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OLIMPIADA DE LIMBA ENGLEZĂ

ETAPA LOCALĂ
7 FEBRUARIE 2019
CLASA a IX-a- Secțiunea A

SUBIECTUL A – USE OF ENGLISH

I. Read the following text and put the verbs in brackets in the correct tense. (10x1p= 10
points)

I went to the doctor’s yesterday. I had to wait for an hour before he …(1. can) see me. “I
…(2. to go) abroad next week, but I …(3. to have) this pain in the back for two days now.
You…(4. to think) I’ll be well enough to go?”
“I’ll know after I …(5. to examine) you”, the doctor said. “How did it happen?”
“I …(6. to work) in the garden when I …(7. to feel) a stabbing pain the back. I suppose I
would have been fine if I …(8. to stop) working, but I ignored the pain and continued to
work.”
After examining me carefully the doctor said:”You …(9. to pull) a muscle. Take complete
rest for a couple of days and by the time your holiday starts, the pain … (10. to go),
hopefully.”

II. Use the word given in the bracket to form a word that fits in each sentence. (10x1p=
10 points)

1. The witnesses gave ……. (CONTRADICT) evidence about the accident.

2. She showed great …….( PATIENT) while working with the children.
3. They were ……(AGREE) surprised by the high quality of the new products.
4. Psychologists agree that the first years are the most …….( FORM) in a child.
5. Your …….( PRESUME) that he would help us proved to be false.
6. This watch is ……( REPAIR), so you’d better buy a new one.
7. Gioconda’s beauty is ………( AGE).
8. The ……….(ACCOMPLISH ) of that task took me six months.
9. Lots of people practice …….(WITCH ) even in our times.
10. Everybody admired her …….(PEARL) buttons.

III. Read the following text and decide which answer A, B, C or D best fits in each gap.
(10x1p= 10 points)

Celebrity personal assistants are a unique group among Hollywood professionals. (1)… the
agents and lawyers who work for the stars and (2)… millions, personal assistants (PAs) are
not paid well, (3) … their round-the-clock obligations. As for the job description, it’s (4)…
from glamorous. Responsibilities include (5)… the laundry, fetching groceries and paying
bills. So what’s the attraction? One celebrity PA says: “I don’t (6)… myself a vain or
superficial person, but it would be (7)… to say that we all don’t like to be close to somebody

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who is powerful.” But not everyone is qualified for the job. Rita Tanner teaches would-be
assistants and begins her lessons with some (8)… truths. “You must be in good health at all
times, because you are (9)… a celebrity’s life and it cannot stop because you are sick. And
you need to be flexible and able to (10)… in all kinds of hours. You have to be a can-do
person.”

A B C D
1 Despite Unlike However Similarly
2 take make pay give
3 being received given spend
4 far just such still
5 making doing having fixing
6 think know describe consider
7 lie honest wrong true
8 such hard advice heavy
9 running dealing getting working
10 take adapt get put

IV. Read the text below and think of the word which best fits in each gap. Use only one
word in each gap. (10x1p= 10 points)

SPORTS TOURISM
Hundreds of thousands of fans travel worldwide to watch their favourite sport - an
international match, a tennis championship, a Formula One Grand Prix.
In recent years (1)… has been a huge increase in sports tourism. (2)… longer are
people content to (3) … in an armchair to watch their teams or sporting stars on television.
They want to be (4) ... the action is, (5)… they pack their bags and head straight for the
airport. Unlike the usual sporting events, the Olympic Games are held (6)… four years. The
Olympics may only last a couple of weeks, but they affect the host city for several years
before. New facilities (7)… to be built, not just for the Games themselves but also for the
thousands of international visitors who come to stay. The effects are also felt outside the host
city (8)… . Many visitors choose to explore the surrounding region, thus boosting its tourism.
For example, (9)… the 1992 Olympic Games held in Barcelona, the city has (10)… an
extremely popular tourist destination.

SUBIECTUL B – INTEGRATED SKILLS

Read the text below and do the tasks that follow.

Mama Ramotswe raised her tea cup to her lips and looked over the brim. At the edge
of the car park, immediately in front of the café she was in, a small market had been set up. It
had traders’ stalls full of colourful goods. She watched a man trying to persuade a customer
to buy a pair of sunglasses. The woman tried on several pairs but, as she was not satisfied,
she moved on to the next stall. There she pointed to a piece of silver jewellery, a bracelet. She
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put it on her wrist and let the trader admire her. However, not impressed by his encouraging
nods, she gave it back and asked for another piece found at the back of the stall. But the
moment the trader turned to reach for the piece she had singled out, the woman quickly
slipped another bracelet in the pocket of the jacket she was wearing.
Mama Ramotswe gasped. She felt she could not sit back and allow a crime to be
committed in front of her very eyes. So, she stood up and began to walk firmly towards the
stall where the customer was engaged in a serious conversation about the merits of the
merchandise he had brought to her.
“Excuse me, Mama!”
The voice came from behind her and when she turned, she saw it belonged to the
waitress, a young woman Mama had not seen at the café before.
The waitress pointed an accusing finger at her:”You cannot run away like that. I saw you.
You cannot leave without paying the bill.”
For a moment, Mama was unable to speak. The accusation was such a terrible one,
and so unwarranted. Of course she had not tried to run away without paying the bill. She
would never do such a thing. All she was doing was trying to stop a crime being committed
in front of her eyes.

I. For each question choose the correct letter A, B, C or D. (5x2p=10points)

1. The woman in the market…

A. was an ordinary shopper.
B. knew someone was watching her.
C. wanted to buy some sunglasses.
D. distracted the stall keeper.

2. What was Mama Ramotswe’s reaction to what she had seen?

A. It contradicted her views on human nature.
B. She was quietly amused by it.
C. She thought the trader should be more careful.
D. She was shocked and prepared to act.

3. How did the woman behave after she had taken the bracelet?
A. She argued noisily with the trader.
B. She returned to the previous stall.
C. She chatted with the trader about his wares.
D. The woman coolly moved away.

4. What did the waitress think when she saw Mama Ramotswe leave?
A. That she was a silly and forgetful woman.
B. that Mama Ramotswe was trying to stop a crime from committing.
C. that she was just another dishonest customer.
D. that she would return in a couple of minutes.

5. How did Mama Ramotswe feel when the waitress stopped her?

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A. that anyone can make a mistake

B. that she had done a terrible thing
C. that the waitress had made a reasonable assumption
D. robbed of the power of speech

II. Read the text again and write a narrative essay about a person wrongly accused of
doing something dishonest. (180 – 200 words) 50 points

NOTĂ: Toate subiectele sunt obligatorii. Timp de lucru: 3 ore. Nu se acordă puncte din oficiu.

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