BAC ENG, 2009, SCRIS, L1-L2, V-5, 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 5

SUBIECTUL II (30 de puncte)

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

1) I wish I ______ ride a bicycle.

A. would
B. did
C. could
D. had

2) The man ______ wife I met at the conference phoned earlier to ask us to dinner.

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

3) He decided to put off his journey _______ the poor weather.

A. because
B. consequently
C. because of
D. in consequence

4) ”How did you lose so much weight?”
”By eating______ and exercising more.”

A. more
B. less
C. fewer
D. much

Solution
My answer:

● 1 – C; [ present subjunctive with past tense simple indicative form ];
● 2 – D ; [ man + whose + wife = attributive clause ];
● 3 – C; [ because + OF + noun ];
● 4 – B; [ less = mai puţin ];

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

1) A: “Will any of us be invited to the party?”
B: _________________________

2) A:”What was Brian saying?”
B: _________________________

3) A: “Why is Tina upset?”
B: _________________________

Solution
My answer:

● 1 – I heard they had invited only Mike and Tina.
● 2 – He was saying that had a surprise for each of us.
● 3 – Because she has almost failed her exam in Chemistry.

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

1) Make sure you call me when you will get home.

2) Mary told to Jim that his remarks had upset her.

3) Tina and Helen have arrived and there waiting outside.

4) Sue said that she had wrote a letter to Lisa.

5) I didn’t think you were interesting in ancient history.

Solution
My answer:

● 1 – [ will ] Make sure you call me when you get home. [ when + present with future meaning ]
● 2 – [ to ] Mary told Jim that his remarks had upset her. [ to tell someone something ]
● 3 – [ there ] Tina and Helen have arrived and they’re waiting outside. [ they’re = they are ]
● 4 – [ wrote ] Sue said that she had written a letter to Lisa. [ had + written ] , [ 0 + wrote + 0 ]
● 5 – [ interesting ] I didn’t think you were interested in ancient history. [ person = interested ]


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

1) Brian bought his first motorbike ____ 1998.

2) I _____ to drink a lot of coffee when I was younger, but now I only drink a cup of coffee once in a while.

3) Tony can’t _____ waiting in queues, because he’s very impatient.

Solution
My answer:

● 1 – in; [ in + year ]; [ in + month + year ], [ on + day + month + year ]
● 2 – used; [ habitual past = used + to + verb ];
● 3 – be; [ can’t + be + verb-ing = impossibility in progress ];

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

1) My house will be painted next week.
I will have ________________.

2) “Shall I do the washing-up?” said John.
John offered ________________.

3) Let’s go for a picnic if the weather is good.
Unless ________________.

4) It was unnecessary for us to buy so much food.
We needn’t ________________.

Solution
My answer:

● 1 – [ I will have ] my house painted next week.
● 2 – [ John offered ] to do the washing-up.
● 3 – [ Unless ] the weather is good we won’t go for a picnic.
● 4 – [ We needn’t ] have bought so much food.