Clasa A XII-A Sector 2016

Ministerul Educaiei Nationale i Cercetrii tiinifice
Inspectoratul colar al Municipiului Bucureti

OLIMPIADA DE LIMBA ENGLEZ 2015-2016 - Etapa pe sector clasa a XII-a varianta 1
I. (10 points) Read the text below and decide which variant (A, B, C or D) best fits each space:
Located in an elegant 18th - century building in London is the nerve (1)______ of one of the world's most prolific
companies. It (2)______ by the name eBay. Not only has the company gone from an Internet hobby site to a potent
economic force, with 95 million users in just ten years, but it is also (3)______ regarded as having altered the (4)_______
of commercial life as we know it.
If you want to buy anything, eBay is the site to go to. A million items (5)______ for sale each day in what is (6) ______ an
online auction. If you like the description of an item, you (7)_______ a bid within a given time limit; if you (8)______to be
the highest bidder, you become the (9)______ owner of the goods in question. But the most astounding factor behind
eBay is not the range and value of the goods on (10)_______, but the fact that the whole business is based on mutual
trust. Rarely do we find people so willing to buy unseen goods from an unknown source.
1. A centre B heart C focus D middle

2. A calls B goes C knows D greets
3. A largely B deeply C greatly D widely
4. A course B route C flow D trend
5. A arise B emerge C occur D appear
6. A precisely B effectively C absolutely D exactly
7. A cast B put C make D set
8. A turn out B check in C show up D send off
9. A proud B conceited C boastful D vain
10. A issue B supply C question D offer
II. (10 points) Fill the gaps in the text below with ONE suitable word:
The Solar System may be defined as consisting (1) ____ all those objects that are governed by the Sun's gravitational
field. (2) ____ effects arising from the proximity of the Sun could equally well be used as criteria, (3) ____ as radiation
pressure or interaction with the solar wind. With any of these definitions, the Solar System extends out to a distance of
about two light-years; the closest star, Proxima Centauri, lies at a distance of slightly more than four light-years. Our
knowledge of this region of space certainly does not reach as far as this, (4) ____ , because the most distant Solar-
System objects that we know about, the comets, seem to originate at a distance of no more than 50,000 astronomical
units, or (5) ____ than a third of the total distance. As (6) ____ the other Solar-System bodies known to us, they lie at
distances of less than a hundred AU. Our study is (7) ____ confined to what is primarily the central region of the Solar
System. The first thing to note is that (8) ____ total mass of the objects in the Solar System represents a negligible
fraction of the mass of the Sun itself and the second is that most of (9) _____ objects orbit close to the plane of the solar
equator. The Solar System thus forms a disc, essentially empty, (10) ____ which the planets and their satellites, the
asteroids and the comets orbit at considerable distances from one another.
III. (10 points) Read the text below and use the words given in capitals to form words that fit in the gaps. The
words in capitals are given in the order in which you need to use them:
1 - TITLE 2 - INCREASE 3 - TEMPORARY 4 - ALLEGE 5 - REPRESENT 6 - DENY 7 - RELENT 8 - PASSION 9 -
PRECEDENT 10 - VARY
Dylan Marlais Thomas was born in South Wales. Thomas began to write poetry while still at school. His first volume of
verse, (1)_____ 18 poems, appeared in the same year. He then embarked on a career in the media spending much of his
time in the (2)_____ popular afternoon drinking clubs of the era.
In 1937, Thomas married Caitlin Macnamara and they settled (3)_____ at Laugharne in Wales, returning there
permanently in 1949. There were some (4)_____, put forward by jealous contemporaries no doubt, that Thomas sought
obscurity, but these may well have (5)_____ Thomass true motives for settling in Wales. Despite this, he gradually won
a group of (6)_____ appreciative admirers for his writing. His worksheets, minutely laboured over and evidence of his
(7)_____ search for perfection, reveal him as a (8)_____ craftsman.
He enjoyed (9)_____ popularity as an entertainer on radio and with students. Legends grew about his wild living and his
(10)_____ habit of drinking at all hours of the day and night.
Olimpiada de limba englez 2015-2016, etapa pe sector 1
Clasa a XII-a, varianta 1
Ministerul Educaiei Nationale i Cercetrii tiinifice
Inspectoratul colar al Municipiului Bucureti
OLIMPIADA DE LIMBA ENGLEZ 2015-2016 - Etapa pe sector clasa a XII-a varianta 1
IV. (20 points) Rephrase the following sentences so that they contain the words in capitals, and so that the
meaning stays the same:
1. Three days passed before we arrived at the destination. HAD
Not until _____ at our destination.
2. It would have been a miracle to save the paintings from the fire. SHORT
Nothing _____________________ the paintings from the fire.
3. Someone undoubtedly told the police that he was going to rob the bank. TIPPED
The police ____________________ about the robbery.
4. They say that at one point he was spying for four different countries. RUMOURED
He ________________________ for four different countries at one point.
5. I would have liked you to have told me about that cheap flight to London. WISH
I _________________________ about that cheap flight to London.
6. Kims friends talked her out of going to the concert alone. DISSUADED
It was Kims friends ___________________ to the concert alone.
7. The offer of a job will only be confirmed following a successful medical COMPLETED
examination.
Once _______________________, the offer of a job will be confirmed.
8. The newspaper article said that the runner wasnt old enough for TOO
international competitions.
The newspaper article described _____________________ internationally.
9. I wish Jim had let us know he had no intention to help us! LET
Jim ___________________ he had no intention to help us !
10. There were very few people at the audition yesterday. CAME
Hardly ___________________________ the audition yesterday.
V. (50 points) - REPORT WRITING
You are on the Student Committee at the college where you study. A year ago, the college gave the Committee some
money to start a student website. The aims of the website were to inform students about local events, to publicise college
clubs, and to review products of interest to students.
The principal has asked you for a report explaining whether the website has met its aims and saying why the website
should continue to have financial support
Write your report in 280-300 words.
Think about:
- sections with subheadings;

- appropriate introduction and conclusion.
SCRIEI RSPUNSURILE PE FOAIA DE RSPUNS (ANSWER SHEET). BARAI TOATE SPAIILE

NECOMPLETATE. TIMP DE LUCRU: 3 ORE. NU SE ACORD PUNCTE DIN OFICIU.
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1. A centre B heart C focus D middle

V. (50 points) - REPORT WRITING

Write your report in 280-300 words.

- sections with subheadings;

SCRIEI RSPUNSURILE PE FOAIA DE RSPUNS (ANSWER SHEET). BARAI TOATE SPAIILE

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