INSPECTORATUL ŞCOLAR JUDEŢEAN CONSTANŢA

TESTARE LA LIMBA ENGLEZĂ

Iunie 2007

A. Complete the gaps with the correct tense of the verb: (10 x 2p =20 points)

One day a husband and wife ________1. (drive) to the countryside to visit their
friends when they realised 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.

B. Circle the correct answer: 15 points

1. This young teacher has been in our school ................................... one year.
a. since b. past c. ago d. for
2. In the north of Romania ........................... many monasteries that are worth visiting.
a. exists b. there are c. there is d. there have
3. We saw .................................... in the mirror.
a. ourself b. ourselves c. ourselfs d. ourselfvs
4. When ................................... school?
a. did he finish b. he finished c. he did finish d. did he finished
5. Do you know where .....................................?
a. is this writer born b. was this writer born c. has this writer been born
d. this writer was born
6. A man whose wife is dead is a .............................................
a. widow b. widower c. spinster d. bachelor
7. The detective obtained ..................................... important information.
a. another b. many c. a lot of d. an
8. Neither my sister nor I .................................. at home at that time yesterday.
a. was b. has been c. were d. have been
9. Christopher Columbus, .................................. was the first European to discover
America, was born in Italy in 1451.
a. which b. that c. whom d. who
10. A young porter helped me to carry my..........................................
a. luggages b. piece of luggages c. luggage d. pieces of luggages
11. He knows ............................... a car.
a. repairing b. repair c. how to repair d. to repair
12. ............................... I speak to your daughter, please?
a. Shall b. Need c. May d. Must
13. Chris has got ............................... English books than I have.
a. much many b. many more c. as many d. more many
14. “.................................. do the trolley-buses run?” “Every ten minutes.”
a. What times b. How much c. How far d. How often
15. If she .................................. , she wouldn’t have been lying in bed now!
a. would have listened to me b. listened to me c. listens to me
d. had listened

C. Identify any possible errors in the following sentences and correct them. (10
points)

1. Ann has lived in Bucharest for two years and then has moved to Constanta.
2. Hardly the teacher asked the question when the student answered it.
3. He has changed a lot. He wasn’t always looking like that.
4. He was ill for the last month.
5. I’ll answer him immediately, if I will get the fax.
6. I’ll see her when I will recover.
7. The milk is tasting a bit sour.
8. When our guests arrived, my wife made tea.
9. Who did own the house?
10. Who have you been spoken to all this time?

D. Use the words in capitals to form a word that fits in the space: (10 x 1.5p=
15points)

1. All of us burst into ............................. at his joke. LAUGH

2. You have been cheated: these stamps are ....................... WORTH
3. This kind of work requires ........................... PRECISE
4. One needs ................ friends when one is in trouble. RELY
5. Good crops require plenty of good .................... FERTILIZE
6. Fashion design is highly ...................................... today. COMPETITION
7. The owl is the symbol of................ WISE
8. One of the major problems in today’s society is .......... EMPLOY
9. His blood .......... was alarmingly high. PRESS
10. Aren’t you .......... of what you have done? SHAME