BAC ENG, 2009, SCRIS, L1-L2, V-1, Sb-1, [ sub + rezolv ]

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Ministerul Educaţiei, Cercetării şi Inovării
Centrul Naţional pentru Curriculum şi Evaluare în Învăţământul Preuniversitar

Examenul de bacalaureat 2009
Proba E/F
Proba scrisă la Limba engleză
L1 normal – L2

Toate subiectele sunt obligatorii. Se acordă 10 puncte din oficiu.
Timpul efectiv de lucru este de 3 ore.

SUBIECTUL I (30 de puncte)
Varianta 001
Read the text below and complete the following tasks.

Imagine break-room vending machines featuring fruit juice and vegetables instead of cookies and soda pop. Consider colleagues who insist on mid-morning group exercise breaks and applaud a lunchtime workout rather than criticizing the cut of the sweat suit. Ponder an organizational culture that encourages walking the stairs … (1)

A UCLA-evaluated study of a demonstration project led by Community Health Councils in Los Angeles shows how incorporating physical activity and healthy eating into an office or other organizational culture pays dividends for participants.

Published in the July 2006 edition of the peer-reviewed journal Health Promotion Practice, …(2) A 12-week curriculum, meanwhile, boosts fruit and vegetable intake while reducing feelings of sadness and depression, and can even reduce waistlines.

"Creating a culture of healthy living within an organizational framework requires buy-in by leadership, staff and clientele," said Dr. Antronette K. Yancey, lead author of the study and associate professor of health services at the UCLA School of Public Health. … (3) "However, many obstacles to organizational and individual engagement are apparent. Recommendations include offering a flexible menu of options that may be tailored to each organization and developing strong intra-organizational connections throughout the program to improve sustainability."

The Racial and Ethnic Approaches to Community Health (REACH) 2010 demonstration project, led by Los Angeles-based Community Health Councils, adapted and implemented an organizational wellness intervention, … (4)

"Our goal is to increase life expectancy and improve quality of life for all ages by helping communities support programs that eliminate health disparities experienced by racial and ethnic minorities," said study co-author Lark Galloway-Gilliam, executive director of Community Health Councils.
(NewsTarget, September, 2006)

1. Four sentences/groups of words have been removed from the text. Select the appropriate
sentence/group of words for each gap in the text. There is one extra sentence/group of
words which you do not need to use.
4 points

A. the study finds that a six-week wellness-training program significantly increases vigorous physical activity among participants.

B. "Both the physical and social environment must change,” she added.

C. instead of riding the elevator.

D. And blacks are 1.8 times as likely to have diabetes as whites.

E. originally developed by the local health department.

My word explanation:

● break-room = lunch room;
● vending-machine = coin-operated machine for selling small articles, beverages, etc;
● to feature = to present, to promote;
● pop = fizzy drink ( such as lemonade );
● ponder = think ( of something ) slowly and carefully;
● to pay dividends = to bring advantages at a later date;
● peer = person equal to another in abilities, qualifications, etc;
● wellness = health;
● to boost = to cause to increase;
● intake = the amount of food / drink introduced in the body;
● waistlines = waist size;
● buy-in = money payment for joining;
● UCLA = University of California, Los Angeles;
● to tailor = adjust, make to fit;
● disparity = difference, discrimination;

Solution
My answer:

● 1 – C;
● 2 – A;
● 3 – B;
● 4 – E;


2. Who/What do the words in bold refer to?
6 points

Solution
My answer:

● who ( = colleagues );
● that ( = options );
● our ( = Community Health Councils’ [ goal ] );

3. Explain the following words.
10 points

1. to applaud 2. healthy eating 3. obstacle 4. to tailor 5. goal

Solution
My answer:

● applaud = clap hands;
● healthy eating = eating food rich in nutrients;
● obstacle = impediment, barrier;
● tailor = adjust, make to fit;
● goal = aim, target;

4. Answer the following questions.
6 points

A. What is the result of a 12-week curriculum, according to the UCLA study?

B. What do recommendations include, according to Dr. Antronette K. Yancey?

C. What does Lark Galloway-Gilliam say about the goal of his program?

Solution
My answer:

● A. the reduction of sadness, depression and waistlines;
● B. a). the offer of a flexible menu of options, adjusted to each program; b). the elaboration of strong extra-organizational connection during the program in order to improve sustainability;
● C. that it increases life expectancy and improves the quality of life for all ages, by helping communities support programs that eliminate health disparities experienced by racial and ethnic minorities;

5. Comment on the following sentence:

incorporating physical activity and healthy eating into an office or other organizational culture pays dividends for participants.

(50 words)
4 points

Solution
My answer

● The key phrase of the quotation is: PAY DIVIDENTS, which means BRING ADVANTAGES AT A LATER DATE. So it says that if people working in offices and institutions where they have to do little physical activity are willing to adopt good habits of nutritiously eating and physically exercising, they can improve their lives for the better. ● ( 56 words )

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