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UNIVERSITATEA BUCURETIFACULTATEA DE LIMBI I LITERATURI STRINESECIA TRADUCTORI, INTERPREI, TERMINOLOGI

EXAMEN DE LICEN LA LIMBA ENGLEZ SESIUNEA IUNIE 2010I. TRANSLATE INTO ROMANIAN: (9p + 1= 10 p)Francisco Granados, a conservative Spanish politician, works in a tastefully modernised palace.(1) He is guardedstreet level by men in quaintuniforms (in his case, Civil Guards in patent-leather tricorne hats) and upstairs serried ranks ofaides. All in all, he offers a fine study of political power as it is exercised across Europe every daFollowing other European countries, Spains Socialist central government recently announced austerity plan

(2)Cuttingpublic spending fast is not easy, and (3) it is no coincidence that governments have trimmedthinthey directly control, like public-sector salaries: measures range from a pay freeze in Italy to a 25% pay cut Romania. With an eye to public opinion, governments have also tackled symbols of privilege, making deep cuts ministerial pay or limousine fleets. Even in France, where the government rejects talk of austerity or public-sectpay cuts, the political elite is doing its bit: (4)the education minister is reported to have started to decorate hoffices with artificial flowers. (5)In several countries cuts are being stealthily applied by not replacing ciservants when they retire. Spain, for instance, has said that only 10% of those (6) who retire will be replaced. Th10% rule in Spain does not apply to areas like health, education or care for the elderly, and does not stop regiongovernments creating new posts. Moreover, (7)powerful men like Mr Granados are oddly powerless when it comto changing the status quo. Last week Madrids regional government announced (8)it was scrapping 48 of its 1official cars, and replacing the remaining limousines with midsized models. The paradox is, I cant get rid of anythe official drivers, sighs Mr Granados. He can try moving government drivers to new duties, but only with theconsent (though he is laying off 23 drivers on temporary contracts).

II. LANGUAGE IN USE (9 p + 1 = 10)2.1Analyse syntactically and morphologically the underlined strings in the fragment above (1-8). . Analyse tclauses ( type and syntactic function of the clauses) (2 p)2.2. Identify the type of predications, the semantic and aspectual lexical value of the lexical verbs in the predicatiophrases and the grammatical form of the verbs (tense, mood, voice, etc.) (0,20 x 15 = 3 p);2.3 Identify the auxiliary and the copulative verbs in the predicates (0,2 x 10 = 2 p).2.4.Provide synonyms to the following words in the text above: quaint, aide, study, public spending,trim, pay freeze, to do ones bit, stealthily, the elderly, to scrap (0,2o x 10 = 2 p)

III.TRANSLATE INTO ENGLISH: (9p + 1= 10 p)Sistemul de alian e al Romniei din periada interbelic, admirabil n logic articulrii sale, avea o mare caren

ntre Romnia, pe de o parte, i Fran a i Marea Britanie, pe de alta, rela iile economice rmneau firave: nt marile democra ii apusene i Romnia nu exista o solidaritate economic n msur s o consolideze pe c politic. n schimb, economiile Romniei i Germaniei erau complementare: prima exporta petrol i grne Germania i importa de acolo produse industriale. Adversitatea politic era aici contrabalansat de intereeconomice reciproce. Cel de al doilea aspect al rela iilor romno-germane este locul de capital nsemntate de in de petrolul romnesc n economia de rzboi a Reichului. In pozi ia Germaniei fa de Romnia a devenit adevrat axiom c nimeni i nimic nu trebuie s perturbe fluxul de petrol din Romnia destinat Reichului, males dup ce a izbucnit cel de al doilea rzboi mondial. Dependen a economiei de rzboi germane de petroromnesc era evident. In ajunul conflagra iei, potrivit estimrilor Biroului 2 francez, importurile de petrol ale AxBerlin-Roma se repartizau astfel: 33% din Venezuela, 26,5 % din SUA, 21,5 % din Romnia. Dac, ntocmai ca primul rzboi mondial, Marea Britanie i Fran a instituiau blocada maritim, ponderea Romniei avea s creas n mod considerabil. In primele opt luni de rzboi, Romnia a acoperit 94% din importurile de petrol a

Germaniei, a adar, se poate spune figurat vorbind c inima de carburant a Wehrmachtului btea la Ploie ti. Istorie sincer a poporului romn, de F. Constantiniu, p. 353, ed. A IV-a).


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EXAMEN DE LICEN LA LIMBA ENGLEZ SESIUNEA FEBRUARIE 2010

I. TRANSLATE INTO ROMANIAN: (9p + 1= 10 p)

Once upon a time, or about two years ago, the European Union was full of optimism (1) about China, and howwas becoming a responsible stakeholder (2) in the world. Reports poured out of think-tanks (3) with titles li

Can Europe and China shape the new world order? Europe has a good chance of persuading China that iinterests lay in co-operation (4) over climate change, Africa or nuclear proliferation, it was said. And Europe wbetter placed than America: European co-operation was a model and, unlike America, Europe was not a strategrival.Head into ancient history, or to 2004, and such leaders as Frances Jacques Chirac were telling Chinese leaders (they shared a common vision of the world, based on a multipolar system in which international balance woube achieved by closer ties (6) between Europe, China and Russia. In case that jab in Americas eye was not cleenough, France and Germany led calls for the lifting of an EU arms embargo imposed on China after tTiananmen Square protests in 1989. This was also the age of books (7) with titles like Why Europe will Run the 2Century. Europe was bullish about its exemplary wealth, social harmony, and post-national kindliness (8), ahow such values would soon span the globe (9). The mood is different now. Inside China, America and Euroseveral bubbles of optimism have burst at the same time (10).

II. LANGUAGE IN USE (9 p + 1 = 10)1. Analyse syntactically and morphologically the underlined strings in the fragment above (1 10).1.1. Identify the type of predications, the semantic and aspectual lexical value of the lexical verbs in the predicatiophrases and the grammatical form of the verbs (tense, mood, voice, etc.) (1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10) (0,25 x 102,5p);1.2. Identify the auxiliary and the copulative verbs in the predicates and the semantic modal function of the modverbs in those predications which include them (0,25 x 10 = 2,5p).1.3. Analyse the clause in (9): type and syntactic function of the clause, type of predication) (1,5).2. .Provide synonyms to the following words in the text above: think-tank, protests, achieve, wealth, burst, jab, lifembargo, vision, span (0,25 x 10 = 2,5p)

III. TRANSLATE INTO ENGLISH (9 p+1 = 10)Dup cutremurul din 12 ianuarie, din Haiti, soldat cu peste 150.000 de mori, au aprut cazuri de trafic de copiide organe, a declarat premierul haitian, Jean-Max Bellerive."Se practic acest gen de trafic de organe prelevate nnumai de la copii, pentru c este nevoie de toate tipurile de organe", a declarat Bellerive ntr-un interviu acordCNN. Nu a dat detalii, dar, ntrebat de Christiane Amanpour ce stie despre posibilele cazuri de trafic cu copBellerive a rspuns: "Informaiile pe care le-am primit arat c exista asemnea cazuri".Autoritile din Hancearc s localizeze copiii sinistrai i s i nregistreze, pentru a fi apoi dai n grija altor membrii ai familiei sdai spre adopie. Dar traficul cu copii este una dintre cele mai mari probleme cu care se confrunt Haiti.Premiera spus c ncearc s colaboreze cu ambasadele din Port-au-Prince pentru a-i apra pe copiii din Haiti de traficanBellerive a precizat c primul lucru pe care ncearc s l confirme oficialii haitieni este dac copii au acte de adopvalabile nainte de a li se permite s plece din ar.La Washington, Departamentul de Stat a anunat c acioneacu precauie n ceea ce privete adopiile din Haiti. "Vrem s fim siguri c, atunci cnd se identific un copil, s-

fcut toate eforturile pentru a ne asigura c este cu adevrat un copil orfan i nu un copil care chiar are familie"spus purttorul de cuvnt al Departamentului de Stat P.J. Crowley. "Uneori dac faci presiuni prea mari, prrepede, pot aprea consecine nedorite. Aa c suntem foarte, foarte ateni", a adugat el.Cutremurul din Haiti, d12 februarie, s-a soldat cu peste 150.000 de mori i a lsat un milion de oameni fr adpost.

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FACULTATEA DE LIMBI I LITERATURI STRINESECIA TRADUCTORI, INTERPREI, TERMINOLOGI

EXAMEN DE LICEN LA LIMBA ENGLEZ SESIUNEA IUNIE 2012

I.TRANSLATE INTO ROMANIAN: (9p + 1= 10 p) Chechnya is a rebellious part of Russia that was run gangsters and Islamic fundamentalists, closely linked to Al-Qaeda. After a bloody but necessary war, it has becomlargely peaceful though occasional terrorist attacks continue. That, roughly, is what the Kremlin would like believe. Tony Woods new book takes issue with every part of that argument and puts the case, in a simplisticpassionate manner, for the other side. The truth, he maintains, is that the outside worlds credulousness acowardice has enabled a chilling conjuring trick, in which the Chechens aspirations to self-determination hadisappeared behind a cloud of euphemisms and falsifications. () Mr. Wood, assistant editor ofNew Left Reviea British periodical, concedes that the period of semi-independence that followed may have been a grisly meswhere kidnapping and slave-trading became big business. But he blames Russia for that, for having ruined tChechen economy and for the Kremlins persistent attempts to undermine the Chechen authorities. () The warsChechnya must have been atrocious on both sides. While condemning the degeneration of Chechen resistanctactics into terrorism, Mr. Woods is trying hard to depict them as reactions to the systematic and continuous use illegal detention, torture, rape and murder by the Russian side. Far from pacifying the republic and restoring normlife, the Kremlin has installed a vicious client regime that rules by larcenous brutality. Chechenya has alwabeen a pawn in Russias internal power struggles and related swindles, and Mr. Wood is right to highlight t

Kremlins cynicism, incompetence, and casual brutality. But the book is too slim, simplistic and one-sided to do fjustice to the issue. Russians come across as carboard villains, of no hint of the agonized debates and dilemmas twar has prompted. Equally, he depicts the Chechens as carboard martyrs, not real people with spectacular virtuand failings. Theres little that the reader gets in terms of flavour of Chechenyas steamy clan politics, or the rebleaderships often bizarre and batty notions, nor of the murky deals in which all sides are engaged.Note: Larcenous, related to larceny= stealing things that are valuable.

I. LANGUAGE IN USE (9 p + 1 = 10)2.1 Analyse the clauses in (the underlined strings in the fragment above (1 10) : type and syntactic function of tclause) (0,40x10=4 points)2.2. Identify the auxiliary and the copulative verbs in the following predicates; identify the modal verbs and discu

their semantic function, where the case may be:a. Chechnya is a rebellious part of Russia; b. that was run by gangsters; c.it has become largely peaceful; there is little .; e. The wars in Chechnya must have been atrocious on both sides; f. Mr. Wood is trying hard(0.5 x6= 3 p).2.3 .Provide synonyms to the following words/phrases in the text above: (0,20 x 10 = 2 points):Credulousness, conjuring (trick), to concede, grisly (mess), atrocious, vicious, swindle(s), agonized, failinmurky.

II. TRANSLATE INTO ENGLISH (9p +1 =10)Distanele reprezint esena Rusiei si sunt leitmotivul politicii interne a oricrui preedinte al Rusiei n secolul XXI-lea. Practic, nu se poate nelege dimensiunea politic a nici unui ef de stat rus fr s se neleag c, orict

mult i-ar dori s fie actor pe scena politic internaional, el este nti de toate conductorul celei mai ntinse ri pe glob. Inventarea internetului i a telefonului mobil au fcut ca distanele s se micoreze chiar i n Rusia, legturile dintre cetenii Rusiei i cei ai altor state s se ntreasc. Astfel, au aprut mai multe perspective pentorice persoan care are acces la surse de informare, ceea ce a fost cndva accesibil doar aristocraiei. Pentru primdat n istorie, aristocraia, apoi nomenklatura, nu mai este singur n marele privilegiu de a cltori, vedcompara i aciona. Nici uniformizarea social propus de doctrina Partidului Comunist al Uniunii Sovietice nuputut fi totala i a meninut aristocraia sub forma nomenklaturii. O mai mare omogenizare naional s-a realizdup 1991 cu ajutorul telefonului mobil i a internetului, asa ca populaia are de civa ani un mai mare acces tirile externe i posibilitatea de a face comparaii n ce privete sistemul politico-administrativ s-a accentuaVladimir Putin domin scena politic din 2000 i o va face pn n 2024, dac nu vor fi accidente, dac nu va exis

un adversar puternic n 2018. Dar 24 de ani de conducere, chiar acordat prin vot popular, s-ar putea s


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considerat cam mult de populaia Rusiei. Contient de pericol, Vladimir Putin este forat s propun obiective clai tangibile, deoarece n faa sa este o populaie foarte bine informata, care acum observ ce este n strintateface comparaii, Putin nu va raspunde doar de gestionarea situaiei socio-economice, ci i de creterea noii elpolitice a Rusiei. Si inca un aspect specific, legat de strintatea apropiat: n realitate, URSS nu s-a desfiinintegral. Situaia economic i demografic impune Moscovei o atenie sporit, n contextul n care deficitul mn de lucru calificat din Rusia nu se poate acoperi dect cu etnici rui din fostele republici. n acelai timRusia este prima destinaie de migraie pentru locuitorii din Asia Centrala i ai Caucaz. Iata de ce, Putin a adoptcvasi-oficial ideea Eurasiei. Proiectul eurasiatic nu nseamn doar o cale rus de rezolvare a problemelor Rusiei,

i crearea unei noi balane a puterii, a unui nou pole de putere, opus Statelor Unite. Rusia dorete ca mpreun China, i, ntr-o anumit msur, cu India i Vietnamul s edifice un bloc geopolitic puin favorabil SUA n zonPacific, iar n Orientul Mijlociu prin susinerea oferit Siriei i Iranului complic ambiiile Americii, TurcieiIsraelului. Eurasia nseamn ns i reducerea implicrii n Africa i America Latin; Rusia va sprijini anumiiniiative, dar numai contra-cost.

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EXAMEN DE LICEN LA LIMBA ENGLEZ SESIUNEA IUNIE 2011I. TRANSLATE INTO ROMANIAN: (9p + 1= 10 p)STRIKING gold is generallyconsidereda slice of good luck. Owning it, however, is a sign that you fear the worSome people buy the yellow stuff because they think it looks pretty, to be sure. But the quintessential gold bis an investor who expects every form of paper wealth to collapse, along with civilisation itself. Gold is not liother quintessential commodities. The demand for iron ore depends on down-to-earth things, the demand fgold depends on airier considerations, such as whether you think Barack Obama is the Anti-Christ. Not all goinvestors stockpile guns and tinned food in remote cabins, of course. But most agree that the world is a scaplace. The euro zone is tottering, Americas deficit is alarming and inflation is looming, they reckon. Such feahave ramped the price of gold up to an incredible $1,545 a troy ounce, up almost sixfold in a decade. Yet gominers shares have failed to keep pace . This is new. Over the past five years, however, the price of gold has treblewhile the value of gold miners has merely doubled. As mines age, extracting gold gets harder and costlier. Orgive up less of the metalaverage grades have fallen by 30% since 1999 according to GFMS, a consultancy. And omust be hauled up from ever greater depths. Fuel is pricier. So, too, are labour and equipment, since the globminerals boom has driven up demand for miners and drills. A decade ago the average cost of extracting an ouncegold from the ground stood at a little over $200. In 2010 it hit $857. Finding new seams to replace depleted onis becoming harder. Metals Economics Group, a mining consultancy, estimates that in 2002 gold miners spe$500m on exploration. By 2008 they were spending $3 billion but finding much less, but all the easy gold hbeen minedalready. The worlds miners dug up 2,689 tonnes of gold last year. Granted, that was a record. Bdespite the huge surge in investment, it was only a few flakes more than the total output a decade ago. Investinggold miners carries risks unrelated to the price of the metal. Mergers can flop. As readily recoverable reserv

dwindle in stable places such as North America and Australia, miners are forced to operate in motroublesome ones, such as Latin America and Africa. Huge investments can yield disappointing returnspromising mines turn out to contain less glitter than predicted. Gold bugs, by definition, bet that the price of gowill go up and up. Miners sometimes do the opposite. Many hedged their wares, selling gold forward to ensusmooth cash flows and to raise money to dig more mines. This may have seemed prudentat the time. Butrepelled gold bugs and, as the gold price rose ever higher, it hurt the miners profits, too. Gold bugs are ofteallergic to other metals. Gold miners are not. Many produce copper, too, since it often sits in the same ore bodies gold. Most damaging of all for the marriage between gold bugs and gold miners has been the arrival of a seductivnew financial tool. Exchange-traded funds (ETFs), backed by physical gold, offer investors direct exposure to tgold price without any exposure to gold miners themselves. They have become popular: in less than a decagold ETFs have gone from nothing to holding some 2,200 tonnes of goldnearly a whole years production. If tworld goes to hell, gold bugs will say: I told you so. But if investors ever wake up and notice that the yellow met

is little more useful than tulips, the gold bugs will be burned. The miners, less so.II. LANGUAGE IN USE (9 p + 1 = 10)2.1.). . Analyse the clauses ( type and syntactic function of the clauses) that you fear the worst.; expects eveform of paper wealth to collapse,that the world is a scary place , finding new seams to replace depleted oneinvesting in gold miners , to operate in more troublesome ones, if promising mines turn out to contain less glittthan predicted, to ensure smooth cash flows , holding some 2,200 tonnes of gold, If the world goes to hell(3 p)2.2 Identify the auxiliary and the copulative verbs in the predicates isconsidered, looks pretty,gets hardand costlier, is becoming harder, were spending,has been mined, are forced, may have seemeprudent, have become popular, will be burned(0,3 x 10 = 3 p).2.3.Provide synonyms to the following words in the text above: quintessential, to collapse, down-to-eartstockpile, to haul up, granted, surge, dwindle, yield, exposure (0,3o x 10 = 3 p)III.TRANSLATE INTO ENGLISH: (9p + 1= 10 p)

Dac sunt calculai toi banii datorai pentru a acoperi costurile viitoare ale unor programe guvernamentale, SUAafla ntr-o situaie mai grav dect Grecia sau alte state ndatorate excesiv. Obligaiile financiare ale Statelor Uniajung la aproape 100.000 de miliarde de dolari, de circa apte ori produsul intern brut al rii, dac pe lndatoria public sunt incluse costurile unor programe sociale sau de sprijinire a economiei n perioada crizPreedintele american Barack Obama a avertizat, ieri, c un eec al negocierilor din Congres referitoare majorarea plafonului datoriilor Statelor Unite, care au atins limita maxim legal, ar putea sa puna n pericredresarea economic i s declaneze o nou criz financiar. Atenia opiniei publice din Statele Unite esconcentrat asupra datoriei publice, de 14.300 de miliarde de dolari, ns, aceasta nu include fonduri de aproap50.000 de miliarde de dolari garantate de stat prin diverse programe, cum ar fi cel de asigurari sociale. Statul esprins i n capcana altor datorii, precum programul de susinere a sistemului financiar din cauza crizei din 2002009, arat date guvernamentale. O serie de bnci americane au anunat c nu vor mai folosi obligaiuni aTrezoreriei ca garanii pentru diverse tranzacii.n condiiile date, n ultimul timp, ntre preedintele Obamarepublicani au existat tensiuni i conflicte n legtur cu majorarea plafonului maxim al datoriei. Democraii sus


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ridicarea acestui prag, ns republicanii militeaz pentru o reducere drastic a mai multor cheltuieli publice. Dantre cele dou pri nu se va ajunge la o nelegere, Guvernul risc s nu i mai poat ndeplinii obligaiile, ceea va avea consecine grave, potrivit analitilor economici. Ministrul de finanate, Timothy Geithner a declarat cgsit modaliti prin care Guvernul s i continue activitatile, ns doar pentru alte cteva luni nainte de a dfaliment.Decizia reflect temerile tot mai mari din partea comunitii financiare referitoare la capacitatea SUA degsi o soluie la problema datoriilor i a deficitului,. Dac blocajul nu va fi rezolvat pn la 2 august, Statele Univor intra n incapacitatea de plat a anumitor obligaiuni care ajung la maturitate. Iar preedintele Barack Obamavertizat deja c situaia datoriilor SUA ar putea declansa o nou criz mondiala.



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EXAMEN DE LICEN LA LIMBA ENGLEZ SESIUNEA IUNIE 2008

IV. TRANSLATE INTO ROMANIAN: (9p + 1= 10 p)

The Walesa questionTruth and memory conflict in post-communist Poland

DID the most famous living Pole, Lech Walesa, collaborate with the communist secret police? Over the past 15 years, he h

vehemently denied it. Mr Walesa has won a number of legal battles to clear his name. A forthcoming book on the subjecomes not from nutty conspiracy theorists, but from two respected Polish historians, Slawomir Cenckiewicz and PioGontarczyk, who work at the Institute of National Remembrance (IPN, in its Polish acronym), the custodian of the communregime's secret-police files. They claim to have unearthedpreviously unknown documents linking Mr Walesawho led tSolidarity union, served as president and won a Nobel prizeto the secret police, for a period up until 1976. The argumeaffects Poland's more recent past. Some believe that Mr Walesa's seemingly erratic behaviour and poor choice of advisers president from 1990-95 was the result of blackmail, which he strongly denies. That goes straight to the most divisive questiin modern Polish politics. For a large chunk of Polish opinion, the former Polish People's Republic was fundamentaillegitimate. Everything that happenedincluding much so-called dissident activitywas a sham and a fraud, orchestratby Polish or Soviet secret police. Others see the Peoples Republic as a pragmatic response to Poland's impossible position af1945. Surely it was better to live as best as one could than to die senselessly in the forests or rot in jail. Solidarity under MWalesa in 1980 and 1981 partially bridged that gap. The idea that dissident intellectuals couldunite with industrial workand strike a deal with communist bureaucrats set the precedent for the 1989 round table, when the one-party state negotiatits own demise. The argument about whether that deal was an honourable transition from totalitarian rule to freedom, orshameful cop-out in which traitors and criminals dodgedresponsibility for their deeds, is still raging. The dilemmas thmay have faced Mr Walesa are those of millions of Poles, including most of those who have been running the country sin1990.One response to this would be to say that Mr Walesa's behaviour in the early 1970s is simply irrelevant. From 198onward, with his remarkable negotiating abilities, charismatic personality and stubborn bravery under arrest, he redeemhimself for any youthful mistakes. Like many public figures, he was great in his heyday, and it is better not to dwell too muon what happened before or afterwards. Winston Churchill drank too much, grossly misunderstood economics, and hdeplorable views about race. From that viewpoint, Lech Walesa is a Polish trademark, symbolising the country's courageostruggle for freedom: damage him, and you damage Poland. As the years pass, and Poland's international image is anchormore firmly in the achievements of others, that argument is diminishing. But it still counts. Some would even say that thistorians of the IPN should devote their attention to other subjects. But neglect won't make the problem go away. If targuments for discretion are strong, the argument for truth is stronger. If the proof is overwhelming, Mr Walesa can still admhis lapse. If it is not, many people won't believe it. But a public cover-up would be the worst of both worlds.

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1. Identify the tenses and their values in the underlined instances in lines 2, 3, 18,19,23 (has won, comes, iraging, has been running, drank). (0,40p x 5 = 2p)

2. Identify the values of the underlined modal verbs in lines 14, 18, 27, 29 (could, may,should, can) (0,25 p x 4 = 1 p)

3. Provide one synonym for the following words: unearth, illegitimate, demise, dodge, lapse. (0,10 p x 5 = o,50p)

4. Identify the underlined constructions in lines 5-6, 7-9, 13 (twice), 22-23 (to have unearthedpreviously unknown

documents, that Mr Walesa's seemingly erratic behaviour and poor choice of advisers as president from 1990-95 wasthe result of blackmail, to live, as best as one could, what happened before or afterwards.) . State their syntacticfunction (0,30 p x 5 = 1,5 p)

5. In each of the sentences below there is an error. Identify and correct it. (0,30 x 5 = 1,5p)

1. Martin was used to smoke a lot when he was studying. 2. This switch isnt working. May the children havebroken it? 3. Not until the next morning we noticed that she had not come home. 4. I didnt like asking aboutmy private life. 5. The women life longer than men.

6. Give the passive counterpart of the sentences below: (0,30 x 5 = 1,5p)

1. People reported that there were serious problems with the new designs. 2. An earthquake is more likely tocause serious damage than a storm. 3. We are going to have to sell my old car. 4. The police can keep you in


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custody for 24 hours and may question you about your activities. 5. While she was moving the furniture shedamaged the floor.

7. Use the verb in brackets in the most appropriate form to get a correct sentence: (0,20 p x 5 = 1p)

1. They allowed us (enter) the room.2. Jessica was disappointed not (see) any of her friend at the theater.3.had difficulty in (concentrate) on his work.4.Those curtains want (dry-clean). 5. In addition to (lose) her purJoan also lost her passport.

VI. TRANSLATE INTO ENGLISH (9 p+1 = 10)

Zilele trecute, in orasul nipon Osaka, ministrii celor opt natiuni industrializate (Germania, Canada, SUA, Franta, MarBritanie, Italia, Japonia, Rusia) vor solicita din nou OPEC sa creasca productia de petrol asa cum au facut-o in mai mulranduri . Adjunctul secretarului american al tezaurului, David McCormick, preciza ca evolutiile pe piata petrolului si preturcrescute ale alimentelor vor face parte din discutiile privind economia mondiala, ministrii urmand a evoca politici pe termmediu si lung care ar putea inflenta cererea si oferta, in special dezvoltarea carburantilor alternativi. Franta doreste marirtransparentei in ce priveste stocurile petroliere si stabilirea unui dialog cu statele producatoare. De aceea Parisul si Washingtvor pleda pentru oprirea subventiilor in sectorul energetic care functioneaza in multe tari consumatoare. Insa cursul petrolua explodat saptamana trecuta, de aceea pe data de 22 iunie in Arabia Saudita este prevazuta o reuniune intre tarconsumatoare si cele producatoare. Cresterea pretului petrolului si al alimentelor a generat tulburari sociale in numeorastate in ultima vreme, ceea ce a creat un efect in cascada, adica pana si tarile mai mici, cu un consum relativ mediu de petroenergie au avut de suferit de pe urma cresterii pretului petrolului si al energiei in general.


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VII. TRANSLATE INTO ROMANIAN: (9p + 1= 10 p)

It may have worked politically, but not on other fronts. Two weeks ago, Romanias prime minister, Emil Boc, doomed his owgovernment to collapse by ousting his interior minister, Dan Nica (1). The ostensible reason was that Mr Nica(2), wrepresents a junior partner in the coalition(3), had groundlessly alleged(2) that a huge electoral fraud was being plannin the presidential election due on November 22nd(4). He did not name the supposed ballot-riggers. But this is a toucissue. Romanias president, Traian Basescu, won power in 2004 on the crest of an anti-corruption campaign. Since thsome of his biggest supporters have become increasingly critical of his record. Sacking Mr Nica(5) was meant to force hSocial Democratic party to quit the government, leaving a minority administration to be run by Mr Basescus supporte(6) the Liberal Democrats. That, cynics say, was meant to ensure that the interior ministry, which runs the electi

machinery(7), was in safe hands in the run-up to the poll. It may yet work. But the Social Democrats counter-attacked thweek by ousting the government in Romanias first successful no-confidence vote since the fall of communism. In osense the vote(8), which took place on October 13th, was progress(9). Unlike in the 1990s the governments removal dnot involve miners rampaging violently through the streets of Bucharest. Shenanigans around the conduct of tpresidential election and uncertainty about the next government are distractions from Romanias most pressing problemThe economy(9) is forecast to shrink by around 8% this year(9). The IMF and European Union have bailed out the counto the tune of 20 billion ($30 billion). Romania has yet to implement the unpopular reforms that it agreed with tlenders. And it has also exasperated the EU by backsliding on promised improvements to the judiciary and legal systeMr Basescu may have won the battle for his political survival for the time being. But he has not fulfilled his promises modernising and cleaning up his countrys politics (10).

VIII. LANGUAGE IN USE (9 p + 1 = 10)2.1 Analyse the clauses in (the underlined strings in the fragment above (1 10) : type and syntactic function of the clause, tyof predication) (0,50x10=5 points)2.2. Identify the auxiliary and the copulative verbs in the predicates and the semantic modal function of the modal verbs in tfollowing predicates (may have worked, have become, was meant, did not involve , are distractions (0,40x5 =points).2.3 .Provide synonyms to the following words/phrases in the text above: doom, groundlessly, touchy, on the crest of,poll,oust, to rampage, shenanigans, to bail out,to backslide (0,20 x 10 = 2 points)

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Modelul economic si social pentru care societatea romaneasca optase in a doua jumatate a secolului al XIX-lea, avand drecap de afis un optimism robust, ar merita asa cum scris si in alte comentarii sa fie reinviat astazi. Atunci, intr-un contistoric si cultural generator de torente de energie, incepea sa se adevereasca visul de bunastare de la 1848. Un climat econompolitic, social si moral innoit radical, care promova respectul pentru lucrul bine facut, schimbase fata Romaniei. Incet, inc

romanii au inteles forta devizei Daca vrei, poti!... si au inceput sa vrea. Si cand au vrut au vazut ca au si putut. Privinapoi, acum, tocmai faptul ca tara invatase sa vrea ne ajuta sa intelegem mai bine cum s-a nascut, in capitalismul romanetimpuriu, o preocupare vibranta pentru inaltarea unor cladiri reprezentative. Ele au fascinat ochii privitorilor si, totodata, dat expresie rolului istoric si importantei institutiilor noului stat capitalist, dorintei de integrare a Romaniei in clubul tarilorcaror optiune pentru modernizare si dezvoltare era ferma. Si iata ca pe pamant romanesc, intr.-o comunitate abia scapata durerile feudalismului, au fost inaltate adevarate minuni ale arhitecturii. Am in vedere, mai cu seama, celbrele monumende arhitectura ridicate in acea vreme, ce au dat personalitate micului Paris , au scos din anonimat multe alte orase din taau format infrastructura dezvoltarii Romaniei. Cu toate acestea, in anii care au urmat, romanii nu au avut o grija sipreocupare adevarata pentru aceste cladiri, fie ca le-au nationalizat, fie ca le-au inchiriat si de-a lungul anilor, multe din acefrumoase bijuterii ale arhitecturii romanesti au intrat in paragina, au decazut, s-au distrus, roase de colbul vremurilor siuitarii. De-abia azi am reinceput sa descoperim, parca, aceste cladiri, unele din ele, vechi, dar pastrand inca din maretiaeleganta liniei arhitecturale, devenita etalon pentru majoritatea capitalelor europene de la sfarsit de secol XIX si inceput secol XX. In concluize, daca vrem, putem restaura aceste cladiri si transforma Bucurestiul intr-o reala perla a Europei, dtrebuie sa vrem, evident. Nimic si nimeni un ne poate ajuta mai mult decat o putem face singuri. Si, in cele din urma, poavom fi invatat, totusi, ceva de la istorie.



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III. TRANSLATE INTO ROMANIAN: (9p + 1= 10 p)THE buzzword in Brussels these days is growth. Perhaps the looming recession across much of Europe is concentratiminds. Or leaders may realise that the prospect of years of austerity is stirring bad blood. Unless the debt crisis wresolved and growth recovered, said Christine Lagarde, the IMFs head, Europe and the world risked reverting to the 193At their next summit on January 30th, European Union leaders will solemnly talk of boosting output, tackling youunemployment, supporting small firms and much else. They might even commit money to job creation, for example recycling unspent EU funds through the European Investment Bank. Do not be fooled by such pieties. Everybodyhas alwahad different ideas about growth and they often reflect longstanding prejudices. For Germany, fostering growth is not abo

spending more money, but about fiscal discipline and structural reforms in weaker countries. For the British, Dutch, Swedand other north Europeans, growth should come from the boost to competition from deepening the single market and pursuifree-trade agreements. For ex-communist countries in the east, the secret is the vital role ofEU transfers. Beyond paperiover such disagreements with official verbiage, the main business of the summit will be to push ahead with the fiscompact. This requires the signatories to adopt balanced-budget rules. They are going to sign a treaty that makKeynesianism illegal, comments one diplomat. Mrs Lagarde, for her part, seems to lean the opposite way. Hrecommendations for growth include easing monetary policy and relaxing deficit-cutting in surplus countries, such Germany, that can afford to boost demand. She is also urging the euro zone to increase the size of its rescue fund. And smakes the case for a Europe-wide system to support banks and for the mutualisation of some sovereign debt. It wouhelp if Europe were more productive. This is one area of concern. Having almost closed the productivity gap with Americathe mid-1990s, Europe is again being left behind. This trend is most alarming in southern Europe, where productivity hactually dropped. A simple explanation is that Mediterranean countries enjoyed easy catch-up growth by import

technology. New growth needs the harder graft of innovation and enterprise. Southern economies with cumbersomregulation, poor administration and an over-protected labour force are bad at this. Fixing that will be the work of a generationot a summit.

IV. LANGUAGE IN USE (9 p + 1 = 10)2.1 Analyse the clauses in (the underlined strings in the fragment above (1 10) : type and syntactic function of the claus(0,50x10=5 points)2.2. Identify the auxiliary and the copulative verbs in the predicates and the semantic modal function of the modal verbs in tfollowing predicates (is concentrating, may realize, was resolved, has always had, is again being left behin(0,40x5 = 2 points).2.3 .Provide synonyms to the following words/phrases in the text above: looming, stir bad blood, tackle, commit,Etransfers, signatories,make the case for, sovereign debt, gap, cumbersome (0,20 x 10 = 2 points)

V. TRANSLATE INTO ENGLISH (9p +1 =10)Luni noaptea, dupa Consiliul European, s-a organizat o reuniune separata privind situatia din Grecia.Liderii europeni nu fost de acord cu Germania privind punerea guvernului elen sub tutela unui comisar europeana.Situatia Greciei a fost dezbatusi in cadrul reuniunii Consiliului, opiniile liderilor europeni fiind divizate. In zilele anterioare reuniunii, Germania lansaideea numirii unui comisar european care sa urmareasca guvernul elen in indeplinirea masurilor necesare iesirii din criza, idrespinsa de mai multi lideri, inclusiv de Nicolas Sarkozy, presedintele Frantei.In fata opozitiei liderilor europeni de a trece lasemenea masura, cancelarul german a spus ca este nevoie de o supraveghere a deciziilor guvernului grec pentru ca nu toareformele promise au si fost puse in practica. Mai marii Europi au cerut institutiilor UE finalizarea in zilele urmatoareacordului de salvare a Greciei de la faliment.Miza acestui acord o reprezinta deblocarea a 130 de miliade de euro, promisi europeni in octombrie. Acest ajutor este vital pentru Grecia care trebuie sa ramburseze in 20 martie imprumuturi in valoare14,5 miliarde de euro.In paralel insa, Atena trebuie sa poarte negocieri cu creditorii sai privati pentru a reduce datoria de 1de miliarde de euro, conditie sine qua non pentru deblocarea ajutorului european.




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I. TRANSLATE INTO ROMANIAN: (9p + 1= 10 p)IN 2003 Tony Blairs efforts to drag Britain into the heart of Europe hit the buffers. His chancellor of texchequer, Gordon Brown, blocked the then prime ministers attempt to join the euro. Then came the Iraq war, whiestranged Londons continental partners. So the question arose: if not at the heart of Europe, where shouldBritain bUntil now Mr Blairs successors have avoidedit. But in a speech in London on January 23rd, David Cameron boldly venturan answer, thus closing an uncertain, decade-long chapter in the history of Britains relationship with the EThe prime minister committed his Conservative Partyto loosening Britains ties to Europeparticularly on crime, socaffairs and the environmentand to putting the new settlement to a stark in-out referendum before the end of 20Eloquently, if vaguely, the prime minister imagined a more flexible network of states centred on the single market, eachoosing where to co-operate and where to opt out. A new treaty mightcodify this new relationship, he suggested. If nBritain could embark on a unilateral renegotiation. Mr Cameron pledged to draft a referendum billbefore the 20election, then enact it by the end of that year if re-elected. This has the double benefit of convincing his Eurosceptbackbenchers of his sincerity and forcing the opposition Labour Party to saywhether or not it would implement tlegislation. That makes life difficult for Labours leader, Ed Miliband. Unlike the Conservative Party, Labour is not proto bouts of chest-beating over Europe. And whereas Mr Cameron now has a clear position, Mr Milibands line on the Elooks vague and hesitant. Wait and see may be sensible diplomacy, but it is lousy politics. It also puts the party othe wrong side ofbroadly Eurosceptic public opinion. Mr Cameron appears to be on the right side: voters tell pollstthey want renegotiated membership, they want a referendum and, on many issues, they want more independence froBrussels. The European Commissions own polls consistently show Britons to be the unions least enthusiastic members. Butone crucial respect, the prime minister is wrong. He said in his speech that Britons are increasingly frustrated aboEurope, and that this frustration is developing dramatically. That is certainly true of Mr Camerons Conservative Partyis not, however, true of the British public. Voters are far less neuralgic about Europe than their representatives Westminster. It is very important for voters to be askedwhich topics most concern them, but they mention Europe mu

less than they did when Mr Blair was inviting them to love it . Even supporters of the United Kingdom Independence Parwhich campaigns to leave the EU, worry more about the economy, immigration and crime than Europe. And Britons aequal-opportunity cynics: they distrust their own politicians almost as much as they distrust Brussels. Mr Camerons speehas gone down well with his party and given his adversaries a headache. But for all these immediate benefits, he risencouraging the impression that his party is fixated on a subject that most voters do not much care aboutand at texpense of subjects they do care about, such as jobs, health care and the economy. Labour was in agony this week, assquirmed and tried to change the subject to something other than Europe. But it may have been wise to do so.

II. LANGUAGE IN USE (9 p + 1 = 10)2.1 Analyse the clauses in the underlined and bolded strings in the fragment above : type and syntactic function of the claus(0,50x10=5 points)2.2. Identify the auxiliary and the copulative verbs in the predicates and the semantic modal function of the modal verbs in tfollowing predicates (should be, have avoided, might codify, could embark, would implement, is not prone bouts of chest-beatinglooks vague and hesitant, is developing, has gone down, has gone down ) (0,20x102 points).2.3 .Provide synonyms to the following words/phrases in the text above: chancellor of the exchequer, settlement, codify, to pledge, bill, to put someone on the wrong side of, membership, voter, to give somebodyheadache, to campaign(0,20 x 10 = 2 points)

III. TRANSLATE INTO ENGLISH (9p +1 =10)Guvernul britanic ia n considerare lansarea unei campanii publicitare negative n Romnia i Bulgaria, n ncercarea de a aconvinge pe potenialii imigrani s nu vin n Marea Britanie dup anularea restriciilor, scrie presa britanic."V rugm venii n Marea Britanie. Plou,locurile de munca sunt puine i prost pltite", plnuiesc minitrii s fie mesajul acescampanii negative, scrie The Guardian n ediia online.Acest plan se va concentra asupra dezavantajelor vieii britanicilorprintre ntre alte opiuni se numara si nsprirea accesului imigranilor din Uniunea European (UE) la servicii publice s"deportarea" celor care nu gsesc un loc de munc ntr-un termen de trei luni, potrivit publicaiei.Conform declaraiei unoficial, aceast campanie va "corecta impresia potrivit creia strzile de aici sunt pavate cu aur".Britanicii sunt ngrozi i

numrul covritor de romni i bulgari care le vor asalta ara. The Guardian mai scrie c nu s-au dezvluit informaii despfelul n care va arta campania, dac ca i va prezenta pe britanici "ct mai groaznic posibil" sau i va ncuraja pe poteniimigrani s se bucure de gradina Carpailor din Romania sau staiunile bulgare de la Marea Neagr. n contextul n caguvernele din lumea ntreag cheltuiesc sume importante angajnd consultani de la Londra s le fac imagine, "ar fi o irondac Marea Britanie ar alege s i strice imaginea", noteaz The Guardian.Parlamentari conservatori au exercitat presiuasupra premierului David Cameron pentru a bloca migraia dinspre Romnia i Bulgaria dup ce, la sfarsitul acestui an, se vanula restriciilor impuse celor dou ri, potrivit ediiei online a publicaiei Daily Express. Fireste, imigrantii doresc o aciucare s asigure o "relaxare" a limitelor numrului de imigrani din cele dou state UE, cu respectarea legislaiei Uniunpotrivit publicaiei.

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