ENGLESKI JEZIK – vježba za ispit

1. Read the text.

Mr. and Mrs. Brown: "For our family camping is the purest form
of recreation and the best source of enjoyment. For our big family
of six (we have 4 children) it is out of the question to spend our
holidays in hotels as it is far beyond our means. By camping we
solve one of our financial problems. But besides that there are
other advantages: we use our own car to travel and for Mr. Brown
it is an idea of a perfect holiday. Cooking on the open fire is not a
chore but a real pleasure for Mrs. Brown. Pitching tents, blowing
up the air beds, preparing sleeping bags, unpacking cooking
utensils and provision in a record time is an enjoyment while we
are camping."

Sheldrake, an expert on tourism: “I always hated holidays, even

as a kid. Such a waste of time, sitting on the beach, making sand
pies, when you could be at home, doing some interesting hobby.
Then when I got engaged, we were both students at the time, my
fiancée insisted on dragging me off to Europe to see the sights:
Paris, Venice, Florence, the usual things. Bored the pants off me,
till one day, sitting on a lump of rock beside the Parthenon,
watching the tourists milling about, clicking their cameras, talking
to each other in different languages, it suddenly struck me:
tourism is the new world religion. Catholics, Protestants, Hindus,
Muslims, Buddhists, atheists – the only thing they have in common
is they all believe in the importance of seeing the Parthenon or
the Sistine Chapel, or the Eiffel Tower."

Mr. and Mrs. Brown: "For our family camping is the purest form
of recreation and the best source of enjoyment. For our big family
of six (we have 4 children) it is out of the question to spend our
holidays in hotels as it is far beyond our means. By camping we
solve one of our financial problems. But besides that there are
other advantages: we use our own car to travel and for Mr. Brown
it is an idea of a perfect holiday. Cooking on the open fire is not a
chore but a real pleasure for Mrs. Brown. Pitching tents, blowing
up the air beds, preparing sleeping bags, unpacking cooking
utensils and provision in a record time is an enjoyment while we
are camping."

Sheldrake, an expert on tourism: “I always hated holidays, even

as a kid. Such a waste of time, sitting on the beach, making sand
pies, when you could be at home, doing some interesting hobby.
Then when I got engaged, we were both students at the time, my
fiancée insisted on dragging me off to Europe to see the sights:
Paris, Venice, Florence, the usual things. Bored the pants off me,
till one day, sitting on a lump of rock beside the Parthenon,
watching the tourists milling about, clicking their cameras, talking
to each other in different languages, it suddenly struck me:
tourism is the new world religion. Catholics, Protestants, Hindus,
Muslims, Buddhists, atheists – the only thing they have in common
is they all believe in the importance of seeing the Parthenon or
the Sistine Chapel, or the Eiffel Tower."

a) Read the text and decide if the statements are true (T) or
false (F).
1. The Browns don't have enough money for expensive
holidays.

2. Mr. Brown doesn't enjoy driving.

3. Mrs. Brown doesn't mind cooking on the open fire.

4. The Browns' children took after their parents in their love of

active rest.

5. Sheldrake used to be an enthusiastic tourist.

6. Sheldrake thinks that all tourists have the same religion.

7. For Sally travelling is more important source of getting

knowledge.

8. Mr. Freeman is very much concerned about the state of the

Lake District and the Sistine Chapel.

b) Match the word with their meaning.

Reading text: The state of the world If your view of the world comes from
watching the news and reading newspapers, you could be forgiven for lying
awake at night worrying about the future. Apparently, rising violence and
population rates mean humans are both killing each other in ever larger
numbers and being born at rates the world’s resources can’t sustain. To make
matters worse, all the wealth is concentrated on a handful of people in the
world’s richest countries. People in lowincome countries live in poverty while
the West gets richer. Depressing, isn’t it? But do the statistics support our
negative world view or is the world actually improving? Let’s take global
population first. It’s around 7 billion now, in line with figures predicted by the
UN in 1958. By the year 2100, the same experts predict it will be around 11
billion. But did you know that 11 billion is probably as high as that number will
get? The rate of increase will slow down in the second half of this century
thanks to falling birth rates today. Falling birth rates? Yes, that’s right. In the last
 two centuries, improvements in technology and health meant fewer children
died young, fuelling rapid population growth. These large families produced
even more children who survived into adulthood and had their own children.
But with the wider availability of contraception in the 1960s, the global average
number of babies per woman has declined from six babies per woman to as low
as two. The biggest factor in child mortality is poverty. And while it’s still true
that only 20 per cent of the world takes about 74 per cent of the world’s
income, 60 per cent of the world now falls into a middle-income group, with
11.6 per cent – the smallest amount of people in history – still living in
conditions of extreme poverty. If the majority of the world’s people have
money, international aid could realistically achieve the UN target of eradicating
poverty by 2030. As poverty goes down, life expectancy goes up, birth rates go
down because parents can expect their existing children to survive, and the
global population stabilises. As for news stories that make us think the world is
an increasingly violent place, there is cause for some optimism too. Between
the end of World War II and 1990, there were 30 wars that killed more than
100,000 people. Today there are still civil wars, but countries are mostly
coexisting more peacefully than in the past. However, terrorism has shot up in
the last few years and, since World War II, wars have killed many more civilians
than soldiers. Even for civilians, though, the statistics are not all bad. Although
deaths are nine times more likely to be a result of violent crime than political
conflict, the global murder rate fell slightly, from 8 per 100,000 people in 2000
to about 5.3 in 2015. Of course, none of this means the world is perfect, and
whether you personally are affected by war and poverty is often down to the
lottery of where you’re born. Also, we still face huge problems of our own
making, particularly environmental ones like global warming, and wealth and
natural resources need to be distributed more fairly. But not all the news is bad
news, whatever the TV and newspapers might say.

Vocabulary Definitions
1. …… to eradicate a. to support
2. …… to sustain b. to make something increase or
3. …… a civilian become stronger
4. …… life expectancy c. methods of preventing pregnancy
5. …… contraception d. to make something disappear
6. …… to fuel forever
7. …… to be down to e. how long a person is expected to live
8. …… optimism f. positive thinking
g. someone who is not a soldier
h. to be the result of
2. Write will or won't.
1. 1.
She

do the shopping today. She is too tired for that.

2. 2.
Don't forget to take your umbrella. It

be rainy tomorrow.
3. 3.
Ryan

play basketball this afternoon because he has sprained his ankle.

4. 4.
Kelly

go to the party because she needs to study.

5. 5.
I promise that I

tidy my room today.

6. 6.
“We don’t have any milk.”
“I

buy some.”
7. 7.
We don't like Brian so we

invite him to our party.

8. 8.
Take off your jacket or you

be hot.
9. 9.
Kevin is a good friend. He

tell your secret to anyone.

10. 10.
I want to lose some weight so I

join a gym.
11. 11.
“Somebody is knocking at the door.”
“Ok, I
 open in a second.”
12. 12.
Lilly

go to work because she has a day off.

13. 13.
I feel terrible so I

go to the cinema tonight.

14. 14.
We

be in Paris next week. If you have time, we can meet.

15. 15.
Emma doesn't want to talk to you so she

pick up the phone.

3. Write going to do in sentences.
4.
I (borrow) some books from the library today.
5. 2He (not pay) your money back.
6. 3The dron is out of control. It (crash)!
7. 4They aren't playing well. They (not win) the match.
8. 5We (have) a picnic tomorrow.
9. 6She (fly) to New York next week.
10. 7You can take the newspaper. I (not read) it.
11. 8I need to tell you something, but you (not
believe) me.
12. 9Look at the sun! It (be) a beautiful day.
13. 10I (not argue) with you.

4. Read the text carefully and answer the following questions.

The bright colours of birds, the call monkeys and the hum of insect are
common sights and sounds in tropical rainforests. Rainforests grow near the
Equator, where it is always warm and wet – the perfect habitat for plants and
animals.
In Papua New Guinea, scientists have just discovered a new rainforest. It
has existed for many thousands of years at the top of a mountain. It has always
been very difficult to reach. Even the people who live on the slopes of Mount
Bosavi have rarely visited this hidden rainforest. It is very high up, at over 2500
meters above sea level and it is hidden inside the hole of a huge volcano.
In 2009, CE, an international team of scientists visited Mount Bosavi and
discovered an amazing world of plants and animals there. They discovered
many colourful, tiny frogs, some unusual species of fish, rare bats and spiders,
a kangaroo that looked like a small bear and a giant rat that was as big as a cat.
Altogether, the scientists found more than forty new species of animals, as well
as new plants.
a) What can you see in the rainforests?

b) What have the scientists discovered in Guinea?

c) What does the underlined pronoun „there“ refer to?

d) What does a kangaroo look like?

e) What is the meaning of rarely?

5. Present perfect rečenice iz bilježnice (5).