TEST I

I. Translate the following text into Romanian:

Principalele elemente industriale din Statele Unite ale Americii sunt de fabricație oțel, industria auto, electronica, mașini, haine. Aproape jumătate din țară este teren agricol, însă doar 21 la suta este arabil. Principalele produse agricole sunt porumbul, soia, grâu, bumbac, tutun, creșterea vitelor, fructe și legume. Majoritatea populației lucru acum în profesii de servicii (business, scoli, spitale) 25 la suta de locuri de muncă sunt în industria prelucrătoare și construcții și doar 4 la sută din locuri de muncă sunt în agricultură, pescuit și minerit.SUA este bogat în următoarele resurse minerale: cărbune, cupru, plumb, uraniu, aur, fier, mercur, ulei. Monedă Valid este dolarul american, care dispune de 100 de cenți. Principalii parteneri comerciali sunt Canada, Japonia, Mexic și Marea Britanie.

II.Complete the sentences below with the correct verbal forms:

1.  Don’t go into his room! He is sleeping. (to sleep)2.  Life was difficult in the 1940s. (to be)3.  It is a long time since you haven’t written to me. (to write)4.  He usually speaks so quickly that I understand nothing. (to speak, to understand)5.  I have been trying to open this box for the last 40 minutes. (to try)

6.  I am sure they will arrive soon, perhaps tomorrow. (to arrive)7.  He came in, took his gun and shot everybody. (to come in, to take, to shoot)8.  She goes to the library every two days. (to go)9.  He is watching TV at the moment. (to watch)

10.   I have been waiting for you since 2 o’clock. Where have you been? (to wait, to be) 

III Comment on three cultural symbols of the United States, e.g. the Statue of Liberty,

skyscrapers, Hollywood, the White House, etc.

The Statue of Liberty is an icon of freedom and of the United States: a welcoming signal to immigrants arriving from abroad. It is a colossal neoclassical sculpture on Liberty Island in New York Harbor in New York City in the United States. The statue, designed by Frédéric Auguste Bartholdi, in 1886 was a gift to the United States from the people of France. The statue is of a robed female figure representing Libertas, the Roman goddess of freedom, who bears a torch and a tabula ansata (a tablet evoking the law) upon which is inscribed the date of the American Declaration of Independence, July 4, 1776. A broken chain lies at her feet.

A skyscraper is a tall, continuously habitable building of over 40-50 floors, mostly designed for office, commercial and residential use. A skyscraper can also be called a high-rise and is a common building in the USA.

The White House is the official residence and principal workplace of the President of the United States, located at 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue NW in Washington, D.C. It has been the residence of every U.S. president since John Adams in 1800.