Subiectele de la 1 la 10 valoreaz cte 3 puncte, cele de la 11 la 30 cte 4 puncte, iar cele de la 31 la 40 cte

5 puncte. Se acord 40 de puncte din oficiu.

Elevii trebuie s rspund la maximum 30 de ntrebri, dar nu mai mult de 5 ntrebri de 5 puncte. n caz
contrar, se puncteaz n ordine descresctoare maxim 5 ntrebri de 5 puncte i maxim 30 de ntrebri n total.
Exemplu: Dac un elev rspunde la 34 de ntrebri: 1, 2, 4, 6, 8, 9, 10, 11,..., 29, 30, 31, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38,
40, atunci se vor puncta 1, 2, 4, 6, 8, 9, 10,..., 29, 30, 31, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 40.
Fiecare ntrebare are un singur rspuns corect. Orice rspuns greit scade punctajul concurentului cu
un sfert din valoarea ntrebrii. Subiectele la care nu se indic niciun rspuns sau se indic 2, 3 sau 5 rspunsuri
nu se puncteaz.
Dac vrei s anulezi rspunsul la o ntrebare, bifeaz nc un rspuns. Dac intenionezi s schimbi un
rspuns deja bifat, bifeaz toate celelalte rspunsuri n afara celui pe care l-ai ales n final.
Dac nu ai bifat limba german, se consider implicit limba englez.
Pentru a vizualiza, pe Internet, analiza n detaliu a lucrrii tale, completeaz parola pe foaia de rspuns.
Dup ce vor fi afiate rezultatele concursului, vei gsi pe www.cangurul.ro analiza rspunsurilor tale.

Read the following text and answer questions 1-5:

One day, a friend of mine who was a docker fell under suspicion. After work, he used to leave the
docks pushing a wheelbarrow usually draped with a large mat. People often suspected him of stealing
some tools. Every time this happened, the dock police stopped him to check under the mat and were
disappointed to always find the wheelbarrow empty.
One night, another PC followed him and watched him wheeling the barrow into his garden. That enterprising bobby scrambled over the wall and to his surprise there were 30 wheelbarrows stacked inside.
1. A docker usually works ........... .
A) in a port
B) in an airport

C) in a hospital

D) in a school

E) in a forest

2. The man looked suspicious because ........... .

A) he left work early
B) he pushed a covered wheelbarrow
C) he left the docks secretly
D) he pushed a full wheelbarrow
E) he went home in a hurry
3. The police were ........... after checking the mans wheelbarrow.
A) dissatisfied
B) nervous
C) distracted
D) dismantled
4. In this text PC is the short form for ........... .
A) personal computer
B) poster child
D) police constable
E) postcode

C) politically correct

5. The form used to leave can be successfully replaced with:

A) was to leave B) had been leaving
C) would leave
6. HIV is short for:
A) hard immunodeficiency virus
C) horrible infectious virus

E) distressed

D) was leaving

E) did leave

B) human immunodeficiency virus

D) human infectious virus
E) hard infectious virus

7. What is the opposite of the former?

A) the letter
B) the later

C) the letters

8. What do you do when you come across a generation gap?

A) you can bridge it
B) you can jump over it
D) you can fill it in
E) you can fall for it

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D) the latest

E) the latter

C) you can fall into it

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9. My daughter has many sisters. She has as many sisters as she has brothers. Each of her brothers has twice
as many sisters as brothers. How many sons and daughters do I have?
A) 2 daughters and 2 sons
B) 3 daughters and 4 sons
C) 4 daughters and 3 sons
D) 2 daughters and 3 sons
E) 3 daughters and 2 sons
10. In which country or civilization did the idea of yin and yang develop?
A) Japan
B) China
C) the Roman Empire
D) India
E) Spain

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11. Which character in Alices Adventures in Wonderland has the ability to vanish?
A) the Unicorn
B) the Cheshire Cat
C) the Dormouse
D) the Griffin
E) the Mad Hatter
12. They didnt find the house they wanted, so they decided to build one from ........... .
A) scratch
B) first
C) beginning
D) start

E) scrape

13. Find the letters that are missing to name someone who lives to have fun, especially by playing tricks on
people. m_sch_ev_ _ s
A) i/ i/ o/ u
B) a/ i/ i/ o
C) a/ e/ i/ o
D) i/ e/ o/ u
E) e/ i/ e/ u
14. Complete sentences 1 5 using the following idioms:
a. screwed up my courage
b. took my eyes off her
d. put my head down
e. made up my mind
1. Ive ........... to take revenge.
2. I ........... halfway up the hill.
3. I only ........... for a second and she disappeared.
4. I finally ........... and went to the dentist.
5. If I had ........... for a while, I wouldnt have been so tired.
A) 1c/ 2a/ 3b/ 4e/ 5d
B) 1e/ 2c/ 3b/ 4a/ 5d
C) 1b/ 2a/ 3c/ 4e/ 5d
D) 1b/ 2c/ 3a/ 4e/ 5d
E) 1c/ 2e/ 3b/ 4a/ 5d

c. ran out of steam

15. ........... the end of the whaling industry came hard times for seaports like New Bedford and Nantucket.
A) For
B) At
C) During
D) Till
E) With
16. In her position ........... Managing Director, she is responsible for more than 150 employees.
A) like
B) off
C) as
D) about
E) of
17. Cockney is ........... .
A) the standard Welsh dialect
D) the standard London dialect

B) the standard Irish dialect

E) the standard Canadian dialect

C) the standard Scottish dialect

18. Half board is a form of holiday accommodation that includes ........ .

A) only a bed
B) a bed and breakfast
D) a bed and two meals a day
E) a bed and three meals a day

C) tent sale price

19. Find the word whose underlined part is pronounced differently from the others:
A) bath
B) bathing
C) breath
D) healthy

E) birth

20. Which is the odd one out?

A) mistrust
B) mistime

E) misunderstand

C) mistress

D) misuse

21. Supposing Jane ........... with us, what would you do?
A) would come
B) came
C) will come
D) has come
E) is coming
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22. Before he tossed the coin into the air, the kid called out ...........?.
A) heads or toes
B) heads or shoulders
C) heads or legs
D) heads or tummies

E) heads or tails

23. Egg is to chicken what acorn is to ........... .

A) oak
B) poplar
C) spruce

D) willow

E) birch

24. What is New Zealands national bird?

A) the owl
B) the mango

D) the kiwi

E) the eagle

C) the sparrow

25. In Forrest Gump, Forrests mother used to say: Life is like a box of ........... . You never know what youre
gonna get.
A) sugar
B) candies
C) sweets
D) chocolates
E) gum
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26. Read the following sentences and say which are true and false.
1. Ireland was never invaded by the Normans.
2. Queen Elizabeth II belongs to the House of Hanover.
3. Queen Elizabeth II celebrates her birthday twice a year.
4. Queen Elizabeth II is also the Queen of Canada, Australia and New Zealand.
5. The British Monarch can enter the House of Commons whenever s/he wants.
A) 1-false/ 2-false/ 3-true/ 4-true/ 5-false
B) 1-false/ 2-true/ 3-true/ 4-false/ 5-true
C) 1-true/ 2-false/ 3-true/ 4-false/ 5-true
D) 1-true/ 2-false/ 3-false/ 4-true/ 5-true
E) 1-true/ 2-false/ 3-true/ 4-true/ 5-true
27. If you break up with Jane, remember that there are plenty more ........... .
A) wolves in the pack
B) lions in the pride
C) fish in the sea
D) sheep in the flock
E) geese in the flock
28. You can find a goatee ........... .
A) on the chin
B) on the nose

C) on the chest

29. Choose the correct ending:

You would hardly expect her to know that, ...........?
A) wouldnt you
B) do you
C) dont they

D) on the legs

E) on the arms

D) would you

E) wont they

30. Which of the following phrases doesnt describe the period known as Gold Rush?
A) In 1848 gold was discovered in California.
B) Thousands of people decided to go there.
C) People hoped to make their fortune and they ended up settling there.
D) The Indians were defeated and forced into reservations.
E) Everyone became rich.
31. What did Lewis Carroll teach?
A) Physics
B) Chemistry

C) Mathematics

D) Biology

32. Match the British words to their American equivalents:

1. caretaker
a. pacifier
2. dummy
b. trash can
3. motorway
c. hobo
4. dustbin
d. janitor
5. tramp
e. freeway
A) 1d/ 2a/ 3e/ 4b/ 5c
B) 1d/ 2a/ 3c/ 4b/ 5e
D) 1c/ 2a/ 3e/ 4b/ 5d
E) 1c/ 2d/ 3e/ 4b/ 5a

E) Literature

C) 1c/ 2d/ 3a/ 4b/ 5e

33. An intellectual snob often ........... at the efforts of others to improve themselves.
A) chuckles
B) sneers
C) giggles
D) laughs
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E) titters
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34. My cousin told his friend he had a good job and a good salary, but he ........... .
A) hadnt
B) wasnt
C) isnt
D) didnt

E) havent

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35. The first London bus started running between Paddington Green and the Bank in 1829. It was a
horse-drawn coach called a(n) ..........., a Latin word meaning for all.
A) streetcar
B) road vehicle
C) carriage
D) omnibus
E) wagon
36. 10 Downing Street is ........... .
A) the official residence of the Queen of England
B) the official residence of the Prime Minister of the UK
C) the official residence of the Prince of Wales
D) the official residence of the Duke of Edinburg
E) the official residence of the Queen Mother
37. This colour is associated with kings, queens and Roman Emperors. In the past, these were the only people
allowed to wear it. It is also connected with the Pope. What is the colour?
A) green
B) orange
C) purple
D) red
E) blue
38. A London policeman is almost a landmark in his own right, as much pointed at as
Big Ben and almost as often photographed.
He is often referred to as:
A) a bobby
B) a tommy
C) a johnny
D) a henry
E) a timmy
39. What is a limerick?
A) a humorous play
D) a long tragedy

B) a humorous story
E) a humorous poem

C) a long poem

40. Why was Rosa Parks arrested on December 1, 1955 in Montgomery, Alabama?
A) She was drunk and kept singing while on the bus.
B) She pretended to be the driver of the bus.
C) She threatened to kill the people on the bus.
D) She refused to give up her bus seat to a white man.
E) She refused to show the policemen her ID card.

ntrebrile I, II, III se gsesc la pagina 25. Acestea nu se puncteaz i au scopul de a ne semnala interesul
manifestat pentru Cangurul Lingvist. La aceste ntrebri elevii pot bifa una sau mai multe opiuni.
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