Ministerul Educaiei, Cercetrii i Tineretului

Centrul Naional pentru Curriculum i Evaluare n nvmntul Preuniversitar

SUBIECTUL II ( 30 puncte) Varianta 001


1. Choose the correct answer and, on your exam sheet, write the corresponding letter next
to the number indicating each sentence. 4 points

1. According to the Publications Department, it will be two years before the new Handbook
A. completes B. is completed C. will be completed D. completed
2. The Presidents plane touched down in Mexico City on Wednesday, two days after he.
A. would have arrived B. had been to arrive C. was due to arrive D. arrives
3. By the end of this month I a member of this club for ten years.
A. will be B. will be being C. will have been D. was
4. Helenas not really a party animal, so I doubt whether she..
A. comes B. will come C. will have come D. had come

2. Use the word in capitals at the end of each gapped line to form a word that fits in the
space in the same line. Write these words on your exam sheet. 6 points

1. You can leave the money with him as he's totally TRUST
2. John Glenn took great personal risks in his search for . KNOW
3. Good role models don't think about being rewarded for their charity work. FINANCE

3. Fill in the gaps with only one word so that the text makes sense. 10 points

The British are widely considered to be a very polite nation, and in (1) ... respects this is
true. An Italian journalist once commented (2) the British that they need no fewer than four
thank yous to buy a bus ticket. The first, from the bus conductor means, I am here. The
second accompanies the handing (3) ... of the money. The (4) , again from the conductor,
means (5) is your ticket, and then the passenger utters a final one as he accepts the ticket.

4. Each of the following lines contains an unnecessary word. Identify these words and write
them on your exam sheet. 6 points

1. Mr. George Wilton, a schoolmaster of Epping, England, has been got in trouble.
2. It seems he told to his class of 9-year-old girls to write kidnap letters and demands for ransom.
3. One of the parents, a Mrs. Virginia Waters, said, We only discovered
4. this dreadful thing during an evening class then for some of the mothers in knitting.
5. The notes were pinned up to the classroom wall.
6. Another parent, the Mrs. Joan Dripper, said, My childs note read,
I have kidnapped your daughter and demand 25.


5. Rewrite the following sentences, beginning as shown, so that the meaning stays the
same. 4 points

1. I felt that it had been a mistake to write the letter.
I regretted ever...
2. Although it rained torrentially all day, we all enjoyed the excursion.
Despite
3. I went down with flu as soon as I had recovered from bronchitis.
No sooner...
4. The Manager is not to be disturbed.
On no account