INSPECTORATUL SCOLAR JUDETEAN VALCEA

OLIMPIADA DE LIMBA ENGLEZA – FAZA LOCALA – 15.02.2019 – CLASA A X-A, SECTIUNEA A

SUBIECTUL A – USE OF ENGLISH (40 points)

1. Read the following text and put the verbs in brackets in the correct tense.
(10x1p = 10p)

Sue Thomas is a fashion designer. She 1) …………... (make) clothes ever since she 2)
…………... (be) a young girl. She got her first job in a clothes factory when she was sixteen.
She 3)……………... (sew) buttons onto a shirt one day when she 4) ……………... (have) a
brilliant idea for a design. After she 5) ……………... (speak) to her bank manager, she got a
loan and she opened her own little workshop. Now she 6) ……………... (make) lots of money.
By the end of the year she 7) ……………... (open) a shop which will sell all her own designs.
She 8)……………... (already, sell) clothes to a lot of famous people, including film stars and
singers, and she 9) ……………... (think) she 10) ……………... (be) very rich soon.

2. Use the word given in brackets to form a word that fits in each sentence. (10x1p = 10p)

1. My teacher says there has been a big (IMPROVE) .......... in my English lately.
2 The recipe says you only (NEEDY) ..........to add two spoonfuls of salt.
3 Why did you do that? I thought you had more (INTELLIGENT) .......... than that.
4 The singer gave a briliant (PERFORM) .......... on stage yesterday.
5 Be sure to contact him if you need advice. He's a very (HELP) .......... person.
6 It was a really (ENJOY) .......... party. Thanks for inviting me.
7 He has just taken out a (MONTH) .......... subscription to the magazine.
8 When he became a teenager he wanted to be more (DEPENDENT) .......... from his
parents.
9 It was really (HONEST) .......... of you to take that money without asking.
10 If you hadn't been so (CARE) .......... with that book you'd still have it now.

3. Read the following text and decide which answer A, B, C or D best fits in each gap.
(10 x 1p = 10p)

The use of computers has meant students can study language programmes (1) ... their own speed when
and for how long they want. What's more, in the virtual classrooms of the future the student will (2) ... on
their headset, and be transported into an imaginary school, choose their class, take the books they need off
the shelf and (3) ... conversations with other computerised students.
They might (4) ... choose to pay a visit to the supermarket or the train station, the bank or the restaurant.
At the (5) ... of a button they would be transported to (6) ... realistic settings where they could practice
their English, maybe getting a hand from a virtual English companion. All this perhaps, at the computer,
from the comfort of their home: no (7) ... to catch the bus to college, or a plane to England.
Exciting? Certainly, and an interesting alternative to traditional classroom lessons. But would it ever (8) ...
the classroom? Hopefully not. Surely the need to relate to real people talking about real issues and
generally learning a little more about others will always lead language learners to (9) ... at least a little of
their time with (10) ... people.

(1) A. WITH B. FOR C. AT D. IN

 INSPECTORATUL SCOLAR JUDETEAN VALCEA
OLIMPIADA DE LIMBA ENGLEZA – FAZA LOCALA – 15.02.2019 – CLASA A X-A, SECTIUNEA A
(2) A. PLACE B. PUT C. SET D. GET

(3) A. TAKE B. DO C. CATCH D. HOLD

(4) A. ALTHOUGH B. PREFERABLY C. INSTEAD D. CONTRARY

(5) A. FORCE B. HIT C. DEPRESS D. PUSH

(6) A. SO B. SUCH C. LIKE D. ALIKE

(7) A.ROLE B. DUTY C. OBLIGATION D. NEED

(8) A. REPLACE B. RESTORE C. SUCCEED D. RECOVER

(9) A. SPEND B. MAKE C. HAVE D. DO

(10) A. VALUE B. REAL C. TRUE D. GENUINE

4. Translate the following text into Romanian. (10p)

For millions of people coming to America from Europe, the first proof that they had reached a new world
was the moment when they first caught sight of the skyline of Manhattan. Surrealistic, superhuman, the
skyline was like nothing they had ever seen in the old world — a concentration of tall buildings, their tops
scraping the sky, hundreds of feet above the ground. These were New York's famous skyscrapers! This
was America!
The first skyscrapers, however, did not develop in New York, but in Chicago, in the late nineteenth
century. Chicago at that time was the boom town of the United States — New York was just the front
door. Chicago was at the centre of the new American adventure, and the new adventure was the West.
Chicago was the point at which the West began.

SUBIECTUL B – INTEGRATED SKILLS (60 points)

Read the text below and do the tasks that follow.

For centuries, the common view of how domestication had occurred was that prehistoric people,
realizing how useful it would be to have captive herds of food animals, began capturing wild
animals and breeding them. Over time, by allowing only animals with "tame" characteristics to
mate and produce offspring, human beings created animals that were less wild and more
dependent upon people. Eventually this process led to the domestic farm animals and pets that
we know today, many of which would fare quite badly in the wild, having lost their ancient
survival skills and instincts.

Recent research suggests that this view of domestication is incomplete. Prehistoric human beings
did capture and breed useful wild animals, and those species became tamer over time (they
generally changed physically, too, developing larger bodies and smaller brains than their wild
cousins). But specialists in animal behavior now think that domestication was not simply
 INSPECTORATUL SCOLAR JUDETEAN VALCEA
OLIMPIADA DE LIMBA ENGLEZA – FAZA LOCALA – 15.02.2019 – CLASA A X-A, SECTIUNEA A

something people did to animals - the animals played an active part in the process. Wolves and
wild horses, for example, may have taken the first steps in their own domestication by hanging
around human settlements, feeding on people's garbage and crops and getting used to human
presence and activity. Individual animals that were not too nervous or fearful to live near people
produced offspring that also tolerated humans, making it easier for people to capture and tame
them.

In this version, people succeeded in domesticating only animals that had already adapted easily
to life around humans. Domestication required an animal that was willing to become domestic.
The process was more like a dance with two partners than a triumph of humans over animals.

I. For each question decide which answer (A, B, C or D) fits best according to the text.
(5 x 2p = 10p)
1. Domestication had occurred because
A. people were starving.
B. prehistoric people found useful to capture wild animals and breed them.
C. farm animals were needed.
D. more pets were needed.
2. According to traditional theories of domestication, how were wild animals tamed?
A. Through selective breeding.
B. Capturing only smaller animals.
C. Aggression and control.
D. Capturing only big animals.
3. By allowing only animals with "tame" characteristics to mate and produce offspring,
A. animals were stronger.
B. human beings had more food.
C. human beings created animals that were less wild and more dependent upon people.
D. people were happier.
4. What is suggested in the new theory?
A. That animals were less afraid than thought.
B. That wolves and horses were the first to be domesticated.
C. That animals had an active role in their domestication.
D. That animals had a passive role in their domestication.
5. Why is the word "dance" used in the 3rd paragraph?
A. To show that animals and humans were close.
B. To show that there was a struggle.
C. To show that everything was too complex to understand.
D. To show that it was too hidden.

II. Write a narrative-descriptive essay about a situation when a pet proved to be a loyal
friend. (200-220 words) 50 points

 Toate subiectele sunt obligatorii.

 Nu se acordă puncte din oficiu.
 Timpul efectiv de lucru este de 3 ore.
 INSPECTORATUL SCOLAR JUDETEAN VALCEA
OLIMPIADA DE LIMBA ENGLEZA – FAZA LOCALA – 15.02.2019 – CLASA A X-A, SECTIUNEA A