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MINISTERUL EDUCAŢIEI NAŢIONALEOLIMPIADA DE LIMBA ENGLEZĂ

ETAPA MUNICIPALĂ17 IANUARIE – 2015

COLEGIUL NAŢIONAL “DRAGOS VODA” SIGHETU-MARMATIEICLASA a X-a

I. WRITING (50 points)You have just returned from a foreign holiday which you booked through a well-knownholiday company. Neither the resort nor the hotel that you stayed at came up to yourexpectations. You have decided to write a letter to the holiday company complainingabout aspects of your holiday and outlining the reasons for your dissatisfaction. In yourletter, suggest what steps you think the company should take to rectify the problems forholiday-makers in the future, and say what kind of compensation you expect. Write yourletter in an appropriate style. Do not write any addresses.Write your letter using around 150-180 words.

II. USE OF ENGLISH (50 points)

A. Read the text below and fill in with a word which best fits each space. Use onlyONE word in each space. (10 p)

TitanicOn April 10, 1912, (0) theTitanic,the world’s largest ship, left England(1)_______________ her way to New York City. Her passengers were (2)_______________ blend ofthe world’s richest people. She was thought (3)_______________ as the safest ship ever built, sosafe (4)_______________ she carried only 20 lifeboats - enough (5)_______________ carry only halfof her 2,200 passengers and crew. The reason for carrying this number of lifeboats was that(6)_______________ was considered an unsinkable ship, so they would take them only to savethe survivors of other sinking ships, if any.In the fourth day of her journey, on the night of April 14, Titanic struck(7)_______________ iceberg. The impact was fatal (8)_______________ the water four degreesbelow freezing soon poured through the ship. It was plain that there weren’t (9)_______________ lifeboats for all the passengers and even though all of them were providedwith life jackets it was clear that some of them wouldn’t make it. The biggest ship (10)_______________ made slowly slid under the water two hours and forty minutes after thecollision.

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B. For questions 1-10, read the text below and decide which answer (A, B, C or D)best fits each gap. (10 p)

Cat FlapPatricia took a liking to the kitten the moment she (0)Aeyes on it. The poor little creaturewas so helpless, so cute and so weak that it hardly had the (1) _____ to stand on its feet. Whocould have been so (2) _____ as to leave a tiny animal like this outside on such a cold night?It was only early September, but the last few mornings there had been frost on the (3) _____when Patricia walked to school, and the temperature during the day was only a fewdegrees (4) _____ zero.Patricia decided to take the kitten home and face the (5) _____argument with her mother. Mrs Stevens (6) _____ to let her daughter have a cat. She wasquite (7) _____ that pets are smelly, dirty and likely to carry diseases. Patricia had tried her(8) _____ to explain that this simply wasn’t true, but all her efforts were in (9) ____.Whenever they discussed the subject, Mrs Stevens would get very upset and(10) _____ whyPatricia needed a pet anyway, when she had such loving parents. Patricia had often tried toexplain that this was beside the point. A pet would be a companion.

0 A set B put C placed D dropped1 A ability B strength C force D power2 A cruel B strict C harsh D severe3 A soil B bottom C floor D ground4 A higher B over C above D after5 A international B inevitable C essential D necessary6 A denied B refused C insisted D demanded7 A persuaded B confirmed C convinced D decided8 A hardest B most C worst D deepest9 A doubtful B hopeless C useless D vain

10 A wonder B demand C insist D requestC. Complete the second sentence so that it has a similar meaning to the first sentence,using the word given. DON NOT CHANGE THE WORD GIVEN. Use between THREE andSIX words, including the word given. (20 p)

1. If you should see Paul at the weekend, you could ask him for help. INTOWere_______________________________________at the weekend, you could ask him for help.2. Don’t forget to discuss these factors in your essay. CONSIDERATIONRemember_________________________________________________ in your essay.3. All parents want only the best for their children. NOTHINGEvery __________________________________________________________ for their children.4. Sally often reminds me of my younger sister. THINKSally often______________________________________________________younger sister.5. The odds are against Maria getting such an important job. LIKELYMaria__________________________________________________________such an important job.6. They closed the borders in order to catch the smugglers. AIMThey closed the borders________________________________________________the smugglers.7. I don’t mind if you invite friends over for dinner. OBJECT

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I don’t _____________________________________________________friends over for dinner.8. Now I regret not going to university! ONLYIf_____________________________________________________________to university!9. We are going to miss the train if we don’t hurry! LEFTUnless we hurry, the train will______________________________________we get to the station.10.I’d better get a mechanic to look at the car before we set off for Spain. LOOKEDI’d better _____________________________________________________before we set off for Spain.

D. Read the following text. For questions 1-10 use the word in capital letters at theend of some lines to form a word that fits in the gap IN THE SAME LINE. (10p).

BeaversAfter the recent floods, conservationists are called in for beaversto be reintroduced to Britain. You may wonder how animals thatbuild dams prevent floods when (1) _______________ the opposite istrue. However, beavers construct dams in upland areas, creatingsmall pools and (2) _______________that retain water and releasewater to lowland areas much more (3) _______________.Until the 16th century, beavers lived wild in parts of Britain, butthey were hunted to (4) _______________for their fur. However,recently (5) _______________British wildlife organizations haveapplied to reintroduce beavers to the countryside. Along withtheir potential value in flood(6) ______________, they would createwetland habitats and promote (7) _______________.But such measures are (8) _______________.Beavers recentlyreintroduced to Estonia have flooded large areas of forest and (9)_______________ land, and this, in turn, has damaged crops. As aresult, it has been necessary to cull beavers when the populationbecomes too large.Many people think it (10) _______________toreintroduce a species which will then be killed.

(1) SURE

(2) DIVERT(3) GRADUAL

(4) EXTINCT(5) VARY

(6) PREVENT(7) TOUR(8) CONTROVERSY

(9) AGRICULTURE

(10) ETHIC

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KEYS - clasa a X-a - Etapa municipală

I. WRITING (5Op)

II. USE OF ENGLISH (50p)

A. Open cloze (10 points )1. on2. a3. of4. that5. to6. it/ she7. an8. and/because/ as9. enough10. ever

B. Multiple choice cloze(10 points)1.B2.A3.D4.C5.B6.B7.C8.A9.D10.A

C. Key word transformation (20 points)1. you to run/ bump // into Paul2. to take these factors // into consideration3. parent wants nothing // but the best4. makes me // think of my5. is not likely // to get6. with the aim of // catching7. object to // you/your inviting8. only I // had gone9. have left // by the time10. have the car // looked atD. Word building (10 points)1. SURELY2. DIVERSIONS3. GRADUALLY4. EXTINCTION5. VARIOUS

6. PREVENTION7. TOURISM8. CONTROVERSIAL9. AGRICULTURAL10. UNETHICAL