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 029

Read the text below and complete the following tasks.

First, it's great that you want to share the responsibility of pet ownership with your children.
However, it's important that you assign age-appropriate tasks. Here are a few examples of what you
may expect.
A toddler can help parents (1)… - "helping" a parent fill food and water dishes, grooming, going
with parents to take the pet for a walk, or to the veterinarian. Another good trick is to have the toddler
give the dog a treat for good behavior, i.e. gets in bed or crate before family leaves the house. The
toddler and the pet (2)…!
The 5-7 year-old is capable of doing some of the tasks above (feeding, watering, grooming)
without parental help. Still you can't expect that a child this age will remember (3)… from Mom or Dad.
The 8-12 year-old needs parent supervision for some tasks, like walking the dog. Before a
child is 10-12 it's not advised that they walk a dog without adult supervision. But the child can feed,
water and play with the pet alone (depending on the pet's temperament and area for exercising).
Depending on your teen's maturity, you can sometimes allow him/her (4)…, including feeding,
cleaning up after, driving to the vet and exercising the pet. Allowing the teen to take the dog to
obedience classes can also be a good activity for both.

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

A. to take full responsibility for the pet

B. but the dog might refuse
C. both enjoy this special job
D. with pet care simply by being involved
E. to do these jobs without friendly reminders

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. The 5-7 year-old is capable of feeding, watering and grooming the dog …
A. with parental help. B. without parental help.
C. with mother’s help only. D. with close supervision.

2. How can a toddler help parents?

A. by walking the dog B. by feeding the dog
C. by brushing the dog D. by simply being involved

3. The 8-12 year-old can walk the dog …

 Ministerul Educaţiei, Cercetării şi Inovării
Centrul Naţional pentru Curriculum şi Evaluare în Învăţământul Preuniversitar

A. alone B. with a friend

C. with parent supervision D. with other dogs

5. Comment on the following statement: Share the responsibility of pet ownership with your
children. (100 words) 4 points