MiniMatura
Unit 5
Group B
Name: ______________________________________ Class: ____
Total: ___/50
LISTENING
1 TRACK 6 Listen to a conversation about climate change. For questions 1–5 choose
correct option A–D.
1 According to the woman
A Canada suffered from extreme
4 If there is global warming and the Gulf
weather last winter.
Stream changes direction, Britain may
B Britain has recently had a very dry summer.
A become colder than the rest of
C temperatures in Canada were much
northwest Europe.
lower than usual.
B not see any change in temperature
D the southern USA suffered record
at all.
low temperatures.
C have more floods.
2 The speaker mentions two examples of
D suffer from droughts.
record-breaking
5 Overall, the environmentalist says that
A hot weather.
A climate change is a man-made
B dry weather.
problem.
C storms.
B there is no solution to the problem of
D wet weather.
climate change.
3 The speaker says that nowhere will
C richer countries are more to blame
A escape the effects of climate change.
for climate change than developing
B become colder in the future.
countries.
C be worse affected than the USA or
D evidence suggests that extreme
Australia.
weather events are increasing.
D benefit from climate change.
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VOCABULARY AND GRAMMAR
2 Complete the sentences with the missing phrasal verbs. Use the definitions in
brackets to help you.
Our group is made up (consists) of a number of experts who are passionate about the
environment.
1 Experts expect global warming to ____________ (warm) the earth by several degrees in
the next 50 years.
2 When I heard the bird call I knew I had to
____________ (stretch my arm to get) my
binoculars and try to see them.
3 If we wait a little while we can see the tide begin to ____________ (rise).
4 I went back to ____________ (look carefully around) the campsite, but I couldn’t find my
watch.
5 If they continue to cut down the forests, many types of animals will ____________
(disappear completely) in the near future.
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3 Translate the phrases in brackets. The first letters have been given.
We landed our boat on a (odległej wyspie) remote island and decided to camp there for
a few days.
1 All of our lamps have (żarówki energooszczędne) l__________- e__________
b__________, so we spend quite a bit less on electricity.
2 Elephants usually live in a group of 10 to 20 animals which is called a (stado) h__________.
3 In my city, there are three types of (pojemniki do segregacji odpadów) r__________
b__________: blue for paper, green for glass and yellow for plastic.
4 I try to buy (ekologiczne) o__________ food whenever I can. It's slightly more expensive
but tastes better.
5 The bears used to live in a small (klatka) c__________, but now the zoo has opened
a new building for them.
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4 Complete the sentences with a, an, the or –.
Like most boys, I wanted to be a firefighter when I was a child.
1 I'm going to ask you just one question. If you manage to answer _____question correctly,
you'll pass the exam.
2 Is it true that people in _____Middle Ages didn't take baths and that it led to the spread of
many diseases?
3 The first European expedition reached _____Australia in 1606.
4 I'd like to know if the African elephant is _____endangered species.
5 Many people complain that _____public transport is getting more and more expensive
every year.
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5 Complete the sentences with one word in each gap.
We were all surprised when John, who had never been interested in the environment,
suddenly decided to become a Greenpeace activist.
1 If you have any questions about the well-being of your pet, you can ask Ben
Brown,_______ will be our guest next week.
2 The company has just decided to expand its headquarters, _______ will take some two
years to complete.
3 The Devil's Mouth, _______ two big rivers meet, is a beautiful place and a good spot for
a short walk.
4 It has just turned out that professor Wellington, _______ theories have often been
ignored, is right after all.
5 Most people in Bhutan, _______ is a very small country in the Himalayas, are Buddhist.
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Unit 5
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Total: ___/50
USE OF ENGLISH
6 Complete the sentences with the correct form of the words in brackets. Do not
change the order of the words in brackets. Use no more than six words.
When I opened the drawer, I (come / old / book) came across an old book with beautiful
pictures of exotic birds.
1 Students will (get / access / library) __________________ after they have filled in this
form and activated their ID cards online.
2 I met Wendy at university, (we / study / biology) __________________.
3 Recently we have been reminded of the fact that smog can be (problem / big / city)
__________________ like Beijing or Paris.
4 The World Wide Fund for Nature, (headquarters / be) __________________ Switzerland,
has over 5 million supporters in the world.
5 The capital city is located in (north / country) __________________, some 150 km from
the coast.
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7 Complete the sentences with the correct form of the words in capitals.
How many endangered species can be found in the Polish mountains? DANGER
1 In many ways, football fans are similar to _____________ societies: they are extremely
loyal to their group and they even wear the same clothes. TRIBE
2 If we use more _____________ energy like wind and solar, there will be much less
pollution. NEW
3 Many people in _____________ countries have no access to clean water or good medical
care. DEVELOP
4 Experts agree that economic _____________ is an important factor but they point out that
we should worry about natural resources, too. GROW
5 By following the course of the _____________ river we walked much further than if we
had taken the straight road. WIND
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READING
8 Read the text. Complete gaps 1–5 with missing sentences A–F. There is one extra
sentence.
MISSING SUN
Pollution in many of the world’s cities is becoming a major health problem. One of the
worst affected is Beijing, the capital of China. Air quality was dangerously low on 58
days last year. The winter months are especially bad. 1__ There is also less wind to
blow the smog away. At this time of year, pollution levels are sometimes 20 times
higher than the WHO (World Health Organization) considers safe. This causes
illnesses and on the worst days old people and children are advised to stay indoors.
Visibility is sometimes so bad that motorways have to close because of the danger of
accidents.
In early 2014, some newspapers and websites showed a frightening vision of the future.
On a smoggy morning, residents of Beijing watched the sunrise. 2__ The smog was so thick
that the real sunrise was completely invisible. While the smog and the masks the people
were wearing were real, the films of the sunrise were nothing unusual. The screens show
adverts all the time. 3__ The same advert is shown quite often, whatever the weather.
Either the photographer was lucky or he knew exactly how the image would look and
waited until he got the photo he wanted. Although the news reporting was inaccurate, it
might have done something to raise awareness of how bad the problem has become.
Politicians, too, have finally decided that something must be done to reduce pollution
levels.
The first idea is to reduce the amount of coal that people use. Factories will also be
moved to areas further away from cities. 4__ In their place, greener and cleaner forms of
transport will be encouraged.
Will these changes help? The Chinese know from experience that it is possible to improve
air quality very quickly if necessary. Before the 2008 Olympic Games, pollution in Beijing
was reduced greatly. As well as reducing traffic levels and closing factories, other
methods to reduce pollution were used. 5__ To help with this, scientists were even able to
make clouds drop more rain. Since then, things have got worse rather than better but, at
last, the government seems to be determined to do something about the problem. For the
people of Beijing and other large cities this will make a huge difference to their lives.
A Another target is older, more polluting cars. The worst offenders will be banned.
B This is the time of year when more coal is burned to heat people’s homes.
C However, as the real one was hidden, they had to do this on giant TV screens.
D These ideas should help to reduce pollution in the future, which will improve health
standards in major cities.
E The one that the people were watching that morning was for a holiday company.
F These included pouring water onto roads to reduce the amount of dust flying in the air.
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Unit 5
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Total: ___/50
WRITING
9 Do the exam task.
Coraz częściej ludzie decydują się na wyjazd do egzotycznych miejsc, aby obserwować
dzikie zwierzęta w ich naturalnym środowisku. Napisz rozprawkę na ten temat,
przedstawiając zalety i wady takiej formy wypoczynku.
Wypowiedź powinna liczyć od 200 do 250 słów i spełniać wszystkie wymogi dotyczące
formy wskazanej w poleceniu.
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