BAC ENG, 2009, SCRIS, L3, V-3, Sb-1, [ sub + rezolv ]

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Ministerul Educaţiei, Cercetării şi Inovării
Centrul Naţional pentru Curriculum şi Evaluare în Învăţământul Preuniversitar

Examenul de bacalaureat 2009
Proba E/F
Proba scrisă la Limba engleză
L3 – Minorităţi

Toate subiectele sunt obligatorii. Se acordă 10 puncte din oficiu.
Timpul efectiv de lucru este de 3 ore.

Varianta 3

SUBIECTUL I (30 de puncte)

Read the text below and complete the following tasks.

Some well-off private-school students are stepping out in designer gowns, but designer Alex Perry says buying an expensive dress isn't the most important factor in looking good.

"You can spend anything from $3000 for a serious handmade dress, like something I would create, but we're talking about gorgeous young girls, not red-carpet dwellers, so they don't have to spend that kind of money,'' Perry says.

Helen Creswick, from online retailer highschoolformals.com, says the formal-wear business is getting bigger every year.

“Girls as young as 13 are beginning to think and plan their Year 10 formals”, Creswick says. There is also a trend for graduation events to be held for the transition from primary to high school. Cherrybrook twins Belinda and Louise Ings, 18, who attend Asquith Girls High School, have been looking forward to this week's Year 12 formal.

They have bought new dresses worth $110 and $180 and say you don't need to spend a lot of money to be fashionable.

"I want something I can wear out again. It's a waste to spend a huge amount on something for just one night,'' Louise says.

1. Read the text again and decide if the following sentences are true (T) or false (F). On your exam sheet write T or F next to the letter indicating the sentence.
4 points

A. Buying an expensive dress is the most important factor in looking good, according
to designer Alex Perry.

B. You can spend more than $3000 on a handmade dress.

C. Girls begin thinking about their Year 10 formals when they are 10.

D. Louise Ings says she wants a dress she can wear more than once.

My word explanation

● well-off = fairly rich; pretty rich; quite rich; rich enough;
● gowns = clothes;
● gorgeous = extremely pleasant, extremely attractive;
● red-carpet [ red carpet = special treatment given to an important or honoured visitor ];
● retailer = person / business that sells goods to the public;
● formal-wear = adequately dressed;
● formal = ( Am. Eng. ) 1. a long dress that a woman wears at a formal dance; 2. a dance to which people wear formal clothes;
● to look forward to = to expect with pleasure;

Solution
My answer:

● A – F;
● B – T;
● C – F;
● D – T;

2. Answer the following questions:
6 points

A. How much does designer Alex Perry say can be spent on a handmade dress?

B. What high school do Belinda and Louise Ings attend?

C. What does Louise consider a waste?

Solution
My answer:

● A – about $3000;
● B -- Asquith Girls High School;
● C – clothes bought to be worn for just one night;

3. Write questions to which the underlined words are the answers.
10 points

● [ gorgeous young girls ] – What are we talking about?

● [ this week's Year 12 formal ] – What have Belinda and Louise been looking forward to?


4. Find antonyms to the words written in bold.
6 points

● [ expensive ] = cheap;
● [ good ] = bad;
● [ new ] = old;

5. Use two of the antonyms found above in sentences of your own.
4 points

● Traveling by plane is expensive; traveling by train is cheap.
● With time old books tend to become very valuable.