Xi B Final

MINISTERUL EDUCAȚIEI NAȚIONALE
OLIMPIADA NAȚIONALĂ DE LIMBA ENGLEZĂ – ETAPA JUDEȚEANĂ/PE

MUNICIPIUL BUCUREȘTI
2017-2018
SUBIECTUL A – USE OF ENGLISH
I. Read the paragraph below and do the tasks (10 x 2p= 20p).
Monica Hegarthy’s childhood memories are of crippling stomach aches each morning before
school, of missing lessons through illness and falling so far behind that she understood little
but did not dare to ask for help, of silent misery as other children taunted her as “stupid”. She
says, “I spent all these years feeling I had failed at school, but now I think school failed me,
and when I had Sally, 17 years ago, I was determined it would not be the same for her.”
She is sitting in her immaculately tidy flat in South London. Sally, a rangy, striking teenager
joins us – at first shy, then exchanging memories with her mother. Monica is describing how
it feels to be unable to read and write, to be illiterate in a world where just about everything
we do, how we are judged, depends on our literacy skills.
A. Answer the questions:
A. How did Monica use to feel about school?

B. How does Monica describe her school experience as a child?
C. What did Monica decide her daughter’s school experience would be like?
D. What does being illiterate mean in nowadays’ world?
B. Choose the right synonym:
taunted: a. ridiculed b. provoked c. tormented d. derided

immaculately: a. purely b. faultlessly c. exquisitely d. impeccably
rangy: a. skinny b. leggy c. lanky d. thin
C. Rephrase the following sentences so as to preserve the meaning:
1. Other children taunted her as “stupid”.
She .............. by other children.
2. Monica Hegarthy’s childhood memories are of crippling stomach aches each morning
before school.
Monica Hegarthy remembers that each ......................... crippling stomach aches.
3. When I had Sally, 17 years ago, I was determined it would not be the same for her.
When Sally .............................. I was determined it would not be the same for her
II. Use the word given in brackets to form a word that fits in each sentence (10 x 1p = 10
p)
CLASA A XI-A, SECȚIUNEA B - MODEL

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Smell, one of the most evocative and probably the most (1)…………. (RATE) of human
senses is today reduced to little more than an exercise in clever (2)…………… (MARKET).
Alongside leather goods, sportswear and furnishing fabrics, fragrance is just another weapon
in the arsenal of the luxury goods industry. Millions are spent on (3)………. (SEARCH)
projects to find out what fragrance the broadest band of (4) …….. (CONSUME) want. Mass
(5)………….. (PRODUCE) then allows the delivery of the new brands to every (6)
…………. (FASHION) airport shop and department store across the globe. But however (7)
…………(CLEVER) promoted, such fragrances are no match for the real thing. Happily,
there are still some fragrances (8)………….. (SUFFICE) eclectic to be worn by people who
value (9) ………..(INDIVIDUAL). These are the cult fragrances made in the old-fashioned
way, which rely on (10)……….(DISCERN) individuals rather than advertising images to
spread the word.
III. Translate the following text into English (10 p)
- Oraşul ăsta nu-şi anunţă prin nimic prezenţa. De o oră ne tot spui că ne apropiem de
oraş şi nu se vede nimic. O câmpie goală şi atâta, zise unul mărunt de statură, îmbrăcat în
haine albe, cu pălărie largă de pai, adresându-se supărat adolescentului subţire care se oprise
în praful gros al drumului.
-Să tăcem puţin.
-Dacă oraşul nu se vede, ar trebui totuşi să se audă, spuse celălalt, un bărbat înalt, cu
umeri largi,scuturându-şi de praf hainele gri subţiri.
-Dacă ar fi aproape, l-am auzi; dar cred că e foarte departe.
Atât el, cât şi celălalt în haine albe se lungiră apoi în iarba arsă de soare, aşteptând să audă
vreun zgomot dintr-o parte sau alta a câmpului.
SUBIECTUL B – INTEGRATED SKILLS
Read the text below and do the tasks that follow.
Mark Boxer was entirely self-taught and strongly opposed to any form of art training, which
he thought had the effect of weakening any natural, individual. His own ability (he wasn’t
vain about it, though he knew he was good), meant a great struggle in pursuit of perfection.
He always refused to draw people he didn’t know or hadn’t met. Watching them on video
might be good enough: a glance, the shape of an eye-brow, a wave of the hand, all helped.
Sometimes he took a table in a restaurant if he knew his subject would be there. He’d ask to
see people at their office and walk around them while they made telephone calls or run
meetings.
If he was asked to draw someone who didn’t interest him, he’d ask if a photograph could be
used instead. He never understood how he could be expected to draw someone for whom he
had no feeling, whose face or character didn’t make him want to draw them. There were
certain people he could not draw. Ordinary good looking faces didn’t interest him, and he
found women difficult. Then there were certain people whom, out of a sense of decency, he
refused to make fun of with his drawing.
Most of his drawings were done to accompany the weekly column in a Sunday newspaper. If
the drawing went well, he’d have the outline of it by eight o’clock on Thursday evening, and
enjoy his supper. He then went on until late. There was a lot of walking up and down, and
hurried searching through reference books and piles of photographs … When he was drawing

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the lines were always quick and confident. He started with pencil and ended up with an old-
fashioned pen. He took great pleasure in colouring and inking in parts of a drawing which
made the old pen scatter ink everywhere. The floor in his study is still covered with black ink
spots from pens shaken to get just the right amount of ink.
I. For each question choose the correct letter A, B, C or D (5 x 2p= 10p)
1. What do we learn about Mark Boxer and art training?

A. He was glad he hadn’t any.
B. It didn’t influence the way he draw.
C. He thought he was too good to need it.
D. It had improved his technique.
2. He would only agree to draw people if

A. he had a photograph of them.
B. he could meet them.
C. they appealed to him.
D. they were all known.
3. If Mark was happy with his drawings for the Sunday paper
A. he would work into the night.
B. he would finish work before supper.
C. he would telephone the office.
D. he wouldn’t need to use his reference books.
4. Why were there black ink spots on his floor?

A. The pens leaked because they were old.
B. The pen sometimes fell on the floor.
C. He shook ink off his pens.
D. He spilt ink when filling the pens.
5. What do we learn about Mark and his work?

A. He thought he was perfect.
B. He had to struggle to complete anything.
C. He had very high standards.
D. He could draw anything if he tried.
II. Starting from the text above, write an opinion essay on being self-educated. (250-280
words) (50 p)

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MINISTERUL EDUCAȚIEI NAȚIONALE

OLIMPIADA NAȚIONALĂ DE LIMBA ENGLEZĂ – ETAPA JUDEȚEANĂ/PE

SUBIECTUL A – USE OF ENGLISH

A. Answer the questions:

A. How did Monica use to feel about school?

B. Choose the right synonym:

taunted: a. ridiculed b. provoked c. tormented d. derided

C. Rephrase the following sentences so as to preserve the meaning:

1. Other children taunted her as “stupid”.

She .............. by other children.

Monica Hegarthy remembers that each ......................... crippling stomach aches.

CLASA A XI-A, SECȚIUNEA B - MODEL

III. Translate the following text into English (10 p)

SUBIECTUL B – INTEGRATED SKILLS

Read the text below and do the tasks that follow.

CLASA A XI-A, SECȚIUNEA B - MODEL

I. For each question choose the correct letter A, B, C or D (5 x 2p= 10p)

1. What do we learn about Mark Boxer and art training?

2. He would only agree to draw people if

4. Why were there black ink spots on his floor?

5. What do we learn about Mark and his work?

CLASA A XI-A, SECȚIUNEA B - MODEL

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