OLIMPIADA DE LIMBA ENGLEZ - FAZA JUDETEAN

2 martie 2013
Clasa a VII-a

20p
I. Read the text below and answer questions writing whether they are
TRUE or FALSE.

PAPUA NEW GUINEA RECONCILIATION

In Papua New Guinea, the descendants of cannibals who killed and ate four
Fijian missionaries in 1878 have apologised for their ancestors' actions. They
held a reconciliation ceremony, which was attended by thousands of people, in
the East New Britain province where they were killed.
The missionaries were part of a group of Methodist ministers and teachers who
arrived in 1875 to spread Christianity. The murders three years later, by Tolai
tribespeople on the Gazelle Peninsula, triggered angry reprisals. The English
pastor who was head of the mission, George Brown, avenged the killings by
taking part in an expedition that resulted in the deaths of a number of
tribespeople and the burning of several villages.
Candles were lit in memory of the four. Fiji's High Commissioner in Papua New
Guinea, Ratu Isoa Tikoca, accepted the apologies on behalf of the
descendants."We at this juncture are deeply touched and wish you the greatest
joy of forgiveness as we finally end this record disagreement," he said.
The Governor-General Sir Paulias Matane praised the early missionaries for
making the country Christian and called for more people to follow the guiding
principles of the religion.

Questions
Q1 - The descendants of the cannibals are sorry about what happened.
T/F
Q2 - Few people attended the ceremony. T/F
Q3 - The ceremony was held in the UK. T/F
Q4 - The missionaries were killed very soon after they arrived.
T/F
Q5 - No one was punished for the killings.
T/F
Q6 - The Fijian representative attended. T/F
Q7 - Ratu Isoa Tikoca was not moved by the ceremony.
T/F
Q8 - Candles were lit to remember the missionaries. T/F
Q9 - Sir Paulias Matane resents the work of the early missionaries.
T/F
Q10 - Sir Paulias Matane wishes that more people had religious principles.
T/F

II. Choose the correct option for each sentence:

10p
1. Mary's birthday party was better than .............
a) my b) me c) mine
2. Whos the player who interviewed over there?
 a) is being b) is c) should have
3. Im afraid I wont be able to come to football practice because Ive
my ankle.
a) headed b) pulled c) twisted
4. That bag . your shoes. You should buy it.
a) suits b) matches c) fits
5. How many . of garlic should I use?
a) cubes b) pinches c) cloves
6. Many species of animals have become .
a) hunted b) dead c) extinct
7. We managed to catch a . of the president of the company as she
was leaving.
a) look b) sight c) glimpse
8. Make sure you save all your files before you .. .
a) turn on b) log of c) pull out
9. His mother asked him to buy a .......... of soap.
a) bar b) loaf c) carton
10. The Corrs, new record has just come out, are performing in town
tonight.
a) who b) whose c) which

20x1p=20p
III. Use the correct forms of the verbs in brackets:
1. I (learn ) ________________ English for seven years now.
2. But last year I (not / work) ____________hard enough for English, that's why
my marks (not / be) ______________ really that good then.
3. During my last summer holidays, my parents (send) ______________me on a
language course to London.
4. Before I (go) ________________to London, I (not / enjoy)
_______________learning English.
5. But while I (do) _______________the language course, I (meet)
_________________lots of young people from all over the world.
6. I (notice) ________________how important it (be) ______________to speak
foreign languages nowadays.
7. Now I (have) _____________much more fun learning English than I (have)
___________before the course.
8. At the moment I (revise) _______________English grammar.
9. My exam (be) ____________on 15 May, so there (not / be) ______________any
time to be lost.
10. If I (pass) ______________my exams successfully, I (start) ______________an
apprenticeship in September.
11. And after my apprenticeship, maybe I (go) __________back to London to
work there for a while.
12. As you can (see) ______________, I (become) ___________________a real
London fan already.

IV. Continue the story: When he heard the phone ring, Mike had no
idea that it was going to change his life. .... (about 150 words)
40p
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