Ministerul Educaţiei, Cercetării, Tineretului şi Sportului

Centrul Naţional de Evaluare si Examinare

TEST DE EVALUARE INIŢIALĂ
Anul şcolar 2011-2012
Limba engleză
Clasa a XI-a

Numele si prenumele elevului:

Data susţinerii testului:

Pentru rezolvarea corectă a tuturor cerinţelor din Partea I şi din Partea a II-a se acordă 90 de puncte.
Din oficiu se acordă 10 puncte.
Timpul efectiv de lucru este de 45 de minute.

PARTEA I
60p

I. 1. Read the text below and complete the following tasks. Write all your answers on the Answer
Sheet.

Three years ago, Liam Clarke was a successful contestant on the Desert Island reality TV show. Millions of
people watched him and other seven contestants as they tried to survive on the famous island for six weeks.
Before he went to the island, good-looking Liam was a teacher in a school in Manchester. He shared a flat
with two friends. However, in the last three years his life has changed a lot.
‘At first it was really exciting,’ he says. ‘I did a lot of interviews for newspapers and celebrity magazines.
( 1).I went to a lot of parties and had a fantastic holiday in Australia, too.
It was great. I really enjoyed all the fame and the excitement, but there were difficulties, too. After a while,
photographers started to follow me and my girlfriend everywhere. One Sunday morning someone knocked on
my door. It was quite early and I was still in bed. ( 2 ) I was very angry, so I grabbed his camera and threw it
across the street. Well, he called the police and then the newspapers were full of the story. The police didn’t
arrest me. They just asked some questions and I paid for a new camera. ( 3 )
After that, things became quieter, but Liam didn’t want to go back to his life in Manchester. ( 4 ) He’s still
famous, but photographers haven’t followed him for a long time.

I. 1. a. Four sentences have been removed from the text. Select the appropriate sentence for each
gap in the text. Write your answers on the Answer Sheet.

A. Whenever I opened a newspaper, I saw my picture. People recognized me in the street and I signed a lot
of autographs.
B. I opened the door in my pyjamas and there was a photographer there.
C. That’s the danger when you’re famous. You lose a lot of your freedom.’
D. He has lived in London for two years now and has worked as DJ for a radio station for over a year.

I. 1.b) For the following sentences, choose the answer (A, B, C, ) which fits according to the text.
Write your answers on the Answer Sheet.

1. Liam Clarke was a successful contestant on the/in: a) Manchester b) Desert Island c) London.
2. Liam’s previous job was: a) a doctor b) a photographer c) a teacher.
3. Liam Clarke was followed by: a) photographers b) policemen c) his girlfriend.
4. When Liam saw the photographer at his door he was: a) very happy b) very sad c) very angry.
5. Nowadays Liam Clarke : a) is not famous anymore b) enjoys my success c) isn’t followed anymore.
 I. 1.c) Which of the sentences are true about Liam’s life?

a) He was arrested by the police. b) People asked him autographs

c) He broke a photographer’s camera. d) He has written a book.
e) Journalists interviewed him. f) People didn’t invite him to a lot of parties.

I. 2. Read the text below and use the words given in capitals below to form words that fit in the
gaps: this, than, English, lips, his, been, ancient, band, evidence, name.

Of all the popular heroes of the …………. people, none as ever achieved an equal ………. and fame
with Robin Hood. For more ………. six hundred years, songs and ballads of ……….. famous outlaw have
been familiar on the ………… of the peasantry. Kings and princes have ……….. forgotten, but not Robin
Hood and his ……….. of bold followers in merry Sherwood Forest. …….. adventures were told in rhymes,
which were sung at village merry-makings. We have no clear …………….. of Robin Hood's life history: all
is wrapped in the dim mist of legend and …………….. history.

I. 3. Put the words in the correct order.

1. Last/ went/ a/ night/ to/ restaurant/ we. ………………………………………………………………..

2. I/ an/ empty/ for/ at/ and/ down/ waited/ table/ my/ friend/ sat. ……………………………………….
3. in/ 2007/ were/ they/ Paris/ in. …………………………………………………………..
4. the/ together/ we/ all/ had/ in/ tea/ room/ dining……………………………………………………….
5. table/ soldier/ a/ the/ landed/ on. ………………………………………………………………………

I. 4. Use the verbs in the past form to complete the story: fell, poured, brought, decided, could,
asked, was, looked, landed, heard.

One sunny afternoon last May, my mother and I 1) ………………. to have tea in the garden. We live
near a small military air base and we like to watch the planes fly over. My mother 2) …………………. out
some delicious biscuits, a cake and a pot of tea. She 3) ………………… me some tea and 4) ………………
me, ‘Would you like some sugar?’ Before I 5) ……………. answer, we 6) …………… a loud cry: ‘Watch
out!’ Then, suddenly, a soldier 7) ………………. on the table. Mum and I 8) …………………….. off our
chairs in surprise. When I 9) ……………………………up, the soldier 10 ) ……………on the broken table
with a parachute over his head.

PARTEA a II-a
30p

II.Write a short letter to a friend of yours telling him/her about your favourite artist. You should
include information about her/him, likes/ dislikes etc. Do not use more than 100 words.
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