Státní maturita z angličtiny. Didaktický test s odpoveďmi a cvičení. 2014 jaro.

POSLECHOVÝ SUBTEST 

Uslyšíte 4 krátké nahrávky. Nejprve uslyšíte otázku a poté vyslechnete nahrávku. Na základě vyslechnutých nahrávek vyberte k úlochám 1-4 vzdy jeden správný obrázek A-C.

Where is the man’s car?

2. Why is Franklin High School closed today?

3. Which car is Sarah waiting in?

4. What is Nicole doing tomorrow night?

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2. ČÁST ÚLOHY 5-12 8 bodů/1 bod

Uslyšíte rozhovor manželů před odchodem do restaurace. Na základě vyslechnuté nahrávky rozhodněte, zda jsou tvrzení v úlohách 5-12 pravdivá (P), nebo nepravdivá (N).

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3. ČÁST ÚLOHY 13-19 7 bodů/1 bod

Uslyšíte hovořit průvodkyni při prohlídce domu Ernesta Hemingwaye. Na základě vyslechnuté nahrávky doplňte informace na vynechaná místa v úlohách 13-19.
V odpovědích použijte nejvýše 3 slova. Čísla můžete zapisovat číslicemi. První úloha slouží jako vzor (0).

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4. ČÁST ÚLOHY 20-23 4 body/1 bod

Uslyšíte čtyři krátké nahrávky. Nejprve uslyšíte otázku a poté vyslechnete nahrávku. Na
základě vyslechnutých nahrávek vyberte k úlohám 20-23 vždy jednu správnou odpověd’ A-C.

20 What does the man say about his new flatmate?

21 Why did the man receive a fine today?
He received a fine because:

22 What was the real reason Richard cancelled the date?
Richard cancelled the date because:

23 What is wrong with the man’s new shoes?

ČTENÍ A JAZYKOVÁ KOMPETENCE
ČÁST 5 ÚLOHY 24-28

Přečtěte si pět krátkých textů. Na základě informací v textech vyberte k úlohám 24-28 vždy jednu správnou odpověd’ A-D

It Happened in Baghdad…
In November of 2004, a group of American soldiers entered an empty house in Baghdad. They were ready to attack the source of the noise coming from around the corner. What they found, however, wasn’t a dangerous enemy but a puppy. Although it is against the law, the soldiers adopted the dog, named him Lava and decided to take him with them to the USA – an almost impossible task! Dogs need vaccinations to cross borders, but the American military vets wouldn’t even look at civilian dogs, and Iraqi vets weren’t willing to help either. Many attempts to get Lava out failed, but the soldiers never gave up and Lava finally found a new home in California.
(www.everythingwolf.com, upraveno)

25. What is the main idea of the article?

Elephants in Russia
When one circus carriage suddenly caught fire during an international tour in the Novosibirsk region, Russia, two elephants were taken out of the burning carriage into the bitter cold. In temperatures of -40°C, the animals soon suffered frostbite’ to their ears. The circus keepers decided to warm the elephants up with two glasses of vodka mixed with warm water. It helped, and the elephants started “roaring happily as if they were in the jungle”, one keeper said. Like with humans, alcohol can make animals feel warmer, but it lowers the body temperature, scientists warn. However, the Novosibirsk zoo director said that the elephants were not harmed or intoxicated and that with the alcohol they escaped certain death.
(www.bbc.co.uk, upraveno)
‘ frostbite: omrzliny

26. What happened to the elephants?

A Nakedi Sleepwalker
At 2 a.m. Rebekah Armstrong was woken by a noise coming from the garden. When she realised her husband Tim was not in bed, she went downstairs to see what was happening. Rebekah saw that Tim was cutting the grass wearing nothing! She immediately understood he was sleepwalking! She was afraid to wake him up because she knew it could be dangerous to disturb someone who is sleepwalking. She just turned the lawnmower2 off, went back to bed and let her husband get on with it. Tim later got back into bed and put his pyjamas on. He didn’t believe Rebekah when she told him what he’d been doing.
(www.oddee.com, upraveno)
‘ naked: nahý
2 lawnmower: sekačka na trávu

27 What did Rebekah do when she realised her husband was sleepwalking naked’?

A Robbery Story
In 2007, a man broke into Suzie Fronterotta’s home in London and stole £1,000 and several pieces ofjewellery.To the owner’s surprise, she received a package containing the stolen objects three years later. The parcel also included a note with his apology and an explanation saying that ever since he robbed Suzie’s house, he had had bad luck, including the death of his wife. So this bad guy, who didn’t write his name, decided to change for the better. He also said he would pay back the £1,000 when he earned enough money. Suzie therefore asked the police not to arrest the man if they ever found him.
(www.oddee.com, upraveno)

28 What was not in the parcel that Suzie got from the robber?

ČÁST 6 ÚLOHY 29-38 10 bodů/1 bod
Přečtěte si tvrzení v úlohách 29-38 a leták s informacemi o letní jazykové škole.

English Holiday School (EHS) in Covent Garden

EHS offers summer English courses for young students from all over the world! Our summer English courses are designed for learners aged 15 to 19 years at all levels of English except for complete-beginner level. Students can live either in the Holborn Halls of Residence, situated only a two-minute walk from the school, or with English host families.

The Course

Each morning is focused on classroom learning, especially speaking, listening and grammar skills. Afternoon activities and classes are an integral part of the course, where students practise and develop the language skills learned during the morning lessons. Students are tested on their first day and placed into the appropriate class according to their ability in English. All students receive a certificate of attendance at the end of their stay at EHS.

Weekly Timetable

Mornings               Afternoons

9:30 -12:55             13:30 -18:00*

Monday Lessons Sports (optional)

Tuesday Lessons Cultural activities

Wednesday Lessons Lessons

Thursday Lessons Leisure activities

Friday Lessons Excursion (optional)

Saturday All-day excursion

Course with accommodation in a host family. The minimum stay is two weeks; for lower levels, three weeks are recommended. All course expenses and study materials are included in the price, as well as accommodation with full board, bus/underground fares to and from school if necessary, and all obligatory activities stated in the programme. There are always two students accommodated in one host family. We never place students of the same mother tongue with a host family.

Possible course dates: 1st July 2014 to 31st August 2014. Course with accommodation in the Holborn Halls of Residence. The minimum stay is as above. For lower levels, three weeks are recommended. The price includes all course expenses, study materials, accommodation (in single, double or multiple rooms) and half board. We cannot guarantee that you will be accommodated with student(s) of a different mother tongue.

Possible course dates: 15th July 2014 to 31st August 2014

Payment

A deposit on the course price must be paid at the moment of registration: £100 for students staying with a host family or £50 for students staying at the Holborn Halls of Residence. The rest of the course payment must be received 4 weeks before the start of the course.

(www.english-summer-school-uk.com, upraveno)

7 ČÁST ÚLOHY 39-43

Přečtěte si článek o divadelní hře The Mousetrap od Agathy Christie. Na základě informací v textu vyberte k úlohám 39-43 vždy jednu správnou odpověd’ A-D.

The Mousetrap

In 1947, Queen Mary asked for a radio play to be written for her 80th birthday by Agatha Christie. The play was broadcast on May 30, 1947, and it was called Three Blind Mice. Christie adapted the radio play into a theatre play four years later and although she
was quite happy with the original title of the play, she renamed it The Mousetrap. The name had to be changed because of protests by another author, Emile Littler, who had produced a theatre play also named Three Blind Mice before the Second World War. The
suggestion to call it The Mousetrap came from Christie’s son-in-law Anthony Hicks, who borrowed the idea from Shakespeare’s play Hamlet.

Agatha Christie gave all the rights to the play to her grandson, Matthew Prichard, as a present for his 9th birthday. In 1956, British film producer John Woolf bought the rights to the film from Prichard. Nevertheless, Woolf had to agree to the condition that he wouldn’t make a film version earlier than 6 months after the last performance of the play on stage. Woolf died in 1999 and The Mousetrap was still playing at St Martin’s Theatre in London, where it is still played at present. With its 24,500 performances, it is the longest-running show in history. And, obviously, there won’t be a film version until at least 6 months after the last stage performance in London.

Christie herself did not expect The Mousetrap to run for such a long time. In her autobiography, she reports a conversation that she had with Peter Saunders, a theatre producer, right after the first performance in 1951. He expected that the play would not even be performed for twelve months. Agatha Christie disagreed and gave her play only about eight months on stage. However, in September 1957, The Mousetrap broke the record for the longest-running play in the West End.

Since the beginning, more than 10 million people have seen this classic murder mystery, where at the end of each performance, audiences are asked not to tell the identity of the killer to anyone outside the theatre.The producers and actors want to make sure that the end of the play stays a secret for future audiences. Christie was always very angry when the endings of her works were revealed in newspapers.

The play inspired producer Stephen Waley-Cohen to start a theatrical education charity called The Mousetrap Theatre Project. The project is for young people from poor families or with disabilities. With the help of the project, they can see the best theatre performances live and don’t only learn about theatre plays as a part of a school education programme.

(www.didyouknow.org, upraveno; http://www.raleighlittletheatre.org)

39 Why did Agatha Christie change the name of the play?

40. What does the second paragraph say about the film version of the play?

41 What did the theatre producer think about the play?
He thought that the play:

42 What does the word “revealed” mean? (Paragraph 4)

43. Why was The Mousetrap Theatre Project charity started?

ČÁST8  ÚLOHY 44-48 5 bodů/1 bod

Přečtěte si informace o pěti lidech, kteří hledají bydlení, a nabídky realitní kanceláře. Na základě informací v textech přiřaďte k úlohám 44-48 vždy jednu nabídku A-G. Dvě nabídky jsou navíc a nebudou použity.

9. ČÁST ÚLOHY 49-6315 bodů/1 bod Max. bodů – 1, váha 10. Pro zisk bodu je potřeba odpovědět na všechny otázky správně.

Přečtěte si článek o fotografii známé po celém světě. Na základě textu vyberte k úlohám 49-63 vždy jednu správnou odpověd’ A-C.

Písemná práce část 1

Časopis pro studenty anglického jazyka vyzval své čtenáře, aby napsali článek na téma:

My favourite place.

Rozhodl/a jste se na výzvu reagovat.

Napište članek v rozsahu 120-150 slov, ve kterém:

• uvedete, o jaké místo se jedná;

• vysvětlíte, proč je právě toto místo vaše oblíbené;

• popíšte dané misto;

• uvedete, co na tomto místě obvykle děláte.

Písemná práce část 2