Subiecte Engleza

INSPECTORATUL ŞCOLAR JUDEŢEAN HARGHITA
OLIMPIADA DE LIMBA ENGLEZĂ

Faza judeţeană
20 MARTIE 2016
Clasa a VII-a
Timp de lucru: 2 ore

Toate subiectele sunt obligatorii.
Se acordă 10 puncte din oficiu.
A. READING – 20 points (10x2p)
Read the following text.
The Story of Jeans
In 1848, someone discovered gold in California and soon thousands of people were travelling
to the west coast of the USA. One of these people was a German immigrant called Levi
Strauss. He was only twenty-four years old when he arrived in San Francisco. He wasn’t
looking for gold. He was a wholesaler. He imported goods and sold them to small shops.
Strauss used to sell a lot of cloth to a tailor in Nevada – a Latvian immigrant called Jacob
Davis. Davis made clothes for the gold miners and railway workers. They needed strong
clothes, but it was hot in California, so woollen trousers were no good. Davis used to make
most of his trousers from denim. This was made of cotton and it was very strong, but it was
also soft and comfortable. People called it ‘denim’. Because it originally came from Nîmes in
France. ‘De Nîmes’ means ‘from Nîmes’.
However, the trousers weren’t strong enough for one of Davis’s customers, so Davis decided
to make them stronger. He used copper rivets on the pockets and other places, and so invented
jeans. Soon other tailors started to make jeans, too. Davis wanted to protect his idea, but he
didn’t have enough money for a patent. So he wrote to Levi Strauss. Strauss paid $68 for the
patent and the two men became business partners. Their blue jeans were so popular that they
soon had to build a factory to produce them.
For the next hundred years people only wore jeans as work clothes. But then in the 1950s,
film stars, like James Dean, and pop stars, like Elvis Presley, wore them and they became
very fashionable. Teenagers loved them because their parents didn’t use to wear them.
Today, jeans come in all kinds of styles and colours. Designers also use denim for shorts,
jackets, shirts, skirts, dresses, hats, suits – in fact, everything except socks and underwear.
You can even have denim shoes and boots.
1. Put the sentences in the correct order to tell the story of jeans (10 points)
a. Strauss paid for a patent for jeans.

b. He used copper rivets to make the trousers stronger.
c. Jeans became very fashionable with teenagers.
d. Strauss and Davis built a jeans factory.
e. He sold denim to a tailor called Jacob Davis.
f. Levi Strauss arrived in California.
g. Jeans were only used as work clothes until the 1950s.
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h. Davis used the denim to make work trousers.
i. Davis wanted a patent to protect his idea.
j. Film stars and pop stars made jeans very fashionable.
2. Answer true/false (10 points)
a. Levi Strauss was American.

b. Levis Strauss was a sailor.
c. Jacob Davis was an immigrant.
d. Jacob Davis made clothes for the gold miners.
e. Gold miners loved Davis’s woollen trousers.
f. Denim trousers were as strong as woollen trousers.
g. Levi Strauss helped Davis to protect his idea.
h. Strauss started making jeans.
i. Actors and singers sarted wearing jeans in the 1950s.
j. Today you can buy denim hats.
B. ENGLISH IN USE – 40 points
1. Choose the correct answer. (10 points)
1) There … two … in the picture.

A. is/ woman B. is/womans C. are/ womans D. are/ women
2) I went out without … money.
A. any B. some C. a D. many
3) They are nice people. Do you know … ?
A. they B. them C. then D. their
4) Our teacher speaks very … .
A. slow B. slower C. fastly D. slowly
5) She has dancing lessons … .
A. in Tuesday B. on Tuesdays C. at Tuesday D. Tuesdays
6) She came to visit us … .
A. the last month B. on last month C. last month D. in the last month
7) … do you play tennis? Once a week.
A. When B. How long C. How often D. How much
8) How do you get to school? … bus.
A. By B. On C. With D. In
9) This is the house … I was born.
A. what B. which C. where D. who
10) You must remember to brush your … after eating.
A. tooths B. toothes C. teeth D. teeths
2. Fill in the gaps with the right form of the adjectives in brackets (10 points)
1. Everest is ……….. mountain in the world. (high)

2. A shark is ……… than a dolphin. (dangerous)
3. A lion isn’t as ………. as a cheetah. (fast)
4. The USA is ….. than the UK. (big)
5. Jill’s idea wasn’t very good. My idea was …….. (good)
6. This is the …… day of my life. I’ve fallen in love. (happy)
7. I can’t finish this project. I need …… time. (much)
8. She is …………. girl in the world. (beautiful)
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9. This test is hard, but it isn’t …..as I expected. (hard)
10. The weather today is ……. than it was yesterday. (bad)
3. Choose the right form of the words (affirmative or negative) to complete the
sentences: can (present or past), may, must. (10 points)
1. If you want to buy something, you ______________ follow the sign.
2. Here’s my number. You ______________ call me any time you want.
3. Oh and we ______________ forget to take our video and camera!
4. When you get to the library you ______________ go right and then you see my
house.
5. Unfortunately he drowned in the river because he ______________ swim.
6. You ______________ use dictionaries during the exam. It is strictly forbidden.
7. ______________ you help me carry my suitcase, please?
8. I’m not sure she will like this idea. She ______________ not agree.
9. You ___________________ steal. It is illegal.
10. _______________________ I open the window? It’s hot in here.
4. Put each verb given into the present simple or continuous, or the past simple or
continuous. (10 points)
1. Where (you go) ______________________ for your holidays last year?

2. At the moment Helen (read) ______________________ a book written by a Brazilian
author.
3. I left school around 5.00 p.m., (play) ______________________ football for a while,
then went home.
4. Mary (listen) ______________________ to the radio when her friend Barbara called.
5. Mary (turn off) ______________________ the radio when her friend Barbara called.
6. In her free time Helen (read) ______________________ a lot.
7.‘Where (you/ spend) ______________________ your holidays next year?’ ‘In France.’
8.‘What (you/ do) ______________________ when the rain started?’ ‘We went inside.’
9. When they arrived in the park a lot of people (play) ______________________
football.
10. Can I borrow your pen or ______________________ (you/ use) it at the moment?
C. WRITING – 30 points
Write about a person you admire. This person can be a family member, friend or
famous personality. Include the following: (in 120–150 words)
• who he/ she is
• your relationship to him/ her; how you met him/ her
• his/ her personality
• his/ her appearance
• why you admire him/ her
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OLIMPIADA DE LIMBA ENGLEZĂ
Faza judeţeană
Clasa a VII-a
BAREM DE CORECTARE ŞI NOTARE
A. READING – 20 points
1. 10 points
1) f
2) e
3) h
4) b
5) i
6) a
7) d
8) g
9) j
10) c
2. 10 points
a. F
b. F
c. T
d. T
e. F
f. F
g. T
h. F
i. T
j. T
B. ENGLISH IN USE - 40 points
1. 10 points
1) D, 2) A, 3) B, 4) D, 5) B, 6) C, 7) C, 8) A, 9) C, 10) C
2. 10 points
1) the highest
2) more dangerous
3) fast
4) bigger
5) better
6) happiest
7) more
8) the most beautiful
9) as hard
10) worse
3. 10 points
1) must
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2) can
3) mustn’t
4) must
5) couldn’t
6) mustn’t
7) can
8) may
9) mustn’t
10) may/ can
4. 10 points
1) did you go
2) is reading
3) played
4) was listening
5) turned off
6) reads
7) are you spending
8) did you do
9) were playing
10) are you using
C. WRITING – 30 points
1. Language accuracy and variety (ambitious attempt at varied structures; ex. grammar
structures, phrases) 10 points
2. Content and task achievement (layout, length, target reader, type of text, register) 8
points
3. Vocabulary (range and appropriacy) 7 points
4. Organisation and cohesion 5 points
Note
Spelling is included in grammar and vocabulary.
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INSPECTORATUL ŞCOLAR JUDEŢEAN HARGHITA

OLIMPIADA DE LIMBA ENGLEZĂ

Timp de lucru: 2 ore

A. READING – 20 points (10x2p)

Read the following text.

The Story of Jeans

a. Strauss paid for a patent for jeans.

2. Answer true/false (10 points)

a. Levi Strauss was American.

B. ENGLISH IN USE – 40 points

1. Choose the correct answer. (10 points)

1) There … two … in the picture.

1. Everest is ……….. mountain in the world. (high)

1. Where (you go) ______________________ for your holidays last year?

B. ENGLISH IN USE - 40 points

Toate subiectele sunt obligatorii.

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