Ministerul Educaţiei, Cercetării şi Tineretului

Centrul Naţional pentru Curriculum şi Evaluare în Învăţământul Preuniversitar

Examenul de bacalaureat 2008

Proba E/F
Proba scrisă la Limba engleză
L3 – Minorităţi

• Toate subiectele sunt obligatorii. Se acordă 10 puncte din oficiu.

• Timpul efectiv de lucru este de 3 ore.

SUBIECTUL I (30 puncte) Varianta 003

Read the text below and complete the following tasks.

Some well-off, private-school students are stepping out in designer gowns, but designer Alex
Perry says buying an expensive dress isn't the most important factor in looking good.
"You can spend anything from $3000 for a serious handmade dress, like something I would
create, but we're talking about gorgeous young girls, not red-carpet dwellers, so they don't have to
spend that kind of money,'' Perry says.
Helen Creswick, from online retailer highschoolformals.com, says the formal-wear business
is getting bigger every year.
“Girls as young as 13 are beginning to think and plan their Year 10 formals”, Creswick says.
There is also a trend for graduation events to be held for the transition from primary to high school.
Cherrybrook twins Belinda and Louise Ings, 18, who attend Asquith Girls High School, have been
looking forward to this week's Year 12 formal.
They have bought new dresses worth $110 and $180 and say you don't need to spend a lot
of money to be fashionable.
"I want something I can wear out again. It's a waste to spend a huge amount on something
for just one night,'' Louise says.

1. Read the text again and decide if the following sentences are true (T) or false
(F). On your exam sheet write T or F next to the letter indicating the sentence. 4 points

A. Buying an expensive dress is the most important factor in looking good, according
to designer Alex Perry.
B. You can spend more than $3000 on a handmade dress.
C. Girls begin thinking about their Year 10 formals when they are 10.
D. Louise Ings says she wants a dress she can wear more than once.

2. Answer the following questions: 6 points

A. How much does designer Alex Perry say can be spent on a handmade dress?
B. What high school do Belinda and Louise Ings attend?
C. What does Louise consider a waste?

3. Write questions to which the underlined words are the answers. 10 points

4. Find antonyms to the words written in bold. 6 points

5. Use two of the antonyms found above in sentences of your own. 4 points