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TASK 5. (0–4) Read the article. Four fragments have been removed from the text. Complete each gap (5.1.–5.4.) with the fragment which fits best and put the appropriate letter (A–E) in each gap. There is one fragment which you do not need to use. WHY SUPERMAN DESERVES MORE RESPECT The one foe that Superman has never vanquished in his long career isn’t Lex Luthor, Bizarro, or the alien consciousness known as Brainiac. No, his greatest enemy is something much more mundane: namely, a simple lack of respect. Even within his own stories, he’s too long had to put up with being mistaken for a bird or a plane. 5.1. _____ This, to be blunt, is just wrong. Let us be clear: Superman is the ultimate superhero, and it’s time everyone recognized that fact. It’s not that Superman was the first superhero, as such. You can trace his lineage back through earlier pulp characters, for instance Zorro, who used his dual identity to battle corruption and crime. There’s also Doc Savage and Gladiator, heroes with abilities beyond those of normal men. 5.2. _____ However, he can never be fully integrated into the society he protects, being the outsider that he is. This is because, on a daily basis, he has to deal with the fact that he is the final survivor of his entire race and his entire social circle consists of people who only know him through work and pile their own overwhelming expectations on him. As if that wasn’t enough, Superman has proven to be an almost endlessly flexible character, and one who’s proven himself to be easily recreated to serve different purposes for different audiences throughout his existence. 5.3. _____ Subsequent years found him functioning as the patriarchal head of a metaphorical Superfamily and a transformative avatar of identity fluidity in the 1950s and ’60s, and a successful Super-Yuppie in the 1980s. Throughout those various portrayals, though, the core of Superman stayed true: that he was, at heart, an almost impossibly good man, a hero that never gives up, and always does the right thing. 5.4. _____ But such thinking has nothing to do with the very notion of superheroes: these aren’t realistic characters; they’re idealized characters, ones created as purposeful and eager rejections of realism in favor of worlds filled with evil geniuses and impossible monsters. abridged from http://entertainment.time.com Strona 8 z 17 MAD-1A A. Nevertheless, it is Superman that pretty much embodies the template for the perfect crime-fighting hero. He has some super-powers and the desire to do the right thing, even at the cost of his life. B. Any counterargument against such a staggeringly simple premise seems small-minded and sad. We can imagine any number of dangers and ultimate evils – so a perfect guy who does not give up is our last chance. C. Siegel and Shuster invented Superman as a humanist response to Depression-era fears and soulless industrialism. In the time of World War II he was transformed into a patriotic hero. D. That lack of cynicism or self-interest is often pointed to, sneeringly, by those who find the character too one-dimensional and complain about him being too powerful. E. While movie audiences and comic fans swoon at the sight of fellow characters like Batman or Iron Man, poor Superman is continually being dismissed as plain and boring. TRANSFER YOUR ANSWERS TO THE ANSWER SHEET! MAD-1A Strona 9 z 17

1. A. Nevertheless, it is Superman that pretty much embodies the template for the perfect crime-fighting hero. He has some super-powers and the desire to do the right thing, even at the cost of his life.
2. B. Any counterargument against such a staggeringly simple premise seems small-minded and sad. We can imagine any number of dangers and ultimate evils – so a perfect guy who does not give up is our last chance.
3. C. Siegel and Shuster invented Superman as a humanist response to Depression-era fears and soulless industrialism. In the time of World War II he was transformed into a patriotic hero.
4. D. That lack of cynicism or self-interest is often pointed to, sneeringly, by those who find the character too one-dimensional and complain about him being too powerful.
5. E. While movie audiences and comic fans swoon at the sight of fellow characters like Batman or Iron Man, poor Superman is continually being dismissed as plain and boring. TRANSFER YOUR ANSWERS TO THE ANSWER SHEET! MAD-1A Strona 9 z 17

explain why he considers the arrangement of the V&A exhibits misconceived?

TASK 6. (0–4) Read the text. For questions 6.1.–6.4., choose the appropriate paragraph and write the corresponding letter (A–E) in the table. One paragraph does not match any of the questions. In which paragraph does the author Answer 6.1. explain why he considers the arrangement of the V&A exhibits misconceived? 6.2. point to a dual inspiration for a certain piece of furniture? 6.3. refer to a questionable decision which was amended? 6.4. mention an impressive renovation carried out in the gallery? FURNITURE GALLERY IN VICTORIA AND ALBERT MUSEUM (V&A) A. In V&A’s furniture gallery there is a delicate and prettily painted corner cupboard from the workshop of the great 18th-century cabinet-maker, Thomas Chippendale. Its provenance is well recorded. We know it was made between 1768 and 1778; its curvaceous front and slim legs owing something to the emerging taste for the Classical style, and its painted decoration a nod to a new, exotic taste for the Orient. We also know that it was supplied as part of a bedroom suite to the celebrated actor David Garrick for his villa on the Thames, a detail that allows us a peek into the most intimate life of one of theatre’s brightest stars. B. Furniture is full of stories like this, a rich source of narratives that tell us about changing fashions, materials and production methods, as well as how people from different social groups lived. And the V&A has more than 14,000 such items in storage, which must have made selecting 200 pieces for its first dedicated furniture gallery extremely difficult. Those that made the final cut are arranged in a handsomely restored run of rooms, complete with shining parquet floor and a black-and-white colour scheme which, like the entire V&A these days, is so sparklingly lit and beautifully decorated it almost takes your breath away. C. Many of the objects selected to illustrate 600 years of design history are just as wonderful. Down the centre of the galleries a catwalk show of around 25 remarkable pieces tells the story of European furniture. Among the highlights are a German chest from 1520 and a table owned by Napoleon. In side niches, seven designers are honoured with dedicated displays. The most interesting of these is devoted to Michael Thonet, manufacturer of perhaps the most successful piece of furniture ever: the No. 14 bentwood café chair which went into production in Austria in 1859. By 1930, more than 50 million had been sold. D. The bad news is what the curators have done with the remaining 150 or so gems of the collection. These are grouped around the gallery’s sides and classified not according to date or style but by the techniques used. The problem with this approach is that it reduces these works, many loaded with the same kind of history as Garrick’s Chippendale cupboard, to the sum of their parts. We are unable to see how styles changed and Strona 10 z 17 MAD-1A progressed, or how movements such as European Modernism blossomed. It doesn’t help either that the curators have done away with labels, experimenting with interactive touch-screens for which you have to queue if somebody else is using them – why not have both? E. All of this reminds me of the time when the Tate decided to hang its collections by genre, which resulted in the much-derided scenario of a Monet landscape next to a Richard Long installation. The Tate quickly backtracked. No doubt the V&A will eventually do the same, but in the meantime don’t be put off; the contents of this new gallery are five star, and it’s the contents that matter the most. abridged from www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment TRANSFER YOUR ANSWERS TO THE ANSWER SHEET!

point to a dual inspiration for a certain piece of furniture?

TASK 6. (0–4) Read the text. For questions 6.1.–6.4., choose the appropriate paragraph and write the corresponding letter (A–E) in the table. One paragraph does not match any of the questions. In which paragraph does the author Answer 6.1. explain why he considers the arrangement of the V&A exhibits misconceived? 6.2. point to a dual inspiration for a certain piece of furniture? 6.3. refer to a questionable decision which was amended? 6.4. mention an impressive renovation carried out in the gallery? FURNITURE GALLERY IN VICTORIA AND ALBERT MUSEUM (V&A) A. In V&A’s furniture gallery there is a delicate and prettily painted corner cupboard from the workshop of the great 18th-century cabinet-maker, Thomas Chippendale. Its provenance is well recorded. We know it was made between 1768 and 1778; its curvaceous front and slim legs owing something to the emerging taste for the Classical style, and its painted decoration a nod to a new, exotic taste for the Orient. We also know that it was supplied as part of a bedroom suite to the celebrated actor David Garrick for his villa on the Thames, a detail that allows us a peek into the most intimate life of one of theatre’s brightest stars. B. Furniture is full of stories like this, a rich source of narratives that tell us about changing fashions, materials and production methods, as well as how people from different social groups lived. And the V&A has more than 14,000 such items in storage, which must have made selecting 200 pieces for its first dedicated furniture gallery extremely difficult. Those that made the final cut are arranged in a handsomely restored run of rooms, complete with shining parquet floor and a black-and-white colour scheme which, like the entire V&A these days, is so sparklingly lit and beautifully decorated it almost takes your breath away. C. Many of the objects selected to illustrate 600 years of design history are just as wonderful. Down the centre of the galleries a catwalk show of around 25 remarkable pieces tells the story of European furniture. Among the highlights are a German chest from 1520 and a table owned by Napoleon. In side niches, seven designers are honoured with dedicated displays. The most interesting of these is devoted to Michael Thonet, manufacturer of perhaps the most successful piece of furniture ever: the No. 14 bentwood café chair which went into production in Austria in 1859. By 1930, more than 50 million had been sold. D. The bad news is what the curators have done with the remaining 150 or so gems of the collection. These are grouped around the gallery’s sides and classified not according to date or style but by the techniques used. The problem with this approach is that it reduces these works, many loaded with the same kind of history as Garrick’s Chippendale cupboard, to the sum of their parts. We are unable to see how styles changed and Strona 10 z 17 MAD-1A progressed, or how movements such as European Modernism blossomed. It doesn’t help either that the curators have done away with labels, experimenting with interactive touch-screens for which you have to queue if somebody else is using them – why not have both? E. All of this reminds me of the time when the Tate decided to hang its collections by genre, which resulted in the much-derided scenario of a Monet landscape next to a Richard Long installation. The Tate quickly backtracked. No doubt the V&A will eventually do the same, but in the meantime don’t be put off; the contents of this new gallery are five star, and it’s the contents that matter the most. abridged from www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment TRANSFER YOUR ANSWERS TO THE ANSWER SHEET!

refer to a questionable decision which was amended?

TASK 6. (0–4) Read the text. For questions 6.1.–6.4., choose the appropriate paragraph and write the corresponding letter (A–E) in the table. One paragraph does not match any of the questions. In which paragraph does the author Answer 6.1. explain why he considers the arrangement of the V&A exhibits misconceived? 6.2. point to a dual inspiration for a certain piece of furniture? 6.3. refer to a questionable decision which was amended? 6.4. mention an impressive renovation carried out in the gallery? FURNITURE GALLERY IN VICTORIA AND ALBERT MUSEUM (V&A) A. In V&A’s furniture gallery there is a delicate and prettily painted corner cupboard from the workshop of the great 18th-century cabinet-maker, Thomas Chippendale. Its provenance is well recorded. We know it was made between 1768 and 1778; its curvaceous front and slim legs owing something to the emerging taste for the Classical style, and its painted decoration a nod to a new, exotic taste for the Orient. We also know that it was supplied as part of a bedroom suite to the celebrated actor David Garrick for his villa on the Thames, a detail that allows us a peek into the most intimate life of one of theatre’s brightest stars. B. Furniture is full of stories like this, a rich source of narratives that tell us about changing fashions, materials and production methods, as well as how people from different social groups lived. And the V&A has more than 14,000 such items in storage, which must have made selecting 200 pieces for its first dedicated furniture gallery extremely difficult. Those that made the final cut are arranged in a handsomely restored run of rooms, complete with shining parquet floor and a black-and-white colour scheme which, like the entire V&A these days, is so sparklingly lit and beautifully decorated it almost takes your breath away. C. Many of the objects selected to illustrate 600 years of design history are just as wonderful. Down the centre of the galleries a catwalk show of around 25 remarkable pieces tells the story of European furniture. Among the highlights are a German chest from 1520 and a table owned by Napoleon. In side niches, seven designers are honoured with dedicated displays. The most interesting of these is devoted to Michael Thonet, manufacturer of perhaps the most successful piece of furniture ever: the No. 14 bentwood café chair which went into production in Austria in 1859. By 1930, more than 50 million had been sold. D. The bad news is what the curators have done with the remaining 150 or so gems of the collection. These are grouped around the gallery’s sides and classified not according to date or style but by the techniques used. The problem with this approach is that it reduces these works, many loaded with the same kind of history as Garrick’s Chippendale cupboard, to the sum of their parts. We are unable to see how styles changed and Strona 10 z 17 MAD-1A progressed, or how movements such as European Modernism blossomed. It doesn’t help either that the curators have done away with labels, experimenting with interactive touch-screens for which you have to queue if somebody else is using them – why not have both? E. All of this reminds me of the time when the Tate decided to hang its collections by genre, which resulted in the much-derided scenario of a Monet landscape next to a Richard Long installation. The Tate quickly backtracked. No doubt the V&A will eventually do the same, but in the meantime don’t be put off; the contents of this new gallery are five star, and it’s the contents that matter the most. abridged from www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment TRANSFER YOUR ANSWERS TO THE ANSWER SHEET!

mention an impressive renovation carried out in the gallery? FURNITURE GALLERY IN VICTORIA AND ALBERT MUSEUM (V&A)

TASK 6. (0–4) Read the text. For questions 6.1.–6.4., choose the appropriate paragraph and write the corresponding letter (A–E) in the table. One paragraph does not match any of the questions. In which paragraph does the author Answer 6.1. explain why he considers the arrangement of the V&A exhibits misconceived? 6.2. point to a dual inspiration for a certain piece of furniture? 6.3. refer to a questionable decision which was amended? 6.4. mention an impressive renovation carried out in the gallery? FURNITURE GALLERY IN VICTORIA AND ALBERT MUSEUM (V&A) A. In V&A’s furniture gallery there is a delicate and prettily painted corner cupboard from the workshop of the great 18th-century cabinet-maker, Thomas Chippendale. Its provenance is well recorded. We know it was made between 1768 and 1778; its curvaceous front and slim legs owing something to the emerging taste for the Classical style, and its painted decoration a nod to a new, exotic taste for the Orient. We also know that it was supplied as part of a bedroom suite to the celebrated actor David Garrick for his villa on the Thames, a detail that allows us a peek into the most intimate life of one of theatre’s brightest stars. B. Furniture is full of stories like this, a rich source of narratives that tell us about changing fashions, materials and production methods, as well as how people from different social groups lived. And the V&A has more than 14,000 such items in storage, which must have made selecting 200 pieces for its first dedicated furniture gallery extremely difficult. Those that made the final cut are arranged in a handsomely restored run of rooms, complete with shining parquet floor and a black-and-white colour scheme which, like the entire V&A these days, is so sparklingly lit and beautifully decorated it almost takes your breath away. C. Many of the objects selected to illustrate 600 years of design history are just as wonderful. Down the centre of the galleries a catwalk show of around 25 remarkable pieces tells the story of European furniture. Among the highlights are a German chest from 1520 and a table owned by Napoleon. In side niches, seven designers are honoured with dedicated displays. The most interesting of these is devoted to Michael Thonet, manufacturer of perhaps the most successful piece of furniture ever: the No. 14 bentwood café chair which went into production in Austria in 1859. By 1930, more than 50 million had been sold. D. The bad news is what the curators have done with the remaining 150 or so gems of the collection. These are grouped around the gallery’s sides and classified not according to date or style but by the techniques used. The problem with this approach is that it reduces these works, many loaded with the same kind of history as Garrick’s Chippendale cupboard, to the sum of their parts. We are unable to see how styles changed and Strona 10 z 17 MAD-1A progressed, or how movements such as European Modernism blossomed. It doesn’t help either that the curators have done away with labels, experimenting with interactive touch-screens for which you have to queue if somebody else is using them – why not have both? E. All of this reminds me of the time when the Tate decided to hang its collections by genre, which resulted in the much-derided scenario of a Monet landscape next to a Richard Long installation. The Tate quickly backtracked. No doubt the V&A will eventually do the same, but in the meantime don’t be put off; the contents of this new gallery are five star, and it’s the contents that matter the most. abridged from www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment TRANSFER YOUR ANSWERS TO THE ANSWER SHEET!

1. A. In V&A’s furniture gallery there is a delicate and prettily painted corner cupboard from the workshop of the great 18th-century cabinet-maker, Thomas Chippendale. Its provenance is well recorded. We know it was made between 1768 and 1778; its curvaceous front and slim legs owing something to the emerging taste for the Classical style, and its painted decoration a nod to a new, exotic taste for the Orient. We also know that it was supplied as part of a bedroom suite to the celebrated actor David Garrick for his villa on the Thames, a detail that allows us a peek into the most intimate life of one of theatre’s brightest stars.
2. B. Furniture is full of stories like this, a rich source of narratives that tell us about changing fashions, materials and production methods, as well as how people from different social groups lived. And the V&A has more than 14,000 such items in storage, which must have made selecting 200 pieces for its first dedicated furniture gallery extremely difficult. Those that made the final cut are arranged in a handsomely restored run of rooms, complete with shining parquet floor and a black-and-white colour scheme which, like the entire V&A these days, is so sparklingly lit and beautifully decorated it almost takes your breath away.
3. C. Many of the objects selected to illustrate 600 years of design history are just as wonderful. Down the centre of the galleries a catwalk show of around 25 remarkable pieces tells the story of European furniture. Among the highlights are a German chest from 1520 and a table owned by Napoleon. In side niches, seven designers are honoured with dedicated displays. The most interesting of these is devoted to Michael Thonet, manufacturer of perhaps the most successful piece of furniture ever: the No. 14 bentwood café chair which went into production in Austria in 1859. By 1930, more than 50 million had been sold.
4. D. The bad news is what the curators have done with the remaining 150 or so gems of the collection. These are grouped around the gallery’s sides and classified not according to date or style but by the techniques used. The problem with this approach is that it reduces these works, many loaded with the same kind of history as Garrick’s Chippendale cupboard, to the sum of their parts. We are unable to see how styles changed and
5. E. All of this reminds me of the time when the Tate decided to hang its collections by genre, which resulted in the much-derided scenario of a Monet landscape next to a Richard Long installation. The Tate quickly backtracked. No doubt the V&A will eventually do the same, but in the meantime don’t be put off; the contents of this new gallery are five star, and it’s the contents that matter the most. abridged from www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment TRANSFER YOUR ANSWERS TO THE ANSWER SHEET!

_____ of who he sees as his natural successor – Brian Cox, the physics professor turned presenter. Cox declared himself “lost for words”. He insists that Attenborough could still

TASK 7. (0–5) Read the text. For questions 7.1.–7.5., choose the word or phrase which fits best in each gap. Circle the appropriate letter (A, B, C or D). A SUCCESSOR TO DAVID ATTENBOROUGH? As David Attenborough, the nation’s voice of science and natural history, nears retirement, a host of presenters prepare to take up the job. This week Attenborough gave the clearest 7.1. _____ of who he sees as his natural successor – Brian Cox, the physics professor turned presenter. Cox declared himself “lost for words”. He insists that Attenborough could still 7.2. _____ his great programmes. But the compliment has focused attention again on the challenge facing programme makers: how they fill perhaps the biggest shoes in British broadcasting history once Attenborough decides to 7.3. _____. For Kim Shilling, the BBC’s commissioning editor for science and natural history, discussions of “the new Attenborough” are 7.4. _____ the point. “None of us go on forever, but as the person who looks after science and natural history, David isn’t the sort of person that you ‘replace’.” 7.5. _____, that is because of Attenborough’s history in a genre he almost single-handedly invented, “You can’t replace someone who has had 60 years of conversation with the nation.” adapted from www.guardian.co.uk 7.1. 7.2. 7.3. A. evidence A. have made A. move out B. acknowledgement B. have been making B. keep off C. solution C. be made C. step aside D. indication D. be making D. back up 7.4. 7.5. A. missing A. Consequently B. failing B. However C. omitting C. Partly D. passing D. Meanwhile TRANSFER YOUR ANSWERS TO THE ANSWER SHEET! MAD-1A Strona 11 z 17

_____ his great programmes. But the compliment has focused attention again on the challenge facing programme makers: how they fill perhaps the biggest shoes in British broadcasting history once Attenborough decides to 7.3. _____. For Kim Shilling, the BBC’s commissioning editor for science and natural history, discussions of “the new Attenborough” are 7.4. _____ the point. “None of us go on forever, but as the person who looks after science and natural history, David isn’t the sort of person that you ‘replace’.” 7.5. _____, that is because of Attenborough’s history in a genre he almost single-handedly invented, “You can’t replace someone who has had 60 years of conversation with the nation.” adapted from www.guardian.co.uk 7.1. 7.2. 7.3.

TASK 7. (0–5) Read the text. For questions 7.1.–7.5., choose the word or phrase which fits best in each gap. Circle the appropriate letter (A, B, C or D). A SUCCESSOR TO DAVID ATTENBOROUGH? As David Attenborough, the nation’s voice of science and natural history, nears retirement, a host of presenters prepare to take up the job. This week Attenborough gave the clearest 7.1. _____ of who he sees as his natural successor – Brian Cox, the physics professor turned presenter. Cox declared himself “lost for words”. He insists that Attenborough could still 7.2. _____ his great programmes. But the compliment has focused attention again on the challenge facing programme makers: how they fill perhaps the biggest shoes in British broadcasting history once Attenborough decides to 7.3. _____. For Kim Shilling, the BBC’s commissioning editor for science and natural history, discussions of “the new Attenborough” are 7.4. _____ the point. “None of us go on forever, but as the person who looks after science and natural history, David isn’t the sort of person that you ‘replace’.” 7.5. _____, that is because of Attenborough’s history in a genre he almost single-handedly invented, “You can’t replace someone who has had 60 years of conversation with the nation.” adapted from www.guardian.co.uk 7.1. 7.2. 7.3. A. evidence A. have made A. move out B. acknowledgement B. have been making B. keep off C. solution C. be made C. step aside D. indication D. be making D. back up 7.4. 7.5. A. missing A. Consequently B. failing B. However C. omitting C. Partly D. passing D. Meanwhile TRANSFER YOUR ANSWERS TO THE ANSWER SHEET! MAD-1A Strona 11 z 17

1. A. evidence A. have made A. move out
2. B. acknowledgement B. have been making B. keep off
3. C. solution C. be made C. step aside
4. D. indication D. be making D. back up
5. A. missing A. Consequently
6. B. failing B. However
7. C. omitting C. Partly
8. D. passing D. Meanwhile TRANSFER YOUR ANSWERS TO THE ANSWER SHEET! MAD-1A Strona 11 z 17

TASK 7. (0–5) Read the text. For questions 7.1.–7.5., choose the word or phrase which fits best in each gap. Circle the appropriate letter (A, B, C or D). A SUCCESSOR TO DAVID ATTENBOROUGH? As David Attenborough, the nation’s voice of science and natural history, nears retirement, a host of presenters prepare to take up the job. This week Attenborough gave the clearest 7.1. _____ of who he sees as his natural successor – Brian Cox, the physics professor turned presenter. Cox declared himself “lost for words”. He insists that Attenborough could still 7.2. _____ his great programmes. But the compliment has focused attention again on the challenge facing programme makers: how they fill perhaps the biggest shoes in British broadcasting history once Attenborough decides to 7.3. _____. For Kim Shilling, the BBC’s commissioning editor for science and natural history, discussions of “the new Attenborough” are 7.4. _____ the point. “None of us go on forever, but as the person who looks after science and natural history, David isn’t the sort of person that you ‘replace’.” 7.5. _____, that is because of Attenborough’s history in a genre he almost single-handedly invented, “You can’t replace someone who has had 60 years of conversation with the nation.” adapted from www.guardian.co.uk 7.1. 7.2. 7.3. A. evidence A. have made A. move out B. acknowledgement B. have been making B. keep off C. solution C. be made C. step aside D. indication D. be making D. back up 7.4. 7.5. A. missing A. Consequently B. failing B. However C. omitting C. Partly D. passing D. Meanwhile TRANSFER YOUR ANSWERS TO THE ANSWER SHEET! MAD-1A Strona 11 z 17

7.5.

TASK 7. (0–5) Read the text. For questions 7.1.–7.5., choose the word or phrase which fits best in each gap. Circle the appropriate letter (A, B, C or D). A SUCCESSOR TO DAVID ATTENBOROUGH? As David Attenborough, the nation’s voice of science and natural history, nears retirement, a host of presenters prepare to take up the job. This week Attenborough gave the clearest 7.1. _____ of who he sees as his natural successor – Brian Cox, the physics professor turned presenter. Cox declared himself “lost for words”. He insists that Attenborough could still 7.2. _____ his great programmes. But the compliment has focused attention again on the challenge facing programme makers: how they fill perhaps the biggest shoes in British broadcasting history once Attenborough decides to 7.3. _____. For Kim Shilling, the BBC’s commissioning editor for science and natural history, discussions of “the new Attenborough” are 7.4. _____ the point. “None of us go on forever, but as the person who looks after science and natural history, David isn’t the sort of person that you ‘replace’.” 7.5. _____, that is because of Attenborough’s history in a genre he almost single-handedly invented, “You can’t replace someone who has had 60 years of conversation with the nation.” adapted from www.guardian.co.uk 7.1. 7.2. 7.3. A. evidence A. have made A. move out B. acknowledgement B. have been making B. keep off C. solution C. be made C. step aside D. indication D. be making D. back up 7.4. 7.5. A. missing A. Consequently B. failing B. However C. omitting C. Partly D. passing D. Meanwhile TRANSFER YOUR ANSWERS TO THE ANSWER SHEET! MAD-1A Strona 11 z 17

1. A. missing A. Consequently
2. B. failing B. However
3. C. omitting C. Partly
4. D. passing D. Meanwhile TRANSFER YOUR ANSWERS TO THE ANSWER SHEET! MAD-1A Strona 11 z 17

TASK 7. (0–5) Read the text. For questions 7.1.–7.5., choose the word or phrase which fits best in each gap. Circle the appropriate letter (A, B, C or D). A SUCCESSOR TO DAVID ATTENBOROUGH? As David Attenborough, the nation’s voice of science and natural history, nears retirement, a host of presenters prepare to take up the job. This week Attenborough gave the clearest 7.1. _____ of who he sees as his natural successor – Brian Cox, the physics professor turned presenter. Cox declared himself “lost for words”. He insists that Attenborough could still 7.2. _____ his great programmes. But the compliment has focused attention again on the challenge facing programme makers: how they fill perhaps the biggest shoes in British broadcasting history once Attenborough decides to 7.3. _____. For Kim Shilling, the BBC’s commissioning editor for science and natural history, discussions of “the new Attenborough” are 7.4. _____ the point. “None of us go on forever, but as the person who looks after science and natural history, David isn’t the sort of person that you ‘replace’.” 7.5. _____, that is because of Attenborough’s history in a genre he almost single-handedly invented, “You can’t replace someone who has had 60 years of conversation with the nation.” adapted from www.guardian.co.uk 7.1. 7.2. 7.3. A. evidence A. have made A. move out B. acknowledgement B. have been making B. keep off C. solution C. be made C. step aside D. indication D. be making D. back up 7.4. 7.5. A. missing A. Consequently B. failing B. However C. omitting C. Partly D. passing D. Meanwhile TRANSFER YOUR ANSWERS TO THE ANSWER SHEET! MAD-1A Strona 11 z 17

__________________ • I hope to … a role in the school play that is going to be staged next month. • Many people doubted that NASA would manage to … the Curiosity rover on Mars. • If you throw the stone as hard as you can, it will … in that pond with a loud splash.

TASK 8. (0–5) For questions 8.1.–8.5., think of one word only which can be used to complete all three sentences. Write the missing word in the space provided. 8.1. __________________ • I hope to … a role in the school play that is going to be staged next month. • Many people doubted that NASA would manage to … the Curiosity rover on Mars. • If you throw the stone as hard as you can, it will … in that pond with a loud splash. 8.2. __________________ • The Data Protection Act came into … on 1 March 2000 in the United Kingdom. • Ambition was the driving … behind his plans for taking the company over. • Eventually, the police had to resort to brute … to dissuade the protesters. 8.3. __________________ • I’m awfully sorry! I … to give you a ring yesterday, but I just clean forgot. • Getting into shape would have … working out and changing my eating habits, so I gave up before I even started. • He was … to finish the report two weeks ago, but he hasn’t even started. 8.4. __________________ • It’s … foolishness to go on holiday without buying an insurance policy. • So as not to be recognized, the officers had to work in … clothes when they were following the dangerous suspect. • It’s … to see that their strategy to save the company has failed. 8.5. __________________ • It is our code of conduct to deal … with all our business partners, to be loyal and respectful to them. • Julie is … sure that she has passed her driving test, but she’s anxiously waiting to receive the result. • I can thoroughly recommend this course – the fees are … priced and the standard of teaching is really high. Strona 12 z 17 MAD-1A

__________________ • The Data Protection Act came into … on 1 March 2000 in the United Kingdom. • Ambition was the driving … behind his plans for taking the company over. • Eventually, the police had to resort to brute … to dissuade the protesters.

TASK 8. (0–5) For questions 8.1.–8.5., think of one word only which can be used to complete all three sentences. Write the missing word in the space provided. 8.1. __________________ • I hope to … a role in the school play that is going to be staged next month. • Many people doubted that NASA would manage to … the Curiosity rover on Mars. • If you throw the stone as hard as you can, it will … in that pond with a loud splash. 8.2. __________________ • The Data Protection Act came into … on 1 March 2000 in the United Kingdom. • Ambition was the driving … behind his plans for taking the company over. • Eventually, the police had to resort to brute … to dissuade the protesters. 8.3. __________________ • I’m awfully sorry! I … to give you a ring yesterday, but I just clean forgot. • Getting into shape would have … working out and changing my eating habits, so I gave up before I even started. • He was … to finish the report two weeks ago, but he hasn’t even started. 8.4. __________________ • It’s … foolishness to go on holiday without buying an insurance policy. • So as not to be recognized, the officers had to work in … clothes when they were following the dangerous suspect. • It’s … to see that their strategy to save the company has failed. 8.5. __________________ • It is our code of conduct to deal … with all our business partners, to be loyal and respectful to them. • Julie is … sure that she has passed her driving test, but she’s anxiously waiting to receive the result. • I can thoroughly recommend this course – the fees are … priced and the standard of teaching is really high. Strona 12 z 17 MAD-1A

__________________ • I’m awfully sorry! I … to give you a ring yesterday, but I just clean forgot. • Getting into shape would have … working out and changing my eating habits, so I gave up before I even started. • He was … to finish the report two weeks ago, but he hasn’t even started.

TASK 8. (0–5) For questions 8.1.–8.5., think of one word only which can be used to complete all three sentences. Write the missing word in the space provided. 8.1. __________________ • I hope to … a role in the school play that is going to be staged next month. • Many people doubted that NASA would manage to … the Curiosity rover on Mars. • If you throw the stone as hard as you can, it will … in that pond with a loud splash. 8.2. __________________ • The Data Protection Act came into … on 1 March 2000 in the United Kingdom. • Ambition was the driving … behind his plans for taking the company over. • Eventually, the police had to resort to brute … to dissuade the protesters. 8.3. __________________ • I’m awfully sorry! I … to give you a ring yesterday, but I just clean forgot. • Getting into shape would have … working out and changing my eating habits, so I gave up before I even started. • He was … to finish the report two weeks ago, but he hasn’t even started. 8.4. __________________ • It’s … foolishness to go on holiday without buying an insurance policy. • So as not to be recognized, the officers had to work in … clothes when they were following the dangerous suspect. • It’s … to see that their strategy to save the company has failed. 8.5. __________________ • It is our code of conduct to deal … with all our business partners, to be loyal and respectful to them. • Julie is … sure that she has passed her driving test, but she’s anxiously waiting to receive the result. • I can thoroughly recommend this course – the fees are … priced and the standard of teaching is really high. Strona 12 z 17 MAD-1A

__________________ • It’s … foolishness to go on holiday without buying an insurance policy. • So as not to be recognized, the officers had to work in … clothes when they were following the dangerous suspect. • It’s … to see that their strategy to save the company has failed.

TASK 8. (0–5) For questions 8.1.–8.5., think of one word only which can be used to complete all three sentences. Write the missing word in the space provided. 8.1. __________________ • I hope to … a role in the school play that is going to be staged next month. • Many people doubted that NASA would manage to … the Curiosity rover on Mars. • If you throw the stone as hard as you can, it will … in that pond with a loud splash. 8.2. __________________ • The Data Protection Act came into … on 1 March 2000 in the United Kingdom. • Ambition was the driving … behind his plans for taking the company over. • Eventually, the police had to resort to brute … to dissuade the protesters. 8.3. __________________ • I’m awfully sorry! I … to give you a ring yesterday, but I just clean forgot. • Getting into shape would have … working out and changing my eating habits, so I gave up before I even started. • He was … to finish the report two weeks ago, but he hasn’t even started. 8.4. __________________ • It’s … foolishness to go on holiday without buying an insurance policy. • So as not to be recognized, the officers had to work in … clothes when they were following the dangerous suspect. • It’s … to see that their strategy to save the company has failed. 8.5. __________________ • It is our code of conduct to deal … with all our business partners, to be loyal and respectful to them. • Julie is … sure that she has passed her driving test, but she’s anxiously waiting to receive the result. • I can thoroughly recommend this course – the fees are … priced and the standard of teaching is really high. Strona 12 z 17 MAD-1A

__________________ • It is our code of conduct to deal … with all our business partners, to be loyal and respectful to them. • Julie is … sure that she has passed her driving test, but she’s anxiously waiting to receive the result. • I can thoroughly recommend this course – the fees are … priced and the standard of teaching is really high. Strona 12 z 17 MAD-1A

TASK 8. (0–5) For questions 8.1.–8.5., think of one word only which can be used to complete all three sentences. Write the missing word in the space provided. 8.1. __________________ • I hope to … a role in the school play that is going to be staged next month. • Many people doubted that NASA would manage to … the Curiosity rover on Mars. • If you throw the stone as hard as you can, it will … in that pond with a loud splash. 8.2. __________________ • The Data Protection Act came into … on 1 March 2000 in the United Kingdom. • Ambition was the driving … behind his plans for taking the company over. • Eventually, the police had to resort to brute … to dissuade the protesters. 8.3. __________________ • I’m awfully sorry! I … to give you a ring yesterday, but I just clean forgot. • Getting into shape would have … working out and changing my eating habits, so I gave up before I even started. • He was … to finish the report two weeks ago, but he hasn’t even started. 8.4. __________________ • It’s … foolishness to go on holiday without buying an insurance policy. • So as not to be recognized, the officers had to work in … clothes when they were following the dangerous suspect. • It’s … to see that their strategy to save the company has failed. 8.5. __________________ • It is our code of conduct to deal … with all our business partners, to be loyal and respectful to them. • Julie is … sure that she has passed her driving test, but she’s anxiously waiting to receive the result. • I can thoroughly recommend this course – the fees are … priced and the standard of teaching is really high. Strona 12 z 17 MAD-1A

Sandra regularly takes a brisk walk before she goes to work. HABIT Sandra is ________________________________________________ a brisk walk before she goes to work.

TASK 9. (0–5) For questions 9.1.–9.5., complete the second sentence so that it is as similar in meaning as possible to the first sentence and it is correct in both grammar and spelling. Use the word given. Do not change the word given. Use up to six words including the word given. 9.1. Sandra regularly takes a brisk walk before she goes to work. HABIT Sandra is ________________________________________________ a brisk walk before she goes to work. 9.2. He didn’t complain about the painful injections which he had to take every day. ONCE Not even _________________________________________ about the painful injections which he had to take every day. 9.3. It’s a pity he didn’t go through their offer more thoroughly. ONLY ________________________________________________ their offer more thoroughly! 9.4. It sounds unlikely, but the government has promised tax cuts. MAY Unlikely _______________________________________________, the government has promised tax cuts. 9.5. If you ask me, repairing an old mobile phone is pointless. POINT I can _________________________________________________ an old mobile phone. MAD-1A Strona 13 z 17

He didn’t complain about the painful injections which he had to take every day. ONCE Not even _________________________________________ about the painful injections which he had to take every day.

TASK 9. (0–5) For questions 9.1.–9.5., complete the second sentence so that it is as similar in meaning as possible to the first sentence and it is correct in both grammar and spelling. Use the word given. Do not change the word given. Use up to six words including the word given. 9.1. Sandra regularly takes a brisk walk before she goes to work. HABIT Sandra is ________________________________________________ a brisk walk before she goes to work. 9.2. He didn’t complain about the painful injections which he had to take every day. ONCE Not even _________________________________________ about the painful injections which he had to take every day. 9.3. It’s a pity he didn’t go through their offer more thoroughly. ONLY ________________________________________________ their offer more thoroughly! 9.4. It sounds unlikely, but the government has promised tax cuts. MAY Unlikely _______________________________________________, the government has promised tax cuts. 9.5. If you ask me, repairing an old mobile phone is pointless. POINT I can _________________________________________________ an old mobile phone. MAD-1A Strona 13 z 17

It’s a pity he didn’t go through their offer more thoroughly. ONLY ________________________________________________ their offer more thoroughly!

TASK 9. (0–5) For questions 9.1.–9.5., complete the second sentence so that it is as similar in meaning as possible to the first sentence and it is correct in both grammar and spelling. Use the word given. Do not change the word given. Use up to six words including the word given. 9.1. Sandra regularly takes a brisk walk before she goes to work. HABIT Sandra is ________________________________________________ a brisk walk before she goes to work. 9.2. He didn’t complain about the painful injections which he had to take every day. ONCE Not even _________________________________________ about the painful injections which he had to take every day. 9.3. It’s a pity he didn’t go through their offer more thoroughly. ONLY ________________________________________________ their offer more thoroughly! 9.4. It sounds unlikely, but the government has promised tax cuts. MAY Unlikely _______________________________________________, the government has promised tax cuts. 9.5. If you ask me, repairing an old mobile phone is pointless. POINT I can _________________________________________________ an old mobile phone. MAD-1A Strona 13 z 17

It sounds unlikely, but the government has promised tax cuts. MAY Unlikely _______________________________________________, the government has promised tax cuts.

TASK 9. (0–5) For questions 9.1.–9.5., complete the second sentence so that it is as similar in meaning as possible to the first sentence and it is correct in both grammar and spelling. Use the word given. Do not change the word given. Use up to six words including the word given. 9.1. Sandra regularly takes a brisk walk before she goes to work. HABIT Sandra is ________________________________________________ a brisk walk before she goes to work. 9.2. He didn’t complain about the painful injections which he had to take every day. ONCE Not even _________________________________________ about the painful injections which he had to take every day. 9.3. It’s a pity he didn’t go through their offer more thoroughly. ONLY ________________________________________________ their offer more thoroughly! 9.4. It sounds unlikely, but the government has promised tax cuts. MAY Unlikely _______________________________________________, the government has promised tax cuts. 9.5. If you ask me, repairing an old mobile phone is pointless. POINT I can _________________________________________________ an old mobile phone. MAD-1A Strona 13 z 17

If you ask me, repairing an old mobile phone is pointless. POINT I can _________________________________________________ an old mobile phone. MAD-1A Strona 13 z 17

TASK 9. (0–5) For questions 9.1.–9.5., complete the second sentence so that it is as similar in meaning as possible to the first sentence and it is correct in both grammar and spelling. Use the word given. Do not change the word given. Use up to six words including the word given. 9.1. Sandra regularly takes a brisk walk before she goes to work. HABIT Sandra is ________________________________________________ a brisk walk before she goes to work. 9.2. He didn’t complain about the painful injections which he had to take every day. ONCE Not even _________________________________________ about the painful injections which he had to take every day. 9.3. It’s a pity he didn’t go through their offer more thoroughly. ONLY ________________________________________________ their offer more thoroughly! 9.4. It sounds unlikely, but the government has promised tax cuts. MAY Unlikely _______________________________________________, the government has promised tax cuts. 9.5. If you ask me, repairing an old mobile phone is pointless. POINT I can _________________________________________________ an old mobile phone. MAD-1A Strona 13 z 17

TASK 10. (0–15) Choose one of the topics below and write a composition following the conventions of the genre indicated in the topic. Use between 300 and 350 words. 1. W 2024 roku pierwsza grupa ochotników ma lecieć na Marsa w celu osiedlenia się tam. Czy próba kolonizacji innych planet ma sens? Napisz rozprawkę, w której przedstawisz swoją opinię na ten temat. W swojej pracy odnieś się do: • kosztów • bezpieczeństwa uczestników • wpływu na przyszłość naszej planety. 2. Aby zwrócić uwagę na problem bezpieczeństwa na drodze, coraz częściej wykorzystuje się reklamy i kampanie społeczne. Napisz list do gazety. Opisz w nim ciekawą reklamę dotyczącą bezpieczeństwa na drodze, wyraź swoją opinię na temat skuteczności tego typu reklam w przeciwdziałaniu wypadkom i zaproponuj inne rozwiązania, które mogą przyczynić się do poprawy sytuacji na drogach. FINAL COPY ………………………………………………………………………………………………… ………………………………………………………………………………………………… ………………………………………………………………………………………………… ………………………………………………………………………………………………… ………………………………………………………………………………………………… ………………………………………………………………………………………………… ………………………………………………………………………………………………… ………………………………………………………………………………………………… ………………………………………………………………………………………………… ………………………………………………………………………………………………… ………………………………………………………………………………………………… ………………………………………………………………………………………………… ………………………………………………………………………………………………… ………………………………………………………………………………………………… ………………………………………………………………………………………………… Strona 14 z 17 MAD-1A ………………………………………………………………………………………………… ………………………………………………………………………………………………… ………………………………………………………………………………………………… ………………………………………………………………………………………………… ………………………………………………………………………………………………… ………………………………………………………………………………………………… ………………………………………………………………………………………………… ………………………………………………………………………………………………… ………………………………………………………………………………………………… ………………………………………………………………………………………………… ………………………………………………………………………………………………… ………………………………………………………………………………………………… ………………………………………………………………………………………………… ………………………………………………………………………………………………… ………………………………………………………………………………………………… ………………………………………………………………………………………………… ………………………………………………………………………………………………… ………………………………………………………………………………………………… ………………………………………………………………………………………………… ………………………………………………………………………………………………… ………………………………………………………………………………………………… ………………………………………………………………………………………………… ………………………………………………………………………………………………… ………………………………………………………………………………………………… ………………………………………………………………………………………………… MAD-1A Strona 15 z 17 ………………………………………………………………………………………………… ………………………………………………………………………………………………… ………………………………………………………………………………………………… ………………………………………………………………………………………………… ………………………………………………………………………………………………… ………………………………………………………………………………………………… ………………………………………………………………………………………………… ………………………………………………………………………………………………… ………………………………………………………………………………………………… ………………………………………………………………………………………………… ………………………………………………………………………………………………… ………………………………………………………………………………………………… ………………………………………………………………………………………………… ………………………………………………………………………………………………… ………………………………………………………………………………………………… ………………………………………………………………………………………………… ………………………………………………………………………………………………… ………………………………………………………………………………………………… ……………………………………………....………………………………………………… Zakres Poprawność Spójność Zgodność z poleceniem środków środków RAZEM i logika językowych językowych 0–1–2–3–4–5 0–1–2 0–1–2–3–4 0–1–2–3–4 Elementy treści (0–1–2) Elementy formy (0–1) 1 2 3 4 5 6 1 2 3 4 Strona 16 z 17 MAD-1A NOTES (will not be assessed) MAD-1A Strona 17 z 17