OLIMPIADA DE LIMBA ENGLEZA CLASA A XI A

Subiectul I: Read the text below and decide which answer A, B, C or D best fits each
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10 points
The video loggers
One rather unlikely word that has recently entered the language is blog, a shortened
form of web log. A blog is a diary (1) on the internet by the person writing it the
blogger who presumably (2) .. other people to read it. It is ironical that modern
technology is being used to (3) new life into such an old-fashioned form as the
personal journal. And now, as the technology behind video cameras is making them
easier to use, we have the video log, or vlog. Vlogging does not require (4) ..
sophisticated equipment. Vloggers can put anything that (5) their fancy onto their
personal web site. Some vloggers have no ambitions (6) . than to show films they
have shot while on holiday in exotic places. However, vlogs can also (7) . more
ambitious purposes. For instance, amateur film-makers who want to make a (8) . for
themselves might publish their work on the internet. And, increasingly, vlogs are being
used to (9) . political and social issues. It is still to early to predict whether vlogging
will ever take off in a major way, but its (10) . is only now becoming apparent.
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.
8.
9.
10.

A released
A believes
A add
A absolutely
A grasps
A except
A serve
A publicity
A emphasise
A potential

B sent
B expects
B inhale
B largely
B appeals
B apart
B employ
B fame
B publicise
B possibility

C posted
C assumes
C insert
C utterly
C takes
C rather
C function
C name
C distribute
C ability

D mounted
D supposes
D breathe
D highly
D gives
D other
D play
D promotion
D circulate
D feasibility

Subiectul II Fill each of the gaps in the text below with ONE word suitable in the context
8 points
A recent study has suggested an answer to a question that has occupied philosophers for
centuries: Do people need words in (1) to think? A tribe living in the Amazon
basin could provide the answer. The Piraha tribe (2) be small there are only
about 200 members all told (3) . they exhibit a fascinating cultural peculiarity. (4)
. people have no words for numbers, (5) .from one, two and many. What
is more, their words for one and two are very similar. As (6) ..as anyone can tell,
this tribe has never had (7) sort of vocabulary for numbers, but (8) appear
to survive quite well without it.

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Subiectul I
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(10 points 1 point for each correct choice)

1 C, 2 B, 3 D, 4 D, 5 C, 6 D, 7 A, 8 C, 9 B, 10 A

Subiectul II

(8 points 1 point for each correct word; any other correct solution
is accepted)
1 order; 2. may; 3. but; 4. these; 5. apart; 6. far; 7. any; 8. they

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