BAC ENG, 2009, SCRIS, L3, 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
L3 – Minorităţi
Varianta 1

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.

Almost one-fourth of U.S. high school students currently smoke cigarettes, according to background information in the article. Many teen smokers want to quit, but studies estimate that only about 4 percent of those who try are successful each year.

Myra L. Muramoto, Scott J. Leischow, and colleagues at the University of Arizona, Tucson, conducted a clinical trial of 312 adolescents aged 14 - 17 who smoked six or more cigarettes per day and had tried to quit at least twice before. They were randomly assigned to receive 150 milligrams (105 teenagers) or 300 milligrams (104 teenagers) of bupropion per day, or placebo (103 teenagers). Participants visited the clinic weekly for seven weeks – six weeks of treatment plus one week post-treatment – and received 10- to 20- minute individual counseling sessions.

The results suggest that 300 milligrams of bupropion plus brief counseling sessions may help teenagers quit smoking over the short term. In addition, the high rate of relapse after stopping medication suggests that a longer treatment period – such as the 12 weeks recommended for adult smokers – may be needed.

1. Read the text again and decide if the following sentences are true (T) or false (F).
On your exam sheet write T or F next to the letter indicating the sentence.
[ 4 points ]

A. Almost a quarter of U.S. high school students currently smoke cigarettes.
B. 312 adolescents aged 14 – 17 took part in a clinical trial.
C. 200 teenagers were assigned to receive placebo.
D. Bupropion and short counseling sessions don’t help teens quit smoking.

Solution:

My explanations :

● randomly = accidentally ;
● trial = test ;
● assign = administer ;
● bupropion = previously known as amfebutamone, it is an atypical antidepressant that acts as a norepinephrine and dopamine reuptake inhibitor, and nicotinic antagonist;
● placebo = a treatment without intrinsic therapeutic value, but administered as if it were a therapy, either in medical treatment or in clinical trials;

Solution
My answers:

● A – T;
● B – T;
● C – F ;
● D – F ;

2. Answer the following questions:
[ 6 points ]

A. What percentage of teen smokers who try to quit are successful?
B. How many teenagers received placebo during the clinical trial?
C. What do the results suggest?

Solution
My answers:

● A – 4%;
● B – 103;
● C – It suggests that adolescent smokers may quit smoking after a short term treatment with 300 milligrams of bupropion plus brief counseling, though this short treatment should be continued for at least 12 weeks, because of usual relapse after the first phase medication ceases to be administered.

3. Write questions to which the underlined words are the answers.
[ 10 points ]

Solution
My answer:

● What do many teen smokers want to do ? ( to quit )

● What did participants receive? ( 10- to 20- minute individual counseling sessions )


4. Find antonyms to the words written in bold.
[ 6 points ]

Solution
My answer

● successful = unsuccessful;
● short = long;
● high = low;

5. Use two of the antonyms found above in sentences of your own.
[ 4 points ]

Solution
My answer:

● He who does not prepare for his exams seriously will for sure be unsuccessful when he takes them.

● This break is not too long, so I have to eat my sandwich very quickly.