A. Partea I: CITIT. 4. We learn from this article that although robots can do certain jobs

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1 A. Prte I: CITIT (Citire u tentie) Choose the orret nswer,, or. The worl is unergoing rpi hnge. Tht is, views, opinions, fshion, n even tritions re hnging rpily. The ol nnot pt themselves to these hnges esily. They lwys tlk out goo ol ys, n grumle out the young, whih les to genertion gp. Prents lwys mention the prolems of the young. If there is one, then, we n sy tht it is the ol who rete it. Everyone is of the opinion tht the young re, fter ll, humn eingspeople just like their prents. There is only one ifferene etween n ol mn n young mn: the young mn hs got right future efore, him n the ol one hs got lot of experiene ehin him. 1. The rtile informs us tht the ol re the only ones who get ustome to the hnge. like the hnge more thn nything else. hve lwys een open to the hnge. n't keep up with the rpi hnge. 2. The writer sys tht it is the ol who try to pt themselves to the hnges. rete the prolem of the genertion gp. wnt the young to e free in their lives. never- tlk out their pst experienes 3. The ol iffer from the young in tht. the young re not s experiene s the ol. the ol o not know wht to expet from life the ol re etter in unerstning the young. the young re worse in pting themselves to hnges. Some experts elieve tht roots will e le to o jos, whih t the moment only humn eings n o; however, there re lso others who isgree. One Lonon Compny, UAS, hs lrey evelope mhines tht n e employe s 'home - helps' for ol people unle to look fter themselves n who re living on their own. These mhines n now rry out suh things s ook eggs n len the floor, n the ompny sys tht future moels will e irete y simple voie instrutions n ontrolle y 'rin'. Yet it is elieve tht we hve long wy to go efore we n evelop truly intelligent mhines. 4. We lern from this rtile tht lthough roots n o ertin jos there re few others whih nnot e one y roots. there re still mny others whih n only e one y humn eings. these nnot e one y humn eings.

2 ol people re still unle to look fter themselves. 5. The Lonon ompny hopes to mke root soon with simple voie. whih will give simple instrutions. tht will respon to spoken orers. to len the floor of ol people. (Citire seletiv) The Eiffel Tower is n iron tower lote on the Chmp e Mrs in Pris. Built in 1889, it hs eome oth glol ion of Frne n one of the most reognizle strutures in the worl. The tower is the tllest uiling in Pris n the most-visite pi monument in the worl; millions of people sen it every yer. Nme for its esigner, engineer Gustve Eiffel, the tower ws uilt s the entrne rh to the 1889 Worl's Fir. The tower stns 324 meters tll, out the sme height s n 81-story uiling. Upon its ompletion, it surpsse the Wshington Monument to ssume the title of tllest mn-me struture in the worl, title it hel for 41 yers, until the Chrysler Builing in New York City ws uilt in 1930; however, ue to the ition in 1957 of the ntenn, the tower is now tller thn the Chrysler Builing. 6. The Eiffel Tower in Pris is. the most expensive tourist ojetive in the worl. symol of the ountry where it is lote. reognize y strutures ll over the worl. the tllest struture on the Europen ontinent. 7. The height of the tower equls the imension of the Chrysler Builing. the height of the Wshington Monument. the size of the ntenn ple on it. n eighty-one-floor-uiling s height. 8. The ntenn ws e to the tower : in yers go. in k in the 1800 s. Antrti hs no permnent resients, ut numer of governments mintin permnent mnne reserh sttions throughout the ontinent. The numer of people onuting n supporting sientifi reserh n other work on the ontinent n its nery islns vries from out 1,000 in winter to out 5,000 in the summer. Mny of the sttions re stffe yer-roun, the winter-over personnel typilly rriving from their home ountries for oneyer ssignment. An Orthoox hurh opene in 2004 t the Russin Bellingshusen Sttion is lso mnne yer-roun y one or two priests, who re similrly rotte every yer.

3 The first semi-permnent inhitnts of regions ner Antrti (res situte south of the Antrti Convergene) were British n Amerin sel-hunters who use to spen yer or more on South Georgi, from 1786 onwr. During the whle-hunting er, the popultion of tht isln vrie from over 1,000 in the summer (over 2,000 in some yers) to some 200 in the winter. 9. How mny reserhers re to e foun in Antrti uring the ol seson? Sientists regulrly work on reserh sttion. until the winter is over. for twelve months. until summer time. until their ountries sen them home. 11. Wht ws the min ouption of the first inhitnts of the isln? They were reserhers. They use to e priests. They woul work s government employees. They were intereste in hunting. The Lirry of Congress is the reserh lirry of the Unite Sttes Congress, the ntionl lirry of the Unite Sttes, n the olest feerl ulturl institution in the Unite Sttes. Lote in three uilings in Wshington, D.C., it is the lrgest lirry in the worl y shelf spe n numer of ooks. The he of the Lirry is the Lirrin of Congress, urrently Jmes H. Billington. The Lirry of Congress ws uilt y Congress in 1800, n ws house in the Unite Sttes Cpitol for most of the 19th entury. After muh of the originl olletion h een estroye uring the Wr of 1812, Thoms Jefferson sol 6,487 ooks, his entire personl olletion, to the lirry in After perio of eline uring the mi-19th entury the Lirry of Congress egn to grow rpily in oth size n importne fter the Amerin Civil Wr, ulminting in the onstrution of seprte lirry uiling n the trnsferene of ll opyright eposit holings to the Lirry. 12. Wht mkes the Lirry of Congress the iggest institution of the kin in the worl? The numer of uilings housing it. The numer of shelves n opies inlue. The impressive size of the Cpitol. The numer of ooks onte y Jefferson.

4 13. The Lirry ws estlishe fter the Amerin Civil Wr. uring the mi-nineteenth entury. in the yer of eighteen hunre. etween 1812 n Whose ooks were purhse y the Lirry, k in the erly nineteenth entury? George Wshington s. The Feerl Institution s. Thoms Jefferson s. Jmes H. Billington s. 15. After the Civil Wr the ooks were move to personl olletor s resiene. to newly onstrute uiling. to opyright eposit holings. to the uiling of the U.S. Cpitol.

5 B. Prte II : ELEMENTE DE GRAMATICA SI VOCABULAR (Grmti) Choose one orret nswer,, or : 16. Mry her jo well yestery.. in t. hsn t one. oesn t o. in t o 17. I think I ll wit until the mil. will ome shoul ome omes is oming 18. They n ply tennis efore or fter the show. so nor either when 19. Whih is the orret nrrtion? Then, the mn vise us to not ross the orer. Then, the mn vise us the orer to ross not. Then, the mn vise us not to ross the orer. Then, the mn vise us to ross not the orer. 20. The stuent t the post offie every Suny. hs worke works hve worke o work 21. She is not use muh in the morning. to sleep to sleeping tht she sleeps with sleeping 22. Eh of the ooks on this shelf speil mening for me. hve hs on t hve hven t

6 23. If I you, I woul go to ollege. ws h een hve een were 24. y the time we rrive home. She h left She hs left She must leve She ws left 25. We will go swimming if the wether fine. will e were will hve een is (Voulr) Choose one orret nswer,, or : 26. These telephones re. sme like like likes 27. He woul hve. eggs for rekfst lmost very morning. hre- oiling hr-oile hr-oiling hre-oile 28. I hte the moments when you me lies. tell sy wish slute 29. me to pik up the mil on my wy k! Mke Rememer Remin Mention 30. He use to e n exellent professor. nyone ever h n rgument with him.

7 hrly hr hrer hrest 31. The entire mel, inluing rinks n tip, $412. hippe in got on with mounte to took fter 32. Hve you met nyone reently? I n ol frien of mine t Ingrm Mll. rn y rn into rn over rn to 33. Mr. Smuel. us how to uil pper plnes. expline lernt tught knew 34. He ws ught re-hne t the mll. Yes, he from the rug store. ompre pries use his reit r shoplifte ought things 35. My rother els in rel estte, so he knows lot out. minerls ln n property stoks n ons frm nimls C. Prte III : SCRIS Choose one orret nswer,, or. 36. Choose the most pproprite line to formulte n informl request: How n I get to the irport? Exuse me, oul you tell me how to get to the irport, plese? Woul you e so kin s to guie me to the irport? Will you show me the wy to the irport?

8 37. Whih is the most pproprite sentene to mke omplint? I m so m t your phone servies! Your phone servies simply rive me rzy! I m isppointe tht your phone servies re so poor! Your phone servies re nothing ut soure of hehes! 38. Choose the most pproprite line to egin forml letter: Mm, Der Ly, Der mm, Ly, 39. Whih is the orret orer? Hn out these forms to nyone who my pply for the jo. For nyone who my pply for these forms, hn out the jo. Hn out these jo forms to the nyone who my pply for. My pply nyone for the jo, hn out these forms. 40. Choose the most pproprite line to mke forml invittion: Let s go for lunh now! Do you re hving lunh now? Are you intereste in hving lunh now? We woul like to invite you to lunh now. 41. Whih sentene my e n informl invittion? Do you re for heeseurger? Woul you like to hve heeseurger? Coul I offer you heeseurger? Do you min if I offer you heeseurger? 42. Whih is the orret ress? NY, 5 Prk Ro, US 5 Prk Ro, NY, US , US, NY, Prk Ro no.5 Prk Ro, t no.5, in NY, US 43. Choose the most pproprite line to finish forml letter: With thnks, I wish you helth, Yours fithfully, Yours, frienly, 44. Whih is the orret sentene? On my ily work, lot I epen in ily omputer-se informtion. In my work, I epen lot on omputer-se informtion ily. In my ily work, I epen on lot omputer-se informtion. On my omputer-se work, I epen lot in informtion ily.

9 45. Whih is the est wy to en n pplition? I n ll you for further etils, if you so wish. I will e ville t ny time strting with the 1 st of June. I m witing for your surprise phone ll. I m expeting your interview.

10 A. Prte I: CITIT (Citire u tentie) 1, 2, 3. 4, 5. (Citire seletiv) 6, 7, 8. 9, 10, , 13, 14, 15. B. Prte II : ELEMENTE DE GRAMATICA SI VOCABULAR (Grmti) 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25. (Voulr) 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35. C. Prte III : SCRIS 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45.