BAC ENG, 2009, SCRIS, L3-4h, V-1, Sb-2, [ 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 - Intensiv 3 - 4 ore

Varianta 1

SUBIECTUL II ( 30 de puncte)

1. Choose the correct answer and, on your exam sheet, write the corresponding letter next to the number indicating each sentence.
4 points

( 1 ) According to the Publications Department, it will be two years before the new Handbook…

A. completes
B. is completed
C. will be completed
D. completed

Solution
My answer:

● ( 1 ) - B; [ “is completed” is in the future simple tense passive, but it has a present simple tense passive form because of “before”, which is a time adverb, making the sentence an adverbial clause of time ];

( 2 ) The President’s plane touched down in Mexico City on Wednesday, two days after he….

A. would have arrived
B. had been to arrive
C. was due to arrive
D. arrives

Solution
My answer:

● ( 2 ) - B; [ had been to arrive – ( = va fi urmat sa soseasca ), is in the future perfect tense, but it has the past perfect tense form, because the verb in the main clause is in the past simple tense; if the main clause verb had been in the present simple, or future simple, then the “had been to arrive” = has been to arrive ]

( 3 ) By the end of this month I… a member of this club for ten years.

A. will be
B. will be being
C. will have been
D. was

Solution
My answer:

● ( 3 ) - C; will have been ( voi fi fiind ), it should have been “will have been being” but “be” as main verb is not used in the continuous simple and continuous perfect tenses; [ so future perfect in form and meaning, because it is a main clause ] [ will be being – never for “be” as main verb, but for “be” as auxiliary in the passive voice ].
( 4 ) Helena’s not really a party animal, so I doubt whether she……..

A. comes
B. will come
C. will have come
D. had come

Solution
My answer:

● ( 4 ) - B; [ whether = if; will come - because “doubt”, the main clause verb, is in the present simple tense; will come – because the clause is not a conditional clause, but a direct object clause; A = correct only if in a conditional clause; C & D = would sound as if the action had taken place, though it didn’t. ]

2. Use the word in capitals at the end of each gapped line to form a word that fits in the space in the same line. Write these words on your exam sheet.
6 points

( 1 ) You can leave the money with him as he's totally … TRUST

( 2 ) John Glenn took great personal risks in his search for …. KNOW

( 3 ) Good role models don't think about being rewarded …for their charity work. FINANCE

Solution
My answer:

● ( 1 ) - trustworthy;
● ( 2 ) - knowledge;
● ( 3 ) - financially;

3. Fill in the gaps with only one word so that the text makes sense.
10 points

The British are widely considered to be a very polite nation, and in (1) ... respects this is true. An Italian journalist once commented (2) … the British that they need no fewer than four “thank you’s” to buy a bus ticket. The first, from the bus conductor means, “I am here.” The second accompanies the handing (3) ... of the money. The (4) …, again from the conductor, means “(5) … is your ticket”, and then the passenger utters a final one as he accepts the ticket.

Solution
My answer:

● ( 1 ) - many;
● ( 2 ) - on;
● ( 3 ) - in;
● ( 4 ) - third;
● ( 5 ) - here;


4. Each of the following lines contains an unnecessary word. Identify these words and write them on your exam sheet.
6 points

( 1 ) Mr. George Wilton, a schoolmaster of Epping, England, has been got in trouble.

( 2 ) It seems he told to his class of 9-year-old girls to write kidnap letters and demands for ransom.

( 3 ) One of the parents, a Mrs. Virginia Waters, said, “We only discovered

( 4 ) this dreadful thing during an evening class then for some of the mothers in knitting.

( 5 ) The notes were pinned up to the classroom wall.”

( 6 ) Another parent, the Mrs. Joan Dripper, said, “My child’s note read, ‘I have kidnapped your daughter and demand £25.’

Solution
My answer:

● ( 1 ) - been;
● ( 2 ) – to [ his class ];
● ( 3 ) - a;
● ( 4 ) - then;
● ( 5 ) - up;
● ( 6 ) - the;

5. Rewrite the following sentences, beginning as shown, so that the meaning stays the same.
4 points

( 1 ) I felt that it had been a mistake to write the letter.
I regretted ever...

( 2 ) Although it rained torrentially all day, we all enjoyed the excursion.
Despite …

( 3 ) I went down with flu as soon as I had recovered from bronchitis.
No sooner...

( 4 ) The Manager is not to be disturbed.
On no account …

Solution
My answer:

● ( 1 ) [ I regretted ever ] having written the letter.
● ( 2 ) [ Despite ] all day torrential rain, we all enjoyed the excursion.
● ( 3 ) [ No sooner ] had I recovered from bronchitis, than I went down with flu.
● ( 4 ) [ On no accounts ] is the manager to be disturbed.