UNIVERSITATEA SPIRU HARET

Facultatea de Relaii Internaionale i Studii Europene

Limba Englez
Anul I, SEMESTRUL I



Manual recomandat:
Mihil, Ramona Current Issues. (Expanding English for Communication), Editura Fundaiei
Romnia de Mine, Bucureti, 2006

Bibliografie facultativ:
Bondrea, Emilia, tefan, Rodica (coordonatori): Dicionar explicativ poliglot de termeni
comunitari, Editura Fundaiei Romnia de Mine, Bucureti, 2006
Gleanu Frnoag, Georgiana Sinteze de gramatic englez exerciii i teste de evaluare,
Bucureti, 1992.
Thomson, A. J. and A.V. Martinet A Practical English Grammar - Exercises 1 and Exercises 2,
Oxford University Press, 1996.



UNIT 1
Making an impression (p. 7)
Colors (p. 8, 9)
Fashion and clothes (p. 11, 12, 13)
Idioms of the body (p. 14, 15)
Verbs not normally used in continuous tenses (p. 15, 16)
Examples:
Choose the word which best completes the sentence:
1. They use to be good friends and they visited very often while now they only see each other once
in a moon.
a) black b) green c) blue d) white
Answer: c

Put the verbs in brackets into the correct form:
2. The judge (to hear) .. the case tomorrow morning. The audience can barely (to hear)
what the lecturer is saying.
a) will be hearing/hear b) will hear/heard c) will have been heard/hears
Answer: a


UNIT 2
Making a living (p. 17, 18, 19)
Families (p. 22, 23)
Simple Present Tense/Present Continuous (p. 25, 26, 27, 28)

Examples:
Choose the word which best completes the sentence:
1. The employers should avoid people on the first impression.
a) assessing b) estimating c) judging d) regarding
Answer: c

Put the verbs in brackets into the correct form:
2. This message has just arrived and the man (to wait) in case you (to want) a reply.
a) will be hearing/wanted b) waits/are wanting c) is waiting/want
Answer: c



UNIT 3
Globalization (p. 29)
Privacy (p. 31, 32)
The Simple Past Tense. The Past Continuous Tense (p. 34, 35, 36)

Examples:
Choose the word which best completes the sentence:
1. The ambassador was declared and sent back to his own country.
a) interim b) persona non grata c) verbatim d) de facto
Answer: b

Put the verbs in brackets into the correct form:
2. Two men (to fight) at a street corner and a policeman (to try) to stop them.
a) were fighting/was trying b) fought/was trying c) were being fought/tried
Answer: a


UNIT 4
Society (p. 60)
Tomorrows world (p. 41)
The natural world (p. 42)
The Present Perfect Tense. The Present Perfect Continuous Tense (p. 44, 45)

Examples:
Choose the word which best completes the sentence:
1. The mysterious case of the missing MP has become the of considerable interest of press
over the last days.
a) focus b) middle c) pin-point d) target
Answer: a

Put the verbs in brackets into the correct form:
2. The journalist (to report) .. quickly what he (to find out) .
a) has been reporting/had found b) has reported/found c) reported/has found
Answer: b


UNIT 5
The living planet (p. 49, 50, 51, 52)
The Past Perfect Tense. The Past Perfect Continuous Tense (p. 53, 54)

Examples:
Choose the word which best completes the sentence:
1. The governing party will always try to find a if anything goes wrong.
a) duck b) scapegoat c) snake d) donkey
Answer: b

Put the verbs in brackets into the correct form:
2. They (not vote) .. about that because one of the members (to miss) .
a) hadnt been voting/had missed b) didnt vote/had missed c) hadnt voted/missed
Answer: b


UNIT 6
Means of transport (p. 56, 57)
Buying a plane ticket (p. 58, 59)
The Future Simple Tense. The Future Continuous Tense (p. 60, 61)

Examples:
Choose the word which best completes the sentence:
1. The tourists missed their flight of delays on the motorway.
a) by means b) owing c) in case d) as a result
Answer: d

Put the verbs in brackets into the correct form:
2. The people (to stay) .. in the waiting room until the bus (to be) .
a) will stay/will be b) will be staying/will be c) will be stay/is
Answer: c


UNIT 7
Cities, towns and villages (p. 63)
Meals (p. 67, 68)
Nouns. The plural of Nouns (p. 71, 72, 73, 74)

Examples:
Choose the word which best completes the sentence:
1. The menu of various starters, main courses and deserts.
a) contained b) consisted c) composed d) comprised
Answer: b

Choose the word which best completes the sentence:
2. Many are given to the tourist office.
a) informations b) pieces of information c) packets of informations
Answer: b

UNIT 8
In a foreign country (p. 75)
Holidays (p. 81)
Tourism (p. 82)
Weather (p. 83)
Ways of Expressing Future (p. 85, 86, 87)

Examples:
Choose the word which best completes the sentence:
1. There is a constant .. of visitors to this archeological site.
a) stream b) tide c) river d) current
Answer: b

Put the verbs in brackets into the correct form:
2. This time next month they (to travel) .. around Italy if they (to save) .
a) will be travelling/save b) will be travelling/will save c) will travel/will travel
Answer: a


UNIT 9
Politics (p. 89, 90)
Elections (p. 92, 93, 94)
Passive Voice (p. 95, 96)

Examples:
Choose the word which best completes the sentence:
1. The chain of events that led to the coup detat was set in by the assassination of the
military leader.
a) train b) progress c) development d) momentum
Answer: b

Put the verbs in brackets into the correct form:
2. The man who (to break) .. into the office last night (to be) caught.
a) has broken/was b) broke/has been c) had broken/will be
Answer: b


UNIT 10
Communication Language (p. 99, 100, 101)
Euphemisms and Political Correctness; Racism and Sexism (p. 102, 103, 104, 105)
Reported Speech (p. 106, 107)

Examples:
Match the word underlined in the headline to the right explanation given below:
1. Members of Parliament Clash on Green Policy
a) disagree b) prohibition c) bad experience d) assistance
Answer: a

Put the verb in brackets into the correct form:
2. In his televised speech, the president said that his administration (to cut) .. taxes in that
country.
a) will cut b) would cut c) will be cut
Answer: b


UNIT 11
Crime and Law (109, 110, 111)
Reported Speech (Questions and Answers, Promises, Orders, Requests, Advice, Offers, Requests,
Advice- p. 115, 116, 117)

Examples:
Choose the word which best completes the sentence:
1. Unfortunately, many people a blind eye if they see a crime committed.
a) close b) turn c) show d) wink
Answer: b

Put the following question into indirect speech:
2. Why doesnt he read this interesting article?, asked she.
a) She asked why doesnt he read that interesting article.
b) She asked why he didnt read that interesting article.
c) She asked why he hasnt read this interesting article.
Answer: b


UNIT 12
Business and Money (120, 121, 124, 125)
If Clause (126, 127, 128)

Examples:
Choose the word which best completes the sentence:
1. When the stock market crashed, the traders were to beggary.
a) inclined b) collapsed c) ruined d) reduced
Answer: d
Put the verbs in brackets into the correct form:
2. The police (to arrest) .. him if they (to catch) him.
a) would arrest/will catch b) arrest/would have caught c) will arrest/arrest
Answer: c

UNIT 13
World of Sports and Entertainment (p. 131, 134, 135)
The article: The Definite Article/ The Indefinite Article

Examples:
Choose the word which best completes the sentence:
1. The football player was very depressed toward the end of his career, because although he had
been successful, he had never felt that he really it.
a) reached b) climbed c) ruined d) made
Answer: d

Which is the correct sentence:
2. a) The people say that the rich have a duty to help the homeless and those who are out of the
work.
b) People say that the rich have a duty to help the homeless and those who are out of work.
c) People say that rich have a duty to help homeless and those who are out of work.
Answer: c

14. Revision (tests- vocabulary and grammar, p. 140-155)