OLIMPIADA DE LIMBA ENGLEZĂ – FAZA JUDEȚEANĂ

13 MAI 2017

CLASA A V-A

I. READING COMPREHENSION (10 x 1p = 10 points)

Choose from the list below the word which best fits each space. You do not need to use all the
words given in the box.

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Christmas is Britain’s most important 1)___________ holiday. There are three days of Christmas:
Christmas Eve, Christmas Day and Boxing Day. 2) ___________ people have a Christmas tree
decorated with 3)____________ and glass baubles, and exchange presents on Christmas Day morning,
after 4)__________ they eat the traditional meal of 5)___________ turkey. People send
6)___________ to friends and colleagues. A lot of money is spent on 7)____________ and food and
drink. Christmas is the most profitable time of the year for most 8) ____________ and businesses. This
type of celebration was brought 9)__________ England by Queen Victoria’s husband, the
10)____________Prince Albert, in the 1840s.

II. USE OF ENGLISH (50 points)

A. Choose the correct answer (A, B or C) to fill in the text. (10 x 2,5p = 25 points)

My Uncle Chris is the 1) ______ uncle!

He is tall, 2) ______ hair is dark and he has got brown eyes. He's got
a 3) ______ sense of humor. He 4) ______ got lots of ideas, too. He's 5) ______ very positive about
things, never gets angry. And he’s very friendly. I think that's why so 6) ______ people like him.
He usually wears dark jeans and shirts but when 7) ______ is
a celebration in the family, a wedding or a birthday, Uncle Chris always dresses in a funny way. Once,
he went to his 8) ______ wedding wearing a yellow suit!
Uncle Chris loves animals and he can spend hours talking to 9) ______. He keeps pigeons, fish,
rabbits, a cat and a dog. He is a great animal expert who knows a lot about animals and always helps
people when their pets are ill.
Uncle Christ will 10) ______ 57 tomorrow! Happy birthday, Uncle Chris!

1. A. good B. favourite C. best

2. A. its B. his C. he’s
3. A. huge B. great C. small
4. A. is B. has C. have
5. A. never B. sometimes C. always
6. A. much B. many C. all
7. A. it B. it’s C. there
8. A. nephew B. nephews C. nephew’s
9. A. it B. they C. them

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 10. A. have B. come C. be

B. Complete the text with the most suitable form of the verb in brackets. (10 x 2,5 p = 25 points)

Jay Safer is a teacher and he 1. (live) ................. in London. His home is small, but it 2. (have)
................. everything he needs. On the ground floor there’s a kitchen, a small bathroom and a room
which he uses as a living room. Upstairs there 3. (be) ................. two little bedrooms. People 4. (ask)
................. Jay why he wants to live like this.’Two years ago, when I 5. (be) ................. a teacher, I
lived in a big apartment. It 6. (have) ................. lots of rooms that I never used but I still cleaned them
and paid for them’, he explains. I didn't like to live like that anymore so I 7. (decide) ................. to
build myself a smaller house just for me.’
Now Jay 8. (think) ................. about starting a business –building little houses for other people. His
friends 9. (work) ................. on a similar project at the moment.
So next week he 10. (speak) ................. to them and see if they can help him.

III. WRITING (40 points)

Read this note from your friend John:

I have two tickets for a circus show this Saturday at 6:3o. Would you like to come with
me? If you can come, please tell me where and when to meet. Maybe we have time to play in the park
before the show. Let me know,
John.

Write a note to John. Answer his questions. Sign your note as Jean. Write 40-60 words.

TOATE SUBIECTELE SUNT OBLIGATORII. NU SE ACORDA PUNCTE DIN OFICIU.

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TIMP DE LUCRU 90 de minute.

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Tel.: +40 (0)241 611 913, Fax: +40 (0)241 618 880
www.isjcta.ro e-mail: isj-cta@isjcta.ro