COLEGIUL NAȚIONAL MINISTERUL EDUCAȚIEI NAȚIONALE
“MIHAI EMINESCU” PETROȘANI ȘI CERCETĂRII ȘTIINȚIFICE
PROBA DE VERIFICARE A CUNOSTINTELOR DE LIMBA ENGLEZA
Pentru admiterea în clasa a IX-a cu program intensiv de predare- Ianuarie 2019
PROBA SCRISĂ
Toate subiectele sunt obligatorii.
Se acordă 10 puncte din oficiu.
Total: 70 puncte
Timp de lucru: 60 min.
I. Read the following text attentively and then decide whether the following statements are TRUE (T) or FALSE (F) (10
x2p=20p)
A friend of mine once told me of his first efforts to speak Japanese. He was working in an American company
in Tokyo where all communication in the workplace was conducted in English, so he had no pressing need to
learn the language. His wife, however, was taking Japanese lessons and passed on to him what she had
learnt. The first time he aired his Japanese in public, his efforts were met with politeness but nevertheless got
the impression he was doing something wrong. Quite some time went by before one of his Japanese
colleagues plucked up the courage to tell him he spoke Japanese ‘like a woman’ and explained that often
different vocabulary is used for the same objects depending on whether a man or a woman is speaking.
Japanese is not the only language which makes such distinctions, and, although the vocabulary doesn’t
change, research shows that gender can affect speech patterns in English, too.
1. The story is about a Frenchman. _______
2. She was working in an American company in Japan. _______
3. Speaking Japanese at work wasn’t compulsory. _______
4. He, very rarely, spoke Japanese in public. _______
5. His Japanese colleagues were very polite and didn’t _______
want to offend him.
6. Whenever he spoke Japanese, he felt quite _______
comfortable.
7. Speaking ‘like a woman’ in Japanese means _______
differences in vocabulary.
8. ‘Gender’ refers to people of different ages. _______
9. Gender affects speech patterns in different _______
languages.
10. In English, gender influences both the speech _______
pattern and the vocabulary.
II. Choose the correct option from the CAPITALIZED words/ phrases by circling them. (10x2p=20p)
1. The plane TOOK/ WENT off at 6.00 am and landed at 7.15 am.
2. I wanted to buy her a nice graduation present but I couldn’t find ANYTHING/ SOMETHING interesting.
3. Unfortunately, I saw NO/ ANY pelicans in the Delta, not even one.
4. Because he let his friend OFF/ DOWN, nobody respected him anymore.
5. Carnations don’t grow here. Neither ARE/ DO roses.
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6. They USE/ USED to play football here when they were young, but now they don’t do it anymore.
7. The earth will die soon IF/ UNLESS people limit pollution.
8. Hurry up! We haven’t got MUCH/ MORE time!
9. Anyone WHICH/ WHO goes to Rome never forgets it.
10. James was accused WITH/ OF trespassing.
III. Put each verb in brackets into an appropriate tense and voice (active or passive). (10x2p=20p):
1. Michael and Jennifer ____________________ (TO GET) married 6 weeks ago.
2. Where _________________________________(TO WORK, your neighbour)?
3. Last week I ____________________ (TO TELL) him that he was hired and could begin working here today.
4. This is by far the funniest movie I ______________________ (TO SEE, ever).
5. Jason ___________________ (TO LEAVE, always) his desk full of bits of paper and leftover food! It’s awful!
6. Yesterday’s test paper _________________________________ (TO BE not) as easy as it seemed.
7. I thought I _______________ (TO SEND) you all the details before the meeting we had last week.
8. This time next week we _________________________ (TO TAKE) our exams!
9. An official statement from the City Hall _____________________ (TO ISSUE) tomorrow morning.
10. This isn’t the first time the company ___________ (TO BE) responsible for an ecological disaster.
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