Realidades de la actualidad

A.bottom B.base C.head D.heart

2. Use the word in capitals at the end of each line to form a word that fits in the space in the same line. 6 points Scientists are to extract DNA from the remains of a Dodo,

hoping to resurrect the bird whose name is (1)… SYNONYM with extinction. British experts will (2)…fragments COVER of (3)…material from a preserved Dodo kept in GENE Oxford University’s Museum of Natural History.

3. Fill in each blank with one word suitable in the context. 10 points 1. How long…was it that you lived in London?

2. I promise to get everything ready…eight o’clock at the latest. 3. Just sit here, would you? The doctor will be with you…. 4. I…rather not go by bus, if possible.

5. …that as it may, it doesn’t alter the seriousness of the problem. 6. We both wish you…staying longer.

7. Just imagine! … they told you that you had won the competition. 8. If only you…just stop talking for a moment and try listening! 9. … that really be Paula’s husband? He looks so young. 10. He… like it there if he has stayed there for so long.

4. Each of the following sentences contains one error. Write the correct sentences on your answer sheet. 6 points

1. By the time he is fifty, he will live in this country for half his life.

2. It’s a surprise party and they won’t know anything about it until they got there. 3. I’m sorry to have say that it was the worst holiday I’ve ever had.

4. I have once spent six weeks on Crete, which I had not visited before. 5. I don’t think the fourth conditional is existing.

6. According to statistics, smokers shouldn’t live as long as non-smokers.

5. Rewrite each sentence so that it contains the word given and that the meaning stays the same. Do not change the word given: 4 points

1. In the event of fire, do not use the lift. AVOID Should………..lift.

2. He was so anxious to succeed that he made a lot of mistakes. WELL

Such……….that he made a lot of mistakes. 3. I was just going to start my walk when the storm broke. POINT

The storm broke when………out on my walk.

4. If he wants to find a good job he will need to try much harder. EFFORT Finding a good job………..his part.

SUBIECTUL II (30 puncte) Varianta 055

1. Choose the correct form. Give your answer on your answer sheet. 4 points 1.By the time I …, Mrs. Adams…in the library…20 years.

A.have been employed, will have been working B.am employed, will have been working,for C. am employed, will have worked, since D. am employed, will be working, for

2.”Neither you nor John…carried out the task I gave you!” “Because neither of us…ready to do it!”

A. have, are B.have, is C.has, are D.has, is

3.Yesterday he let us know that if he…to swim, he…into the water to save her. A.would be able, would jump B.were able, would have jumped

C.would have been able, would have jumped D.had been able, would have jumped 4. I …come so early this morning, but I did..

A. didn’t have to B.don’t have to C.needn’t have D.mustn’t have

2. Use the word in capitals at the end of each line to form a word that fits in the space in the same line. 6 points Two children who start school together may have had a similar (1)… BRING and be equally intelligent, but the way they deal with the new learning

environment is often (2)… different. One will thrive in STRIKE the (3)…of the classroom, while the other will struggle to keep up. FORMAL

3. Fill in each blank with one word suitable in the context. 10 points In my 1…case, for 2…, it was at this period 3…I first 4…the most important truth 5…myself; 6…, that I’m not competitive. The urge to go on better 7… the next man, which seems to dominate 8… people’s lives in one way or 9… is something I just 10…not built into me.

4. Each of the following sentences contains one error. Write the correct sentences on your exam sheet. 6 points

1. Some bottles are not appropriate for recycling.

2. He died a long time ago, but his ideas are always alive. 3. Try to avoid arousing anger and fear among the children. 4. I couldn’t avoid falling in love with her.

5. Inside the examination room we could neither smoke or talk. 6. Never I have seen such an ugly face.

5. Rewrite each sentence so that it contains the word given and that the meaning stays the same. Do not change the word given: 4 points

1. As soon as the news reached Maria, she rang all her friends to tell them. HEARING On… all her friends to tell them.

2. He spoke from the heart and thus carried the audience with him. PASSION

Such…he carried the audience with him.

3. The mountain route is possibly dangerous, but there is no alternative. MAY Dangerous…is no alternative.

4. She was proud to be so well-acquainted with the next president. ELECT

She was proud that…to her.

SUBIECTUL II (30 puncte) Varianta 056

1. Choose the correct form. Give your answer on your answer sheet. 4 points 1. She is one of the kindest people….

A.that I know B.I know that C.whose I know D.of which I know