BAC ENG, 2009, SCRIS, L3-4 h, V-4, 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 4

SUBIECTUL II ( 30 de puncte)

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

1. You …….have finished your homework already!

A. mustn’t
B. can’t
C. wouldn’t
D. won’t

2. I’m really happy in my new job; I ……have found a nicer company.

A. couldn’t
B. shouldn’t
C. wouldn’t
D. shan’t

3. … you hear anything, let me know.

A. Could
B. Would
C. Should
D. May

4. The earthquake is one of the most feared natural ………

A. phenomena
B. phenomenal
C. phenomenas
D. phenomenons

Solution
My answer:

● 1 – B [ can’t + have + finished = impossibility in the past ]
● 2 – A [ couldn’t + have + found = satisfaction ]
● 3 – C [ should + sb + hear = subjunctive – supposition ]
● 4 – A [ one phenomenon, two phenomena – Greek noun, plural like in Greek ]


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. There have been … improvements in detection techniques. REMARK
2. The crime rate in the town has decreased … in recent months. NOTICE
3. The defendant's alibi was so bad it was totally … to the jury. CONVINCE

Solution
My answer:

● 1 – remarkable [ remark + able = adj ];
● 2 – noticeably [ notice + able + ly = adv ]
● 3 – unconvincing [ un + convince + ing = adj ];

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

Health experts (1) … warned that the currently soaring obesity levels in European children may create health problems (2) ... epidemic proportions within the next three decades. (3) … the past ten years, obesity in six-year olds has doubled (4) … the number of obese fifteen-year olds has trebled. If present trends continue, by 2030 (5) … 60 and 70 percent of Europeans will be overweight and 44 to 50 per cent will be obese.

Solution
My answer:

● 1 – have;
● 2 -- of;
● 3 -- for;
● 4 – while / whereas;
● 5 -- between;


4. Each of the following sentences contains an error. Identify the errors and write the correct sentences on your exam sheet.
6 points

1. “I love chocolate.” “So I do.”

2. All he did it was mumble an excuse.

3. Do you come in, please.

4. Hardly had Melissa gone to bed than the telephone rang.

5. He is a mechanic, as his father.

6. Seldom she goes to the theatre.

Solution
My answer:

● 1 – [ I do ] “I love chocolate.” “So do I”.
● 2 – [ it ] All he did was mumbling an excuse.
● 3 – [ you ] Do come in, please !
● 4 – [ than ] Hardly had Melissa gone to bed when the telephone rang.
● 5 – [ as ] He is a mechanic, like his father.
● 6 – [ seldom she ] She seldom goes to the theatre.


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

1. I want you to hand the report in tomorrow.
The report is …………………

2. You can't join the army because you aren't sufficiently fit.
You aren't fit …………………

3. I will never be able to get along with her.
Never …………………

4. She didn’t want to be sent there so early.
She objected …………………

Solution
My answer:

● 1 – [ The report is ] to be handed in tomorrow.
● 2 – [ You aren’t fit ] enough to join the army.
● 3 – [ Never ] will I be able to get along with her.
● 4 – [ She objected ] to being sent there so early.