Engleski A - 2014./15. jesen - Task 1
Task 1Questions 1-12You are going to read an article in which people talk about railway experiences.
For questions 1-12, choose from the people A-F.
Mark your answer on the answer sheet.
There is an example at the beginning (0).
For questions 1-12, choose from the people A-F.
Mark your answer on the answer sheet.
There is an example at the beginning (0).
Railway Experiences
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A Alec | B Brooke |
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I'd been stuck in my room for two weeks, recovering from an illness. So, against my doctor's advice, I decided to travel again. I took a three-day train trip that I'd taken many years before as a student on what was the most exciting adventure of my life. But everything had changed. Perhaps because of globalisation. Now everywhere seemed the same; everyone seemed to be dressed the same. Perhaps I had changed. I missed the atmosphere of adventure and began to regret my decision. So I got off the train and flew back to my home and my bed. | It didn't start well, seeing my train leave the station without me. So I decided to think positive: I would only be ten minutes late and it wouldn't be the end of the world if I missed the interview. Fifteen minutes later, I was watching the countryside roll by. After catching up with my emails and dealing with the office ones, I did what I usually do on train rides - daydream of being somewhere exciting or beautiful. When I arrived for the interview, I realised that I needn't have worried because one of the interviewers hadn't yet arrived. |
C Chloe | D Daniel |
So I was standing in the corridor, next to the open window, breathing in the rushing air. How I longed to be back where I had come from. I even found myself longing for the crowded commuter trains I was on holiday to get away from. In the compartment l'd just left, l'd been squeezed between people and piles of luggage, with the carriage swaying with the many bends in the track, which had made my stomach turn so much that I had got up, found my backpack and escaped into the corridor. | I was returning home after a day searching the bookshops in London, my carriage full of foreigners from language schools that regularly fill this train after a day's sightseeing in London. London exhausts me, so I stared at my newspaper, trying to distance myself from the people around me. The next thing I knew is that one of them was shaking my shoulder and gesturing me to get off the train. He must have thought I was one of them. And it's a good thing he woke me, because otherwise I would have missed my connection. |
I'd been stuck in my room for two weeks, recovering from an illness. So, against my doctor's advice, I decided to travel again. I took a three-day train trip that I'd taken many years before as a student on what was the most exciting adventure of my life. But everything had changed. Perhaps because of globalisation. Now everywhere seemed the same; everyone seemed to be dressed the same. Perhaps I had changed. I missed the atmosphere of adventure and began to regret my decision. So I got off the train and flew back to my home and my bed.
It didn't start well, seeing my train leave the station without me. So I decided to think positive: I would only be ten minutes late and it wouldn't be the end of the world if I missed the interview. Fifteen minutes later, I was watching the countryside roll by. After catching up with my emails and dealing with the office ones, I did what I usually do on train rides - daydream of being somewhere exciting or beautiful. When I arrived for the interview, I realised that I needn't have worried because one of the interviewers hadn't yet arrived.
So I was standing in the corridor, next to the open window, breathing in the rushing air. How I longed to be back where I had come from. I even found myself longing for the crowded commuter trains I was on holiday to get away from. In the compartment l'd just left, l'd been squeezed between people and piles of luggage, with the carriage swaying with the many bends in the track, which had made my stomach turn so much that I had got up, found my backpack and escaped into the corridor.
I was returning home after a day searching the bookshops in London, my carriage full of foreigners from language schools that regularly fill this train after a day's sightseeing in London. London exhausts me, so I stared at my newspaper, trying to distance myself from the people around me. The next thing I knew is that one of them was shaking my shoulder and gesturing me to get off the train. He must have thought I was one of them. And it's a good thing he woke me, because otherwise I would have missed my connection.
0 had wanted to buy a book?
1 had to change trains?
2 had a lot of luggage?
3 missed their train?
4 made their journey after dark?
5 fell asleep?
6 did not have a seat?
7 was homesick?
8 did some work on their journey?
9 felt like a tourist?
10 changed their mind?
11 was on their regular journey?
12 was travel sick?
