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 094

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

Of all the forces (1), none has been more potent than television. While, of course, television levels distance- puts us closer and more vividly present in Paris than we are in our state capital and takes us all instantly to the moon- it has had a less noticeable but equally potent effect on our sense of time (2), precisely because it fills the instant present moment with experience so engrossing and overwhelming, it dulls our sense of the past. If it had not been possible for us all to accompany Scott and Irwin on their voyage of exploration on the moon, we would have had to wait to be engrossed in retrospect by a vivid chronicle, and there would then have been no possible doubt (3). But with television we saw that historic event as we now see more and more of whatever goes on in our country- as only another vivid item in the present. But history is a flowing stream. We are held together by its continuities, by people willing to sit there and do their jobs, by the unspoken faiths of people (4). That makes a dull programme. So people begin to think of the outside world as if there too the programme changed every half hour. (Cosmo Ferrara-The art of writing ) 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. whose focus is on our interest on the here-and-now B. which have tempted us to lose our sense of history C. who still believe much of what their fathers believed D. because television enables us to be there, anywhere, instantly E. that the moon journey was part of the stream of our history 2. Who/what do the words in bold refer to? 3. Give the antonyms of the following words. 1. closer 2. less 3. equally 4. possible 5. willing 4. Answer the following questions. 6 points 10 points

6 points

A. What does television enable us? B. What would have happened if it had not been possible for us all to see the voyage of exploration on the moon? C. How do people begin to think of the outside world? 5. Comment on the following sentence: But history is a flowing stream. (50 words) 4 points