Probă de verificare a cunoştinţelor de limbă modernă pentru admiterea în liceu la

clasa cu predare în regim intensiv – limba engleză

Septembrie, 2009

USE OF ENGLISH

I. Choose the correct answer:

1. Did you manage …… your car? (fixing/ to fix/ fix)
2. The school ….every week. (cleans/ cleaned/ is cleaned)
3. …. You tell me the way to the station, please? (Wouldn’t/ Can/ Should)
4. The parcel ….. to you by the end of the next month. (is delivered/ will be
delivered/ delivers)
5. You ….. smoke anywhere in the hospital. (can/ don’t have to/ shouldn’t)
6. Ann’s dad is in Paris. He ….. there for a week. (was/ has been/ had been)
7. Right now she …. A motorbike magazine. (is reading/ reads/ has read)
8. He … the owner at six o’clock this afternoon. (meets/ is meeting/ meet)
9. I’m thinking of … to Spain next summer. (go/ to go/ going)
10. Rolex watches …….in Switzerland. (are made/ make/ made)

II. Read the text below and complete each gap with the correct variant. The first one has
been done for you:
The war ..0C.. between Athens and Sparta..1…….. than 400 years before the birth of
Christ resulted ..2…….. the defeat of Athens by the more military power of Sparta.
However, Sparta’s victory was ..3….. temporary, and Athens went on to produce
philosophers ..4…… Aristotle, and great orators, one example. …5…. Demosthenes.
…6…., one of the most significant effects of the war was that …7…the first real history
ever written was written about it. The writer, an Athenian general ..8….. Thucydides, had
a passion for accuracy, and did not use the myth and romance which historians had used
until …9…… Not only was the history of Thucydides factually accurate, it was ..10……
written in splendid Greek.

0. A. happen B. battle C. fought D. fighted

1. A. over B. much C. more D. higher
2. A. over B. with C. for D. in
3. A. more B. really C. only D. finally
4. A. example B. such as C. liking D. that is
5. A. was B. like C. instance D. being
6. A. Only B. In fact C. Instead D. However
7. A. almost B. yet C. very D. actually
8. A. who was B. name C. for example D. called
9. A. before B. then C. the end D. recently
10. A. anyway B. also C. has D. but

III. Complete the second sentence so that it has a similar meaning to the first sentence:
1. My advice is to get to the airport two hours before take-off.
If I _____________________________________________
2. I have a lot of work to do, and I don’t know where to begin.
I have so ________________________________________
3. Let’s invite Margaret and Julia to the party.
How ____________________________________________
4 Rebecca wanted to go to Japan, so she saved some money.
Rebecca saved some money so that ____________________
5 The car was so old that it kept breaking down.
It was ___________________________________________
6 Please speak more slowly.
Would you mind ___________________________________
7 There are too few chairs in the room.
There aren’t _______________________________________
8 I’d much prefer to live in a house than in a flat.
I’d much rather _____________________________________
9 The heavy rain on A20 blocked the traffic for about two hours.
The traffic on A20 ___________________________________
10 Robert appears to have forgotten my birthday again.
It appears __________________________________________
IV. Complete the gaps in the following sentences with one word each:

1. Everybody thinks this must be …. Most important discovery in recent history.

2. I don’t know …. told you this, but it’s definitely not true.
3. They won’t restart the game …. it stops raining.
4. Diana refused to attend the wedding ceremony, and …. did her sister.
5. They stayed in different hotels, many of …. were really expensive.
6. She may not have studied as much …….. others, but she got the best mark.
7. We reached the top of the mountain in …. of dense fog.
8. It’s obvious that she’s much better prepared ….. her colleagues.
9. We should ……taken our umbrellas.
10. ….jacket is this? Yours or your sister’s?

VOCABULARY

I. Circle the correct variant:

1. John hates waiting more than ten minutes for a bus. He gets very impatient/
unpatient.
2. Sharon was early for her appointment so she read a magazine to lose/ pass the
time.
3. Marcus always said/ told the truth. It was impossible for him to lie.
4. It was awful/ awfully difficult to read the sign as it was so dark.
5. Shall I turn the central conditioning/ heating off? It’s very hot in here.
6. Julie’s studying to become a primary school professor/teacher.
7. Bill thanked the guest/ host for the party and went home.
8. My favourite/ preferred time of year is spring.
9. By 11.00 I felt so tired/ tiring that I went to bed.
10. I’m not the best cook/ cooker in the world, but I manage pretty well.
II. Complete each sentence with a word formed from the word in capitals:

1. We were so …….. on the trip – it rained the whole week. LUCK

2. I’m afraid there seems to be a problem with your ……… APPLY
3. ….. nobody was hurt in the fire. FORTUNE
4. What I appreciate most about him is his …….. CREATE
5. This letter is totally ………, I can’t make any sense of it. COHERENT
6. Mark’s ….. to join the group came as a total surprise. REFUSE
7. Hey! It looks like we’ve got some …. guests tonight. EXPECT
8. To everybody’s ……….. Angela only came up third in race. AMAZE
9. The rate of ….. has increased in most urban areas. CRIME
10. Though Jane failed in her first attempt, she was finally…….. SUCCESS
KEY TO EXERCISES

USE OF ENGLISH – 40 items x 1 point each

I. 1. to fix; 2. is cleaned; 3. Can; 4. will be delivered; 5. can’t; 6. has been; 7. is reading;

8. is meeting; 9. going; 10. are made.

II.1.C; 2.D; 3.C; 4.B; 5.D; 6.B; 7.D; 8.D; 9.B; 10.B

III.1. were you, I would get to the airport one hour before take off.
2. much work to do that I don’t know where to begin.
3. about inviting Julia and Margaret to the party?
4. she could go to Japan.
5. such an old car that it kept breaking down.
6. speaking more slowly?
7. enough chairs in the room.
8. live in a house than in a flat.
9. was blocked for about two hours because of / by the heavy rain.
10. that Robert has forgotten my birthday again.

IV. 1. the; 2. who; 3. until/ unless; 4. so; 5. which; 6. as; 7. spite; 8. than; 9. have; 10.
whose.

VOCABULARY 20 items x 1 point each

I. 1. impatient; 2. pass; 3. told; 4. awfully; 5. heating; 6. teacher; 7. host; 8. favourite; 9.

tired; 10. cook.

II. 1. UNLUCKY
2 APPLICATION
3. FORTUNATELY
4. CREATIVITY
5. INCOHERENT
6. REFUSAL
7. UNEXPECTED
8. AMAZEMENT
9. CRIMINALITY
10. SUCCESSFUL

TOTAL 60points