TEST DE EVALUARE INITIALAAnul scolar 2013-2014

Limba englezaClasa a X-a

Numele si prenumele elevuluiData sustinerii testului

Pentru rezolvarea corecta a tuturor cerintelor din Partea I si din Partea a II-a se acorda 90 de puncte. Din oficiu se acorda 10 puncte.

Timpul efectiv de lucru este de 45 de minute.

PARTEA I______________________________________________________60 de puncte

I. 1. Read the text below and complete the following tasks. Write all your answers on the Answer Sheet.

The eight masked bandits, who burst into a Naples railroad station, seemed to have stepped straight out of a spaghetti Western. After ordering the station master to stop the train, they opened by force the doors of the mail car grabbed bags containing approximately ₤ 100,000 in cash. ____1_

Train robbers have recently become an usual phenomenon in Italy. Sometimes the robbers get on the train as passengers. _____2 Others work less ostentatiously: they quietly break into mail cars, tie up the guards and jump off in time before the train pulls into the next station. _____3 Italian officials think that upsurge in the once-forgotten train robberies comes as a direct result of the introduction of effective, modern security devices elsewhere. _____4

I. 1. a. Four sentences have been removed from the text. Select the appropriate sentence for each gap in the text. There is one extra sentence which you do not need to use. Write your answers on the Answer Sheet. 8 points

A. Since some targets such as banks have become too difficult for common criminals.B. Trains are more accessible targets for them. C. The Italian Press has pointedly described train robbers as “the new frontier of organized crime”.D. They finally managed to make a successful getaway with blazing guns.E. Later put on their masks and hold up the rest of the passengers.

I 1.b Match the words in bold in the text to their definition given below. There is one extra definition which you do not need to use. Write your answers on the Answer Sheet. 4 points

A. 1. taking hold of something in a rough or rude way

B. 2. a sudden increase in somethingC. 3. to go somewhere quickly and suddenlyD. 4. intended to impress people in an extreme and

unnecessary wayE. 5.people who take money or property illegally

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I 1.c For the following sentences, choose the answer (A, B, C, D) which fits according to the text. Write your answers on the Answer Sheet. 10 points

1. The main idea of the text is that

a. train robbers grab bags from mail carsb. train robberies are the kind of organized crime lately preferred by robbersc. train robbers work ostentatiouslyd. trains are not supplied with modern security devices

2. The eight bandits looked as ifa. they were eating spaghettib. they were selling spaghettic. they had come out of a Western filmd. they had come into the station to sell some spaghetti

3. The eight bandits escapeda. through a large gateb. before the train pulled into the stationc. jumping of the train while it was movingd. in a blaze of gunfire

4. Common criminals mostly attack trains instead of banks nowadays because a. the latter are equipped with security devicesb. they can find more money in their carriages c. banks cannot be robbedd. they can escape more easily

5. Some robbers pretenda. they are passengers themselvesb. they are guards of the trainc. they are Italian officialsd. they are station masters

Read the text below. In one paragraph write your own ending of the story. (8- 10 lines)

Nandini didn’t understand what to say. She sat silently wondering what to do next. As she laid her face in her palms she felt someone hit the arm of her chair. She looked up to see a police officer standing in front of her with two constables walking a few steps behind him. Raman stood up and asked the officer as to what was the matter. The officer informed him that they had come to arrest him since he had hit a pedestrian with his car which was a criminal offense. Raman quietly complied with the officer and accompanied him and his fellow officers to the police station. Nandini tried to intervene and stop the police from taking Raman with them but Raman asked her to stay calm and look after the girl. After Raman left, Nandini immediately called Soumya and told him all that happened. He asked her to stop worrying and assured her that he would go to the police station and see what could be done.

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