Státní maturita z angličtiny. Didaktický test s odpověďmi a cvičení. 2017 jaro

POSLECHOVÝ SUBTEST 

POSLECH. 1. ČÁST ÚLOHY 1–4 8 bodů / 2 body.

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.

1 Where will the girls sleep at the weekend?

2.  What kind of pizza will the man order today?

3.  What was damaged during the robbery?

4. Why wasn’t Carol at work?

2. ČÁST ÚLOHY 5–12.

Uslyšíte rozhovor dvou příbuzných, kteří se setkali po delší době. Na základě vyslechnuté
nahrávky rozhodněte, zda jsou tvrzení v úlohách 5–12 pravdivá (P), nebo nepravdivá (N).

3. ČÁST ÚLOHY 13–20 16 bodů / 2 body

U slyšíte část výkladu průvodce v muzeu hraček. Na základě vyslechnuté nahrávky
odpovězte na otázky v úlohách 13–20. V odpovědích použijte nejvýše 3 slova. Čísla
můžete zapisovat číslicemi.

The Doll and Teddy Bear Museum

4. ČÁST ÚLOHY 21–24. 8 bodů / 2 body

Uslyšíte čtyři krátké nahrávky. Nejprve uslyšíte otázku a poté vyslechnete nahrávku. Na
základě vyslechnutých nahrávek vyberte k úlohám 21–24 vždy jednu správnou odpověď
A–D.

1. What is the planned landing time of Mr. Grey’s plane in Toronto?

22 According to the woman, what makes a perfect holiday?

23 What is the man’s opinion on using Facebook?

24 Why did Allan go to Brazil?

He went to Brazil:

5. ČÁST ÚLOHY 25–29 10 bodů / 2 body

Přečtěte si pět krátkých textů. Na základě informací v textech vyberte k úlohám 25–29 vždy jednu správnou odpověď A–D.

Free Bus Rides
In 2003, a 106-year-old woman from Os in Norway received an offer for free bus rides to school. Town officials sent it to her because they thought she would first attend school in autumn 2003. Ingeborg Thuen, born in 1897, is the oldest citizen of Os and actually started school in 1903 when she was six years old. Computers in the town hall of Os read the ’97 of her birth year as 1997 and added her to the list of children starting the first grade in autumn 2003. When Ingeborg received the offer, she laughed and said, “Free rides are a very good idea, although now I live near the school. When I started school back then, I had to walk for an hour every morning, which was really hard. However, as I can already read, write and count, I will skip school this time,” she joked.
(www.broadcaster.org.uk, upraveno)

25 Why was the woman offered free bus rides?

She was offered free bus rides:

Syringe1

The development of the syringe became very important with the arrival of penicillin in the 1940s. This drug blocked up glass syringes and even heat sterilization didn’t help, so the syringes couldn’t be used again. Later, in 1951, Harry Willis, a distributor at a drug company, designed and patented a syringe made of plastic. However, Willis needed a plastics expert to make his idea of the new tool a reality. This is why he visited Charles Rothauser, an Australian manufacturer who was using plastic to produce toys, and asked him to use his knowledge of plastics in order to make a plastic syringe according to Willis’ design. Rothauser made the first syringes out of polyethylene, a plastic which softens with heat and has to be sterilized chemically, which was too expensive. So he tried another material – polypropylene – a plastic that can be sterilized by heat. He succeeded, and today Australians argue that it was a toymaker from Australia who gave us this life-saving tool.
(www.bbc.co.uk, upraveno)
1 syringe: injekční stříkačka

26 What did the Australian toymaker do for the development of syringes?

An accident

A scared Finnish woman called the police at 3 a.m. to report repeated doorbell ringing at night. At first, the policemen thought it was the work of neighbourhood kids. On closer inspection they discovered that ants had built a large ant hill inside the wall of her house. This was pressing on the doorbell parts in the wall and made them ring. The officers identified the ants as pharaoh ants. This insect is attracted to warm buildings, because it is the way to survive in cold, northern Europe. The police had to use a knife to cut through all the materials the ants had brought into the wall and destroyed all the ants to stop the woman’s doorbell ringing.
(www.outsideonline.com, upraveno)

27 What is the most suitable title for this article?

World War II Message Found
Last month, David Martin, a car mechanic from southern England, found the skeleton of a homing pigeon 1 with a message in the chimney while he was renovating his house.  During World War II (WWII), pigeons like this one were taken to the Nazi-occupied territories in France and sent back to Britain with messages from the British Army. Historians believe that this pigeon began its journey in France in June 1944 and never arrived to deliver its message. The pigeon either got lost in the bad English weather or was tired after its trip across the Channel and ended up falling down the chimney. The message that was found by David Martin next to the pigeon was certainly secret because it was written in a strange code. Now historians are trying to understand the message and find out whether it could possibly have changed history.
(www.bbc.co.uk, upraveno)
1 homing pigeon: poštovní holub

28 What does the article say about the discovered top secret message?

What you didn’t know about dolphins…
Four Australian lifeguards were on a training swim about 100 metres from the beach when several dolphins appeared and pushed them together by making circles around them. When one lifeguard tried to swim away from the circle, two bigger dolphins forced1 him to go back. That’s when the lifeguards noticed a huge white shark only twenty metres away from them. The lifeguards spent the next forty minutes surrounded by the dolphins before they could safely return to shore. According to scientists, dolphins normally do this to protect their young against sharks, so their action was natural.
(www.bbc.co.uk, upraveno)
1 to force: přinutit

29 What did the dolphins do?

The dolphins:

6. ČÁST ÚLOHY 30–39 10 bodů / 1 bod

Přečtěte si tvrzení v úlohách 30–39 a leták s informacemi o zahradách v anglické oblasti Cornwall. Na základě informací v textu rozhodněte, zda jsou tvrzení pravdivá (P), nebo nepravdivá (N).

Welcome to the Magical Gardens of Cornwall!

Enjoying the warmth of the Gulf Stream, the magical gardens in Cornwall are home to a number of exciting, rare and beautiful plants and trees. Here are invitations to two of them. HELIGAN GARDENS were originally created by the Tremayne family in the mid-18th century. The Gardens had been admired by visitors only until the last owner moved to Italy. After his departure in 1920, the place was closed and left without any care and was forgotten by everyone until 1990, when the devastated gardens were discovered only by chance. In 1991 the gardens became the scene of the largest garden restoration project in Europe and in 1992 they were opened to the public. Today, the gardens are unique and one of the most fascinating places to visit. You will find an Italian garden, a superb collection of walled gardens to the north, and the The Jungle, an exotic sub-tropical valley with bamboo tunnels and majestic banana trees, to the south. The journey through The Jungle will make you think you are far from the UK. And all this is outdoors for you to enjoy the unique coastal weather! On arrival, you’ll be given a free garden map. All parts of the gardens are clearly marked there as well as the famous Heligan Kitchen & Bakery. Why not stop by for a traditional Cornish cream tea and sandwiches or taste some of the fruit and vegetables grown here? Although we don’t grow enough for our kitchen, we buy the rest from Cornish farmers and we are proud of the regional flavours we create. Heligan Gardens offer a perfect walk for you and your four-legged friend. However, we kindly ask all visitors to keep their dogs on their leads at all times. Whether you plan to visit Heligan Gardens on a sunny day in summer, or in the middle of peaceful winter, you are guaranteed a unique experience. Every time of year has its charm here. However, the best time to visit the Gardens is in late spring and early autumn.
Opening hours: Heligan Gardens are open daily from 10:00 am to 7:30 pm – the last tickets are sold at 6:00 pm (except on Mondays: 10:00 am – 6:00 pm – the last tickets are sold at 4:30 pm).

Admission fees: Adults £13.50, Students £8, Children (younger than five) no charge Heligan Kitchen & Bakery is open also to non-paying visitors. Visitors with a valid ticket to Heligan Gardens will get a 10% discount at Heligan Kitchen & Bakery on all meals.

TREGREHAN GARDENS, ideally situated on the south coast of Cornwall, have been home to the Carlyon family since 1565. Tregrehan Gardens are proud of its extraordinary collection of plants, as well as wildlife residents. However, the pathways in the gardens were created long before modern health and safety requirements so explore the gardens carefully. The gardens contain hidden hazards especially for kids (e.g. holes and lakes) so it is necessary that children
are accompanied at all times. We also ask visitors to leave their pets at home as we have some rare ducks and goats in the gardens. A map with marked picnic areas is included in the price of the ticket. Look for our Tregrehan Café on the map, too. The café offers large selections of tea and coffee, freshly made cucumber sandwiches and home-made ice cream. We do not provide soups or warm dishes, but you are allowed to bring your picnic basket with you and enjoy lunch with your family or friends in the gardens. To anyone arriving at the gardens by bicycle, there is a special parking place for bikes as well as a number of lockers where you are free to store bags and equipment while you’re exploring the
gardens on foot. At the Ticket Office, please tell our staff about your means of transport to get a gift from us. We love nature and like to reward those who reach us in a way that does not harm the environment.
Opening hours: March–May: daily from 10:00 am to 5:00 pm, June–October: Mondays only
from 1:00 pm to 4:30 pm

Admission fees: Adults £6.00, Kids free. There’s free entry to Tregrehan Café for everyone – no need to buy a ticket. Even if you’re not visiting the gardens, we’d still love to see you!

(www.greatgardensofcornwall.co.uk, http://www.heligan.com, upraveno)

7. ČÁST ÚLOHY 40–44 10 bodů / 2 body

Přečtěte si vyprávění muže o jeho dědečkovi. Na základě informací v textu vyberte k úlohám 40–44 vždy jednu správnou odpověď A–D.

Me and my grandfather

My grandfather came from a very poor family of potato farmers. Although he died when I was only seven, he has played an important role in my life. I was not only named after him, I also inherited1 many of his books and share his love of history. As a history teacher, I love to read about past ages in his books. In one of them, I once found a photograph of him singing in a church. I have never believed in God, unlike my grandfather, but the memories of him singing religious songs to me still move me greatly. His faith was surely one of the reasons for finishing his medical studies successfully, but not the only one. He had a very strong will2 with his medical studies, but surprisingly not with his bad habit. Even as a doctor, he loved smoking cigars and that’s definitely not the route I want to follow.

My grandfather was actually given the first name Herric, but while studying at university he changed the spelling to Herrick. For a long time, nobody in my family knew what made my grandfather add a ‘k’ to the end of his name, but I’ve done some research and found the reason. Herrick is the original Old English spelling of the name, which dates back to the 11th century. I’ve always been Herrick, and that’s fine with me.

Another thing that belonged to my grandfather is a gold ring. When I was at secondary school, my grandmother gave it to me and told me its story. She didn’t remember who had given it to my grandfather. Perhaps he got it from a patient who found him important in his life. But one day, he lost it while working on the family farm and couldn’t find it. The farm  was later bought by a family friend. One day the friend came to my grandfather’s office and  anded him the long-lost ring. He found it in the field and recognised it by the initials on the inside.

I also have a photo of Winston Churchill, which used to be in my grandfather’s office, where he is smoking a cigar. As a small boy I used to think the man in the picture might be my grandfather, who also smoked cigars, and that’s why they looked similar to me. When someone told me it was Winston Churchill, the Prime Minister, I believed he and my grandfather were friends. Later I was told that my grandfather had kept the picture to show how greatly he had loved and respected Churchill, although he had never met him. It was given to him by one of his patients.

My grandfather could have been a successful big-city doctor, but he chose to work in his hometown as a general practitioner3. Unlike specialists in just one medical field, such local doctors had to be good at everything and my grandfather was no exception. He treated people, delivered babies and did surgery. And even though he didn’t like working on a farm, he was always ready to help his beloved local farmers. I think he had a special reason for doing all that for his neighbours. The town helped pay for my grandfather’s studies, as his parents could not afford it. I am sure that refusing attractive job offers in the city and coming back to work for the town as a doctor was a natural way for my grandfather to pay it back.
(www.thedeliberateagrarian.blogspot.cz, upraveno)

40 What does the author have in common with his grandfather?

41 Which statement is true about the author’s first name?

42 Who found the author’s grandfather’s lost ring?

43 Why did the author’s grandfather have a photo of Winston Churchill in his
office?

To show that:

44 What does the author think about his grandfather?

He thinks his grandfather:

8. ČÁST ÚLOHY 45–49 10 bodů / 2 body

Přečtěte si pět požadavků lidí, kteří hledají víkendový pobyt v hotelu, a nabídky hotelů. Na základě informací v textech přiřaďte k úlohám 45–49 vždy jednu nabídku A–G. Dvě nabídky jsou navíc a nebudou použity.

Where to Stay.

9. ČÁST ÚLOHY 50–64 15 bodů / 1 bod Max. bodů – 1, váha 10. Pro zisk bodu je potřeba odpovědět na všechny otázky správně.

Přečtěte si článek o Facebooku. Na základě textu vyberte k úlohám 50–64 vždy jednu správnou odpověď A–C.