MINISTERUL EDUCAȚ IEI

Etapa locală a olimpiadelor școlare naționale– 2023

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CLASA a IX-a - SECȚIUNEA B

● Se puncteazǎ oricare alte modalitǎți de rezolvare corectǎ a cerințelor

● Nu se acordă puncte din oficiu.

SUBIECTUL A – USE OF ENGLISH (40 points)

I. Read the text below and do the tasks that follow.

A. Answer the questions. (4x2p=8p)

Suggested answers
1. Many crazy festivals

2. The Calaveras County Frog Jumping contest, the wild cow milking contest, the World Chicken
Pluckin' Championship, the International Chicken Flying Meet.

3. They have to take the feathers off a chicken as fast as they can.

4. They are inventive and they like to have fun.

B. Choose the right synonym. (3 x 2p=6p)

1.c, 2. b, 3. d

C. Rephrase the following sentences so as to preserve the meaning. (3 x 2p=6p)

1. Have been held all over the USA
2. the Americans weren’t inventive
3. an international event can you host one

II. Use the word given in brackets to form a word that fits in each gap. (10x1p=10p)

1.ADULTHOOD; 2. LUCKY; 3. ACQUIRED; 4. COMFORTING; 5. ATTENTION; 6. ADVICE;

7. CRITICAL; 8. ENCOURAGING; 9. SYMPATHETICALLY; 10. CHEERFUL

III. Translate the following text into English. 10 points

Grammar structures 4 points

Vocabulary 4 points
Fluency 2 points

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SUGGESTED ANSWER

I’m really looking forward to meeting you in the flesh at last. Online conferences are all very
well but sometimes you want to meet face to face, and stand shoulder to shoulder. My train
tickets are all booked for November. Did I tell you that my granny was Scottish? She used to
sing a folk song that went something like this: ‘You’ll take the high road and I’ll take the low
road, and I’ll be in Scotland before you’. Well now I’m taking the ‘iron road’, as they say in
French, although I suppose it will be the ‘low road’ when we reach the Channel Tunnel.

Meanwhile, I expect you’ll want to avoid the high roads and take the flattest route possible. I
admire your courage, but give me the train any day. I’ll think of you as I’m winging my way
across Europe at high speed. I’ll be able to study on the train, so missing a few days of
university won’t matter so much. And thanks to the sleeper, I don’t have to stop travelling at
night. I love sleeping on trains, as long as there’s no one snoring their head off in the next bunk!
No doubt there’ll be other people on the train going where we’re going. That’s why I’ve been
practising my language skills, so that I can talk to them. After all, when we get there, we need to
speak with one voice.

SUBIECTUL B- INTEGRATED SKILLS (60 points)

I. For each question decide which answer (A, B, C or D) fits best according to the
text. (5 x 2 p = 10p)

1. A; 2. D; 3. C; 4. D;5. B

II. ESSAY WRITING NARRATIVE ESSAY (50 points) …….Use the Marking
Scheme

MARKING SCHEME FOR THE NARRATIVE ESSAY

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