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ATENIE! Subiectele de la 1 la 10 valoreaz cte 3 puncte, cele de la 11 la 20 cte 4 puncte, cele

de la 21 la 30 cte 5 puncte, iar de la 31 la 40 din nou cte 4 puncte.

Se acord 40 de puncte din oficiu. Punctajul maxim este de 200 puncte.

1. Dont give them the bad news yet. Theyve already got enough on their ............. .A) tray B) bowl C) spoon D) plate E) platter

2. For years a secret shame destroyed my peace -Ive not read Eliot, Auden or MacNeice.But now I think a thought that brings me hope:

............. had Chaucer, Shakespeare, Milton, Pope.

A) Either B) None C) Even D) Neither E) No sooner

3.My sister and I baked the cake for Johns birthday. I did all the ......... work. She only put the candles on the cake.A) ox B) dog C) bull D) horse E) donkey

4. George Orwells Animal Farm is a:

A) textbook for vets B) diary C) political satire D) users manual for farmers E) romance novel

5. Robert was ............. the page looking for his name in print.A) skimming B) glimpsing C) scanning D) noticing E) peering

6. Name the series of towns in the U.K. only:A) Dublin/Birmingham/Johannesburg/Glasgow/YorkB) Oxford/Darlington/Rotterdam/Southampton/BerkC) London/Cambridge/Northampton/Dublin/York D) Birmingham/Denver/Belfast/Brighton/CambridgeE) Denver/Little Rock/Manchester/Stratford/London

7. John Smith considers anyone who is a vegetarian to be a ............. .A) turkey B) goose C) quack D) crank E) rooster

8. During which war is the story in Gone with the Windset?

A) The French Indian War B) The Revolutionary War C) The War of IndependenceD) The Spanish American War E) The Civil War

9. Question: What would you get if you ............. a parrot and a centipede?Answer: A walkie-talkie.

A) had crossed B) crossed C) would cross D) cross E) are crossing

10. Two of these phrases are wrong. Which are they?1. there is each likelihood; 2. beyond the shadow of a doubt; 3. in all probability;4. there is no doubt; 5. there is all chance

A) 2 and 5 B) 1 and 3 C) 1 and 5 D) 1 and 4 E) 2 and 3

11. Their business is in the red.A) It is making profit. B) It is bankrupt. C) It is getting new clients.D) It is taken over by another company. E) It is illegal

12. Choose the correct sequence :When I saw Ben last week he said he .............................. smoking. But when I saw him two days later, he.............................a cigarette. He took the cigarette from his mouth and looked rather embarrassed.

A) would stop / was smoked. B) had been stopping / was smoking. C) had stopped / was smoking.D) will stop / had smoked. E) had stopped / is smoking.

13. When Maria told me she was my long lost twin I was taken ............. .A) aware B) awash C) asleep D) awake E) aback

14. What do you call food that is neither warm nor cold?A) cool B) hot C) chilly D) lukewarm E) spicy

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15. Question: What happened to the terrorist who tried to blow up a bus?Answer: He burnt his lips on the exhaust pipe.What are the two meanings of blow up that are implied in the riddle?

A) explode/ inflate B) implode/ inflate C) explode/ inhale D) implode/ exhale E) implode/ inflate

16. What are the traditional sandwiches served for the five oclock tea in Britain?A) courgette sandwiches B) tomato sandwiches C) cucumber sandwichesD) cauliflower sandwiches E) onion sandwiches

17. HMS stands for:A) Her Majestys secret B) Help my soul C) Her Majestys shipD) How many servants E) how much salt

18. The leader of the Civil Rights Movement was:A) Ronald Reagen B) Martin Luther King C) John Fitzgerald KennedyD) Abraham Lincoln E) Bill Clinton

19. A woman shoots her husband. Then she holds him under water for over 5 minutes. Finally, she hangshim. But five minutes later they both go out together and enjoy a wonderful dinner together. How can this be?

Answer: The woman was ............. . She got a shot of her husband, developed it, and hung it up to dry.

A) character in a cartoon B) a hired killer C) a photographerD) a water-colour painter E) a columnist

20. The Old Vic is a famous ............. in London.A) pub B) museum C) theatre D) restaurant E) club

21. Choose from the five phrases the one which correctly completes the sentence.They broke the glass and ran ..along the fence and hid behind the nearest bushes.

A) in full swing B) to the full C) in full D) at full tilt E) in full cry

22. If I ............. you were coming, I ............. the others to stay a little longer so that you ............. everything

to them. This way they ............. that what you ............. before you ............. to Glasgow.A) had known/ would have asked/ could explain/ would have understood/ had been doing/ movedB) would have known/ would ask/ could have explained/ would understand/ had been doing/ would moveC) had known/ would have asked/ could explain/ would understand/ had been doing/ movedD) had known/ would ask/ could explain/ would understand/ had been doing/ had movedE)would have known/ would have asked/ could explain/ would have understood/ had been doing/ moved

23. Match the authors to the novels:1. Nathaniel Hawthorne 2. Emily Bront 3. William Golding 4. Herman Melvile 5. Jane Austina. Pride and Prejudice b. Lord of the Flies c. The Scarlet Letter d. Moby Dick e. Wuthering Heights

A) 1a-2b-3c-4d-5e B) 1c-2a-3e-4b-5d C) 1c-2e-3b-4d-5a D) 1e-2c-3b-4d-5a E) 1c-2e-3d-4b-5a

24. Choose the person which was nota Prime Minister:A) Winston Churchill B) Wilfred Owen C) Margaret ThatcherD) Neville Chamberlain E) Robert Walpole

25.Acrophobia means:A) fear of pain B) fear of blood C) fear of germs D) fear of closed spaces E) fear of high places

26. What did each of the following authors write? Choose the right combination:1. Edgar Allan Poe 2. Washington Irving 3. James Fenimore Cooper 4. Thomas Jeffersona. political essay b. horror stories c. romantic tales d. adventure stories

A) 1a-2b-3c-4d B) 1b-2c-3d-4a C) 1c-2d-3a-4b D) 1d-2a-3b-4c E) 1d-2c-3b-4a

27. Identify the word which is misspelled:A) precede B) succeed C) concede D) excede E) proceed

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28. I hate it when people into a serious conversation and then start or. onabout their petty personal problems for hours. The other day I..out my opinion and then noticed thateverybody was at a loss. words and had gone silent.A) jump/crying/telling/shouted/of B) butt/gossiping/rambling/blurted/forC) interrupt/yelling/talking/screamed/of D) get/shouting/rambling/whispered/ofE) butt/giggling/chatting/muttered/for

29. Choose the most appropriate sentence:A) They frown smoking here. B) Smoking is frowned on. C) To smoke is frowned.D) People are frowning at smoking. E) Smoking is frowned at.

30. Match each word to its poetic equivalent:1. work a. tidings2. see b. attire3. clothes c. toil4. read d. peruse5. news e. behold

A) 1e-2c-3a-4d-5b B) 1c-2e-3b-4d-5a C) 1c-2d-3b-4a-5e

D) 1e-2b-3a-4c-5d E) 1d-2e-3a-4c-5b

31. Who wrote Mrs. Dalloway?A) Charles Dickens B) Ezra Pound C) Henry James D) G.B. Shaw E) Virginia Woolf

32. Mozart and Wagner are as different as chalk and ............. .A) class B) streets C) spots D) head E) cheese

33. Which one does not fit: a gang of .............A) hooligans B) thieves C) actors D) elks E) kids

34. Match the British English words to their American English equivalent:1. boot 2. vest 3. pack 4. cooker 5. reckona. stove b. guess c. trunk d. deck e. undershirt

A) 1c-2e-3d-4a-5b B) 1b-2d-3a-4e-5c C) 1c-2b-3a-4d-5e D) 1a-2e-3d-4b-5c E) 1e-2b-3a-4c-5

35. Match the following sounds with their cause:1. scream 2. gasp 3. cheer 4. moan 5. snorta. with enthusiasm b. with contempt c. with surprise d. with pain e. with terror

A) 1e-2c-3a-4d-5b B) 1d-2c-3a-4b-5e C) 1c-2e-3b-4a-5d D) 1e-2b-3a-4c-5d E) 1d-2e-3a-4c-5b

36. The Queen has two birthdays. On her official birthday there is a special ceremony called ............. .

A) Swan-Upping B) The Royal Maundy C) The Changing of the GuardD) Trooping the Colour E) The Garter Ceremony

37. Which one of these is not politically correct?A) Afro-American B) red neck C) senior citizen D) hearing impaired E) disabled

38. One of these words does not describe a way of walking. Which one?A) hover B) limp C) stroll D) waddle E) creep

39. Something difficult to imagine and very big, strange or complicated is ............. .A) abiding B) groundbreaking C) show-stopping D) mind-boggling E) high-ranking

40. The only Prime Ministre to be re-elected three times in the twentieth century was:A) Margaret Thatcher B) Tony Blair C) Diana SpencerD) Neville Chamberlain E) Winston Churchill