Ministerul Educaiei, Cercetrii i Tineretului

Centrul Naional pentru Curriculum i Evaluare n nvmntul Preuniversitar

Examenul de bacalaureat 2008
Proba E/F
Proba scris la Limba englez
L1 L2


Toate subiectele sunt obligatorii. Se acord 10 puncte din oficiu.
Timpul efectiv de lucru este de 3 ore.

SUBIECTUL I (30 puncte)


Read the text below and complete the following tasks.

There's no better time to examine breakfast eating habits (1). In fact, September has been
designated as "Better Breakfast Month."
Studies show that children and adult students who eat breakfast do more and better work in school
than those who skip it. In contrast, those (2) tend to tire more quickly, be more irritable, and
react less quickly than those who eat breakfast. (3), breakfast is an important meal.
The reasons for skipping breakfast are many. Those most frequently heard include: "There isn't
time," "Food that early makes me sick," "I don't like breakfast foods," and "I'm skipping breakfast
for weight control."
Mostly these are just excuses. Breakfast doesn't have to take a lot of time. It can be simple or
elaborate, cooked or uncooked, eaten sitting down or on- the-run, low or high in calories, mundane
or varied. (4) is to make it part of your morning routine.
In short, a good nutritious breakfast need not include typical breakfast foods, but eating breakfast
is a good habit to start off the school day.
That is why every parent should insist on his child taking his portion of energy every single
morning.
(British Council Magazine, 2007)

1. Four sentences have been removed from the text. Select the appropriate sentence for
each gap in the text. There is one extra sentence that does not fit. 4 points

A. Because many of the basic subjects are taught before noon
B. The main thing
C. than at the beginning of the school year
D. who skip breakfast
E. one of the least important things

2. Who/what do the words in bold refer to? 6 points


3. Give the synonyms of the following words. 10 points
1. beginning 2. to eat 3. important 4. reason 5. elaborate.


4. Answer the following questions. 6 points

A. What do studies show?
B. Which are some of the most frequently heard reasons for nor having breakfast ?
C. What is in the authors opinion a good habit to start off the school day?

5. Comment on the following sentence: Mostly these are just excuses. (50 words) 4 points