TEST 3 - 8

Name: _____________________________ Points: ____ / 70

Class: ______ Date: _________________ Mark: _________

70 – 63 = 5 62,5 – 54,5 = 4 54 – 44 = 3 43,5 – 35 = 2 do 34,5 = 1

1A Answer as short as possible. Preberi besedilo in kratko odgovori na vprašanja. ___ /7

1 Are there more than 1000 pandas in the world today? ____________________________________
2 Why has the number of pandas fallen so much? ________________________________________
3 What do pandas usually eat? ________________________________________________________
4 How many subspecies of tiger have disappeared? __________________________________________
5 Which organization helped to protect the tiger’s habitat in the past? ___________________________
6 What is happening to ice because of global warming? ___________________________________
7 What two particular parts of the polar bear’s ecosystem do strategies try to protect?
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1B Read the text and find the words which mean the same as the definitions below. ___ /5
Preberi besedilo in v njem poišči besede, ki pomenijo isto kot spodnji opisi.

1 complete destruction, no longer in existence, dying out ________________________

2 not allowed by law _________________________
3 people that work to prevent endangered species from disappearing _________________________
4 the way in which you can enter a place or get to a place __________________________
5 the movement of people or animals from one country or area to another __________________________

2 Read the text about teenaged sports champions and fill in the missing words. Preberi besedilo o
obetajočih najstniških športnikih in vstavi manjkajoče besede. Izbiraj med: ___ /10

while support balancing outfits beat several

competitively seem foreign early

1 _____________ 2 _____________ 3 _____________ 4 _____________ 5 _____________

6 _____________ 7 _____________ 8 _____________ 9 _____________ 10 ____________

3 Make first conditional sentences. Tvori pogojne stavke za prihodnost. ___ /10

1 If Mary _________________ (pass) all her exams, she ___________________ (can) travel to Canada in May.

2 We ___________________ (go) to the beach if it ___________________ (not be) rainy tomorrow.

3 They ___________________ (not organise) a party if they ___________________ (not have) enough time.

4 ______________________ (you / come) with us if your parents ___________________ (let) you?

5 If Frank ___________________ (not help) us, we ___________________ (not finish) the project on time.
4 Which is the odd one out? Poišči vsiljivca. ___ /12
1 boil - roast - fork - grill 7 cue - net - club - bat
2 mutton - pork - beef - meat 8 track - course - score - pitch
3 sour - crunchy - bitter - salty 9 defeat - kick - pass - throw
4 cherries - grapes - beans - pears 10 spectator - referee - coach - whistle
5 ladle - jug - pot - saucepan 11 canoeing - sailing - fencing - diving
6 cut - peel - grate - taste 12 archer - loser - cyclist - gymnast

5 Make present perfect tense with yet, ever, already, since, and for. Tvori povedi v present perfectu in pri
tem uporabi ustrezne prislove yet, ever, already, since in for. ___ /10

Tony / tidy up / his flat _____________________________________________________________________

You / write / a poem? _____________________________________________________________________
We / study / German / 5 years _____________________________________________________________
Martha / not find / her passport ______________________________________________________________
Jill / live / in Paris / 2010 _________________________________________________________________

6 Present perfect or past simple? Put the verbs in the brackets into the correct tense. ___ /8
Present perfect ali past simple? Glagole v oklepajih postavi v ustrezen čas.

1 - I like your watch. When __________________________ (you / buy) it?

- Oh, I don’t remember. I __________________________ (have) it for ages.
2 Sam __________________________ (just / return) home from school.
3 - __________________________ (you / be) to the cinema lately? - No, I wish I could go there more often.
4 The most beautiful place I __________________________ (ever / visit) is Rome.
I and my family __________________________ (go) there by train last spring.
5 Lucy ________________________ (see) Mark yesterday but ______________________ (not see) him today.

7 Napiši sestavek, v katerem pišeš o svojih počitnicah, ki si jih preživel-a v vesolju. Poleg ostalega
napiši tudi, kaj si lahko in česa nisi mogel / mogla delati in kaj ti je bilo najbolj všeč. Uporabi svojo
domišljijo. Besedilo naj bo dolgo od 80 do 90 besed. Ovrednoteni bodo vsebina, besedišče, slovnica
in zgradba besedila. ___ /8

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 Endangered Species

Every hour one animal is killed, risking the extinction of a whole species. The Panda, for
example, is a symbol of the fight for endangered species. But it is becoming extremely rare:
there are only about 900 pandas in the whole world!

Pandas have been threatened over the years by illegal trade but also by the destruction of
bamboo forests, their main source of food.

Conservationists say it is necessary to increase panda reserves to guarantee enough food.

Laws are being enforced, especially in zoos and private organisations: a few years ago the
Chinese government found out that money from governmental support to this species was
being used for other purposes. Panda poachers are also being severely punished for their
crimes.

The tiger is another species on the edge of extinction: when environmentalists finished their
studies a few years ago, three tiger subspecies had already been destroyed. Nowadays there are
only 5,000 tigers left in the wild. But this beautiful wild animal is constantly poisoned, trapped and
killed, mostly due to illegal trade.

Strategies now tend to preserve tigers in the wild: in the past countries were being helped only by
the United Nations to protect the habitats of this species and, at the same time, encourage local
communities to support tiger conservation. Now NGOs are helping and the struggle continues!

Polar bears are also on the list: a book was published last year by a British researcher saying that
this species will disappear within 100 years! A recent study was made estimating that there are
only 20,000 polar bears still in the wild.

But these majestic creatures are being threatened by pollution and global warming: ice is melting,
forcing polar bears to leave before they have eaten enough food. Not only is their food destroyed,
but also the access to feeding areas. That’s why strategies to preserve this species include
protecting their ecosystem, particularly their feeding areas and migration routes.

But there is still a lot to be done!

It’s up to us to do something to start reversing this situation before it is too late!

(adapted and abridged from www.un.org and http://www.panda.org/about_wwf/what_we_do/species/our_solutions/endangered_species/index.cfm )

 YOUNG CHAMPIONS

Today the 2022 Winter Olympics may still ________ (1) very far away, but our athletes are already
pushing themselves to get into Olympic teams. Among them are also four teenagers, aged 14 and
15. Although very young they are champions and have already won ________ (2) medals. They
all started training at a very ________ (3) age. Megan, for example, started skiing at the age of
2½.
The young athletes are very busy, ________ (4) their families, school, training and competitions.
Daniel and Rebecca say that they don’t have much time for their friends, but they don’t really mind
it. Daniel loves figure skating and going to the school of performing arts. In fact, other members of
his family skated ________ (5) in the past too. Rebecca is snowboarding in winter and sometimes
misses school for a whole week. But she can catch up with her homework on the internet. On the
other hand, life became easier for the slalom champion, Megan, when she changed school. Here
at boarding school she has lessons in the summer ________ (6) other kids enjoy their holidays at
the seaside.
If you want to be the best your records must be the best. Although very scared, Brian decided to
have a go and at the age of six, he made his first ski jump. This summer he ________ (7) his own
record. He says that competitions never stop. In the summer, when there is no snow, they jump off
artificial hills and land on a kind of carpet.
Besides training Daniel also helps a choreographer to choose music and designs his ________ (8)
with a dressmaker. The look of a figure skater is also very important for him but for Megan this is
not the case. What she needs are high quality ski suits and a light, comfortable helmet.
When competing in ________ (9) countries athletes can become homesick. Daniel and Megan
miss their family the most, while Brian cannot stop thinking about his girlfriend. Rebecca misses
family and friends and points out that it is good to know that they all ________ (10) you.