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Proba scris la Limba englez


Examenul de bacalaureat 2008
Proba E/F
Proba scris la Limba englez

Toate subiectele sunt obligatorii. Se acord 10 puncte din oficiu.
Timpul efectiv de lucru este de 3 ore.


SUBJECT I 30 (points)

Read the text below and complete the following tasks.

According to the weather men, last winter was one of the worst in living memory. We
live in the depths of the country, and my whole family agree that it was certainly a winter we
shall never forget. (1).
At first we were all thrilled to see it. It fell silently in large soft flakes until our garden
had become spotless white. The children soon spoilt its beauty by having snowball fights and
leaving their footprints all over it. Hungry birds too, in search of scraps of food made delicate
prints on its surface. (2) For the next three months the whole countryside lay in a grip of
iron.
Every day the birds grew tamer, often waiting hopefully almost on our backdoor step.
We fed them with bits of cheese, chopped up meat and any left-overs we had. (3) Indoors it
was pretty cold too. Our central heating system proved both inadequate and unco-operative.
To make matters worse there were tiny holes in the brickwork of many of the rooms. (4).

1. Four sentences have been removed from the text. Select the appropriate sentence for
each gap in the text. There is one extra sentence that does not fit. 4points


A. As a result the water pipes froze so that for several weeks our water supply had to
be brought in buckets from a nearby farm.
B. We also put out bowls of water, which unfortunately within an hour had frozen solid.
C. Snow began to fall at the beginning of the New Year and continued on and off for
approximately ten days.
D. Nobody expected the winter to be so frosty.
E. It was now that a severe frost set in, hardening the snow into ugly lumps.

2. Who/What do the words in bold refer to? 6 points

3. Give the antonyms of the following words. 10 points
1. the worst 2 agree 3. at first 4. the next 5. tamer

4. Answer the following questions. 6 points

A. What do the authors family agree on?
B. How was the beauty of the snow spoilt?
C. Why did the birds grow tamer?


5. Comment on the following sentence: For the next three months the whole countryside lay
in a grip of iron. (50 words) 4 points