COLEGIUL ECONOMIC RÂMNICU- VÂLCEA

TEST INIŢIAL LA LIMBA ENGLEZĂ

CLASA A XI- A
AN ŞCOLAR 2019- 2020

1. Put the verbs in brackets into the correct tense: ( 30 points)

When Francis Lee was a boy he 1) .............. (want) to be an astronaut. He

2) …….(watch) TV one day in 1969 when he 3) ………. (see) Neil Armstrong walk on the moon. Since
then he 4) ….... (always/dream) of doing the same. Every night when there is a full moon, he stares up at it
for hours and imagines himself walking around on it. At the moment, however, he 5) ………….(work) as a
night-watchman at a meat factory. He 6) ………. (do) the same job since he left school fifteen years ago, but
he still hopes that one day his dream 7) ………..... (come) true. He 8) ………… (hear) that in the 21st
century they 9) …............... (sell) tickets to fly to the moon. For this reason he 10) ….......(save) half of his
wages every month for the past two years.

2. This is an article about fashion. Read it and fill each gap with a word from the table. ( 20 points)

established vital diamond collector family

valuable money reputation tiara private

Jewellery is a ………..(11) part of the royal wardrobe and the Queen owns the finest ………..(12) collection
in the world. The basis of the present royal collection was ……….(13) by Queen Victoria, who spent an
enormous sum of ……….(14) on jewellery, and the most famous jewels that the Royal family wears today,
the Koh-i-noor, the ……….(15) necklace and the Indian regal ………..(16) were all acquired in her reign.

Queen Mary had a ……….(17) for being the most avid ………(18) of jewellery and even today the brooch
made from the fabulous Cullinan Diamond, said to be the most ………..(19) in the world, is known within
the ………….(20) as “Granny Chips”.

3. Complete the second sentence so that it has a similar meaning to the first sentence, using the word
given. Do not change the word. You must use between two and five words, including the word given.
( 10 points)

21. Why don’t we go and see a film tonight? cinema

Let .............................................. tonight.

22. It’s common for people to go south for their holidays. tend
People ........................................................ for their holidays.

23. Wait for your boss to return from his meeting before yu go to lunch. until
Don' t go to lunch……………………..from his meeting.

24. I have never travelled in such a fast car. fastest

That' s………………………………………………….I have ever travelled in.

25. If you have nothing to do, you could find yourself a hobby. take
If you have nothing to do, why .......................................... a hobby?
4. Read the text Robot Birds and choose the correct answer. ( 14 points)

Liverpool city council want to clear the city of fat pigeons. They say that that people are feeding the birds,
which makes them fat. The pigeons get bigger because their normal diet would consist of seeds and insects,
not high-fat junk food they are eating in the city centre.

The council want people to know that everyone who feeds the pigeons is responsible for the streets being so
crowded with these birds. They hope to encourage the birds to move away from the city centre and into parks
and open spaces.

Ten robotic birds have been brought into the city centre to scare the pigeons away and visitors are asked not
to give the pigeons any food. The mechanical birds - known as 'robops' - will sit on the roofs of buildings.
They can be moved around to different locations. They look like a peregrine falcon, which is a bird that kills
pigeons. They even make noises and flap their wings to scare the pigeons. They hope that the pigeons will go
away before the city becomes the European Capital of Culture in two years.

26) Pigeons are fatter in Liverpool than in other cities.

a) Right b) Wrong c) Doesn't say

27) Pigeons get fat because they eat seeds and insects.
a) Right b) Wrong c) Doesn't say

28) According to the council, everyone is to blame for the numbers of pigeons.
a) Right b) Wrong c) Doesn't say

29) They want the pigeons to move out of the city centre.
a) Right b) Wrong c) Doesn't say

30) Visitors shouldn't feed the pigeons.

a) Right b) Wrong c) Doesn't say

31) The robotic birds can move around the city centre.
a) Right b) Wrong c) Doesn't say

32) Liverpool is the European Capital of Culture.

a) Right b) Wrong c) Doesn't say

5. Write the correct form of the word in brackets to fill the gaps. ( 16 points)

33) He gets a lot of ……………….. (ENJOY) from football.

34) Money doesn’t always bring ………………. (HAPPY).
35) It is ……………(HONEST) to take something that isn’t yours.
36) My dad gets very ……………..(PATIENT) when he has to wait ages for the train.
37) I want to be a ……………(SCIENCE) when I’m older.
38) It’s snowing. You need to ride your bike …………………(CAREFUL).
39) ………………….(PERSONAL) speaking, I didn’t like the film.
40) She's ……………….(OBSESS) with fashion. She buys all the fashion magazines.