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JĘZYK ANGIELSKI. Matura pisemna

Polish your English

CZĘŚĆ II

ROZUMIENIE TEKSTU CZYTANEGO

Zadanie A

to ban the ancient “blood sport”. Hunting horns

blared and whistles blew as the demonstrators

walked passed the Houses of Parliament shouting,

“Blair, ban hunting and we’ll boot you out.”

Foxhunting is practised by only a small minority of

the British population. The participants are mainly

from rural areas and those from the upper classes.

Prince Charles is a supporter. On hearing of the

Labour Government’s plans to ban the blood sport,

the Prince was heard to say, “I might as well leave

the country.”

The majority of the British public have never sup-

ported what many feel is a cruel and barbaric way to

spend one’s leisure time. The latest opinion polls

show that around 65% of the population wishes to

see foxhunting banned. Only 24% support it. 64% of

those polled also said that the Royal Family set a bad

example to others by taking part in blood sports.

Those who support foxhunting say that it is

a humane way to control the number of foxes in the

countryside. They say that 6,000 jobs depend on the

sport. They also think that it is a lot of fun. Those

against the sport say that other methods of control-

ling foxes are less cruel. Foxhunting involves men

and women in red coats shouting “Tally Ho”, who,

along with around 50 dogs, chase a fox around the

countryside. If the fox is caught then it is ripped to

pieces by the dogs. Sounds like a nice way to spend

a Sunday afternoon. Doesn’t it?

( Według magazynu The World of English No 5 2002)

Przeczytaj uważnie poniższy tekst. W części

I wybierz jedną zgodną z tekstem odpowiedź i zakreśl

A, B albo C. W części II, spośród 15 pytań oznac-

zonych literami od A do O wybierz 9 takich, na które

znajdziesz odpowiedź w tekście. Wpisz do tabelki

litery oznaczające wybrane pytania. Kolejność

wpisywanych liter nie jest ważna. Za poprawne

rozwiązanie tego zadania możesz uzyskać 10 punk-

tów.

TEKST I

SPEAKER ONE

I think that the procedure for getting your driving

licence should change. I took the written test in

school when I was 15 but had to wait until I turned

16 to get my permit. Well, by that time my test

results had already expired! That was frustrating –

but it got worse! I took the test for the second time

and failed. I was completely aggravated. I finally

passed the written test a couple of months ago; how-

ever, in my state even if you are the legal age to

drive, you still have to wait six months once you get

your permit before you get your licence. That means

I will be 18 when I can officially drive, and by that

time, I’ll be leaving for college and won’t be able to

have a car. I was so excited to drive when I first

turned 17, but after going through all this drama to

get my licence, I’m totally disappointed.

SPEAKER TWO

One day, my dad – who was teaching me to drive

a stick shift – decided I was finally good enough to

drive outside the local hospital parking lot. I pulled

onto a maintenance road, got up to 30 mph and was

feeling confident. Then I stopped too short at a stop

sign. My dad got impatient and told me to keep

going. Suddenly, sirens started blaring and someone

on a bullhorn told me to pull over, which I wasn’t

sure how to do. I finally just stopped the car in the

middle of the road. Turns out that hospital security

thought I was driving drunk! Luckily, my dad is

a doctor there, and once we showed the officers my

learner’s permit, they let me go.

SPEAKER THREE

I’ve had bad luck with cars in general. I failed both

the written and driving tests. After I finally passed, my

dad bought me a car, and two days later someone hit

me in the school parking lot. Then, the same day my

mom bought me a new car, someone hit it in another

parking lot and broke my taillight! A month later, I got

a parking ticket near my school. Instead of paying,

I chose not to drive to school for 15 days. The first day

I drove to school again, someone rammed into my rear

bumper. My total bill for tickets and damages was

$5.000. I’m obviously not meant to drive.

( Według magazynu Seventeen March 2003)

TEKST II

Has anyone got a home for me?

It’s springtime, when thoughts turn to nesting. My

boyfriend and I are moving. This isn’t good news for

us, mainly because it will be the third time in 12

months that we have had to move. The reason we

move so often is that we are part of a housing under-

class in London. Hardly anyone recognises our exis-

tence. Technically, we could be called “homeless”,

since we never live anywhere permanently. More

accurately, we are “short-lifers”. That, at least, is

what we are called by the housing associations, pri-

vate organisations that provide homes for the not-

very-well-off.

Housing associations get money from the govern-

ment to renovate properties. While they’re waiting

for the government money, they put people in the

flats to stop squatters taking over. That’s where peo-

ple like my boyfriend and I come in. We are those

people.

Unfortunately, the system seems to benefit the

association more than it does the people who live in

these properties. We move every few months into

flats that anyone else would consider unfit for

human habitation. In one flat, the smell in the bath-

room was so bad that I refused to go in it at all. My

boyfriend went in with a pair of rubber gloves and

a mask over his face to remove the old, urine-

stained carpet from the floor.

The kitchen was no better. The grease on the floor

was so thick that it looked as if someone had spent

ten years rubbing bacon fat on it and then tramping

across it in muddy boots. We did finally get it clean,

but I was angry. How could anyone have lived in such

conditions? And who was this filthy person?

I found out a few weeks later when he rang the bell

to ask if he could get his mail. I gathered all my

weeks of resentment and prepared to confront him.

But when I opened the door, I saw a pale, greasy-

haired man in his forties, who was wiping his nose on

the sleeve of his coat. He looked so pathetic, I just

lost my nerve.

The neighbours are another problem. Already this

year we have lived above a psychopathic bouncer and

his girlfriend. She was so sensitive to noise that

a small ventilator we couldn’t hear inside our flat was

giving her a headache in hers.

CZĘŚĆ I

ROZUMIENIE TEKSTU SŁUCHANEGO

ZADANIE A

Po dwukrotnym wysłuchaniu wypowiedzi trzech dziewcząt zdecyduj,

której z nich dotyczą poniższe zdania (1-9).

Zaznacz znakiem 4 odpowiednią rubrykę w tabeli. Za poprawne

wykonanie tego zadania możesz uzyskać 9 punktów.

Speaker Speaker Speaker

One

Two Three

0 She had a learner’s permit. (przykład)

1. She thinks she shouldn’t drive at all.

2. She didn’t pass the driving test the first time.

3. She had to take the test

the second time because of the regulations.

4. She was stopped for breaking the traffic

regulations.

5. She had a series of small accidents.

6. She thinks it takes too long to get

a driving licence.

7. She is complaining about the driving licence

regulations in her state.

8. She was taught to drive by her dad.

9. She had to pay a lot of money for repairs

and tickets.

ZADANIE B

Po dwukrotnym wysłuchaniu wiadomości zdecyduj, które z poniższych

zdań są zgodne (TRUE) z zawartymi w nich informacjami,

a które nie (FALSE). Zaznacz znakiem 4 odpowiednią rubrykę w tabelce.

Za prawidłowe rozwiązanie tego zadania

możesz uzyskać 6 punktów.

TRUE FALSE

1. The march in London was organised

to protest against foxhunting.

2. Prince Charles shares the protesters’ opinion.

3. Foxhunting is popular

with the majority of Britons.

4. The Royal Family is criticised

for supporting foxhunting by a considerable part

of the British population.

5. The text provides a description

of what foxhunting involves.

6. The text presents only arguments against foxhunting.

40,000 people marched through central London on

21 st September in support of foxhunting. The pro-

testers are angry that Tony Blair’s government is set

Pisemny egzamin dojrzałości

z języka angielskiego w szkołach dla

młodzieży w województwie dolnośląskim 7

maja 2003, godzina 9

ZADANIA

TEKSTY DO ROZUMIENIA ZE SŁUCHU

(Na maturze otrzymał je tylko nauczyciel)

Then there was the girl with the extremely cute cat.

Unfortunately, the girl had a very un-cute habit of

going through our mail and taking cheques and ban-

knotes. We finally had to get a locked mailbox.

In the flat we have now, we live below a Spanish

woman called Mrs Jérez who has multiple personal-

ities, to whom she is constantly talking. We hear her

moving furniture around at five in the morning.

My boyfriend, who is also Spanish, tried to befriend

her, because as soon as the housing association man-

ages to get her out, they will also kick us out so they

can start renovations on the whole house. “Hello!

I hear you’re Spanish as well,” he said to her in Span-

ish. She didn’t answer, but just shook her head irra-

tionally.

Mrs Jérez is not the only irrational person in our

road. My boyfriend has had his car windscreen

smashed with a brick simply because he took some-

one’s parking space. Ah, London life! It’s no wonder

I spend most of my time 65 kilometres away in Read-

ing, where I work.

(Według magazynu Spotlight No 5/1999 )

wstawiony. Za prawidłowe rozwiązanie tego zadania

możesz otrzymać 10 punktów.

Tony Blair’s Son Misses Out Oxford

Euan Blair, ( 0)_A_ , has just failed to get good

enough grades in his A-levels to go (1) _______. He

got a C grade in his French exam. If he had got a B,

(2) ______. Unfortunately, Euan’s narrow failure

coincides with a scandal (3) ______. It has been

alleged that examiners were put under pressure to

purposely grade students down so that the govern-

ment could escape criticism that the exams (4)

______. It also appears that this pressure came from

the government itself. Thousands of

A-level students consequently got lower grades (5)

______. So Euan Blair is not alone in his disap-

pointment. Could it be his dad’s government was to

blame for him not getting into Oxford?

The scandal has meant that the head of the A-level

examination board (6)______, and thousands of stu-

dents papers (7) ______. “Of course I am sorry,”

said Prime Minister Blair. “I am not just sorry for

those students that have been put in this position.

I am sorry (8) ______.”

Euan was a pupil at the strangely named London

Oratory School, where he was deputy head boy.

After being rejected from Oxford, Blair has been

accepted at Bristol University (9) ______. Bristol is

a good university, 10) ______. And if he doesn’t like

it at his new university, then there is only one person

to blame, perhaps – his dad!

(Według The World of English No 5/2002 )

She can’t

_________________________________________

_________.

3. You will have to take your car to the garage. It

needs servicing.You will

_________________________________________

_____________________ serviced.

4. I’m sorry I didn’t have time to meet with

you. I wish _____________________.

5. “No, I didn’t ask your boyfriend to give

me a lift,” said Maggie. Maggie denied

____________

______________________________.

6. Jane first visited her parents-in-law last

weekend. Until last weekend

_________________________________________

_ ____________________.

7. I have never read a book as good as this

This is _________

_________________________________________

____________read.

8. Jane finds it difficult to live in a small

village after living in a big city for so many years.

Jane can’t get used _____

_____________________________________.

9. They are discussing that problem at the

moment. The problem _______

_________________________________________

_______________.

10. I’d better take some warm clothes because it

might be cold in the evenings.

I will take some warm clothes in case

._________________________________________

CZĘŚĆ I

The main idea of the text is that

A. it’s difficult for some people to find a decent

flat in London.

B. most flats in London are ruined and dirty.

C. neighbours in London are generally difficult to

get on with.

CZĘŚĆ II

A. What did the bathroom in one of the author’s

flats look like? (przykład)

B. How many times has the author moved in the

last 12 months?

C. Why do housing associations put people in dev-

astated houses?

D. Why is the author homeless?

E. Where does the author’s boyfriend come from?

F. Where had the previous tenant moved?

G. What did the previous tenant do for a living?

H. Why did the previous tenant come to the

author?

I. Why does one of the author’s neighbours talk to

herself?

J. What did the author tell the previous tenant

when she saw him?

K. Why has the author’s boyfriend had the wind-

screen smashed?

L. What did one of the author’s neighbours steal?

M. Why did one of the author’s neighbours have

headaches?

N. What was special about the kitchen floor in one

of the flats?

O. What is the author’s boyfriend’s job?

A. the son of British Prime Minister

B. have had to be re-graded

C. to Oxford University

D. that this situation has happened at all

E. has been sacked

F. then he would be going to Oxford

G. than they were expecting

H. but not as good as Oxford

I. are becoming too easy

J. that has broken out about A-level results this

year

K. where he will study ancient history

L. and this week he applied for the university

11. Although she is still very young she seems to

be very mature and responsible.

Despite __________________

_________________________________________

____.

12. “I want to start the journey now, without any

delay,” said Peter.

Peter insisted ___________

_________________________________________

___________.

Zadanie B

CZĘŚĆ III

TEST LEKSYKALNO-GRAMATYCZNY

Przeczytaj uważnie tekst i zdecyduj, które linijki są

poprawne, a w których znajduje się zbędny wyraz.

Jeśli linijka jest poprawna, postaw 4 , jeśli zawiera

zbędny wyraz, wypisz go na marginesie. Dwie pier-

wsze linijki są przykładami. Za prawidłowe

rozwiązanie tego zadania możesz otrzymać 5 punk-

tów.

0. The trouble with the tea is that originally it was

quite __the_

00. a good drink. So a group of the most eminent

British __ ___

1. scientists put up their heads together, and con-

ducted a complicated _____

2. biological experiment as to find a way of spoil-

ing it. _____

3. They suggested that if you do not drink it clear,

or with lemon, _____

4. or rum and sugar but pour a few drops of the

cold milk into it,

Zadanie A

Uzupełnij każde z niedokończonych zdań tak, aby

zachować znaczenie zdania wyjściowego. Nie wolno

niczego zmieniać w podanych fragmentach zdań.

Za prawidłowe wykonanie tego zadania możesz

otrzymać 12 punktów.

Przykład:

I spend 15 minutes going to school.

It __takes me __ 15 minutes to get to school.

Zadanie B

Z poniższego artykułu usunięto kilka fragmentów

zdań. Przeczytaj uważnie tekst i dopasuj brakujące

fragmenty zdań tak, aby tworzyły logiczną i poprawną

całość, wpisując odpowiednią literę w luki. Jeden

fragment jest zbędny, a jeden został już dla przykładu

1. John was offered a job so he didn’t have to emi-

grate. If John _______

_________________________________________

_______________.

2. I’m sure she hasn’t apologised to him.

_____

5. and no sugar at all, the desired object is been

achieved. _____

6. Once this refreshing, aromatic beverage was

successfully _____

7. transformed into a colourless and tasteless gar-

gling-water, _____

8. it suddenly had became the national drink of

_____

9. Great Britain and Ireland – still retaining,

_____

10. indeed usurping, the high-sounding title of tea.

Rowling was finally vindicated when a judge in the

US ruled that Stouffer was a blatant liar and cheat. “I

sat shaking after hearing 9)______ news,” she says.

“The clouds have lifted and I no longer have 10)

_______ worry.”

( Według magazynu The Week

28 September 2002)

Zadanie E

Uzupełnij zdania, wstawiając odpowiednią formę

czasownika w nawiasie. Za prawidłowe rozwiązanie

tego

możesz

otrzymać

5 punktów.

Przykład: I suggest (go) __going__ to the cine-

ma .

( Według George Mikes, How to be an Alien)

Zadanie C

Przekształć wyrazy podane na końcu każdego ze

zdań w taki sposób, aby po ich wstawieniu w luki

uzyskać poprawne i logiczne zdania.

Za prawidłowe rozwiązanie tego zadania możesz

otrzymać 3 punkty.

0) Pushy parents may be doing their children

more harm than good.

PUSH – przykład

1. Susan’s got sore feet because she (dance)

_____________________________________ non-

stop for three hours.

2. Why do you keep (repeat)

__________________________________ that you

don’t love him? Everybody knows you are marrying

him next month.

3. He should stay in bed until his fever (go)

_________________ _______________ down.

4. If you hear her (cough)

____________________________ again, give her

these tablets.

5. By the time you come back from the shops

I (finish) ___________ __________________

lunch.

1. Can you hear that _____

__________________________? It’s John watch-

ing his favourite comedy show again.

LAUGH

2. Many children live in the _____

_________________________ world of computer

games. IMAGINE

3. Although she had put on a lot of make-up,

there was still a ______ ____________________

scar on her left cheek.

NOTICE

CZĘŚĆ IV

WYPOWIEDŻ PISEMNA

Proszę napisać wypracowanie o długości

200–300 słów (1–1,5 strony papieru kance-

laryjnego) na jeden z trzech tematów. Za tę część

można uzyskać maksymalnie 35 punktów.

4. I think you should ______

_______________________ John from climbing

this mountain. The weather is going to change so it

may be dangerous. COURAGE

5. After his last jump everybody knew he was the

______ _____________ ___________ world

champion.

1. Write about the most fascinating city you have

ever visited.

2. You haven’t been getting on well with your par-

ents recently. In a letter to a friend describe the prob-

lem and ask for advice.

3. More and more people say that it is better to

study abroad than in Poland. Write a composition

about it providing arguments for and against.

QUESTION

6. Although he is 25, he is still very

_____________________________. Do you think

he will ever grow up?

MATURE

Zadanie D

Wstaw jeden wyraz w każdą lukę tak, aby uzyskać

logiczny i poprawny tekst. Za prawidłowe

rozwiązanie tego zadania możesz otrzymać 5 punk-

tów.

J.K. Rowling 0)_ has_ been having a terrible time.

First she 1)______ terrorised 2) _____ a stalker – an

American fan 3) ______ was finally deported last

month. Then she was accused

4) ______ plagiarism by Nancy Stouffer, an Ameri-

can writer who alleged that Rowling stole the word

“Muggles” – the non-wizards in the Harry Potter

books – from her own work. The case,

5) _______ was big news in the US, made Rowling’s

life 6) ______ misery. She lay awake all night wor-

rying, and even contemplating abandoning Harry

Potter altogether. “It felt as 7) _______ some

stranger had come out of nowhere saying she was my

daughter’s mother,” she says. ”I had worked on

Harry Potter 8) _______ 11 years. For Stouffer to

claim that this was done not through effort but theft

– it was like a punch in the stomach.” Last week

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