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READING COMPREHENSION záznamový arch 01 – 10
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Pozorně si přečtěte texty A – E a odpovězte na 10 otázek pod textem. Najděte část textu, která
nejlépe odpovídá na danou otázku. Řešení (PÍSMENO části textu) označte křížkem v
záznamovém archu.
For questions 1 – 10, choose from the sections of the article, A – E. Mark your answers on the
separate answer sheet.
Appearance can be deceptive
Investigating life-threatening peanuts and counterfeit basmati rice is all in a day’s work for the
undercover food inspectors.
A
Over a series of nights across Scotland, Doctor Jim Kerry and his team prepared to swoop on their
targets: a random selection of takeaway restaurants. Their brief was straightforward: state your
business, remove goods for examination and move on to the next premises. For Kerry, such
investigations are part of an ongoing personal mission to protect allergy sufferers from the dangers
posed by foods like peanuts, which may be hidden in innocent-sounding meals. This particular probe
was prompted by the death of a teenager who had eaten a lethal takeaway curry, having been given
assurances that it did not contain any peanuts.
At each takeaway Kerry and his team, posing as regular customers, asked for dishes that would be
safe for a peanut allergy sufferer. ‘The majority said categorically: “Yes, this is safe,”’ says Kerry,
‘and only a few people went to check with the cook. We only took away dishes that we were assured
OK, and when we had the results analysed, 20 per cent of the samples tested positive for traces of
nuts.’ Around five fatalities are reported each year in connection to extreme reactions to foods,
particularly nuts and peanuts, but, says Kerry, ‘The reality is there are probably more deaths, and
many more misses.’
B
Food allergies are on the increase – recent estimates suggest 1 per cent of adults and 1.8 per cent of
children are allergic to nuts, and while the laws on packaging have been tightened to make buying
much safer, eating out is still, says Kerry, ‘like playing Russian roulette. For some people it is a daily
struggle to avoid foods that could kill them.’ A frightening 76 per cent of deaths from food allergies
are linked to restaurants and takeaways.
The most serious problem occurs when nuts have been added to a dish, maybe in a sauce, or pastry,
but the kitchen has forgotten to pass on the information to the front-of-house team. In circumstances
like these, people have died from eating lemon meringue pie, ice-cream, or a chicken sandwich. ‘The
second major problem,’ says Kerry, ‘is unwitting cross-contamination in the kitchen from cooking
utensils – bowl, spoons, anything that comes into contact with a dish containing peanuts that hasn’t
been thoroughly washed before being used for a dish that is supposedly nut-free.’
C
Authenticity expert Janet Palmer devotes her time to exposing fraudulent practices within the food
industry from her base at the Food Standards Agency. It might be the problem of basmati rice,
fraudulently mixed with cheaper strains, or of chickens pumped full of water and pork and beef
proteins to increase their weight. She receives tip-offs from a variety of contacts. There are those who
work for the local authorities, who know all the food importers, catering businesses and wholesalers
on the patch. Then there is ‘intelligence from within the food industry’. ‘A company may be using
fraud to mount unfair competition, so rival firms have an obvious interest in wanting to expose it,’
she says.
Where once it was difficult to prove in a court of law that the consumer had been deceived, new
technology, including DNA testing, now means that they can find the evidence of fraud and do
something about it. In the case of basmati rice, only 11 Indian and five Pakistani rices qualify as
authentic basmati, grown in the foothills of the Himalayas. ‘True basmati,’ says Palmer, ‘is a
premium product, so obviously adding cheaper rice is a way of defrauding customers in order to
make money.’
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D
Most newsworthy recently has been the investigation by Palmer’s department into the practice of
adding excess water and beef and pork protein to chickens – not in itself illegal, provided it is stated
on the label. However, this was clearly not the case in more than half the samples tested. Almost
three-quarters of the samples were labelled as ‘chicken breast’ or chicken fillet’, which should only
be used for chicken free from added ingredients.
‘We first started homing in on the issue of water in chickens three years ago,’ says Palmer.
‘Obviously, if you can sell water rather than 100 per cent chicken, it’s far more profitable. We
discovered that most of the products were being imported from the Netherlands, so we have been
sharing our findings with enforcement authorities there and pressing the European Commission to
bring in more stringent controls.
E
Sue Atkinson and her team trawl supermarkets and independent retailers, tracking down enticing
packaging that is designed to mislead, and gathering samples that will provide evidence with which to
name and shame the culprits.
Currently the team is homing in on misleading health claims such as ‘good for the heart’, ‘can boost
your immune system’ or ‘help support your body’s natural defences’. These may be within the letter
of the law, but flout its spirit. For example, the claim that a product is up to 90 per cent fat-free is
misleading, given that strict guidelines state it should have no more than 3 per cent fat to qualify as a
‘low-fat’ product. These are the areas that make Atkinson’s blood boil. ‘It is very difficult for
consumers to know which claims they can believe and which are ludicrous,’ she says. ‘Many people
are trying to eat more healthily and are buying specific products because of the slogans splashed
across them, then finding out that they are getting just as much salt, or a high level of sugar. At the
moment companies can make their claims and it is up to the Trading Standards officers to dispute
them, but that is the wrong way round.
Which section of the article mentions
1 the identity of offenders being made public?
2 the true extent of the problem being unknown?
3 attempts by inspectors to have new regulations introduced?
4 an unintentional act having potentially harmful consequences?
5 a case of fraud which would be of interest to the press?
6 a practice which is legal but dishonest?
7 the inspectors passing on information to other professionals?
8 the fact that stricter legislation has been introduced?
9 the greater ease with which guilt can now be established?
10 an event which led to an investigation being undertaken?
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MULTIPLE-CHOICE CLOZE záznamový arch 11 – 20
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V následujícím textu jsou na označených místech vynechány určité výrazy. V záznamovém
archu označte křížkem výraz, který je NEJVHODNĚJŠÍM doplněním mezery ve větě.
Read the text below and then decide which word best fits each space. Mark your answers on the
separate answer sheet.
Tricks of the hotel thief’s trade
It happens all the time. Hotel guest leaves key in room. Persuades chambermaid to open door with
master key. No problem – provided the maid is [11] ___ a genuine guest and not a thief intent on
stealing the guest’s belongings. So how does the thief know the guest is not in residence? Easy, if
there’s a Please Make Up This Room sign hanging on the door, [12] ___ the guest’s absence. Lesson
one for the hotel guest: call housekeeping if you want your room cleaned in a hurry.
[13] ___ should start in the hotel lobby, according to Detective-Sergeant David Williams of the
Metropolitan Police Hotel Intelligence Team: ‘One trick [14] ___ by some gangs is to spill something
on a guest’s jacket and steal his wallet as they help him wipe it off. A busy lobby is also the easiest
place in the world to walk off with bags and briefcases left [15] ___ as the guest checks in.’
Learn to [16] ___ diversions. Coins dropped on the floor or a beautiful girl walking through the lobby
may be well-planned [17] ___. And the professional thief works fast: his crime has no witnesses. One
member of the gang diverts the guest’s attention, another [18] ___ the theft and hands the stolen object
to a third member of the gang who delivers it to an accomplice in the getaway car outside.
Women are at risk in the hotel restaurant, where shoulder bags are [19] ___ hung over the back of the
chair or [20] ___ on the floor. Hotel security officers advise women to put bag straps round a chair leg.
If you leave your vehicle in the hotel car park, remove anything of value and check regularly that it is
still there.
[11]
[12]
[13]
[14]
[15]
[16]
[17]
[18]
[19]
[20]
A
A
A
A
A
A
A
A
A
A
permitting
wanting
Caution
supported
deserted
beware
shows
carries out
ignorantly
given
B
B
B
B
B
B
B
B
B
B
entering
advertising
Protection
operated
abandoned
recognize
performances
brings down
accidentally
situated
C
C
C
C
C
C
C
C
C
C
letting
proposing
Safety
favoured
unobserved
watch
distractions
puts up
casually
positioned
D
D
D
D
D
D
D
D
D
D
admitting
promoting
Caring
made
unattended
guard
attractions
works off
unknowingly
placed
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VOCABULARY: záznamový arch 21 – 30
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V následujících větách jsou vynechány určité výrazy. V záznamovém archu označte křížkem
písmeno označující výraz, který je NEJVHODNĚJŠÍM doplněním mezery ve větě.
Decide which answer A, B, C or D best fits each space. Mark your answers on the separate
answer sheet.
21 I always sleep ___ when I’m at the seaside. It must be the healthy air.
A evenly
B deep
C soundly
D hard
22 She’s a very smooth talker; she can ___ most people with her charm.
A take for
B take in
C see through
D fall for
23 As a teacher you have to ___ your methods to suit the needs of slower children.
A switch
B alter
C adjust
D vary
24 We would like to pay ___ to all the musicians who made this wonderful concert possible.
A praise
B tribute
C reward
D thanks
25 I didn’t realize he felt so strongly so I was surprised at his ___ of anger.
A outcry
B outburst
C outlet
D output
26 Twenty people were shot dead in the city making it the worst killing ___ since the riots.
A spree
B rave
C jaunt
D function
27 It is impossible to predict the ___ of the election as the vote seems split about 50-50.
A outlook
B outgoings
C outcome
D outlay
28 I don’t like it when visitors turn ___ unexpectedly, even very close friends.
A in
B down
C up
D out
29 Recently a number of new office blocks have ___ up in the eastern side of the town.
A jumped
B sprung
C risen
D leapt
30 In these times of high unemployment everyone thought my giving up my job was ___
madness.
A sheer
B steep
C high
D deep
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GRAMMAR (multiple choice) záznamový arch 31 – 40
[2 BODY]
V záznamovém archu označte křížkem písmeno označující výraz, který je NEJVHODNĚJŠÍM
doplněním mezery ve větě. Za správnou se považuje jen spisovná angličtina.
Decide which answer A, B, C or D best fits each space. Mark your answers on the separate
answer sheet.
31 I know you’re anxiously waiting to find out if I passed my exams, but I haven’t heard
anything yet. Perhaps I’ll get the news today when the post _____. I promise I’ll call you right
away.
A comes
C will have come
B came
D will come
32 I’ve got a problem with my car. It’s in the garage every two weeks. When I take it to the
garage to ___ I’m told it’s a sensor – another sensor – is something fishy going on here?
A have it fixed
C have fixed it
B having had it fixed
D have had it fixed
33 I’m not sure where Karen is. She should have been waiting outside her house this morning,
but she wasn’t there. If she had decided to take the bus, she _____ arrived by now. I hope she
isn’t sick.
A will be
C would be
B will have
D would have
34 Don’t you hate it when people say things like ‘Let’s be careful, ___ we?’? It always sounds to
me as if two of us are going to do something together, but in fact the other person won’t be doing
anything.
A will
C shall
B would
D should
35 The Star Tree hotel chain is in financial trouble and some of their smaller hotels are going to
have to be sold. Rising costs _____ for recent losses and many smaller hotels are reported to
have been losing money for many years.
A are being blamed
C have blamed
B blamed
D to be blamed
36 If you are to take the next step and move in with your partner, there are a few things you
_____ know before you decide to live together.
A should rather
C had better
B ought
D had better to
37 After our flight from London to Toronto was delayed because of bad weather, we missed our
connection to Vancouver and had to spend six hours at the airport waiting for the next flight.
_____ being delayed, we still had a good trip and didn’t feel too jet-lagged when we arrived.
A Despite
C Due to
B Although
D Unless
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38 When I visit big cities like Paris, I usually avoid going to the most famous places because I
really hate crowds. But my friend Tatjana was really eager to see the Mona Lisa in the Louvre
and she refused _____ outside while she went in.
A letting me to wait
C to let me to wait
B letting me wait
D to let me wait
39 Andrew Murphy, former managing director of Delco Electronics, has pleaded ‘Not Guilty’ to
charges _____ £ 5 million from the company. He claims not to know where the money went.
A stealing
C to have stolen
B that he stole
D having stolen
40 Campaigners are celebrating the Government’s decision to abandon controversial plans to
sell thousands of hectares of woodland, including the New Forest. Some £ 140 - 250 million _____
from selling 15% of woodland in England.
A could have been raised
C could have been risen
B could have been arisen
D could have been arised
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ERROR CORRECTION záznamový arch 41 – 45
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V každé z následujících vět jsou podtrženy čtyři výrazy. Jeden z podtržených výrazů je v dané
větě nesprávný. PÍSMENO označující tento NESPRÁVNÝ výraz vyznačte křížkem v
záznamovém archu.
Identify the one underlined expression A, B, C or D that must be changed in order to correct
the sentence. Mark your answers on the separate answer sheet.
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[A] In conclusion, the new rules state that, [B] in accordance with our agreement, workers
who [C] previously did extra work without extra pay must now receive overtime pay. [D] As
a result that those who are asked to do extra work will receive additional payment.
42
The Czech Republic’s top general [A] has warned staff officers [B] that they will lose their
jobs [C] if only they [D] don’t learn English, according to a story in the Daily Telegraph.
43
A slot is a narrow opening [A] through which something can be put or a channel [B] into
which something fits or [C] along something slides or a position [D] for something in a
timetable.
44
I really wish I [A] would have a car of my own so that [B] I could go for a drive in the
country and I [C] would be able to go when I want to and [D] not have to wait for a bus or
train.
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I will never forget [A] to visit Egypt as a child. It was so exciting [B] to stand beside the
pyramids. When it was time [C] for us to go home, my parents say I cried and begged them
[D] not to leave.
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CULTURE záznamový arch 46 – 55
[1 BOD]
Správnou odpověď A, B, C nebo D označte křížkem v záznamovém archu.
Choose the best answer A, B, C or D. Mark your answers on the separate answer sheet.
46 Which American writer is associated with the Beat Generation?
A Ernest Hemingway and F.S. Fitzgerald
B Phillip Roth and Bernard Malamud
C Richard Wright and James Baldwin
D Jack Kerouac and Allen Ginsberg
47 Which of the following are correctly matched?
A Brooklyn Bridge - San Francisco
B Pentagon - Philadelphia
C Hollywood Boulevard - Washington, D.C.
D Broadway - New York City
48 How was King George VI, played by Collin Firth in the Oscar winning film "King’s
Speech", related to the Queen Elizabeth II?
A Grandfather
B Brother
C Cousin
D Father
49 The legendary mythical sword Excalibur belonged to:
A King Lear
B King Arthur
C King Richard III
D William the Conqueror
50 The American Congress consists of:
A The House of Representatives and The Senate
B The House of Commons and The House of Lords
C The House of Commons and the House of Representatives
D The House of Commons and The Senate
51 Which of the following states doesn't belong to the New England area?
A Maine
B Vermont
C Florida
D Massachusetts
52 The Pilgrim fathers travelled to America on the ship called:
A Maybeline
B Mapleleaf
C Mayflower
D Summertime
53 Mount Rushmore is most famous for its:
A Waterfalls
B Presidents' portraits
C Geysers
D Ice caves
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54 William Shakespeare was born earlier than:
A Henry VIII
B Geoffrey Chaucer
C William Blake
D William the Conqueror
55 The first generation of British romantic poets is often associated with:
A The Highlands
B Snowdon Mountain
C Lake District
D The Cheviot Hills