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    Probă de Verificare A Cunoştinţelor de Limbă Engleză 30 MAI 2008

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    The passage describes an incident that occurred during a play where a noble prisoner was unable to read a blank letter given to him by the jailer. The jailer decided to play a trick on his fellow actor, the noble prisoner, to see if he had memorized the usual letter's contents after many performances. When handed the blank paper, the noble pretended he could not see well enough to read it and handed it back to the jailer, who also could not remember the letter and had to retrieve the actual copy.

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    Probă de Verificare A Cunoştinţelor de Limbă Engleză 30 MAI 2008

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    The passage describes an incident that occurred during a play where a noble prisoner was unable to read a blank letter given to him by the jailer. The jailer decided to play a trick on his fellow actor, the noble prisoner, to see if he had memorized the usual letter's contents after many performances. When handed the blank paper, the noble pretended he could not see well enough to read it and handed it back to the jailer, who also could not remember the letter and had to retrieve the actual copy.

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    The passage describes an incident that occurred during a play where a noble prisoner was unable to read a blank letter given to him by the jailer. The jailer decided to play a trick on his fellow actor, the noble prisoner, to see if he had memorized the usual letter's contents after many performances. When handed the blank paper, the noble pretended he could not see well enough to read it and handed it back to the jailer, who also could not remember the letter and had to retrieve the actual copy.

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    Probă de Verificare A Cunoştinţelor de Limbă Engleză 30 MAI 2008

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    M N I A MINISTERUL EDUCAIEI I CERCETRII INSPECTORATUL COLAR JUDEEAN MURE TRGU-MURE ,540097 ,str.VICTOR BABES nr.11 Tel:0265/213779,FAX:0265/218473 www.edums.ro; e-mail: [email protected]

    PROB DE VERIFICARE A CUNOTINELOR DE LIMB ENGLEZ 30 MAI 2008

    BILET NR.

    22

    Read the text below and then answer the questions:


    A famous actor in a highly successful play was once cast in the role of an aristocrat who had been imprisoned in the Bastille for twenty years. In the last act, a gaoler* would always come on to the stage with a letter which he would hand to the prisoner. Even though the noble was expected to read the letter at each performance, he always insisted that it should be written out in full. One night, the gaoler decided to play a joke on his colleague to find out if, after so many performances, he had managed to learn the contents of the letter by heart. The curtain went up on the final act of the play and revealed the aristocrat sitting alone behind bars in his dark cell. Just then, the gaoler appeared with the precious letter in his hands. He entered the cell and presented the letter to the aristocrat. But the copy he gave him had not been written out in full as usual. It was simply a blank sheet of paper. The gaoler looked on eagerly, anxious to see if his fellow-actor had at last learnt his lines. The noble stared at the blank sheet of paper for a few seconds. Then, squinting his eyes, he said: 'The light is dim. Read the letter to me.' And he promptly handed the sheet of paper to the gaoler. Finding that he could not remember a word of the letter either, the gaoler replied: 'The light is indeed dim, sire. I must get my glasses.' With this, he hurried off the stage. Much to the aristocrat's amusement, the gaoler returned a few moments later with a pair of glasses and the usual copy of the letter which he proceeded to read to the prisoner. *jailer

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    Where did the action in the play take place? How many characters were in the last act? Why did the gaoler decide to play a trick on his colleague? Why couldnt the prisoner read the letter?

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