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TEST DE EVALUARE INITIALĂ

Anul scolar 2019-2020
Limba engleză
Clasa a XI- a

Numele si prenumele elevului:

Data sustinerii testului:
 Pentru rezolvarea corectă a tuturor cerintelor din Partea I si 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 (60 de puncte)

I. 1. Read the text below and answer the following questions. Some questions may have
more than one answer correct.
22 puncte

"BB"

When I was about 12-years-old, my older brother, James, smuggled a BB gun into the house.
I’m not quite sure where he got it. This was in 1938, during the Great Depression. He must have
bartered for it with one of his friends.
Having any form of weaponry in our home was strictly taboo.
James brought me to his room and took the BB gun out of a shoebox in his closet. I was
immediately enamored. He let me touch it and walk with it around the room. I fingered the
trigger.
“Can I shoot it, Jamesie?” I asked, hopefully.
“No way,” James said, taking it from me and putting it back into its covert spot.
I forgot about it for a while, but one day, when no one was home, I went into James' closet and
took it out.
For some unknown reason, I went to the front window of the second floor in our row house. I
cracked the window open. I pointed the gun outside and shot. I quickly shut the window and
peaked outside.
In a matter of seconds, old Mr. Schlosberg came out of his grocery store. He looked back at his
store window. He looked up the street. He looked down the street. Then he looked straight across
to our house. He could tell from the trajectory just where that shot had come from. He knew
someone in our house was the culprit.
I ran back to James' room to return the gun and then sat downstairs, waiting nervously for
someone to get home. Thankfully, Jamesie made it home before Mother or Father.
As he stepped through the door, I could hear old Mr. Schlosberg call his name.
“James, James,” he called. “Come here, son.”
I crept to look out the door and saw Mr. Schlosberg pointing feverishly at our house (up to the
second floor window!) and then at his shop window. James ran back across the street and into the
living room. I had retreated into the kitchen.
“Alma!” he screamed. “Get out here! You cracked Mr. Schlosberg’s window with my BB gun!”
“Oh, please, Jamesie,” I begged. “Don’t let him tell Mother. She will whip my bottom real good!”
Jamesie sighed. He wiped my tears and went back across the street to Mr. Schlosberg’s.
I don’t know what James said to that man, but there was never a mention of the incident again. I
didn't know how I got out of it, but I got out of it, and that was all that mattered to me then. I was
too self-absorbed to realize what a great brother I had.
Years later, I found out Jamesie had used the money he got from his newspaper route to pay for
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Mr. Schlosberg’s cracked window. He only got one cent for every paper he delivered. He
managed to pay the debt off just before he went off to fight in World War II.
Since that day, I have never touched a gun: a BB gun, a water gun, a real gun, or any other type of
gun.

a. Which is the best reason the author may have included the detail of this story taking place
during the Great Depression?
1. to let the reader know how old the narrator is now
2.   to let the reader know why guns were taboo in the house
3.   to let the reader know that World War II had not occurred yet
4.   to let the reader know how economically strained things were

b. Which is the best antonym for enamored?

1.   bored
2.   generous
3.   repulsed
4.   scared

c. What does being strictly taboo suggest?

1.   It is illegal.
2.   It is forbidden.
3.   It is incomprehensible.
4.   Superstition surrounds it.

d. What does it mean to put something in a covert place?

1.   to put it in the dark
2.   to put it out of sight.
3.   to put it in a secret place
4.   to put it in a hard-to-find spot

e. How did the incident seem to effect Alma?

Check all that make sense.

1. It made her wary of guns.

2. It made her appreciative of her brother.

3. It made her sure her brother would be a good soldier.

4. It made her trust her brother more than her parents.

f. A culprit is always...
1.   guilty.
2.   nervous.
3.   obedient.
4.   dangerous.

g. Which is the best definition for trajectory?

1.   a bullet hole
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2.   a deep crack
3.   a path a projectile takes
4.   a sound a gun makes when firing

h. What did Alma seem most worried about?

1.   getting caught by her brother
2.   getting spanked by her mother
3.   having to pay for the broken glass
4.   hiding the gun before her parents got home

i. What kind of brother does James appear to be?

1.   wealthy
2.   irrational
3.   protective
4.   Foolhardy

j. What kind of 12-year-old girl did Alma appear to be?

1.   curious and selfish
2.   feisty and indignant
3.   humble and loving
4.   reverent and respectful

k. "Since that day, I have never touched a gun: a BB gun, a water gun, a real gun, or any other
type of gun."
Choose the best way to rewrite the above sentence.
1.   Since that day, I have never touched a gun - BB, real, water or otherwise.
2.   Since that day, I never touched another gun again - not a BB, water, real, or otherwise.
3.   Since that day, I never touched another gun. Not a BB gun, water, real, or any other
type.
4.   Since that day, I never touched another gun again (BB, water, real, or any other type of
gun)

I.2 Read the text below to fill in the missing information. On your Answer Sheet, write only
the missing words next to the number indicating each blank space. 12 points
Thousands of years (1)_______humans began the process of domesticating the dog and shaping
what "being a dog" really means. Through careful selection and breeding, an astonishing variety
of dog breeds (2)________been created. Desirable traits have been selected for in various breeds
that are of a benefit (3)________humans. There are some traits, however, that quickly become
undesirable when expressed too frequently. Barking is (4)_________example of a natural
behaviour that is encouraged in terms of guarding behaviour, but becomes a problem when the
behaviour is produced in excess. A recent health insurance investigation revealed (5)______the
sound of a continually barking dog was cited as the most disruptive and stress inducing noise
(6)_________humans.

I. 3. Read the text below and use the words given in capitals to form words that fit in
the gaps. The words in capitals are given in the order you need to use them: 11 points

The main role of the police in (1)……………investigations is to uncover CRIME

………………………(2)which will lead to a prosecution. Sometimes, this is in the EVIDENT
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form of a ………………………….(3) of a culprit by an eye-witness. The police use DESCRIBE

this ………………………..(4)to track down a likely suspect, and then approach INFORM
people who have a similar …………………………..(5). They ask them to take part APPEAR
in a line-up.
The suspect and the other people line up in a room. The witness enters
with a policeman, and usually the suspect’s ……………………………(6). The LAW
witness must look ………………………………..(7) at each person and say who CARE
they saw committing the crime. Their ………………………(8)is extremely important. CHOOSE
If they don’t pick out the suspect, he may well be given his ………………………..(9) FREE
and the police will have to start the investigation again. The best……………………(10) ADVISE
for potential witnesses is to always tell the ………………………..(11), and only choose TRUE
someone if you are absolutely certain it was them you saw.

I. 4. Rephrase the following sentences so that the meaning stays the same. Use no more than
five words including the words given in capitals. Write your answers on the Answer Sheet.
15 points
1. She had such a large house that she couldn’t manage it. BIG
Her house………………………..to manage.
2. I advise you to read it twice before you sign. SHOULD
You………………………….you sign.
3. She cannot help us because she is tired. TOO
She is ……………………us.
4. It started snowing on Sunday and has not stopped yet. SINCE
It has…………………………Sunday.
5. I think you are wrong not to trust him. WOULD
If I…………………………..him.

PARTEA a II-a (30 de puncte)

Write an article for the school newspaper about the most interesting place, town or country that
you have been to. Use relevant arguments to sustain your ideas. (10-15 lines)
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BAREM DE EVALUARE SI DE NOTARE

PARTEA I – 60 puncte

I. Multiple choice reading 2p x 11 questions 22p

a-4; b-3; c-2; d-3; e-1,2; f-1; g-3; h-2; i-3; j-1; k-1

I.2. Fill in (one word only) 2px6 words 12p

Suggested answers. Any correct answer will be accepted

1.-ago; 2.-have; 3.-to; 4.- an; 5.- that; 6- for

I.3 Fill in 1p x 11 11p

1-criminal; 2-evidence; 3-description; 4-information; 5-appearance; 6-lawyer; 7-carefully;
8-choice; 9-freedom; 10-advice;11-truth

I. 4 (15 p) Rephrase 3px5 sentences 15p

Suggested answers. Any correct answer will be accepted.

1._________was too big for her

2._________should read it twice before
3._________too tired to help
4._________been snowing since
5._________were you I would trust

PARTEA a II-a 30puncte

Task: narrative paragraph (creative writing)

task achievement & original input 10p
relevance of ideas to topic 4p
organization 6p
- organization / layout 3p
- cohesion and coherence 2p
- length constraint 1p
language accuracy and variety 6p
- correct use of grammar structures 5p
- accurate spelling and punctuation 1p
register and vocabulary 4p
- appropriate register and vocabulary 1p
-range of vocabulary 3p