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Term paper First Semester, 10th Grade

I. Read the text and answer the questions:

Coral reefs have been called the rainforests of the oceans because of the rich
diversity of life they support. The plants in tropical rainforests are well-known for their
healing powers. They have given up to half of all the medicines in use in the world today.
Now it looks as if coral reefs may have their own medical use, not in providing drugs, but
in supplying materials for mending the human skeleton. Coral comes in a range of
beautiful colours, among them red, pink and gold. However, in recent years medical
scientists have found coral to be useful for bone replacement operations. Some coral
species have a similar structure to bone. When used to treat an injury, it strengthens the
bone and is eventually absorbed into the body once its role is completed.

Medical coral is collected from the reefs in the warm seas around the South Pacific
islands. These reefs may provide another source of bone replacement as well. Mother-of-
pearl is the material found on the inside of certain shells such as that of the oyster.
Mother-of pearl's remarkable properties were known by ancient civilizations.

1. Mark the sentences True or False: 1p

a) Coral reef is also called the forest of the ocean _____________
b) The coral is used in medicine today __________________
c) It helps with the human blood regeneration _______________
d) Some coral species appear to be similar to the bone _____________
e) Inside the oyster could be found a material such as mother-of-pearl _____________

2. Find contextual synonyms for the underlined words: 1p

Rich- Drugs-

Injury Seas-

Ancient

3. Fit in the gaps with the appropriate word(s) from the list below: inspiration, trend,
overwhelming, munched, compassion, flocked, naïve. 2p

a) She's so . ........................., you could tell her anything and she'd believe you.
 b) Everyone ..................................... to the summer sales; the shops were so busy!
c) The donkey happily ......................................... ..... on the carrot'
d) The ....................................... at the moment is to wear bright, cheerful colours.
e) The sight of the injured children filled her with .......................................
f) The beautiful French countryside was the ...................... for many of Monet's paintings.
g) The party was a(n) . .............................. success; everyone said they enjoyed it.

II. 1. Change the sentence from active to passive voice: 1p

a) People speak Portuguese in Brazil.
______________________________________________.
b) The Government is planning a new road near my house.
______________________________________________
c) My grandfather built this house in 1943.
_________________________________________________
d) Picasso was painting Guernica at that time.
__________________________________________
e) The cleaner has cleaned the office.
________________________________________

2. Put the indefinite (a, an) or definite (the) article or no article in the sentences: 1p

a) I like _________ blue T-shirt over there better than __________ red one.
b) Their car does 150 miles __________ hour.
c) Where's __________ USB drive I lent you last week?
d) Do you still live in ___________ Bristol?
e) Is your mother working in __________ old office building?

III. Write a short composition with the title: „Sport is the only way to stay healthy
and keep fit” or „Everyone is innocent until proven guilty”. Write between 100
and 200 words. Give reasons and examples to support your opinion. 2p
Barem

I. 1 1p( 0,2 x 5)
a) F
b) T
c) F
d) T
e) T

2. 1p( 0,2x5)

Rich- full, filled Drugs- medicine, pills

Injury - wound Seas- ocean, waters

Ancient – old,

3 2p (0,28 x7)

a) naïve

b) flocked

c) munched

d) trend

e) compassion

f) inspiration

g) overwhelming

II. 1. 1p (0,2x 5)
a) Portuguese is spoken in Brazil by people
b) A new road near my house is being planned by the government
c) This house was built by my grandfather in 1943.
d) Guernica was being painted at that time by Picasso
 e) The office has been cleaned by the cleaner.

2. 1p (0,2x5)

a) the …….the

b) an

c) the

d) –

e) the

III. Continut 0,5

• scrie un text adecvat situatiei si tipului de text propus

• respectă limita legată de numărul de cuvinte indicat

• argumentează opiniile prezentate

Organizarea textului 0,5p

• utilizează o gamă variată de conectori pentru a evidentierea relatiilor dintre idei 5 puncte

• foloseste corect paragrafele

Corectitudine gramaticală: 0,5p

• foloseste corect structurile gramaticale

• foloseste o gamă variată de structuri gramaticale

Vocabular 0,5p

• foloseste vocabularul în mod corect

• foloseste un vocabular variat si adecvat temei

 Matricea de specificatii

C1: C2: C3:

Competente 1.2 Identificarea 4. 1Transformarea unor 2.3 Redactarea de
corespunzătoare sensului global al unui mesaje din vorbire directă paragrafe / texte pe o
nivelurilor mesaj în vorbire indirectă temă de interes
taxonomice 1.3 Identificarea de (relatarea la prezent a
informaţii cheie din unor mesaje audiate)
texte autentice

Teme/
Conţinuturi/
Concepte-cheie/
Unităţi tematice

Adevarat sau fals X

Sinonime contextuale X
Text lacunar X
Diateza Pasiva x
Articolul nehotarat x
Composition x