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OLIMPIADA DE LIMBA ENGLEZĂ

ETAPA LOCALĂ 29 ianuarie 2017


Clasa a VII-a

I. Choose the right answer : (20 points)

1. If you……….lucky, you will get this well-paid job.


A. will be B. are C.were
2. ……….he was crossing the street, he saw Daisy in a red sports car.
A. As for B.While C.Meanwhile
3. I……….him at the moment.
A. am thinking at B. think about C. am thinking of
4. What is the……….like today?
A. weather B. whether C. wather
5. He`s French,……….he?
A. hasn`t B.is C.isn`t
6. Do you remember the girl……….won the first prize?
A. what B. which C. who
7. Everything changed……….we left school.
A. since B. for C. when
8. I`d like……….a chef.
A. being B. to be C. be
9. She`s been very busy……….December.
A. in B. since C. last
10. We had an……….journey here.
A. awful B. awfull C. awfully

II. Think of the word which best fits each space. Write only one word in each
space: (30 points)

When Maria got (1)…….the train, there was a man waiting (2)…….her on the
platform. “Are you Maria?”, he(3)…… . ”Yes, I am. But who are you?” “I am Mrs.
Tate`s driver. There is a car for us in (4)…….of the railway station. Where
(5)……..your luggage? “ Maria was not (6)……..surprised to see a stranger instead of
her aunt, as she thought that her aunt was (7)…….busy to meet her at the (8)………..
Then, the man helped the nice slim teenager with her luggage and she was happy
because it was very (9)……….Finally, they (10)……..at her aunt`s beautiful mansion.

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III. Read the text and answer the following questions: (25 points)

Before New York

Of all the visitors to New York City in recent years, one of the most surprising was a
beaver which showed up one morning in 2007. Nobody knows exactly where the beaver came
from and the ecologist Eric Sanderson explains that, although beavers used to be common in
the area in the 17th century, there haven’t been any for more than 200 years.

For Sanderson, the beaver’s appearance was symbolic. For ten years, he’s been leading
a project to visualise what the area used to look like before the city transformed it. As
Sanderson says, “There are views in this city where you cannot see, except for a person,
another living thing. Not a tree or a plant. How did a place become like that?”

In fact, long before the skyscrapers came to dominate the view, this place was a pristine
wilderness where animals like beavers, bears and turkeys would roam freely through forests,
marshes and grasslands. Its ecology was as diverse as Yellowstone or Yosemite today. There
used to be sandy beaches along the coasts and 90 kilometres of fresh-water streams.

Sanderson’s project resulted in a 3-D computer model of the area. You can pick any
spot in modern New York and see what used to be there. Take Fifth Avenue, for example. A
family called Murray used to have a farm here and in 1782 (during the American War of
Independence) the British troops landed near here. The legend says that Mrs. Murray offered
the British officers tea while George Washington’s troops slipped past them, down what is
now Broadway. “I’d like every New Yorker to know that they live in a place with amazing
natural potential-even if you have to look a little harder to see it”, says Sanderson. (National
Geographic)

pristine (adj.)=new

1. What unusual visitor did New York have about ten years ago?
2. Why does Eric Sanderson think that its appearance was symbolic?
3. What did New York look like before skyscrapers came to dominate the view?
4. What did Sanderson’s project result in?
5. Why did Eric Sanderson initiate this project?

IV. Describe an object which is important to you. (120-150 words) ( 25 points)

Nota : Toate subiectele sunt obligatorii.


Timp de lucru: 90 minute.
Nu se acorda puncte din oficiu.
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