CZĘŚĆ II ROZUMIENIE TEKSTU PISANEGO

Zadanie A. Uporządkuj fragmenty tekstu literackiego tak, aby tworzyły logiczną całość, wpisując obok liter kolejną liczbę od
2 do 9. Pierwszy fragment został dla przykładu podany. Za prawidłowe wykonanie tego zadania możesz uzyskać 8 pkt.

A......... On the contrary, they were merely casual events in a crowded summer, and, until much later, they absorbed me
infinitely less than my personal affairs.
Most ofthe time I worked.

B....1..... Reading over what l have written so far, I see l have given the impression that the events oj three nights several
weeks apart were all that absorbed me.

C.......... so when she went on her vacation in July I let it blow quietly away.
I took dinner usually at the Yale Club - for some reason it was the gloomiest event of my day - and then I
went upstairs to the library and studied investments and securities for a conscientious hour. There
were generally a few rioters around, but they never came into the library, so it was a good place to work.
After that,

D......... In the early morning the sun threw my shadow westward as I hurried down the white chasms of lower New York to
the Probity Trust. I knew the other clerks and young bondsalesmen by their first names, "

E......... I was going to enter into their lives, and no one would ever know or disapprove. Sometimes, in my mind, I followed
them to their apartments on the corners of hidden streets, and they turned and smiled back at me

F.......... and lunched with them in dark, crowded restaurants on little pig sausages and mashed potatoes and coffee. I even had
a short affair with a girl who lived in Jersey City and worked in the accounting departrment, but her brother began throwing
mean looks in my direction,

G......... before they faded through a door into warm darkness. At the enchanted metropolitan twilight I felt a haunting
loneliness sometimes, and felt it in others - poor young c1erks, who loitered in front of windows waiting until it was time for
a solitary restaurant dinner young c1erks in the dusk, wasting the most poignant moments of night and life.

H.......... the racy, adventurous feel of it at night, and the satisfaction that the constant f1icker of men and women and
machines gives to the restless eye. I liked to walk up Fifth Avenue and pick out romantic women from the crowd and imagine
that in a few minutes

I......... if the night was mellow, I strolled down Madison Avenue past the old Murray Hill Hotel, and over 33rd Street to the
Pennsylvania Station.
I began to like New York,

CZĘŚĆ IV. WYPOWIEDŹ PISEMNA

Proszę wypowiedzieć się w dowolnie wybranej formie (np.opowiadanie, rozprawka, list, dialog, monolog, wywiad, recenzja) na jeden z trzech tematów.
Wypowiedź o długości 1.5-2 stron papieru kancelaryjnego (250-350 słów) powinna spełniać wszystkie wymogi charakterystyczne dla danej formy. Za tę
część możesz uzyskać, maksymalnie 35 pkt.

1. Today too much emphasis is put on physical appearance. Agree or disagree.

2. Write a letter to the local newspaper in which you express your worries about the growing violence among young people in your district.

3. Write a story which begins with the following words: "When I met him/her I would never have suspected what my life would be like in a year's time”.
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Zadanie B. Z poniżs1;ego artykułu >u$unięłąkilka fragmentów zdali. Przeczytaj u'fażni,ę ten artykuł i dopa_uj
brakujące (qtgmentyidan tak, aby tworzyły logiczną i poprawną
,całaść, wpisujLąc\odgowiedn!ą tjterę w luki.- J_deq..t;ragrnent jeśt zhędTI_, a jeden został
Już dla priykb__u}Vstąwiony- ..iapra_idłowe rozwiązanie tegotada!li'a plożesz uzyskać
12 pkt.

STA_ING CONNECTED AND ENGAGED

. _ _
Succęssful aging is also a psychological feat. Loneliness, fore.,.xam;>'le,J can speed you!)o demisę
no matter 1)--------------:. "We go through life s_lrrounded'by protective COl1Noysrof ot-hers," says \
Robert Kahn, a Universitybf Michigan psythologist who has studied 2J.::;,_.. "People who manage to maintain a network of
social support do best." One st!'_Idyof eldedy heartattack patients fouIld that those,with two or more c1ose assoc_ates
enjo&yed twicet,11e oHe_year
sur,vival t:ate 3) ,
Companionśhip aside, heal_hy qldsters seem to share a knack for nianagil1g stress, 49 . B... . . to heartdisease, ,&cancer and
accidents. Resdirchers have also linked successful agil1g _o menlal stimulalion. AITidle brain will deteriorate jus_ as sure1y
5), notes Dr. Greenf2bncn, head ofthe gerontology center at George Washington University. Andju_t ase_ercise Gan ptevent
musc1e attophy, m.cntal challenges;6)_- and the imjIlunę system. But what most_ilIlpresses iese}m;hhs who study the
oldestOld is, tlIeir simpledrive and ręsilience.
_"Peop'le who reach 100 are not quitters," says Adler of the Nation(:j;ICentenarian Awareness
Pro,lect. "They share 7) , to accept the inevitable losses,and move on."
Mer.le McEathr0l1 knows all abbut aC9cpting 10sses': She'_" 102 today, _O'uf she wasjust f'l when
she fopnd 8) ......................at hef Ghi!dhqodholrlein Yincęnnes, Indiana, feJfed by a heart attack. '
As the_1dest girl;,in thefamilY;.Me_le hą9t(L_) 'H'!! cooking-and clpaningJor.her t'ather
a_d twotolder brothers.She married at 15, butNer man lift her at_25;, so she startęq a geneml
,store and workedthere long enough 10) . The boys wde gr_)\vn by the time
Wor1cI!!'War II came a;long, but she..found.qther ways tostay'bl1sy.,Sheworkedas a housemother ata CadetClub, a
l11ilitarysoqialceliter, ll)'=-_ atterhours. And ..when tą.e wal'endćd, she gotin hęt Buick and headed for Arizona.
She was 51,years pld by the time she hit Phoentx, but the mQve brough.t'maqy ad ventures .
12t . After,;,dumping one al1(}ioutlivjng th<;; others",she movcdhers_lf1'htothe Eastem
Stat_retirementcenter to avoid getting lonely. A doctor assured her she would neven walk againwhen she br.Qke<iherleg
tO'llr'years ago, 13)__, and every Septel11bershe travels to Indtcma fOr a reunioIl at the Cadet Club. Wheil she gets there,
she clirhbs over the wing 01' a
re sto red World War II training pIane, crawls intoi the cockpit behindthe pilot and ridęs that
babylil1to the sky.

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_;From Newsweek, _ugust 1l, 19ft7

A _ all heLteeth are gone

B - a'poison thatcontributesmeasurably
,C - how COJ1SCiOl1SlY y6u care for your body
D _ as an UlTllsedJeg ;!>
E _ ilicluding three l110re husbands

F-her mother dead onthe t1oor

'" . .,
G,- !he health effects of cOl11panionship
,g-; but shę now waJks. ą mile and a qumter each da y
I - to put both of h_r sons through college
J -,- a remarkable ability to renegotiate life at every tum
K - seem to preserve both the mind
L - of those who v/ere c;prnpletely alone
Ł T raise her baby sistermid take over
"Mc where young airmen to ok her 1'lying in small vyrcirplanes
 CZĘŚĆ III TEST LEKSYKALNO-GRAMATYCZNY

Zadanie A. Uzupełnij każde z niedokończonych zdań tak, aby zachowac znaczenie zdania wyjściowego. Nie wolno
niczego zmieniać w podanych fragmentach zdań. Za prawidłowe rozwiązanie tego zadania możesz uzyskać 10
punktów.

Przykład:
I spend 15minutes going to school. It takes me 15 minutes to go to school.

1. They report that she was driving at the speed of 80 mph at the moment of the crash.
She is reported.........................................................................................................................
2. She regrets ever accepting Tom' s invitation.
She wishes she...............................................................
3. 'If I were you, I would discourage your brother from taking part in that meeting', said Jill.
Jill advised me....................................................................................................
4. The critics say the film is not worth watching, so I think I won't go to the cinema.
I would...........................................................................................................................worth watching.
5. You must get someone to develop the film for you.
You must have.............................................................................................
6. I am sure she didn't tell John the news. He would have called long ago.
She couldn't........................................................................................................
7. Despite the lack of money, they seem very happy.
Although................................................................................
8. They expect that the new experiments will be started very soon.

The new experiments are......................................................................

9. 'If the results of your work are very poor, you will have to look for another job', said the boss.
The boss threatened that....................................................................................................
10. I last visited this gallery two years ago when I was doing a projcct on pop-art.
I haven' t ................................................................I was doing a projcct on pop-art two years ago.

Zadanie C. Przekształć wyraz w nawiasie w taki sposób, aby po jego wstawieniu uzyskać poprawne i logiczne zdanie.
Za poprawne rozwiązanie tego zadania możesz uzyskać 2.5 punktu.

Przykład: Be carelul, the road is slippery . (SLIP)

l.The dispute over the .................................. of the land will be continued tomorrow. (OWN)
2. The latest earthquake caused the loss of the ............................... works of art;
nobody can ever reconstruct them. (PLACE)
3. Except for a few minor .................................... the design was quite satisfactory. (PEEFECT)
4. You will have to ..................................... your dress if you want to wear it at the wedding. (LONG)
5. The ................................... of disease can be reduced by a proper diet. (LIKE)

Zadanie F. Uzupełnij zdania wstawiając odpowiednią formę czasownika w nawiasie. Za prawidłowe rozwiązanie tego
zadania możesz uzyskać 5 pkt.

Przykład: I suggest (go) going to the cinema.

1. She couldn't avoid (punish) ................................. for obstructing the law.

2. (Take) ............................. all the sleeping pills left at home, she couldn' t wake up for 24 hours.
3. By next month, I (live) ................................................... here for two years
4. These flowers need (water) ........................................... every day.

5. I have never heard him (sing) ........................................... .

Zadanie B. Przeczytaj uważnie tekst i zdecyduj, które linijki są poprawne, a w których znajduje się zbędny wyraz.
Jeśli linijka jest poprawna, postaw V jeśli zawiera zbędny wyraz, wypisz go na marginesie. Dwie pierwsze linijki są
przykładami. Za prawidłowe rozwiązanie tego zadania możesz uzyskać 5 punktów.

O Just how dangerous are pesticides? It has been V

0 known about for many yeas that exposure to about

1 such a chemicals in large quantities can cause ..............................................

2 nervous-system injuries, lung damage and birth ............................................

3 defects. But the link between small amounts of .............................................
4 pesticidoes and the cancer has long been blurred by .......................................
5 the fact that tumours don't come with a return- .............................................
6 -address label: a malignancy discovered about today .....................................
7 are likely started years ago, and it is just about ............................................
8 impossible to determine what chemical, what sun ........................................
9 ray, what genetic glitch caused it by. So the ...................................................
10 usual approach compares the healt of people .............................................
who had known exposure to pesticides with that
of people who were not exposed.

Zadanie D. Zastąp części zdań w nawiasach jednym słowem lub wyrażeniem o tym samym znaczeniu w formie
pasującej do zdania. Za prawidłowe rozwiązanie tego zadania możesz uzyskać 2,5 punktu.

Przykład:: He was suspected of forgerv (falsifying documents)

1. On a stormy night I was woken by the ..................... (deep loud noise of a huge waterfall or some animals) of the sea.
2. He has been paid a ........................ (money paid to people with a handicap) since he had an accident.
3. There is enough .............................................. (information used in a court of law to decide whether the accused is guilty or
not) to find nim guilty.
4. They ................................ the film (cut some parts out of the film) because it was to be shown on TV.
5. Due to the recent ......................................... (long period with no rain) our country will have to import a lot of food.

Zadanie E. Wstaw jeden wyraz w każdą lukę tak aby uzyskać logiczne i poprawne zdania. Za prawidłowe rozwiązanie
tego zadania możesz uzyskać 5 punktów.

Przyldad: I'd like to go to the cinema.

1. She is lucky: She is getting ......................... a bad heart attack.

2. I was very depressed when my application for that job was ................................... down.
3. At the end of the meeting she said we would have to ............................. up for the time we had lost due to the strike.
4. John finally left her. He was ................................... up with her constant nagging.
5. They .................... ever have time for a chat in the office. They are always busy.
6. Brian Jones was suspected of ................................ murdered five people.
7. Jane ....................................... after her mother. Look at her eyes and nose, they are so similar.
8. I tried to phone you in the morning, but I couldn't ................................... through.
9. I am very tired so I am .................................. forward to a holiday.

10. Mary was the first ................................. finish the job, so she deserves a reward.