TEST DE EVALUARE INITIALA

Anul scolar 2015-2016

Limba engleza
Clasa a IX-a I Bilingv

Numele si prenumele elevului

Data sustinerii testului

Pentru rezolvarea corecta a tuturor cerintelor se acorda 90 de puncte. Din oficiu se

acorda 10 puncte.
Timpul efectiv de lucru este de 45 de minute.

1. Read the text below and complete the following tasks. Write all your answers
on the Answer Sheet.

The eight masked bandits, who burst into a Naples railroad station, seemed to have
stepped straight out of a spaghetti Western. After ordering the station master to stop the
train, they opened by force the doors of the mail car, grabbed bags containing
approximately 100,000 in cash. ____1_
Train robbers have recently become a usual phenomenon in Italy. Sometimes the
robbers get on the train as passengers. _____2 Others work less ostentatiously: they
quietly break into mail cars, tie up the guards and jump off in time before the train pulls
into the next station. _____3 Italian officials think that upsurge in the once-forgotten
train robberies comes as a direct result of the introduction of effective, modern security
devices elsewhere. _____4

1. a. Four sentences have been removed from the text. Select the appropriate
sentence for each gap in the text. There is one extra sentence which you do not
need to use. Write your answers on the Answer Sheet. 12points

A. Thus some targets such as banks have become too difficult for common criminals.
B. Trains are more accessible targets for them.
C. The Italian Press has pointedly described train robbers as the new frontier of organized
crime.
D. They finally managed to make a successful getaway with blazing guns.
E. Later put on their masks and hold up the rest of the passengers.

1.b Match the words in bold in the text to their definition given below. Write your
answers on the Answer Sheet.
8 points

A. 1. taking hold of something in a rough or rude

way
B. 2. to go somewhere quickly and suddenly
C. 3. intended to impress people in an extreme and
unnecessary way
D. 5. people who steal from someone or
somewhere

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 1.c For the following sentences, choose the answer (A, B, C, D) which fits
according to the text. Write your answers on the Answer Sheet. 10 points

1. The main idea of the text is that

a. train robbers grab bags from mail cars
b. bank robberies are the kind of organized crime lately preferred by robbers
c. train robbers work ostentatiously
d. trains are not supplied with modern security devices

2. The eight bandits looked as if

a. they were eating spaghetti
b. they were selling spaghetti
c. they had come out of a Western film
d. they had come into the station to sell some spaghetti

3. Train robbers usually escape

a. through a large gate
b. before the train pulls into the station
c. jumping off the train while it is moving
d. in a blaze of gunfire

4. Common criminals mostly attack trains instead of banks nowadays because

a. the latter are equipped with security devices
b. they can find more money in their carriages
c. banks cannot be robbed
d. they can escape more easily

5. Some robbers pretend

a. they are passengers themselves
b. they are guards of the train
c. they are Italian officials
d. they are station masters

2. Read the text below and fill in the missing information. On your answer sheet,
write only the missing words next to the number indicating each blank space. 12
points
In many countries its (1) _________ to find a job of (2)_________ kind. Almost any job is
(3)__________ than none at all, so one cant afford to be too fussy. There are luckier people
(4)_____________ have jobs but not jobs (5)____________ they have chosen
(6)______________.

3. Read the text below and use the words given in capitals to form words that fit
in the gaps. The words in capitals are given in the order you need to use them: 22
points
VISIT, SECURE, PRIVATE, INDUSTRY, MAJOR, SURE, RESPONSIBLE, EFFECT,
CRIME, POLITICS, USE

(1) to the UK are often quite surprised at just how many (2).. cameras are.
Some of these cameras are (3) owned and used to watch over shops, offices and
(4) buildings when they are not in use. But the (5).. of CCTV

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cameras, as they are called are placed in city centres and public buildings to (6).. the
safety of the general public. Local governments and the police share the (7).. for the
cameras operation and maintenance and for paying somebody to sit and watch at the other end.
What is even more surprising is how (8).. these cameras are at preventing
(9) activity. According to one leading (10). , only three percent of
crimes are solved using evidence from CCTV recordings. Many people now think that the
government could spend the same money more (11). on having a few extra
police officers on the street.there

4. Rephrase the following sentences so that the meaning stays the same. Write
your answers on the Answer Sheet. 18 points
1. It is ages since we talked openly.
We
2. He didnt find a taxi and so he missed the train.
If
3.I havent read this book, she said.
She said .
4. The beach is less crowded today than usual.
The beach is ..
5. Your friend is a smart guy.
What ..
6. The storm blew a lot of trees down yesterday.
A lot of trees..................................................

5. Choose the correct form. 8 points

1. If I __________ so tired, I would have helped you.

A) wouldn't C) wouldn't have been
B)weren`t D) hadn't been
2. Each of their sons has __________.
A) a room of his own C) a room of their own
B) an own room D) own rooms
3. Would you mind if I joined you? __________
A) No, I don't. C) No, not at all.
B) Yes, why not. D) Yes, please do.
4. Sorry to bother you. __________
A) So am I. C) Yes, of course.
B) No, you can't. D) Thats all right.
5. The clock has just __________ eleven.
A) hit C) struck
B) beaten D) knocked
6. The fish youre eating __________ only six hours ago.
A) was caught C) had been caught
B) has been caught D) is been caught
7. Give me the dictionary for a moment, __________?
A) will you C) did you
B) can't you D) don't you
8.The bomb might explode __________ moment.
A) every C) each
B) all D) any

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BAREM

CLASA A IX-AI BILINGV:

1.a 1-D; 2-E; 3-C; 4-A 4 itemi x 3p.=12p.

1.b 1-grabbed; 2-burst into; 3-ostentatiously; 4 robber
. 4 itemi x2p.=8 p.
1.c 1-d; 2-c; 3-b; 4-a 5-a 5 itemi x 2p.=10 p.
2. 1-difficult; 2-any; 3- better; 4-who; 5-which/ that; 6-themselves
6 itemi x 2 p.=12 p.
3. visitors, security, privately, industrial, majority; ensure; responsibility;
ineffective; criminal ; politician; usefully
11 itemi x 2p=22p.
4. 1.We havent talked openly for ages.
2. If he had found a taxi, he wouldnt have missed the train.
3. She said she hadnt read that book.
4. The beach is not so crowded as usual.
5.What a smart friend you have!/ What a smart guy your friend is!
6. A lot of trees were blown down yesterday.
6 itemi x 3p.=18 p.
5. 1. B; 2.A; 3. C; 4.D; 5. C; 6.A; 7.A; 8. D
8 itemi x 1 p.= 8 p