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OLIMPIADA DE LIMBA ENGLEZA

An scolar 2017-2018
Faza pe scoala
Clasa a VII-a

I. Read the article about the sharks and whales. Choose the best word ( A, B or C) for each space.

Sharks and whales (10x2p=20p)


There are many different types of sharks but the most famous of all is the Great White Shark. Some____1 these
sharks weigh nearly two thousand kilos and can be six meters ________2. However, the Blue Whale is much_______3. It
can weigh as much_____4 thirteen thousand kilos and is often more _____5 thirty meters long.
Although the Blue Whale is so big, ____6 is much less dangerous than the Great White Shark. The Great White is
the most dangerous thing in the sea. It finds its food close _____7 beaches where the water is not too deep and has
killed people swimming in the sea. A Great White Shark’s stomach _____8 often bigger than a human adult. So you
should be afraid _____________9 of it, it is the biggest killer _________10 earth.
1. A. of B. from C. for 6. A. he B. it C they
2. A. long B. tall C. high 7. A. on B. to C. at
3. A. big B. bigger C. biggest 8. A. is B are C. be
4. A. to B. for C. as 9. A. from B. at C. of
5. A. than B. that C. and 10. A. in B. from C. on

II. Complete the gaps with the correct tense of the verb: (10 x 2p =20p.)
One day a husband and wife ________1. (drive) to the countryside to visit their friends when they realized they
needed to stop for petrol.
The man _________2. (fill) the car with petrol when he _________3. (see) a penguin standing by a pump. He
_________4. (think) it was very strange and when he went to the cashier to pay, he asked, ‘Why is there a penguin
standing next to the pump?’ The cashier replied, ‘I don’t know. It _________5. (be) there all morning.’ The man replied,
‘Well, we can’t leave it there, it’s too dangerous. He might have an accident. What should I do?’ The cashier suggested,
‘You should take it to the zoo.’ ‘That’s a good idea,’ the man said. ‘I _________6. (take) him there right now.’ So the man
and his wife _________7. (put) the penguin in the car and _________8. (drive) away.
One week later, the man and his wife _________9. (return) to the same garage to fill up the car... and the
penguin _______10. (be) still in the car.

III. Complete the Conditional Sentences Type II. (10 x 2p =20p.)

played
1. If I _______________________(to play) the lottery, I _______________________(to have)
w ould have
a chance to hit the jackpot.
hit
2. If I ______________________________(to hit) the jackpot, I
w ould be
________________________________(to be) rich.
w ere
3. If I ____________________________(to be) rich, my life _____________________________(to
w ould change
change) completely.
w ould buy
4. I _______________________________(to buy) a lonely island, if I __________________________(to
found
find) a nice one.
ow ned
5. If I _____________________(to own) a lonely island, I _____________________(to build)
w ould build
a huge house by the beach.
w ould invite
6. I ______________________(to invite) all my friends if I _________________________(to have)
had
a house by the beach.
w ould pick w anted
7. I _________(to pick) my friends up in my yacht if they ______________(to want) to
spend their holidays on my island.
w ould have
8. We ________________________(to have) great parties if my friends _____________________(to
came
come) to my island.
liked
9. If we _______________(to like) to go shopping in a big city, we________________________(to
w ould charter
charter) a helicopter.
w ere
10. But if my friends' holidays _____________(to be) over, I _________________(to feel)
w ould feel
very lonely on my lonely island.

IV. A newspaper is running a short-story competition. The rules say that the story must begin with these words:
“She opened the door and saw a policeman standing there.”
Write the story, giving it a title, for the competition, in 150 words. (30 p)+10 p. din oficiu

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1. A
2. A
3. B
4. C
5. A
6. B
7. B
8. A
9. C
10. C

II.

1. drove
2. was filling
3. saw
4. thought
5. was
6. am taking
7. put
8. drove
9. returned
10. was

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