PROBA SCRISĂ LA LIMBA ENGLEZĂ – CLASA a IX- a

VARIANTA NR. 1

I. Read the text carefully:

"Agatha Christie is possibly the world’s most famous detective story writer. She wrote 79
novels and several plays .Her sales outnumber those of W. Shakespeare. However, behind her
4,680,000 words was a painfully shy woman whose life was often lonely and unhappy.
She was born in 1890 in Devon, the third child of Clarissa and Frederic Miller, and grew into
a beautiful and sensitive girl with waist-length golden hair. She didn’t go to school but was
educated at home by her mother. Her father died when she was 11 and both she and her
mother were grief-stricken. During World War 1, while she was working in a hospital
dispensary, she learned about chemicals and poisons, which proved to be very useful to her in
her later career. She wrote her first detective novel in 1920. In it she introduced Hercule
Poirot, the Belgian detective who appeared in many subsequent novels. Her other main
detective was an elderly spinster called Miss Marple."

I.1. Mark T (true) or F (false) the following sentences: (10 p)

1.A.Christie’s books contain more than 4 million words. -----------
2.Her writing is sold better than W.Shakespeare’s. -----------
3.She didn’t have any brothers or sisters. ------
4.She had long fair hair. -----
5.A.Christie was uneducated because she didn’t go to school. -----

II. Choose only one correct answer:(20 p)

1.I wonder…………..umbrella it is?
a.who b.that c.whose d.whose.
2.Having no one to play,he would often sit on the front steps talking to ………………
a.herself b.themselves c.ourselves d.himself.
3.Darts ……………..not difficult to play.
a.are b.is c.am d.has
4.Helen was wearing her……………………………………………..dress.
a.red silk evening c.evening red silk
b.silk red evening d.silk evening red
5.You………………. study hard if you want to pass the exam.
a.can b.may c.must d.should
6.We couldn’t find the cat……………..
a.any b.nowhere c.anywhere d.everywhere.
7.Mike is a careless driver,he drives………………than you.
a.good. b.better c.bad d.worse
8.Pupils are not allowed…………..the room without permission.
a.entering b.to enter c.entered d.enter
9.Sandra wasn’t happy about the idea,……………?
a.didn’t she b.did she c.was she d.wasn’t she
10.Where …………..the kitchen scales?I want to weigh some sugar.
a.are b.has been c.is d.was

III. Complete the sentences. Use the words in parentheses. (20p)

1. I ……………………….. (get) up at eight o’clock yesterday morning.
2. Mark …………………………….. (talk) to John on the phone last night.
3. Mark …………………………….. (talk) to John on the phone right now.
4. Mark …………………………….. (talk) to John on the phone every day.
5. Jim and I ……………………. (eat) lunch at the cafeteria two hours ago.
6. We ……………………………. (eat) lunch at the cafeteria every day.
7. I …………………………. (go) to bed early last night.

8. My roommate ………………………….. (study) Spanish last year.

9. Sue ………………………….. (write) a letter to her parents yesterday.
10. Sue ………………………….. (write) a letter to her parents every week

IV. Write a short paragraph on the following topic: "My hopes and ambitions."(40 p)