MINISTERUL EDUCAŢIEI NAŢIONALE
INSPECTORATUL ŞCOLAR JUDEŢEAN OLT
OLIMPIADA DE LIMBA ENGLEZĂ
ETAPA JUDEŢEANĂ – 2 MARTIE 2013
CLASA a X-a
WRITING (75p)
TASK 1. (50 points)
Describe a well-known holiday destination and account for its popularity. (300 words)
TASK 2. (25 points)
Write a letter of application for the following job, which you see advertised in an English-language magazine
in your country. (150 - 180 words)
Language School Receptionist

Busy and expanding language school with a reputation for professional standards and friendly service
requires two receptionists for its new centre in the north of England.

Successful candidates will have a genuine interest in people and be able to work under pressure.

They will also be reasonably fluent in both spoken and written English.

IT skills an advantage.

Previous experience useful but not essential.
Task 3
USE OF ENGLISH (25p)
Open Cloze(10p)
For questions 1-10, read the text below and write the word which best fits in each
space. Use only one word in each space.
Pre-History
That fragment of pottery, that little piece of bone or the remains of an early human tool are (1)
... often the only evidence we have of our early history. However, (2) ... a consequence of the
work of archaeologists and others in this field, we have (3) ... the years built (4) ... an
extremely good understanding of early human development. This is the case (5) ... the fact that
there is no written evidence of the period we term Pre-History. (6) ... is startling to note is that
this period, which predates the invention of writing, accounts (7) ... 99% of human existence. It
was (8) ... this time that discoveries that shaped the human race were made, early settlements
created that (9) ... to become our major cities and (10) ... general was the time when the very
foundations of human civilisation were laid.
Word Formation(10p)
Read the text and then write the correct form of the word on the right. There is an
example at the beginning:
People of the Forest
This TV (0) ... documentary follows a family of chimpanzees DOCUMENT
who live in the forest of Tanzania. Set in (1) ...
SPECTACLE
scenery the programme gives us a fascinating insight into
the life and social (2) ... of these creatures.
ACTION
(3) ... we humans share 98% of our genes with
chimpanzees; indeed, they are our closest relative in the
animal (4) ... and scenes in the documentary offer clear
evidence of our (5) ... . The focus of the film is on Fifi and
we first see her as a (6) ... five-year-old who spends all her
time annoying her younger brother. Meanwhile, the older
male
chimps seem to be involved in an endless fight for (7) ... .
And it
is no suprise to learn that while all this is taking place the
females are left to deal with the day-to-day (8) ... matters.
APPEAR
KING
SIMILAR
PLAY
SUPREME
ORGANISE
Make sure you set aside an hour to watch this. The (9) ...
GEOGRAPHY
splendour of the location makes this programme worthwhile
viewing, although our (10) ... to these animals will make you LIKE
think.
KEY WORD TRANSFORMATION(5P)
1.The Government recently said our problems are the fault of the worldwide economic
slowdown.
PLACED
The Government have ........................................ the worldwide economic slowdown
for our problems.
2. You led me to believe the job was mine if I wanted it.
IMPRESSION
I ........................................ that the job was mine if I wanted it.
3. He would never have guessed that at the age of 17 he would be playing for his
country.
LITTLE
........................................ that at the age of 17 he would be playing for his country.
4. Feel free to telephone if you have any further problems.
CALL
Do not ........................................ if you have any further problems.
5. When you do decide what you want to do please let us know.
MIND
When ........................................ what you want to do please let us know.
Total: 100 puncte. Nu se acorda puncte de oficiu. Toate subiectele sunt obligatorii. Timp de lucru: 3 ore.
MINISTERUL EDUCATIEI NATIONALE
INSPECTORATUL SCOLAR JUDETEAN OLT
OLIMPIADA DE LIMBA ENGLEZĂ
ETAPA JUDEŢEANĂ – 2 MARTIE 2013
CLASA a X-a
VARIANTA 1
BAREM
II. USE OF ENGLISH
TASK 1. (10 * 1p = 10 points)
1.
VERY/QUITE
6.
WHAT
2.
AS
7.
FOR
3.
OVER
8.
DURING/AT/FROM
4.
UP
9.
WERE
5.
DESPITE
10. IN
TASK 2. (10 * 1p = 10 points)
1.SPECTACULAR
2.INTERACTION
3.APPARENTLY
4.KINGDOM
5.SIMILARITY
6.PLAYFUL
7.SUPREMACY
8.ORGANISATIONAL
9.GEOGRAPHICAL/GEOGRAPHIC
10.LIKENESS
TASK 3(5*I=5)
1 PLACED THE BLAME ON
2.WAS
LEFT
WITH
IMPRESSION/HAD
THE
THE
IMPRESSION/WAS
IMPRESSION/WAS
GIVEN
UNDER
THE
THE
IMPRESSION
3.LITTLE DID HE KNOW/LITTLE DID HE REALISE
4. HESITATE TO CALL
US/ HESITATE TO GIVE US A
CALL/HESITATE TO CALL
5.YOU HAVE MADE UP YOUR MIND