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
L1 - Intensiv 3-4 ore

SUBIECTUL I ( 30 puncte) Varianta 032

Read the text below and complete the following tasks.

The biggest challenge for any man or woman building his/her wardrobe is to establish
his/her own personal style. Ideally, that can be adapted to current fashions, but sadly, many opt
simply to follow fashion slavishly and never really (1) …. Reconciling the desire to be fashionable
with the need to feel comfortable and confident is more often than the question of colours.
There is no doubt that the colours you wear will have a powerful effect on how you feel and
- crucially – (2) …. Everyone has a palette (3) … and you will always look and feel good in those
colours. Within your own palette, there are five keynote colours that will support each of your basic
psychological modes. (4) … wardrobe planning and shopping infinitely easier; if you look at colours
first, rather than cut or style.
70% of all fashion items sold in Britain are black, despite the reality that the personality type
that suits black is a very small percentage of the British population. When you consider that there
are millions of colours available, this fact gives us an extraordinary insight into the minds of British
people - why are they all enshrouding their true personalities?

1. Four sentences/groups of words have been removed from the text. Select the appropriate
sentence/group of words for each gap in the text. There is one extra sentence/group of
words which you do not need to use. 4 points

A. find out about their own unique personality and style

B. that works best to support their personality
C. think of themselves
D. understanding your own palette makes
E. how others respond to you

2. Give the synonyms of the underlined words. 6 points

3. Sum up the text in about 50 words. 10 points

4. For the following questions, choose the answer (A, B, C, D) which fits according to the
text. 6 points

1. People find it difficult to establish …

A. personal colour. B. personal style.
C. personal mood. D. personal attitude.

2. What is the most used colour in Britain?

A. black B. grey C. brown D. blue

3. The colours we wear influence our …

A. feelings B. future C. work D. meals

5. Comment on the following statement: There is no doubt that the colours you wear will have a
powerful effect on how you feel. (100 words) 4 points