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14 Kantonalno Takmicenje 2015 TEST 2
14 Kantonalno Takmicenje 2015 TEST 2
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INSTRUCTIONS
1 a b c d
2 a b c d
3 a b c d
READING COMPREHENSION
Which form of energy is free during the day, produces no dangerous waste products and will be available
for the next 4 billion years? Solar power, of course.
Here are just some of the things you can do with it, with a bit of simple technology
Cooking
Get a metal box and put some mirrors and a pot inside. The mirrors focus the sunlight onto the pot to cook
the food. The temperature can go to at least 200ºC. Somebody first invented a solar oven in Europe a few
centuries ago. They are very useful these days in places where there is lots of sunlight, like Africa. The
alternative is to cut down more and more trees to make fires.
Heating water
This is the most common use of solar energy at the moment. It works like this. A system of tubes heats up
in contact with sunlight. The tubes go into a tank with water in it. A few hours sunshine will give most
houses enough hot water for a whole day. Swimming pools can be heated this way, too.
Lighting
Many shops now sell small lights which collect the sun’s energy during the day using a small solar panel.
At night they can illuminate your garden. The lights on a mobile phone work on a similar principle.
Recently, a university student used this idea in a common women’s accessory- she invented the solar-
powered handbag. When you open it, a light comes on. Now it is much easier to look for your door key
when you get home at night.
Solar-powered refrigerators are now available on the market. They are useful in places where there is no
conventional electricity supply. In the mountains of Kashmir, the survivors of a recent earthquake got safe
supplies of blood, vaccines and other drugs because of these refrigerators.
Driving
Every two years, teams of car designers try to cross Australia. They drive from north to south, coast to
coast, in the best time possible and they can only use the sun to power their vehicles. The winners usually
do the 3,000 km in under a week, going at about 100km/h. Major multinational companies, including car
makers, sponsor the event. They are hoping a solar car will become a reality one day. Then nobody needs
to be dependent on oil.
If you’ve got a laptop computer, a mobile phone or a portable music player and you can’t find an electric
socket, don’t worry. There are now solar panels that fold up and go in a small bag so that you can carry
them around with you. They only weigh 250 grams.
In the middle of Australia they have nearly finished the construction of a huge chimney. It will make
enormous amounts of electricity. It’s called a solar tower, it’s about 1,000m tall, and it works by sucking
hot air upwards. The air has enough force to drive 32 large turbines. This will create power for about
200,000 homes.
The easiest way of using the sun’s energy is to make your house face south. Then you make sure that the
rooms on that side are the ones where you spend the most time, like the kitchen or living room. It also
helps to put lots of windows on this side of the building. In the winter they will catch the maximum
amount of sunlight.
7. A solar car:
a) Uses less oil
b) Is very fast
c) Is made by car companies
d) Uses sun as only fuel
VOCABULARY SECTION
1. I haven't been able to sleep in three days. I think I might have ______.
2. Tommy felt tired_________, but soon got used to the long working hours.
a) I’ll pay for lunch b) lunch is at my c) I’ll cook lunch d) I’ll have lunch
house
4. Guided tour, trekking and all-in package are words related to _______.
9. The assistant should give her a ___ in case she has to bring it back.
15. ____ for Richard, everyone at the meeting was wearing a suit.
20. Jenny is ____, she can speak French and English fluently.
a) in the red b) pie in the sky c) pain in the neck d) barking up the
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wrong tree
27. Thomas is always ___ about how many languages he can speak.
GRAMMAR SECTION
1. Our teacher_________all the essays last week. 7. Jazz didn't start in the nineteenth century,
______?
a) corrects a) is it?
b) corrected b) was it?
c) will correct c) didn't it?
d) is correcting d) did it?
3. John and Mary have got a house in the country. 9. Australians buy 2.5 million newspapers each day.
________house is big.
a) Their a) 2.5 million newspapers is bought each day.
b)Theirs b) 2.5 million newspapers is buyed each day.
c) They're c) 2.5 million newspapers are buyed each day.
d) They d) 2.5 million newspapers are bought each day.
4. Jose Nilson_______on the beach with his 10. Your tennis is getting better.
family when the accident ___________.
a) were sitting / happened a) Have you practice?
b) sits / happens b) Have you practicing?
c) was sitting / happen c) Did you practicing?
d) was sitting / happened d) Have you been practicing?
5. Our table had_____________view over the 11. Could you pass me my glasses? I can't
Thames. see_______
a) the most spectacular a) clearly
b) more spectacular b) clearlly
c) most spectacular c) beautifuly
d) the more spectacular d) beautifully
13. You__________collect the flowers before five 19. They cannot look after _____________.
o'clock-the shop closes at five.
a) can't a) themselves
b) have to b) themself
c) mustn't c) ourselves
d) don't have to d) ourself
15. „My family comes from the Bronx“. 21. I spoke to John, Helen and a few
Sandra says that her family_______________ _________friends.
16. I'll _________my mother for some money. I 22. ___capital of____Scotland, ____Edinburgh, is
want to buy a new bike. ____popular tourist centre.
a) say a) the / - / - / a
b) tell b) a / - / - / a
c) ask c) the / the / - / the
d) promise d) - / - / - / the
17. I hate snakes. I can't even look at a picture of 23. A: „Have you decided where to go on holiday
a snake. with your family?“
B: „We haven't decided yet, but I think
we________to Italy.
a) I can't also. a) go
b) Neither can I. b) would go
c) I don't also. c) will go
d) Neither I can. d) are going
18. „Tidy your room!“ 24. Find the past participles of the following verbs:
DIG, DRAW, HOLD, SPEAK, WRITE
a) She told them to tidy their room. a) dig / drew / hold / spoken / wrote
b) She told them tidy their room. b) dug / drawn / held / spoken / written
c) She told them tided their room. c) dug / drew / held / spoke / wrote
d) She told them to tided their room. d) dig / drawn / hold / spoke / written
25. It was such a funny thing that we couldn't 31. His________names are Jean and Chris.
stop___________.
a) laughing a) cousin
b) to laugh b) cousin's
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c) laugh c) cousins'
d) to laughing d) cousins
26. Cafe Naz seems__________now because it's 32. _________you show interest and some
bigger than before. knowledge about their country, people will respond
much better to you.
a) little crowded a) As soon as
b) the least crowded b) Although
c) less crowded c) Despite
d) the less crowded d) So that
27. Choose the correct sentence: 33. Mark ________a history teacher if he hadn't
studied history.
a) Much people don't complain when they should. a) would have become
b) There isn't money enough in my pocket. b) will not become
c) He is very good in football. c) would not have become
d) Look at these clouds! It is going to rain. d) will become
28. As soon as the sun _______out, Jack and 34. Her mum is worried. She______for her children
Peter can go out to the park. all day.
a) will be coming a) waited
b) will come b) has been waiting
c) comes c) was waited
d) will have come d) is waited
29. I ________very late when I was in London. 35. ________the cost, the hotel must be very nice.
a) have got up a) Considered
b) get up b) To consider
c) used to get up c) Being considered
d) will get up d) Considering
30. The thief was caught just as he________into 36. I wonder why ________come.
the car.
a) was getting a) she wasn't
b) has got b) she didn't
c) was got c) didn't she
d) has been getting d) wasn't she
37. We must let them _______what we want to do 43. I need______eggs and ______butter to make
there. a cake.
a) knowing a) a few / a little
b) known b) few / a little
c) to know c) few / little
d) know d) a few / little
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38. They don’t want_______to eat. 44. Beckham is playing very_____today; he’s been
very ______in the last few games.
a) no more a) good /good
b) nothing more b) good / well
c) anything more c) well / well
d) some more d) well / good
39. Choose the correct plural form: 45. If I _________a computer, I wouldn’t use the
Internet.
a) ladyes / leaves / mouses / woman a) didn’t have
b) ladies / leafs / mice / womans b) haven’t had
c) ladyes / leafs / mouses / women c) hadn’t have
d) ladies / leaves / mice / women d) hadn’t had
40. The world of tennis________two sisters like 46. The opera ________we saw was terribly boring
Venus and Serena before.
a) have never seen a) which
b) has never saw b) who
c) has never seen c) what
d) have never saw d) that
41. She is _______a hard-working colleague. 47. He called_____the wedding. She was really
upset.
a) so a) round
b) very b) in
c) such c) off
d) so much d) of
42. You will fail your exam______you start 48. The woman asked us________so much noise.
revising.
a) if a) don’t make
b) until b) not make
c) when c) not making
d) unless d) not to make
49. Tim is a police officer-he looks for_______ 55. This meal was cheap. I expected it to be______
people and _______cars.
a) missed / stolen a) expensiver
b) missing / stealing b) the expensivest
c) missed / stole c) more expensive
d) missing / stolen d) the most expensive
51. I enjoy cooking and I always use_____garlic. 57. You look pale. You had better______a doctor.
a) few a) consult
b) a lot b) consult to
c) much c) consult with
d) a lot of d) consult by
52. I _______speak three languages before I was 58. My sister had a___________box.
6 years old.
a) was able a) small black round wooden
b) am able to b) wooden small black round
c) could c) small round black wooden
d) managed d) black small round wooden
53. When Mrs. Brown opened the washing 59. My purse is somewhere in the kitchen, but
machine she realized she__________the cat. I’m not______sure where.
a) has washed a) quiet
b) washed b) quietly
c) have washed c) quite
d) had washed d) quitely
54. _____you______the James Bond film last 60. Choose the incorrect form of an adverb:
night?
a) did / see a) quickly
b) did / saw b) fastly
c) have / seen c) slowly
d) have / saw d) well
READING COMPREHENSION
1. B 2. C 3. C 4. B 5. B 6. A 7. D 8. A 9. C 10. D
VOCABULARY
1. A 2. B 3. A 4. C 5. D 6. C 7. B 8. D 9. B 10.B
11. C 12. A 13. D 14. D 15. B 16. B 17. D 18. C 19. C 20. B
21. A 22. B 23. C 24. C 25. C 26. C 27. B 28. B 29. B 30. A
GRAMMAR SECTION
1. B 2. C 3. A 4. D 5. A 6. C 7. D 8. B 9. D 10. D
11. A 12.A 13. B 14. B 15. B 16. C 17. B 18. A 19. A 20. B
21. A 22.A 23. C 24. B 25. A 26. C 27. D 28. C 29. C 30. A
31. C 32. A 33. C 34. B 35. D 36. B 37. D 38. C 39. D 40. C
41. C 42. D 43. A 44. D 45. A 46. D 47. C 48. D 49. D 50. B
51. D 52. C 53. D 54. A 55. C 56. C 57. A 58. C 59. C 60. B