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TELC B/2
1. READING COMPREHENSION-PART 1

Read the five texts 1–5. Then read the headlines a-j. Decide which headline goes
best with which text.

1. A court in Indonesia has sentenced one of south-east Asia’s best known pop stars
to three-and-a-half years in prison for making and distributing sex videos on the
internet.

2. Police in north-western Pakistan say a senior police official has been killed in a
suicide bomb attack. The deputy police superintendent for southern Peshawar died
along with his driver and a guard when the suicide bomber attacked his car.

3. She rejected suggestions that the US would cut off aid to pressure Haiti into
accepting the recommendations made by the Organisation of American States (OAS)
to settle the electoral crisis. Mrs Clinton was speaking after meeting the three leading
candidates and the outgoing President Rene Preval.

4. A local passenger train and a goods train collided head-on in the state of Saxony-
Anhalt late on Saturday, near the city of Magdeburg. The passenger train, the
HarzElbeExpress, was travelling on a single track section between Magdeburg and
Halberstadt. The cause of the crash, which left 33 injured, is unclear.

5. Andy Murray was relieved and delighted to come through a four-set battle with
David Ferrer and reach a second successive Australian Open final. The fifth seed
trailed by a set and 5-4 before ripping into the Spaniard to set up Sunday’s final with
Novak Djokovic. “It was tough. It was up and down but I changed my tactics well,”
said Murray.

A. Pop star facing court

B. Policemen as suspected bombers

C. Hillary Clinton: Haiti aid will not be suspended

D. Hillary Clinton: Haiti aid will be frozen

E. Policeman dies in Pakistan attack

F. Murray changed his mind

G. 33 people died in train crash

H. Frontal train crash

I. Indonesia sex tape star is jailed

J. Andy Murray thrilled to reach Australian Open final

2. READING COMPREHENSION PART 2

Read the following text, then choose the answers to questions 6-10 and mark your
answer a, b or c on the answer sheet.

THE TOP 10 TIPS TO BEAT TERROR BY MI5

BRITAIN’S security service MI5 issued an unprecedented warning to firms yesterday

to protect themselves from terror attacks. Spy bosses released a list of top 10 tips for
companies and their workers saying the cooperation of ordinary people was a vital
weapon in the war on terror. MI5 boss Eliza Manningham-Buller said: “We have a
well-developed understanding of international terrorism and other threats facing the
UK today.

“We rely heavily on public assistance and support to do our work effectively. I would
encourage people to use our website to pass on any information.”

MI5’s site warns al-Qaeda is targeting Britain from internally and abroad, and urges
the public to report suspicions to a web link or emergency number.

British businesses are further advised:

1 Assess the risk of threats and vulnerable points.

2 Plan security measures for new buildings.

3 Put someone in charge of security awareness, brief staff and train in emergencies
and bomb threats.

4 Keep public areas tidy and well lit, remove unnecessary furniture and cut the
shrubs.

5 Search bags and consider a barrier system and car park that keeps unfamiliar
vehicles at a distance.

6 Install locks on windows and doors, Closed Circuit TV, alarms and lighting
according to circumstances.

7 Consider setting up a mailroom away from your main premises and train staff for a
crisis.

8 Follow up staff references.

9 Ensure a reputable and reliable IT (Information Technology) service.

10 Plan how you will function if your premises or IT systems are put out of action by
an incident.

6. According to the text, terrorism

a. is threatening USA.

b. is threatening Great Britain.

c. is threatening USA and Great Britain.

7. Al-Qaeda

a. wants to attack only from outside the country.

b. wants to attack only from inside the country.

c. wants to attack both from outside and inside the country.

8. Keeping the places clean and tidy

a. might increase terrorist attacks.

b. might prevent from terrorist attacks.

c. might encourage terrorist attacks.

9. Training staff against terrorism

a. is an outstanding claim of MI5

b. is advisable by MI5.

c. is not necessary for MI5.

10. IT services are:

a. very important

b. not so important

c. not relevant

3. READING COMPREHENSION- PART3

Read the sentences 11-20 and then read the situations a-l.

Decide which sentence goes with which situation!

11. Feel free to jump in at any moment while we are talking.

12. They are looking into the problem.

13. Did you see your sister off?

14. I set up an appointment with my doctor at 3:30 this afternoon.

15. I ran into my teacher at the movies last night.

16. I need you to stand by and answer the phone when my broker calls.

17. You are being very odd now

18. Could you back up so I can open this drawer?

19. Add those up and tell me the result.

20. If you don’t pay your electric bill, your power is going to get shut off.

a.You behave somehow different.

b. You saw someone going away.

c. You met someone.

d. You are being shy a little.

e. You have arranged a meeting.

f. Something has gotten wrong.

g. You are calculating numbers.

h. You need to move a little.

i.You are told to wait.

j. You are broke.

k. You have just finished something.

l. You have just hit the jackpot.

4. LANGUAGE ELEMENTS PART 1

Read the following text and decide which word or phrase a, b or c is missing in items
21-30
Mark your answers on the answer sheet.

Deadly bird flu type detected

THE slaughter of thousands of turkeys is under way today as officials battle to stamp
out Britain’s first …21… of the potentially …22… H5N1 strain of bird flu. Scientists
…23…the avian flu which killed more than 2,000 …24…on a Bernard Matthews farm
at Holton, near Halesworth in Suffolk, is the highly pathogenic Asian strain. The
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra) has dramatically
increased the area where …25…are in force in East Anglia to control the H5N1
outbreak. The Restriction Zone, in …26…poultry must be kept isolated from wild
birds and movements must be licensed, covers 2,090 square kilometres (806 square
miles) of east Suffolk and south east Norfolk. It extends to the A47 just south of
Norwich in the north, the A140 in the west, and almost to Felixstowe in the south.
Around 159,000 birds on the farm where the outbreak was identified are
being…27…, Defra said. But Government officials were keen to reassure the public
there was no need to…28…, as the risk to humans was “negligible”. Turkeys first
began falling ill on Tuesday, and by Thursday Defra had been informed and
restrictions were in place …29…the farm itself. Yesterday, tests at the European
Union laboratory in Weybridge, Surrey, confirmed the …30…form of avian flu on the
Suffolk farm.

21. a. disease b. illness c. outbreak

22. a. harmless b. deadly c. danger

23. a. confirmed b.suggested c. are pathetic

24.a. birds b. people c. inhabitants

25.a. people b. restrictions c. limitations

26. a. that b. what c. which

27. a. taken b. fed c. killed

28. a. panic b. afraid c. go home

29. a. approximately b.behind c. around

30. a. suspicious b. dangerous c. danger

5. LANGUAGE ELEMENTS PART 2

Read the following text and decide which word or phrase a-o is missing in items 31-
40. Mark your answers on the answer sheet.

Long …31…, when man was newly come…32… the world, there were days when he
was …33…happiest creature of all. Those were the days when spring …34…across
the willow tails, or when his children ripened with the blueberries in the sun of
summer, or when the goldenrod …35…in the autumn haze.

But always the mists of autumn evenings grew more…36…, and the sun’s strokes
grew shorter. Then man saw winter moving near, and he…37… fearful and unhappy.
He was afraid for his children, and for the grandfathers and grandmothers who
carried in their heads the sacred tales of the tribe. Many of these, young and old,
would die in the long, …38…months of winter.

Coyote, like the rest of the People, had no need for fire. So he seldom …39…himself
with it, until one spring day when he was passing a human village. There the women
were singing a song of mourning for the babies and the old ones who had died in the
winter. Their voices moaned like the west wind through a buffalo skull, prickling the
hairs on Coyote’s…40….

a. neck b. into c. chill d. ice-bitter e. ago

f. bloomed g. the h. hard i. rainy j. wet

k. became l. concerned m. brushed n. new o. cool

6. LETTER WRITING

You were told a cheap and reliable website from where you can order laptops.

Write a letter in which you order a laptop on the internet.

Specify:

-the price you want to spend on it

-ask information and suggestion of the seller

-the payment method (PayPal, bank card etc…)

-ask about shipping and costs

-ask one more additional information of your choice

Sample:

Dear Sir or Madame,

I would like to order a laptop that I saw on your website.

It is the ASUS DL342 model. I do not want to spend more than 1000 dollars on it, and
this has just the right price. However, I also found other promising models, but I am
not an expert of the area, so I would like you to help me to decide, which one is the
best concerning this price range.

I did not see PayPal as a valid payment method on the site, but I have an account
with which I would pay for the laptop, if it is acceptable for you. What kind of shipping
do you use to Hungary? Via air or ship? I do not care about how fast it is, so I would
like the cheaper method of delivery. Please send me the price of shipping as well.
Additionally I also want a mouse and a separate keyboard to the laptop for 100
dollars. Would you offer me something for that price?

Please contact me about your suggestions and offers as soon as possible.

Thank you in advance.

Yours Faithfully,

Fred Funny

Megoldókulcs B/2

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2. e
3. c
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7. c
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22. b
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