Ministerul Educaiei Naionale

Inspectoratul colar al Municipiului Bucureti

OLIMPIADA DE LIMBA ENGLEZ 2013-2014 - Etapa pe municipiu clasa a IX-a varianta 1

Question I (50 points)

Write a 250-word narrative essay ending with: After such a terrible day, I was happier than
ever to reach the safety of my home.
Question II (25 points) - INFORMAL LETTER - 120 - 150 WORDS
You have received a letter from your English friend Jim, who recently started high school and is
having some problems. You want to find out more about these problems and offer some advice/
suggestions.
Read carefully the extract from Jims letter and the comments you have made. Then write a 120-150word letter to Jim in which you ask for more information about his problems and offer some
advice/suggestions to help him overcome the difficulties he has encountered so far.
Sign your letter as Danny.
Ive just finished my first term at high school, and Im
surprised at how hard it has been. There is so much to do!

...work or social life?

I feel exhausted, and I find it difficult to hand in my work on

time. Its quite noisy where I live, so its hard to study.

...sleeping/eating well?
...can you move?

And Ive got no pocket money! It all makes me feel like

giving up!

...no, dont!

Question III (25 points)

A. Put the verbs in brackets in the correct form.

(10 points)

Have you ever been in a situation in which you suddenly (1) ____ (think) I have been here before?
That strange feeling of (2) ____ (have) the same experience at some unknown time in the past (3)
____ (know) as deja vu. Most people (4) ____ (have) this feeling at one time or another in their lives,
but no one has come up with a satisfactory explanation of what deja vu actually (5) ____ (be).
There are the usual eccentric theories concerning memories of a previous life, or of some long
forgotten out-of-body experience. Others (6) ____ (claim) that a deja vu is the memory of a past
dream in which the future (7) ____ (reveal). Needless (8) ____ (say), few scientists take these
theories very seriously.
Psychologists have made several attempts to explain the phenomenon. Perhaps the most reasonable
one involves a simple malfunction of the brains electrical circuitry. What happens is this: the brain
accidentally stores what you see as a memory before it (9) ____ (register) in the consciousness. So
when, moments later, you (10) ____ (become) conscious of the scene, you find that you already have
a memory of it deep in your mind.

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Ministerul Educaiei Naionale

Inspectoratul colar al Municipiului Bucureti
OLIMPIADA DE LIMBA ENGLEZ 2013-2014 - Etapa pe municipiu clasa a IX-a varianta 1
B. Use the words in capitals at the end of each sentence to form another word that fits in each
blank space.
(5 points)
1. I am glad you have so ________ explained things to her.
2. The house was ______ when we first moved in, so we
practically had to rebuild it.
3. A well-read individual is usually _____ about a variety of subjects.
4. They hired him because of his _____ in that particular
field of archeology.
5. Im afraid your dress is________ for such a formal dinner.

TACT
INHABIT
KNOW
EXPERT
PROPER

C. Rephrase the following sentences so that they contain the words in capitals, and so that the
meaning stays the same:
(10 points)
1. She isnt anything like as snobbish as you said.
She is ______________ than you said.
2. You got your first toy laptop when you were five, remember?,
my mother said.
My mother _________________first toy laptop when I was five.
3. We will take care of all the formalities.
All the formalities _______________________________________.
4. Ann talked her mum into buying her a new mobile phone.
Ann __________________ a new mobile phone.
5. He was going to ask her a favour but decided not to.
Hes ___________________ her a favour.

SNOBBISH
REMINDED
TAKEN
MADE
CHANGED

TOTAL 100 PUNCTE

TOATE SUBIECTELE SUNT OBLIGATORII.TIMP DE LUCRU 3 ORE. NU SE ACORD PUNCTE
DIN OFICIU

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