August ‘20 - Form A IV Next day, I got my bags from the airport and decided to go

JUNE ’23 MATURA TEST – FORM A skiing. But the mountain road was blocked due to snow. I
didn’t ski and I didn’t go walking in the mountains. I spent the
I Read the text carefully and answer the questions 26-30 week in the cottage waiting to go home – it wasn’t my
The Golden Gate Bridge in San Francisco is really orange, not favourite holiday!
gold. It gets its name from the bit of water between the San
Francisco Bay and the Pacific Ocean, called the Golden Gate.
The bridge is nearly three kilometres long. For a long time, it
was the longest 1) __________ bridge in the world. In the USA in
31. Which of the following titles best fits the text?
1930s there were a lot of people without jobs. President
Roosevelt wanted to give work to them. The Golden Gate Bridge A A disastrous holiday
was one answer to the problem. Work on the bridge began on B A favourite holiday
January 5th 1933. The designers were Charles Ellis, Joseph C A well-planned holiday
Strauss and Irving Morrow. It took 25 million hours to build the D A winter holiday
bridge so there was work for a lot of people. It cost $35 million
dollars. Work on bridge finished on April 19 th 1937. On May 27th 32. Which word best fills the gap number 2 in paragraph one?
1937, the bridge opened for the first time and 200,000 people A hired
walked, climbed, skated or cycled across it. The next day it B bought
opened for traffic.
C paid
26. The origin of the name Golden Bridge comes from the _______. D booked
A locals
33. Which statement in paragraph one is NOT true about the
B water
C gold writer?
D shape A The writer found his/her holidays online.
B The writer extremely likes Scottish mountains.
27. What was the main purpose behind building the Golden Gate Bridge? C The writer works in the suburb of London.
A To design a skating track D The writer prefers skiing and walking in the
B To allow people to walk across it mountains.
C To lower the high rate of unemployment
D To enable young people to across it 34. Which statement in paragraph two is true about the
writer?
28. Which word best fits the gap 1 in the text? A The writer slept in the airport comfortably.
A iron-made B The writer spent the time reading and having tea.
B metallic C The writer spent the time walking around the
C seaside airport.
D suspension D The writer spent time window shopping at the
29. The word finished used in the text is closest in meaning to_____
airport.
A suspended 35. According to paragraph three, which statement is true?
B continued
A The cottage was very close to the seashore.
C completed
D interrupted
B The cottage was too expensive for a short stay.
C The cottage was extremely comfortable for a
30. Which title best fits the text? holiday.
A A bridge that never opened for public D The cottage was rented to two different clients.
B A bridge that united people of America
C A bridge that broke just after the construction 36. According to paragraph four, the writer _________.
D A bridge built in the right place and time A spent almost all of his/her holiday skiing and
walking.
II Read the text carefully and answer the questions 31-36 B enjoyed his/her holiday playing with children
I Although I work in the centre of London now, I like going to the C his/her holiday wasn’t pleasant due to the
mountains when I can. Last winter I decided to spend a week weather.
in Scotland. I wanted to go skiing and walking in the D spent all of his/her holiday enjoying the landscape
mountains. I looked on the internet and 2) __________ a
cottage for a week. So, I packed my bags, went to the airport, III Read the text carefully and answer the questions 37-
and waited to get on a plane. 43
II Then the problems started. The plane didn’t leave that night.
I This week in Inventor’s World, we asked one reader,
There was a lot of snow in Scotland and the airports closed.
Ben Cross, aged 25, to tell us which inventions he
So, I spent the night in the airport, drinking tea and reading
thinks have changed our lives the most. Which
the news. I tried to sleep but I wasn’t comfortable. Next
inventions did he choose? Do you agree with him?
morning, the airport opened again, and we arrived in
Scotland, but my bags weren’t there. II I work in IT, so I have a close relationship with electrical
gadgets! In my opinion, one recent invention that has
III I hired a car and drove to the cottage. It was a twenty-minute
changed our lives is the laptop computer. It allows us
drive from the airport. When I arrived, there was a family with
to work anywhere, and has made our working lives so
two little children in the cottage! They booked on the internet,
much easier. The idea for the first laptop was created
too – for the same week. The family was very kind. They said I
by Alan Kay in 1968. Kay wanted to make a personal
could sleep in the lounge, and they cooked dinner for me.
computer for children to learn computer skills. It was
 known as the Dynabook. In fact, the Dynabook was C be more relaxed when working late at night
never built. But his idea was used by other companies D buy things at a cheaper price and save money
to develop laptops and PCs.
III The first portable computer in the shops was made by 43. According to paragraph five, the process of producing light bulbs…
Osborne Computer Corporation in 1981. It was called A became more modern
Osborne 1. I’m too young to remember all this, but my B became more difficult
boss told me that the first laptops were very heavy and C changed only a bit
difficult to carry around. I can’t imagine life without my
D remained the same
laptop. What did people use to do before they were
invented? IV Read the text carefully and answer the questions 44-50
IV It’s clear to me that another invention that has changed I The Sun today is a yellow dwarf star. It has existed
all our lives is the electric light bulb. We can go out or in its present state for about 4 billion, 600 million years
work late in the evening and through the night, if we and is thousands of times larger than the Earth. The Sun
want to. These extra hours mean that we can do more
and be more successful. What would we do if we is fuelled by thermonuclear reactions near its centre that
couldn’t go out in the evenings because it was too dark convert hydrogen to helium. They release so much energy
to see? that the Sun can shine for 10 billion years with little
change in its shape or brightness. This balance of forces
keeps the gases of the Sun from pulling any closer
V The light bulb wasn’t invented recently – it was invented in together.
1879 by Thomas Edison – but I can’t think of another
invention that has made such a difference to our lives. The
early glass light bulbs were made by hand. Later they were II By studying other stars, astronomers can
produced by machine, and became cheaper to buy. These predict what the rest of the Sun’s life will be like. About 5
days, light bulbs are made in a variety of different types and billion years from now, the core of the Sun will shrink
sizes. They are used in the home, at work, in cars, in and become hotter. The temperature at the surface will
torches, on Christmas trees, and so on. Life would be very fall. The higher temperature of the interior will increase
dark without them. the rate of thermonuclear reactions. The outer regions of
the Sun will expand approximately 35 million miles,
37. What is the best title for this text? about the distance to Mercury, which is the closest
A Life in Miami planet to the Sun. The Sun will then be a red giant star.
B The greatest inventions of the world Temperatures on the Earth will become too hot for life to
C The manufacture of automobiles exist.
D Movies that changed the world
III Once the Sun has used up its thermonuclear
38. The text provides important details about________. energy as a red giant, it will begin to shrink. After it
A the innovative ideas that changed the world shrinks to the size of the Earth, it will become a white
B three major plane factories in the world dwarf star. The Sun may throw off huge amounts of
C indigenous people in Americas gases in violent eruptions called nova explosions as it
D the best school systems in the world changes from a red giant to a white dwarf.
39. According to paragraph five, the light bulbs are _________ IV After billions of years as a white dwarf, the
nowadays than they used to be at the time they were made Sun will have used up all its fuel and will have lost its
A more bluish heat. Such a star is called a black dwarf. After the Sun
B more affordable has become a black dwarf, the Earth will be dark and
C less reddish cold. If any atmosphere remains there, it will have frozen
D less affordable onto the Earth’s surface.
40. According to paragraph two, the first personal computer, known as 44. What is the primary purpose of this text?
Dynabook, was _________. A To alert people to the dangers posed by the Sun.
A never constructed B To discuss conditions on Earth in the far future.
B sold over the world C To present a theory about red giant stars.
C allowed to be used at schools D To describe changes that the Sun will go through.
D more expensive than expected
45. The word fuelled in paragraph 1 is closest in meaning to_____.
41. The main purpose of the inventor to create a laptop was to ________. A powered
A make the teachers’ job easier B bombarded
B help himself with his daily works C created
C enable children to learn computer skills D propelled
D provide communication channels for people of that era 46. What does the word They in paragraph 1 refer to?
A the balance of forces
42. The invention of light bulbs made it possible for people to ________.
B thermonuclear reactions
C thousands of times
A be more willing to work in the morning and rest at night
D 600 million years
B work for long hours and be more productive at work
47. It can be inferred from the text that the Sun ________.
A is approximately halfway through its life as a yellow dwarf
B has been in existence for 10 billion years
C is rapidly changing in size and brightness
D will continue as a yellow dwarf for another 10 billion years

48. According to the passage, which of the following best describes

49. What does the word there in the last line refer to?
A The Sun
B The Earth
C Venus
D Mercury
50. Which of the following best describes the tone of the text?
A objective
B alarmed
C comic
D pessimistic