INSPECTORATUL ŞCOLAR JUDETEAN
SATU MARE
OLIMPIADA DE LIMBA ENGLEZĂ
ETAPA JUDEŢEANĂ - 02 MARTIE 2013
CLASA a XI-a
Question I ( 50 points)
“A man can be destroyed, but never defeated.” Write an argumentative essay in approximately 350
words. Make sure you support it with arguments and examples.
Question II (25 points)
A local newspaper has invited readers to write short articles about how they imagine the world of
work will change over the next decade. The best articles will be published in the newspaper.
Write your article in approximately 200 - 220 words.
Question III (25 points)
A. Complete the second sentence so that it has a similar meaning to the first sentence. Use the
word given without changing it. (5 points)
1.Apparently, the restaurant in town has been bought out by someone else.
UNDER
I hear the restaurant in town .........................................
2. Sarah cried her eyes out immediately she was told she'd failed her driving test.
BROKE
Sarah ........................................ soon as she heard she'd failed her driving test.
3.He would never have guessed that at the age of 17 he would be playing for his country. LITTLE
........................................ that at the age of 17 he would be playing for his country.
4.When you do decide what you want to do please let us know.
MIND
When ........................................ what you want to do please let us know.
5.Do you mind if I come over to see you later?
OBJECTION
Do you ........................................ coming over to see you later?
B. Fill each of the numbered blanks in the following passage. Use only one word in each space. (10
points)
The rarest and most expensive types of mushrooms in the world are called truffles and are
considered a great delicacy.(1)_____the mushrooms we eat most of the time, (2)_____grow above
the ground, truffles grow underground in natural woodland.(3)______date, no one has been able to
cultivate truffles. They grow wild and have to be hunted for. However, (4)______to the commercial
value of truffles, in most countries it is not possible to hunt for them(5)______you have a licence to
do so. Ripe truffles produce a characteristic odour. If harvested before this odour develops, the
truffle will not be mature(6)______to eat. It is therefore(7)______ surprise that it is the smell of the
truffle that leads the hunter to the right place. Dogs, with their keen noses, have been entrusted(8)
______the responsibility of truffle hunting. After (9)______, a dog’s sense of smell is (10)______
to ten thousand times better than that of a human.
C. Read the text below and use the word given in capital on the right to form words that fit in the
gaps (10 points)
Too much advertising?
Nowadays advertisers are prepared to do more and more to get their message across.
There are more and more magazines with an ever larger proportion of ads, where
clearly a fortune has been spent on the production of the ad. This may be because
the advertisers have paid to use a famous celebrity or because of using an exotic
1. LOCATE
(1)____________as background or because the ad uses expensive photography
2. GRAPH
and (2)______________ . We are becoming (3)_____________sophisticated so
3. INCREASE
it is also becoming more (4)______________to catch our attention. At the same
4. CHALLENGE
time, as more and more people are hooked into an ever-expanding range of TV
channels, advertising on television is becoming (5)______________ . Because
5. PRICE
of this, some pundits say the TV companies may be losing their market as the
Internet competes for our attention. It is becoming (6)______________now
6. ECONOMIC
for companies to use TV as they don’t get the returns they demand on their
(7)_______________ . But advertising on the Internet has opened up a whole
7. INVEST
new ball game of (8)____________ . In fact, consumers are getting very
8. POSSIBLE
(9)__________as the mainly pop-up ads used on the Internet are seen as
9. RESENT
a gross (10)____________of privacy by most of us.
10. INTRUDE
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