BAC ENG, 2009, SCRIS, L3-4 h, 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 - Intensiv 3-4 ore

Varianta 2

SUBIECTUL II ( 30 de puncte) Varianta
002
1. Choose the right answer and, on your exam sheet, write the corresponding letter next to the number indicating each sentence.
4 points

1. After all, children always want to know the reason….things are as they are.

A. whom
B. which
C. who
D. why

2. That soldier didn’t …his comrades even when he was pressured to do so.

A. betray
B. reveal
C. disclose
D. divulge

3. He decided that smoking was ruining his health and so gave it up for….

A. all
B. always
C. good
D. once

4. Each …of the house must pay his own tax.

A. dweller
B. inhabitant
C. settler
D. resident

Solution
My answer:

● ( 1 ) - D; [ reason + why ]
● ( 2 ) - A; [ betray + someone ] [ reveal / disclose / divulge something ]
● ( 3 ) - C; [ for good = for nothing, in vain ]; [ for + all = incomplete / for all that … ]; [ for + always = 0 ]; [ for +once = for one time ].
● ( 4 ) - A; [ city / country / cave / hostel / house / dweller; city inhabitant; US settlers; Moscow residents ]


2. Use the words 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. Everybody feared that nuclear weapons would … humanity. THREAT

2. All of us admire his ... to his daughter. DEVOTE

3. In the past three months I have been working as a … . TRAIN

Solution
My answer:

● ( 1 ) – threaten; [ threat + EN ]
● ( 2 ) – devotion; [ devot/e + ion ];
● ( 3 ) – trainer / trainee; [ train + ER / EE ].



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

A (1) … amount of valuable jewellery was stolen two days ago. Two men were arrested yesterday and are being (2) …by the police at the moment. Unfortunately, (3) … proof has been found so far. The robbery is believed to have been carried (4) … by three man, but so far no clue has been discovered (5) … to the third man’s identity.

Textual MISTAKE
My correction :

● three MAN = ● three MEN;

Solution
My answer:

● ( 1 ) – huge / big;
● ( 2 ) – investigated;
● ( 3 ) – no;
● ( 4 ) – out / off / through;
● ( 5 ) – as ; [ AS TO = concerning smbd / smth ]

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 shall have dinner as soon as I will get home.
2. They were flying highly above the clouds.
3. Her sister adviced her on what to wear.
4. People now have fewer money to spend on luxury goods.
5. Stop talking and concentrate in what you are doing.
6. At the time we got there, the room was already full.

Textual MISTAKE
My correction

● adviced = ● advised; [ advice, (noun ) = sfat ; advise ( verb ) = a sfatui ]

Solution
My answer:

● ( 1 ) – I will have dinner as soon as I have got home. [ as soon as + present form with future meaning ];
● ( 2 ) – They were flying high above the clouds. [ high = adjective; HIGH = ( adv ) at a great distance, aloft; highly = ( adv ) VERY ( adverb of degree ) ]
● ( 3 ) – Her sister advised her what to wear. [ advise + D.O.( direct object ) + no preposition ];
● ( 4 ) – People now have less money to spend on luxury goods. [ little + money; few + coins /// less money; fewer coins; ] [ little / less + noun in the singular; few / fewer + noun in the plural ] [ little = puţin, puţină; few = puţini, puţine ];
● ( 5 ) – Stop talking and concentrate ON what you are doing. [ to concentrate ON something ];
● ( 6 ) – By the time we got there, the room was already full. [ BY the time = until / till ];

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

( 1 ) He broke his leg, and also injured his arm.
Not only …………………

( 2 ) He threatened to tell my wife everything unless I confessed.
He said ………

( 3 ) You don’t need to take out this insurance.
You are under ……….

( 4 ) It’s impossible for her to be sleeping now.
She……………………………………………..

Solution
My answer:

● ( 1 ) – [ Not only ] did he break his leg, but he also injured his arm. [ subject-auxiliary inversion because of the fronted “not only” ]
● ( 2 ) – [ He said ] threateningly he would tell my wife everything unless I had confessed. [ past simple + future-in-the-past + future perfect with past perfect form ].
● ( 3 ) – [ You are under ] no need of taking out this insurance.
● ( 4 ) – [ She ] can’t be sleeping now. [ impossibility + progressive aspect ]