Engleski A - 2017./18. Jesenski rok - Task 1
Task 1
Questions 1-12
You are going to read an article in which people talk about their university days.
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).
My university days
A Annabelle | B Bradley |
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If I had had a scholarship I wouldn't have lived in a dormitory. It wasn't a place I remember with fondness. No matter how hard I tried I couldn't get along with the people living there. I watched them go out, and fall in and out of love, and all I could think about were the mates I had left behind. But then I started volunteering in the library, discovering that reading was a passion of mine. My professors also loved seeing me there. | I loved the time I spent with the guys in the garage rehearsing tunes nobody was interested in hearing. My parents kept warning me that without hard work I would never get a diploma. So I shouldn't have been surprised when they stopped funding me. I was close to giving up but I pulled myself together and soon after was awarded a scholarship due to my high marks. Finding a job after graduation was not a problem. |
If I had had a scholarship I wouldn't have lived in a dormitory. It wasn't a place I remember with fondness. No matter how hard I tried I couldn't get along with the people living there. I watched them go out, and fall in and out of love, and all I could think about were the mates I had left behind. But then I started volunteering in the library, discovering that reading was a passion of mine. My professors also loved seeing me there.
I loved the time I spent with the guys in the garage rehearsing tunes nobody was interested in hearing. My parents kept warning me that without hard work I would never get a diploma. So I shouldn't have been surprised when they stopped funding me. I was close to giving up but I pulled myself together and soon after was awarded a scholarship due to my high marks. Finding a job after graduation was not a problem.
Looking back, what I remember most vividly is that my parents and I were not on the same wavelength. I was independent of their financial support since my grandma had left me a substantial trust fund. Nonetheless, I always tried to take care of myself. I was a busgirl in a nearby tavern with live music. It seemed perfect as I was dating the guitarist. However, my fairy-tale love story ended abruptly after my boyfriend left with no explanation. I found comfort in my studies, and I looked up to my professors, for they had achieved what I dreamt of.
I should have tried harder. It all started off pretty nicely - I enrolled at the university I'd always wanted to go to, my uncle leased an apartment in my name, so I didn't have to live in a dormitory as planned, and I met the woman of my dreams, whom I ended up spending my life with. However, as time went by, I found it increasingly difficult to concentrate and study. Pretty soon the workload was too huge for me to handle, and my new friends moved on as they realised I wasn't going to make it.
E Elaine | F Forrest |
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Despite all the love and support from my parents, I chose not to depend on them financially. So, when I didn't get the scholarship I was hoping for, I took out a student loan. For a while, it felt great - doing sports as l'd always used to, frequenting the local bars and having tremendous fun on a daily basis. Then it hit me-I had to graduate to be able to pay off the loan! I started working harder and spending time in the library, where I met people who helped me through that rough year and never abandoned me afterwards. Although there was a general feeling that the professors paid no attention to our needs, they did cut me some slack when I needed it most. | It was during my university days that my attitude towards life changed dramatically. Since my parents supported me financially, I devoted my time to my studies. In my second year, I got to know some people from a dormitory who made me aware that a healthy body was as important as my subjects. So I followed their advice on nutrition and was persuaded to join the squash club. As far as our professors were concerned, I remember them constantly making us aware that they had other preoccupations apart from teaching. |
Despite all the love and support from my parents, I chose not to depend on them financially. So, when I didn't get the scholarship I was hoping for, I took out a student loan. For a while, it felt great - doing sports as l'd always used to, frequenting the local bars and having tremendous fun on a daily basis. Then it hit me-I had to graduate to be able to pay off the loan! I started working harder and spending time in the library, where I met people who helped me through that rough year and never abandoned me afterwards. Although there was a general feeling that the professors paid no attention to our needs, they did cut me some slack when I needed it most.
It was during my university days that my attitude towards life changed dramatically. Since my parents supported me financially, I devoted my time to my studies. In my second year, I got to know some people from a dormitory who made me aware that a healthy body was as important as my subjects. So I followed their advice on nutrition and was persuaded to join the squash club. As far as our professors were concerned, I remember them constantly making us aware that they had other preoccupations apart from teaching.
During their university days, which person...
0 helped out in the library?
1 had a job?
2 went out a lot?
3 took up sports?
4 had a grant?
5 lived in a dormitory?
6 made friends for life?
7 was disappointed in love?
8 admired their professors?
9 was a member of a band?
10 left college without graduating?
11 lost the support of their family?
12 longed for their high-school friends?