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JUN 2018. GODINE E N G L E S K I J E Z I K Vrijeme rješavanja testa 120 minuta Pažljivo pročitajte uputstvo. Ne okrećite stranice dok to ne dozvoli dežurni nastavnik.

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1 JUN GODINE E N G L E S K I J E Z I K Vrijeme rješavanja testa 120 minuta Pažljivo pročitajte uputstvo. Ne okrećite stranice dok to ne dozvoli dežurni nastavnik. Za vrijeme rada na testu nije dozvoljena upotreba rječnika i elektronskih uređaja. Odgovore treba pisati hemijskom olovkom. Odgovori napisani grafitnom olovkom neće biti priznati. Provjera razumijevanja slušanog teksta sastoji se od dva zadatka. Svaki tekst slušaćete dvaput. Imaćete dovoljno vremena da pročitate pitanja prije nego što čujete tekst kao i da provjerite svoje odgovore. Za vrijeme slušanja možete da zapisujete odgovore. Odgovore na pitanja višestrukog izbora treba pažljivo prepisati na List za odgovore. Odgovori na pitanja koji nijesu napisani na listu za odgovore neće se priznati. Kod pisanja sastava dozvoljeno je pisanje koncepta na listovima za koncept. Vodite računa o broju riječi, jezičkoj pravilnosti i čitljivosti teksta. Konačna verzija se čitko prepisuje na predviđeno mjesto u testu i ona će biti bodovana.

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4 1. LISTENING COMPREHENSION 1.1 The girl who narrates this memoir talks about life with animals in a house in the desert. For sentences 1 4, decide if each statement is true or false and put a tick ( ) in the appropriate box. Write your answer to question 5 in the space provided. TRUE FALSE 1. Many animals would come and then leave the girl s house. 2. A kangaroo once came to live with them. 3. Buster was a bird. 4. The girl was very sad when Buster left them. Prenesite rješenja na list za odgovore. 5. What did the family feed the animals? Why?... 4

5 1.2 This is a description for a Western tourist what to expect when arriving to the Caribbean island of Antigua. For sentences 1 4, decide if each statement is true or false and put a tick ( ) in the appropriate box. Write your answer to question 5 in the space provided. TRUE FALSE 1. The name of the airport in Antigua is V. C. Bird. 2. V. C. Bird is a famous writer from Antigua. 3. Antigua is a very beautiful island. 4. Antigua is very sunny, but there is also a lot of rainfall. Prenesite rješenja na list za odgovore. 5. What is the main problem of the people who live in Antigua permanently?... 5

6 16 bodova 2.1 Read the text. For questions 1-6 choose the answer (A, B or C) which you think fits best according to the text. Write your answers to questions 7 and 8 in the spaces provided. ANCIENT SECRETS OF THE CHINESE LANGUAGE In a crowded train station in Beijing, China, two teenagers try talking to one another, but they do not seem to understand. First, they speak, then gesture, and eventually give up in frustration. Obviously, they are both Chinese, but why can t they communicate? And if they cannot understand one another, how could an English speaker ever hope to understand them? DIALECT OR LANGUAGE They are speaking different dialects of Chinese, and this is why they cannot understand each other. Usually, a dialect describes a different style of the same language. A 13-year-old boy in Atlanta, Georgia, doesn t speak the same style English as a 13-year-old boy in Chicago, Illinois, but even though they do not sound the same, they can understand one another. In Chinese, though, the seven dialects (Mandarin, Wu, Yue, Min, Xiang, Hakka, and Gan) are more like seven separate languages. Someone who speaks Mandarin, the official Chinese dialect, does not understand someone who speaks Gan, either. Though these are all styles of Chinese, these dialects are mutually unintelligible, speakers of each dialect cannot understand one another. NOT SO SECRET It might come as a surprise, then, that the Chinese have a secret that can help people understand each other, and that secret is more than 7,000 years old. This secret is in the Chinese writing system. In English, we use letters to represent the sound combinations that make certain words. C-A-T represents the three sounds that make up the word cat. Chinese is different. The words they write do not represent sounds, but represent the items themselves. To put it simply, Chinese written words are based on pictures or ideas. Now, when two Chinese people who speak different dialects try to communicate, the sounds representing their thoughts do not match. Their writing, however, isn t based on those sounds, so the writing makes sense no matter what dialect the person speaks. Rather than saying the words aloud, a Mandarin speaker will write the words he or she wants to share with a Gan speaker. That way, they can better communicate. If they try and speak, it would only lead to confusion and frustration. LEARNING TO READ 2. READING COMPREHENSION When a child learns to read English, he or she generally learns the letters of the alphabet and the sounds that represent them. When children learn to read Chinese, however, they must memorise the pictures that represent each word. A person has to know between 3,000 and 4,000 characters to read a newspaper in Chinese or to be considered literate. Frustration is not the end of the conversation for these Chinese teenagers waiting for their train. One reaches into her backpack and pulls out a small pad of paper and a pen. She writes her message on the page. Are you going to Beijing? I am starting school there tomorrow. The other teen scans the page and smiles. She takes the pen and writes, I start school in Beijing tomorrow, too. Let s sit together. Adapted from Faces 6

7 1. Why can the two teenagers in a Beijing train station not understand each other? A. One of them is an English speaker. B. The station is so noisy that they cannot hear each other. C. They speak different dialects. 2. What does a dialect usually represent? A. a particular form of the same language B. a similar foreign language C. a non-verbal language 3. What does the underlined word unintelligible mean? (paragraph 2) A. clever B. unclear C. uncommon 4. What usually leads to frustration in communication between speakers of different dialect in China? A. using body language B. using sounds C. using written symbols 5. What do all Chinese dialects have in common? A. a few characters B. most characters C. old characters 6. What do Chinese characters represent? A. sounds B. items C. sentences Prenesite rješenja na list za odgovore. 7. What do we learn about Hakka and Gan? What are the differences between English and Chinese writing systems?... 7

8 2.2 Read the text and choose the answer (A, B or C) which you think fits best according to the text. Write your answers to question 4 in the space provided. THE WORLD NEEDS MORE LOVE LETTERS I m a little pencil in the hands of God who is scripting his love letter to the world. ~ Mother Theresa 1. In the fall of 2010, in the midst of her own depression and loneliness, Hannah Brencher was inspired to become this magical force. Not inspired by something wonderful that suddenly took away her loneliness; but inspired by feeling the loneliness and suffering of others deep in her own heart. 2. During one morning commute, Hannah noticed a middle-aged woman sitting opposite her, staring down at the floor and her unlaced construction boots. No life stories needed to be exchanged for Hannah to feel a connection with this woman. They were connected through an unspoken sense of uncertainty, fear, and sadness. 3. Glancing down at the open notebook in her own lap, Hannah found herself writing the woman in construction boots a letter. Ten minutes had passed before she looked up to see that the woman had disappeared. But something beautiful had occurred 4. For ten whole minutes, Hannah forgot about her own sadness. And before she knew it, over the next few weeks and months, beautifully written love letters were left for strangers to discover in places as random as the United Nations headquarter bathrooms and in between the pages of Barnes and Noble books. But these weren't sad letters about how she was feeling. They were happy letters, all about the other person, not her. She would write messages for people to have a "bright day" and tell strangers how brilliant they were, even if they thought no one else had noticed. 5. Through her blog, Hannah promised her virtual community a love letter to anyone who requested one. Expecting about 20 requests, she was definitely surprised to read over 100 requests the next morning! I wanted to do an act of love so that they will have no idea how to repay me. It wasn t about the love letters, but what they symbolized. Love letters symbolize presence and intention and, above all, connection. 6. Over the next year, Hannah wrote 400 letters to strangers. At letter number 397 a reporter from the Wall Street Journal approached her about writing a story on the use of social media to drive the hand written practice. 7. At first she was nervous about the new letter requests. But then an interesting thought crossed Hannah s mind. What if social media could be used to empower others to make an impact? Anyone could come to the website and request love letters for someone they care about and anyone could join the online community as a volunteer letter writer. And all of it would be free of charge. I wanted people to feel like even if they don t have money to donate to a cause, they can still join a very awesome cause, and their work can have impact in the world. It s not about you anymore it s about what you can do to give someone else a better day. 8. Hannah receives s almost every day from people that have been impacted by these letters. A solder in Afghanistan who is suffering from PTSD wrote to Hannah recently. He 8

9 described that he was sitting on the floor and crying while reading these letters, which had been requested on Hannah s website by his sister. The letters re-instilled his faith in humanity and goodness. Now there are more than 10,000 people who join in all over the world. And love letters have been found in places as far away as Italy and China! Adapted from 1. Where did Hannah start writing her first letter? A. at a construction site B. in a vehicle C. in her flat 2. In her love letters, A. Hannah told her own sad love story. B. Hannah advised people to share their sorrow with others. C. Hannah encouraged people to feel good about themselves. 3. According to paragraph 5, which of these sentences is true? 1 Hannah did not expect many people to be interested in her love letters. 2 Hannah wanted people to repay her by writing more love letters to unknown people. A. Only 1 is true. B. Only 2 is true. C. Both 1 and 2 are true. 4. Explain how social media could help Hanna to spread her idea Which of these words can be used instead of the word cause in paragraph 7? A. charity B. movement C. reason 6. What is the main idea of The World Needs More Love Letters website? A. All the people deserve to be loved and appreciated. B. The art of letter writing should not be forgotten. C. You will feel better if you share your problems with others. Prenesite rješenja na list za odgovore. 9

10 3. VOCABULARY AND GRAMMAR 3.1 Read the text below and decide which word (A, B, C or D) best fits each space. There is an example at the beginning. SCIENTISTS DEBUT A BRAND NEW TYPE OF CHOCOLATE AND IT S PINK What could be 0 better than a decadent bar of chocolate? Pink chocolate! Thanks 1 the Swiss company Barry Callebaut, you can now enjoy a light pink 2 of chocolate all without any food dyes. Named ruby chocolate, it is the first new kind of 3 chocolate in over 80 years, and it s quite stunning. The rose-colored chocolate, 4 was just launched in Shanghai on Sept. 5, is made from the ruby cocoa bean. Despite its appearance, the chocolate is made just from this cocoa bean and 5 no other berries, added flavors or food coloring. Ruby chocolate has a 6 taste than regular chocolate, which makes this pink dessert unique. Unlike dark or milk chocolate, 7 not bitter, milky, or sweet. According to Barry Callebaut s news release, the cocoa beans are sourced from different regions of 8 world, including Brazil, Ecuador and the Ivory Coast. The company managed to unlock its special attributes through an innovative process that took 9 years to develop. Barry Callebaut was 10 the first to launch white chocolate 80 years ago. With the addition of ruby chocolate, there are now four types of chocolate. We didn t think chocolate could get any better, but once we found out it came in our favorite shade of pink, this chocolate has become a game changer. Adapted from 10

11 0. A good B better C best D well 1. A at B for C on D to 2. A pack B part C peace D piece 3. A nature B natural C natured D naturally 4. A who B whose C witch D which 5. A contain B contains C contained D containing 6. A fruity B fruitier C fruitiest D fruitily 7. A it B its C its D it s 8. A a B an C the D - 9. A many B much C most D mostly 10. A also B although C two D too Prenesite rješenja na list za odgovore. 11

12 3.2 Read the text and write the correct forms of the verbs in brackets. SCOTTISH INTERNATIONAL STORYTELLING FESTIVAL Since the creation of the first three of its festivals in 1947, the Scottish capital 1 (become) known as the world's leading festival city. Scottish International Storytelling Festival 2 (begin) in It 3 (grow) every year, with more charismatic storytellers 4 (use) their words to spin bridges between worlds. This twelve-day celebration of live storytelling brings together Scottish and international storytellers and musicians 5 (celebrate) rhythms and methods of storytelling. The story 6 (tell) eye to eye, mind to mind, heart to heart, the Scottish proverb says. 7 (inspire) by the Scottish ceilidh tradition and its sense of togetherness, this 8 (be) an inviting community gathering full of tales, anecdotes, music, songs and ballads. Although each event 9 (have) a structure, there will always be an informal and improvised element to the performance. If you thought that August was the only month that Edinburgh has top quality international festivals, then you 10 (be) wrong. Adapted from 12

13 3.3 For questions 1-5, complete the second sentence using the word given so that it has a similar meaning to the first sentence. Do not change the word given. You must use between TWO and FIVE words, including the word given. Contractions (e.g. It s) count as two words. There is an example (0) at the beginning. 0. When we came, they had cut down the old cherry tree. CUT When we came, the old cherry tree had been cut down. 1. The train now arriving at platform 2 is the 6.30 from Bar. WHICH The train at platform 2 is the 6.30 from Bar. 2. Every Tuesday, Julia used to go to Rome on business. WOULD Every Tuesday, Julia to Rome on business. 3. The last time we cooked fish was in May. SINCE We May. 4. Can we go rollerblading in Hyde Park? the boy asked me. GO The boy asked me rollerblading in Hyde Park. 5. They are repairing our van. WE repaired. 13

14 4. WRITING 4.1 You are going to spend a week with your friend Chris and his family in their summer house by a river in England next month. You receive the following from him. Hi there, I m really happy that we ll see each other next week! A friend of mine plays the drums and guess what? He s going to play a small concert with his band in a local pub next Friday. Would you like us to go and listen to them? We need to decide what to do on Saturday. We could either take a trip down the river in a boat (I bet you ll love the nature) or go and watch the water jumping competition. Please, tell me what you would rather do. Just one final thing. You wrote to me in the last that you had bought a new guitar. Could you bring it with you to England. I d so much like to hear you playing. Write soon! All the best, Chris Write a reply in words, answering all his questions. Do not write your name. 14

15 4.2 Choose one of the following writing tasks and write words Imagine that you have inherited a villa in a tourist area in Calabria, Italy, together with a square-metre piece of fertile land. The land is planted with old olive trees, various vegetables, beautiful palm trees and flowers. Think of the things that you would do with your inheritance. Here are some ideas. Would you sell the villa and the land? Would you rent out the villa to a tourist agency? Would you try to persuade your family to move to Calabria and work the land? Write your essay giving reasons for your choice. Travel makes you realize that no matter how much you know, there is always more to learn. Give your opinion by using specific examples. 15

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JUN GODINE E N G L E S K I J E Z I K

JUN GODINE E N G L E S K I J E Z I K JUN 2018. GODINE E N G L E S K I J E Z I K VRIJEME RJEŠAVANJA TESTA 180 MINUTA Pažljivo pročitajte uputstvo. Ne okrećite stranice dok to ne dozvoli dežurni nastavnik. Za vrijeme rada na testu nije dozvoljena