OLIMPIADA DE LIMBA ENGLEZĂ

ETAPA pe ȘCOALĂ (Școala ‚Mihai Eminescu’ Buhuși, județul Bacău)

Clasa a VIII-a
26 IANUARIE 2017

I. Read the text below and choose the correct word for each space. (25 points)

Computer games
There are _1-many (lots//many//much//most) different kinds of computer games. Casual games are
quick and easy to play. People can pick up and play the game _2_ (whenever//during//while//since)
they have a spare minute or two. You can find _3_ (their//it//its//them) on your mobile phone, on your
computer and even on your television. They include popular games_4_ (example//as//like//such)
Solitaire and Tetris.
_5_ (Another//Other//Different//One) type of game is serious games. These games are designed to
teach players something useful. One of the_6_ (oldest//popular//greater//longest) running serious
games is the Microsoft Flight Simulator. It was made in 1982, and since then, many_7_
(poets//stewards//pensioners//pilots) have used it to learn to fly planes. Other games teach police and
fire fighters what do in a(n) _8_ (emergency//security//safety//disadvantage).
Language learning software does not typically fall into this _9_ (game//group//system//way), however.
These are educational games. In recent years, an_10_ (increase//increasingly//increasing//increase)
number of games have been created to improve the player’s skills and knowledge. They help younger
kids learn to count and spell, and teach older kids _11_ (to//with//about//for) mathematics and
technology.

II. Complete the second sentence so that the meaning stays the same. (25 points)

1. Tomorrow, there will be heavy rain.

It will ______________tomorrow.

2. It hasn’t rained for four weeks.

It hasn't rained _____________________ago.

3. The party will be outside unless it rains.

If it _______________the party will be outside.

4. It doesn’t rain here very much in July.

We get very ______________here in July.

5. When I was young, I hated going out in the rain.

I didn't _________________like going out in the rain.

6. We have to play football outside, even when it rains.

Our football coach _______________play indoors when it rains.

7. When did you start working here?

How long _____________________________.

8. In the snowy weather, we don’t go to school.

If ___________________________________.

9. No one in our class is taller than Jim.

Jim is ________________________
10. No one has ever discussed that question.
That question _______________________________.

III. Complete the text with the correct form of the verb in brackets. (20 points)

Archimedes, the Greek mathematician,is probably most famous for the story of king Hieron II of
Syracuse and the gold crown.The king a.(want) wanted to give a gold crown as a gift to the gods, and
b.(give) ___________ a carefully weighed amount of gold to a goldsmith.The man c.(produce)_______
a beautiful crown, but the king was worried that the craftsman d.(not use) _________ all the gold to
make the crown. Dishonest craftsmen often e.(mix) ________ gold with silver, which was cheaper, but
the king could not find a way of proving that the man f.(do) ______ this.He g.(ask)_______Archimedes
to solve the problem. Archimedes h.(know) ________ that the gold and silver have different densities.
The problem i.(be) ____ that nobody could calculate the mass of an object like a crown. While
Archimedes j.(think) __________ about this problem, he decided to go to the public baths to relax.
While he k.(climb) __________ into the bath, he l.(notice) __________ some water on the floor. It m.
(spill) ________ over the side of the bath, and he n.(realize) __________that he o.(solve) _________
the problem by accident. The total amount of water that p.(spill) __________out of the bath must be the
same as the volume of his body. He could use a piece of pure gold and calculate its volume, and then
test the crown and see if it was the same. According to the story, he q.(jump) __________ straight out of
the bath and r.(run) _________ down the street calling ‘Eureka – I’ve found it.’ The goldsmith soon s.
(admit) __________that he t.(cheat) ___________ the king, and was punished. Archimedes u.(discover)
_____________ a principle of buoyancy.

a. wanted has wanted will want wants

b. gives gave has given has gave
c. produced was producing has produced will produce
d. didn’t used had not used had not been used was not using
e. mix have mixed are mixing mixed
f. was doing had done are done are doing
g. will ask is asking asked was asked
h. has known knew would know did knew
i. were was has been is being
j. thought was thinking has thought has been thought
k. climbed was climbed was climbing has climbed
l. noticed will notice is noticing has noticed
m. has spilled had spilled had split has split
n. did realized had realize realized should realize
o. will solve had solved would solve has solved
p. had spilled was spilling will spill did spilled
q. is jumping will jumped jumped had jumped
r. ran run is running will run
s. was admitting will admit admitted had admitted
t. has cheated would cheated was cheated had cheated
u. had discovered will discover has discovered is going to discover

IV. Write a composition of at least 150 words (do not exceed 180 words) starting with:

‘I closed the door behind me and then it all started.’ (30 points)