Minister! Educa i cere —_ Cental Najonal ge valve eaminare ipa Judejeand/sectoarelor municipiului Bucuresti a olimpiadelor najionale scolare ~ 2020 Proba seris’ Limba engleza CLASA a Xil-a - SECTIUNEA B Toate subiectel sunt obligatori. { Nuse acordé puncte din ofc. impul efectiv de lucru este de 3 ore. SUBIECTUL A — USE OF ENGLISH (40 points) |. Read the text below and do the tasks that follow. (20 points) ‘Stuff: The psychological power of possessions beautiful’ This was 2 “HAVE noth "HAVE nothing in your houses that you donot know to be sei, Pebe ? be 3 aiden’ ate fx tose susan We Sih redecorate “ise ihomes, offered by Wiliam Moris, 2 19 Century Brith textile designer. Insightful est sounds, Mors atice He ‘sat to be rather impractical - our relationship to the things we own goes far beyond uly ice Mates. Morris's contemporary, the logist Wiliam James, had a notion why. Our possessions, he argued, define who we 2° ‘Our ability to imbue things with rich meanit : rearing begins eal inte, and matures wih us as we age, A 1077 a eters ‘generations of families in Chicago revealed that older people tend fo prize objects that ‘const a ies and reflection, whereas younger people value ‘heir utlitarian aspects. That may be the casein tne digital er 28 wel Soon! Eugene Han value deducted the survey, speculated recently at though younger people today may prize theit smariphone above all hese, 15 ‘unlikely to be an enduring attachment. think they are worth is known in psychology as kes it seem more valuable and is what ‘The inclination to value things we own beyond what others ff Missouri in Columbia. the ‘endowment effect’. Just imagining that something is ours ma Grives us to acquite it in the first place, says Marsha Richins at the University 0 Thus, we are more likely to buy a coat once we i how it will change us. Thus, we ate that we have transformation expectations’ about newly acquired purchasce, expecting them Dien oe poth our lives and the way we are viewed by others. I's 2 tendency expertly exploited by advertisers, she says. Of course, we are all material st of happiness from buying things, though studies chow that those who routinely, seek Out mater! things to make them happy may be Staugaling to find fulfiment in other aspect oftheir ves, such a relationships. However, interestingly. while sya a iy believed that there is a vicious cycle in which Joneinest leads to materialism and vice versa, a mntrary to popular beliefs about the peric of tisiyin the Netherlands by Rik Pieters found that: co Stuy ism, the pursuit of material possessions... may not ‘actualy be detrimental to consumer well-being when kept within certain limits. ‘a. Answer the following questions, according to the text. 8 points 4. Inthe frst paragraph, what point oes the wiles mare ‘about Wiliam Morris's golden rule? J. Inthe second paragraph, what point Is made ‘about the younger people and their possessions? 2 i tteding to Marsha Richins. what can be Sa\d ‘about our joy in owning an item? 3 Ginat was Rik Pieters’ study able to show? asa aire secures B Probe scrsb la iba englez® Page and Scanned with CamScannera Mristerl Educa! si Cercett CCentrul Najenal de Evaluare gi Examinare 8. Choose the synonym for the words given below, according to their meaning in the text, 6 points 4. to imbu B.tosoak —b, to inst 4.to add colour J to brew ©. to ins i 2:to spur @.tostimulate _b. to increase .toencourage —d. to provide detrimental: a. prejudicial b disadvantageous c. efficacious _d. mischievous ©. Rephrase the following sentences so as to preserve the meaning. 6 points + ur PESSessions define who we are. 2. We are more Tkely by. hi 10 buy a coat once we have ted it on, as we visualise how it will change us, 3. cows snore likely buy a coat once we have tied ton 1 change us. aciually be serie” Belts about the pes of materia, te pursulof Alaa possessions may not . etrimental to consumer wel-being. ' : that the pursuit of material possessions may not Sctually be detrimental consumer wellbeing, which is not tre, "Use the word given in brackets to form a word ‘Over a monly purchase rerra SUBSCRIBE) to our magerne wil save you $24 compared with making a OF direct debit. Our (3) ” newsagents, ‘There are several methods of (2) (PAY) - cheque, credit card 4) —_(REDUCE) of 2 iy (ADMINISTER) costs are much lower i you pay by direct debi, co there a thatfits ineach gap. 10 points metnTisi8 extra discount ig (6) Pe YO PAY total (6) (SAVE) $29 over the year. (Please note . —— (APPLY) if you Pay the special student rate.) 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There was little or no protection from t= Vrivin “ain, and at night we stood now in cold oozing mud. asa a Xira sequen B reba scrst a irba englez® Proba soreé a mba eng a Scanned with CamScannerees But Trooper Warren ‘could, rubbing some me fer fats in my nosebag to keen obvious to everyone, as dd me oid: AS the BS fs weeks passed i someone else could ie me ae ee ‘nt | troup ony he ot . My Trooper Warren would talk a great deal about how the war Vie going. ‘We were, he said, to be withd pounded each ther ta aca, feserve camps behind our ov” again to break the dead! lock. The cavalry could go where the infantry could Mister Eouc Cent Naja de Eve Exar ewan {teat devtion, ning sheer fx me wherever and whenever Ne iSpS of dry straw and ensuring that | always 9 rengih and stamina became ig just care for me and 23, The armies it Spm inthe mud and had dug in Inthe spring, he said, wwe would be needed ug inn the SPI aot and were fast enough f° ‘overrun the trench i }. Joey, we'd show the infantry how to do it he sald iy to be used But there was i effectively Rane winter to survive before the ground became hard enough again for the caval came back. The: 19 that awful winter so many of the horses went off to the Seterinary hospital and never The weaker ones smngel us sfered fs, for they had He resilence oe went downhill fast. igh that shook his whole But Topthom and | came ‘through to the spring, Topthorn : xi, Toe ide. It was Captain Stewart ‘who massive frame as if it was tryi pase ‘Tt was trying to tear the lfe out of him ved him, feeding him up with a hot mash and covering him as best he cot id in the bleakest weather. |. For each question decide which answer (A, B, Cor) fits best according to the text 10 points 4. The narrator is ‘A the omniscient writer. B.ahorse. C. an officer. . D.atrooper 2. According to the narrator, Trooper Warren ‘A is the person who grooms him, BB. is the person who rides him CC. both grooms and rides him. D. is his best friend. 13. According to the text, Trooper Warren "A. considered the war would ’be won by the cavalry. B. the infantry was better prepared for the war. . expected the cavalry to be better than the infanty. . the infantry outnumbered the cavalry ‘4, What does the reader infer about the weaker horses? ’A. they could run faster downhill B their condition improved if they ran downhill. C. died first in battle. . did not survive the winter 65. The main idea of the texts ‘A the connection between hor ses and soldiers during war time. B. the connection between horses. . the friendship between men in wintertime, horses and men always help one another. I, Starting Proba serch lamba englezt 19 from the text above, write an essay reflecting £7 horses throughout time. (250-280 words) 60 points ava sire seqquneaB Pagina 303 aon oT Scanned with CamScanner