BAC ENG 2008, SCRIS, 3-4 H, SB 2, VAR 6, SUB SI REZOLV

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


SUBIECTUL II
( 30 puncte)
Varianta 006

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

1. I was watching television … the doorbell rang.

A. when
B. as soon as
C. just
D. while

2. You will soon … to living in the city.

A. be used
B. used
C. get used
D. uses

3. I … to the supermarket. Do you need anything?

A. go
B. went
C. am going
D. will

4. I don’t remember … that shop before.

A. see
B. to see
C. seeing
D. saw

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. Sometimes a candidate's …is just as important as their qualifications. PERSON

2. It's better to dress fairly … at an interview if you want to be taken seriously. CONSERVE

3. He shouldn’t have been so … to his parents. RESPECT

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

At (1) … time in the last 60 years (2) … literacy levels in this country been so low. Not only (3) ... the nation’s teenagers reading less than ever before, (4) … many are also incapable of writing more than one sentence without (5) … a spelling or punctuation mistake.

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

1. Need I to book a table in advance?

2. Paul wasn’t been able to change the flat tyre by himself.

3. Would you mind if my staying here for a couple of months.

4. Jack has had to see the General Manager yesterday.

5. Your car is twice as more expensive as ours.

6. This car is too expensive for me to buy it.

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

1. I’m sure he didn’t catch measles from Sally.
He …………………

2. When we got there they had already closed the store for stocktaking!
We got there only ………………

3. It's our tenth wedding anniversary at the end of the month.
We'll ………………..

4. I am definitely not going to tell them the secret.
I have ……………….



PROPOSED SOLUTION

6. 1.

1. A;
2. C;
3. C;
4. C;


6. 2.

1. personality;
2. conservatively;
3. disrespectful;

6. 3.

1. no;
2. have;
3. are;
4. but;
5. making;

6. 4.

1. to;
2. been;
3. if;
4. has;
5. more;
6. it;

6. 5.

1. ( He ) can’t have caught measles from Sally !
2. ( We got there only ) to find out the store for stocktaking had already been closed.
3. ( We'll ) be celebrating our tenth wedding anniversary at the end of the month.
4. ( I have ) no intention to tell them the truth.