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OLIMPIADA DE LIMBA ENGLEZA

CLASA a VII-a
AN SCOLAR 2013-2014

I. Complete the sentences using the following words. Use the plural (-s) where necessary.
advice chair work experience furniture
information job luggage permission progress 10p

1. I didn’t have much .............- just two small bags.

2. They’ll tell you all you want to know. They’ll give you plenty of.................. .
3. There is room for everybody to sit down. There are plenty of.................. .
4. We have no..............., not even a bed or a table.
5. Carla’s English is better than it was. She’s made......... .
6. Mike is unemployed. He can’t get a ............... .
7. Mike is unemployed. He can’t get................. .
8. If you want to leave early, you have to ask for............... .
9. I didn’t know what to do. So I asked Chris for............. .
10. I don’t think Dan will get the job. He doesn’t have enough................. .

II. Fill in with the appropriate form of the verbs in brackets: 20p

News (1) ….......... (just come in) that their (2) ….......... (be) an air crash somewhere off the south coast of
England. There (3) ….......... (be) 120 passengers and crew on the plane and it is understood that no
survivors (4) ….......... (be found). Apparently the plane (5) ….......... (go) mysteriously out of control and
(6) ….......... (plunge) into the sea. Relatives of most of the passengers and crew (7) ….......... (now be
informed) and many of them (8) ….......... (set off) for the sea rescue base, but they (9) ….......... (not be
given) much hope. Most of the passengers (10) ….......... (be) on business.

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III. Choose the correct answer A-D for gaps 1-7. 14 p

In 1896 the French physicist Antoine Henry Becquerel 1)… investigating uranium salts. He
accidentally left a bit of uranium lying on some photographic plates – glass plates which were
used in photography before film was 2)…..
3)…. The plates were wrapped in thick black paper to protect them from the light, after some
time Becquerel found out that they had been exposed, just as if they had been lying in the sun. He
asked himself how this 4)…. happened. He repeated the experiment and finally 5)…. to
conclusion that the uranium salt emitted unknown rays, similar 6)…. X-rays, which could pass
through thick black paper. In this way radioactivity 7)…. discovered.
1. A was B had C been D had been
2. A discovered B invented C observed D found
3. A because B when C although D however
4. A been B was C had D has
5. A came B went C made D did
6. A than B like C to D with
7. A - B was C had D been

IV. Use the words at the end to form a new word for each gap 1 – 8. 16 p
In some big cities in Britain, identical houses in similar areas are sold for very 1)… prices. Why is this? Each
school in Britain has a list of streets it takes its students from. It can only take students from another area
if there are not enough local students to take up all the places. Understandably, parents will 2)… pay more
for a house in a street where their children could attend a better school.
What about those who can’t afford to pay more for their house? At the moment, if they don’t have the 3)… to
pay, their children will have to go to a worse school which probably has more problem students and 4)…
results.
Some people believe that this is 5)… . They say that the children of poor parents who want a good 6)….
should have the same chance as the children of richer parents. They suggest introducing “lottery” schemes
to decide which school a child will attend. The idea is that the better students will help the others and the
teachers will be able to control them more 7)…

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Obviously not everyone likes the idea. The parents who are upset are generally richer and more 8)… than
others, and they have a good chance of keeping things as they are.
1. DIFFERENCE; 2. HAPPY; 3. ABLE; 4. LOW; 5. FAIR; 6. EDUCATE; 7. EASY; 8. POWER.

V. Rewrite the sentences using the Passive Voice: 20p

1. People must park their cars here.
Cars……………………………………..
2. Children ask a lot of questions.
A lot of…………………………………
3. They are opening the window now.
The window…………………………………
4. They are building a new school.
A new school…………………………………..
5. They must do something.
Something………………………………………..
6. Somebody is cleaning my room.
My room………………………………………
7. They don’t often invite her to parties.
She………………………………………….
8. People say that Ann is very rich.
Ann……………………………………………..
9. You should lock all these papers up.
All these papers…………………………………….
10. Passengers leave umbrellas in buses and trams,
Umbrellas…………………………………………….
VI .Write a composition starting with the following beginning:
„ I had great expectations for that day but…….”20 p

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