EXAMEN DE LICEN

IUNIE 2014
I. EXERCISES (9+1)
a) Gerund or Infinitive? Insert the appropriate verb form. (0,25x4=1pt)
1. I dont blame him at all for (try) (horrify) the susceptible with tales of what he went through.
2. He wont be able (resist) (let) me know what he paid for me.
b) Finish each of the following sentences in such a way that it is as similar as possible in meaning to the sentence before it: (1x3 =3pts)
1. Nico's not very good at maths so he can't become an accountant.
Were ...........................................................................
2. Should anything happen to make you change your mind, let me know.
If by ........................................................................
3. Kindly calm down so I can explain what I mean.
If you would . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
c) Give the negative counterparts of the sentences below. (0,5x3=1,5pts)
1. Someone came here sometimes after 5.
2. She managed to find something appropriate somewhere else.
3. If you dont like it here you can move someplace else.
d) Turn the following sentences into Nominative + Infinitive constructions; passivize the main verb (0,5x3=1,5pts)
1. It is supposed that Jim is aware of the truth.
2. It is thought that Henry told on his classmates.
3. It is said that Bob ran over Mr. Whites dog.
e) Use the correct form of the verb: (0,25x8=2pts)
As I (1) (tell) him yes, he . (2) (lay) it on the table, and, resting, his beard upon his hand, . (3) (begin). He .. (4) (read) not far, when he . (5)
(rest) his beard upon his two hands to hide his face from me. In a little while he . (6) (rise) as if the light . (7) (be) bad, and . (8) (go) to the
window.
II. TRANSLATE INTO ROMANIAN (9+1):
Bosinney appeared determined that he should see everything, and had not James been of too noticing a nature, he would certainly have found himself
going round the house a second time. He seemed so anxious to be asked questions, too, that James felt he must be on his guard. He began to suffer from
his exertions, for, though wiry enough for a man of his long build, he was seventy-five years old. He grew discouraged; he seemed no nearer to anything,
had not obtained from his inspection any of the knowledge he had vaguely hoped for. He had merely increased his dislike and mistrust of this young man,
who had tired him out with his politeness, and in whose manner he now certainly detected mockery. The fellow was sharper than he had thought, and
better-looking than he had hoped. He had a dont care appearance that James, to whom risk was the most intolerable thing in life, did not appreciate; a
peculiar smile, too, coming when least expected; and very queer eyes. He reminded James, as he said afterwards, of a hungry cat. This was as near as he
could get, in conversation with Emily, to a description of the peculiar exasperation, velvetiness, and mockery, of which Bosinneys manner had been
composed. (J. Galsworthy The Forsyte Saga)
III. TRANSLATE INTO ENGLISH (9+1):
Ileana l privi dezndjduit. I se pru mai nalt, mai deprtat, asa cum se oprise n fa a ei, cu ochii arztori i fa a foarte palid, cu un surs irezistibil n
colul buzelor. Se privir, aa, n tcere, mult vreme. mi pare ru, atunci, spuse Ileana ridicndu-se. Cred c am avut pentru tine un anumit sentiment
ciudat, de mare simpatie, pe care nu-l nelegeam nici eu prea bine, dar pe care l-am fi putut numi, dac vrei, un nceput de dragoste. N-a fi recunoscut-o
acum cteva luni, dar pentru c sentimentul nu mai exist, i-o pot spune acum. A teptam de mult s-mi spui asta., vorbi tefan ncet. E un fel de
declaraie postum, continu Ileana aprinzndu-i o igar. Acum cteva luni mi erai foarte simpatic, mi erai aproape drag. Dar acum, nu m pot uita la
tine dect ca la un prieten Nu cred, de altfel, c asta va aduce vreo schimbare n felul tu de a fi, n purtarea ta. Tot de trei, patru ori pe an o s ne
vedem Dar nu te logodeti, o ntrerupse tefan. Ileana l privi mirat, zmbi i ls fumul s i se preling ncet, alene, n pr. Apoi se a ez pe
canapea. Nu te logodeti, repet tefan cu acela i glas. E un lucru foarte important ce- i spun. Nu te logode ti, nu-i a a? Am s- i rspund mai
trziu. Deocamdat, povestete-mi ce-ai mai fcut. Vorbe te-mi despre tine, despre prietenii ti. Spune-mi ce mai face Biri (M. Eliade Noaptea de
snziene)
IV. WRITING (9+1)
Consider the following excerpt:
Picture a late-June morning in 1918, a time when Montgomery wore her prettiest spring dress and finest floral perfume same as I would wear
that evening. Our house, a roomy Victorian on Pleasant Avenue, was wrapped in the tiny white blooms of Confederate jasmine and the purple splendor of
morning glories. It was a Saturday, and early yet, and cloudy. Birds had congregated in the big magnolia tree and were singing at top volume as if
auditioning to be soloists in a Sunday choir.
From our back stairways window I saw a slow horse pulling a rickety wagon. Behind it walked two colored women who called out the names
of vegetables as they went. Beets! Sweetpeas! Turnips! they sang, louder even than the birds.
(Therese Anne Fowler, Z: A Novel of Zelda Fitzgerald, St. Martins Press, New York, 2013, p. 9)
1.

What does the atmosphere of this introductory paragraph suggest in point of:
a) (cultural) location;
b) narrators gender and age.
Give your interpretation supported on (at least) three arguments for each one of the two points.

(5 pts)

2.

Mention (at least) two characteristics of the 1st person narrative strategy and identify them in the above-quoted text. Can you give another
example of 1st person narrative from your literary lectures bibliographies? How could you compare the two instances of 1 st person narrative:
this one you are contemplating right here and the other one from your mandatory literary bibliography?
(4 pts)