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G) if you're rude to staff

2. FELADATSOR
ľ) there are bonus discounts
l) when addressing waiters and cashiers

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You are going to read a newspaper article about
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new prices at a cafe. Parts of some of the
sentences are missing. Choose the most suitable
part from the list (n_l) for each gap (ĺ-z). rhere is
ONE extra part that you do not need to use. Write Task 2
your answers in the boxes after the texĺ There is
an example (o) atthe beginning. Read the articte about Daytight saving. The paragraph headings
rie missing from the texL Choose the most appropriate heading
Spanish Cafe owner Charges Rude Customers Moľe And Cuts Prices írom the list (A_|) foľ each paragľaph (g-ĺł).There is oNEextľa
For Those Who Say'Please'And 'Thank You' heading wľlich you do NoT need to use.llllrite your answ-ers in the
boxes Jfrer thete) There is an example (o) at the beginning'
Good manners cost nothing, asthe expression goes. Bad manners,0)_, come
at a prĺce, a café owner in Spaĺn has decided. Now customers who are rude ĺ)- Dayĺight Saving
witt be charged an extra f1.68 ( 2) when they get their bitt. A cup of cofÍee will set
you back f1.68 more 2) at the Restaurant B[au Grifeu in Llanca. The unusual
measure has been introduced at Restaurant B[au Grĺfeu, ĺn Llanca, on the costa
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'.yllgf't Suvings' - wrong. Daytight Saving Time or DST is correct' To remembor
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Brava coastline. The idea is sĺmple - if you're polĺte and pleasant to staÍŤ 3) ,
which way to set your watäh, therě's a usefut mnemonic "spring forward,
fa[[ back"'
your cofĺee wi[[ cost you E2.52 (*). lf you're rude, a coffee wi[[ cost you a lot more,
at f4.20 (es). łno 4) -
have as we[[ - if you say'p[ease'and wish the barista 8)_
'buenos dias', you r drĺnk witl cost just 1.30 - the equiva[ent of f1.09. owner Marisel OuIirUtne nine years he spent as American ambassador to France, Benjamilt
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Va[encia Madrĺd believes 5) , The Times reports. She said: 'Peop[e seem to Franktin Wrote an essay catted "An Economicat Project for Diminishĺng
the co:.t 9l
of avaitable lighl
be in a rush these days and forgetting to say 'p[ease' when they ask for something. Light". ln it, he suggested peopte get up earlier to make better use
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'l put a sign in the window with the price system and it has made att the difference. and save on candle wax.
Peop[e are noW super polite in all matters and 6) Marĺsel, origina[[y from
Colombia, said peopte in her native country are a lot more polite 7)_ - but
e)_ tho
glt tfte idea reatty took off in 1902 when a man called Wittiam Wittett introduced
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said it is often tourists who are often the worst offenders in Spain. The 4'l-year-old
idea of British Summer Time, also known as Daytight Saving Time, in 1907' He wanteĺl
said she was inspired by a restaurant in Paris, which offers discounts based on the mornings' Hc
to prevent peopte from wasting vatuabte hours of tight during summer
polĺteness of customers. of Daytight'ĺn a bid to get people out of bed
puori'r'.o ä pampnlet catted 'T1e Waste
eartier by changing the nation's clocks.
A) on the other hand 10) _ This is
Wiitett is a great-great-grandfather of Cotdptay tead singer Chris Martin.
B)when you order 'A Rush of Blood to tho
CoiJpfa' pe ormin'g tfie'song'Clocks' from their 2002 atbum
c) ĺt has made a huge difference Head'. (Ínere's atso a song catted 'Daylight'on there.) Coincidence?
D) an extra discount avai[able 11)
Supporters for the proposat argued that such a scheme could reduce
coal
r) when they order their coffee the suppties avaitabte for manufactuľing and the war
ioniu.'.'ption and inciease
12) _ Task 3
ln 1895 an entomologist (that's an insect expen) in New Zealand, George vernon
Hud9on, came up with the idea to the Wettington Phitosophicat Society đuttining
a You are planning to watch a film. Read the
daytight saving scheme, which was triatted successfutty in the count ry ín B27. lnÍormation aboutfive differentfilms. ln which text
13)_ (l_r) can you find the information (ĺs-zł)lwrite
Today clocks are atmost always set one hour back or ahead, but throughout history your answers in the boxes. There is an example (O)
there have been several variations, tike hatf adjustment (go rt the beginning.
or doubtá
adjustment (two hours), and adjustments of 20 and 40 minutes 'inut"-s)
have atso been
used. A two-hour adjustment was used in several countries during the 1940s Films
and
elsewhere at tĺmes. A hatf adjustment Was sometimes used in New Zealand in the
first half of the 20th century. A)Ihe Martian
1ł) The sĺx-strong crew of the Ares 3 touches down on Mars and heads onto the planet
There have been various trials over the decades from doubte summer tĺme turface to exp[ore. Durĺng a violent storm, astronaut Mark Watney is separated from
(cĺtłl*zhours) during the Second Wortd War to permanent British Summer Time hls colleagues and presumed dead. The remaĺningfive members of the Ares 3 return
- hour) duringthe tate 1960s butthe currentsystem of changingthe
(cľłl*ĺ to Nasa missĺon controI on Earth, crestfa[[en by their devastating [oss. Little do they
ctocks ai
the end of March and october has been in ptace sinće D72.Those in fävour say th;i reatise that back on Mars, Watney is alive and we[.
it would reduce traffic accidents, save energy, boost tourism and anaourug.'rora
people to exercise outdoors. ln the 1980s, the golf industry estimated that B)The Suffragette
one extra
month of daytight savings could generate up to S4oo mittion a year in extra sales ln1912 London, Maud Watts works [ong, grue[[ing hours in a laundrywith her husband
and fees. Sonny, under the glare of manager Norman Taylor. Women earn less than men and
are denied the vote, which rankles some of the workforce inctuding outspoken
n) Daytight Saving or Daylight Savings? fiother Violet Mitter. She encourages Maud to join the suÍfragette movement and
B) Ctocks and Cotdptay rpeak up against this injustice. Maud becomes heavity involved in the uprising and
rlsks her relationship with Sonny and her young son George.
c) Why do we do ĺt?
Cl Minions
O) Has the time difFerence always been t hour?
Slnce the dawn of tĺme, the Minions have gravitated towards the most despicable
E) Where witt Daytight Saving Time start or end next? master they can find. One Minion named Kevin embarks on an epic quest to find
F) Why we should keep Daytight Saving Time a new evil boss for his brethren to follow. Flanked by teenage rebel Stuart and
dlminutive scaredy-cat Bob, Kevin leaves the Minions'current home in Antarctica
G)The idea was not a new one, however
bound for 1968 New York City, where he stumbles upon the world's first female
H) Whose idea was it? ru per-vi[[ai n: Scarlet Overki t[.

l) What was it catted first? D) NI Ĺlve: Hamlet


Benedict Cumberbatch takes on the demanding title role ĺn thĺs transmĺssion of
o) 8) 9} ĺo) 11) 12) ĺs) 1t) a lĺve performance of Shakespeare's tragedy from the stage of The Barbican ĺn
A London. The King of Denmark dies and his brother Ctaudius assumes the throne
and swĺftly takes his widowed sister-in-[aw Gertrude as his wife. During a night-time
visit to the castle battlements, Hamlet meets his father's ghost, who reveals his true
.f / PoNr demise at Claudius' hands.

E) Boch to the Future

The first chapter in the blockbuster trilogy. Young buck Marty McFly travels back in
tĺme courtesy of Dr Emmett Brown and his DeLorean time machĺne, and comes face
to face With his own parents in 'l950s America. Howeveą Marty must not negatively
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impactthe course of events; otherwise, he could stop his parents from falling in love
and u[tĺmatety giving birth to him. G Nyelvhelyesseg

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0) The Weather ĺs bad ĺn this fitm.

15) The negative character ĺs a woman. Read this short articte about Aboriginal culture' Choose
16) lt is one part of a series. the most suitable and grammaticatty correct form of
the woľds in brackets (ĺ_z). wľite your answers on the
í7) Women cou[d not Vote some time ago. lines below. There is an exampte (0) at the beginning'
18) lt is about tooking for a new leader.
Australian Aboriginal Cultuľe
19) Somebody is teft behind.
living culture
20) The main scene is another planet. Australian Aboriginat culture can ctaim to be the otdest continuous
the earliest known o) (archaeology) sites-on
ĺltl the ptanet. Recent Jaiing of
21) lt ĺs a theatre broadcast.
llle Australian continent - sing thermo-luminescence
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and other modern
presence in
dating
Australia
22) The main character sees his dead father. tr,chniques - have pushed back the date for an AboriginaI
lĺl at least4o,o00 years. Some of the 1)-(evident) pointsto dates over
60,000
23) This fitm is about inequality.
ycars o[d. The hattmark of Aboriginal cutture is 'oneness with nature" ln traditional
24) ln thĺs film the hero goes back to the past. Äi'äĺgi.ir jt (oelieve) ,yšt"'r, nature and landscape are comparable in
ii'- ' ii'p"Itant)'to the Bibte in Christian culture. (nature)
Promĺnent rocks, canyons,
features - as we[[
o) 1s) 16) 171 1s) ĺe) 20) 21, 22) Bl 2h, ,:r.o, *.t.rfatts, istands, beaches and other 4)
(create)
,r:; iun, moon, vĺsibte stars and animals
- have their own stories of 5)
A ,uld inter-conn..t.On.is. To the 6)
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(tradition) Aborigine they are a[[ sacred:
.llvironment is the essence of Austratian Aboriginat godtiness. Out -of this deep
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l(lverence ĺor nature ÁĹorigines learned to tive in z)
(remark) harmony with
tlle land and its anima[s. lt"seems there's a lot our modern world can learn from
llrese peoPle.
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Task 2 Tĺsl< 3

Read the text about a fish. Some words are missing. Rcad the text below about a special dog and supply the
Choose the best word from the list for each gap mlrsing woľds. Find the best answer (Ą B, C or D) for
(g-ĺz). Use only oNE word for each space. Theľe are rrch gap (ĺg-zo). onty oNE sotution is corľecL Write your 4
TWO extra words which you do not need to use. lniwers in the boxes afterthe text There is an example (O) - íi .'

Wľite your answeľs in the boxes after the text. rt the beginning.
There is an example (0) at the beginning.
' Dog Saves Btind Owner's Life By Using Phone To Call Police
Barramundi
An etdertywoman ĺs tuckyto be ative after her dog putted herto 0)-and called thĺ'
Long ago ĺn the dreamtime, there were no fish, so the people tived on animals, ;lolice when a fire broke out in her home, potice in Pennsylvania said. Philadelplti,r
roots and berries. They were 0) quite content. That is except Boodi and Yatĺma; polĺce 18) that the heroic service dog 19) the 60-year-o[d blind womalt
for 8) Wanted to marry. But the tribe insisted that Yatĺma marry 9) of nfter the home they shared 20) fire on Thursday morning. The dog namľĺl
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the old men, to look after him. Boodi and Yalima decided to run 10)_, and so -
Yolanda diatted 91121') a specialized phone - and alerted police about the frrĺ''
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they did. Now, to go againstthe E[ders of the trĺbe is breaking 11)- - [aw, and is ĺrnd fire-fighters 22)- responded - to the scene. They were able to rescue Yolanda':'
punishable by death, so soon the men of the tribe began hunting them. They ran on , }) -
, Marĺa Co[on, and she Was taken to a hospital to be treated 24)
and on, although they became 12)_tired,they had to keep running. Eventua[y, lnhalation. Yolanda was 25) with food, toys, treats and supplies. Thĺs Was ll()l
- _ -smokt'
they came to the edge of the land, 13) _ the water began and they knew that the 26) time that the dog
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catted the police. Last year, the dog's owner felt in thr'
to survive, they 14) _ have to fight. With the angry tribe descending on them, Irouse and was unconscious when it calted the police.
they quickty gathered wood, and made as ĺ5) spears as they coutd. But the
tribesmen were 16)- many, and soon the spears were a[[ gone. Booditurned to
his beloved Yalima and ĺ7) -
, "for us to be together forever, we must go into the 0) A safety B safety C saved D saving
Waterto [ĺve.'' And so they did. They are sti[[there in the shape of the Barramundĺ
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hidĺng amongst the logs and reeds. 18) A says B spoke C telts D said
le) A saved B saving C serviced D served
20) A took B started C caught D got
att one they very 21) A about B with Cto D untĺl
away said to where 221 A tatety B quickty C recently D hardty
many the too who 23) A hers B own C her D owner
would 241 A for B against C out D into
2s) A awarded B rewarded C prized D gĺVen
o) atl 13) 26) A one B once C only D first
8) 14) 0) 18) 1e) 2ol 211 221 23) 241 zsl 261

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A) New York
Task Southampton
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@ t*ocrna-o B)

You will hear information about seven different things. Listen C) North Engtand
and decide what they aľe about. Match each text with a word
from the list. There are TWO items which you wiil not need. you ľ)The First officer waited before he gave orders.
will hear each recording twice. There is an example (0) at the I
ł) hatf a minute
beginning.
g) two minutes
A) Biro F) cotd
C) one minute
B) Disco G) Coat

C) Cardigan H) Digitat
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o) oiamond l) leddy aear n) an American journatist


E) Blockbuster B) Jacques Futre[[e
c) John Jacob Astor
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A lĺl) There Were bathtubs in the Turkish Bath
A) 70
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@ r*ocrn r.o-rt r l) Att the engineers on the Titanic

You will hear paľt of a ľadio progľamme about a famous ł) ran down during the rescue operation
ship. There are ten sentences about the progľamme. a) helped each other to escape
Choose the best response (A, B or C) to complete them.
You will hear the recording twice. you have two minutes c) died in the disaster
to read the questions before the recoľding starts. There
is an example (o) for you tz) Newspapers first reported that had dĺed.
ł) nobody
Astounding Titanic Facts You've Never Heard Before
a)two people -
c) most people
0)The passengers played with the ice.
ł) footbatt l:) The Titanic was found
B) hockey ł) after 28 years
C) handbatt a) 73 years ago

C) after 73 years
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14) There was a passenger who had _. ll is possible to błllysit ,ll ,lll ))') With certain restrictions.
A) travetled on the Titanic before
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B) survived a disaster before

C) been rescued ini9O2


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15) The size of the Titanic was _ footbatt fietds


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You will hearsome infoľmation about rules of health and .l $ ĺ,ĺlrul

safety at work. Look at the notes. The notes contain nine


gaps. You have one minute to read the notes. Read now.
Now, listen to the speaker and fill in the gaps with oľľ
word. Do not write more than a word in one gap. you will
hearthe recordingtwice. There is an example (o)foľyou.

Health And Safety At Work

The employer should check if there are any o) _ before they emptoy you

The employer should te[[ your 16) _ about the results of the check.

lf you work in a ĺz)- business, this assessment is not needed.

lf you are under 18) or stilt at school you can do certain jobs only.

You cannot work with - 19) material ĺf you are too young.

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lf needed, you should on[y do this work if somebody is ZO) _ you.

Rules do not apply if the work is not 21) _ for you.


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