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 - Intensiv 3-4 ore

SUBIECTUL I ( 30 puncte) Varianta 012

Read the text below and complete the following tasks.

Even among educators who worry about too much tilt1 to technology, there is growing
agreement that a computer is a powerful motivator of a school-age child. Students with access to a
micro spend more time studying and solving problems. (1) … The kids who don’t get indoctrinated
to computers by seventh grade are not going to develop the same proficiency. Andrew Molnar,
computer education specialist at the National Science Foundation says: “Power is not distributed
evenly now, and computers will broaden that gap.” Other observers disagree, seeing instead a
potential educational leveling device. “(2) … “ says Computer Consultant Charles Lecht. “Students
who used to fail because they could not master geometry the first time around will be able to turn
to the computer for relief. The machines will emerge as great equalizers.” But the majority in the
field worry about the near-term specter of the rich taking control of the technology while the poor
play video games. Steven Jobs, the 27-year-old chairman of Apple Computer, had proposed
donating a free computer to every school in the country, provided Congress grant manufacturers
the same tax break that would be available if they gave the equipment to a university. (3) … But
Jobs is now backing off, unhappy with various limitations in the version of the tax break that has
passed the House and is awaiting Senate action. If he were to get the bill he wants, the delivery of
thousands of free machines would help to even out the inequities. “Computers will be taught in
most schools eventually,” says Jobs. “(4) … The question is, why wait?”

(Computers and Education in Time, 1982)

tilt=raising slope

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

A. No one nowadays buys a computer.

B. But that’s five to ten years from now.
C. Those who write at their keyboards compose more freely and revise their work more thoroughly.
D. The companies that took advantage of the law would then have been able to do a public
service, while also building future markets.
E. In the long run, all God’s children will have computers.

2. Explain the underlined words. 6 points

3. Sum up the text in about 50 words. 10 points

4. For the following questions, choose the answer (A, B, C, D) which fits according to the
text. 6 points

1. The text refers to …

A. new technology in schools.
B. new technology in universities.
C. rich class.
D. adults’ education.
 Ministerul Educaţiei, Cercetării şi Tineretului
Centrul Naţional pentru Curriculum şi Evaluare în Învăţământul Preuniversitar

2. The computer is seen as …

A. a game.
B. a relief.
C. something dangerous.
D. something dreadful.

3. Computers represent …
A. a common class.
B. future in education.
C. wasting of time.
D. a game for adults.

5. Comment on the following statement: Even among educators who worry about too much tilt
to technology, there is growing agreement that a computer is a powerful motivator of a school-age
child. (100 words) 4 points