INITIAL TEST

I. Read the text below and choose the correct answer. (2,5 points)
Established in 1770, Madame Tussauds, has a fascinating history. New wax figures have
enlarged the collection year after year and the treasures on view today speak both about the past
and the present of this extraordinary exhibition.
The oldest figure is that of the Sleeping Beauty, modelled by Doctor Philippe Curtius. In her
young days Madame Tussaud had worked for the doctor and had contributed to the collection
with the death masks taken of the prisoners guillotined during the French Revolution.
Following the doctor's death in 1794, she inherited his vast collection of wax models and
spent the next 33 years travelling around Europe. She married to Francois Tussaud in 1795 lent a
new name to the show: Madame Tussaud's. In 1802 she went to London, having accepted an
invitation from Paul Philidor, a magic lantern and phantasmagoria pioneer, to exhibit her work
alongside his show at the Lyceum Theatre, London.
In 1925 a fire broke aut and destroyed much of the exhibition. It was not until three years later
that Madame Tussauds opened again.
The development of technology has enabled Madame Tussauds to create moving and
talking figures, which contribute to the recreation ot the atmosphere of 400 years of Londons
history.
1) Madame Tussauds is
a) an art gallery
b) a wax works museum
c) a museum of natural history.
2) The collection
a) was made 200 years ago
b) presents the history of the past
c) has added figures for more than 200 years.
3) The Sleeping Beauty was
a) a death mask taken during the French Revolution
b) a figure made by Madame Tussaud
c) a figure made by the doctor
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4) Madame Tusaauds
a) opened three years before the fire of 1925
b) opened again three years after the fire
c) opened three years ago
5) Madame Tussauds has
a) created a new technology
b) a 400- year-old collection
c) includes figures which move and talk
b. Match the words in the text which are in bold to their definition given below. There
is one extra definition which you dont need to use. (1 point)
A.

1. a show of paintings, photographs, or other

objects that people can go to see
2. to receive money, property etc. from
someone after they have died
3. a solid substance made of fat or oil and used
to make candles, polish etc:
4. a piece of equipment used in the past to
make pictures shine onto a wall or screen
5. the arch over the stage where the curtain can
be attached.

B.
C.
D.
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II. Use the word in bold to form another word that fits in the space. (2,5 points)
1. This ____________is admired by all the visitors.
PAINT
2. __________ dinner is ready on time, I will eat at a restaurant. LESS
3. This information must be treated ______________.
CONFIDENTIAL
4. We all know the ____________ hero Robin Hood.
LEGEND
5. The guests had thanked the host and they told her the party was very___________. SUCCESS
III. Translate into English. (2 points)
1. Il vei vedea daca il vei astepta.
2. Ce s-ar fi intamplat daca ai fi condus cu viteza?
3. Se crede ca el a fost campionul.
4. Toti elevii pot sa scrie aceasta lucrare.
5. Nu putem lua nici autobuzul si nici metroul.
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