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Examenul de bacalaureat 2009Proba E/FProba scris la Limba EnglezL1 - Intensiv - ! ore

"#$IE%L I ' 0 de (uncte) *arianta 001+ead t,e text belo and com(lete t,e .olloing tassVicky Halls is a cat behaviour counsellor. The idea of such a person would have beenincomprehensible to those brought up on Rudyard Kipling who plainly didn!t think much ofcatsand thought they could manage perfectly well without humans. '1) "e know better nowyet it!sstill surprising how little we understand them.Vicky Halls has often been called in to sort out some wretched animal that!s makingmesses all over the house or obno#iously wetting the furniture '2) and has discoveredthateither it is frightened of another cat in the household or is missing a dead one or is $ealousof

other cats or of humans or it can!t stand the wood chips in its litter tray while ') %ometimes the problem is obvious enough as in the case of a cat called &hester whoseowner let him sleep with her when her husband was away and who then became so $ealousthathe actively and sometimes painfully came between husband and wife when all three were inbed.'!) but instead they summoned 's Halls who eventually broke up this absurd triangle byarranging alternative pleasures for &hester such as a comfy bed of his own and more timeoutdoors.'s. Halls prescribes a range of devices to distract the indoor cat( a few card bo#es to hidein or a high shelf to sit on with a view through another window.1 Four sentences/grou(s o. ords ,ave been removed .rom t,e text "elect t,e

a((ro(riatesentence/ grou( o. ords .or eac, ga( in t,e text &,ere is one extra sentence/grou(o.ords ,ic, 3ou do not need to use ! (oints4 its doting owners have had no idea what has been going on in its unhappy head.$ &ats in those days were generally thought effeminate anyway not like gruff and manlydogs.% 'ost of us would have got rid of the cat5 the commonest symptom of an#iety or distressE &ats make our lives better.2 Ex(lain t,e underlined ords 6 (oints "um u( t,e text in about 70 ords 10 (oints

! For t,e .olloing 8uestions c,oose t,e anser '4 $ % 5) ,ic, .its according tot,etext 6 (oints1 "hat can we infer about cat behaviour counsellors)4 *eople felt that they were strange in the past.$They believe that cats shouldn!t be domesticated.% They claim dogs are generally viewed in a more favourable way than cats.5They are a relatively new breed of professionals.2 "hat does Vicky Halls say about the mess cats make)4 +t demonstrates that they should be put out at night.$ +t can be put down to stress.%

+t is normally the cat owner!s fault.5 +t is natural if there is more than one cat at home.'inisterul ,duca-iei &ercetrii /i +novrii

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&entrul 0a-ional pentru &urriculum /i ,valuare 1n 2nv-m3ntul *reuniversitar "hat is Vicky Hall!s view of indoor cats)4 They should be encouraged to go out.$ They are more likely to suffer from e#treme an#iety.% %he pities them.5 %he believes they en$oy being able to see outside.7 %omment on t,e .olloing sentences Vicky Halls is a cat behaviorur counsellor. Theideaof such a person would have been incomprehensible to those brought up on RudyardKipling. '100ords) ! (oints

"#$IE%L II ' 0 de (uncte) *arianta 0011 %,oose t,e correct anser and on 3our exam s,eet rite t,e corres(onding letternextto t,e number indicating eac, sentence ! (oints14ccording to the *ublications 5epartment it will be two years before the new Handbook64 completes $ is completed % will be completed 5 completed2 The *resident7s plane touched down in 'e#ico &ity on "ednesday two days after he6.4 would have arrived $ had been to arrive % was due to arrive 5 arrives 8y the end of this month +6 a member of this club for ten years.4 will be $ will be being % will have been 5 was! Helena7s not really a party animal so + doubt whether she66..4 comes $ will come % will have come 5 had come2 #se t,e ord in ca(itals at t,e end o. eac, ga((ed line to .orm a ord t,at .its in t,es(ace in t,e same line :rite t,ese ords on 3our exam s,eet 6 (oints1 9ou can leave the money with him as he!s totally 6 &+#"&2 :ohn ;lenn took great personal risks in his search for 6. ;

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