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OLIMPIADA DE LIMBA ENGLEZĂ
FAZA JUDEŢEANĂ, 1 MARTIE 2014
CLASA A - XII-A
Question I (50 points)
Write a 450-word reflective essay on the following topic: Reading is to experience one’s
own mind dancing with another’s”.
Question II (25 points)
Write a 300-word proposal.
Your town has been short-listed to host a two-day regional conference for students preparing
for the CAE examination. You have been asked to write a proposal for the conference organizers,
stating why your school, Kesgrave High School, should be chosen from the list. Your proposal
should include relevant information about the facilities within your school, accommodation,
transport and other leisure and entertainment possibilities.
Question III (25 points)
A. Fill each of the numbered blanks in the following passage. Use only one word in each space
(10 words)
(10 points)
THE CULT OF CELEBRITY
Once, children had ambitions to be doctors, explorers, sportsmen, artists or scientists. Now,
taking 0)...their.. lead from TV,they just ’want to be famous.’ Fame is no 1)............. a reward for
gallant service or great, perhaps even selfless endeavour.It is an end in 2)............. , and the sooner it
can be achieved, the sooner the lonely bedroom mirror can be replaced by the TV camera and flash
gun, the 3)............ . Celebrity is the profession 4)................... the moment, a vainglorious vocation
which, 5)............... some 18th- century royal court, seems to exist largely 6)............... that the rest of
us might watch and be amazed 7).............. its members live out their lives in public, like self-
regarding members of some glittering soap opera.
Today, almost 8).......... can be famous. Never has fame 9)................ more democratic, more
ordinary, more achievable. 10)............ wonder it’s a modern ambition. It’s easy to see why people
crave celebrity, why generations reared on the instant fame offered by television want to step out of
the limousine with the flashlights bouncing around them. Who doesn’t want to be the centre of
attention at some time in their life?
B. Find one word which is appropriate for all three gaps in each of the following sentences.
(5 points)
A.
1. Today’s crossword puzzle will definitely exercise your ………. matter.
2. What the government intends to do to solve the problem is still a ………. area.
3. Although aging populations are often associated with poor economic growth, the ………. economy
provides business opportunities not only in care provision, but also in recreational activities catering
for the elderly.
B.
1. The teacher would not ……….. for the pupils’ unruly behaviour.
2. The union leader promised to ………. his ground with regards to the proposed job cuts.
3. The locals made a ………. against the plans for a new by-pass through the country park.
C.
1. It isn’t ……… why she changed her mind at the last minute.
2. The intravenous solution was a ………. , blue liquid.
3. Mary decided to ………. out the drawers of her desk.
D.
1. Sarah has that rare ……….of being able to really listen to people.
2. Joe’s always had the ………. of the gab, which is why he became a politician.
3. There’s a free ………. in every pack of Busy Bee’s Frosted Honey Flakes.
E.
1. I tried to make it clear I wasn’t interested, but she wouldn’t take the ………. .
2. When we left this morning, there wasn’t even a ………. of a cloud in the sky!
3. I can’t remember the answer, so please give me a ………. .
C. For each of the sentences below, write a new sentence as similar as possible in meaning to the
original sentence, but using the word given. The word must not be altered in any way (5
sentences)
(10 points)
1.I regret not buying a house when prices were a lot lower.
BEFORE
I wish I…………………………………………………………..
2.Most people died because there was no medical care.
CAUSED
It was……………………………………………………………
3.In the event of fire, do not use the lift.
AVOID
Should………………………………………………………..
4.The children did not enter their grandfather’s room until they were told they could.
GIVEN
Only after they……………………………………………………………….
5. Paul smashed a window and damaged the television too.
BUT
Not only………………………………damaged the television.
(10 points)
TOTAL 100 PUNCTE
TOATE SUBIECTELE SUNT OBLIGATORII. TIMP DE LUCRU 3 ORE. NU SE ACORDĂ
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