Listening comprehension - solutions

TASK 1

1. (they were) separated (and) adopted (A két szó bármelyike önmagában is helyes

megoldás!)

2. thousands of miles (away)

3. (their) surnames/family names

4. (they were) police officers / policemen

5. music

6. (in their) local communities

7. (their) sons

8. forty/40

TASK 2

9. B

10. B

11. A

12. C

13. A

14. C

15. A

16. B

17. B

18. B

TASK 3

19. B

20. B

21. C

22. A

23. C

24. B

25. C

TASK 1

The stories of identical twins' nearly identical lives are often astonishing, but perhaps none

more so than those of the identical twins born in a small town in Ohio, back in the 1930s.

The twin boys were separated at birth, being adopted by different families in two towns

thousands of miles away from each other. Unbelievable as it sounds, unknown to each other,

both families chose the first name James for the boys, although, of course, their surnames

were different. And here the coincidences just begin. Both Jameses grew up not even knowing

of the other, yet both sought law-enforcement training, and worked as police officers. Both of

them had a natural talent for music, and were quite skillful instrumentalists who regularly

performed in their local communities. Each married women named Linda, and they both had

only one child, a son each, whom one named James Alan and the other named James Allan,

with a double ”l”. The twin brothers also divorced their first wives and married other women -

both named Betty, and they both owned dogs which they named Toy. Forty years after their

childhood separation, the two men were reunited to share their amazingly similar lives.

TASK 2

Piggy-backing on a modified Boeing 747 jet, the 75-ton space shuttle Endeavour appeared

over San Francisco at around half past nine in the morning and some two hours later over the

landmarks of Los Angeles, including Disneyland, the Getty Center, Universal Studios and

Malibu Beach. It then landed at Los Angeles International Airport.

Endeavour, the youngest shuttle from a fleet that includes Atlantis and Discovery, replaced

the shuttle Challenger, which was destroyed in an accident in 1986 that killed seven

astronauts.

In service since 1992, it has made 25 trips, logged 198 million km in space and circled the

globe almost 4,700 times. In mid-October, Endeavour will parade through the streets of Los

Angeles as it makes its way to a museum. Los Angeles has ordered 400 trees to be cut down

and street lights and traffic lights are to be temporarily removed to let the space shuttle pass

through neighbourhood streets. There are plans for 1,000 new trees to be planted to replace

those felled. Endeavour will be on display from 30 October.

Last year, NASA, the US space agency, retired the three ships in its fleet after finishing the

US portion of the $100 billion International Space Station, a permanently staffed research

facility that is owned by 15 countries and flies about 402km above Earth.

The closure of the programme was ordered by the White House, so NASA could devote more

resources to destinations beyond low-Earth orbit, such as asteroids and Mars.

NASA is leading the design of a huge new rocket and capsule for these missions, but this

hardware is not expected to launch with crew aboard before 2021.

TASK 3

A group of nursery workers in central Denmark have made parents an offer that they

might find hard to refuse. They have promised to provide two hours' free childcare on

Thursday evening, so that the parents can go to bed and make more babies. I asked Ms

Lotte Nyman of the Grasshoppers kindergarten in North Fyn about this interesting new

initiative.

What is the real motive behind your rather unusual offer?

Well, a lack of young children means the future of local nurseries is uncertain. I am sure that

nearly half of the nursery's families will accept the offer. 

Listening comprehension

Angol nyelv — középszint Név: ........................................................... osztály:......

TASK 1 

• In this part of the test you will hear a news report about a pair of 

twins. 

• Your task will be to give short answers to the questions below. 

• First, you will have some time to look at the task, and then we will 

play the whole recording in one piece. 

• Then, you will hear the recording again, but this time we will play 

the text in shorter sections to give you enough time to write down 

your answers. 

9 When were the twins in this story born?

_____in the 1930s__________________________________

1. What happened when they were born?

____________________________________________________

2. How far away were the two towns where they were raised?

____________________________________________________

3. What was different about the names of the twin brothers?

____________________________________________________

4. What did both of them do for a living?

____________________________________________________

5. What did both of them have a natural talent for?

____________________________________________________

6. Where did both of them regularly perform?

____________________________________________________

7. Which of their relatives did not have exactly the same name?

____________________________________________________

8. How old were the twins when they were eventually reunited?

____________________________________________________

TASK 2 

• In this section you will hear some information 

about the US space shuttle Endeavour. 

• Your task will be to decide whether the following 

statements are true, false or we do not know 

because the text does not say, and write the 

appropriate letter in the boxes on the right. Write 

A if the statement is true, write B if the statement 

is false, and write C if the text does not say. 

• First, you will have some time to look at the task, 

and then we will play the whole recording in one 

piece. 

• Then, after a short pause, you will hear the 

recording again, but this time we will play the text 

in shorter sections to give you enough time to write down your answers. 

• A = TRUE B = FALSE C = THE TEXT DOES NOT SAY 

9 Endeavour appeared over San Francisco at 8:30 am.

9. The space shuttle touched down in Universal Studios.

10. Endeavour is older than Atlantis and Discovery.

11. Challenger was replaced by Endeavour.

12. Challenger broke apart soon after lift-off.

13. Endeavour will be taken through the streets of Los Angeles.

14. Environmental groups protested against the felling of 400 trees.

15. People can see Endeavour after the 30th of October.

16. The International Space Station travels more than a 1,000 km above Earth.

17. The closure of the program was ordered by NASA.

18. NASA is planning to send people to Mars before 2021.

TASK 3

• In this section you are going to hear about an original idea of a

group of nursery workers in Denmark.

• Your task is to write the letter of the correct answer into the

boxes on the right.

• First, you will have some time to study the task, and then we will

play the whole recording in one piece.

• Then, after a short pause, you will hear the recording again, but

this time we will play the text in shorter sections to give you

enough time to write down your answers.

9 The offer was made in ... Denmark.

A. northern

B. southern

C. central

19. A group of nursery workers wanted the parents to go home and ...

A. try to relax.

B. produce new babies.

C. play with their children.

20. Ms Lotte Nyman thinks that about ... of the parents will accept the offer.

A. 80%

B. 50%

C. 20%

21. Ms Lotte Nyman said ... of the parents would use the time for the intended purpose.

A. all

B. most

C. few

22. The nursery teachers will tell the children that the party is ...

A. for mum and dad so that they can talk at home.

B. for them to learn how to talk to mum and dad.

C. a secret that they shouldn’t speak about.

23. This service ...

A. will be offered six more times.

B. won’t be offered again.

C. might be offered again in the future.

24. Compared to most countries, Denmark has ... birthrate.

A. a higher

B. a lower

C. an average

25. Ms Nyman thinks that the local government will give nurseries ... money.

A. the same amount of

B. more

C. less

source: http://angol.info/erettsegi/letoltheto-angol-erettsegi-feladatsorok/

Exercises with question tags

Task 

More activities are here.

Question tags - special cases

Tag Question Special Cases

Negative Adverbs

The adverbs never, rarely, seldom, hardly, barely and scarcely have a negative sense. Even though they may be in a positive statement, the feeling of the statement is negative. We treat statements with these words like negative statements, so the question tag is normally positive. Look at these examples:

positive statement treated as negative statement	positive tag
He never came again,	did he?
She can rarely come these days,	can she?
You hardly ever came late,	did you?
I barely know you,	do I?
You would scarcely expect her to know that,	would you?

Intonation

We can change the meaning of a tag question with the musical pitch of our voice. With rising intonation, it sounds like a real question. But if our intonation falls, it sounds more like a statement that doesn't require a real answer:

	intonation
You don't know where my wallet is,	do you?	/ rising	real question
It's a beautiful view,	isn't it?	\ falling	not a real question

Imperatives

Sometimes we use question tags with imperatives (invitations, orders), but the sentence remains an imperative and does not require a direct answer. We use won'tfor invitations. We use can, can't, will, would for orders.

	imperative + question tag	notes:
invitation	Take a seat, won't you?	polite
order	Help me, can you?	quite friendly
	Help me, can't you?	quite friendly (some irritation?)
	Close the door, would you?	quite polite
	Do it now, will you.	less polite
	Don't forget, will you.	with negative imperatives only will is possible

Same-Way Tag Questions

Although the basic structure of tag questions is positive-negative or negative-positive, it is sometimes possible to use a positive-positive or negative-negative structure. We use same-way tag questions to express interest, surprise, anger etc, and not to make real questions.

Look at these positive-positive tag questions:

• So you're having a baby, are you? That's wonderful!
• She wants to marry him, does she? Some chance!
• So you think that's amusing, do you? Think again.

Negative-negative tag questions usually sound rather hostile:

• So you don't like my looks, don't you? (British English)

Asking For Information Or Help

Notice that we often use tag questions to ask for information or help, starting with a negative statement. This is quite a friendly/polite way of making a request. For example, instead of saying "Where is the police station?" (not very polite), or "Do you know where the police station is?" (slightly more polite), we could say: "You wouldn't know where the police station is, would you?" Here are some more examples:

• You don't know of any good jobs, do you?
• You couldn't help me with my homework, could you?
• You haven't got $10 to lend me, have you?

Some More Special Cases

I am right, aren't I?	aren't I (not amn't I)
You have to go, don't you?	you (do) have to go...
I have been answering,haven't I?	use first auxiliary
Nothing came in the post,did it?	treat statements with nothing, nobody etc like negative statements
Let's go, shall we?	let's = let us
He'd better do it, hadn't he?	he had better (no auxiliary)

Now we'll look at some examples of tag questions of all types.

Source:https://www.englishclub.com/grammar/verbs-questions-tag-special.htm

Question tags

Az angol nyelvben a “Question tag” egy olyan nyelvtani szerkezet, mely egy állító mondatot egy rövid kérdő szócskával kérdő mondattá alakít. Ez a szerkezet nagyon gyakori az angolban, főleg a beszélt nyelvben. Többféle elnevezése is van, Brit nyelvészek “Question tag”-nek, amerikai kollégáik “Tag question”-nek is nevezik. Magyarul “ugye kérdés”-nek, vagy “utókérdésnek” szokták hívni.

Használata

Habár intonációtól függően lehet kérdésként használni ezeket a mondatokat, használatukat általában nem kérdésnek szánjuk, hanem inkább a beszélgetés, párbeszéd nyitva tartása, folytatása a cél.

Példa:

• It’s beautiful, isn’t it?
• They have read the review, haven’t they?
• He can’t sing very well, can he?
• You like beer, don’t you?

Amint láthatod a question tag képzése nagyon egyszerű.

1. Mindig a mondat végén van.
2. Mindig vesszővel választjuk el a fő mondatrésztől.
3. A fő mondatrészben használt segédige állító vagy tagadó formájával képezzük + a személyes névmás.

További példák: (A mondatok magyar jelentéséhez mozgasd az egeret a mondat fölé)

Fő mondatrész	segédige	névmás
Fő mondatrész	segédige	névmás
John lives in Budapest,	doesn't	he?
You don't like flying,	do	you?
He went to London last year,	didn't	he?
She can't drive very well,	can	she?

Ha megnézitek a mondatok jelentését, akkor látható, hogy magyarra sokféleképpen lehet ezeket a mondatokat fordítani.

Intonációs magyarázat

1. Ha a mondatot nem igazi kérdésnek szánjuk, akkor az utókérdést ereszkedő hanglejtéssel használjuk.
2. Ha beszélgető partnertől visszajelzést, megerősítést várunk a kérdésünkre, akkor az utókérdést mindig emelkedő intonációval használjuk.

Néhány további szabály a question tag-hez

1. Ha a fő mondatrészben a be segédige szerepel egyes szám első személyben és pozitív formában (I’m), akkor az utókérdés a következőképpen alakul: “aren’t I”
2. Ha a fő mondatrész “Let’s”-el kezdődik, az utókérdés “shall we” lesz.
3. Felszólító mondat esetén az utókérdés “will you”. Pl: Close the window, will you?
4. Ha a mondat negatív jelentésű szavakat tartalmaz, pl: hardly, never, nobody, az utókérdés pozitív lesz. Pl: Nobody lives in this house, do they? vagy You’ve never liked me, have you?
5. Ha az alany “Nothing”, az utókérdésben a személyes névmás “It” lesz. Pl: Nothing bad happened, did it?
6. Ha az alany nobody, somebody, everybody, no one, someone, or everyone, az utókérdésben szereplő névmás a “they” lesz.
7. Ha a fő mondatrészben a főige (nem a segédige) “have”, akkor az utókérdésben “do”-t használunk. Pl: You have a boat, don’t you?
8. “Used to” használata esetén, az utókérdésben a “didn’t szerepel. Pl: You used to live in Paris, didn’t you?

Ha kérdésed merülne fel a cikkel kapcsolatban, alább a hozzászólás szekcióban leírhatod. Ha szeretnéd gyakorolni a Question tag-ek használatát, kattints ide és töltsd ki a cikkhez kapcsolódó kvízünket.

Source: http://www.angolkerdezzfelelek.hu/question-tags-ugye-kerdesek/

Solutions

TASK 1 (Csak akkor adható pont, ha mindkét szó elfogadható. Fél pont nincs!)

1. false, products

2. bad, luck

3. traditional, back

4. dead, paper

5. two/2, Scotland

6. urgent note

7. dressing, costumes

8. children, adults

TASK 2                                               

9. B                                                      

10. B                                                    

11. A                                                  

12. C                                                

13. A                                                

14. B                                                   

15. B                                                 

16. C

17. A  

18. A

TASK 1

People celebrate April Fools’ Day all around the world. But not all celebrations are the same; 

April Fools’ Day in one country is often quite different than in another. 

April Fools’ Day in the United States is usually a day of trickery, pranks (or, in other words: 

tricks played on somebody else as a joke) and outrageous stunts. The media becomes 

involved, running bogus news stories or promoting false products. The April Fools’ Day 

celebrations can occur any time of the day. The victim of the prank is supposed to laugh at it, 

and traditionally he or she will attract bad luck by getting upset about the prank. 

April Fools’ Day in France is traditionally called Poisson d'Avril, which translates to "April 

Fish." The traditional prank in France is to tape a fish to someone's back, and call them ‘April 

fish!’ when they discover it. Originally, the fish was a real dead fish, but nowadays it is most 

often a paper fish. 

In Scotland, April Fools’ Day celebrations last for two days. April Fools’ Day in Scotland is 

sometimes called Taily Day or April Gowk. The traditional prank for the first day is to send 

people on a fool's errand. They give someone an urgent note that they are supposed to deliver, 

but the note informs the receiver that it is an April Gowk joke, and they send the person to yet 

another person, who sends them somewhere else, and so on. 

April Fools’ Day in Poland is called Pryma Aprylis. In addition to being a day of pranks, 

April Fools’ Day celebrations often involve dressing up in costumes. April Fools’ Day in 

Poland is largely a holiday for children, but adults also get in on the fun. 

The origins of April Fools’ Day are obscure and April Fools’ Day is observed all around the 

world in different unique ways. 

TASK 2 

It began five years ago when Brutus, believed to be then about six years old, was rescued 

from a circus cage barely large enough for him to turn around in in the tiny village of St. 

Denis-d’Authou, in northern France. When discovered by animal welfare campaigners in his 

lonely cage of a home, which measured just two square metres, his health was rapidly getting 

worse. Despite resistance from the circus owner, Brutus was seized by French police and 

taken to a temporary shelter. In April 2008 he was on his way to Shamwari – a game reserve 

in South Africa. There, for the first time in his life, Brutus was able to roam on a piece of land 

the size of a football pitch with grass under his feet and the hot African sun beating on his 

back. 

Arriving at the same time were two tiny lion cub sisters, Marina and Sarnia. They had been 

dumped outside the home of veterinarian Monica Minciu in the Romanian capital of 

Bucharest. She had bottle-fed them back to health. But much as Monica loved them, the cubs 

would soon be too big for her tiny flat. She said: “They took over my life completely. They 

loved to cuddle up and sit on the sofa and watch TV with me.” Monica believes they had been 

snatched from a Romanian circus where they would have been trained to perform tricks. 

There, in the African bush under the guidance of Glen Vena, an animal care manager, Marina 

and Sarnia were given their own enclosure where they were quickly transformed from 

overgrown kittens into powerful lionesses. 

The following year the decision was taken to put the three lions together. Glen said: “Lions 

are sociable animals and we thought it would be nice for Brutus to be with the two lionesses. 

It was always going to be risky and, at first, the girls were scared of Brutus. But within a few 

hours they started scrapping and rubbing against each other. Sadly, Sarnia died in 2010. After 

that the relationship between Brutus and Marina became stronger and soon they became 

inseparable.” 

Glen said: “In my 10 years working with animals in a captive environment I have never seen 

anything like it. They rest together and play together. Marina is often quite provocative, 

jumping towards him and tapping his face to get him to get up and chase her. He, on the other 

hand, watches her moving about until she lies down to rest and then he will stretch out beside 

her. Brutus likes to groom her and if he has finished his food first, he will go to where she is 

and wait for her to come out. Even though the two won’t be able to produce any cubs of their 

own, it is a joy to see them together being so affectionate. Even being apart for a few minutes 

when they’re fed is a big deal. It’s as if they belong together.”

Listening comprehension

Angol nyelv — középszint Név: ........................................................... osztály:......

TASK 1 

• In this section, you will hear some information about an informal 

holiday which is celebrated in many parts of the world. 

• Your task will be to complete the sentences with two words in each 

sentence. Please use the exact words that you hear in the recording.

• First, you will have some time to study the task, and then we will play 

the whole recording in one piece. 

• Then, you will hear the recording again, but this time we will play the 

text in shorter sections to give you enough time to write down your 

answers. 

 People celebrate ...April... ...Fools’... Day all over the world.

1. Besides running bogus news stories, the media in the United States also promotes

.................................... ..................................... .

2. The victim of the prank will attract ................................... .................................... if he or

she gets upset about it.

3. In France, the .................................... prank is to tape a fish to someone’s

......................................... .

4. In the old days, the fish was a real .................................... fish, but now it is most often a

.................................... fish.

5. April Fools’ Day celebrations last for .................................... days in

............................................ .

6. They give someone a(n) ......................................... ......................................... that they

are supposed to deliver.

7. In Poland, celebrations often involve .................................... up in .................................... .

8. Polish April Fools’ Day is basically a holiday for ...................................... but

...................................... also take part in the fun.

That is the end of TASK 1. 8 pont



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TASK 2 

• In this section you will hear some information about two 

lions, Brutus and Marina. 

• Your task will be to decide whether the following 

statements are true, false or we do not know because 

the text does not say, and write the appropriate letter in 

the boxes on the right. Write A if the statement is true, 

write B if the statement is false, and write C if the text 

does not say. 

• First, you will have some time to look at the task, and 

then we will play the whole recording in one piece. 

• Then, after a short pause, you will hear the recording 

again, but this time we will play the text in shorter 

sections to give you enough time to write down your answers. 

• A = TRUE B = FALSE C = THE TEXT DOES NOT SAY 

 Brutus was about five years old when he was rescued.

9. In spite of his small cage, Brutus was in good condition.

10. Brutus was taken away from his owner by animal welfare campaigners.

11. Brutus’ territory in Shamwari was as big as a football field.

12. Marina and Sarnia were found at night.

13. The two cubs enjoyed watching TV with Monica.

14. Monica thinks that the cubs might have been stolen from a rich pet owner.

15. The two young lionesses were immediately attracted to Brutus.

16. Sarnia died of food poisoning.

17. Unlike Brutus, Marina is very active.

18. Unfortunately, they aren’t going to have any cubs.

That is the end of TASK 2. 10 pont



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TASK 3 

• In this section you are going to hear an interview with superstar dog 

Pudsey’s seventeen-year-old trainer, Ashleigh Butler, whose dog trick act 

won first prize in the television talent show Britain’s Got Talent. Your task is 

to write the letter of the correct answer into the boxes on the right. 

• First, you will have some time to study the task, and then we will play the 

whole recording in one piece.

• Then, after a short pause, you will hear the recording again, but this time we 

will play the text in shorter sections to give you enough time to write down 

your answers.

 Ashleigh and Pudsey won Britain’s Got Talent in ...

A) 2010.

B) 2011.

C) 2012.

19. Pudsey ...

A) doesn’t like Simon very much.

B) might walk away with Simon.

C) is a big fan of grandma.

20. Ashleigh was very nervous of ...

A) the Jay Leno Show.

B) flying in a private jet.

C) travelling with Simon.

21. Some months ago, Ashleigh knew ...

A) what she wanted to do.

B) that she would succeed.

C) she was living a perfect life.

22. When Ashley has to go off to do other things, her ...

A) mum looks after her brother and sister.

B) father can help her any time.

C) grandma sometimes takes care of the little ones.

23. Ashleigh is quite ...

A) sure her new show will be much better than her Britain’s Got Talent show.

B) worried because of the growing expectations.

C) glad that they didn’t use all their moves and routines in the talent show.

24. Ashleigh ...

A) has less than a month to prepare for the Royal Variety Performance.

B) still doesn’t know what kind of music she will choose.

C) thinks that harmonizing the music and the moves is easy.

25. Pudsey ...

A) finds the camera funny.

B) feels when the camera is on.

C) sniffs around the camera.

7 pont

Solutions

Task 3                                                                                 Task 4                

17. H                                                                                    24. F

18. B                                                                                    25. E

19. E                                                                                     26. H

20. F                                                                                     27. B

21. D                                                                                    28.I

22. G                                                                                    29. G

23. I                                                                                      30. A

                                                                                             

Use of English

Task 3

21. visitors             22. universal              23. government             24. famous

25. reality                26. supporters/support               27. finally           28. Tourists /tourists

Use of English

Task 3

• You are going to read an article about the history of the Statue of Liberty.

Some words are missing from the text.

• Use the words in brackets to form the words that fit in the gaps (21-28).

• Then write the appropriate form of these words on the dotted lines after the text.

• There might be cases when you do not have to change the word in brackets.

• Use only one word for each gap.

• There is an example (0) at the beginning.

 THE LIGHT OF LIBERTY

On July 4, 1884 France presented the United States with an (0) ______ (credible)

birthday gift: the Statue of Liberty! The statue standing in New York Harbor has welcomed

(21) ______ (visit), immigrants, and returning Americans traveling by ship for more than a

century. It’s a (22) ______ (universe) symbol of freedom and democracy.

It started one night near Paris in 1865. A group of Frenchmen were discussing their dictator-
like emperor and the democratic (23) ______ (govern) of the U.S. They decided to build a

monument to American freedom – and strengthen French demands for democracy in their

own country. Frédéric-Auguste Bartholdi, the (24) ______ (fame) sculptor, was there. He

imagined a statue of a woman holding a torch burning with the light of freedom.

Turning Bartholdi’s idea into (25) ______ (real) took 21 years. Americans paid for the

pedestal and French (26) ______ (support) raised money to build the statue. It was built in

France, presented to the U.S., taken apart, shipped across the Atlantic Ocean and rebuilt in the

U.S. It was (27) ______ (final) dedicated on October 28, 1886.

At that time the statue was the tallest structure in the U.S. (28) ______ (tour) climb 354 steps

to look out from 25 windows in the crown. The seven rays in the crown represent the Earth’s

seven seas.

(www.nationalgeographic/kids.com)



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 0)...........................................incredible................................................

21)............................................................................................................ 21)

22)............................................................................................................ 22)

23)............................................................................................................ 23)

24)............................................................................................................ 24)

25)............................................................................................................ 25)

26)............................................................................................................ 26)

27)............................................................................................................ 27)

28)............................................................................................................ 28)

8 pont

This is the end of this part of the exam.

Reading comprehension

Task 3

• In this article about an intelligent car some parts of sentences have been left out.

• Your task is to reconstruct the text by filling in the gaps (17-23) from

the list (A-I) below.

• Remember that there is one extra phrase that you will not need.

• Write the letters in the white boxes next to the numbers as in the

example (0).

ROBOTIC CAR DEVELOPED BY OXFORD UNIVERSITY

Scientists at Oxford University have developed a new car that can "see" the world around it

The adapted car can use data from technology (0) ________ . Professor Newman, the project

leader, is convinced that on-board computer capacity will have a great effect on motoring in

the future. He said: "You can imagine one company advertising a model of car

(17) __________ and then another manufacturer will come out with one that does fifteen

minutes."

Already there are cars (18) __________ and last year Google announced its self-
driving car, saying that it had driven more than 140,000 miles on American roads. The Oxford

car differs from Google's, because (19) __________ and uses a three dimensional map of

streets.

Prof Newman added: "Think of the impact (20) __________ : they have totally

changed them, and the same thing is going to happen on the roads. In the future autonomous

robotic vehicles will take us safely and efficiently from A to B (21) __________ .

The advantage of computer assisted vehicles is that they will never get tired and they

can connect to the internet to communicate with other cars. As Prof Newman explained: "We

need cars that do the thinking and concentrating for you, cars that (22) __________ . If the

going is slow why can't I watch the show I missed last night, Skype with the kids, read a book

(23) __________ and get the car to handle the job of the trip for me?"

The legal problem of how people can insure an autonomously driven car is one of the

questions that will need to be resolved, but for now Professor Newman says he wants to

concentrate on making the technology work.

(www.bbc.co.uk)





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0) C

A) it had a built-in computer

B) that can park themselves

C) such as cameras, radar and lasers to drive itself

D) while allowing human drivers to take a rest

E) it has fewer sensors

F) that computers have had on offices

G) do not want you to do the driving all the time

H) which drives itself for ten minutes a day

I) or send that last email

17)

18)

19)

20)

21)

22)

23)

7 pont




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Task 4

• Read this funny story about three accidents and then

read the half sentences that follow the text.

• Your task is to match the half sentences based on the

information in the story.

• Write the letters (A-I) in the white boxes next to the

numbers (24-30) as in the example (0).

• Remember that there is one extra letter that you will

not need.

THREE ACCIDENTS

A man was working on his motorcycle in the garden while his wife was making dinner. He

started racing the engine of the motorcycle and somehow it started moving, so the man was

dragged through a glass door and the motorcycle ended up on the floor inside the house. The

wife ran into the dining room and found her husband lying on the floor, cut and bleeding, the

motorcycle lying next to him and the glass door shattered. She immediately called an

ambulance.

 After the husband was taken to hospital, the wife pushed the motorcycle outside.

Seeing that petrol had spilled on the floor, she wiped it up with some paper towels and threw

them into the toilet.

 Two hours later, after arriving home from the hospital, the husband looked at the

shattered door and the damage done to his motorcycle. He became depressed, went into the

bathroom, sat on the toilet and smoked a cigarette. After finishing the cigarette, he flipped it

into the toilet bowl while still seated. The wife, who was in the kitchen, heard a very loud

explosion.

 She ran into the bathroom and found her husband on the floor. He was suffering burns

on his bottom and the back of his legs. The wife called for an ambulance again and the same

crew was sent. They loaded the husband onto a stretcher and began carrying him down to the

street.

 While going down the steps, the paramedics asked the wife how the husband had

burned himself. She told them, and they started laughing so hard that one of them tipped the

stretcher and dropped the husband. He fell down the remaining steps and broke his ankle.

(www.urbanlegends.about.com)

írásbeli vizsga, I. összetevő 10 / 12 2014. május 8.

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Angol nyelv — középszint Név: ........................................................... osztály:......

0) The man was repairing his

motorbike

24) The wife called an

ambulance

25) The wife threw the dirty

towels into the toilet

26) The man was really sad

27) The accident in the

bathroom happened

28) The cigarette was still

burning

29) The man had to be carried to

the ambulance

30) The third and last accident

happened

A) because the situation was so

funny.

B) because the wife hadn’t flushed

the toilet.

C) when it accidentally crashed

into the house.

D) so his wife helped him get into

the ambulance.

E) after cleaning up the mess.

F) because her husband was

injured.

G) because his legs were injured.

H) after getting home and seeing

the results of the accident.

I) so the toilet exploded.

0) C

24)

25)

26)

27)

28)

29)

30)

This is the end of this part of the exam.

7 pont

Tenses in chart

Here's a pdf.: http://www.englisch-hilfen.de/en/grammar/tenses_table.pdf

Passive Voice

Passive voice in Hungarian and in English.

Exercises are here.

Irregular verbs list.

Holidays

Here are some words related to holiday.

Video

Cristobal | March 2, 2009 at 8:56 PM |

I went to Berlin last May with my girlfriend.We flew to Berlin with Easyjet.

We stayed for four days in a little hotel away from the city centre,butnear the subway station.The hotel was nice and quite cheap,around 35 euros for a night in a double room.

During the day we walked around the city.We saw all the famous places like the “Wall of Berlin”,”Brandenburguer Toor”,the “Reichstag”(it´s the German Parliament) and we visited very beautiful squares and very interesting neighborhoods.We also visited the Pergamo Museum,it´s an Islamic,Roman and Greek art museum.

At night we went to restaurants and had fantastic sushi,sausages and drank a lot of German beer. We also went to very popular dance club,in Germany it is very popular and its electronic music is great!We were in Watergate — it´s a club near of Wall of Berlin.We didn´t buy any gift.

We had a great time.Berlin is full of recent history and it is a very interesting city.People have an open mind and have a freedomsensation.We only had one problem: my girlfriend lost her ID card in the airport, when we were boarding the plane.We found the ID card on time to fly.

Source: http://eoigetafewriting.wordpress.com/2009/02/26/tell-us-about-your-last-holiday/

My last holidays
(Sent by Sara Vera, a student from Madrid, Spain)

My last holidays were my longest holidays, and I think that I learnt how to spend the time. I enjoyed a lot with my friends, and my family, and I met new people too, because I was in different places during the summer, and I wanted to meet people everywhere.

The first place I visited was Calpe, a town in Alicante, because I was invited for some days by a friend who has a house there. I went with some friends, and we spent there just five days, but it was enough time to want to come back next summer! We stayed on the beach for hours, in the mornings, just lying and asleep, taking enough energy for the rest of the day and for the night! At night, we went out until next morning. We danced, met people, walked near the beach... while we watched the moon in silence.

Next, I went to Paris with my parents and my sister. Actually, I did not go to Paris, I went to Disneyland. We stayed there for four days, and it was really unforgettable. When I saw the park, I opened my eyes the most I could and I did not close them until the night at the hotel. I felt like a little girl again.

Finally, I was in Salou. My parents looked for a really relaxing time, and we were on the beach for some days. There, we did not visit anything, we were there just to rest. After those days, we came back to Madrid, and, unfortunately, we had to start our routines again.

Source:http://www.saberingles.com.ar/writing/18.html