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SUBIECT DE REZERV

OLIMPIADA DE LIMBA ENGLEZ

ETAPA LOCAL, 28.01.2012

CLASA a XI-a

SUBJECT I (50 points)

Write a 350-word opinion essay on the following statement: We cannot always build the future for

our youth, but we can build our youth for the future.

SUBJECT II (25 points)

A magazine for English students is planning a feature entitled "Personalities of the world". Readers

have been asked to send articles about one famous person who they think is suitable. Write your

article in approximately 300 words describing the person and saying what it is that makes him/her a

great personality.

SUBJECT III (25 points)

A. 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. You must use between three and eight words,

including the word given. (5 points)

1. I suddenly realized that I didnt know his address. OCCURRED Itsudden that I didnt know his address.

2. Hes almost certain to leave before we get there. ARRIVE By the timeleft. 3. Never before have I seen children who are so well-behaved. SUCH This iswell-behaved children. 4. Lukas was last heard of over a week ago. CONTACT

Nobody..a week. 5. When I was a child, I was never allowed to play with the children next door. LET When I was a child,the children next door.

B. Fill each of the numbered blanks in the following passage. Use only one word in each space.

(10 points)

Although it may come as a surprise to many people, postal services have existed in some parts

of the world for thousands of years. 1)..is ample evidence that a postal service existed among the Assyrians and Babylonians. In China a regular postal service 2)established in the seventh century BC, and 3).the centuries attained 4)a high level of efficiency that

some 2,000 years after its institution it won the admiration of travelers 5) Marco Polo.

Efficient and highly developed postal services were also established in the Persian and Roman

empires. In ancient times, 6)services were mainly confined 7)..the use of representatives of the state; private citizens 8).use of slaves, merchants and the like to send their messages and documents. In Medieval Europe, postal services 9).organised by emperors and by the papacy, 10) private citizens continued to entrust their correspondence to various travellers.

C. Read the text below and use the word given in capital on the right to form words that fit in

the gaps. The words in capitals are given in the order you need to use them. (10 points)

Although it may come as a surprise to many people, postal services have existed in

some parts of the world for thousands of years. 1)..is ample evidence that a postal service existed among the Assyrians and Babylonians. In China a regular

postal service 2)established in the seventh century BC, and 3).the centuries attained 4)a high level of efficiency that some 2,000 years after its institution it won the admiration of travelers 5) Marco Polo. Efficient and highly

developed postal services were also established in the Persian and Roman empires.

In ancient times, 6)services were mainly confined 7)..the use of representatives of the state; private citizens 8).use of slaves, merchants and the like to send their messages and documents. In Medieval Europe, postal

services 9).organised by emperors and by the papacy, 10) private citizens continued to entrust their correspondence to various travellers.

1.HELP

2.INSTINCT

3.READY

4.ABLE

5.ADAPT

6.STARVE

7.LEARN

8.ADVISE

9.PARENT

10.DEPEND

TOTAL 100 PUNCTE

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