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Examenul de Bacalaureat 2008 Proba E/F Proba Scris La Limba Englez L1 - Intensiv 3-4 Ore Subiectul I (30 Puncte) Varianta 011

The text discusses demand for whales and Japan's position on whaling. It notes that while commercial whaling peaked from 1870 to 1935, whales today only have commercial value as food in Japan. A Japanese whaler argues that minke whales are not threatened, as he sees more at sea than before. A Japanese official argues Western nations have double standards, as the US catches many wild deer and British would object to banning cow killing sacred to Hindus. He emphasizes the scale of whaling is small compared to whale populations.

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Examenul de Bacalaureat 2008 Proba E/F Proba Scris La Limba Englez L1 - Intensiv 3-4 Ore Subiectul I (30 Puncte) Varianta 011

The text discusses demand for whales and Japan's position on whaling. It notes that while commercial whaling peaked from 1870 to 1935, whales today only have commercial value as food in Japan. A Japanese whaler argues that minke whales are not threatened, as he sees more at sea than before. A Japanese official argues Western nations have double standards, as the US catches many wild deer and British would object to banning cow killing sacred to Hindus. He emphasizes the scale of whaling is small compared to whale populations.

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Ministerul Educaţiei, Cercetării şi Tineretului

Centrul Naţional pentru Curriculum şi Evaluare în Învăţământul Preuniversitar

Examenul de bacalaureat 2008


Proba E/F
Proba scrisă la Limba Engleză
L1 - Intensiv 3-4 ore

SUBIECTUL I ( 30 puncte) Varianta 011

Read the text below and complete the following tasks.


Demand for whales is much less now than it was during the peak period of commercial
whaling from 1870 to about 1935 (1) … Nowadays their only commercial value is as food,
especially in Japan, where whale meat is a traditional delicacy. The Japanese insist they want only
to hunt whales that can be harvested without a threat to their future. (2) … It is, however, part of
their heritage, and a matter of principle.
Setsuo Izumi, a whaler for 37 years, says “What people eat is different from country to
country. It's a cultural thing.” The IWC moratorium has stopped him hunting minke - favoured for its
mild taste - but he insists they are not under threat. “I see more minke out at sea than I used to and
fishermen say they are eating all the fish. (3) …“
Joji Morishita, deputy director of the far-seas fisheries at the Japanese Fisheries Agency,
thinks many western nations have double standards: “Wildlife for them is something to see and
admire, and (4) …. But in the US they catch 5.6 million wild deer a year. And how would the British
react if Hindus tried to ban killing and eating cows, which they consider holy?” He also emphasises
the question of scale - after all, the Japanese and Norwegians cannot eat all the whales in the
ocean.

1. Four sentences have been removed from the text. Select the appropriate sentence for
each gap in the text. There is one extra sentence which you do not need to use. 4 points

A. you should only eat animals such as cows and pigs that are reared.
B. Whales were then hunted primarily for their oil and wax, which were used to lubricate machinery
and make candles.
C. Why should we not be allowed to catch them in our coastal waters?
D. Commercial whaling is of no economic significance.
E. killing animals is banned.

2. Explain the underlined words. 6 points

3. Sum up the text in about 50 words. 10 points

4. Read the article again and answer the following questions. 6 points

A. Explain in your own words why Joji Morishita introduced the subject of cows and Hindus into a
discussion about whaling.
B. What impression is created throughout the text of the Japanese attitude to whaling?
C. What were whales primarily hunted for?

5. Comment on the following statement: Wildlife is something to see and admire. (100 words)
4 points

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