SUBIECTUL II (30 puncte) Varianta 024
1. Choose the correct forms to complete the sentences: 4 points
London features so prominently in the work of the English novelist Charles Dickens (1812-1870) that people often (1) ... that he was born and bred there. In fact, the writer's father worked for the navy and the family moved around a (2) ....deal. Dickens was nevertheless familiar with London and many of the things he saw there were later (3) ...into his books. For example, he observed the rich (4) ... beggars on the streets, and saw cramped streets existing in stark contrast to vast open spaces.
1. A. consider B. discover C. assume D. realise
2. A. great B. big C. huge D. large
3. A. incorporated B. absorbed C. merged D. integrated
4. A. go over B. get by C. run over D. pass by
2. Use the words in bold to form one word that fits in the text. Write the new words in the gaps. 6 points The zebra spends most of its life eating. Its diet consists mainly of
grasses and leaves, because other larger grazers such as buffalo and
wildebeest have first pick of the richest grazing areas. (1)…, the zebra's fortune anatomy is specially adapted to get the greatest benefit from the least (2)… nutrition
vegetation. The animal's elongated (3)…system provides digest
a large surface area, which is further aided by bacteria in the stomach.
3. Read the text below and think of the word which best fits each gap. Use only ONE word
in each gap. 10 points
Svalbard University, on the Norwegian island of Spitsbergen, has more than one claim (1)… fame. Firstly, it is the world's most northerly campus, located in an area dotted (2)… international establishments at the frontiers of scientific research. The university itself is recognised (3)… a centre of excellence, specialising in things (4)… climate change and marine biology. What's more, there are no fewer than fourteen professors on campus, (5)… gives probably the best ratio of professors to students anywhere in the world.
Even (6)… surprising, however, is the fact that Svalbard is the only campus in Europe (7)… the students are routinely armed by the university authorities. Safety is a big issue here and on arrival, students must master (8)… skills as the best way to pack a sledge or signal to a passing helicopter, as well as learning how to protect (9)… against attack from polar bears. (10)… great is the risk of attack from these creatures, that students are told never to venture out without their rifles.
4. Most of the following lines contain an extra word. Write the extra word on your exam
sheet. Put a tick to the numbers indicating a correct line. 6 points
1. ... Ever since I can remember, I have always loved to draw. When I 2. ... was very young, I scribbled all them over my bedroom walls until I 3... mastered paper and pencil. Later, from an enlightened schoolteacher 4. ... made sure of that I went on to art school and it was there that I 5. ... drew my first life model, which was a such wonderful experience. 6. ... My tutors encouraged me to take up drawing and seriously, but I
ignored again their advice.
5. Using the word given, finish each of the following sentences in such a way that it has a
similar meaning to the sentence printed before it. 4points
1. They spent so much money on holiday that now they are broke.
such They spent... on holiday that now they are broke.
2. Despite trying hard, they couldn't meet the deadline.
tried Although ... , they couldn't meet the deadline.
3. They are seeking actors to appear in the new series.
sought Actors ... to appear in the new series.
4. She wants to know whose car that is.
SUBIECTUL II (30 puncte) Varianta 025
1. Choose the correct forms to complete the sentences. 4 points Every year, half a million visitors make their way to Loch Ness in Scotland. The loch is a dark and mysterious expanse of water, 300 metres deep in places, but most visitors come in the hope of (1) ... a glimpse of the famous monster, Nessie. Those who believe in the monster's existence (2) ....that it is a type of marine dinosaur otherwise presumed to have become (3).... seventy million years ago. More sceptical observers, however, regard the story as nothing more than a clever ploy to (4).... the tourists.
1. A. taking B. catching C. gaining D. finding 2. A. require B. pretend C. demand D. claim 3. A. expired B. exempt C. extinct D. exhausted 4. A. admit B. approach C. announce D. attract
2. Use the words in bold to form one word that fits in the text. Write the new words in the gaps. 6 points
1. I don’t know how you can cope with so much …. at work. PRESS
2. People are not entirely happy with the……… of digital cameras. PERFORM
3. He was too …………. to be a good father. FORGIVE 3. Read the text below and think of the word which best fits each gap. Use only ONE word in each gap. 10 points
Where better for a bicycle enthusiast to live than within the boundaries of one of the bike capitals of Britain - Oxford. The city is thought to be home (1)…as many as a quarter of Britain's bicycles; the train station alone having secure facilities for five hundred.
(2)… to the town's history and its layout of narrow streets, cycling has long (3)…seen as a convenient and safe way of getting (4)… in the city. And today, whether in the town itself (5)… in the surrounding countryside, the cyclist feels relatively secure (6)… the knowledge that local car drivers are accustomed to coping (7)… thousands of cyclists on the roads.
But in much of the surrounding countryside, even this is (8)… really such a problem because the area has its own network of special cycle ways. Designed to keep cyclists and other road users (9)… a safe distance from one (10)… these routes are, for the most part, used by students and commuters heading to and from the city centre.
4. In most lines of the following text, there is either a spelling mistake or a punctuation error. For each numbered line 1-6, write the correctly-spelled word or show the correct punctuation. Some lines are correct. Indicate these with a tick (V). 6 points
1. ... Most Friday nights, I go out to dinner with a colleaguae in London. 2. ... Were both journalists, working for different organisations, and 3. ... we enjoy catching up on each other's news and office gossip. 4. ... Entering, our favourite restaurant last Friday, we noticed that it 5. ... had been redecorated and the table layout had been changed.
6. 'Under New Ownership said a sign in the doorway.
5. Using the word given, finish each of the following sentences in such a way that it has a
similar meaning to the sentence printed before it. 4 points
1. It's three weeks since I last went out.
been I...three weeks.