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Inspectoratul Școlar Județean Vâlcea

Probă de verificare a cunoștințelor de limba engleză pentru admiterea în clasa a IX-a, profil bilingv si intensiv - 2013

I.(10p) For questions 1– 10 read the text below and think of the word which best fits each space. Use only
one word in each space. There is an example at the beginning (0).

A WEALTH OF EXPERIENCE
Mary Smith has (0) ….been… a contributor to ‘Fame’ magazine for the (1)………… six years. She is a freelance
writer and television producer based in London. She (2) ………….. worked on stories across six continents and (3)
…………. nominated for an Emmy Award for her coverage of the 1991 Soviet coup. Having now given (4)
……………….covering war zones, she has (5) ……………up polo which she finds far (6)…………..dangerous, (7)
………….considers it an addiction (8 ……………will finish either in bankruptcy or old (9)……….. .This month, she will
play the game riding (10) ……………..the back of an elephant.
II.(10p) For questions 1 -10, read the text below and decide which answer A, B, C, or D best fits each space,
There is an example at the beginning (0).
Example: 0 A) While B) During C) As D) Whereas

SPEED GOLF
(0)While playing golf in the British Isles not (1) ….. ago, I came (2) ….. a funny sign posted on a seaside golf (3)
….. . ‘Gentlemen, please play quickly!’ the sign implored. Three hours is too long for a (4) …… of golf! Imagine
such a claim in America, (5) ….. of the six-hour death matches.
Slow play is strangling our beloved game. What (6) ….. to be an afternoon’s getaway has evolved into an entire
day’s (7) ….., and most people can’t (8) ….. to spend a whole day playing golf.
I know more than a few people who have (9) ….. , the game out of frustration: golf, they concluded, just takes
too long. Players (10) ….. in time trials like this: you hit your ball, you run to it, you hit it again, When you’ve
completed 18 holes, you’re done.
1. A far B long C much D while
2 A into B across C along D up
3 A pitch B court C field D course
4 A tournament B play C round D set
5 A home B house C country D place
6 A accustomed B should C used D had
7 A arrangement B commitment C performance D discipline
8 A afford B manage C take D provide
9 A gone B given C jilted D quit
10 A compete B contest C struggle D race

III. (10p) For questions1- 10 read the text below. Use the word given in capitals at the end of each line to form a word
that fits in the space in the same line. There is an example at the beginning (0).
MEMORIES
I will never forget the most (0) ..wonderful…moment in our career WONDER
when we were given the highest score for our (1) … PERFORM
in the ice-skating championship (2) … at Helsinki. COMPETE
We received the (3) … score of nine marks BELIEVABLE
of 6.0, which was the maximum score that could be given.
The (4) … of time that we had spent practising LONG
our dance routine finally paid off. The (5) … that DIFFICULT
we had found with some of the (6) … pieces we MUSIC
had chosen was soon overcome and becoming (7) … FAME
was only a matter of time.
Those were the (8) … days of being young and EXCITE
(9) … about everything and having the feeling that OPTIMISM
our (10) … would never lessen. POPULAR
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Inspectoratul Școlar Județean Vâlcea
Probă de verificare a cunoștințelor de limba engleză pentru admiterea în clasa a IX-a, profil bilingv si intensiv - 2013
IV.(10p) For questions 1 –10 , read the text below and look carefully at each line. Some of the lines are
correct, and some have a word which should not be there.
If a line is correct, put a tick by the number . If a line has a word which should not be there, write the word .
There are two examples at the beginning (0 and 00).

SPACE: FAR OUT FOOD

0 The world may not need another recipe book, √
00 but that’s not to say there isn’t no room for no
1 one on other planets. Scientists at New York’s
2 Cornell University are being developing 100 recipes
3 for astronauts dining on the Moon or the Mars.
4 The recipes which will be based on fresh produce that
5 can be grown up inside sealed greenhouses
7 These bioregenerative life-support systems will grow
8 crops such as the soya, rice, tofu, carrots and
9 basil, and will also support plants and algae
10 that can be recycle bodily wastes inside the sealed ecosystem.

V.(5 p) Choose the variant which best completes each sentence:

1. She didn't watch the film last night, ....?
A. didn’t she B. did she C. has she D. doesn’t she
2. Don’t make so much noise! Noriko ......to study for her ESL test.
A. tries B. is trying C. tried D. will try
3. What time ........?
A. is the train leaving B. does the train leave C. the train leaves D. will the train leave
4. The kite rose into the sky until it was out of ....
A. view B. notice C. perception D. sight
5. By ..... attention to themselves, they were rescued from the island.
A. paying B. causing C. attracting D. devoting
6. Have you ....studying for your finals yet?
A. begin B. begun C. began D. beginning
7. She .......stayed if you had asked her.
A. will B. would C. would have D. had
8. Are you interested ....taking up tennis?
A. of B. in C. about D. –
9. I have left my pen at home. Can I ....yours?
A. lend B. loan C. borrow D. get
10. Yesterday, Susan had the .....day of her life.
A. Better B. worse C. worst D. Most bad
VI. (5p) Chose the correct alternative.
1.Football is an interesting/ interested game.
2.Tom is interesting/ interested in football.
3.She must be really annoying/ annoyed about losing the luggage.
4.It is annoying/ annoyed losing the luggage.
5.They were fascinating/ fascinated about the Dutch paintings.
6.They stopped in front of a fascinating/ fascinated landscape.
7.His speech was very bored/ boring.
8.The holiday was relaxing / relaxed.
9.The lecture is interested / interesting.
10.You are frightening / frightened of the dark.
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Probă de verificare a cunoștințelor de limba engleză pentru admiterea în clasa a IX-a, profil bilingv si intensiv - 2013
The First Computer Programmer
Ada Lovelace was the daughter of the poet Lord Byron. She was taught by Mary Somerville, a
well-known researcher and scientific author, who introduced her to Charles Babbage in June 1833.
Babbage was an English mathematician, who first had the idea for a programmable computer.
In 1842 and 1843, Ada translated the work of an Italian mathematician, Luigi Menabrea, on Babbage's
Analytical Engine. Though mechanical, this machine was an important step in the history of computers; it
was the design of a mechanical general-purpose computer. Babbage worked on it for many years until his
death in 1871. However, because of financial, political, and legal issues, the engine was never built. The
design of the machine was very modern; it anticipated the first completed general-purpose computers by
about 100 years.
When Ada translated the article, she added a set of notes which specified in complete detail a method for
calculating certain numbers with the Analytical Engine, which have since been recognized by historians
as the world's first computer program. She also saw possibilities in it that Babbage hadn't: she realised
that the machine could compose pieces of music. The computer programming language 'Ada', used in
some aviation and military programs, is named after her.

1. Ada Lovelace's teacher introduced her to Charles Babbage. ……

2. Babbage programmed the first computer. …….
3. Ada translated the article in 1842. …….
4. The Analytical Engine was electronic. …….
5. Luigi Menabrea designed the first computer. ……..
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Probă de verificare a cunoștințelor de limba engleză pentru admiterea în clasa a IX-a, profil bilingv si intensiv - 2013

I. A WEALTH OF EXPERIENCE-10 points

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Inspectoratul Școlar Județean Vâlcea
Probă de verificare a cunoștințelor de limba engleză pentru admiterea în clasa a IX-a, profil bilingv si intensiv - 2013

1.past/last 6.less
2. has 7. but
3. was 8. which
4. up 9. age
5. taken 10.on

II. SPEED GOLF-10 points

1B 7B
2B 8A
3D 9D
4C 10 B
5A
6C
III. MEMORIES-10 points
1 performance 6 musical
2 competition 7 famous
3 unbelievable 8 exciting
4 length 9 optimistic
5 difficulty 10 popularity

IV. SPACE: FAR OUT FOOD-10 points

1√ 6 THE
2 BEING 7√
3 THE 8 THE
4 WHICH 9√
5 UP 10 BE

V.-5 points
1.B 6.B
2.B 7.C
3.B 8.B
4.D 9.C
5.C 10.C

VI.5 points
1.interesting 6.fascinating
2. interested 7.boring
3. annoyed 8.relaxing
4.annoying 9. interesting
5.fascinated 10.frightened
VII. THE FIRST COMPUTER PROGRAMMER-10 POINTS
1. T
2. F
3. T
4. F
5. F 10 points granted