Concursuldelimbaenglezfazazonalfebruarie2013ClasaaXIIaVariantaA

UseofEnglish

I. Filleachofthenumberedblanksinthefollowingtext.Useonlyonewordineachspace.(15
points)

Inamajorbreakthroughindiving,scientistshavedevelopedanartificialgillcapable 1... obtainingoxygen

2...sea water. The question of 3.... fish breathe puzzled man for centuries. Now, fortunately, a team of
chemists, physicists and mathematicians at Tokyo University have built two forms of artificial gill, which
imitatethebreathingmethodused 4..... fish.Theyarealsodevelopingalightweightversion 5.... couldbe
wornontheback.Theyexpectthatthefirstmodelwillbe6....forhumantrialswithinthreeyearsandcould
be7........saleintheshopswithinfivetotenyears.Fishtransferoxygendirectlytotheblood,andtheartificial
gillwillbe8..........totransferoxygenthroughamouthpieceintohumanlungs.Thisprocessoftakingoxygen
9.........ofwateroccursthroughtheultrathinsurfaceofhundredsoffine,hollowthreads.Aswaterstreams
overthem,thedissolvedoxygenin10.......passesthroughtobecomeabreathablegas.Atthemoment,the
human gill has a 10litre volume, 11........ has to be halved to produce a machine small 12.......to be
commerciallysuccessful.In 13........tothis,theteamisoptimistic,believingitwillhavehugevaluebothfor
commercialandleisurepurposes14........itwillletpeopledive,inshallowwater,foras15......astheylike.

II. Readthetextbelowandusethewordgiveninthebracketstoformwordsthatfitinthegaps.
(10points)

There has been much debate in recent times about when young people should take up a second language. This has
been especially fuelled inrecenttimesbytheincreasing 1...................(important)placedontheEnglish
language.Itisnowcommonplacetoseeparentsprovidingasubstantialamountof2................(funds)on
additionaltuitiononlanguagelessonstogivetheirchildrenevery3...................(competition)edge.Inthe
pastdecade,languageinstituteshavesprungupin 4 ..............(number)urbancentres,allclaimingto
providerapid5...................(advance)inEnglish.Therehasbeenapushbymanyparentstoexposetheir
childrentoEnglishintheir6.................(formation)years.This,manyclaim,willmakethelanguagemore
7..................(instinct)andensurethatallpronunciationerrorscanbeavoided.Thereissomeevidence
which points to youngsters who have been raised in 8..................(language) families, where the
languagespokenathomeisdifferenttotheonethatthey9...........(conversation)withintheirexternal
environment. While these children can switch between two languages with greater 10..........(easy) it
remainstobeseenwhetherthisisadvantageouswhenlearningadditionallanguages.

III. Completethesecondsentencesothatithasasimilarmeaningtothefirstsentence,usingthe
wordgiven.Donotchangethewordgiven.Youmustusebetween3and8wordsincluding
thewordgiven.

(15points)
1. WhenIrealisedwhathadhappend,Ibecamequiteafraid.
OVERCOME
I.......................................................................................whenIworkedoutwhathad
occurred.

2.Itlooksasifhe'sforgottenaboutthemeetingagain.TO
Heseems..............................................................................................aboutthe
meetingagain.

3.Youcanseethattheymadeabigeffortwiththeschoolplay.DEAL
Youcanseethat.................................................................................................intotheschool
play.

4.YouhavetoworkherefortwoyearsbeforetheyconsideryouforpromotionBEEN
Theywillconsideryouforpromotion............................................................................fortwo
years.

5.Itwasabadideatoturnupunexpectedlywithoutcallingfirst.BLUE
Youshould............................................................................................................withoutcalling
first.

IV. Findonewordwhichisappropriateforallthreegapsineachofthefollowingsentences.(10
points)

1. Wewereaimingtoraiseonemillioneurosforcharity,butwe.shortbyquitealongway.
IdidasurveyonlineanditsaidthatI.intothecategoryofpeoplewhoshouldconsidera
careerchange.
Janeseemedconfidentgoingintotheinterview,butthenshetopiecesandmadeacomplete
messofit.

2. IdontlikepartiesbecauseIveneverbeengoodat.talk.
Iwishyouwouldnttrytomakemelook..infrontofotherpeople.
Wesatupchattingintothehours.

3. Implanningtogotothefuneral,justto..mylastrespect.
IwassurprisedwhenCalebsaidIlookednicebecausehedoesntusually.me
compliments.
Imightnothavealotofmoney,butIalwaysmakesureImyway.

4. Theresno.forbelievingthattheQueenisgoingtoabdicate.
Sheisonlyworkinghereonatemporary
WechoseTurkeyonthe.thatitsmuchcheaperthanGreece.

5. Wehopeitwontbetoolongbeforewestarta.
Mydadthoughtthatthewholethingreflectedbadlyonthename.
Ourdogsgotagreatpersonalityandwealltreatherlikeoneofthe..

Writing(50points)

Youworkforalocalenvironmentalorganizationwhichisconcernedabouttheeffectthatmasstourismis
havingonyourregion.Yourmanageraskedyoutowriteaproposalinwhichyousuggestwaysof
encouragingtouriststocontinuevisitingyourareawithoutthreateningthelocalenvironment.Use
approximately300words.

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UseofEnglish

V. Filleachofthenumberedblanksinthefollowingtext.Useonlyonewordineachspace.(15
points)

Inamajorbreakthroughindiving,scientistshavedevelopedanartificialgillcapable1.... obtainingoxygen
2.....seawater.Thequestionof3........fishbreathepuzzledmanforcenturies.Now,fortunately,ateamof
chemists, physicists and mathematicians at Tokyo University have built two forms of artificial gill, which
imitatethebreathingmethodused4.....fish.Theyarealsodevelopingalightweightversion5..........couldbe
wornontheback.Theyexpectthatthefirstmodel will be6........... forhumantrialswithinthreeyearsand
couldbe7........saleintheshopswithinfivetotenyears.Fishtransferoxygendirectlytotheblood,andthe
artificialgillwillbe8..........totransferoxygenthroughamouthpieceintohumanlungs.Thisprocessoftaking
oxygen9.........ofwateroccursthroughtheultrathinsurfaceofhundredsoffine,hollowthreads.Aswater
streamsoverthem,thedissolved oxygenin10. .......passesthroughtobecomea breathablegas.Atthe
moment, the human gill has a 10litre volume, 11........ has to be halved to produce a machine small
12.............tobecommerciallysuccessful.In13........tothis,theteamisoptimistic,believingitwillhavehuge
valuebothforcommercialandleisurepurposes14........ itwillletpeopledive,inshallowwater,foras15.
.....astheylike.

VI. Readthetextbelowandusethewordgiveninthebracketstoformwordsthatfitinthegaps.
(10points)
There has been much debate in recent times about when young people should take up a second language. This has
been especially fuelled inrecenttimesbytheincreasing1...................(important)placedontheEnglish
language.Itisnowcommonplacetoseeparentsprovidingasubstantialamountof2................(funding)
onadditionaltuitiononlanguagelessonstogivetheirchildrenevery3...................(competition)edge.In
thepastdecade,languageinstituteshavesprungupin4...............(number)urbancentres,allclaimingto
providerapid5...................(advanced)inEnglish.Therehasbeenapushbymanyparentstoexpose
theirchildrentoEnglishintheir6.................(formation)years.This,manyclaim,willmakethelanguage
more 7..................(instinct) and ensure that all pronunciation errors can be avoided. There is some
evidencewhichpointstoyoungsterswhohavebeenraisedin8..................(language)families,wherethe
languagespokenathomeisdifferenttotheonethatthey9...........(conversation)withintheirexternal
environment.Whilethesechildrencanswitchbetweentwolanguageswithgreater10..........(easy)it
remainstobeseenwhetherthisisadvantageouswhenlearningadditionallanguages.

VII. Completethesecondsentencesothatithasasimilarmeaningtothefirstsentence,usingthe
wordgiven.Donotchangethewordgiven.Youmustusebetween3and8wordsincluding
thewordgiven.

(15points)
2. WhenIrealisedwhathadhappend,Ibecamequiteafraid.
OVERCOME
I...............................whenIworkedoutwhathadoccurred.

2.Itlooksasifhe'sforgottenaboutthemeetingagain.TO
Heseems................................................aboutthemeetingagain.

3.Youcanseethattheymadeabigeffortwiththeschoolplay.DEAL
Youcanseethat.............................................wentintotheschoolplay.

4.YouhavetoworkherefortwoyearsbeforetheyconsideryouforpromotionBEEN
Theywillconsideryouforpromotion...............................................fortwoyears.

5.Itwasabadideatoturnupunexpectedlywithoutcallingfirst.BLUE
Youshould.......................................................withoutcallingfirst.
 VIII. Findonewordwhichisappropriateforallthreegapsineachofthefollowingsentences.(10
points)
6. Wewereaimingtoraiseonemillioneurosforcharity,butwe.shortbyquitealongway.
IdidasurveyonlineanditsaidthatI.intothecategoryofpeoplewhoshouldconsidera
careerchange.
Janeseemedconfidentgoingintotheinterview,butthenshetopiecesandmadeacomplete
messofit.

7. IdontlikepartiesbecauseIveneverbeengoodat.talk.
Iwishyouwouldnttrytomakemelook..infrontofotherpeople.
Wesatupchattingintothehours.

8. Implanningtogotothefuneral,justto..mylastrespect.
IwassurprisedwhenCalebsaidIlookednicebecausehedoesntusually.me
compliments.
Imightnothavealotofmoney,butIalwaysmakesureImyway.

9. Theresno.forbelievingthattheQueenisgoingtoabdicate.
Sheisonlyworkinghereonatemporary
WechoseTurkeyonthe.thatitsmuchcheaperthanGreece.

10. Wehopeitwontbetoolongbeforewestarta.
Mydadthoughtthatthewholethingreflectedbadlyonthename.
Ourdogsgotagreatpersonalityandwealltreatherlikeoneofthe..

Writing(50points)
Youworkforalocalenvironmentalorganizationwhichisconcernedabouttheeffectthatmasstourismis
havingonyourregion.Yourmanageraskedyoutowriteaproposalinwhichyousuggestwaysof
encouragingtouriststocontinuevisitingyourareawithoutthreateningthelocalenvironment.Use
approximately300words.
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Key
I. Fillin
1. of
2. from
3. how
4. by
5. which
6. available
7. on
8. used
9. out
10. it
11. which
12. enough
13. addition
14. as
15. long

II. Wordformation
1. importance
2. funding
3. competitive
4. numerous
5. advancement
6. formative
7. instinctive
8. bilingual
9. converse
10. ease

III. Rephrase
1. IcouldntovercomemyfearwhenIworkedoutwhathadoccurred
2. heseemstohaveforgottenaboutthemeetingagain.
3. youcanseethatagreatdealofeffortwentintotheschoolplay.
4. theywillconsideryouforpromotionafteryouhaveworkedherefortwoyears.
5. nothaveturnedupoutoftheblue

IV. Onewordonly:
1.fell
2.small
3.pay
4.bases
5.family