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 L2


Toate subiectele sunt obligatorii. Se acord 10 puncte din oficiu.
Timpul efectiv de lucru este de 3 ore.

SUBIECTUL I (30 puncte)

Read the text below and complete the following tasks.

Nyree Dawn Porter made her first stage appearance at the age of three. Playing the part of
a ladybird in an amateur production of Noahs Ark, she walked onto the stage and into the lights to
delighted applause and laughter.
(1)That noise has charmed her ever since and in a long, successful career, both on the
theatre stage and on television, she has received plenty of it.
(2) Her father was a butcher who later became a developer and a business. Nyree speaks
lovingly of her father Ken, who was warm and affectionate and loved music passionately. For a
long time she was an only child, but when her sister, Merle Isabel, came along, the happy family
should have been complete.
(3) My parents were like oil and water, explains Nyree. They simply couldnt live
together. My fathers work kept him away from home but I think it was partly because he found it
difficult to live with my mother. As a result, Nyree remembers her childhood as being sad but
productive. She had a nervous stammer and was so shy and quiet that her teachers became
extremely worried about her. She found her release through books, painting and ballet.
(4)... One of the teachers noticed that. Shed say, Im not going to repeat that for Nyree
Porter because shes not listening anyway. No doubt shell let me have the sketch shes doing
under the desk.

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. 4points

A. Her mother also did well at school.
B. Sadly, that didnt happen.
C. It stopped me dead and instead of joining the other performers I walked down to the front of the
stage to find out what that noise was.
D. Nyree was born on the north island of New Zealand.
E. I didnt like school and I spent most of my time in my head.

2. Who/What do the words in bold refer to? 6 points

3. Explain the following words. 10 points
1) charmed 2) productive 3) nervous 4) release 5) sketch

4. Answer the following questions. 6 points

A.What was Nyrees first part in a play?
B. Why wasnt his family complete?
C. How did she find her release?

5. Comment on the following statement: My parents were like oil and water. (50 words)
4 points