MINISTERUL ED U C A I EI NAIONALE

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OLIMPIADA DE LIMBA ENGLEZ ETAPA LOCAL 25 ianuarie 2014 CLASA a VIII-a
SUBJECT I. Put each verb in the correct form: (10 points) Sue Thomas is a fashion designer. She (1.make) clothes ever since she (2. be) a young girl. She (3. get) her first job in a clothes factory when she was sixteen. She (4.sew) buttons onto a shirt one day when she (5.have) a brilliant idea for a design. After she (6.speak) to her bank manager, she got a loan and she (7.open) her own little workshop. Now she (8.make) lots of money. Next year she (9.open) a shop which will sell all her own designs. She has sold clothes to a lot of famous people, including film stars and singers, and she (10.think) she will be very rich soon.

SUBJECT II. Choose the correct answer A, B, C or D that best fits each gap: (10 points) Anorexia Anorexia is a comparatively new illness and seems to be linked to the society we live in which increasingly (1) ......... us on our appearance. The media encourages us to try to be (2) ......... and beautiful. Falling short of these criteria can put enormous (3) ......... on the majority of us who are less than (4) ......... Each year there are estimated to be at (5) ......... 2000 new cases of anorexia. About one sufferer in ten is male, but most anorexics are females in their teens and twenties who suffer (6) ......... a distorted image, feeling fat and ugly, (7) ......... slim and attractive they may appear to others. Though constantly hungry, anorexics attempt to gain (8) ......... of their lives by (9) ......... to eat. Treatment provides counselling and therapy which guides the sufferers (10) ......... a normal life. 1. A watches 2. A narrow 3. A pressure 4. A exact 5. A minimum 6. A by 7. A whether 8. A control 9. A forbidding 10. A in B judges B slight B tension B perfect B less B from B either B direction B refusing B from C measures C light C weight C excellent C least C of C moreover C power C rejecting C at D criticises D slim D force D good D more D for D however D authority D denying D towards

SUBJECT III. Correct the mistakes in the following sentences: (10 points) 1. He has improved his knowledges of English a lot lately. 2. You should have listened much more attentive. 3. Im convinced I havent said nothing wrong. 4. We know each other for more than five years. 5. I could buy the present today if I would find something nice. 6. Ill send you a message as soon as Ill get to the hotel. 7. How much it costs to fly to Madrid?

8. I realized that I was meeting that man before. 9. He told me to not touch the parcel. 10. Did you play tennis? Yes, I played. SUBJECT IV. Make questions to which the underlined words are the answers: (10 points) 1. He earns his living by painting peoples houses. 2. My grandparents were in Paris when the war began. 3. The Prime Minister entered the room at 9 oclock. 4. She resembles her mother. 5. They have been married for ten years now. 6. Steve wrote four letters. 7. David has taken Franks CD. 8. They are happy because they won the competition. 9. She goes swimming twice a week. 10. Mary is tall, with dark hair and green eyes. SUBJECT V. Rephrase each of the following sentences so that the meaning stays the same: (10 points) 1. My sister doesnt like ice cream as much as I do. I like ice cream ................................................ my sister does. 2. The last time we saw our cousins was a month ago. We ................................................ for a month. 3. As he grew older, he became more and more forgetful. The .................................................forgetful he became. 4. Somebody will clean the room tomorrow. The room .................................................tomorrow. 5. We have never seen such a funny film. Its the .................................................seen. 6. When did Mary move to Liverpool? How long is it .................................................to Liverpool? 7. Mark is more energetic than his brother. Marks brother isnt .................................................his brother. 8. It is ages since I last saw Julia. I .................................................ages. 9. I advise you to drive more carefully in the future. You .................................................in the future. 10. If we dont hear from you within seven days, the order will be cancelled. Unless ................................................the order will be cancelled. SUBJECT VI. Write a story of about 250 words which begins with the following words: A shiver came over me; as the skies darkened overhead, I was walking towards a city that everyone else seemed to be leaving. Give your story an appropriate title. (50 points)

TOTAL 100 PUNCTE TOATE SUBIECTELE SUNT OBLIGATORII. TIMP DE LUCRU: 2 ORE. NU SE ACORD PUNCTE DIN OFICIU