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DRAVNO TAKMIENJE

SREDNJA KOLA

Podgorica, 4. 3. 2012. godine


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Test iz engleskog jezika sastoji se od etiri dijela.

Vrijeme rjeavanja Broj bodova

Sluanje oko 15 minuta 15

itanje 25 minuta 25

Leksika /gramatika 30 minuta 30

Pisanje 50 minuta 30

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I LISTENING COMPREHENSION

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Youll hear superstar Sting, a member of once famous Police band, talkingabout his life and music. For sentences 1-10, decide if each statement is TRUE or

FALSE by putting a tick () in the appropriate box.

Question TRUE FALSE

1. Sting often talks to the other members of the Police band abouttheir reunion.

2. Stings inspiration comes out of mystery. 3. Sting started the work for the rainforest about six years ago. 4. Sting was inspired by Shakespeares poetryfor the lines Be Still

My Beating Heart,

5. Sting believes that a good relationship with a partner asks for aserious commitment.

6. Walking often stimulates Sting to find melody for his songs.

7. Sting finds popularity overwhelming. 8. Sting encourages his children to play music so that they could

make a living at making music one day.

9. Sting does not approve of categorizing music into differentgenres.

10. Sting finds it very hard to listen to any music and relax.


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II READING COMPREHENSION

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Part 1Read the text and circle the answer (A, B, C or D) which you think is correct

according to the text.

Children's care home cuts may leave hundreds at risk

They gained a reputation in the 1960s and 1970s as grim institutions riven with

abuse, but residentialchildren's homes have come to be valued as places of

sanctuary for neglected, abused and troubled youngsters whose needs can'tbe met by foster families.

Now, as local authorities look to slash their spending, the homes are under5threat in what critics claim is the latest evidence of the dismantling of the care

system for the most vulnerable. "And, of course, children don't vote," said Anne

Marie Carrie, chief executive of Barnardo's. "Children's voices are not the

strongest voices, and those who are being most let down are the mostly silent."

The decision by Essex county council to close all of its homes, which had been10

held up as some of the best in the UK, has been condemned as a backwards

step in efforts to support the 83,000 children in care across Britain at a timewhen the number of orders is rising. A report last year by the Fostering Network

said there was a shortfall of more than 10,000 foster carers in the UK.

Some children end up being moved around from pillar to post as foster15placement after foster placement fails. Carrie said she knew of a girl who had

been moved 40 times before she was 12. "That's not just moving homes: that'sschools, friends, everything. You can imagine the effect on a childthey thinkthey are unloveable, unwanted. The more it happens, the worse the child's

difficulties become," she said, adding that it was "nothing unusual" for children20to experience multiple placements. "For a child that's multiple rejection. Without

a doubt it makes for more and more challenging behaviour; they find it harderto trust or to invest in people. It's a vicious cycle. That's why residential care is

such an important part of the package. To take it away is to deny those

children the options they deserve. A child's welfare should not be compromised25by financial concerns. It's never just the financial cost but the human cost that

we have to look at, and the human cost is enormous."

"We are currently closing one children's home," said Mike La-Borde, manager ofFamily Care Associates, "and unless the position improves in terms of referrals

other closures will undoubtedly follow in the near future. We are also30experiencing serious delays and avoidance of payment for the young people

in our care."
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"The Essex situation is clearly only what other councils up and down the country

will have been thinking about doing," said children's reporter Camilla

Pemberton. "They are much smaller and have very specialist, innovative care.35What we are hearing from the sector is real concern that by the time the

intrinsic need for residential homes is realised, there won't be any left. I talk to alot of care leavers who couldn't imagine not having been in a home, a big

family; they are the greatest champions of children's homes."

A recent Ofsted report that sought opinions from children in residential care40found the relationships with staff were valued as the major benefit of being in

care. One 14-year-old girl with more than a dozen failed foster care

placements said she preferred being in a children's home with five others. She

joked how the popularity of the children's TV show Tracy Beaker, set in a

residential home and based on the bestselling books by Jacqueline Wilson, had45made kids at school jealous of her. "People think it's cool. The staff are really

good, they like me. If one is in a bad mood you know there will be someoneelse you can talk to. The food is good. It's safe, although all the kids always

worry they'll get moved.

"I wouldn't even know the foster carers didn't like me; one minute I'd be there50

and the next the social worker would be packing me up. You can't trust

anyone. They're smiling but they want you out, said another 14 -year-old child."It'd be evil if I had to move again. That would be it with school, there's no wayI'd get an education."

Once in care himself, Dr Jim Goddard, co-chairman of the Care Leavers55

Association (CLA), says residential children's homes "offer a genuine choice.Some young people prefer to be in residential care, they have just come from

a family breakdown and the last thing they need is to be crowbarred into

another."

"We are talking about 62,000 [children in care in England]; that's not a huge60amount of money. In financial terms, the outcomes for children who receivegood, innovative support compared with those who don't and head into

unemployment and prison are massively disproportionate. Any local authority

thinking of following Essex down this regressive route needs to see that closing

children's homes is a completely false economy," Goddard added.65

Adapted fromThe Guardian
http://www.guardian.co.uk/http://www.guardian.co.uk/


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1. Experts warn that closing of residential childrens home by localauthorities will mean rejection for the most vulnerable.

A. TrueB. False

2. Word slash in line is5closest in meaning to the word:A. finishB. reduceC. swellD. boost

3. Children have let down local authorities by being silent.A. TrueB. False

4. Essex county has condemned the closing of childrens homes.A. TrueB. False

5. According to reports, more and more people in UK want to fosterchildren.

A. TrueB. False

6. Children who experience multiple placementsA. are worth investing intoB. are willing to invest in peopleC. can hardly be trustedD. hardly trust anyone

7. According to Camilla Pemberton, many childrenare____________________ to have been in a childrens home.

a. embarrassedb. sadc. gladd. ashamed

8. The relationships between children and staff in residential careA. are considered as the most troublesome experienceB. are considered as the best advantage of being in care centreC. are the major source of disputesD. are the most stressful aspect of the life in a care centre


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9. Word her in line46 refers toA. the 14-year-old girlB. Tracy BeakerC. Jacqueline Wilson

10.Foster parents rarely tell children directly that they dont like them.A. TrueB. False


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Part Two

Read the text and circle the answer (A, B, C or D) which you think is correct

according to the text.

Britons unmoved by pro-cycling campaigns

Years of government efforts to promotecycling have had almost no impact on

a sceptical population who largely view bikes as either children's toys or the

preserve of Lycra-clad hobbyists, a university study has found.

The study, which investigates in depth why people in four towns or cities around

England cycle or, in the main, don't cycle is still being completed. Theacademics behind it will gather in Leicester this weekend to present their

preliminary findings, which make depressing reading for anyone hopeful the UKcould one day have a Dutch-style mass cycling culture.

"Many people barely recognise the bicycle as a legitimate mode of transport; it

is either a toy for children or a vehicle fit only for the poor and/or strange," said

Dave Horton, of Lancaster University."For them, cycling is a bit embarrassing,

they fail to see its purpose, and have no interest in integrating it into their lives,

certainly on a regular basis."

Many see cycling as, at best, something reserved for country weekends rather

than everyday travel. The few who do ride in cities tend to be keen enthusiasts,

thus reinforcing the niche image. "Regrettably, we did not find this mass ofpeople on the threshold of change, who only needed a little push to start

cycling as a daily means of getting around," said Griet Scheldeman, of

Lancaster University.

While some towns and cities, notably London, have seen increases in cyclist

numbers over recent years the overall figure for the national percentage of

journeys made by bike has remained at about 2%. The equivalent for the

Netherlands is more than 25%.

The Lancaster study concludes that even training the young to ride safely

achieves little while road conditions remain so unfriendly. The only way to bringin mass cycling, the researchers argue, would be a series of ambitious, hugely

costly and seemingly unlikely measures to reshape towns and cities. Chiefamong these would be to build well-made, continuous, segregated cycle

routes on all major urban roads and encourage people out of cars by

restricting traffic speeds and parking.

"Perhaps above all, and probably most controversially, our research has madeit very clear to us that in order to create a mass cycling culture in English cities

we need to segregate cycling from motorised traffic along main roads.

Combined with a range of other measures, very high quality segregated cycle

routes could push English city cycling from its currently marginal status towardsa mass phenomenon," said Horton.
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The cycle campaign group CTC said it agreed that many roads were

"thoroughly off-putting" for cyclists but that a mass programme of high-quality

bike lanes which some estimates put at 800,000 per kilometre remainedunlikely.

"This new research certainly opens up some really interesting debates about

how to redesign our roads and streets to get more people cycling," said Roger

Geffen, CTC's campaigns manager. "But the even bigger question is how to

mobilise the political will to make this cycle-friendly future a reality."

Adapted fromThe Guardian

1. Studies indicate that UK could have a Dutch-style mass cycling cultureone day.

A. TrueB. False

2. Word it in line9refers to:A. bicycleB. modeC. transport

3. Many people in English cities cycle to work and back on daily basisrather than into the countryside at weekends.

A. TrueB. False

4. One of the ways to encourage cycling and create a mass cyclingculture in English cities is to

A. redesign roads and streetsB. build new high-quality roadsC. ban driving in city centresD. impose higher fines for car parking in city centres

5. Cycling lobby _________________ a serious political support.A. hasB. lacksC. avoidsD. receives
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III USE OF ENGLISH

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Part 1

Read the text and write the correct forms of the verbs in brackets.

Every weekday, Dick Derwent (1)_______________________________(drive)

out of bed by the alarm clock he leaves outside the bedroom door.

(2)_____________________________(stop) its din means he must get up first, not

simply turn it off and settle back to sleep. He brings his wife Jean a cup of tea,

dresses in his office suit while she makes toast and a sandwich which he packs

in his brown briefcase. He leaves the house at precisely 7.55. to catch the train

to town.

The routine (3)_______________________________(change) in the 25 years

since he and Jean first moved to their beat little house in a suburb of a London

suburb. Dick sees the same people on the platform every morning. The only

difference is that until two years ago he used to buy a paper from the kiosk

outside the station and now he picks one up if a fellow passenger discards it on

the journey.

Two years ago, Dick (4)______________________________(fire). He no longer

has a job to go to with the others in the tide rushing out of Waterloo to get to

the office. He starts an eight hour day (5)_________________________________(do)

nothing.

His wife doesnt know. He couldnt tell her he

(6)______________________________(lose) his job, so he simply carried on as

though he goes to work.Two of his ex-colleagues did drop by his home one weekend, and he

rushed them down to the pub. He told Jean they

(7)_____________________________(both/fire) so it was nice to see them after so

long. They mentioned afterwards to his friends that Dick and Jean seemed

(8)______________________________(have) very little furniture around, and they

said they were going to redecorate, so theyd sold the old stuff.


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Part 2

Read the text and choose the correct answer (A, B, C or D) to fill in the

gap.BACK TO THE WILD FOR ARGENITINIAN ANTEATERS

Conservationists in Argentina say they are winning the battle to

(1).............................. one of the countrys most distinctive animals. The giant

anteater once thrived in the countrys northern wetlands but habitat loss and

poaching sent the population into a steep (2).............................. Now, an

ambitious plan is underway to reintroduce the animals to a wetlands nature

reserve where they had become (3)..............................

The anteaters come from private homes and zoos elsewhere in Argentina,

where they often live in unsuitable conditions. The first stop is the quarantine

centre at the government biological institute where they undergo extensive

health checks to make (4)................................. they will not contaminate the rest

of the newly introduced stock once they return to the wild. They are also slowly

re-acquainted with the natural habitats where they will have to learn to

(5)................................... After several months in quarantine, the anteaters are

first released into a plot of just under three hectares before being

(6)..................................... to their final destination in the wild.

The long term objective is simply concerned with taking care of the habitat,

controlling and monitoring the place, working (7).................................. poachers

and the extreme threats that are affecting this species. That plan alone should

make the population sustainable in the long term and we will no longer have to

continue to augment it with new animals.

The Guardian(adapted)

*anteater = tropical mammal that feeds on ants

*poacher = illegal hunter


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A B C D

1. preserve persevere prolong prevent2. recline decline rock ambush3. extinct lost distinct inactive4. care claim granted sure5. return disappear survive overcome6. transformed kept transferred backed7. for with against to


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Part 3

Fill in the blanks with the correct form of the words in brackets, positive or

negative.

MEDICAL COURSES AT UKAND USUNIVERSITIES

Medical courses st UK and US universities fill all top 10 places. Cambridge comes

second and Oxford fourth in a new (1)........................................(globe)

ranking of medicine courses, in which universities in Asia and Australia also

perform well, and Harvard tops the list.

Universities are also ranked for (2)...............................................(excellent) in

biological sciences and (3)............................................... (psychological),with

Harvard topping the league in these subjects, too.

John O'Leary, a member of the QS academic

(4)...........................................(advice) board, says: "QS world university

rankings for biomedical subjects show that not all the best work takes place in

the UK and US. The most (5)..................................................(reputability) UK

universities perform admirably in these rankings but Australia, Canada, Ireland,

New Zealand, the Netherlands and Hong Kong are all now offering a world-

class English-language alternative."
http://www.guardian.co.uk/education/medicinehttp://www.guardian.co.uk/education/psychologyhttp://www.guardian.co.uk/education/psychologyhttp://www.guardian.co.uk/education/psychologyhttp://www.guardian.co.uk/education/medicine


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Part 4

Transform the following sentences by using the given word(s) so that they

have a similar meaning. You can use no more than four words including

the given word.

1. Im sure Sandra hasnt passed the exam. Look at that sullen expression ofher face.

CANT

Sandra _______________________________________________ her exam. Look at

that sullen expression of her face.

2. Andrew is very much like his father in both character and appearance.TAKES

Andrew _______________________________________________in both character

and appearance.

3. I am sure Fred has stolen that money!, Jane cried out.ACCUSED

Jane _______________________________________________ the money.

4. I would like you to stay at home with me!WOULD RATHER

I_______________________________________________at home with me tonight!

5. Youre supposed to be in bed by ten oclock.HIGH TIME

Its _______________________________________________ in bed!


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Part 5

For questions 1-5 read the text below and think of the word which best fits

each space. Use only one word in each space. Read the text through tocheck that it makes sense with the gaps filled.

it is rumoured that Lady Angela Fitzbrian, the daughter of the Duke of

Birmingham, and a d . . . . . . cousin of the Queen, has disappeared s . . . . . .

before her marriage to the London businessman Lord Drinkwater. A good deal

of mystery s . . . . . . . . this disappearance. for example Miss Mary

Bonnington, a close friend of the family,c . . . . . to have seen Lady Angela

on the day of her disappearance riding in a gipsy caravan just beyond her

fathers estate. It is difficult to offer any explanation for this bizarre report. It is

said that police s . . . . . . foul play.


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IV WRITING

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Write a short article (200-250 words) on the topic/different sides of theargument. Include the following:

General statement about the issue Illustration/Arguments Your opinion as a conclusion

Television kills conversation in families

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KEY

LISTENING COMPREHENSION

TRUE FALSE

1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10.


Part One

(care centres)

Question Answer

1. A2. B3. B4. B5. B6. D7. C8. B9. A10. A


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Part Two

(cycling)

QuestionAnswer

1. B2. A3. B4. A5. B

III USE OF LANGUAGE

Part 1

Question Answer

1 is driven

2 Stopping

3 hasnt changed/hasnt been changed

4 was fired5 (by) doing

6 had lost

7 had both been fired

8 to have

III USE OF LANGUAGE

Part 2

Question Answer

1. preserve A2. decline B3. extinct A4. sure D5. survive C6. transferred C7. against C


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III USE OF LANGUAGE

Part 3

Question Answer

1 global

2 excellency/excellence

3 psychology

4 advisory

5 reputable

III USE OF LANGUAGE

Part 4

Question Answer

1Sandra cant have passedher exam. Look at that sullen expression ofher face.

2 Andrew takes after his fatherin both character and appearance.

3 Jane accused Fred of stealingthe money.

4 I would rather you stayedat home with me tonight!

5 Its high time you werein bed!

III USE OF LANGUAGE

Part 5

Question Answer

1 distant/devoted/dearest/darling

2 Shortly/seconds

3 surrounds

4 claims

5 suspect

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