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Ime (očevo ili majčino ime) i prezime:___________________________________________________

Datum, mjesto i opština rođenja:_______________________________________________________

JMBG:_______________________________ Državljanstvo:__________________________________

CONTEMPORARY ENGLISH/ UPPER INTERMEDIATE LEVEL (,New Total English')

TEST

I- a) Read the newspaper article and put the verbs in the correct form . /20

Nurse Identifies 'Dr Who'


Help to identify mystery man

A man who arrived at King's Cross railway station,unable to remember even his name, but
insisting that he 1.________________ (be) a doctor, 2._______________________________
(recently/identify). After pictures of the middle-aged man, dabbed 'Dr Who'
3.__________________ (appear) in several nespapers, he 4._______________________
(recognise) by a nurse, who 5.______________________ (call) the police.

Police and hospital authorities 6._____________________ (refuse) to name the man now or
to say where he 7.___________________ (come) from, but he is not a doctor and he
8.___________________ (not/have) family.

He 9.___________________________ (report) missing on 2nd September, but he said:' I


can remember nothing about myself before my arrival at the railway station in London' .
He also said :'I assume I got here by train, but I can not remember where from.' He
10.______________________ (ring) the police from a telephone box in desperation after he
11.________________________ (wander) aroud lost for a couple of hours. That was where
his life 12. ____________________ (begin), in his opinion.

The mystery man 13. _________________________ (take) by ambulance to Addenbrook's


Hospital on the same day, where he 14. ______________________________(still/stay). He
replied:' Physically, I am OK but I feel vulnerable and lonely.I don't know what I like.' He
also wanted to know:' Do I live on my own? Do I have a wife?'

Experts believe he 15. ____________________ (suffer) from global amnesia, a total memory
loss generally associated with trying to blot out a recent traumatic event. Usually the
memory 16. _________________ (return) after a short time. Now the man
17. ____________________________ (transfer) to a local community hospital for
assessment. There it 18. __________________________ (decide) what care he should be
given and where he should live. Social services 19. __________________________ (involve).
A hospital spokesman said: ' We 20. ___________________________(receive) a
tremendous response so far as a result of the interest created by the media.'
b) Report the underlined part of the text. /10
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c) Decide if the sentences are true or false according to the text. /5

1. A nurse identified the man. ___________


2. The man is a doctor.___________
3. He can remember everything from his life._________
4. Ambulance took him from the railway station.___________
5. It is believed thet he suffers from partial amnesia.__________

II- Decide which alternative A,B, C or D best fits each space . /10

The Price of Fame


Charlotte Church looks like a teenager, but she is far from average. She has an amazing
voice.Her fans stand in 1._________ for hours to get tickets for her concerts and she is often
on television.Charlotte's singing 2._________ began when she performed on a TV show at the
age of 11. The head of a record company was so impressed by her voice that he
3._________ her up on the spot. Her first album rose to number one in he charts.Charlotte
still attends school in her home town when she can. 4._________ , she is often on tour for
weeks at a time. She doesn't miss out on lessons, though, because she takes her own tutor
with her! She 5._________ three hours every morning with him. Her exam results in all the
6.________ she studies are impressive. But how does she 7._________ with this unusual way
of life? She 8._________ that she has the same friends as before. That may be true,but she
can no longer go into town with them because everybody stops her in the street to ask her
for her 9._________ . It seems that, like most stars, she must learn how to 10._________
these restrictions and lack of privacy. It's the price of fame!

1. A rows B queues C ranks D files


2. A profession B job C labour D career
3. A signed B wrote C made D picked
4. A Although B While C For D However
5. A takes B utilises C spends D uses
6. A titles B materials C subjects D lessons
7. A cope B adjust C bear D tolerate
8. A denies B refuses C insists D complaints
9. A signature B authograph C sign D writing
10. A look down on B make do with C put up with D run out of
III- Complete the sentences with the given words.There are three extra words . /9

company insulted insulting dependable unforeseen current odd

self-sufficient trickster striking knowledgeable self-employed

1. Would you like to be _________________ or work freelance?


2. The things he said last night were so ________________________ . I felt dissappointed and
very sad.I don't know if I will ever forgive him.
3. The students are so __________________________ . They know everything about the topic.
4. The pictures of that artist were so ____________________ . I was delighted by the colours
he had used to depict the atmosphere.
5. Are you interested in ________________ affairs? Do you usually read that section in the
newspapers?
6. Frank Abagnale is said to be a ______________________ because he misleaded so many
people.
7. Fred enjoys his cousin's ____________________ . They spend a lot of time together trying
to catch up on the time they lost while Fred was in the army.
8. Mark is a _______________________ kind of man. You can always count on him.
9. New technology will make us more __________________ so that we can rely on ourselves.

IV- Add a prefix and/or a suffix to the words in brackets to complete the sentences . /9

1. I can't trust him anymore.He has been so ______________________ (honest).


2. Have you found some cheap______________________ (accommodate)?
3. A high level of ________________________ (employ) causes problems for the economy.
4. There was a powerful student _____________________ (move) in 1970s.
5. I don't think it will make any ____________________ (different).
6. The fish is ________________________ (cooked). It's almost row.
7. She went to a clinic for some private ____________________ (treat).
8. He hardly understands the __________________________ (important) of saving money.
9. The USA declared its _______________________ (independent) on 4 July 1776.

V- Rewrite the sentences. Use the words in brackets . /10

1. Her cousins keep cats. They started in 2015. (FOR)

2. Tom bought that bike three months ago. (HAD)

3. She's a photographer. People buy her photos for hundreds of euros. ( SOLD)
4. These are the great stories. People tell them from generation to generation. (ARE)

5. Her new camera is better than her old one. (AS)

6. I have never met better person than Peter. (BEST)

7. I didn't study hard so I couldn't go to University. (IF)

8. It wasn't necessary for you to get up early yesterday. ( NOT HAVE)

9. The lottery ticket was the winner, but you threw it away! ( THROWN)

If only

10. I find his taste in music very hard to tolerate. (PUT)


I find it hard

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