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OLIMPIADA DE LIMBA ENGLEZĂ

FAZA JUDEŢEANĂ - 02 MARTIE 2013
CLASA a XII-a

Question I ( 50 points)
“Time only runs one way”.
Write a 450-word reflective essay considering the topic from at least three view-points of the
discussion clock: personal, philosophical, artistic, educational etc.

Question II (25 points)

The principal of your college has been given a budget for the improvement of the learning
environment in your college. Write a proposal for your principal, giving details of how the money
should be spent in at least three areas, including clear reasons for your recommendations. Write
your proposal in approximately 300 words.

Question III (25 points)

A. Fill each of the numbered blanks in the following passage. Use only one word in each space. (10
points)

When I first heard that Japan’s latest craze was a computer pet you can keep in your pocket, I
scoffed (1)________ the idea. I mean, who on earth could get attached to a silly egg-shaped game
on a key-ring? But the makers were (2)_____________ to a good thing. So good, in fact, that they
didn’t even bother to advertise. (3)_____________ no time, ‘Tamagotchis’ were selling like hot
cakes. Originally priced at (4)__________ than $20 each, they were soon changing hands on the
black market for $800. So, naturally, when a friend of mine gave me a Tamagotchi, my first thought
was how much I could sell it (5)_______________ . But (6)_______________ I could even
imagine my future riches, my friend had set the thing going and suddenly I was a parent (7)
__________ a piece of blue transparent plastic. It didn’t take (8) ____________ for the magnitude
of my responsibility to sink in. The Tamagotchi starts with a pulsating egg on the screen. After five
minutes it hatches into a demanding chick, which wants to be fed, played with, and have (9)
___________ droppings cleared away regularly. (10) _________ this is done with a series of bleeps
and squeaks via three little buttons.
B. Find one word which is appropriate for all three gaps in each of the following sentences. (5
points)

1. When we had finished acting, the teacher gave us all a……………….out of ten.
Brenda has only been in the office for three months, but already she has really made
her………………
The teacher told Jeremy off for making a…………on Emma’s notebook.

2. We are very pleased with Susan’s effort – she……….herself very well to the task in hand.
Incidentally, the comment I have just made to Smith………..equally to everybody in this room.
I really hope my sister…………for that new job; she’d be so good at it.

3. I’ve virtually……..any ambition I ever had of becoming a teacher.

I…………out of college after one term and went traveling around the world instead.
On police advice, Mr. Brown has……….the charges he brought against his neighbours.

4. It’s very upsetting news, as she was a very…………friend.

It’s rather……….for me – haven’t you got anything cheaper?
As the boat lurched from side to side, we held on for………life.

5. George was so exhausted that he was in no .................... to drive a car.

Tanya has been training all winter, and she’s in peak ....................
On no .............................are children under ten allowed on this fairground ride.

C. For each of the sentences below, write a new sentence, similar in meaning to the original
sentence, but using the word given. The word must not be altered in any way. (10 points)

1. Don’t make me suffer because of your problems! ON

Don’t take…………………because you’ve got problems!
2. The students did not return from the end-of-term party until dawn. BEFORE
It was ……… back from the end-of-term party.
3. You haven’t really explained exactly how the money disappeared. ACCOUNT
Your explanation……………………of the money.
4. The management said it was important for us to wear dark suits to the meeting. INSISTED
The management……………dark suits to the meeting.
5. ‘The company benefits from looking after its customers,’ said the chairman. INTERESTS
According to the chairman, it is …………… to look after its customers.

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