Upis 2012 13 Obdareni učenici u filološkoj gimnaziji, Engleski jezik, Prva niška gimnazija "Stevan Sremac"

1. I READ THE TEXT AND CHOOSE TIIE CORRE,CTANSWER BY CIRCLING THE
LETTER IN F'RONTOF IT. (5 x2 points= 10points)
Luis Morales is 18yearsold andcornesfrom a tiny village in the Andes mountainsin Colombia. Until
aboutsevenyears ago,oneof Luis's favourite activities was to go into the thick forestsurroundinghis
home to hunt and kill the wildlife, especially birds. Now, however, he and a group of other locai
youths work with an international organisationcalled Wildlife World, to study and protect the birds
andtheir environment.
Wildlife World has set up several of these groups across the area.
'Information
we get from the
children helpsus leam how the birds and other animals use the forest,what they eatandhow best we
canprotectthem. The project hasworked very well and we hopeto setup more groupsin the future,'
saysarealeaderFelipe Ramos.
Luis is the oldest andmost experiencedmemberof his group, having beena membersincehe wasjust
11.'BeforeI joined, I plannedto leavethe villageand find work in the city, like mostyoungpeopledo
thesedays,' Luis says.'But now I want to go to university, becomea scientist andreturnhereto carry
on working to save theserare birds and their environment. Being part of the group has had a huge
effecton me.'
Luis also spendstime with the younger children in the village. 'There is not much to do here after
school,' he says,'so I try to involve them in our activities. As well asbird watching andnaturestudies
we alsodo drama andart.The dramahasbeenparticularly successfulandwe now havea theatregroup
of 30 children,which toursin the area,performing different plays.'
1. Luis is a )zoungmanwho likesto:
a) visit villages in the mountainsin Colombia
b) go into thick forestsandkill birds
c) work on protectingwildlife in his area
d) setup internationalyouth organisations
2. According to Felipe Ramos.what is the
purposeof the group?
a) to find out aboutthebehaviouroflocal
wildlife
b) to teachchildren survivaltechniques
c) to protectchildren from wild forest animals
d) to collect information abouthow peopleuse
the forest
3. How doesLuis feelaboutthe group?
a) He is happy becauseheis leaving it soon.
b) He is grateful becauseit haschangedhis life.
c) He is miserablebecausehe wants to stay
longer.
d) He is worried becausehe wants more young
peopletojoin.
4. How do younger chiidren in the villase
spendtheir time?
a) They getbored most of the time.
b) They studybirds, dramaandart at school.
c) Learningaboutwildlife andactingin plays.
d) Travelling and watching theatrical
performancesin the area.
5. In this text the writer is:
a) describinga village in Colombia.
b) suggestingvarious ways to savethe planet.
c) advisingchildren to join Wildlife World.
d) giving information abouta usefulproject.

2. II READ THE TEXT AliD CIRCLE THE LETTER (a, b, c or d) IN FRONT OF THE
ANSWER WIIICH YOU TI{INK BESTFITS EACII SPACE. (20x I point=20points)
orsarusatl0nThe TexasMarine Mammal StrandingNetwork is (t;
that rescuesocean animals2)
membersarevolunteerswho (4)
free. When a dolphin is saved,
taken to a rescuecentreto recover. If 1o;
the seaagatnwithout help,they may die or (7)
are stranded on beaches.Many of (:)
for the organisation(5)
it is usually put on a stretcherand
dolphins are releasedinto
easilyattacked.
Whenyou seehim happilyswimming(s) , it's hardto think thatCupidis lucky to be
alive. (9; February14th,2003, this bottlenosedolphin was(10) strandedon a
beachin Texas.
oWhenwe first (11) him on the beach,hejust looked pathetic.He wasjust
a sadlittle dolphin (t2) on the beachneeding help,' saysTammy Renaudof the Texas
MMS Network. Cupid, however,was lucky. A (13) noticed him and called this (14)
rescueteam,who immediately rushedthe poor creatureto their rescuecentrepool.
Severalvolunteerscameto help Cupid 1ts; the danseroustime after his arrival. In (16)
, they werepracticallylining up to watch over the poor animal. They (17)
careof him every hour of the day and night. 1ta1 really wantedthe poor animalto get (19)
, but no one(20) for sureif this wasgoing to happenor not.
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2. a) that
3. a) it's
4. a) do
5. a) for
6. a) that
7. a) been
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9. a) At
10. a) find
11. a) seed
12. a) lay
13. a) fisherman
14. a) organisation
15. a) tough
16. a) actual
17. a) took
18. a) Anybody
19. a) good
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b) any
b) who
b) its
b) make
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b) have seen
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b) fisher men
b) organisation's
b).threw
b) fact
b) managed
b) Either
b) better
b) didn't know
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c) whom
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c) saw
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d) Everyone
d) wellness
d) known

3. III READ TIIE TEXT T'IRST.TIIEN WRITE TIIE CORRECTf,'ORM OF'TIIE WORD
IN BRACKETS IN TIIE SAME LINE. WRITE OITLY OITEWORD ON EACH LI][E.
(l0rlpoint=10points)
Example:We expectedto meetsome famous peoplethere. (FAME)
But the volunteersdiscoveredsomething(l) aboutCupid. CNTATURAL)
(2) on a sideor belly-up is not socommonamongdolphins, (SwIM)
andthat's exactly what Cupid did a lot. (3)
thereason:Cupid suffersfrom an (a)
, they discovered GVENTUAL)
similarto humanepilepsy! (tLL)
Sothey all thought: would he be ableto protect (5) if he wasin (HrM)
oneof suchepisodesback in the wild? So,the special(e) they (TREAT)
gavehim was of huge(7) for Cupid's recoveryand soonhe (IMPORTANT)
becameas(8)
much (q)
asany other youngster.In time, Cupid grew (pLAy)
, but now they had to find him a new home knowing (HEALTHY)
thathe would die if they releasedhim backinto the sea.The (10) (DECTDE)
wasmadeatlastandCupidwastransfenedto California'sMarineWorldin early2004.
IV READ TITE TEXT BELOW AIID THIIYK OF TIIE WORD WHICH BEST FITS EACH
GAP. USE ONLY ONE WORD IN EACII GAP. TIMRE IS AN EXAMPLE AT TIIE
BEGIIINING (0). (15x I point = 15poinrs)
(0) At- first, thepeopleatMarineWorld Californiawereconcerned(t)
Cupidgettingsick.Theydecidedto keephimaway1z; otherdolphinsfor his safety.After
keepinghim alone(3) 30days,theywerereallyexcited1+; introduceCupid
to the other dolphins. And (s) washe. Thetruthis, dolphinsarevery socialanimals(6)
they love to communicatewith other aniinals. They seem (7) have a
specialrelationshipwith humans(8) well. Somepeopleeven think that dolphins canhelp
people1l; danger.Scientistssaythey havetheir(10) language.
Nowadays, Cupid has'a happy future ahead (ll) him. He was lucky (12)
he survived being stranded,and especially lucky to have met all (t:)
wonderfulvolunteersat the TexasMarineMammalStrandingNetwork.1t+; them, and
all of theirhardwork, 1ts; probablywouldn't bea friendly dolphin namedCupid.

4. V READ TIIE TEXT F'IRST.TIMN FILL IN TIIE APPROPRIATE FORM / TENSEOF'THE
VERB IN BRACKETS IN TIM ACTIVE OR PASSTYE VOICE. PAY ATTENTION TO
TIIE WORD ORDER DO NOT ADD AI[Y OTIIER WORIIS. Q2 x2 points= 44points)
Example: We havenever been there before. (never / be)
It seems that more and more universities on both sides of the Atlantic fl)
(become)film locationsnowadays.Many of them have fantasticbuildings,
which areempty during long holidays, and this (2) (allow) film-makers a great
identity of thosebuildingsopportunity1:; (shoot) a film. Of course,the true
(4) (usually/ hide).
Yearsago,Londonerswere surprised1s; (see) American police cars
(6)
(7)
(cruise) around rn
(use) as the Gotham
front of the University Library, which
City police offices in all the Batmanmovies.
Another famousbuildingn(8) (turn) into the headquartersof a secretpolice,
wasthatof Bruneluniversitv.StanlevKubrick filmed his frightening Clockwork Orange in it. At one
point, after they (9)
decided (lo)
(already/ finish) a greatdeal of their work, Kubrick
(repeat) some scenes. So, they (11)
(must) go back,rebuild the setanddo the scenesagain.
OxfordandCambridgearethemostpopularuniversities,andbothstudentsandfilm-makersfind
(get) into them equally difficult. Some excellent films (13)
(make)there up to now, most recentlythe famousHarry Potterfilms.
Across the Atlantic, the University of Toronto (14) (also /play) the role of
several famousuniversities so far. So now, somebodywho (15) (watch)
the film GoodWill Huntingmaywell 1to; (believe)thatthebuildingwhich
(17) (show) on the screenis the MassachusettsInstitute of Technology not
knowing thatit (18) (notbe)truly so.
(12)
of 1uy
Foruniversities,thisalternativeuseof theirbuildingsis a usefulway
(earn) some extra money. But (20)
(be) a student at one of these universities (21)
(not mean) a future careerin acting. And then
again,who (22) (know) ?

5. VI COMPLETE TIIE SECOID SENTENCE SOAS TO GET THE SAME MEAIING AS IN
THE X'IRSTSENTENCE, (5x1point = 5 points)
ExanEle: You canborrow it, but you must giveit back next week
You canborrow it aslong asvougive it backnextweek
1. No, theycan't go therewithout me!
I don't want go therewithout me.
2. Why areyou so surethat you're right?
What vouthinkthatvou'rerisht?
3. Althoughhe'snot feeling
He will play the match in
very well, he will play the match.
verywell.
4. A hundredyearshave passedsincethe sinking of the Titamc.
TheTitanic ago.
5. They offeredme two jobs but i refusedthem both.
They offeredme two jobs but I accepted them.
VII WRITE THE T'OLLOWING SENTENCESIN TIIE PASSIVEVOICE:
(4x2points=Spoints)
Example: Theywill invite you to give a speech.
Youwill beinvited to sivea speech.
1. WhowrotethefamoustragedyaboutRomeoandJuliet?
2. If youdon'tfreezefood,it spoils.
3. Metallica hasalwavs attractedthousandsof fans.
4. Do they really forbid the useof recording equipmentin festival areas?

6. VIII WRITE TIIE FOLLOWING SENTENCESUSiXC REPORTEDSPEECH:
(4x2points=Spoints)
ExamplezI wishyou goodluckwith your test,children!
The author of the testwishesthechildren sood luck u,iththeir test
1. Don'tleaveCupidaloneatanytime.
Tammywarnsthevolunteers
2. Did youlaythetablefor Sundaylunch,Peter?
AuntPaulaasksPeter
3. Dad,why didyoubringusthesefunnytoys?
Alice andRoy wonder
4. SorryLinda,butI don'tknowyoursurname.
JessicaapologizestoLinda
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