BAC ENG, 2009, SCRIS, L 3-4 h, V-7, 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 7

SUBIECTUL II ( 30 de puncte)

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

1. The teacher made me … after school.

A. to stay
B. stay
C. staying
D. stood

2. It is difficult … a good job these days.

A. to find
B. finding
C. find
D. will find

3. My father … to be a teacher, but now he has retired.

A. is used
B. got used
C. used
D. got

4. The film was … funnier than I expected.

A. very
B. even
C. by far
D. far

Solution
My answer:

● 1 – B;
● 2 – A;
● 3 – C;
● 4 – B;

2. Use the word 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. … , the possibility of space tourism is not far-fetched after all. APPEAR
2. Tour operators are under an … to conform to certain standards. OBLIGE
3. Her … impressed us all. STRONG

Solution
My answer:

● 1 – apparently;
● 2 – obligation;
● 3 – strength;

3. Fill in the gaps with only one word so that the sentences make sense.
10 points

1. Look, it's nearly midnight. It's … time we left.
2. Medicine should not be placed … reach of small children.
3. You should not do it because it is … the rules.
4. The tourist hired a car in order to go … the countryside.
5. The … it got, the more clothes they had to put on to keep warm.

Solution
My answer:

● 1 – high;
● 2 – within;
● 3 – against;
● 4 – about;
● 5 – colder;

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 don't know the way to the library. Can you tell me how to come there?
2. He stopped seeing whether the girl needed help or not.
3. The teacher made the students to write their homework.
4. Karen found her new job to be well-paid and challenged.
5. She was really looking forward to see Paris.
6. He couldn’t barely see anything because of the fog.

Solution
My answer:

● 1 – [ come ] // I don’t know the way to the library. Can you tell me how to go / get there?
● 2 – [ seeing ] // He stopped to see whether the girl needed help or not.
● 3 – [ to ] // The teacher made the students write their homework.
● 4 – [ challenged ] // Karen found her new job to be well-paid and challenging.
● 5 – [ see ] // She was really looking forward to seeing Paris.
● 6 – [ n’t ] // He could barely see anything because of the fog.

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

1. “Perhaps we should build a new cinema in the centre of the town,” said someone.
It was …………………

2. Without your help, I would never have passed the exam.
If it …………………

3. A mechanic will fix my car next week.
I will …………………

4. Two hours passed before we managed to unlock the door.
Not until …………………

Solution
My answer:

● 1 – [ It was ] suggested that we should build a new cinema in the centre of the town.
● 2 – [ If it ] hadn’t been for your help, I would never have passed the exam.
● 3 – [ I will ] have my car fixed at a mechanic’s next week.
● 4 – [ Not until ] two hours had passed did they manage to unlock the door.