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.”