Vorönn 2006
Miðvikudagur 3. maí
kl. 9.00 – 10.30
(Prófið er 10 síður með forsíðu)
ENGIN HJÁLPARGÖGN
Enska 203
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Nafn: ________________________________________________________
Kennari: ______________________________________________________
I.
Reading Comprehension (10%)
Read the text and choose the best possible answer to each question.
Ric O’Barry’s life with dolphins
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Ric O’Barry, 56, trained dolphins for the Flipper movies and TV series in
the 1960s, then in 1970 launched the Dolphin project, aimed at keeping them
away from marine parks and research laboratories. He also “untrains” dolphins in
captivity to prepare them for survival in the wild.
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“When I “untrain” dolphins I live with them 24 hours a day and there’s no
set time when I wake up or sleep. You get into the schedule. I call it “dolphin
time”. Sometimes I’ll be feeding them in the middle of the night, because once
back in the wild they’ll have to catch fish in the dark.
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I grew up in South Miami Beach, and I remember as a child standing with
my mother, looking out to the Atlantic Ocean. She’d tell me stories about
dolphins saving the lives of humans. I have always thought that was fascinating,
and in fact I still do.
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I went into the navy in 1955 and during my first home leave the Miami
Seaquarium had opened. The main tank was full of all kinds of sea creatures:
sharks, turtles and, of course, dolphins. It blew my mind. I said to myself: “When I
get out of the navy I’m coming back to get a job here.” Five years later I did.
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My first job was catching dolphins to sell to zoos – I was 21 and thought
we were doing something wonderful. Then I became a trainer and was doing the
show in the main tank. When the first Flipper movie was about to begin, I was
selected by the MGM studios as their trainer.
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After the shooting of the film, the company dumped me and the two
dolphins we had used. One, Susie, was sold to a travelling dolphin show – she
died in a tank in a shopping centre somewhere in Europe. Kathy, the one I
thought of as Flipper, committed suicide in a tank at Miami Seaquarium. Their
terrible fate turned me into an animal activist.
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Charlie Brown was the first dolphin I tried to release, in 1970 in Bimini. I
cut the fence around him, but he’d been there so many years, he was confused
and half-blind, and he didn’t leave. I had made a fool out of myself and I was
arrested. It was clear the dolphins needed to learn to survive in the wild, and I
had to work within the law, so I created the Dolphin Project. I’m active all over the
world, trying to rescue dolphins.
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At home I really shut myself off. I don’t really go out, and I don’t watch TV
too much. Most of my time is spent writing a book about dolphins, researching
and reading. It’s difficult having a relationship, doing what I do. I was married for
19 years before we split up. I became more and more active in the Dolphin
Project. The phone would ring and I’d be gone. You can’t really do that and be
married.
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A few years ago I started painting because I was trying to get away from
dolphins. I did a series of paintings of a woman in a bathtub. In one, I draped a
towel over the bath. Then I made the mistake of painting a tiny embroidered
dolphin on the towel. In the next one the dolphin was in the tub with the woman.
Now I’m surrounded by dolphin paintings.
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At night when I’m with the dolphins I might put on my wetsuit and lie
floating on the surface of the water for four hours or more. I see billions of stars,
shining very brightly and vividly, and I float there with the dolphins, being one of
them.”
Sunday Times Magazine, November 24, 1996.
1. What becomes clear about Ric O’Barry in paragraph 1?
a)
Because of his experience with dolphins, he got a part in a film.
b)
Before he started working with dolphins, he had several other jobs.
c)
He has been involved with dolphins in various ways for a long time.
d)
He studies the behaviour of dolphins that are kept in zoos.
2. What activity (part of his work) does Ric describe in paragraph 2?
a)
Looking after dolphins that are acting in films.
b)
Preparing dolphins for their return to nature.
c)
Taking care of weakened or sick dolphins.
d)
Training dolphins for amusement parks.
3. Why does Ric talk about his childhood in paragraph 3? To make clear:
a)
how he became interested in dolphins.
b)
that he grew up in a family of dolphin lovers.
c)
that he was very fond of his mother.
d)
why he loved his childhood near the seaside.
4. What feeling does Ric express in the sentence “It blew my mind” in paragraph
4?
a)
Amusement
b)
Anger
c)
Enthusiasm
d)
Shame
5. What does Ric talk about in paragraph 5?
a)
How his career with dolphins developed.
b)
What kind of career he made before working with dolphins.
c)
Why he got the idea of making a film with dolphins.
6. Which of the following is true about ‘Charlie Brown’ (paragraph 7).
a)
After Ric had saved him, he stayed with Ric for the rest of his life.
b)
He escaped when Ric tried to catch him.
c)
He was the most successful show dolphin Ric had ever trained.
d)
When Ric wanted to set him free, he did not go back to the sea.
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7. What becomes clear about Ric’s marriage from paragraph 8?
a)
Ric and his wife got divorced mainly because of his work for the Dolphin
Project.
b)
Ric and his wife worked together on the Dolphin Project for a long time.
c)
Ric planned to stop his work for the Dolphin Project to save his marriage.
d)
Ric thinks that his wife should have supported the Dolphin Project more.
8. What does Ric want to make clear in paragraph 9?
a)
Although he is not very good at painting, he wants to go on doing it.
b)
Dolphins are still the most important thing in his life.
c)
He is surprised that his pictures of dolphins are so successful.
d)
Thanks to his new hobby, he can relax from his work with the dolphins.
9. Explain the following words:
dumped (p. 6) ____________________________________________
rescue (p. 7) _____________________________________________
10. What does paragraph 10 tell us about Ric?
a)
He believes that dolphins are better company than people.
b)
He enjoys being with the dolphins very much.
c)
He thinks that he has to protect the dolphins even at night.
d)
He wants to find out what it is like to be a dolphin.
II.
Grammar and Usage (40%)
Fill the gaps with appropriate words from the list. There are more words than you
need. (15%)
abducted
disrupt
heritage
rational
temporary
ancestors
environment
immemorial
replenish
zoologist
bingeing
equation
initiative
siblings
insects
combination
evacuated
proportions
static
1.
Don’t blow this out of all __________________. There is no need to
exaggerate.
2.
I am an only child. How many ________________ do you have?
3.
We have to take better care of our ____________________. The latest
news on pollution is quite frightening.
4.
The family has been worried about her _______________. They think she
might have an eating disorder.
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5.
People eat strange food. I heard about a popular restaurant in New York
that serves _____________! Can you imagine eating a cockroach?
6.
I need to _______________ my energy source because I burn a lot of
calories when I’m running.
Some people claim they have been ________________ by aliens. I don’t
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believe that. There is usually a __________________ explanation for
those stories.
9.
Since time _________________ people have tried to explain the wonders
of the universe.
10.
When the house caught fire, all the apartments had to be
________________.
11.
Purple is a __________________ of two colours; blue and red.
12.
To solve a/an ___________________ means to determine a numerical
value for a variable that makes this statement true.
13-14. Vikings are our _________________ and we need to preserve our Viking
____________________.
15.
I work out a lot, and I mostly run outside, but when the weather is bad I
use my ______________ bicycle which I keep in my garage.
Choose the correct word to fill the gaps in these sentences. You can use the
same word more than once. (3%)
were
what
when
where
which
who
whom
whose
why
1. For ________ the bell tolls is a famous book by Ernest Hemingway.
2. ______________ scarf is this? Someone left it here yesterday.
3. ___________ you running late this morning? I didn’t see your car on the
parking lot.
4. Do you know ___________ this man is? I’ve never seen him before.
5. I know I was supposed to buy either the blue dress or the red one. But
______________ one? I really can’t remember.
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6. Did you see __________ that man went? I really need to talk to him.
Choose the correct word to fill the gaps in these sentences. Do not use the
same word more than once. (4%)
each
either
few
a few
little
a little
a lot
many
much
neither any
1.
You don’t have _________ excuse for not doing your homework!
2.
It is said that he has ____________ of money.
3.
__________ things make me more happy than completing a difficult task.
4.
Do you have ____________ minutes? I need to talk to you.
5.
_____________ John nor Steve made it to the final three in the
competition.
6.
________________ you come or go,the choice is yours.
7.
__________ actor has his own costume.
8.
We don’t have ___________ money these days.
Put the sentences in the correct form of the passive. (7%)
1.
They built that beautiful house in 1932.
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2.
Our uncle takes Susan to the hospital every week for therapy.
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3.
A robber broke the window of the shop three days ago.
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4.
Don’t worry. Peter will look after my little brother.
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5.
The waiter at the restaurant we went to last night brought me a big steak!
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6.
No one has ever beaten me at chess.
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7.
Tamara looked depressed when we saw her in New York last week.
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Fill the gaps with a suitable preposition. (4%)
I'm Peter and I in live Germany. _____the summer I like to travel to Italy,
because of the weather and the people there. Last summer I took a plane
_______Munich to Rome. From the airport we went to our hotel _______bus. We
stopped _______a small restaurant for a quick meal. The driver parked the bus
_______the restaurant. After the meal nobody could find the bus and the driver,
so we waited outside the restaurant ____________one hour. The driver was
walking ________ the small park near the restaurant which we didn't know. So
we were angry________ him. But my holidays were great.
Fill the gap in these sentences with a word formed from the word in BOLD. (7%)
Having a healthy lifestyle is increasing in _____________________ (popular).
Still, there are some people who think that sports are just fun. I train many times
a week because I take part in ______________________ (compete). I have to
be __________________________ (method) in my approach to training
otherwise there is no way to win. Speed and _______________ (agile) are very
important. I’ve done very well in the past 2 years and my
_______________________ (achieve) include first place at the
_____________________ _______________________(Nation/Champion) last
summer.
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III.
The book of choice (10%)
Answer the questions about the book you read. (Write 100 words for each
question):
Animal Farm by George Orwell:
1. Give 3 examples of how the 7 commandments that are the basis for
“Animalism” are broken by the pigs in the novel.
2. Compare the lives of the animals when they live under Jones and under
Napoleon. In what ways has Napoleon proven himself a similar tyrant
(harðstjóri)?
Keeping up with Magda by Isla Dewar:
1. Compare Jessie and Magda in the novel.
2. Describe David and his interactions with the women in the novel.
The Broken Bridge by Philip Pullman:
1. How is Ginny’s family situation. How and why does it change during the course
of the book?
2. Why did Ginny never see her grandparents? Describe the situation, and tell
about the visit she makes there.
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IV.
Translate into English (10%)
Ég er mikið fyrir íþróttir. Sem sundmaður hef ég breiðar axlir, en handleggirnir á
mér eru ekki gildir, heldur frekar grannir. Ég syndi á hverjum degi og þarf að
borða mikið af kolvetnum. Það þýðir að ég borða nokkuð margar samlokur á dag.
Til þess að auka líkamshreysti mína enn betur, lyfti ég lóðum. Ég þarf að æfa
mjög mikið til að vera í nógu góðu formi til að vinna keppnir.
En jafnvel þótt ég sé með mikið keppnisskap, hef ég líka önnur áhugamál. Ég hef
mikinn áhuga á öðrum löndum og ég ætla að læra landafræði þegar ég fer í
háskóla. Systir mín les mikið um geimverur og hún heldur því fram að það sé líf á
öðrum hnöttum. Ég hlæ nú bara þegar hún byrjar að segja mér þessar sögur.
Þannig að ég býst við að hægt sé að kalla mig efasemdarmann.
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Dóra og Kristen
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