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Section II – Lang uage in Use (20 points)

Táto časť testu sa skladá z dvoch textov. Jej vypracovaniu by ste mali venovať približne 25 minút.

Part 1: Where It All Began (10 points)

V nasledujúcom texte sú na miestach 21 – 30 vynechané slová. Za textom nájdete pre každé vynechané miesto štyri možnosti doplnenia. Rozhodnite, ktorá z ponúkaných možností (A) – (D) je správna. Vždy je správna iba jedna možnosť.
Príklad: ___00___ - (C)

Even though Earth is billions of years old, human ___00___ only entered the picture as recently as a few hundred thousand years ___21___ . It took a while before we progressed from ___22___ in caves (hunting and gathering), to farming, and ___23___ to establishing towns and cities.

At first, people ___24___ near river valleys as the land was fertile and the waterways provided water and a ___25___ of travelling. Societies began to organise themselves more efficiently around a ___26___ language, shared customs and laws. This was how civilizations were born.

The earliest civilizations ___27___ in Mesopotamia, Egypt, the Indus Valley and China a long time ago. Later there emerged the Greek, Roman and Islamic civilisations, as well as the Aztec and the Mayan.

Throughout history, people ___28___ from the advancements of past civilizations. For example, the Greeks ___29___ the world philosophy, the Jews contributed the concept of monotheism, the Indians introduced the concept of negative numbers, while Aztecs ___30___ made our beloved chocolate.

Part 2: Penguins: Waiters of the Bird World (10 points)

V nasledujúcom texte sú na miestach 31 – 40 vynechané slová. Doplňte vždy iba jedno slovo. Príklad: ___00___ their

Although people can’t live long in the Antarctic, penguins love frosty homes.

Penguins can’t fly, but they part of the bird family. There are seventeen species of penguin living and near the Antarctic.

The emperor penguin is biggest. It is 122 cm tall and weighs 40 kg. The smallest is the fairy penguin which is 35 cm tall and weighs 1 kg. On average it lives 6.5 years.

Penguins are good swimmers. They swim so quickly that they look they are flying under water.

Little penguins eat tiny animals called krill, l29arger penguins eat fish and squid. Penguins are so scared of sharks that they will jump into the water if no other penguin is already swimming . They line up on the beach and try to push other in! Nature parks been opened in Southern Australia and New Zealand where people can study penguins in the wild.

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Section III – Reading (20 points)

Táto časť testu sa skladá z troch ukážok. Jej vypracovaniu by ste mali venovať približne 45 minút.

Part 1: A Former Punk Rocker Recalls (7 points)

Prečítajte si nasledujúci text. K úlohám 41 – 47 priraďte vhodnú vetu spomedzi možností (A) – (J). Tri vety sa nedajú priradiť k žiadnej z úloh. Vždy existuje iba jedno správne riešenie.

As a child I always longed to be different. When I was fourteen I decided to celebrate my individuality. ___41___ I headed for a special hairdresser. I knew what I wanted – long hair at the back dyed pink and a huge red Mohican on top. This was my first rebellious act, the first of many.

When I came back to Seaford later that day, everyone went crazy. ___42___ They looked at me with horror. ‘Why on earth do you want to do this to yourself?’ my mum asked. At the time I wasn’t really sure.

Although the headmaster of my school asked me to leave, I refused to have my hair dyed back to its normal colour. ___43___ However, as a protest, at the end of the day, I’d stand outside the school gates showing my hair in all its punky glory.

I was one of the first punks, a style leader, I suppose. ___44___ I became a shop assistant in a punk store. People would come into the shop just to look at us crazy-looking assistants!

I was soon known as The Face of Punk. I managed a punk group, and I lived in a notorious flat which became a mecca for punks. However, I never went out with any of them. Guys were frightened of my reputation – I had stood in a London gallery as a living piece of punk art. They felt I was untouchable.

It may seem strange that I’ve ended up living in Seaford as a veterinary assistant. ___45___ Several years ago, my sister-in-law asked if I could help on her farm and while I was there, the local vet’s office rang to see if I could do a couple of days’ work. ___46___

Punk was all very well, but I got very, very tired from working and partying. I’m more satisfied with my life now. I love my job and I adore my six cats. ___47___ In spite of this, I don’t think I’ve lost my sense of individuality.

A) I worked in the gallery for a few months.
B) After I finished my secondary studies, I started looking for a job.
C) So I saved all my pocket money and took the train from Seaford to London.
D) These days I have to wear a uniform to work.
E) That’s because one of my other passions in life, apart from fashion, is animals.
F) Although the headmaster punished me, I continued wearing the new hair style.
G) In the end we reached a compromise and I wore a headscarf.
H) I borrowed some money from my parents.
I) My enthusiasm helped and they offered me a full-time job.
J) As soon as I walked through the door, my parents’ mouths opened in surprise.

Part 2: An Irishman in Madrid (6 points)

Prečítajte si nasledujúci text. Rozhodnite o každom z tvrdení 48 – 53, či je pravdivé (A) alebo nepravdivé (B). Uveďte vždy aj označenie toho odseku (a) – (e), na základe ktorého ste rozhodli o pravdivosti alebo nepravdivosti daného tvrdenia. Vždy existuje iba jedno správne riešenie.

(a) I am a typical fan of Spain. As a child I spent a lot of holidays on the costas (Spanish for ‘beaches’), and at school there were a lot of Spanish students, so I developed a love for the place – though for me the costas are not the real Spain. It saddens me to think that foreigners think that’s what Spain is.

(b) The social life is very easy. My Spanish has really improved in the year-and-a-half I’ve been here: I spoke textbook Spanish before I came, but now I speak much better colloquial Spanish. Watching television is a great help. The people are very open and very warm – from the first day I was Peter. I wasn’t a foreigner.

(c) It’s great to go out at night and explore Madrid’s bars and clubs – when you have time. The university, Comillas, I’m studying at has a good reputation for making you work hard, and it has a good name among Spaniards. They all told me: ‘If you can get into Comillas, then do.’ A friend of mine saw an advertisement in a Spanish newspaper which he sent to me in Dublin, and that was it.

(d) I’m living in a rented room in a house out of the centre. I’d rather live more centrally – if I want to go shopping, I have to take the metro. I don’t know whether I’ll have to pay rent through the summer yet, though. Accommodation in Madrid is a problem – I’d like to have my own place one day, but it’s very expensive. Getting grants isn’t easy for foreign students.

(e) I feel just as Spanish as I do Irish now, and I love Madrid. It has some disadvantages as all cities, of course – you are always rushing up and down stairs on the metro. It’s a strange place – a big city with a small-town atmosphere. The friendliness of the people makes it like that. I’d like to stay in Spain – not in the city necessarily, but that’s where the work will be, of course.

48)Peter’s aim is to work in Spain.