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KEEP IN TOUCH WITH REALITY with reality
Concurs de limba engleză
23 ianuarie 2010
CLASA a VII-a
2 ore /săptămână

1. Read the text and decide whether the sentences are true (T) or false (F). Then write the
corresponding letters on your answer sheet.

How I Would Change the World

It would be a great idea for there to be a World Energy Council. It would help people to be
aware of the importance of conserving energy and how to do it. A World Energy Council would
mean that all the countries in it would co-operate and share their ideas. Although it would cost a
lot of money to set up, it would benefit everyone.
A World Energy Council could find ways of making better use of the world’s inexhaustible
resources such as wind, water and solar energy. They could also inform the public about atomic
energy to abolish existing fears. Atomic energy and the natural resources of water, wind and solar
power could become the energy of the nature.

1. The author thinks that conserving energy is important.

2. The World Energy Council would only benefit the countries in it.
3. The World Energy Council would make a lot of money.
4.The World Energy Council should make people aware of the destructive power of atomic
energy.
5.Atomic energy and natural resources are possible sources of energy for the future.
(5 x 3p)

2. Complete each sentence with an adjective from the box, and then write your answer on
your answer sheet.

ashamed annoyed bad-tempered disappointed embarrassed

exhausted fascinating glad jealous terrified

1. When her team lost the cup final, Sue felt very ………………… .
2. I was ……………… when Jack accepted my invitation to dinner but didn’t come.
3. Mary was ………………..when she saw smoke coming from the plane’s engine.
4. Peter felt ……………… when he had to make a speech.
5. Thanks for your letter, I’m …………………. to hear that you are feeling better.
6. David was ………………. to tell his parents that he had been sent to prison.
7. Mr. Jackson is very ……………. and often shouts at people.
8. Helen felt ………………..when she saw her boyfriend talking to another girl.
9. After running for fifteen kilometers, Sarah felt completely …………….. .
10. Mrs. Hobson told us about her life. She’s a ……………..person.

(10 x 1p)
3. Put the verbs in brackets into Past Simple or Past Continuous and write them on your
answer sheet.

It 1)……………… (be) a bitterly cold night. It 2) ………….. (rain) heavily. Sally 3)

…………… (walk) along the empty road and tears 4) …………… (run) down her face. She 5)
…………… (reach) a street lamp and stopped there. She 6)…………… (have) nowhere to go to,
no one to stay with … nothing! She was soaked to the skin but this 7)…………… (not seem) to
bother her. Suddenly she 8)……….. (feel) a gentle tap on her shoulder. Surprised she 9)
…………… (turn) around. In the pale yellow light she 10)……………. (see) a stranger. He 11)
……………… (wear) clothes as black as night, but his face12)……………. (be) kind and calm.
(12 x 1p)

4. Complete the texts with the correct word formed from the words in bold and then write
them on your answer sheet.

Brad Pitt is one of Hollywood’s brightest stars. He is a very 1)…………………

(success) actor, who has starred in many films, such as Interview with a Vampire and Twelve
Monkeys. His 2)…………. (beauty) blue eyes and good looks are difficult to forget. Brad Pitt is a
3)……………. (humour) person; his friends enjoy his company. He is a sensible person who does
not lead a 4)……………. (glamour) life.
When he has free time, he enjoys reading about architecture, a subject that he finds very 5)
…………….. (interest). He also enjoys listening to music and has a huge CD collection.
Brad Pitt is a 6)…………… (talent) as well as a handsome young actor. We are sure to see
a lot more of him in the future.
(6 x 2p)

5. Use the Present Simple, Present Continuous, Present Perfect or Past Simple of the verbs
in brackets. Write your answers on your answer sheet.
1. Sarah can’t help you now. She (to bake) …………………………. a cake.
2. Whenever I ( go) ……………. camping, I ( carry) ………………… foul weather gear.
3. Colin (never throw away) ……………………………. anything.
4. We (not hear) ………………… a squeak from James in months.
5. I’m happy that you (not lose) …………………… your sense of humor.
6. Environmentalists (begin) …………………. a vigorous campaign to oppose nuclear dumping
in this sea.
7. In France women (not get) ………………. to vote until 1945.
8. His parents (use) ………………… the house as a holiday home last summer.
9. The Roman Empire (reach) ………………… its peak around the year 100.
10. The business (do) ………………..good now.
(11 x 1p)

6. Choose the variant which best completes each sentence. Write the corresponding letters
on your answer sheet.

1. Tina is a very ………… child who likes giving presents.

A. ambitious B. generous C. determined D. sensitive
2. The child felt ………… when the lion roared at him.
A. frightened B. depressed C. furious D. miserable
3. Jane is a ………………… person, she never lies.
A. sincere B. caring C. shy D. creative

4. ……………… that strange man sitting over there?

 A. Whose B. Which C. Who D. Who’s
5. I looked …………. his number in the telephone book.
A. after B. over C. up D. forward to
6. She looks ………..the children very well.
A. for B. after C. forward to D. up
7. That is the man ……………. bag was stolen on the train.
A. who’s B. which C. whose D. who
8. Tom and Susan …………..camping last month.
A. had gone B. will go C. went D. have gone
9. Can you ………….. that man over there?
A. watch B. see C. look D. view
10. I……………..for Ann for ten minutes, then I left.
A. expected B. saw C. waited D. met
(10 x 1p )

7. Choose the correct form and write it on the answer sheet.

1. Tom used to play in the garden (like/as) a child.

2. (Did you see/Have you seen) your newborn cousin yet?
3. Your car (is/does) not worth $500.
4. Her fame (rose/raised) after publishing her second book.
5. All we had for lunch was (-/a) cheese.
6. Yesterday I found two (mouses/mice) in the cupboard.
7. Mary is an old acquaintance of (ours/us).
8. Who is responsible (of/for) this mess?
9. Mandy and Michael are madly in love with (themselves/ each other).
10. If somebody calls, tell (him/them) I’ll be back in an hour.
(10 x 1p)

Toate subiectele sunt obligatorii.

Se acordă 10 puncte din oficiu.
Timp de lucru: 60 minute.