Sunday, April 3, 2011 TESTE ADMITERE CLASE INTENSIV SI BILINGV CU CHEIE Test III Subiectul I Read the text

below and think of the word which best fits each space. Use only one word in each space: At the (1) of the (2) of Independence, the United States was mainly a land of farmers. It remained (3) for another hundred years. It earned its living by selling food and raw materials to (4) countries. In return it imported their manufactured products. Yet (5) early as the 1790's America's first factory opened. During the eighteenth century an Industrial Revolution had come to Britain. New machines driven by water and steam power had made possible great increases in production. In 1789 (6) English mechanic named Samuel Slater took the Industrial Revolution across the Atlantic to America. Before leaving England, Slater memorized the details of the latest English cotton spinning machines. He carried them in his memory because it was .(7) the law to take plans of the machines (8) of England. In the United States Slater went (9) partnership with a businessman named Moses Brown. Together they opened a mill, or factory, to spin cotton at Pawtucket, Rhode Island. Slater built the machinery for the mill (10) memory. It was a great success and Slater became a wealthy man. The success of Slater's cotton mill began a process of change in the United States. In time that process turned the northeast of the nation into its first important manufacturing region.

Subiectul II Cross out the wrong word: 1. I had to wear a/an uniform when I worked in a restaurant. 2. My neighbour is a man of medium/tall height. 3. He won first reward/prize for good behaviour. 4. His father learnt/taught him how to fish. 5. The shoes fitted her finely/perfectly. 6. I had to give full information/description of the stolen car. 7. The reason why/because Im writing is to let you know the results. 8. Where can I get a laptop? Lets borrow/lend Michaels. 9. Tennis is a sport/game invented centuries ago. 10. I enjoy/amuse watching such shows.

Subiectul III Put the verbs in the brackets into the correct tense and voice: When Hamlet first saw the ghost of his father he doubted, as any reasonable man (1.do). If he ..(2.trust) it from start, he ..(3.kill) Claudius sooner and the complicated story of betrayal, inquiry and strategy of revenge (4. exist). Supposing he ..(5.kill) Polonius, Ophelia .(6.lose) her mind and finally drowned; and Laertes .(7.have) any reason to challenge Hamlet to a duel. Moreover, if Hamlet . (8.fake) madness, Claudius ..(9.lower) his guard and finally given himself away; but then again, who would know about their story ..(10.be) for Shakespeare? Subiectul IV Read the text below and say which of the following sentences are true (T) or false (F): She escorted me upstairs, and after I was comfortably arranged in a double bed under a blissful load or pretty scrap-quilts, she returned to wish me goodnight, sweet dreams. I lay awake thinking about here in the wilderness and have a stranger knock on your door in the middle of the night and not only open it but warmly welcome him inside and offer him shelter. If our situation had been reversed, I doubt I would have had the courage to say nothing of the generosity. The text morning she gave me breakfast in her kitchen. Coffee and hot oatmeal with sugar and tined cream, but I was hungry and it tasted great. The kitchen was shabbier that the rest of the house; the stove, a rattling, refrigerator, everything seemed on the edge of expiring .All except one large, somewhat modern object, a deep-freeze that fitted into a corner of the room. She was chatting on: I love so guilty about not tossing them crumbs during the winter. But I cant have them ghatering around the house. Because of the cats. Do you care for cats? Yes, I once had a Siamese named Tom. She lived to be twelve ,and we traveled everywhere together. All over the world. And when she died I never had the heart to get another. Then maybe you will understand this, she said, leading me over to the deep-freeze, and opening it. Inside was nothing but cats: stacks of frozen, perfectly preserved cats dozens of them. It gave me an odd sensation. All my old friend . Gone to rest. Its just that I couldnt bear to lose them. Completely . She laughed, and said: I guess you think Im a bit dotty. A bit dotty. Yes, a bit dotty, I thought as I walked under grey skies in the direction of the highway she had pointed out to me. But radiant: a lamp in a window. 1.The writer thought she was an exceptionally warm-hearted person.

2.The winter felt that he would not have invited a stranger into his home in a similar situation. 3.Nevertheless, he felt he would have been equally generous. 4.The food she give him for breakfast was more expensive that he had expected it to be. 5.Although the house was very cozy, all her furniture was in a poor condition. 6.It struck the writer that the deep-freeze did not match the other pieces in the building. 7.She said cats were more important to her than birds. 8.It was a special sing of confidence that she showed him her special collection. 9.He understood her movies perfectly well. 10.Despite the shock, the writer still thought that she was a special woman, whose example of love, culture and courage should by followed by everyone. Subiectul V Choose the variant which best completes each sentence: 1.George was named after one of his fathers distant.. a. family; b. brothers; c. relatives; d. members 2. You cant tell how someone is like just from their. a. character; b. appearance; c. personality; d looking 3. Parents and teachers have to try hard to understand the younger .. a. generation; b. people; c. adolescents; d. teenagers 4. James and Mary got married one year after they got.. a. divorced; b. proposed; c. engaged; d. separated 5. Duncan was born in Scotland but he ..in Northern Ireland. a. raised; b. grew up; brought up; d. rose 6. George works well in class, but his could be better. a. rudeness; b. politeness; c behaviour; d. acting 7. From early childhood Johann had a/an for music. a. interest; b. passion; c. tendency; d. involvement 8. In answer to my question, my sister .in agreement. a. shook; b. grinned; c. nodded; d. grimaced 9. My grandfather likes to be called a senior citizen not a/an .. a. relative; b. old person; c. pensioner; d. relic 10. Im sorry for snapping at you like that, I was in a bad.. a. mind; b. mentality; c. manner; d. mood