Maturitní okruhy z anglického jazyka pro školní rok 2009/2010
TOPICS FOR SCHOOL-LEAVING EXAMINATION
1. HOUSE AND HOME IN GREAT BRITAIN AND IN OUR COUNTRY AND PERSONAL CHARACTERISTICS
(What does a typical English home look like? Compare it with a Czech house or flat. Would you like to have a house of your own?,My family, appearance and personal qualities of its members, my future career and plans.)
2. THE TOWN AND REGION I LIVE AND STUDY IN
(Describe the town in more details. Do you like your town? Why? Why not? What about its surroundings? Give us some of the most important data of this region -about industry, agriculture ,relief and its sights.)
3. CULTURE, ART AND SPORTS
(Theatre ,cinema ,TV ,concerts and video - your favourite playwrights ,actors and actresses. Name some centres of culture and the most famous cultural events in our country. What kind of culture are you interested in? Do you know traditional English sports? What kinds of sports are popular in the Czech Republic? Are you a sportsman/sportsgirl? Do you like watching sports?)
4. SHOPS AND SERVICES
(Kinds of shops - advantages and disadvantages, kinds of goods, clothes and fashion accessories, advertisement, services - post offices, banks, repair shops etc.)
5. TRAVELLING, MY IDEAL HOLIDAYS
(What are necessary formalities you must go through to travel abroad? Which means of transport do you know and which do you like best? Tell us something about your best holidays. Have you ever worked during your holidays? Aims of travelling, accommodation.)
6. FOOD AND MEALS IN GREAT BRITAIN AND OUR COUNTRY
(What are the typical English meals and drinks? What do the Czechs like to drink and eat? What are your favourite meals and what meal can you prepare?)
7. HEALTH AND DISEASES,MEDICAL CARE IN OUR COUNTRY AND GREAT BRITAIN
(Is it important to keep fit at any age? How can you do it? What can harm your health? What are the symptoms of the flu? Are you often ill? What do you know about medical care in Great Britain?)
8. SCHOOLS IN GREAT BRITAIN,THE U.S.A. AND IN OUR COUNTRY
(Describe school systems in these countries-pre-school education ,primary and secondary education ,higher and farther education. Which are the most famous secondary schools and universities? What is your imagination of an ideal school? Importance of studying foreign languages, kinds of jobs, salary, unemployment.)
9. MAN AND SOCIETY
(Relations among people, friendship, love, racism, attitude to mentally and physically handicapped people, foreigners, minorities, situation in society - economics, politics, life style, problems of the youth - gangs, addiction, sects, criminality, vandalism.)
10. NATURE, WEATHER, OUR DYING PLANET, GREEN POLITICS AND ENVIRONMENT
(Seasons of the year, new sources of energy - advantages and disadvantages, what do you do for better environment and what would you recommend to do.)
11. LOOKING AT THE MAP OF THE UNITED KINGDOM OF GREAT BRITAIN AND NORTHERN IRELAND AND INTERESTING PLACES
(How many parts does the country consist of? The relief, industrial towns agriculture, important ports ,natural resources ,famous places-Oxford ,Cambridge ,Stratford ...)
12. LONDON AND ITS SIGHTS
(Where is London situated? What squares ,streets and buildings do you know there? What sights would you like to visit?
13. THE BRITISH AND AMERICAN SYSTEMS OF GOVERNMENT
(What kinds of states are Great Britain and the U.S.A.? The head of the state ,the supreme law-making body ,political parties ,local governments. Do you know any famous political personalities of the past and present?)
14. ENGLISH LITERATURE - THE OLDEST LITERATURE - THE 17TH CENTURY, ENGLISH LITERATURE - THE 18TH - 19TH CENTURY
(Beowulf, Caedmon, Wycliff, Chaucer, More, Milton, Swift, Defoe, Fielding, romanticism - Byron, Scott, realism - Dickens)
15. ENGLISH DRAMA
(Ben Johnson, Shakespeare, Wilde, Shaw)
16. ENGLISH LITERATURE - THE 20TH CENTURY
(Conrad, Kipling, Galsworthy, Wells, Christie, Chesterton, Amis, Greene, Golding)
17. AMERICAN HISTORY + COLOURED POPULATION
(Some important facts from the history. Who discovered the New World? Who were the first settlers? Who were the original inhabitants of America? What is their life now? What is the fate of black population?)
18. LOOKING AT THE MAP OF THE U.S.A. AND SOME FACTS ABOUT THIS COUNTRY, INTERESTING PLACES IN THE USA
(The relief of the U.S.A.. How many states are there in this country? Industry, agriculture,natural resources.New York, Washington, Las Vegas, Boston, Los Angeles, national parks etc.)
19. AMERICAN LITERATURE AND AMERICAN DRAMA
(Cooper, Poe, Melville, Whitman, Twain, London, Dreiser, Steinbeck, Styron, Mailer, Heller; O´Neill, Williams, Miller, Albee)
20. AMERICAN LITERATURE - THE LOST GENERATION, THE BEAT GENERATION
(Hemingway, Fitzgerald, Dos Passos, Ezra Pound, Kerouac, Ginsberg, Ferlinghetti.)
21. CANADA
(The most important and interesting facts about Canada - relief ,agriculture ,natural resources ,industry)
22. AUSTRALIA, NEW ZEALAND
(The most important and interesting facts about Australia and New Zealand - relief, agriculture ,natural resources ,industry)
23. THE CZECH REPUBLIC - MY COUNTRY, PRAGUE
(The relief ,agriculture ,natural resources ,industry. Do you know any historical towns here? Do you like the sights of Prague? Which are the most visited places in our republic?)
24. FESTIVALS AND THE MOST MEMORABLE DAYS IN GREAT BRITAIN AND THE U.S.A.
25. THE GREAT BRITISH AND AMERICAN PERSONALITIES OF CULTURE, SCIENCE AND POLITICS YOU KNOW
(Name and give a short characteristics of some of the famous American people. Who is the President of the U.S.A.? Do you know any former American presidents? The British Royal family)