BAC ENG, 2009, SCRIS, L1-L2, V-49, Sb-2, [ 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
L1 normal – L2

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

Varianta 49

SUBIECTUL II (30 de puncte)

1. Choose the correct variant and write it on your answer sheet.
4 points

Stress is important. We all need a certain (1) ….. of it in order to (2) …..fulfilling lives. However, if we have too much of it, it can have the opposite (3) ….. . Some people can tolerate greater (4) ….. of stress than others, but most of us will suffer at some time in our lives.

1

A number
B bulk
C amount
D load

2

A guide
B lead
C carry
D spend

3

A influence
B solution
C answer
D effect

4

A levels
B platforms
C grades
D scales

Solution
My answer:

● 1 – C;
● 2 – B;
● 3 – D;
● 4 – A;

Remark

* to spend one’s life = to pass one’s life ( doing something ); * But a strict idiom : to lead a happy / normal / interesting / fulfilling life;

2. Complete these mini-exchanges and write them on your answer sheet.
6 points

1. A ……………………………………?
B Yes, we’re going on a cruise round the Mediterranean.

2. A ……………………………………?
B Greece. Can’t you tell? He’s got a really strong accent.

3. A ……………………………………?
B Yes, it is. It really gets me down.

Solution
My answer:

● 1 – Are you going on a cruise somewhere?
● 2 – What a strange accent he has! I wonder where he comes from!
● 3 – Don’t you think that owl’s shriek is really depressing?

3. Find the unnecessary word in each sentence. Write it on your answer sheet.
10 points

1. There he is a man at the door. It must be the postman.
2. He kept talking about how so expensive their holiday had turned out to be.
3. The manager wants all of applicants to be called for an interview.
4. I asked for a friend to give me a lift.
5. The park can to be seen from my window.

Solution
My answer:

● 1 – he;
● 2 – so;
● 3 – of;
● 4 – for;
● 5 – to;

4. Complete the sentences with a word.
6 points

1. I can’t work ….. this equation. It’s too difficult for me.
2. What ….. your brother look like?
3. She reminds me ….. an old friend.

Solution
My answer:

● 1 – out; // * to work out = to find by calculation;
● 2 – does;
● 3 – of;

5. Rewrite the following sentences beginning with the words given.
4 points

1. My friends have never been abroad.
None …………………………………

2. I’m sure Frank didn’t see the burglar.
Frank can’t …………………………….

3. “I didn’t exceed the limit,” Sam said.
Sam denied ………………………….

4. Columbus first discovered America.
It was ………………………………..

Solution
My answer:

● 1 – [ None ] of my friends have ever been abroad / has ever been abroad.
● 2 – [ Frank can’t ] have seen the burglar.
● 3 – [ Sam denied ] having exceeded the limit.
● 4 – [ It was ] Columbus who first discovered America.