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OLIMPIADA DE LIMBA ENGLEZ

FAZA PE COAL, IANUARIE 2017


CLASA a XI-a
SECIUNEA B

Subject I (25 points)


Read the text below and for question 1- 10 choose the letter A, B, C or D which fits best. On
your answer sheet indicate one letter for each question.

1. According to the writer, eccentric people 3. B try to do what is expected of them


2. A want to show that they are 4. C express their own views in public
different
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5. D pretend to be something they are 34. C say what other people want to hear
not 35. D spend all their time with a group
6. of people
7. People may be considered abnormal if 36.
they 37. Bob Dylan is mentioned in the text
8. A have quirks and oddities because he
9. B write indignant letters to the press 38. A liked wearing bizarre clothes
10. C collect beer mats 39. B was an eccentric
11. D refuse to conform to the accepted 40. C asserted his individuality
norms 41. D mystified people with what he
12. said
13. According to the writer, conformity 42.
14. A is what drives most people to be 43. In the writers view, people who qualify
accepted as eccentrics
15. B makes people become eccentric 44. A make every effort to appear
16. C triggers the desire to stand out strange
17. D prevents people from being 45. B have a strong desire to be noticed
appreciated 46. C deliberately behave in a
18. mysterious way
19. Eccentric people tend to form into 47. D are unaware that their behaviour is
groups because unusual
20. A they have no other friends 48.
21. B they want others to share their 49. According to the writer, enthusiasts
interests 50. A are not different from eccentrics
22. C they are good organisers 51. B are not conscious of public
23. D they feel they are misunderstood opinion
24. 52. C do things in order to impress or
25. Individualism and conformity are forces react to society
that 53. D are scarcely interested in the
26. A create tension in most people world around them
27. B prevent people from belonging to 54.
a group 55. What is the purpose of the article
28. C make people resentful 56. A to criticise people who always
29. D force people to become gregarious conform
30. 57. B to encourage people to be
31. According to the writer, most people individuals
have a desire to 58. C to examine the reasons for
32. A be regarded as individuals eccentric behaviour
33. B behave differently from other 59. D to describe problems faced by
people eccentric people

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63. Subject II (50 points)
64. Read the text below and then write an essay in which you suggest solutions to the problems
illustrated in the article. (160-180 words)
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66. The consumption habits of modern consumer lifestyles are causing a huge worldwide waste
problem. Having overfilled local landfill capacities, many first world nations are now exporting their refuse to
third world countries. This is having a devastating impact on ecosystems and cultures throughout the world. Along
with being a major source of methane emissions, landfills produce "leachate," a toxic fluid composed of pollutants
like benzene, pesticides, heavy metals, endocrine-disrupting chemicals, and more, which come from the
compressed trash. Although landfills are technically supposed to keep garbage dry and are lined to prevent
leachate from contaminating nearby soil and groundwater, the landfill liners are virtually guaranteed to degrade,
tear, or crack eventually, allowing the toxins to escape directly into the environment.
67. Most communities spend more to deal with trash than they spend for schoolbooks, fire protection,
libraries, and parks.
68. Along with plastic bags, bottles, paper and other materials, even durable items like electronics,
toys, and clothes are often regarded as "throwaway" products that we use for a short period and quickly replace.
Despite the fact that only 4 percent of the world's children live in the US, Americans buy (and throw away) 40
percent of the world's toys.
69. Of course, you are living in a society that makes you feel behind if you do not buy the latest model
of this or that, or update your wardrobe with the latest fashions. We're also increasingly living on the go, where
food in throwaway packages is by far the rule rather than the exception.
70. Contrast that to a couple of generations ago when frugality and resourcefulness were highly valued,
and food came fresh from the farm, butcher shop, or baker, and you begin to see where the real problems with
excess waste are springing from. The sheer amount of waste that is generated needlessly on any given day is quite
mind- boggling.
71. It's a problem of convenience choosing a plastic disposable water bottle instead of using a
reusable glass container, for instance as well as one of overconsumption.
72. (Sources:http://www.alternative-energy-news.info/technology/garbage-energy/,
http://articles.mercola.com/sites/articles/archive/2015/05/16/10-shocking-facts-about-garbage.aspx )
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74. Subject III (25 points)
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76. Write an article on the topic of the role of press for a general interest magazine, starting from the
views presented in the text below. (120-160 words)
77.
78. (...)Thank you, Hollywood foreign press. You and all of us in this room, really, belong to the most
vilified segments in American society right now. Think about it. Hollywood, foreigners, and the press. But who are
we? And, you know, what is Hollywood anyway? It's just a bunch of people from other places. Hollywood is
crawling with outsiders and foreigners.
79. (...) An actor's only job is to enter the lives of people who are different from us and let you feel
what that feels like. And there were many powerful performances this year that did exactly that, breathtaking,
passionate work.
80. There was one performance this year that stunned me. It sank its hooks in my heart. Not because it
was good. There was nothing good about it. But it was effective and it did its job. It made its intended audience
laugh and show their teeth. It was that moment when the person asking to sit in the most respected seat in our
country imitated a disabled reporter, someone he outranked in privilege, power, and the capacity to fight back. It
kind of broke my heart when I saw it. I still can't get it out of my head because it wasn't in a movie. It was real life.
And this instinct to humiliate, when it's modeled by someone in the public platform, by someone powerful, filters
down into everybody's life, because it gives permission for other people to do the same thing. Disrespect invites
disrespect. Violence incites violence. When the powerful use their position to bully others, we all lose.
81. This brings me to the press. We need the principled press to hold power to account, to call them on
the carpet for every outrage. That's why our founders enshrined the press and its freedoms in our constitution. So I
only ask the famously well-heeled Hollywood Foreign Press and all of us in our community to join me in
supporting the committee to protect journalists. Because we're going to need them going forward. And they'll need
us to safeguard the truth.() (Sources: http://www.harpersbazaar.com/culture/film-tv/news /a19828/ meryl-streep-golden-globes-speech-
transcript/)
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