Olimpiada de Limba Engleza

Olimpiada de Limba Engleza

Etapa pe scoala, 31.10.2009

Clasa a XI-a

I. (8 puncte) Use the words to the right of the text to form one word that fits in the same numbered space in the text.

Television images On television, the (1) ____ on the visual element is often driven not

EMPHASIZE

so much by a desire to inform, but more by the fear of being (2) __.

INTEREST

Just how far, though, should television go in showing us reality in

its news (3) ______ ?

COVER

It is always (4) ____ appropriate for viewers to be subjected to

WHOLE

graphic evidence of human (5) ____ on their screens? When in

SUFFER

doubt, news editors will often err on the side of causing ( 6) _____.

OFFEND

If not, they argue, there is a danger of creating sanitized version of

history, which may be more (7) _____ to the public, but which does

ACCEPT

not reflect what is really happening.

If television becomes too (8) _____, it is in danger of being

PROTECT

replaced by the Internet.

II. (12 puncte) Put the verbs in brackets in the right tense:

She asked me: What you (1) _____ (do) all these years?

I (2) _____ (wish) I (3) _____ (have) something impressive to say, but again I (4) ____ (can) think of nothing but the truth. I (5) ______ (do) some translating and some broadcasting, I (6) _____ (say). I (7) ______ (manage) quite well.

But I (8) _____ (can) see Anna (9) _____ (not listen) to my replies. You (10) ______ (look) just the same, Jake. It (11) _____ (be) true. I (12) _____ (look) much as I did when I was twenty-four.

III. (10 puncte) Rewrite each sentence so that it contains the word in bold, and so that the meaning stays the same.

1. Some men are coming to put a new gas heater in my house on Monday. INSTALL

Im ___________________________________________ in my house on Monday.

2. It was a mistake to ever put Brians name forward as Chairman. NOMINATE

Brian ________________________________________________ as Chairman.

3 There is no decision yet from the jury on the Walter Andrew case. MAKE

The jury _______________________________________ minds on the Walter Andrew case.

4 For a bike thats two years old, its in very good condition. EVEN

The bikes in very good condition, ________________________________ two years old.

5 For many years people thought Isiah Kerr was the artist of the painting, which was wrong. ATTRIBUTE

For many years the painting _________________________________________ Isiah Kerr.

6 In my country all adults are obliged to vote. OBLIGATORY

In my country _______________________________________________ all adults.

7 But for the intervention of his bodyguards, the President might have been hurt. INTERVENED

If __________________________________________ he might have been hurt.

8 I really wish I had gone to university. DEEPLY

I _______________________________________________ going to university.

9 The entire staff demanded Kens immediate reinstatement. BE

The entire staff demanded __________________________________________ immediately.

10 I just want you to know that, whatever happens, your mum and I will always be there for you. COME

I just want you to know that, _________________________________ , your mum and I will always be there for you.

IV. (10 puncte) Read the text below and decide which variant A, B, C, or D best fits each space.

Changing countries

(1) ____ a new life and hoping for a significant (2) ____ in their standard of living, foreign workers began flocking into Western Europe during the 1950s. In Britain, some of the first immigrants arriving from the West Indies and the Indian subcontinent were welcomed by brass bands, but the dream of a new life soon (3) ____ sour for many.

Attracted by the (4) ______ to earn good money and learn new skills, the reality they found was often one of low wages and, in many (5) ____ , unemployment. Some did not adapt (6) _____ to life in a country of cold weather, cold welcomes and discrimination. The (7) ___ of West Indian immigrants (8) _____ into the inner cities, areas that were already fraught with social tensions caused by poverty and (9) ____ housing. There were cases of open hostility towards the newcomers; in 1958, riots (10) ____ out in Notting Hill, West London, when gangs of white youths began taunting immigrants.

1. A Searching B Wishing C Seeking D Leading

2. A switch B change C modification D variation

3. A turned B converted C switched D changed

4. A promise B chance C goal D target

5. A occasions B examples C ways D cases

6. A closely B greatly C easily D normally

7. A most B percentage C majority D number

8. A changed B lived C arrived D moved

9. A poor B low C few D weak

10. A broke B carried C came D started

V. 4 Put each phrasal verb from the box in the appropriate place in the text.

grow on, stand up, to make, do with, drew up, gone off, try out,

make for, broke off, put up with, done up, come up against

As Mrs Davis was talking on the phone, a white van (0) drew up outside her house. She (1) _____________ her phone call. Cant talk now, Maggie, the decorators are here yes, were having our kitchen (2) _____________ . With that, she put the phone down and showed the workmen in. Weve (3) _____________ a little problem with the paint, Mrs Davis, said the taller of the two men. The Highland Blue you chose in the catalogue has been discontinued, so weve had to (4) _____________ the nearest colour, Royal Blue.

Mrs Davis looked troubled. Dont worry, Mrs D, said the other workman. We can (5) _____________ a little bit of the Royal Blue on your walls, and then if you dont like it we can always go over it with something else later. He opened the tin, and Mrs Davis frowned. Its a bit lighter than you wanted, but itll (6) _____________ you, I promise, said the smaller workman. Hmmm, I dont know, said Mrs Davis, Ive rather (7) _____________ the idea of blue now. Perhaps we can leave the painting till my husband gets home. He may be able to (8) _____________ this colour, but its not what we imagined.

Anway, youll love the bench top weve got, said the little one.

This marble base will (9) _____________ a much stronger work surface than the conventional materials, and its much more durable. Itll (10) _____________ a lot of banging and cutting. Well do that today, and leave the painting till later.

VI.(40 puncte) Write an argumentative essay in 250-300 words, providing arguments for and against the following statement: We do not need books any more, we have computers