Model subiect olimpiada de Engleza, clasa a 10-a, faza judeteana

Question I  (50 points) 
 
Write a 300-word descriptive essay about an unforgettable landscape. Describe the place, the 
people there and the atmosphere. 
 
Question II  (25 points) 
 
You have just returned from a foreign holiday which you booked through a well-known holiday 
company. Neither the resort nor the hotel that you stayed at came up to your expectations. You 
have decided to write a letter to the holiday company complaining about aspects of your holiday 
and outlining the reasons for your dissatisfaction. In your letter, suggest what steps you think the 
company should take to rectify the problems for holiday makers in the future, and say what kind of 
compensation you expect.  (150 – 180 words)                                    
 
Question III  (25 points) 
 
1. Fill each of the numbered blanks in the following passage. Use only one word in each space.     
                  (10 points) 
 
PARENTS 
   
Parents are easily shockable. No (1)… how hard they try to be trendy and to keep up to date with 
modern fads, they (2)…never quite help being a generation removed. Life simply moves too quickly for 
them. They will maintain some sort of dialogue with you by going out and buying the latest Cds (3)… to  
find a few months later the charts are filled by acts whose names they have never heard (4)… Then they 
get frustrated and it all come s pouring out (5)…an edition of some chart show on TV when they moan 
that there has never been anything (6)…listening to since their day. 
Other parents don’t  (7)…try to understand their kids. Hardly a day seems to go by (8)… you 
feeling their displeasure one way or (9)… whether it’s you hair, your clothes or the fact that you stayed 
out till three. So why bother trying to please them? You (10)…just as well wind them up even more.  
 
 2. Read the text and then write the correct form of the word in CAPITALS to  
complete the gaps.                              (10 points) 
 
 
In ninth century China, at the height of the Tang dynasty, the government  
became concerned about the (1) ............. of carrying large amounts of         CONVENIENT 
coins in order to conduct business (2) ...............  . Consequently, they devised     ACTION 
a method of paying merchants with money certificates, which had a (3)......                      TEND 
to blow away. This quickly earned them the (4)........... ‘flying cash’.            NAME 
These certificates could be exchanged for coin money on demand at the  
capital. They were (5) ............., so merchants began exchanging them with          TRANSFER 
each other instead of using coins. 
It was not until the Song dynasty that actual paper money was created. (6)....      INITIAL 
introduced by a group of merchants and financiers, each banknote had images 
of houses, trees and people printed on it. These were (7)............ by various               COMPANY 
 intricate markings, the (8) ........... of which could be made only by issuing               IDENTIFY 
banks, thereby making counterfeiting difficult. For this reason, they became  
readily accepted for payment, and their circulation increased. Then, in 1023, 
the government decided to (9) ............... the banknotes and issue government         DRAW 
notes in their place, every one of them with a cash backing. These new  
banknotes could be exchanged for government-issued coins, and so could be 
 used to buy simple groceries. As a result, the use of paper money soon became 
(10)..............               SPREAD 
 
3. Complete the second sentence so that it has a similar meaning to the first sentence, 
using the word given. DO NOT CHANGE THE WORD GIVEN. Use between 2-5 
words.    (5 points) 
  
1. They are reshaping our hedge tomorrow.                                                           RESHAPED 
     We ………………………………………….tomorrow. 
 
2. We’ve always admired our English teacher.                                                          LOOKED       
     We …………………………………our English teacher. 
 
4. Karen’s schoolwork definitely seems to be improving this term.                    SIGNS 
     Karen’s schoolwork ……………… this term. 
 
5. I feel completely exhausted when I’ve listened to Marion for half an hour. LEAVES 
     Half-an-hour ……………….. completely exhausted. 
 
6. They think that Helen’s brother stole the money.                                     SUSPECTED 
     Helen’s brother …………………………….. the money. 
 
NOTĂ! Toate subiectele sunt obligatorii. Timp de lucru: 3 ore.  
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