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Term Paper - 1st Semester

I.1.For questions 1-8, read the text below and choose the correct answer for each gap. ( 16 points)

Feng Shui

Recently, the Feng Shui business has been 0) booming as more and more people 1) ........ an interest in
Asian culture and lifestyles. Whether people are 2) ........ Feng Shui experts or simply buying books and
trying it out for themselves, there is no 3) ........ that, in the West, in the last few years the idea of Feng
Shui has really 4) ........ off. So what exactly is Feng Shui? Well, it is a Chinese art form that is concerned
5) ........ the way you arrange the rooms and the furniture in your house. It is believed that organising these
things correctly will 6) ........ you happiness and good luck. In the UK there are currently about 300 Feng
Shui consultants. They will 7) ........ to your house or office and give you advice 8) ........ on your lifestyle
and date of birth.

0 A starting B booming C opening D enriching

1 A take B do C make D give
2 A requesting B asking C consulting D advising
3 A worry B fear C problem D doubt
4 A taken B driven C made D started
5 A in B of C with D through
6 A carry B bring C make D give
7 A call B come C visit D look
8 A based B put C held D carried

2.Read the text. For questions 9-16, use the word on the right to form a word that fits in the gap.
For each question, write your answer in the gap. ( 16 points).

Mood Food

With our 0) increasingly hectic pace of life, it is becoming more and more difficult to eat properly.
17) .................................. snacks and fast food seem to have become the norm. This may be having a
18) ............................ .................effect on people’s waistlines, but did you know that it can also cause
wild mood swings and 19) .........................................? Food is an important part of the body-mind
20) ................ .........and as researchers point out, it is particularly our 21) ......................... ....................of
sugary, fatty and carbohydrate-loaded foods that 22) .......................... ...............affect the way we feel.
These foods trigger the body’s production of so-called neurotransmitters, chemicals
23)........................ ............................ messages from one nerve cell to the other, which provides a
seemingly 24) ............................ improvement of mood.

0) INCREASE 9) HURRY 10) NOTICE 11) DEPRESS 12) RELATE 13) TAKE 14)
DRAMA
15) TRANSFER 16) MIRACLE

3.For questions 17-22, complete the second sentence so that it has a similar meaning to the first
sentence, using the word given. Do not change the word given. You must use between three and six
words, including the word given. ( 6 points)
17. It is certain that organic foods will appear in local supermarkets. bound
Organic foods .......... ................................. in local supermarkets.

18. If Kate doesn’t work harder, she will never get promoted. does
Kate will never get promoted ................ ................................. .............. more work.

19. The WWF spokesman is getting ready to start his speech! about
The WWF ................. ................................. ............... his speech!

20.If you don’t do something now to help the environment, things will only get worse. unless
Things will only get worse ....................... ..................... to help the environment now.

21.He forgot everything he had learnt. anything

He .............................. .................................... ............ he had learnt.

22. The idea will probably be popular. likely

The idea ................... ................... popular.

4. Read an article about a famous conservation project.. For questions 23-28, choose the correct
answer. (12 points)
 Save Our Seeds

Over the past four hundred years, four hundred and fifty types of plants and trees around the world have
become extinct as a result of the combined effects of global warming, population growth, deforestation,
flooding and the fact that deserts are advancing in some regions at a rate of nearly four miles a year.
Scientists estimate a quarter of the world’s remaining 270,000 plant species will be under threat of
extinction by 2050. In 1997, in an attempt to try to prevent the loss of such precious resources, volunteers
all over Britain began collecting seeds from Britain’s 1,400 species of wild plants, three hundred of which
are already facing extinction.
The seeds collected are now housed in the Millennium Seed Bank, which opened its doors in 2000. Run
by the Royal Botanical Gardens department of the famous Kew Gardens in London, the bank is located in
Sussex, about thirty-five miles outside of the capital. The bank is expected to become the world’s biggest
seed bank and, apart from preserving almost all the plant life in Britain, it also aims to have saved the
seeds of more than 24,000 species of plant life, almost a tenth of the world’s flowering plants, in the next
twenty years. If they are successful, the Millennium Seed Bank Project will be one of the largest
international conservation projects ever undertaken. In order to achieve this aim, the Millennium Seed
Bank has a team of scientists who travel to remote corners of the world to find and collect seeds. They
work together with local botanists and also help them to set up their own seed banks by training local
scientists. They also spend a great deal of time negotiating with governments to allow them to collect the
seeds and bring them back to Britain for storage in the Millennium Seed Bank.
When these seeds arrive at the seed bank, they are sorted, separated by hand from their pods, cleaned and
dried and then X-rayed to make sure that they haven’t been damaged in any way that might stop them
from growing into healthy plants. Finally, they are placed in ordinary glass jars and stored in three
underground vaults at temperatures of –20oC. Most plant species have seeds that can be dried, frozen and
stored for years and still grow into healthy plants. However, the seeds of some species cannot be dried, so
they can’t be stored in seed banks in the usual way.
These seeds include many rainforest tree species and plants that grow underwater. Roger Smith, head of
the Millennium Seed Bank, explains that scientists at the bank are already working on finding new ways
of storing those seeds that cannot survive the drying and freezing process, and also on how to regenerate
the seeds when they become extinct in their natural habitats. "At the moment, all we’re doing is
preserving these plants for the future. We won’t have managed to conserve any species until we find the
way to successfully regenerate them and grow new plants from them," points out Smith. "But at least this
way, when the technology becomes available, and it will, we won’t have lost everything." As well as
preserving seeds for the future, the seed bank also receives 2000 requests per year for seeds from
universities, governments and conservationist organisations for use in various types of research – for
example, to find cures for diseases, to grow food in the developing world and to help in projects that
restore the natural habitats of endangered animal species so they can be released back into the wild.
Dr Hugh Pritchard, head of research at the Millennium Seed Bank, says: "While it’s true that many of the
plants we preserve at the bank aren’t useful at the moment, that doesn’t mean they won’t become useful
in the future. Something like thirty per cent of the medicines we use today are based on products or
chemicals which have been extracted from plants. So it’s easy to see why we need to preserve the
diversity of the earth’s plant life for the future."

23. What do scientists believe will happen by 2050?

A All plant life will be altered.

B 450 types of plants will be in danger of becoming extinct.
C Part of the world’s plant life will face extinction.
D Environmental factors will affect only 450 plant species.

24. Where can the Millennium Seed Bank be found?

A outside Sussex
B outside London
C in the Royal Botanical Gardens
D in the Kew Gardens
25. The main objective of the Millennium Seed Bank is to

A save the seeds of thousands of the world’s plants.

B protect all flowering plants in the world.
C start a new international project in the next few years.
D undertake a larger conservation project soon.

26. The Millennium Seed Bank carries out its work by

A training foreign governments to plant seeds.

B travelling around the world with botanists from other countries.
C helping other international seed banks.
D collecting international seeds and returning them to Britain for storage.

27. The methods used in storing the seeds show that

A all seeds can be preserved for many years.

B some species cannot be stored by regular means.
C some of the plant species develop into healthy plants.
D some seeds are damaged when X-rayed.

28. The Millennium Seed Bank is trying to

A reproduce new plants from the seeds.

B reduce the storage lives of some seeds.
C destroy the seeds that cannot be frozen.
D plant the seeds that have a short storage life.

Bonus: 10 points
II. Writing - Express your opinion on the following: “Computers have both positive and negative
effects on our life .” ( 20-22 lines). ( 40 points )
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OFICIU: 10 puncte

I.1.For questions 1-8, read the text below and choose the correct answer for each gap. ( 16 points)

1.A, 2. C, 3. D, 4. A, 5. C, 6 B, 7. B, 8. A.

2.Read the text. For questions 9-16, use the word on the right to form a word that fits in the gap.
For each question, write your answer in the gap. ( 16 points)

9. hurried, 10. noticeable, 11. depression, 12. relationship, 13.intake, 14.dramatically, 15.transferring,
16. miraculous.

3.For questions 17-22, complete the second sentence so that it has a similar meaning to the first
sentence, using the word given. Do not change the word given. You must use between three and six
words, including the word given. ( 6 points)

17. are bound to appear

18. unless she does
19. spokesman is about to start
20. unless you do something
21. could not remember anything
22. is likely to be

4. Read an article about a famous conservation project.. For questions 23-28, choose the correct
answer. (12 points)

23. C, 24. B, 25. A, 26. D, 27. B, 28. A.

II. Writing - Express your opinion on the following: “Computers have both positive and negative
effects on our life .” ( 20-22 lines). ( 40 points )