BAC ENG, 2009, SCRIS, L1-L2, 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 normal – L2

Toate subiectele sunt obligatorii. Se acordă 10 puncte din oficiu.
Timpul efectiv de lucru este de 3 ore.

Varianta 1

SUBIECTUL II (30 de puncte)

1. Choose the right variant and, on your exam sheet, write the corresponding letter next to
the number of the sentence.
4 points

1) I can’t come out because I … my homework yet.

A. didn’t finish
B. haven’t finished
C. don’t finish
D. hadn’t finished

Solution
My answer:

● B – ( present perfect + yet )

2) She is one of … talented performers I’ve ever seen.

A. more
B. a more
C. most
D. the most

Solution
My answer:

● D – ( one of the most – very strict formulaic term )


3) Let me give you … advice.

A. an
B. the
C. –
D. some

Solution
My answer:

● D – ( some advice ) [ If a or the, then a / the piece of advice; some pieces of advice ].

4) By the time Mary turns 21, I … .

A. am retiring
B. have retired
C. have been retiring
D. will have retired

Solution
My answer:

● D – ( future perfect; “turns” – is in the future simple tense, but it has the present simple form because of “by the time”, which is a time adverb ).

2. Fill in these mini dialogues. Write the answers on your exam sheet.
6 points

1) A: How did the meeting go?
B: …………………………


2) A: Why are you yelling?
B: …………………………

3) A: Which of these mobile phones do you think is better?
B: …………………………

Solution
My answer:

● 1). B. Well, it was perfectly all right. Everybody was present and the speaker held a very interesting speech.
● 2). B. I am yelling because that house is on fire and nobody is doing anything.
● 3). B. I think this one is better because it has a camera, and an I-pod incorporated.

3. Each of the following sentences contains one error. Write the correct sentences on your
exam sheet.
10 points

1) He might gone out to the cinema.

2) He is completely addicted by computer games

3) When I was younger, I was drinking a lot of coffee.

4) This cake is tasting fantastic.

5) That’s the girl which mother is a doctor.

Solution
My answer:

● 1). [ might gone ] He might have gone out to the cinema.
● 2). [ addicted by ] He is completely addicted to computer games.
● 3). [ was drinking ] When I was younger I used to drink / would drink a lot of coffee. [ habitual past, not past continuous ]
● 4. [ is tasting ] This cake tastes fantastic. [ I am tasting the cake. It tastes fantastic. ]
● 5. [ which ] That’s the girl whose mother is a doctor. [ whose – genitive of who, which ].

4. Fill in each blank with one word only so that the sentence makes sense.
6 points

1) My bag isn’t as heavy… yours.

2) Hardly had I entered the room… the phone rang.

3) I have been studying English…three years.

Solution
My answer:

● 1). as;
● 2). when;
● 3). for;

5. Complete the second sentence so that it has a similar meaning to the first sentence,
beginning as shown.
4 points

1) ’I won’t be there because I’m having a party ’, said Mary.
Mary told us that she ________________.

2) I didn’t buy more milk, so I didn’t have enough for breakfast.
If I _________________.

3) A burglar stole my purse.
My purse __________________.

4) Nobody in this class is taller than John.
John is __________________.

Solution
My answer:

● 1). [ Mary told us that she ] would not be there because she was having a party.
● 2). [ If I ] had bought more milk, I would have had enough for breakfast.
● 3). [ My purse ] was stolen by a burglar.
● 4). [ John is ] the tallest in this class.

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[musa paradisiaca]

"Success is counted sweetest
By those who ne'er succeed.
To comprehend a nectar
Requires sorest need !"

( Emily Dickinson )

[ American poetess, 1830-1886 ]