Ministerul Educaţiei, Cercetării şi Tineretului

Centrul Naţional pentru Curriculum şi Evaluare în Învăţământul Preuniversitar

Examenul de bacalaureat 2008

Proba E/F
Proba scrisă la Limba engleză
L1 normal – L2

• Toate subiectele sunt obligatorii. Se acordă 10 puncte din oficiu.

• Timpul efectiv de lucru este de 3 ore.

SUBIECTUL I (30 puncte) Varianta 011

Read the text below and complete the following tasks.

It has long been known that dyslexics are drawn to running their own businesses, where
they can get around their weaknesses in reading and writing and play on their strengths. But a new
study of entrepreneurs in the United States suggests that dyslexia is much more common … (1)
The report, compiled by Julie Logan, a professor of entrepreneurship at the Cass Business
School in London, found that more than a third of the entrepreneurs she had surveyed — 35
percent — identified themselves as dyslexic. The study also concluded that … (2)
“We found that dyslexics who succeed had overcome an awful lot in their lives by
developing compensatory skills,” Professor Logan said in an interview. “If you tell your friends and
acquaintances that you plan to start a business, you’ll hear over and over: ‘It won’t work. … (3)
The study was based on a survey of 139 business owners in a wide range of fields across
the United States. Professor Logan called the number of people who said they were dyslexic
“staggering.”… (4)
She attributed the greater share in the United States to earlier and more effective
intervention by American schools to help dyslexic students deal with their learning problems.
Approximately 10 percent of Americans are believed to have dyslexia, experts say.
“One reason that dyslexics are drawn to entrepreneurship,” Professor Logan said, “is that
strategies they have used since childhood to offset their weaknesses in written communication and
organizational ability — identifying trustworthy people and handing over major responsibilities to
them — can be applied to businesses.”
(New York Times, December, 2007)

1. Four sentences/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. dyslexics were more likely than nondyslexics to delegate authority, to excel in oral
communication and problem solving and were twice as likely to own two or more businesses.
B. among small-business owners than even the experts had thought.
C. She said it was significantly higher than the 20 percent of British entrepreneurs who said
they were dyslexic in a poll she conducted in 2001.
D. “Compare that with corporate managers who read, read, read.”
E. ‘It can’t be done.’

2. Who/What do the words in bold refer to? 6 points

3. Give the antonyms of the following words. 10 points

1. succeed 2. friends 3. wide 4. earlier 5. ability

4. Answer the following questions. 6 points

A. How many of the entrepreneurs professor Logan had surveyed, identified themselves as
dyslexic?
B. Why is the percentage higher in the United States, according to professor Logan?
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C. What is the reason why dyslexics are drawn to entrepreneurship, according to professor
Logan?

5. Comment on the following sentence: We found that dyslexics who succeed had overcome an
awful lot in their lives by developing compensatory skills. (50 words) 4 points