Ministerul Educaţiei, Cercetării şi Tineretului

Centrul Naţional pentru Curriculum şi Evaluare în Învăţământul Preuniversitar

Examenul de bacalaureat 2008

Proba E/F
Proba scrisă la Limba engleză
L1 normal – L2

• Toate subiectele sunt obligatorii. Se acordă 10 puncte din oficiu.

• Timpul efectiv de lucru este de 3 ore.

SUBIECTUL I (30 puncte) Varianta 090

Read the text below and complete the following tasks.

Many well qualified and extremely able candidates fail at job interviews … (1) and the expectations
of the interviewer.
Successful candidates, on the other hand, manage to impress prospective employers precisely
because they know how to present themselves. Thus, they study the job advertisement; they
analyse what is required in the way of skills qualifications and experience; they assess their own
suitability for the job; and finally, they present themselves in a thoughtful and carefully prepared
manner which will ensure their success.
Their written applications are comprehensive and business like, … (2). They prepare themselves
carefully for interview anticipating likely questions and rehearsing their responses. They study the
structure of the interview and devise a strategy to satisfy the interviewer's requirements. In short,
they prepare themselves to succeed.
As a candidate you should be able to express yourself with clarity and precision. To do this, you
must make adequate preparation. However, this does not mean … (3). To do so would make you
sound unnatural. Your answers should appear spontaneous. At the same time, you should come
across as thoughtful, articulate and coherent. Since interviewers are looking for candidates … (4),
you should state that you enjoy your job, that you are enthusiastic and ambitious, and that you
welcome challenge, whose presence in your life is what makes it worth living.
(British Council Magazine, 2007)

1. Four sentences/groups of words have been removed from the text. Select the appropriate
sentence/ group of words for each gap in the text. There is one extra sentence/group of
words which you do not need to use. 4 points

A. containing all the relevant information presented neatly and concisely

B. simply because they are unaware of the conventions of the job interview
C. that you should learn your responses by heart
D. which is quite a difficult task
E. who display a positive attitude

2. Who/what do the words in bold refer to? 6 points

3. Give the synonyms of the following words. 10 points

1. able 2. to assess 3. to devise 4. likely 5. to display.

4. Answer the following questions: 6 points

A. Why do some well qualified candidates fail at job interviews?

B. What are some of the things successful candidates do in order to impress employers?
C. What should the candidate do in order to display a positive attitude?

5. Comment on the following sentence: In short, they prepare themselves to succeed. (50
words) 4 points