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Concursul de limba englez faza zonal februarie 2013 Clasa a X-a Varianta A

I. Circle the option, A, B, C or D that best fits each gap: (10 p)

If an alien were to land on our planet and (1) a stroll among a crowd of earthlings, it would hear a lot of ha-ha noises. It might wonder what (2) this strange habit ser ed. If we as! oursel es what (") a good laugh,the ob ious answer is that it is a response to something funn#. $ut one scientist, %obert &ro ine, sa#s humourhas surprisingl# little to (') with that. Instead, it lies at the ( ) of such issues as the perception of self andthe e olution of language. &ro ine reali ed that #ou cannot capture (*) laughter in the lab because as soonas #ou (+)... it under scrutin#, it anishes. e collected 1,2 laugh episodes an episode being (/) as thecomment immediatel# preceding the laughter and the laughter itself. is anal#sis of this data (0) someimportant facts about laughter. Its a message we send to other people - it (1 ) disappears when were b#oursel es, he sa#s.

1. . ma!e $. get . wal! 3. ta!e2. . reason $. purpose . idea 3. meaning". . results $. leads . prompts 3. concludes'. . go $. bring . do 3. set

. . root $. stem . head 3. bac!*. . complete $. authentic . contemporar# 3. current+. . place $. la# . stand 3. !eep/. . defended $. decided . defined 3. depicted0. . re ealed $. in estigated . displa#ed 3. declared1 . . absolutel# $. constantl# . undoubtedl# 3. irtuall#

II. Read the text belo and !se "#$ %"RD onl& in each gap: (10 p)

(1)4444444444 would I spend the perfect wee!end5 6ell, on 7unda#s I li!e (2)4444444444 better than to hangout in 7horeditch. 6hen I was #ounger, Id go there more or (")44444444 e er# wee!end with m# parents8 wedgo to the mar!et and ha e lunch from a food stall and its still as cra # and 9uir!# as it (')44444444to be when I

was a !id. I alwa#s ha e ) 4444444good loo! around the bric-a-brac shops. I lo e the second-hand furniturethe# sell though I (*)4444444e er actuall# bu# an#thing. Im not (+)444444444 of those people who escape tothe countr#side at wee!ends. If we went an#where, it would (/)444444444 to :orocco, where I spent a largepart of m# childhood. I lo e it; its so 9uic! and eas# (0) 444444444get to but as (1 )44444444 as #ou step offthe plane, #oure in a different world.

III. 'se the ords in capitals at the end of the lines belo to for ords that fit the gap in the sa e line: (10 p)

%iding in a hot air balloon is 9uite (1)444444444444444 an# other form of fl#ing. 6ithout engines, a balloon depends (2) 444444444444444 on the winds around it to mo e.

>?@I%> (") 444444444444444, the maAimum speed is normall# around 1 mph. .

B?7>CD>? >@he balloon is based on the simple (')4444444444444444 principle that the

7 I>? > ( )4444444444444444 of hot air is less than that of the cold air. It is not, howe er,

6>IE a large (*)444444444444444 , as a cubic metre of hot air is onl# about 2 metres lighter.

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@his means it ta!es (+)44444444444444 four cubic metres of hot air Gust to lift one !ilo.%BDE gas burner is used to (/)4444444444444444444 the air inside the balloon, causing it to rise. B@@o go up more slowl# or to ma!e a (0)444444444444444444444, hot air is released from the top.

3>7 >?36ind blowing at different heights (1 )4444444444444444444the pilot to steer the balloon. $

I . Co plete the second sentence so that it has a si ilar eaning to the first sentence, !sing the ord gi*en inbold. +o! !st !se bet een three and six ords, incl!ding the ord gi*en: ( 0 p)

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44cut.2. @here must be a simple wa# to eAplain what happened. "#$%&

@heres444444444444444444444444444444444444444444444444444444444444444444444for whathappened.

". Ill support #ou whate er #ou decide to do . ATT!'

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. I wish I hadnt said that to her. TA)!If onl#4444444444444444444444444444444444444444444444444444444444444444444444444444Isaid to her.

*. :# brother and I are ali!e in man# wa#s. *#T:# brother and I444444444444444444444444444444444444444444444444444444444444444444444

common.

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burning calories./. I dont usuall# ma!e such foolish mista!es. (A"IT Im444444444444444444444444444444444444444444444444444444444444444444444444such

foolish mista!es.0. @he wa# he beha es is intolerable. ,$T I cant4444444444444444444444444444444444444444444444444444444444444444444

444444444an# longer.1 . 6hen writing for the student maga ine #ou should remember that teachers will read it too.

#'T( 6hen #ou write for the student maga ine444444444444444444444444444444mind that teachers will

read it too.

H. ou ha e recentl# attended this e ent, but #ou did not enGo# it.

THE PERFEC T EVE NING OUT!

Top-class musical entertainment, with famous artists

excellent restaurant

discounts available for young people

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6rite #our letter of com.laint to the manager, sa#ing what went wrong. ( p) (2 words)

%ot/ tim. de lucru 3 ore Toate subiectele sunt obligatorii %u se acord .uncte din oficiu