CONTENTS

4 MATURITA
Listening, Reading, Speaking, Writing

22 USA
The Wonders of Washington

24 BLACK HISTORY MONTH
The African-American Heroes You May Have Never Heard Of

26 RELATIONSHIPS
What’s Your Couple Style?

28 FASHION
The Return of Retro

30 ENTERTAINMENT
January-February Releases

32 PUZZLES
The Puzzler

33 POEM
Inspired by Bridge: Czechia from A to Z

34 NEWS
Cooliosities

35 THE INTERNET
A Tale of Two Pranks

Bridge January-February 2023

Solutions

MATURITA – DIDAKTICKÝ TEST

Listening Part One: 1B, 2D, 3A, 4C

Listening Part Two: 5F, 6F, 7T, 8F, 9T, 10T, 11F, 12F

Listening Part Three:
13
Norway (wrong: Sweden)
14 houses (wrong: gingerbread men/stars)
15 2013 (wrong: 2011, 2014)
16 movies/films (wrong: architecture, geometry)
17 11 kg / eleven kilos (wrong: 7)
18 5/five weeks (wrong: year)
19 4,500 (wrong: 40,000)
20 trip (abroad) (wrong: new sculpture)

Listening Part Four: 21A, 22B, 23B, 24C

Reading Part 5: 25D, 26A, 27D, 28C, 29C

Reading Part 6: 30F, 31T, 32F, 33T, 34T, 35F, 36T, 37F, 38F, 39F

Reading Part 7: 40D, 41C, 42C,43B, 44B

Reading Part 8: 45B, 46E, 47C, 48D, 49F; not used: A, G

Reading Part 9: 50C, 51A, 52B, 53C, 54B, 55B, 56A, 57C, 58C, 59B, 60A, 61A, 62B, 63B, 64A

 

The Wonders of Washington
1
to have something impressive / to have something to be proud of

2 busy / lively / full of busy activity / full of busy people

3 someone who sells fish / a person who sells fish / a fish-seller

4 cup of coffee

5 go/come/move in large numbers

6 famous / well‑known

They Changed the World

1 to, 2 to, 3 that, 4 was, 5 of, 6 up, 7 until, 8 was, 9 for / meaning, 10 than, 11 get / have / receive, / earn, 12 as, 13 her, 14 in / within, 15 for, 16 in, 17 was, 18 had, 19 had / got, 20 which, 21 were, 22 who, 23 with, 24 to

All the Action
1
fallen apart (meaning A)
2 true to the spirit of (B)
3 carry out (A)
4 sets it apart (B)
5 banter (A)
6 psychic (B)
7 franchise (B)
8 live up to (A)
9 plot twists (B)

The Puzzler
TABLETOP CROSSWORD
1
pepper, 2 bacon, 3 plate, 4 mushroom, 5 sausage, 6 butter, 7 tomato, 8 beans, 9 marmalade, 10 toast
REBUS
1
travel overseas, 2 try to understand, 3 apple pie
JUST A LOVE SONG
We’re no strangers to love / You know the rules and so do I; song: “Never Gonna Give You Up” by Rick Astley
MISSING WORDS
Thames, shaman, Bahamas, ashamed; missing word: HAM
gloves, Slovenia, pullover, clover; missing word: LOVE

Cooliosities
OUR NEW ROBOT OVERLORDS
Task 1: C
ALIEN LANDING
Two statements (4 and 5)
A Tale of Two Pranks
Define It – sample answers:
1
it doesn’t sound familiar / you are not familiar with it / you have never heard about it
2 becomes popular / becomes fashionable / spreads
3 becomes known / is revealed
Fix the Mistakes
1
has been made > was made; 2020 > 2022
2 splitted > split; before > after
3 uploaded in > uploaded to; by a teacher > by a student / by students
4 newspaper > newspapers; kettle > toaster

 

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