INSPECTORATUL SCOLAR JUDETEAN DOLJ

OLIMPIADA DE LIMBA ENGLEZA

FAZA LOCALA
22 NOIEMBRIE 2008
CLASA A-IX-A

S1. Put the following verbs into the correct tenses. (20 marks)

John, Dave and Darren ....................1 (work) in Spain for three months when they ...................2 (decide) to
go travelling around the country. They ..............3 ( just/make ) up their minds where to go when Dave
........................4 ( receive) a telephone call from his mother. She said that she and his father were planning to visit
him for a week. She asked if it was okay and of course Dave said yes. She ...............5 ( tell) him they would be
arriving on 21st May, the first day of the holiday, and would be staying for one week. Dave .................. 6
(finish) talking to his mother and they all sat down to rearrange their plans. We can put off our trip until Tuesday
because your parents ..............7 ( leave) by then..............8 (suggest) Darren. Yes, this ..............9 ( be) the best
solution.. After all, there ................10 (be) two weeks left to enjoy ourselves., said Dave.

S2. Rewrite each sentence, beginning as shown, so that the meaning stays the same.
(10 marks)
1. We didnt pay much for such a book.
Little.............................................................
2. You stole my tarts, Alice! said Lucy
Lucy accused.............................................
3. Both Tom and Alice speak English well.
Not only.......................................................
4. Its a pity she didnt say anything to us.
I wish.........................................................
5. I dont like people telling me what to do.
I dont like....................................................
6. Thanks to you, I could avoid going there.
If it..................................................................
6. If you run a lot, youll get fitter.
The......................, the..................................
7. It wasn;t necessary to get dressed up, so we didnt .
We....................................................................
8. They havent won a competition for years.
Its.....................................................................
9. She remembered where she had left her umbrella the moment you entered the room.
No sooner...............................................................
10. I didnt have a key so I couldnt get in.
If ........................................................................

S3. Look carefully at each line. Some of the lines are correct, and some have a word which should not
be there. Tick each correct line. If a line has a word which should not be there, write the word in the
space. (10 marks)
Foreign travel
Nowadays more and more people enjoy 0
foreign travel, and take up their holidays in 00 up
the distant countries. However, not everyone 1 ______
has had the same reason for travelling. Some 2 ______
of people travel so that they can practise 3 ______
foreign languages, or because they want to 4 ______
visit well-known sights in other countries. 5 ______
Lots of young people just want to have relax 6 ______
and make up new friends. Personally, I would like 7 ______
to travel abroad for the excitement! I have never 8 ______
been visited to a foreign country before, but I have 9 ______
been planning a trip around Europe by the train with 10 ______
some friends of mine.

S4. Complete each sentence with a word made from the word in capitals.
(10 marks)

1 Some species of animals need ________________ to save them from extinction. PROTECT
2 Going on a safari is the best way to see some of Africas ________________ . WILD
3 Bill is quite ________________ . Hes happy to spend the rest of his life doing the same job and
earning the same salary. AMBITION
4 Peter got that job ________________ . He lied at the interview and said he had the right qualifications.
HONEST
5 I really enjoy doing ________________ experiments and finding out how things work. SCIENCE
6 The most useful ________________ of the past few decades must be the clockwork radio. INVENT
7 The level of ________________ is very high around here. There arent enough jobs now that the car
factory has closed. EMPLOY
8 The flood was ________________ for the region because all the farmland was covered with water so
lots of plants and animals died. DISASTER
9 The footballers ________________ were worse than first thought and its unlikely that hell ever play
professionally again. INJURE
10 Having the injection was ________________ . I thought it would hurt but it didnt. PAIN

S5. Write the following in the appropiate style:

Your parents will not let you go on holiday as they want you to study for your exams.
Write a letter to a friend asking for his/her advice on this matter.
(50 marks)

TOATE SUBIECTELE SUNT OBLIGATORII

TIMP DE LUCRU - 2 ORE.
 INSPECTORATUL SCOLAR JUDETEAN DOLJ
OLIMPIADA DE LB. ENGLEZA
FAZA LOCALA
22 NOIEMBRIE 2008
CLASA A-IX-A
ANSWER KEY

S1. (20 marks)

l. had been working 6. finished

2. decided 7. will have left
3. had just made 8. suggested
4. received 9. is

5.told 10. will be

S2. (10 marks)

1. Little did we pay for such a book.
2. Lucy accused Alice of having stolen her tarts.
3. Not only Tom, but also Alice speaks English well.
4. I wish she had said something to us.
5. I dont like being told what to do.
6. If it werent for you, I couldnt avoid going there.
7. The more you run, the fitter you will get.
8. Its years since they ( last ) won a competition.
9. No sooner had she entered the room than she remembered where she had left her umbrella.
10. If I had had a key, I could have got in.

S3. (10 marks)

1.the 6. have
2. had 7. up
3. of 8.
4. 9.visited
5. 10. the

S4. (10 marks)

1.protecting/protection 6. invention
2. wildlife 7. unemployment
3. unambitious 8. disastrous
4. dishonestly 9.injuries
5. scientific 10. painless

S5. informal letter (50 MARKS)

TOTAL: 100 MARKS

TIME: 2 hours