Circle the option, A, B, C or D that best fits each gap:

Official figures show that the number of people (1) … international flights is decreasing, and
that this is (2) … in significant changes to holidaying habits. As the cost of air tickets increases,
it appears that more and more families are choosing to (3) … their summer holidays at home.
People are also becoming more (4) … of the harm that flying does to the environment, and
see it as a way of helping to (5) … the planet, too. For many parents, a summer with no
overcrowded resorts may seem attractive, but the idea might well be less (6) … with their
teenage children, who are probably (7) … to flying off to Miami as soon as school breaks up.
So, the question is, how can young people (8) … lots of fun when so much will be closed for
the holidays, and so many of their friends are (9) … to be away? Nowadays, many sports
centres organize summer activities aimed at young people (10) … either on indoor or outdoor
sports.

1. A. making B. taking C. travelling D. flying

2. A. leading B. resulting C. causing D. creating

3. A. pass B. employ C. use D. spend

4. A. aware B. thoughtful C. wise D. familiar
5. A. save B. secure C. guard D. defend
6. A. liked B. popular C. approved D. accepted

7. A. used B. experienced C. preffered D. prepared

8. A. do B. live C. cause D. have
9. A. positive B. inevitable C. bound D. definite
10. A. eager B. keen C. fond D. enthusiastic

Read the text below and use ONE WORD only in each gap:

The very first Tour de France, the greatest cycle race (1)_________________ the world, was
held in 1903. It began when two French journalists came (2)_______________ with the idea
of a race right round the country, (3)___________ that had never been tried before. Nowadays
we might think the aim of (4)______________an idea would be to bring in lots of television
money, or even tourists, but at the beginning of the 20 th century what they wanted to do (5)
_____________sell more copies of their newspaper. And they succeeded. Circulation figures,
(6)___________had been 25,000, went to 65,000 within a year. In time, their initial design for
the race changed. For instance, they had intended (7)______________ to be held over five
weeks, but such a race was just too much for the riders and very (8)_________ wanted to take
part. So it became half (9) _____________ length, and it would be run entirely in July
(10)________ than from late May to early July.

Read the following text and put the verbs in brackets in the correct
tense:
I went to the doctor yesterday. I 1)……………. (have to) wait for an hour before
he 2)………………. (can) see me. “I 3)……………………(go)next week. But I
4)…………. (have) a pain for two days. 5)……………. (you/ think) I’ll be well enough
to go?” “When I 6)…………….. (examine) you, I’ll be able to tell you” , the doctor
said. “ I 7)………………….. (work) in the garden when I suddenly 8 )…………… (
feel) the pain”, I told the doctor. “If I 9)……………….(stop) immediately , it would
have been all right, I suppose. But I hardly ever 10)……………. ( get) any exercise
in my job so I went on working.” After examining me carefully , the doctor said:
“You must have hurt a bone in your back .”

Use the word given in brackets to form a word that fits in each sentence:

1. These old envelopes are (REUSE) ……………. So we can save money.

2. John’s (KNOW)…………….. of history is amazing for a boy of his age.
3. Actually , I found Tony’s book was (SURPRISE) …………… interesting.
4. Not being chosen for the team was a great (DISAPPOINT) ……………. .
5. George won a medal for (BRAVE) …………………… .
6. We measured the (LONG) …………… of the room.
7. Some students can’t find suitable (ACCOMMODATE)…………… .
8. They didn’t give Gary the job as he was (EXPERIENCED)………………
9. Being (SELF) ………………… means that you share with others.
10. The question is (AWFUL) ………… difficult, isn’t it?

Read the following text and decide which answer A, B, C or D best fits in
each gap:

London is famous (1) ... its parks and gardens. Some of them belong to the Crown
(2) ... they are all open to the public and the entrance is free of charge. In St James's
Park you can watch and (3) ... swans, ducks, geese and other water birds. Hyde Park
(4) ... to be a hunting ground and is still popular with horse riders.

Those (5) ... like a good argument should go to the Speakers' Corner to listen to
individuals (6) ... their speeches on various subjects. Regent's Park now houses
London Zoo and open-air theatre where Shakespeare's plays are staged (7) ...
summer. Not (8) ... the parks are in the city centre. Greenwich and Richmond are
located in the suburbs. All these areas of green give the city dwellers an excellent (9)
... to enjoy some peace and quiet (10) ... from traffic and crowded streets.

1. A) by B) for C) from D) with

2. A) because of B) unlike C) despite D) but

3. A) feed B) eat C) breed D) lead

4. A) should B) ought C) used D) have

5. A) who B) whose C) which D) whom

 6. A) doing B) giving C) taking D) talking

7. A) to B) at C) in D) on

8. A) each B) whole C) every D) all

9. A) chance B) knowledge C) account D) source

10. A) apart B) about C) away D) around

Translate the following text into Romanian ( 10 X 1.5p=15 p)

By the time he was fifty, Doctor Austin Sloper was quite a famous person in New York.
His conversation was clever and amusing, and no fashionable party in the city was
complete without him.

He was also lucky. In 1820, at the age of twenty-seven, he had married, for love, a
very charming girl, who had a fortune of ten thousand dollars a year. For about five
years Doctor Sloper was a very happy husband; he continued to work as a doctor and
each year became more experienced and more successful.

Some of the experience, however, was very unwelcome. His first child, a little boy of
great promise, died at three years of age. Neither the mother's love nor the father's
medicine could save him.

SUBIECTUL B –INTEGRATED SKILLS

Read the text below and do the tasks that follow.

Every year I work at a summer camp for kids and I really enjoy seeing the children do
things they never thought they could do. Nearly all the kids know how to swim and play
table-tennis before they come, but things like rock climbing are new experiences for
most. Some of them are very nervous, but after a bit of encouragement, they agree to
try and they all get to the top in the end, which makes them feel great.

The kids stay several weeks and some do miss home. You might expect it to be the
really young ones who feel like that the most but it’s actually the ten- to thirteen-year-
olds. We don’t let them use their mobile phones all the time. First we tell them they can
phone home after lunch. Then when they ask again, usually after dinner, we say it’s a
bit too late to phone and suggest doing it the next day. Most children are fine in a
couple of days and at the end of their stay, it’s amazing how many come and thanks
us because they have had a great time.

It’s not just the children who get lonely. We get parents who are on the phone the whole
time, asking how their child is getting on, which is quite unnecessary. Often their son
or daughter will be busy, playing games or doing something else, so we have to tell
parents to ring back another time.
Some kids arrive dressed in smart, designer, new clothes and they sometimes argue
when we tell them to change into something they won’t mind getting dirty, but before
long they realise what we mean.

I. For each question choose the right letter A , B, C or D (5 x 2p = 10p )

1 What is the writer trying to do in this text?

A describe how children make friends at a summer camp
B suggest how parents should choose a summer camp for children
C explain what it is like for children at a summer camp
D advise children how to behave at a summer camp

2 What does the writer say about rock climbing at the camp?
A Some children already know how to do it.
B Some children prefer to swim or play table-tennis.
C Some children refuse to take part.
D Some children find it more enjoyable than they expected to.

3 What surprises the writer about the children who stay at the camp?
A The youngest ones find it hard to be away from home.
B They complain if they cannot phone their parents.
C They miss meal times with their parents.
D They seem grateful for their experience here.

4 What does the writer think about some parents?

A They should visit their children instead of phoning them.
B They don't need to keep on phoning the camp.
C They shouldn't allow their children to bring phones to camp.
D They need to be reminded to phone their children.

5 Which postcard might a child at the camp send home?

A I was annoyed when they
suggested I put on old
jeans, but I guess they were right
B It's so unfair that everyone
else can use their
mobile phone, but they
won’t let us use mine.
C I've made some good
friends but we're all
because there
isn’t much to do here.
D I was really frightened
every time we went rock
climbing, so they let me
do something else in

II. Read the text again and write a narrative about a summer camp
you have been to. ( 180-200 words ) (50p)

Read the following text and put the verbs in brackets in the correct tense:

The actress Vanessa Kemp (1) ________________ (DISAPPEAR). Yesterday she (2)
_________________ (FAIL) to arrive at the Prince Charles theater in London’s West
End for her lead role in the comedy “Don’t shout!”. Ms. Kemp, who (3)
________________ (LIVE) in Hampstead, (4) ________________ (leave) home at
about four o’clock yesterday afternoon for the theater, a journey she (5)
________________ (MAKE) several times the week before. Two people who (6)
_________________ (WALK) pat her home at the time (7) ________________ (SEE)
her leave. At eight o’clock the theater manager had to break the news to the audience,
who (8) ________________ (WAIT) patiently for the paly to start. Since yesterday,
theater staff and friends (9) ________________ (TRY) to contact Ms. Kemp, but they
(10) ________________ (HAVE) no success so far.

Translate the following text into Romanian:

ln 1909 a play called Liliom was seen for the first time in Budapest. lt had been written
by Ferenc Molnar, a local man who had gained considerable success and fame from
earlier plays. The audiences were puzzled by the play's strange mixture of harsh
realism and fantasy. Nevertheless, there was a clue to its meaning. Molnar was well-
known in the city and people were aware that when he had written Liliom, his first
marriage had been in difficulty. The couple had huge arguments and it was said that
he beat his wife. Molnar's plays often reflected his own life and it seemed likely that in
the play he was trying to say that an unpleasant, even violent, exterior can hide a
gentle nature.

SUBIECTUL B – INTEGRATED SKILLS

Read the text below and do the tasks that follow.

Father was in the army all through the war - the First War, I mean - so, up to
the age of five, I never saw much of him, and what I saw did not worry me.
Sometimes I woke and there was a big figure looking down at me. Sometimes in the
early morning I heard the closing of the front door and the sound of boots walking
down the lane. These were Father's entrances and exits.

In fact, I rather liked his visits, though it was an uncomfortable squeeze

between Mother and him when I got into the big bed in the early morning. He
smoked, which gave him a pleasant sort of smell. Watching him shave was
fascinating. Each time he went away, he left lots of souvenirs – model tanks, knives,
cap badges and all sorts of military equipment which he put in a long box on top of
the wardrobe as he felt that they could be handy sometime. When he was not there,
Mother let me get a chair and search through his treasures. She did not seem to
think so highly of them as he did.

The war was the most peaceful period of my life. Every morning I awoke as
soon as it was light and felt myself to be like the sun, ready to shine and rejoice. Life
never seemed so simple and clear and full of possibilities as then. I got up, went into
Mother's room and climbed into the big bed. She woke and I began to tell her of my
schemes. I talked but then fell asleep and woke again only when I heard her below in
the kitchen, making the breakfast.
 I often wondered what Mother and I should do all day, what present I would
get for Christmas and what I should do to brighten up the home. There was that little
matter of the baby, for instance. Mother and I could never agree about that. Ours
was the only house in the street without a new baby, and Mother said we could not
afford one until Father came back from the war as they were very expensive. That
showed how simple she was. The Geneys who lived nearby had a baby, and
everybody knew that they had hardly any money at all. Admittedly it was probably a
cheap baby, and Mother wanted something really good, but I felt this did not really
matter. The Geney's baby would have been fine for us.

I. For each question choose the correct letter A, B, C or D (5 x 2p= 10p)

1. Until the age of five, the writer

A. did not worry his father
B. never saw his father.
C. often annoyed his father.
D. saw his father occasionally.

2. The writer's father kept his souvenirs because he thought

A. they could be put inside the wardrobe.
B. they were very valuable.
C. Mother did not seem to value them.
D. they might be useful.

3. When the writer woke up, he felt that

A. life was good.
B. he was simple.
C. life was possible.
D. he was funny.

4. What happened as soon as the writer got into his mother's bed?
A. She went to make breakfast.
B. He told her all his plans.
C. She asked him about his schemes.
D. He went to sleep.

5. Why did the writer think that his mother would not have wanted the Geney's
baby?
A. It was probably not of very good quality.
B. The price would have been too high.
C. The Geneys were too poor.
D. She probably thought it was too good for her.

II. Read the text again and write a narrative essay about one childhood memory
you hold dear. (180-200 words)