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ETAPA PE COALA
IANUARIE 2017

1. Read the text and choose the correct answer for each question (20p):
FAKING IT
Sian Evans is 22. Until last year, she lived a quiet life, playing the cello and studying
music at university. Then, one day, she was given a challenge. She agreed to take part in a
television programme called Faking it. She had just four weeks to learn completely new skills
and become a nightclub DJ. At the end of her training, she had to perform and compete against
three professional DJs. She had to convince the judge that she wasnt a fake.
For a month, Sian stayed with top DJ, Anne. When Sian first met her, she felt totally out
of place. She said, She is so glamorous. I was really quite scared at first. Almost as soon as she
arrived, however, Sian started her training. She had lessons in mixing the music on Annes
record decks. She had voice training to make her sound right: I learned to shout with attitude!
said Sian. To make her look right, she had new clothes, a new haircut and even dancing lessons.
It wasnt only lessons, however. She also practised. She practised everything, but mostly the
mixing. She was on the decks for at least five hours a day.
At the end of the month, Sian and three other professional DJs performed in front of the
judges. Their job was to pick the fake. None of them picked Sian. In fact, they couldnt believe
it when they were told. She was professional and confident, due mostly to enormous amounts of
dedicated practice. Immediately after the programme, she was offered a job as a professional DJ
in a top nightclub. So, perhaps its true that practice makes perfect!

1. What was Sian doing before last year?

a. She was hoping to go to university
b. She was studying at university
c. She was teaching at university

2. What challenge was she given?

a. To make a television programme about a professional DJ
b. To learn to be a professional DJ
c. To teach a professional DJ to play the cello

3. How did Sian feel when she first met Anne?

a. Nervous
b. Confident
c. Excited
 4. What did the judges thing of Sian?
a. They thought she needed more practice
b. They thought she was the fake
c. They didnt believe she learned in only a month

5. What happened after the programme?

a. She got the chance to take a job as a DJ
b. She applied for a job as a DJ
c. She rejected a job as a DJ

2. Complete the second sentence so that it has a similar meaning to the first
sentence (30p):
a. I had no idea about Ronas engagement. UNAWARE
I .engagement.
b. Can I borrow your camera for my holiday, please? LEND
Can .. your camera for my holiday, please?
c. You are supposed to do your homework before the next lesson. OUGHT
You your homework before the next lesson.
d. How long have you been a doctor? BECOME
When . a doctor?
e. Its not necessary to pay to go into this museum. Its free. HAVE
You.. to go into this museum. Its free.
f. Mike has never flown in a plane before. FIRST
g. I am not old enough to drive a car. TOO
I to drive a car.
This .. Mike has flown in a plane.
h. Hannah is not allowed to eat fish. Shes allergic to it. MUST
Hannah fish. She is allergic to it.
i. No one in our class is taller than Jim. THE
Jim class.
j. The last time I saw my neighbour was in April. NOT
I since April.
3. Put the verbs in brackets into the right tense (20p):
While I (read) this novel I suddenly . (remember) something.
It .. (happen) a few years ago while I . (take care) of my
little cousin. All of a sudden, I . (hear) a lot of noise outside and I .
(go) to see what (be) wrong. A woman shouted Help, Tommy
(be) still inside! Somebody .. (rush) in but it was too late. I think poor
woman never . (recover) after the fire.

4. Write a story beginning as shown (about 150 words) (20p):

Sophie couldnt sleep. She went to the window and looked further and further down the street.
Suddenly she froze. There was something coming up the street on the opposite side.
It was something black
Something tall and black.
Something very tall and very black and very thin

NOT! Toate subiectele sunt obligatorii.

Timp de lucru: 90 min.

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