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VERIFICARE

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LIMBA

NGLEZA

PENTRU

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IXA.

PROBA

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VARIANTA2-IUNIE2OOT

I.

Read

the

follow.itrg

afticle.

Five

sentences

have

been

removed.

choose

from

the

sefrtefice$

the

one

which

{its each

gap 1* 5. There are two €xtra sentences you do not need to use' (5 points)

.\.

1'his

is

rvhv

he

thought

thev

wouid

make

good

sen'ants

and

slavcs'

ll.

\\hen

thc

Spaniards'',r,'ere

*ad;t,

ther.'

picked

the

best

'specimens'

to

ioad

onto the

shiPs'

(..

\Ihy

aot

sail

rvest.

thought

Coiumbus,

and

reach

the

Indies

rhat

wav?

l).

\\heri

(,.lumbus

ancl

his sailors

came

ashore,

the

Arawaks

ran

to greet

them

bringing

*rem

food

aflcl

gifts'

11.

't'hev

thought

the

best

$'av to

do

this

n as

b,v

sailirrg-south

round

Africa and

eastw-ards'

F.

For

others.

he

is responsiLl.

fo,

the

introduction

.]F,h .rt'

and

the destructi'n

of Nati'e

American

culrure'

G.

\\'e

knorv'very

little

about

Columbus'

childhood

and

educatron'

Columbus:

Hetr: or

Villain?

lrlosr

people

arc

tauEht

at

school

that

corumbus

is one

of

the greatest

heroes of

westem

civilizati.n'

For a

kli of

pet'tple,

he

no t

.nl'

r-liscor.erecl

\merica

but

intocluced

the

arrs,

larv ancl

rcliclon

to

the

primi.tive

tribes

of

the

Nerv

\Yodil'

(1

-

)

\lhich

I'ie*'

1smorc

relirlble?

\'e

should

con-tider the facts'

In thc

15,r-

entury,

the

portuguese

\\'ere

one

of the

most

po$rerful

nations

on

eatth

By

the end

t;i the

centuq

thcl

rr-ere

q'r'l ing

tirrther

a'cl

f*rther

into the

Atlantic,

in

-oearch

of

a

ne .'

,Lrr,*

,o

india.

(2

*

)

It

seemecl

tht

tn'st

sensiblc

thing

to

d''

but

the

iourtrer-

x,as mLrch

further

than

thev

thought'

n ,

- -',

.-----a^^-;.,-

^^

n^-rd.* can

il,r1..rr.,bu.

came

up

rr,.itir

an

original

scrlnJon

to

thc

problem:

he decided

to tutn

Portugal's

strategv

frrt

an

casfem

sea

rortc

on

lts

hcail.

(3

*

)

No ti.rrof.orr

b.#rr.

had

clelibentely

sailecl

ships

anvav.ftom

lancl, with

no

certaintv

.f

getting

back

home

satelr

In

the cnd,

ir

n

as

the

sparush

King

anrl

eueen

o,ho

go .

(-ol.irnbus

,h4ro

^r.,1

men

ancl

in

rcturn

hc

irromised

to

bri'g

as

m*c-h

golci

as

thev

need...'and

as

man,v

slar'-es

s

thev

ask

\\.,hen

the

gokl

colLrmbus

had

iound

roas

not enough.

he

madc

the

natrves

it'ttt sla'es.

'l 'hc

slave

trade

started

*'hen

('olurnbus'

mr,n

caprurcd

5lx)

-\rar',ak

men,

rr,ornen

ancl

chiltlien

arrd

kept

them

imprisoned,

guatdcd

bv Spaniards

and

dt'gs f'l

-.

)

{) f

thOse.

,rnlr. 3l)0

sun

i\:ed

the

rrip,

\\''l-rerr

thev

affived

in

Sparn

thev

rvere

sold'

(,.;-rmb's

th.ught

thc

lndians

werc

serider

ancl

more

ir.t tlg ni

than

hc had

expecteci.

(5

-

)

During

his

later'r)\'agts

t() thr

leribbca. he rmposed rerrrble punishrnents

on

the

Intlians.

ier

C.lurnbus

*as

al*a.'s

rta.ning

his

'thcers

t{)

treat

the Indilns

rrell

und

hc otien

scemed

genuineiv

moved

by

the

bcaun

of the

natives'

ctiltrre'

IL

complete

the

second

sentence

so that

it has

a

similar

meaning

to the

fitst sentence,

using

the

q'ord

given

in

brackets.

Do

not

change

the

r*-ord

given.

I-Jse

benveen

two

and

five

words,

including

the

q'ord

given'

(10points)

1.

'l 'onr:

flur

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IV.

For

questions

1- 15,

read

the text below

and decide

which word

A

B,

C ot D best

fits each

$pace. There

is an

example

at

the beginning (0). (15

points)

I-ast

summer,

air

pollution in Paris

reached

dangerous 0A on

decicled

hat public

transport

in French cities will

be

1_-on

3_

to encourage

people

to leave

their cars at

home.

s1x

separate

occastons.

As a result,

the

gnr.enrment have

recentlv

days

when

pollutir:n

becomes

a 2

..-*to

people's

heairh

n a(n)

 I he

lv{ayor

of Paris said

that he

had

several other ideas to reduce

the pollution

problem,

such

as free parking

on the

.l

.

of the

cih' on

hot, still

days when

exhaust

fumes tend to

accumulate. He

has

also

5-

a

€6 million

plan for 56 [m

6f bicycle

tracks,

nerv

pedestianised

6-

and

a new trarn 7

-

tor

southetn Paris.

-lis most

popular

rneasure

l

becoming

mavor last

N{av

has

been to 9_ traffic from several streetson Sundavs.

liveT

summer,

air qualitv is at its

10--_ in Paris

during holidav weekends,

especially

one weekencl

n

-f

uly

when the

11_

of the

population

leave

by car for their

summer holidavs.

12-

then

improve

for

the

surffner,

but deteriorate

again

w-hen mosr

residents

return

at the end of August.

The

free transp.rrt

13-

is pan

of the resPonse

to a new environmental

regulation

rvhich

says that iexal

authoriues

must

guarantee

14--__

air. If it is 15--

ser{ouslv,

ocals

can

look

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I.

(5 puncte)

.

F;

2.8;

3.

C;

4.B;

5.

A

Il.

(f0

puncte)

1, s not/

sn't

as easy

as

2.have o

be

wom

3.

had already

started

bY

4. weren't/were

not

able

to

5. saidhe would/'d never orget

ilI.

(10 puncte)

l . the

6.uP

2. few

7.

that

3.up

8.

well

4. a

9.

lot

5.

have

10.

or

6.

won't/will

not bite

unless

You

7.

is/'s being

taught

Chinese

bY

8.

am not usedl'm

not

used

o driving

9.

weren't/

were

not

afraid

of

water

10.have/'ve been earningcomputing

for

IV. (15puncte)

V.

(10

puncte)

l- i t

2- to

3

- witb

4-{

5-and

VI.

(10

puncte)

l.

tourism

2. success

3. traditional

4.

attractions

5.

egendary

6-out

7

-

very

8 -

where

e-{

l0

-

did

6.

Visitors

7.

largely

8.

famous

9. coastal

10.

combination

Seacorda 0 punctedin oficiu'

Punctaj

maxim

-

70

puncte'