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Rozumienie ze słuchu
ZADANIE 9 (5 pkt)
Zapoznaj się ze zdaniami podanymi obok.
Usłyszysz dwukrotnie fragment powieści współczesnego pisarza brytyjskiego
(mp3 na www.gazeta.pl/edukacja – wejdź w język angielski).
Zdecyduj, które zdania są zgodne z treścią tekstu (TRUE), a które
nie (FALSE).
Zaznacz znakiem (X) odpowiednią rubrykę w tabeli.
9.1. Annie was considering moving out of the house
for a short time.
9.2. Annie’s husband had made a special effort
to celebrate their anniversary.
9.3. At first, Annie refused to believe what her husband
told her he had decided to do.
9.4. Annie noticed immediately that there
was something different about the pond.
9.5. The fish Annie’s husband had owned
were worthless.
Za każdą poprawną odpowiedź otrzymasz 1 punkt.
ZADANIE 10 (5 pkt)
Zapoznaj się ze zdaniami (10.1-10.5). Usłyszysz dwukrotnie rozmowę
z ekologiem (mp3 na www.gazeta.pl/edukacja – wejdź w język
angielski), który jest ekspertem w dziedzinie usuwania odpadów.
Z podanych możliwości wybierz właściwą, zgodną z treścią usłyszanych
informacji. Zakreśl literę A, B, C lub D. Za każdą poprawną
odpowiedź otrzymasz 1 punkt.
10.1. According to John Croft, during the last century the plastic bag
A. was one of the most dangerous inventions.
B. became more widespread than most other products.
C. reached its peak of production.
D. took years to perfect when it was invented.
10.2. John implies that recent research by supermarket chains has
A. largely gone unnoticed.
B. led to an increase in the number of shopping bags.
C. been discussed a lot by customers.
D. resulted in customers providing their own shopping bags.
10.3. A new process being tested at the moment
A. involves a substance which makes the plastic in bags softer.
B. ensures that tough plastic breaks up quickly.
C. means that the lifespan of plastic bags is much shorter.
D. consists of a simple method of disposing of flexible plastic.
10.4. Much of the plastic waste produced in Britain
A. is produced by the food industry.
B. is thrown away in the form of litter.
C. is used once only then thrown away.
D. finds its way to landfill sites.
10.5. Critics of the new technology insist that
A. it will not encourage people to manage waste effectively.
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B. it will result in a huge rise in plastic waste.
C. there aren’t enough waste tips to deal with the problem.
D. greenhouse gasses may decrease but global warming will not.
ZADANIE 11 (5 pkt)
Zapoznaj się z poniższymi zdaniami oznaczonymi (11.1-11.10).
Usłyszysz dwukrotnie wywiad z wnukiem jednego z pierwszych zdobywców
Mount Everest (mp3 na www.gazeta.pl/edukacja – wejdź w
język angielski). Wybierz 5 zdań, których treść jest zgodna z tekstem
i zaznacz je, wpisując znak (X) w tabeli obok wybranego zdania. Za
każdą poprawną odpowiedź otrzymasz 1 punkt. Jeśli zaznaczysz
więcej niż 5 zdań otrzymasz 0 punktów za całe zadanie.
11.1 Sherpas who climb the mountain are disobeying
the gods.
11.2 Sherpas who choose not to attempt Everest will live
longer than those who do.
11.3 At first the Sherpas were unhappy that the mountain
had been climbed.
11.4 Tenzing Norgay predicted that Everest
would become popular.
11.5 Nowadays the Sherpas limit the number
of trips to Everest.
11.6 The Sherpas feel they are responsible
for the environment in the mountains.
11.7 Only experienced climbers should attempt Everest.
11.8 You are more likely to survive if you have prepared
yourself mentally as well as physically.
11.9 Sherpas experience far fewer problems with
the altitude than Westerners.
11.10 Sherpas are used to eating fatty, spicy foods.
Rozumienie tekstu czytanego
ZADANIE 12 (3 pkt)
Przeczytaj fragment powieści. Z podanych odpowiedzi wybierz właściwą,
zgodną z treścią tekstu. Zaznacz jedną z czterech możliwości,
zakreślając literę A, B, C lub D. Za każdą poprawną odpowiedź otrzymasz
1 punkt.
FROM KAZUO ISHIGURO’S THE REMAINS OF THE DAY
I lodged last night in an inn named the ’Coach and Horses’ a little way
outside the town of Taunton, Somerset. This being a thatched-roof cottage by
the roadside, it had looked a conspicuously attractive prospect from the Ford
as I had approached in the last of the daylight. The landlord led me up a timber
stairway to a small room, rather bare, but perfectly decent. When he inquired
whether I had dined, I asked him to serve me a sandwich in my room, which
proved a satisfactory option as far as supper was concerned. But then as the

evening drew on, I began to feel a little restless in my room, and in the end
decided to descend to the bar below to try a little of the local cider.
There were five or six customers all gathered in a group around the bar
– one guessed from their appearance they were agricultural people of
one sort or another – but otherwise the room was empty. Acquiring
a tankard of cider from the landlord, I seated myself at a table a little
way away, intending to relax a little and collect my thoughts concerning
the day. It soon became clear, however, that these local people were
perturbed by my presence, feeling something of a need to show hospitality.
Whenever there was a break in their conversation, one or other of them
would steal a glance in my direction as though trying to find it in himself
to approach me. Eventually one raised his voice and said to me: ’It seems
you’ve let yourself in for a night upstairs here, sir.’
When I told him this was so, the speaker shook his head doubtfully
and remarked: ’You won’t get much of a sleep up there, sir. Not unless
you’re fond of the sound of old Bob’ – he indicated the landlord -’banging
away down here right into the night. And then you’ll get woken by his
missus shouting at him right from the crack of dawn.’
Despite the landlord’s protests, this caused loud laughter all round.
12.1 The writer decided to go down to the bar at the inn because
A. it had looked attractive as he had entered the inn.
B. it would provide him with more than a sandwich for his supper.
C. he wanted to meet some of the local people before he went to bed.
D. he began to feel he needed a change of scene.
12.2 What comment does the writer make about the people in the bar?
A. They all seemed to be from different family backgrounds.
B. They seemed distant and unfriendly towards him.
C. They seemed to want to involve him in their conversation.
D. They were staring at him as if they did not trust him.
12.3 One of the people in the bar joked that
A. the writer might have a somewhat disturbed night.
B. the landlord and his wife always argued all night long.
C. guests stayed in the bar until the early hours of the morning.
D. the landlord rarely had an overnight guest at the inn.
ZADANIE 13 (5 pkt)
Przeczytaj fragment artykułu, z którego usunięto cztery zdania.W
pierwszej części zadania wpisz w każde z miejsc (13.1-13.4) literę
(A-E), którą oznaczone jest brakujące zdanie. Jedno z podanych
zdań nie pasuje do tekstu.W drugiej części zadania wybierz zakończenie
zdania zgodne z treścią artykułu. Za każdą poprawną odpowiedź
otrzymasz 1 punkt.
JOURNEY TO THE ROCKIES
The legendary transcontinental ’The Canadian’, which travels between
Toronto and Vancouver, covers a staggering 2,000-plus miles, passes
through four time zones and takes around 72 hours – assuming your
train isn’t delayed by a moose wandering onto the line, or by a mudslide.
(13.1)________. Now that’s what I call a serious train journey.
The trip was of special significance to me since I was following in
my father’s footsteps. He had left for Canada more than 50 years ago,
before eventually returning to Britain. (13.2)________ My travelling
companions and I got our first glimpse of ’The Canadian’ in Toronto’s
Union Station. After storing my bags in my ’roomette’ (single berth
cabin), I headed for the dome cars. Then minutes later I heard a guard
crying, ’All aboard!’ and we were on our way. As we made our way
through the stunning scenery I learned from the guards that my journey
was considerably more comfortable than my father’s. (13.3)________
At the other extreme, in summer it got so hot that they sometimes had
to haul blocks of ice inside the train to cool people down.
I also learned that the west coast province of British Columbia only
agreed to join the Canadian Confederation on the condition that the
government built a railroad linking it with the rest of the country. The
last spike was eventually hammered into the line in 1885, securing
British Columbia for Canada. (13.4)________ Thanks to them, however,
travelling on one of the greatest rail journeys in the world remains the
experience of a lifetime.
Część I
A. Back in the days before mass air travel, if you were heading out to
North America’s west coast, the only way to do so, unless you were
wealthy, was to take a ship across the Atlantic and then
a transcontinental train.
B. Indeed, it’s not unusual to see elk and mule deer stroll down the
high street in Jasper, the quaint little town high in the Rockies that
was our last stop before reaching Vancouver the next morning.
C. But the price was high: one man a mile reputedly died laying the
track.
D. Not only that but it takes in the wilderness known as the Canadian
Shield, vast prairie lands and the towering Rockies.
E. In his day, when it was -40°C during the depths of winter, a train’s
wheels would sometimes freeze up.
Część II
Na podstawie informacji zawartych w tekście wybierz odpowiedź zgodną
z jego treścią. Zakreśl jedną z czterech możliwości A, B, C lub D.
13.5 The trip was particularly important to the writer because
A. he had never seen such beautiful scenery before.
B. he was able to learn a lot about the history of the railroad.
C. he was reliving a part of his father’s past life.
D. he had never been on such a long train journey before.
Rozpoznawanie struktur leksykalno-gramatycznych
ZADANIE 14 (4 pkt)
Przeczytaj uważnie poniższy artykuł. Z podanych odpowiedzi wybierz
właściwą, tak aby otrzymać logiczny i gramatycznie poprawny
tekst. Zaznacz jedną z czterech możliwości, zakreślając literę A,
B, C lub D. Za każdą poprawną odpowiedź otrzymasz 0,5 punktu.
THE SECRETS OF SPEECH
The study of speech is a fascinating topic for research. Scientists (14.1)
________ to unravel the workings of the human brain have discovered for
the first time how it picks out speech from other noises and works out
(14.2)________ just the meanings of words.
As Britain’s research councils launch a push to understand exactly (14.3)
makes humans master communicators, the results so far are startling.
What has puzzled researchers over the years is how we are so good
(14.4)________ language and are able to convey and perceive information
not just by using words, but with more subtle devices (14.5)________
as intonation and rhythm. Among the big guns rolled out by researchers
to crack the mystery of human language is the brain scanning technique,
functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI). Able to take snapshots
of brain activity, fMRI gives a fascinating insight (14.6)________ the
inner workings of the brain. Using fMRI, Dr Sophie Scott, an expert in
speech neurobiology at University College London, (14.7)________
discovered that the brain takes speech and separates it into words and
’melody’ – the varying intonation in speech that reveals mood, gender,
and so on. Her studies suggest that words are then moved over to the left
temporal lobe for processing, (14.8)________ the melody is channelled
to the right side of the brain, a region more stimulated by music.

14.1
A. trying
B. try
C. tried
D. have tried
14.2
A. as much as
B. most of
C. more than
D. so many more
14.3
A. which
B. whether
C. that
D. what
14.4
A. in
B. at
C. for
D. of
14.5
A. such
B. so
C. like
D. similar
14.6
A. around
B. over
C. into
D. between
14.7
A. was
B. has
C. is
D. having
14.8
A. since
B. throughout
C. during
D. while