Ministerul Educaţiei, Cercetării şi Inovării

Centrul Naţional pentru Curriculum şi Evaluare în Învăţământul Preuniversitar

Examenul de bacalaureat 2009

Proba E/F
Proba scrisă la Limba Engleză
L1 - Intensiv 3 - 4 ore
SUBIECTUL I ( 30 de puncte) Varianta 052

Read the text below and complete the following tasks.

Bruce Lee was born November 27, 1940 in San Francisco. At age 14, Bruce Lee entered
La Salle College in Hong Kong, a high school. He attended St Francis Xavier's College from 1957-
1959. In 1959, Bruce got into a fight with a feared Triad gang member's son. (1) … All he had was
$100 and the title of 1958 Crown Colony Cha Cha Champion of Hong Kong. After living in San
Francisco, he moved to Seattle to work for Ruby Chow, another friend of his father's. In 1959, Lee
completed his high school education in Seattle and received his diploma from Edison Technical
School. He enrolled at the University of Washington as a Philosophy major. There he met his
future wife Linda Emery. (2) …
Lee was a martial artist, instructor, actor, and founder of the Jeet Kune Do martial arts
system. He is widely regarded as one of the most influential and famous martial artists of all time.
(3) … . In the martial arts folklore, he is considered by many to be the greatest martial artist of all
time, including karate legend Joe Lewis and Davis Miller.
Lee's films elevated the traditional Hong Kong martial arts film to a new level and sparked a
greater interest in Chinese martial arts in the West. (4) … Lee began the process of creating his
own fighting system known as Jeet Kune Do. Bruce Lee's evaluation of traditional martial arts
doctrines is now seen as one of the first steps into popularizing the modern style of mixed martial
arts.

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

A. Bruce and Linda married in 1964 and had two children together. Bruce Lee died July 20, 1973
in Hong Kong.
B. Bruce Lee became a legend in a few years
C. He is also widely known as the greatest icon of martial arts cinema and a key figure of modern
popular culture.
D. His father became concerned about his safety and Bruce was sent to the United States to live
with an old friend of his father's.
E. Many see Lee as a model blueprint for acquiring a strong and efficient body as well as
developing a mastery of martial arts and hand to hand combat skills.

2. Give the antonyms 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. Bruce Lee finished his education in …
A. San Francisco.
B. Seattle.
C. Maxico.
D. Canada.
2. Bruce Lee is considered by many to be …
A. the best in China ‘s fighting system.
B. the best martial artist of all time.
C. a real legend.
D. a myth in the martial arts folklore.
 Ministerul Educaţiei, Cercetării şi Inovării
Centrul Naţional pentru Curriculum şi Evaluare în Învăţământul Preuniversitar

3. Bruce Lee was …

A. the creator of Jeet Kune Do fighting system.
B. the first fighter in the world.
C. the best Chinese Karate instructor.
D. the American fighter.

5. Comment on the following statement: Bruce Lee's evaluation of traditional martial arts
doctrines is now seen as one of the first steps into popularizing the modern style of mixed martial
arts. (100 words) 4 points