[ACADEMIA NATIONALA DE INFORMATIE {MIRAI VITEAZUL” ‘Studi univoreltare de leon PROBA PENTRU EVALUAREA NIVELULUI DE LIMBA STRAINA limba engl ‘Choo the correct answer: Tring a Hobby into a Career A {Thad piano lessons when | was young, and | did have some talent. Bu it soon became obvious Id never be good enough for a carer on he concert stage 1. Since he was somewhat talented at plying the piano, he thought: 4) twas obvious he would havea career. ne would progress and be ready for concerts ©) career on the concert stage was unikely to happen though 1) 8 career on the concer stage was not he ely option. tna way, | was Keky I had reais early on that Fl never make It a8 & performer, | probably would have carried on dreaming that my bia Brak would come, 2. Ho was lucky because: ‘he later realaed he would never euccood asa performer. 'b) he trueted his dreamin is big break {©} he quickly Became aware othis no chance of coming a performer. {he early on realised he had never been a tue performer, 3. the paragraph above, biabraak means: 2) success; b)talure, © fight caro. ‘siti, I became a music teacher instead, and in my ree te | started to dabble In the technical side of musie production. Then an aunt ded, leaving me some cash, and | sudden realised | could aly set up my awn recording tuo 4. With the cash rom his aun, he realised he could manage to. his recog sts. a) buy, by estabich; ©) rent, bal(course, thor I @ downside to tuning a hobby into a career, ove my job 80 ‘much that | used to work seven days a week, but after a while | realised | was geting ‘bumt out - you need to swith off occasonaly. My job has defintely added depth tothe way | stan to music; now I can realy understand why someone's using @ cetan technique or pice of equipment. 5. What was the consaquence of his hobby transforming into afb? 2) He could work less than seven days aweok )Itimproved his understanding about techniques and equipments. ©) He started to foo tke buring out what he id nt Ik, <) He docreasngl loved his jo. 8 My fest job was with an insurance company, but was hardly a model employes. | oamed my Jb, and instead of soling insurance, | usod lo wander around the cys humerous ar galleries. 6. While working for an insurance company, she considered heat: 2) scarcely a model employe. ») the model employee. ) no model employee ata, 4) great model empoyes. 7. In the paragraph above, to wander mens: 8) to ask questions; b)to stot, «) to enquire; 6) 10 hove. "nave no restive talent of my own, but | can recogiee fin the work of others ‘on picked up quia lot of knowedge about contemporary art. Then one day 1 got talking to the manager ofan art gallo. She mentioned a new gallery that was going to ‘be opened and suggested | apply for the ob of manager. A fs, ! was doubts, but | ‘ealzed had nothing tose, £0 | apled and was askod to go for an interview. 8. Aftor th manager suggested her to apply for the jb of manager, he! 8) thought t would be too much of a challenge. ») she sent her CV and got he job immediatly. ©) fet confident, applied for the ob and was invited for an interview. ‘d) thought she woul lose her previous job and applied anyway. | ink the fact | was so obviously crazy about art impressed the owners. To my “sup, ve tured out tobe quile a good ealeswoman. OF course, most people come Into the gallery jst to ook around, but when someone shows an intrest in one ofthe ‘works on show, I dont immecatly start fo persuade them to buy | just chat about the work and what makes i interesting to me. People foo reassured when they sense your fentusiagm,{9 What impressed the owners was: 2) her enthusiasm about at bb) her madness when someone talked about ats to he. ©) her sls asa saloswoman. {hee determination to wth eb, 10. 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