BAC ENG 2008, SCRIS, 3-4 H, SB 2, VAR 7, 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 007

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

1. The teacher made me … after school.

A. to stay
B. stay
C. staying
D. stood

2. It is difficult … a good job these days.

A. to find
B. finding
C. find
D. will find

3. My father … to be a teacher, but now he has retired.

A. is used
B. got used
C. used
D. got

4. The film was … funnier than I expected.

A. very
B. even
C. by far
D. far

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. … , the possibility of space tourism is not far-fetched after all. APPEAR

2. Tour operators are under an … to conform to certain standards. OBLIGE

3. Her … impressed us all. STRONG




3. Fill in the gaps with only one word so that the sentences make sense.
10 points

1. Look, it's nearly midnight. It's … time we went.

2. Medicine should not be placed … reach of small children.

3. You should not do it because it is … the rules.

4. The tourist hired a car in order to go … around the countryside.

5. The … it got, the more clothes they had to put on to keep warm.

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 don't know the way to the library. Can you tell me how to come there?

2. He stopped seeing whether the girl needed help or not.

3. The teacher made the students to write their homework.

4. Karen found her new job to be well-paid and challenged.

5. She was really looking forward to see Paris.

6. He couldn’t barely see anything because of the fog.

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

1. “Perhaps we should build a new cinema in the centre of the town,” said someone.
It was …………………

2. Without your help, I would never have passed the exam.
If it …………………

3. A mechanic will fix my car next week.
I will …………………

4. Two hours passed before we managed to unlock the door.
Not until …………………

PROPOSED SOLUTION

7. 1.

1. B;
2. A;
3. C;
4. C ( by far = much [ here ] )

7. 2.

1. apparently;
2. obligation;
3. strength;

7. 3.

1. high;
2. within;
3. against;
4. sight-seeing;
5. colder;

7. 4.

1. ( come ) I don’t know the way to the library. Can you tell me how to get there ?
2. ( seeing ) He stopped to see whether the girl needed help or not. ( “S-a oprit ca sa vada”, NU “a incetat sa mai vada »)
3. ( to ) The teacher made the students write their homework.
4. ( challenged ) Karen found her new job to be well-paid and challenging.
5. ( see ) She was really looking forward to seeing Paris.
6. ( couldn’t ) He could barely see anything because of the fog.

7. 5.

1. ( It was ) suggested they should build a new cinema in the centre of the town.
2. ( If it ) hadn’t been for your help, I wouldn’t have passed the exam.
3. ( I will ) have my car fixed at a mechanic’s next week.
4. ( Not until ) the passing of two hours could we unlock the door.