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 085

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

Having spent the 1980s inventing even more sophisticated forms of performance-related pay (PRP), business are rediscovering the merits of an older way of motivating people: performancerelated gifts (PRGs). (1) In Japan, where promotion depends on seniority companies might have to show their appreciation with foreign holidays and golf-club membership. (2) In fact, paying people what they are worth is not always enough. Many managers are turning against performance-related pay complaining that it is expensive, clumsy and demoralising. Gifts seem to allow a show of appreciation for one persons outstanding work without annoying everyone else. (3) Consider Avon products, a company specialising in beauty products.They tried to give up in-house prizes: reducing travel awards, cutting commissions and stopping the practice of spending birthday presents to high performers. The result was widespread anger and hostility among the companys crack force of 400,000 ,,Avon ladies who sell beauty products. (4) Levi-Strauss, a leisurewear firm, gives everyone at its San Francisco headquarters a small number of ,You are Great coupons which they can hand out to any of their colleagues doing a particulary good job. 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. And they are usually pretty cheap. B. Firms are using presents, from Caribbean cruises to colour television, to reward outstanding work. C. Other companies are embracing the gift-giving habit. D. In a growing number of Western countries, companies could surely pay people what they are worth. E. Recipients can trade in the coupons for twenty-five dollars or a gift certificate. 2. Who / What do the following words refer to? 3. Give synonyms for the following words. 1. cruise 2. growing 3. clumsy 4. hostility 4. Answer the following questions. A. How did managers use to reward outstanding work in the 80s? B. What are the advantages of gift-giving to show appreciation? C. Why do the ,,Avon ladies represent a smashing force? 5. Comment on the following sentence: In fact, paying people what they are worth is not always enough. (50 words) 4 points 5. crack 6 points 6 points 10 points