_______goodlookaroundthebricabracshops.Ilovethesecondhandfurniture
theysellthoughI(6)_______everactuallybuyanything.Imnot(7)_________ofthosepeoplewhoescapeto
thecountrysideatweekends.Ifwewentanywhere,itwould(8)_________toMorocco,whereIspentalarge
partofmychildhood.Iloveit:itssoquickandeasy(9)_________gettobutas(10)________asyoustepoff
theplane,youreinadifferentworld.
III. Usethewordsincapitalsattheendofthelinesbelowtoformwordsthatfitthegapinthesameline:

(10p)

Ridinginahotairballoonisquite(1)_______________anyotherformofflying.

LIKE

Withoutengines,aballoondepends(2)_______________onthewindsaroundittomove.
ENTIRE
(3)_______________,themaximumspeedisnormallyaround15mph.

CONSEQUENCE
Theballoonisbasedonthesimple(4)________________principlethatthe
SCIENCE
(5)________________ofhotairislessthanthatofthecoldair.Itisnot,however,

WEIGH
alarge(6)_______________,asacubicmetreofhotairisonlyabout250metreslighter.
DIFFERENT
Thismeansittakes(7)______________fourcubicmetresofhotairjusttoliftonekilo.

ROUGH
Agasburnerisusedto(8)___________________theairinsidetheballoon,causingittorise.

HOT

Togoupmoreslowlyortomakea(9)_____________________,hotairisreleasedfromthetop.
DESCEND
Windblowingatdifferentheights(10)___________________thepilottosteertheballoon.

ABLE

IV. Completethesecondsentencesothatithasasimilarmeaningtothefirstsentence,usingthewordgiveninbold.
Youmustusebetweenthreeandsixwords,includingthewordgiven:

1. Emilyshairbadlyneedscutting.

(20p)

TIME

Its
high______________________________________________________________________________
__cut.
2. Theremustbeasimplewaytoexplainwhathappened.

BOUND

Theres_____________________________________________________________________forwhat
happened.
MATTER

3. Illsupportyouwhateveryoudecidetodo.
Illsupport

you_______________________________________________________________________youtake.
RATHER

4. Formethisisthebestplacetolive.

There_____________________________________________________________________________
______live.
5. IwishIhadntsaidthattoher.

TAKE

Ifonly____________________________________________________________________________I
saidtoher.
6.MybrotherandIarealikeinmanyways.

LOT

MybrotherandI_____________________________________________________________________
common.
SUPPOSED

7.Peoplesaythat,ifyourun,youburncaloriesefficiently.

Running__________________________________________________________________wayof
burningcalories.
8.Idontusuallymakesuchfoolishmistakes.

HABIT

Im________________________________________________________________________such
foolishmistakes.
9.Thewayhebehavesisintolerable.

PUT

Icant___________________________________________________________________
_________anylonger.
10.Whenwritingforthestudentmagazineyoushouldrememberthatteacherswillreadittoo.
WORTH
Whenyouwriteforthestudentmagazine______________________________mindthatteacherswill
readittoo.
V.Youhaverecentlyattendedthisevent,butyoudidnotenjoyit.

THE PERFECT EVENING OUT!

Top-class musical entertainment, with famous artists
excellent restaurant
discounts available for young people

Writeyourletterofcomplainttothemanager,sayingwhatwentwrong.(50p)(200words)

Not:timpdelucru3ore.Toatesubiectelesuntobligatorii.Nuseacordpunctedinoficiu.

ClasaaXaVariantaAKeyandMarkingscheme

I.III.10itemsx1point=10points
I.1.Dtake;

II. 1.how;

III.

1unlike

2.Bpurpose;

2.nothing

2.entirely

3.Cprompts;

3.less

3.consequently

4.Cdo;

4.used

4.scientific

5.Aroot;

5.a

5.weight

6.Bauthentic;
7.Aplace;

6.hardly
7.one

6.difference

7.roughly

8.Cdefined;

8.be

9.Arevealed;

9.to

10.Dvirtually;

10.soon

8.heat

9.descent

10.enables

IV.2x10items=20p
1.timeEmilyhad//herhaircut

2.boundtobe//asimpleexplanation

3.nomatterwhat//decision

4.isnowhereelse//Iwouldrather

5.Icouldtake//backwhat

6.havealot(ofthings)//in

7.issupposedtobe//aneffective

8.notinthehabit//ofmaking

9.putupwith/hisbehaviour

10.itisworthkeeping/bearingin

VIletterwriting50points
Taskachievement

15p

Correctformat
Relevanceofideastotask
Lengthconstraint

Registerandvocabulary

Accuracy

Correctuseofgrammarstructures
Widerangeofgrammarstructures
Correctspellingandpunctuation

10p

Appropriateregister
Variedvocabulary

Overalleffect 5p

10p

readerwillbeinformedandpersuaded

Organization,cohesion,layout

10p

Correctlayout,paragraphing
Clearorganizationofideas;linkingwords