Ministerul Educaiei, Cercetrii i Tineretului Centrul Naional pentru Curriculum i Evaluare n nvmntul Preuniversitar

Examenul de bacalaureat 2008 Proba E/F Proba scris la Limba englez L1 normal L2 Toate subiectele sunt obligatorii. Se acord 10 puncte din oficiu. Timpul efectiv de lucru este de 3 ore. (30 puncte) Varianta 079

SUBIECTUL I
Read the text below and complete the following tasks.

Wearing a short white robe and conical hat and carrying a wooden staff, Yada, 49 strides along a mountain path. She is among a group of 93 pilgrims headed for a Buddhist temple on the hill. (1) She is no stranger to the trail. This is the eighth time she has made the pilgrimage walk, which covers 100 kilometres and 34 temples. I have become addicted to the pilgrimage walk says Yada. I stop thinking about worldly things when I walk. (2) Yada says she is an atheist but has contracted a serious pilgrim disease. (3) They are increasingly making soulsearching pilgrimage trips on nearly 300 different circuits nationwide. Instead of driving or taking tour buses, growing numbers of pilgrims prefer to walk. (4).Walking makes them think and helps them to find themselves. Its not pure tourism. They are not looking for a genuine religious experience either says the chief monk of the temple. And the pilgrims will say: The pilgrimage gives me peace of mind or It makes you think and look at life from a different perspective. 1. Four sentences have been removed from the text. Select the appropriate sentence for each gap in the text. There is one extra sentence that does not fit. 4 points A. Its like emptying myself. B. The bug is spreading fast among Japanese. C. It will be Yadas 32nd temple in four days. D. I visit interesting places. E. It looks to me like the people are tired of material things. 2. Who/What do the words in bold refer to? 3. Give the antonyms of the following words. A. serious B. worldly C. genuine D. religious E. different

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4. Answer the following questions. 6 points A. Which could be the worldly things Yada is talking about? B. How do you explain this increasing need for pilgrimage? C. What do people usually search for when they start on a pilgrimage? t 5. Comment on the following sentence: Walking makes them think and helps them find themselves. (50 words) 4 points