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subjective decisions about the client’s responsibility? mentions self-indulgence as a possible motivation for renting

TASK 1. (0–5) You are going to hear four people talking about hiring a car. For questions 1.1.–1.5., choose the right speaker (A–D) and put a cross (X) in the appropriate column in the table. One speaker must be chosen twice. You will hear the recording twice. Which speaker A B C D draws attention to the fact that rental companies may make 1.1. subjective decisions about the client’s responsibility? mentions self-indulgence as a possible motivation for renting 1.2. a car? suggests reserving a rental car well in advance in order to 1.3. lessen the financial burden? points out that some car hire companies might let you down 1.4. when you need help in an emergency? advises drivers to read all the small print to avoid 1.5. a disadvantageous deal?

a car? suggests reserving a rental car well in advance in order to

TASK 1. (0–5) You are going to hear four people talking about hiring a car. For questions 1.1.–1.5., choose the right speaker (A–D) and put a cross (X) in the appropriate column in the table. One speaker must be chosen twice. You will hear the recording twice. Which speaker A B C D draws attention to the fact that rental companies may make 1.1. subjective decisions about the client’s responsibility? mentions self-indulgence as a possible motivation for renting 1.2. a car? suggests reserving a rental car well in advance in order to 1.3. lessen the financial burden? points out that some car hire companies might let you down 1.4. when you need help in an emergency? advises drivers to read all the small print to avoid 1.5. a disadvantageous deal?

lessen the financial burden? points out that some car hire companies might let you down

TASK 1. (0–5) You are going to hear four people talking about hiring a car. For questions 1.1.–1.5., choose the right speaker (A–D) and put a cross (X) in the appropriate column in the table. One speaker must be chosen twice. You will hear the recording twice. Which speaker A B C D draws attention to the fact that rental companies may make 1.1. subjective decisions about the client’s responsibility? mentions self-indulgence as a possible motivation for renting 1.2. a car? suggests reserving a rental car well in advance in order to 1.3. lessen the financial burden? points out that some car hire companies might let you down 1.4. when you need help in an emergency? advises drivers to read all the small print to avoid 1.5. a disadvantageous deal?

when you need help in an emergency? advises drivers to read all the small print to avoid

TASK 1. (0–5) You are going to hear four people talking about hiring a car. For questions 1.1.–1.5., choose the right speaker (A–D) and put a cross (X) in the appropriate column in the table. One speaker must be chosen twice. You will hear the recording twice. Which speaker A B C D draws attention to the fact that rental companies may make 1.1. subjective decisions about the client’s responsibility? mentions self-indulgence as a possible motivation for renting 1.2. a car? suggests reserving a rental car well in advance in order to 1.3. lessen the financial burden? points out that some car hire companies might let you down 1.4. when you need help in an emergency? advises drivers to read all the small print to avoid 1.5. a disadvantageous deal?

a disadvantageous deal?

TASK 1. (0–5) You are going to hear four people talking about hiring a car. For questions 1.1.–1.5., choose the right speaker (A–D) and put a cross (X) in the appropriate column in the table. One speaker must be chosen twice. You will hear the recording twice. Which speaker A B C D draws attention to the fact that rental companies may make 1.1. subjective decisions about the client’s responsibility? mentions self-indulgence as a possible motivation for renting 1.2. a car? suggests reserving a rental car well in advance in order to 1.3. lessen the financial burden? points out that some car hire companies might let you down 1.4. when you need help in an emergency? advises drivers to read all the small print to avoid 1.5. a disadvantageous deal?

When answering the first question, Ben

TASK 2. (0–6) You are going to hear two texts. For questions 2.1.–2.6., choose the answer which best matches what you have heard by circling the appropriate letter (A, B, C or D). Questions 2.1.–2.3. are for Text 1, questions 2.4.–2.6. are for Text 2. You will hear the recording twice. Text 1 2.1. When answering the first question, Ben A. disapproves of using the clip with predictions about 2020 as an example of a deepfake. B. claims that one needs to be a proficient computer user to create a deepfake. C. points out that only experts can distinguish deepfakes from real videos. D. mentions a deepfake which was an eye-opener for many people. 2.2. Which of the following is NOT mentioned among the likely consequences of the spread of deepfakes? A. growing social tension B. falling ratings of media outlets C. lower credibility of public figures D. increased distrust towards institutions 2.3. Which sentence best reflects Ben’s opinion on fighting deepfakes? A. Any method of fighting deepfakes experts come up with will not be a long-term solution. B. Fighting deepfakes is a lost cause and might as well be abandoned fairly soon. C. By making use of AI, people will eventually win the battle against deepfakes. D. There is a high chance of curbing deepfakes if cybersecurity is tightened. Text 2 2.4. In his review of The King’s Speech, the speaker points out that A. the film focuses too much on Winston Churchill’s personal life. B. the actor playing King George exaggerated the monarch’s stammer. C. during King George’s reign the British monarchy became more glamorous. D. a fact connected with King Edward’s abdication is misrepresented in the film. 2.5. From the speaker we learn that in the film Lionel Logue A. receives his patients in a place which looks unimpressive. B. is depicted as a well-off immigrant from Australia. C. moves into a Victorian villa on the outskirts of London. D. always addresses the King with due respect. Strona 4 z 20 MJAA-D0-100 2.6. Based on the contents of the letters discovered by Logue’s grandson, we can conclude that A. Lionel Logue’s attitude to the King changed over time. B. the script was altered to emphasize Lionel Logue’s daring. C. Lionel Logue’s behaviour during therapy is unlikely to have breached royal etiquette. D. the swearing-to-cure-stammering therapy proved ineffective in relation to the King’s impediment.

1. A. disapproves of using the clip with predictions about 2020 as an example of a deepfake.
2. B. claims that one needs to be a proficient computer user to create a deepfake.
3. C. points out that only experts can distinguish deepfakes from real videos.
4. D. mentions a deepfake which was an eye-opener for many people.

Which of the following is NOT mentioned among the likely consequences of the spread of deepfakes?

TASK 2. (0–6) You are going to hear two texts. For questions 2.1.–2.6., choose the answer which best matches what you have heard by circling the appropriate letter (A, B, C or D). Questions 2.1.–2.3. are for Text 1, questions 2.4.–2.6. are for Text 2. You will hear the recording twice. Text 1 2.1. When answering the first question, Ben A. disapproves of using the clip with predictions about 2020 as an example of a deepfake. B. claims that one needs to be a proficient computer user to create a deepfake. C. points out that only experts can distinguish deepfakes from real videos. D. mentions a deepfake which was an eye-opener for many people. 2.2. Which of the following is NOT mentioned among the likely consequences of the spread of deepfakes? A. growing social tension B. falling ratings of media outlets C. lower credibility of public figures D. increased distrust towards institutions 2.3. Which sentence best reflects Ben’s opinion on fighting deepfakes? A. Any method of fighting deepfakes experts come up with will not be a long-term solution. B. Fighting deepfakes is a lost cause and might as well be abandoned fairly soon. C. By making use of AI, people will eventually win the battle against deepfakes. D. There is a high chance of curbing deepfakes if cybersecurity is tightened. Text 2 2.4. In his review of The King’s Speech, the speaker points out that A. the film focuses too much on Winston Churchill’s personal life. B. the actor playing King George exaggerated the monarch’s stammer. C. during King George’s reign the British monarchy became more glamorous. D. a fact connected with King Edward’s abdication is misrepresented in the film. 2.5. From the speaker we learn that in the film Lionel Logue A. receives his patients in a place which looks unimpressive. B. is depicted as a well-off immigrant from Australia. C. moves into a Victorian villa on the outskirts of London. D. always addresses the King with due respect. Strona 4 z 20 MJAA-D0-100 2.6. Based on the contents of the letters discovered by Logue’s grandson, we can conclude that A. Lionel Logue’s attitude to the King changed over time. B. the script was altered to emphasize Lionel Logue’s daring. C. Lionel Logue’s behaviour during therapy is unlikely to have breached royal etiquette. D. the swearing-to-cure-stammering therapy proved ineffective in relation to the King’s impediment.

1. A. growing social tension
2. B. falling ratings of media outlets
3. C. lower credibility of public figures
4. D. increased distrust towards institutions

Which sentence best reflects Ben’s opinion on fighting deepfakes?

TASK 2. (0–6) You are going to hear two texts. For questions 2.1.–2.6., choose the answer which best matches what you have heard by circling the appropriate letter (A, B, C or D). Questions 2.1.–2.3. are for Text 1, questions 2.4.–2.6. are for Text 2. You will hear the recording twice. Text 1 2.1. When answering the first question, Ben A. disapproves of using the clip with predictions about 2020 as an example of a deepfake. B. claims that one needs to be a proficient computer user to create a deepfake. C. points out that only experts can distinguish deepfakes from real videos. D. mentions a deepfake which was an eye-opener for many people. 2.2. Which of the following is NOT mentioned among the likely consequences of the spread of deepfakes? A. growing social tension B. falling ratings of media outlets C. lower credibility of public figures D. increased distrust towards institutions 2.3. Which sentence best reflects Ben’s opinion on fighting deepfakes? A. Any method of fighting deepfakes experts come up with will not be a long-term solution. B. Fighting deepfakes is a lost cause and might as well be abandoned fairly soon. C. By making use of AI, people will eventually win the battle against deepfakes. D. There is a high chance of curbing deepfakes if cybersecurity is tightened. Text 2 2.4. In his review of The King’s Speech, the speaker points out that A. the film focuses too much on Winston Churchill’s personal life. B. the actor playing King George exaggerated the monarch’s stammer. C. during King George’s reign the British monarchy became more glamorous. D. a fact connected with King Edward’s abdication is misrepresented in the film. 2.5. From the speaker we learn that in the film Lionel Logue A. receives his patients in a place which looks unimpressive. B. is depicted as a well-off immigrant from Australia. C. moves into a Victorian villa on the outskirts of London. D. always addresses the King with due respect. Strona 4 z 20 MJAA-D0-100 2.6. Based on the contents of the letters discovered by Logue’s grandson, we can conclude that A. Lionel Logue’s attitude to the King changed over time. B. the script was altered to emphasize Lionel Logue’s daring. C. Lionel Logue’s behaviour during therapy is unlikely to have breached royal etiquette. D. the swearing-to-cure-stammering therapy proved ineffective in relation to the King’s impediment.

1. A. Any method of fighting deepfakes experts come up with will not be a long-term solution.
2. B. Fighting deepfakes is a lost cause and might as well be abandoned fairly soon.
3. C. By making use of AI, people will eventually win the battle against deepfakes.
4. D. There is a high chance of curbing deepfakes if cybersecurity is tightened. Text 2

In his review of The King’s Speech, the speaker points out that

TASK 2. (0–6) You are going to hear two texts. For questions 2.1.–2.6., choose the answer which best matches what you have heard by circling the appropriate letter (A, B, C or D). Questions 2.1.–2.3. are for Text 1, questions 2.4.–2.6. are for Text 2. You will hear the recording twice. Text 1 2.1. When answering the first question, Ben A. disapproves of using the clip with predictions about 2020 as an example of a deepfake. B. claims that one needs to be a proficient computer user to create a deepfake. C. points out that only experts can distinguish deepfakes from real videos. D. mentions a deepfake which was an eye-opener for many people. 2.2. Which of the following is NOT mentioned among the likely consequences of the spread of deepfakes? A. growing social tension B. falling ratings of media outlets C. lower credibility of public figures D. increased distrust towards institutions 2.3. Which sentence best reflects Ben’s opinion on fighting deepfakes? A. Any method of fighting deepfakes experts come up with will not be a long-term solution. B. Fighting deepfakes is a lost cause and might as well be abandoned fairly soon. C. By making use of AI, people will eventually win the battle against deepfakes. D. There is a high chance of curbing deepfakes if cybersecurity is tightened. Text 2 2.4. In his review of The King’s Speech, the speaker points out that A. the film focuses too much on Winston Churchill’s personal life. B. the actor playing King George exaggerated the monarch’s stammer. C. during King George’s reign the British monarchy became more glamorous. D. a fact connected with King Edward’s abdication is misrepresented in the film. 2.5. From the speaker we learn that in the film Lionel Logue A. receives his patients in a place which looks unimpressive. B. is depicted as a well-off immigrant from Australia. C. moves into a Victorian villa on the outskirts of London. D. always addresses the King with due respect. Strona 4 z 20 MJAA-D0-100 2.6. Based on the contents of the letters discovered by Logue’s grandson, we can conclude that A. Lionel Logue’s attitude to the King changed over time. B. the script was altered to emphasize Lionel Logue’s daring. C. Lionel Logue’s behaviour during therapy is unlikely to have breached royal etiquette. D. the swearing-to-cure-stammering therapy proved ineffective in relation to the King’s impediment.

1. A. the film focuses too much on Winston Churchill’s personal life.
2. B. the actor playing King George exaggerated the monarch’s stammer.
3. C. during King George’s reign the British monarchy became more glamorous.
4. D. a fact connected with King Edward’s abdication is misrepresented in the film.

From the speaker we learn that in the film Lionel Logue

TASK 2. (0–6) You are going to hear two texts. For questions 2.1.–2.6., choose the answer which best matches what you have heard by circling the appropriate letter (A, B, C or D). Questions 2.1.–2.3. are for Text 1, questions 2.4.–2.6. are for Text 2. You will hear the recording twice. Text 1 2.1. When answering the first question, Ben A. disapproves of using the clip with predictions about 2020 as an example of a deepfake. B. claims that one needs to be a proficient computer user to create a deepfake. C. points out that only experts can distinguish deepfakes from real videos. D. mentions a deepfake which was an eye-opener for many people. 2.2. Which of the following is NOT mentioned among the likely consequences of the spread of deepfakes? A. growing social tension B. falling ratings of media outlets C. lower credibility of public figures D. increased distrust towards institutions 2.3. Which sentence best reflects Ben’s opinion on fighting deepfakes? A. Any method of fighting deepfakes experts come up with will not be a long-term solution. B. Fighting deepfakes is a lost cause and might as well be abandoned fairly soon. C. By making use of AI, people will eventually win the battle against deepfakes. D. There is a high chance of curbing deepfakes if cybersecurity is tightened. Text 2 2.4. In his review of The King’s Speech, the speaker points out that A. the film focuses too much on Winston Churchill’s personal life. B. the actor playing King George exaggerated the monarch’s stammer. C. during King George’s reign the British monarchy became more glamorous. D. a fact connected with King Edward’s abdication is misrepresented in the film. 2.5. From the speaker we learn that in the film Lionel Logue A. receives his patients in a place which looks unimpressive. B. is depicted as a well-off immigrant from Australia. C. moves into a Victorian villa on the outskirts of London. D. always addresses the King with due respect. Strona 4 z 20 MJAA-D0-100 2.6. Based on the contents of the letters discovered by Logue’s grandson, we can conclude that A. Lionel Logue’s attitude to the King changed over time. B. the script was altered to emphasize Lionel Logue’s daring. C. Lionel Logue’s behaviour during therapy is unlikely to have breached royal etiquette. D. the swearing-to-cure-stammering therapy proved ineffective in relation to the King’s impediment.

1. A. receives his patients in a place which looks unimpressive.
2. B. is depicted as a well-off immigrant from Australia.
3. C. moves into a Victorian villa on the outskirts of London.
4. D. always addresses the King with due respect.

Based on the contents of the letters discovered by Logue’s grandson, we can conclude that

TASK 2. (0–6) You are going to hear two texts. For questions 2.1.–2.6., choose the answer which best matches what you have heard by circling the appropriate letter (A, B, C or D). Questions 2.1.–2.3. are for Text 1, questions 2.4.–2.6. are for Text 2. You will hear the recording twice. Text 1 2.1. When answering the first question, Ben A. disapproves of using the clip with predictions about 2020 as an example of a deepfake. B. claims that one needs to be a proficient computer user to create a deepfake. C. points out that only experts can distinguish deepfakes from real videos. D. mentions a deepfake which was an eye-opener for many people. 2.2. Which of the following is NOT mentioned among the likely consequences of the spread of deepfakes? A. growing social tension B. falling ratings of media outlets C. lower credibility of public figures D. increased distrust towards institutions 2.3. Which sentence best reflects Ben’s opinion on fighting deepfakes? A. Any method of fighting deepfakes experts come up with will not be a long-term solution. B. Fighting deepfakes is a lost cause and might as well be abandoned fairly soon. C. By making use of AI, people will eventually win the battle against deepfakes. D. There is a high chance of curbing deepfakes if cybersecurity is tightened. Text 2 2.4. In his review of The King’s Speech, the speaker points out that A. the film focuses too much on Winston Churchill’s personal life. B. the actor playing King George exaggerated the monarch’s stammer. C. during King George’s reign the British monarchy became more glamorous. D. a fact connected with King Edward’s abdication is misrepresented in the film. 2.5. From the speaker we learn that in the film Lionel Logue A. receives his patients in a place which looks unimpressive. B. is depicted as a well-off immigrant from Australia. C. moves into a Victorian villa on the outskirts of London. D. always addresses the King with due respect. Strona 4 z 20 MJAA-D0-100 2.6. Based on the contents of the letters discovered by Logue’s grandson, we can conclude that A. Lionel Logue’s attitude to the King changed over time. B. the script was altered to emphasize Lionel Logue’s daring. C. Lionel Logue’s behaviour during therapy is unlikely to have breached royal etiquette. D. the swearing-to-cure-stammering therapy proved ineffective in relation to the King’s impediment.

1. A. Lionel Logue’s attitude to the King changed over time.
2. B. the script was altered to emphasize Lionel Logue’s daring.
3. C. Lionel Logue’s behaviour during therapy is unlikely to have breached royal etiquette.
4. D. the swearing-to-cure-stammering therapy proved ineffective in relation to the King’s impediment.

One of the reasons Professor Allen advises caution when dealing with secondary sources of information is that they often do not ________________________________ to include all the relevant details.

TASK 3. (0–4) You are going to hear an interview about doing research. Based on what you hear, complete the gap in each sentence (3.1.–3.4.). You will hear the recording twice. 3.1. One of the reasons Professor Allen advises caution when dealing with secondary sources of information is that they often do not ________________________________ to include all the relevant details. 3.2. While travelling in Brazil, Dylan Breves and his brother disagreed on _______________ ________________________________ which they saw. 3.3. Dylan expected that eventually his edit of the Wikipedia entry _____________________ ________________________________, but it didn’t happen. 3.4. When Professor Allen mentions the “pot of gold” in the final part of the interview, he refers to ____________________________________________________________. TRANSFER YOUR ANSWERS TO TASKS 1 AND 2 TO THE ANSWER SHEET!

While travelling in Brazil, Dylan Breves and his brother disagreed on _______________ ________________________________ which they saw.

TASK 3. (0–4) You are going to hear an interview about doing research. Based on what you hear, complete the gap in each sentence (3.1.–3.4.). You will hear the recording twice. 3.1. One of the reasons Professor Allen advises caution when dealing with secondary sources of information is that they often do not ________________________________ to include all the relevant details. 3.2. While travelling in Brazil, Dylan Breves and his brother disagreed on _______________ ________________________________ which they saw. 3.3. Dylan expected that eventually his edit of the Wikipedia entry _____________________ ________________________________, but it didn’t happen. 3.4. When Professor Allen mentions the “pot of gold” in the final part of the interview, he refers to ____________________________________________________________. TRANSFER YOUR ANSWERS TO TASKS 1 AND 2 TO THE ANSWER SHEET!

Dylan expected that eventually his edit of the Wikipedia entry _____________________ ________________________________, but it didn’t happen.

TASK 3. (0–4) You are going to hear an interview about doing research. Based on what you hear, complete the gap in each sentence (3.1.–3.4.). You will hear the recording twice. 3.1. One of the reasons Professor Allen advises caution when dealing with secondary sources of information is that they often do not ________________________________ to include all the relevant details. 3.2. While travelling in Brazil, Dylan Breves and his brother disagreed on _______________ ________________________________ which they saw. 3.3. Dylan expected that eventually his edit of the Wikipedia entry _____________________ ________________________________, but it didn’t happen. 3.4. When Professor Allen mentions the “pot of gold” in the final part of the interview, he refers to ____________________________________________________________. TRANSFER YOUR ANSWERS TO TASKS 1 AND 2 TO THE ANSWER SHEET!

When Professor Allen mentions the “pot of gold” in the final part of the interview, he refers to ____________________________________________________________. TRANSFER YOUR ANSWERS TO TASKS 1 AND 2 TO THE ANSWER SHEET!

TASK 3. (0–4) You are going to hear an interview about doing research. Based on what you hear, complete the gap in each sentence (3.1.–3.4.). You will hear the recording twice. 3.1. One of the reasons Professor Allen advises caution when dealing with secondary sources of information is that they often do not ________________________________ to include all the relevant details. 3.2. While travelling in Brazil, Dylan Breves and his brother disagreed on _______________ ________________________________ which they saw. 3.3. Dylan expected that eventually his edit of the Wikipedia entry _____________________ ________________________________, but it didn’t happen. 3.4. When Professor Allen mentions the “pot of gold” in the final part of the interview, he refers to ____________________________________________________________. TRANSFER YOUR ANSWERS TO TASKS 1 AND 2 TO THE ANSWER SHEET!

Look at the spaces marked 1–4 in the text and decide where the following sentence fits best in the passage. And at that very moment, the bronze hand jumped the last minute, both inside and on the public face outside the building, and the wave of human beings, with the movement of a natural disaster, lapped up the steps and entered the hall.

TASK 4. (0–8) Read two texts connected with art. Do tasks 4.1.–4.8. Text 1 PRIMARY SCHOOLS DAY AT A MUSEUM The enormous building waited as though braced to defend itself, standing back resolutely from its great courtyard under a frozen January sky, colourless, cloudless, leafless and pigeonless. The courtyard was entirely filled with people. A restrained noise rose from them, like the grinding of the sea at low tide. They made slight surges forward, then back, but always gaining an inch. [1] Inside the building, the Deputy Director of Security (DDS) reviewed the disposition of his forces. The duties that led to congratulation and overtime had always in the past been strictly allocated by seniority, as some of the older ones were still, for the hundredth time, pointing out, grumbling that they were not to the fore. “This is a time when we may need force,” the DDS replied patiently. “Experience, too, of course,” he added conciliatingly. The huge bronze clock in the atrium, at which he glanced, had the peculiarity of waiting and then jumping forwards a whole minute; and this peculiarity made it impossible not to say: three minutes to go, two minutes to go. [2] “Three minutes to go,” said the DDS. “We are all quite clear, I take it. Slight accidents, fainting, trampling under foot – the emergency First Aid posts are indicated in your orders for the day; complaints, show sympathy; disorder, contain; increased disorder, communicate directly with my office; wild disorder, the police, to be avoided if possible. Crush barriers to be kept in place at all entries at all times. No lingering.” “Sir William doesn’t approve of that,” said a resolutely doleful voice. “I fail to account for your presence here, Jones. You have already been drafted, and your place, as usual, is in Stores. The real danger point is the approach to the tomb,” the DDS added in a louder voice; “That’s been agreed, both with you and higher up.” [3] The first public day of the Museum’s winter exhibition of the Golden Child had begun. It was the dreaded Primary Schools Day. To mark out the route to follow, the courtyard had been partitioned by the darkly gleaming posters announcing the Exhibition. The queue wound up and down like a giant serpent: five or six thousand children, mostly dressed in navy blue cotton trousers and flimsy plastic jackets, which made them half unconscious with cold; having long since eaten the sandwiches which were intended for several hours later, more or less under the control of numbed teachers, insistent, single-minded, determined to see and to have seen. Like pilgrims of a former day, they were earning their salvation by reaching the end of a journey. At one point in the courtyard a faint steam or smoke, like that of a camp-fire, rose above the cloud of breath from the swarming red-and-blue-nosed children. It was the field kitchen of the Women’s Voluntary Service with tea boilers at the simmer, strategically placed to help those who might otherwise collapse before they reached the steps. [4] Here they all paused a moment, drank an inch of hot tea, sweetened at too early a stage for any choice to be made, threw down their plastic cups on the frozen ground and then advanced towards the entrance over what soon became a carpet of plastic. Adapted from: Penelope Fitzgerald, The Golden Child, New York 1999. Strona 6 z 20 MJAA-D0-100 For questions 4.1.–4.4., choose the answer that best matches the text and circle the appropriate letter (A, B, C or D). 4.1. Look at the spaces marked 1–4 in the text and decide where the following sentence fits best in the passage. And at that very moment, the bronze hand jumped the last minute, both inside and on the public face outside the building, and the wave of human beings, with the movement of a natural disaster, lapped up the steps and entered the hall. A. In the space marked [1]. B. In the space marked [2]. C. In the space marked [3]. D. In the space marked [4]. 4.2. In the first paragraph, the author mentions A. the rebellious behaviour of the crowd outside the museum. B. the gratitude displayed by the DDS towards his employees. C. the inadequacy of the security measures taken by the museum. D. the discontent of some employees with the decision made by their superiors. 4.3. It can be concluded that the children queuing to enter the museum were A. preoccupied with planning how to flee from the courtyard. B. attempting to push their way ahead of their schoolmates. C. inappropriately attired for the conditions outside. D. reassured by their teachers’ presence. 4.4. From the last paragraph, we learn that A. visitors were provided with a range of hot beverages. B. the posters advertising the exhibition served a practical purpose. C. the Women’s Voluntary Service was responsible for medical assistance. D. in the courtyard there was an open fire where visitors could warm themselves. TRANSFER YOUR ANSWERS TO THE ANSWER SHEET! Text 2 PORTRAIT OF A LADY: STOLEN KLIMT MYSTERY SOLVED In January 2020 two men confessed to stealing, and then returning, a painting by Gustav Klimt, Portrait of a Lady. The picture was found concealed in a wall of the Ricci Oddi modern art gallery, the same gallery in Piacenza from which it had gone missing in 1997. The two men declared themselves the guilty parties in a letter to Ermanno Mariani, a journalist for the local newspaper, Libertà. Mariani received the letter soon after gardeners had discovered the stolen painting while they were clearing ivy on an exterior wall of the gallery. They spotted a metal panel behind which there was a cavity with the painting inside. The thieves claimed they had returned the painting “as a gift to the city” four years before it was discovered. Mariani said, “They have been obscure about the details but have always maintained that the painting was not in the cavity all of that time. I’m not a technical expert, but it would have been damaged if it had been there for all those years.” While the intricacies of the crime are unclear, the motives for confessing are more transparent. The thieves made their first confession over 20 years after the theft, meaning they would avoid prosecution, as the statute of limitations for the crime had expired. Mariani said the theft bore similar traits to some of their past crimes, for example the robbery of 300 illuminated manuscripts from Passerini-Landi Library in Piacenza. Portrait of a Lady went missing during preparations for an exhibition in Piacenza aimed at showing it off after the revelation that it was the only “double” Klimt known to the art world. The discovery was made by an art student, Claudia Maga, who realized that it had been painted over another Klimt piece previously believed to be lost, Portrait of a Young Woman. The next surprise was the story behind the original painting. Klimt had fallen madly in love with a young girl from Vienna who had quickly become his muse. When she suddenly passed away, to forget the pain of his loss, he painted over her portrait. Adapted from: www.theguardian.com; www.bbc.com Strona 8 z 20 MJAA-D0-100 Based on the text, complete sentences 4.5.–4.8. 4.5. In the letter to Ermanno Mariani, the thieves ___________________________________ ___________________________________ the painting. 4.6. Based on the painting’s condition, Mariani concluded that it _______________________ _______________________________________________ for the entire period it had been missing. 4.7. From the third paragraph, we learn that there was no chance of ___________________ ___________________________________________________. 4.8. Klimt decided to cover one painting with another after ___________________________ ___________________________________________ unexpectedly.

1. A. In the space marked [1].
2. B. In the space marked [2].
3. C. In the space marked [3].
4. D. In the space marked [4].

In the first paragraph, the author mentions

TASK 4. (0–8) Read two texts connected with art. Do tasks 4.1.–4.8. Text 1 PRIMARY SCHOOLS DAY AT A MUSEUM The enormous building waited as though braced to defend itself, standing back resolutely from its great courtyard under a frozen January sky, colourless, cloudless, leafless and pigeonless. The courtyard was entirely filled with people. A restrained noise rose from them, like the grinding of the sea at low tide. They made slight surges forward, then back, but always gaining an inch. [1] Inside the building, the Deputy Director of Security (DDS) reviewed the disposition of his forces. The duties that led to congratulation and overtime had always in the past been strictly allocated by seniority, as some of the older ones were still, for the hundredth time, pointing out, grumbling that they were not to the fore. “This is a time when we may need force,” the DDS replied patiently. “Experience, too, of course,” he added conciliatingly. The huge bronze clock in the atrium, at which he glanced, had the peculiarity of waiting and then jumping forwards a whole minute; and this peculiarity made it impossible not to say: three minutes to go, two minutes to go. [2] “Three minutes to go,” said the DDS. “We are all quite clear, I take it. Slight accidents, fainting, trampling under foot – the emergency First Aid posts are indicated in your orders for the day; complaints, show sympathy; disorder, contain; increased disorder, communicate directly with my office; wild disorder, the police, to be avoided if possible. Crush barriers to be kept in place at all entries at all times. No lingering.” “Sir William doesn’t approve of that,” said a resolutely doleful voice. “I fail to account for your presence here, Jones. You have already been drafted, and your place, as usual, is in Stores. The real danger point is the approach to the tomb,” the DDS added in a louder voice; “That’s been agreed, both with you and higher up.” [3] The first public day of the Museum’s winter exhibition of the Golden Child had begun. It was the dreaded Primary Schools Day. To mark out the route to follow, the courtyard had been partitioned by the darkly gleaming posters announcing the Exhibition. The queue wound up and down like a giant serpent: five or six thousand children, mostly dressed in navy blue cotton trousers and flimsy plastic jackets, which made them half unconscious with cold; having long since eaten the sandwiches which were intended for several hours later, more or less under the control of numbed teachers, insistent, single-minded, determined to see and to have seen. Like pilgrims of a former day, they were earning their salvation by reaching the end of a journey. At one point in the courtyard a faint steam or smoke, like that of a camp-fire, rose above the cloud of breath from the swarming red-and-blue-nosed children. It was the field kitchen of the Women’s Voluntary Service with tea boilers at the simmer, strategically placed to help those who might otherwise collapse before they reached the steps. [4] Here they all paused a moment, drank an inch of hot tea, sweetened at too early a stage for any choice to be made, threw down their plastic cups on the frozen ground and then advanced towards the entrance over what soon became a carpet of plastic. Adapted from: Penelope Fitzgerald, The Golden Child, New York 1999. Strona 6 z 20 MJAA-D0-100 For questions 4.1.–4.4., choose the answer that best matches the text and circle the appropriate letter (A, B, C or D). 4.1. Look at the spaces marked 1–4 in the text and decide where the following sentence fits best in the passage. And at that very moment, the bronze hand jumped the last minute, both inside and on the public face outside the building, and the wave of human beings, with the movement of a natural disaster, lapped up the steps and entered the hall. A. In the space marked [1]. B. In the space marked [2]. C. In the space marked [3]. D. In the space marked [4]. 4.2. In the first paragraph, the author mentions A. the rebellious behaviour of the crowd outside the museum. B. the gratitude displayed by the DDS towards his employees. C. the inadequacy of the security measures taken by the museum. D. the discontent of some employees with the decision made by their superiors. 4.3. It can be concluded that the children queuing to enter the museum were A. preoccupied with planning how to flee from the courtyard. B. attempting to push their way ahead of their schoolmates. C. inappropriately attired for the conditions outside. D. reassured by their teachers’ presence. 4.4. From the last paragraph, we learn that A. visitors were provided with a range of hot beverages. B. the posters advertising the exhibition served a practical purpose. C. the Women’s Voluntary Service was responsible for medical assistance. D. in the courtyard there was an open fire where visitors could warm themselves. TRANSFER YOUR ANSWERS TO THE ANSWER SHEET! Text 2 PORTRAIT OF A LADY: STOLEN KLIMT MYSTERY SOLVED In January 2020 two men confessed to stealing, and then returning, a painting by Gustav Klimt, Portrait of a Lady. The picture was found concealed in a wall of the Ricci Oddi modern art gallery, the same gallery in Piacenza from which it had gone missing in 1997. The two men declared themselves the guilty parties in a letter to Ermanno Mariani, a journalist for the local newspaper, Libertà. Mariani received the letter soon after gardeners had discovered the stolen painting while they were clearing ivy on an exterior wall of the gallery. They spotted a metal panel behind which there was a cavity with the painting inside. The thieves claimed they had returned the painting “as a gift to the city” four years before it was discovered. Mariani said, “They have been obscure about the details but have always maintained that the painting was not in the cavity all of that time. I’m not a technical expert, but it would have been damaged if it had been there for all those years.” While the intricacies of the crime are unclear, the motives for confessing are more transparent. The thieves made their first confession over 20 years after the theft, meaning they would avoid prosecution, as the statute of limitations for the crime had expired. Mariani said the theft bore similar traits to some of their past crimes, for example the robbery of 300 illuminated manuscripts from Passerini-Landi Library in Piacenza. Portrait of a Lady went missing during preparations for an exhibition in Piacenza aimed at showing it off after the revelation that it was the only “double” Klimt known to the art world. The discovery was made by an art student, Claudia Maga, who realized that it had been painted over another Klimt piece previously believed to be lost, Portrait of a Young Woman. The next surprise was the story behind the original painting. Klimt had fallen madly in love with a young girl from Vienna who had quickly become his muse. When she suddenly passed away, to forget the pain of his loss, he painted over her portrait. Adapted from: www.theguardian.com; www.bbc.com Strona 8 z 20 MJAA-D0-100 Based on the text, complete sentences 4.5.–4.8. 4.5. In the letter to Ermanno Mariani, the thieves ___________________________________ ___________________________________ the painting. 4.6. Based on the painting’s condition, Mariani concluded that it _______________________ _______________________________________________ for the entire period it had been missing. 4.7. From the third paragraph, we learn that there was no chance of ___________________ ___________________________________________________. 4.8. Klimt decided to cover one painting with another after ___________________________ ___________________________________________ unexpectedly.

1. A. the rebellious behaviour of the crowd outside the museum.
2. B. the gratitude displayed by the DDS towards his employees.
3. C. the inadequacy of the security measures taken by the museum.
4. D. the discontent of some employees with the decision made by their superiors.

It can be concluded that the children queuing to enter the museum were

TASK 4. (0–8) Read two texts connected with art. Do tasks 4.1.–4.8. Text 1 PRIMARY SCHOOLS DAY AT A MUSEUM The enormous building waited as though braced to defend itself, standing back resolutely from its great courtyard under a frozen January sky, colourless, cloudless, leafless and pigeonless. The courtyard was entirely filled with people. A restrained noise rose from them, like the grinding of the sea at low tide. They made slight surges forward, then back, but always gaining an inch. [1] Inside the building, the Deputy Director of Security (DDS) reviewed the disposition of his forces. The duties that led to congratulation and overtime had always in the past been strictly allocated by seniority, as some of the older ones were still, for the hundredth time, pointing out, grumbling that they were not to the fore. “This is a time when we may need force,” the DDS replied patiently. “Experience, too, of course,” he added conciliatingly. The huge bronze clock in the atrium, at which he glanced, had the peculiarity of waiting and then jumping forwards a whole minute; and this peculiarity made it impossible not to say: three minutes to go, two minutes to go. [2] “Three minutes to go,” said the DDS. “We are all quite clear, I take it. Slight accidents, fainting, trampling under foot – the emergency First Aid posts are indicated in your orders for the day; complaints, show sympathy; disorder, contain; increased disorder, communicate directly with my office; wild disorder, the police, to be avoided if possible. Crush barriers to be kept in place at all entries at all times. No lingering.” “Sir William doesn’t approve of that,” said a resolutely doleful voice. “I fail to account for your presence here, Jones. You have already been drafted, and your place, as usual, is in Stores. The real danger point is the approach to the tomb,” the DDS added in a louder voice; “That’s been agreed, both with you and higher up.” [3] The first public day of the Museum’s winter exhibition of the Golden Child had begun. It was the dreaded Primary Schools Day. To mark out the route to follow, the courtyard had been partitioned by the darkly gleaming posters announcing the Exhibition. The queue wound up and down like a giant serpent: five or six thousand children, mostly dressed in navy blue cotton trousers and flimsy plastic jackets, which made them half unconscious with cold; having long since eaten the sandwiches which were intended for several hours later, more or less under the control of numbed teachers, insistent, single-minded, determined to see and to have seen. Like pilgrims of a former day, they were earning their salvation by reaching the end of a journey. At one point in the courtyard a faint steam or smoke, like that of a camp-fire, rose above the cloud of breath from the swarming red-and-blue-nosed children. It was the field kitchen of the Women’s Voluntary Service with tea boilers at the simmer, strategically placed to help those who might otherwise collapse before they reached the steps. [4] Here they all paused a moment, drank an inch of hot tea, sweetened at too early a stage for any choice to be made, threw down their plastic cups on the frozen ground and then advanced towards the entrance over what soon became a carpet of plastic. Adapted from: Penelope Fitzgerald, The Golden Child, New York 1999. Strona 6 z 20 MJAA-D0-100 For questions 4.1.–4.4., choose the answer that best matches the text and circle the appropriate letter (A, B, C or D). 4.1. Look at the spaces marked 1–4 in the text and decide where the following sentence fits best in the passage. And at that very moment, the bronze hand jumped the last minute, both inside and on the public face outside the building, and the wave of human beings, with the movement of a natural disaster, lapped up the steps and entered the hall. A. In the space marked [1]. B. In the space marked [2]. C. In the space marked [3]. D. In the space marked [4]. 4.2. In the first paragraph, the author mentions A. the rebellious behaviour of the crowd outside the museum. B. the gratitude displayed by the DDS towards his employees. C. the inadequacy of the security measures taken by the museum. D. the discontent of some employees with the decision made by their superiors. 4.3. It can be concluded that the children queuing to enter the museum were A. preoccupied with planning how to flee from the courtyard. B. attempting to push their way ahead of their schoolmates. C. inappropriately attired for the conditions outside. D. reassured by their teachers’ presence. 4.4. From the last paragraph, we learn that A. visitors were provided with a range of hot beverages. B. the posters advertising the exhibition served a practical purpose. C. the Women’s Voluntary Service was responsible for medical assistance. D. in the courtyard there was an open fire where visitors could warm themselves. TRANSFER YOUR ANSWERS TO THE ANSWER SHEET! Text 2 PORTRAIT OF A LADY: STOLEN KLIMT MYSTERY SOLVED In January 2020 two men confessed to stealing, and then returning, a painting by Gustav Klimt, Portrait of a Lady. The picture was found concealed in a wall of the Ricci Oddi modern art gallery, the same gallery in Piacenza from which it had gone missing in 1997. The two men declared themselves the guilty parties in a letter to Ermanno Mariani, a journalist for the local newspaper, Libertà. Mariani received the letter soon after gardeners had discovered the stolen painting while they were clearing ivy on an exterior wall of the gallery. They spotted a metal panel behind which there was a cavity with the painting inside. The thieves claimed they had returned the painting “as a gift to the city” four years before it was discovered. Mariani said, “They have been obscure about the details but have always maintained that the painting was not in the cavity all of that time. I’m not a technical expert, but it would have been damaged if it had been there for all those years.” While the intricacies of the crime are unclear, the motives for confessing are more transparent. The thieves made their first confession over 20 years after the theft, meaning they would avoid prosecution, as the statute of limitations for the crime had expired. Mariani said the theft bore similar traits to some of their past crimes, for example the robbery of 300 illuminated manuscripts from Passerini-Landi Library in Piacenza. Portrait of a Lady went missing during preparations for an exhibition in Piacenza aimed at showing it off after the revelation that it was the only “double” Klimt known to the art world. The discovery was made by an art student, Claudia Maga, who realized that it had been painted over another Klimt piece previously believed to be lost, Portrait of a Young Woman. The next surprise was the story behind the original painting. Klimt had fallen madly in love with a young girl from Vienna who had quickly become his muse. When she suddenly passed away, to forget the pain of his loss, he painted over her portrait. Adapted from: www.theguardian.com; www.bbc.com Strona 8 z 20 MJAA-D0-100 Based on the text, complete sentences 4.5.–4.8. 4.5. In the letter to Ermanno Mariani, the thieves ___________________________________ ___________________________________ the painting. 4.6. Based on the painting’s condition, Mariani concluded that it _______________________ _______________________________________________ for the entire period it had been missing. 4.7. From the third paragraph, we learn that there was no chance of ___________________ ___________________________________________________. 4.8. Klimt decided to cover one painting with another after ___________________________ ___________________________________________ unexpectedly.

1. A. preoccupied with planning how to flee from the courtyard.
2. B. attempting to push their way ahead of their schoolmates.
3. C. inappropriately attired for the conditions outside.
4. D. reassured by their teachers’ presence.

From the last paragraph, we learn that

TASK 4. (0–8) Read two texts connected with art. Do tasks 4.1.–4.8. Text 1 PRIMARY SCHOOLS DAY AT A MUSEUM The enormous building waited as though braced to defend itself, standing back resolutely from its great courtyard under a frozen January sky, colourless, cloudless, leafless and pigeonless. The courtyard was entirely filled with people. A restrained noise rose from them, like the grinding of the sea at low tide. They made slight surges forward, then back, but always gaining an inch. [1] Inside the building, the Deputy Director of Security (DDS) reviewed the disposition of his forces. The duties that led to congratulation and overtime had always in the past been strictly allocated by seniority, as some of the older ones were still, for the hundredth time, pointing out, grumbling that they were not to the fore. “This is a time when we may need force,” the DDS replied patiently. “Experience, too, of course,” he added conciliatingly. The huge bronze clock in the atrium, at which he glanced, had the peculiarity of waiting and then jumping forwards a whole minute; and this peculiarity made it impossible not to say: three minutes to go, two minutes to go. [2] “Three minutes to go,” said the DDS. “We are all quite clear, I take it. Slight accidents, fainting, trampling under foot – the emergency First Aid posts are indicated in your orders for the day; complaints, show sympathy; disorder, contain; increased disorder, communicate directly with my office; wild disorder, the police, to be avoided if possible. Crush barriers to be kept in place at all entries at all times. No lingering.” “Sir William doesn’t approve of that,” said a resolutely doleful voice. “I fail to account for your presence here, Jones. You have already been drafted, and your place, as usual, is in Stores. The real danger point is the approach to the tomb,” the DDS added in a louder voice; “That’s been agreed, both with you and higher up.” [3] The first public day of the Museum’s winter exhibition of the Golden Child had begun. It was the dreaded Primary Schools Day. To mark out the route to follow, the courtyard had been partitioned by the darkly gleaming posters announcing the Exhibition. The queue wound up and down like a giant serpent: five or six thousand children, mostly dressed in navy blue cotton trousers and flimsy plastic jackets, which made them half unconscious with cold; having long since eaten the sandwiches which were intended for several hours later, more or less under the control of numbed teachers, insistent, single-minded, determined to see and to have seen. Like pilgrims of a former day, they were earning their salvation by reaching the end of a journey. At one point in the courtyard a faint steam or smoke, like that of a camp-fire, rose above the cloud of breath from the swarming red-and-blue-nosed children. It was the field kitchen of the Women’s Voluntary Service with tea boilers at the simmer, strategically placed to help those who might otherwise collapse before they reached the steps. [4] Here they all paused a moment, drank an inch of hot tea, sweetened at too early a stage for any choice to be made, threw down their plastic cups on the frozen ground and then advanced towards the entrance over what soon became a carpet of plastic. Adapted from: Penelope Fitzgerald, The Golden Child, New York 1999. Strona 6 z 20 MJAA-D0-100 For questions 4.1.–4.4., choose the answer that best matches the text and circle the appropriate letter (A, B, C or D). 4.1. Look at the spaces marked 1–4 in the text and decide where the following sentence fits best in the passage. And at that very moment, the bronze hand jumped the last minute, both inside and on the public face outside the building, and the wave of human beings, with the movement of a natural disaster, lapped up the steps and entered the hall. A. In the space marked [1]. B. In the space marked [2]. C. In the space marked [3]. D. In the space marked [4]. 4.2. In the first paragraph, the author mentions A. the rebellious behaviour of the crowd outside the museum. B. the gratitude displayed by the DDS towards his employees. C. the inadequacy of the security measures taken by the museum. D. the discontent of some employees with the decision made by their superiors. 4.3. It can be concluded that the children queuing to enter the museum were A. preoccupied with planning how to flee from the courtyard. B. attempting to push their way ahead of their schoolmates. C. inappropriately attired for the conditions outside. D. reassured by their teachers’ presence. 4.4. From the last paragraph, we learn that A. visitors were provided with a range of hot beverages. B. the posters advertising the exhibition served a practical purpose. C. the Women’s Voluntary Service was responsible for medical assistance. D. in the courtyard there was an open fire where visitors could warm themselves. TRANSFER YOUR ANSWERS TO THE ANSWER SHEET! Text 2 PORTRAIT OF A LADY: STOLEN KLIMT MYSTERY SOLVED In January 2020 two men confessed to stealing, and then returning, a painting by Gustav Klimt, Portrait of a Lady. The picture was found concealed in a wall of the Ricci Oddi modern art gallery, the same gallery in Piacenza from which it had gone missing in 1997. The two men declared themselves the guilty parties in a letter to Ermanno Mariani, a journalist for the local newspaper, Libertà. Mariani received the letter soon after gardeners had discovered the stolen painting while they were clearing ivy on an exterior wall of the gallery. They spotted a metal panel behind which there was a cavity with the painting inside. The thieves claimed they had returned the painting “as a gift to the city” four years before it was discovered. Mariani said, “They have been obscure about the details but have always maintained that the painting was not in the cavity all of that time. I’m not a technical expert, but it would have been damaged if it had been there for all those years.” While the intricacies of the crime are unclear, the motives for confessing are more transparent. The thieves made their first confession over 20 years after the theft, meaning they would avoid prosecution, as the statute of limitations for the crime had expired. Mariani said the theft bore similar traits to some of their past crimes, for example the robbery of 300 illuminated manuscripts from Passerini-Landi Library in Piacenza. Portrait of a Lady went missing during preparations for an exhibition in Piacenza aimed at showing it off after the revelation that it was the only “double” Klimt known to the art world. The discovery was made by an art student, Claudia Maga, who realized that it had been painted over another Klimt piece previously believed to be lost, Portrait of a Young Woman. The next surprise was the story behind the original painting. Klimt had fallen madly in love with a young girl from Vienna who had quickly become his muse. When she suddenly passed away, to forget the pain of his loss, he painted over her portrait. Adapted from: www.theguardian.com; www.bbc.com Strona 8 z 20 MJAA-D0-100 Based on the text, complete sentences 4.5.–4.8. 4.5. In the letter to Ermanno Mariani, the thieves ___________________________________ ___________________________________ the painting. 4.6. Based on the painting’s condition, Mariani concluded that it _______________________ _______________________________________________ for the entire period it had been missing. 4.7. From the third paragraph, we learn that there was no chance of ___________________ ___________________________________________________. 4.8. Klimt decided to cover one painting with another after ___________________________ ___________________________________________ unexpectedly.

1. A. visitors were provided with a range of hot beverages.
2. B. the posters advertising the exhibition served a practical purpose.
3. C. the Women’s Voluntary Service was responsible for medical assistance.
4. D. in the courtyard there was an open fire where visitors could warm themselves. TRANSFER YOUR ANSWERS TO THE ANSWER SHEET!

In the letter to Ermanno Mariani, the thieves ___________________________________ ___________________________________ the painting.

TASK 4. (0–8) Read two texts connected with art. Do tasks 4.1.–4.8. Text 1 PRIMARY SCHOOLS DAY AT A MUSEUM The enormous building waited as though braced to defend itself, standing back resolutely from its great courtyard under a frozen January sky, colourless, cloudless, leafless and pigeonless. The courtyard was entirely filled with people. A restrained noise rose from them, like the grinding of the sea at low tide. They made slight surges forward, then back, but always gaining an inch. [1] Inside the building, the Deputy Director of Security (DDS) reviewed the disposition of his forces. The duties that led to congratulation and overtime had always in the past been strictly allocated by seniority, as some of the older ones were still, for the hundredth time, pointing out, grumbling that they were not to the fore. “This is a time when we may need force,” the DDS replied patiently. “Experience, too, of course,” he added conciliatingly. The huge bronze clock in the atrium, at which he glanced, had the peculiarity of waiting and then jumping forwards a whole minute; and this peculiarity made it impossible not to say: three minutes to go, two minutes to go. [2] “Three minutes to go,” said the DDS. “We are all quite clear, I take it. Slight accidents, fainting, trampling under foot – the emergency First Aid posts are indicated in your orders for the day; complaints, show sympathy; disorder, contain; increased disorder, communicate directly with my office; wild disorder, the police, to be avoided if possible. Crush barriers to be kept in place at all entries at all times. No lingering.” “Sir William doesn’t approve of that,” said a resolutely doleful voice. “I fail to account for your presence here, Jones. You have already been drafted, and your place, as usual, is in Stores. The real danger point is the approach to the tomb,” the DDS added in a louder voice; “That’s been agreed, both with you and higher up.” [3] The first public day of the Museum’s winter exhibition of the Golden Child had begun. It was the dreaded Primary Schools Day. To mark out the route to follow, the courtyard had been partitioned by the darkly gleaming posters announcing the Exhibition. The queue wound up and down like a giant serpent: five or six thousand children, mostly dressed in navy blue cotton trousers and flimsy plastic jackets, which made them half unconscious with cold; having long since eaten the sandwiches which were intended for several hours later, more or less under the control of numbed teachers, insistent, single-minded, determined to see and to have seen. Like pilgrims of a former day, they were earning their salvation by reaching the end of a journey. At one point in the courtyard a faint steam or smoke, like that of a camp-fire, rose above the cloud of breath from the swarming red-and-blue-nosed children. It was the field kitchen of the Women’s Voluntary Service with tea boilers at the simmer, strategically placed to help those who might otherwise collapse before they reached the steps. [4] Here they all paused a moment, drank an inch of hot tea, sweetened at too early a stage for any choice to be made, threw down their plastic cups on the frozen ground and then advanced towards the entrance over what soon became a carpet of plastic. Adapted from: Penelope Fitzgerald, The Golden Child, New York 1999. Strona 6 z 20 MJAA-D0-100 For questions 4.1.–4.4., choose the answer that best matches the text and circle the appropriate letter (A, B, C or D). 4.1. Look at the spaces marked 1–4 in the text and decide where the following sentence fits best in the passage. And at that very moment, the bronze hand jumped the last minute, both inside and on the public face outside the building, and the wave of human beings, with the movement of a natural disaster, lapped up the steps and entered the hall. A. In the space marked [1]. B. In the space marked [2]. C. In the space marked [3]. D. In the space marked [4]. 4.2. In the first paragraph, the author mentions A. the rebellious behaviour of the crowd outside the museum. B. the gratitude displayed by the DDS towards his employees. C. the inadequacy of the security measures taken by the museum. D. the discontent of some employees with the decision made by their superiors. 4.3. It can be concluded that the children queuing to enter the museum were A. preoccupied with planning how to flee from the courtyard. B. attempting to push their way ahead of their schoolmates. C. inappropriately attired for the conditions outside. D. reassured by their teachers’ presence. 4.4. From the last paragraph, we learn that A. visitors were provided with a range of hot beverages. B. the posters advertising the exhibition served a practical purpose. C. the Women’s Voluntary Service was responsible for medical assistance. D. in the courtyard there was an open fire where visitors could warm themselves. TRANSFER YOUR ANSWERS TO THE ANSWER SHEET! Text 2 PORTRAIT OF A LADY: STOLEN KLIMT MYSTERY SOLVED In January 2020 two men confessed to stealing, and then returning, a painting by Gustav Klimt, Portrait of a Lady. The picture was found concealed in a wall of the Ricci Oddi modern art gallery, the same gallery in Piacenza from which it had gone missing in 1997. The two men declared themselves the guilty parties in a letter to Ermanno Mariani, a journalist for the local newspaper, Libertà. Mariani received the letter soon after gardeners had discovered the stolen painting while they were clearing ivy on an exterior wall of the gallery. They spotted a metal panel behind which there was a cavity with the painting inside. The thieves claimed they had returned the painting “as a gift to the city” four years before it was discovered. Mariani said, “They have been obscure about the details but have always maintained that the painting was not in the cavity all of that time. I’m not a technical expert, but it would have been damaged if it had been there for all those years.” While the intricacies of the crime are unclear, the motives for confessing are more transparent. The thieves made their first confession over 20 years after the theft, meaning they would avoid prosecution, as the statute of limitations for the crime had expired. Mariani said the theft bore similar traits to some of their past crimes, for example the robbery of 300 illuminated manuscripts from Passerini-Landi Library in Piacenza. Portrait of a Lady went missing during preparations for an exhibition in Piacenza aimed at showing it off after the revelation that it was the only “double” Klimt known to the art world. The discovery was made by an art student, Claudia Maga, who realized that it had been painted over another Klimt piece previously believed to be lost, Portrait of a Young Woman. The next surprise was the story behind the original painting. Klimt had fallen madly in love with a young girl from Vienna who had quickly become his muse. When she suddenly passed away, to forget the pain of his loss, he painted over her portrait. Adapted from: www.theguardian.com; www.bbc.com Strona 8 z 20 MJAA-D0-100 Based on the text, complete sentences 4.5.–4.8. 4.5. In the letter to Ermanno Mariani, the thieves ___________________________________ ___________________________________ the painting. 4.6. Based on the painting’s condition, Mariani concluded that it _______________________ _______________________________________________ for the entire period it had been missing. 4.7. From the third paragraph, we learn that there was no chance of ___________________ ___________________________________________________. 4.8. Klimt decided to cover one painting with another after ___________________________ ___________________________________________ unexpectedly.

Based on the painting’s condition, Mariani concluded that it _______________________ _______________________________________________ for the entire period it had been missing.

TASK 4. (0–8) Read two texts connected with art. Do tasks 4.1.–4.8. Text 1 PRIMARY SCHOOLS DAY AT A MUSEUM The enormous building waited as though braced to defend itself, standing back resolutely from its great courtyard under a frozen January sky, colourless, cloudless, leafless and pigeonless. The courtyard was entirely filled with people. A restrained noise rose from them, like the grinding of the sea at low tide. They made slight surges forward, then back, but always gaining an inch. [1] Inside the building, the Deputy Director of Security (DDS) reviewed the disposition of his forces. The duties that led to congratulation and overtime had always in the past been strictly allocated by seniority, as some of the older ones were still, for the hundredth time, pointing out, grumbling that they were not to the fore. “This is a time when we may need force,” the DDS replied patiently. “Experience, too, of course,” he added conciliatingly. The huge bronze clock in the atrium, at which he glanced, had the peculiarity of waiting and then jumping forwards a whole minute; and this peculiarity made it impossible not to say: three minutes to go, two minutes to go. [2] “Three minutes to go,” said the DDS. “We are all quite clear, I take it. Slight accidents, fainting, trampling under foot – the emergency First Aid posts are indicated in your orders for the day; complaints, show sympathy; disorder, contain; increased disorder, communicate directly with my office; wild disorder, the police, to be avoided if possible. Crush barriers to be kept in place at all entries at all times. No lingering.” “Sir William doesn’t approve of that,” said a resolutely doleful voice. “I fail to account for your presence here, Jones. You have already been drafted, and your place, as usual, is in Stores. The real danger point is the approach to the tomb,” the DDS added in a louder voice; “That’s been agreed, both with you and higher up.” [3] The first public day of the Museum’s winter exhibition of the Golden Child had begun. It was the dreaded Primary Schools Day. To mark out the route to follow, the courtyard had been partitioned by the darkly gleaming posters announcing the Exhibition. The queue wound up and down like a giant serpent: five or six thousand children, mostly dressed in navy blue cotton trousers and flimsy plastic jackets, which made them half unconscious with cold; having long since eaten the sandwiches which were intended for several hours later, more or less under the control of numbed teachers, insistent, single-minded, determined to see and to have seen. Like pilgrims of a former day, they were earning their salvation by reaching the end of a journey. At one point in the courtyard a faint steam or smoke, like that of a camp-fire, rose above the cloud of breath from the swarming red-and-blue-nosed children. It was the field kitchen of the Women’s Voluntary Service with tea boilers at the simmer, strategically placed to help those who might otherwise collapse before they reached the steps. [4] Here they all paused a moment, drank an inch of hot tea, sweetened at too early a stage for any choice to be made, threw down their plastic cups on the frozen ground and then advanced towards the entrance over what soon became a carpet of plastic. Adapted from: Penelope Fitzgerald, The Golden Child, New York 1999. Strona 6 z 20 MJAA-D0-100 For questions 4.1.–4.4., choose the answer that best matches the text and circle the appropriate letter (A, B, C or D). 4.1. Look at the spaces marked 1–4 in the text and decide where the following sentence fits best in the passage. And at that very moment, the bronze hand jumped the last minute, both inside and on the public face outside the building, and the wave of human beings, with the movement of a natural disaster, lapped up the steps and entered the hall. A. In the space marked [1]. B. In the space marked [2]. C. In the space marked [3]. D. In the space marked [4]. 4.2. In the first paragraph, the author mentions A. the rebellious behaviour of the crowd outside the museum. B. the gratitude displayed by the DDS towards his employees. C. the inadequacy of the security measures taken by the museum. D. the discontent of some employees with the decision made by their superiors. 4.3. It can be concluded that the children queuing to enter the museum were A. preoccupied with planning how to flee from the courtyard. B. attempting to push their way ahead of their schoolmates. C. inappropriately attired for the conditions outside. D. reassured by their teachers’ presence. 4.4. From the last paragraph, we learn that A. visitors were provided with a range of hot beverages. B. the posters advertising the exhibition served a practical purpose. C. the Women’s Voluntary Service was responsible for medical assistance. D. in the courtyard there was an open fire where visitors could warm themselves. TRANSFER YOUR ANSWERS TO THE ANSWER SHEET! Text 2 PORTRAIT OF A LADY: STOLEN KLIMT MYSTERY SOLVED In January 2020 two men confessed to stealing, and then returning, a painting by Gustav Klimt, Portrait of a Lady. The picture was found concealed in a wall of the Ricci Oddi modern art gallery, the same gallery in Piacenza from which it had gone missing in 1997. The two men declared themselves the guilty parties in a letter to Ermanno Mariani, a journalist for the local newspaper, Libertà. Mariani received the letter soon after gardeners had discovered the stolen painting while they were clearing ivy on an exterior wall of the gallery. They spotted a metal panel behind which there was a cavity with the painting inside. The thieves claimed they had returned the painting “as a gift to the city” four years before it was discovered. Mariani said, “They have been obscure about the details but have always maintained that the painting was not in the cavity all of that time. I’m not a technical expert, but it would have been damaged if it had been there for all those years.” While the intricacies of the crime are unclear, the motives for confessing are more transparent. The thieves made their first confession over 20 years after the theft, meaning they would avoid prosecution, as the statute of limitations for the crime had expired. Mariani said the theft bore similar traits to some of their past crimes, for example the robbery of 300 illuminated manuscripts from Passerini-Landi Library in Piacenza. Portrait of a Lady went missing during preparations for an exhibition in Piacenza aimed at showing it off after the revelation that it was the only “double” Klimt known to the art world. The discovery was made by an art student, Claudia Maga, who realized that it had been painted over another Klimt piece previously believed to be lost, Portrait of a Young Woman. The next surprise was the story behind the original painting. Klimt had fallen madly in love with a young girl from Vienna who had quickly become his muse. When she suddenly passed away, to forget the pain of his loss, he painted over her portrait. Adapted from: www.theguardian.com; www.bbc.com Strona 8 z 20 MJAA-D0-100 Based on the text, complete sentences 4.5.–4.8. 4.5. In the letter to Ermanno Mariani, the thieves ___________________________________ ___________________________________ the painting. 4.6. Based on the painting’s condition, Mariani concluded that it _______________________ _______________________________________________ for the entire period it had been missing. 4.7. From the third paragraph, we learn that there was no chance of ___________________ ___________________________________________________. 4.8. Klimt decided to cover one painting with another after ___________________________ ___________________________________________ unexpectedly.

From the third paragraph, we learn that there was no chance of ___________________ ___________________________________________________.

TASK 4. (0–8) Read two texts connected with art. Do tasks 4.1.–4.8. Text 1 PRIMARY SCHOOLS DAY AT A MUSEUM The enormous building waited as though braced to defend itself, standing back resolutely from its great courtyard under a frozen January sky, colourless, cloudless, leafless and pigeonless. The courtyard was entirely filled with people. A restrained noise rose from them, like the grinding of the sea at low tide. They made slight surges forward, then back, but always gaining an inch. [1] Inside the building, the Deputy Director of Security (DDS) reviewed the disposition of his forces. The duties that led to congratulation and overtime had always in the past been strictly allocated by seniority, as some of the older ones were still, for the hundredth time, pointing out, grumbling that they were not to the fore. “This is a time when we may need force,” the DDS replied patiently. “Experience, too, of course,” he added conciliatingly. The huge bronze clock in the atrium, at which he glanced, had the peculiarity of waiting and then jumping forwards a whole minute; and this peculiarity made it impossible not to say: three minutes to go, two minutes to go. [2] “Three minutes to go,” said the DDS. “We are all quite clear, I take it. Slight accidents, fainting, trampling under foot – the emergency First Aid posts are indicated in your orders for the day; complaints, show sympathy; disorder, contain; increased disorder, communicate directly with my office; wild disorder, the police, to be avoided if possible. Crush barriers to be kept in place at all entries at all times. No lingering.” “Sir William doesn’t approve of that,” said a resolutely doleful voice. “I fail to account for your presence here, Jones. You have already been drafted, and your place, as usual, is in Stores. The real danger point is the approach to the tomb,” the DDS added in a louder voice; “That’s been agreed, both with you and higher up.” [3] The first public day of the Museum’s winter exhibition of the Golden Child had begun. It was the dreaded Primary Schools Day. To mark out the route to follow, the courtyard had been partitioned by the darkly gleaming posters announcing the Exhibition. The queue wound up and down like a giant serpent: five or six thousand children, mostly dressed in navy blue cotton trousers and flimsy plastic jackets, which made them half unconscious with cold; having long since eaten the sandwiches which were intended for several hours later, more or less under the control of numbed teachers, insistent, single-minded, determined to see and to have seen. Like pilgrims of a former day, they were earning their salvation by reaching the end of a journey. At one point in the courtyard a faint steam or smoke, like that of a camp-fire, rose above the cloud of breath from the swarming red-and-blue-nosed children. It was the field kitchen of the Women’s Voluntary Service with tea boilers at the simmer, strategically placed to help those who might otherwise collapse before they reached the steps. [4] Here they all paused a moment, drank an inch of hot tea, sweetened at too early a stage for any choice to be made, threw down their plastic cups on the frozen ground and then advanced towards the entrance over what soon became a carpet of plastic. Adapted from: Penelope Fitzgerald, The Golden Child, New York 1999. Strona 6 z 20 MJAA-D0-100 For questions 4.1.–4.4., choose the answer that best matches the text and circle the appropriate letter (A, B, C or D). 4.1. Look at the spaces marked 1–4 in the text and decide where the following sentence fits best in the passage. And at that very moment, the bronze hand jumped the last minute, both inside and on the public face outside the building, and the wave of human beings, with the movement of a natural disaster, lapped up the steps and entered the hall. A. In the space marked [1]. B. In the space marked [2]. C. In the space marked [3]. D. In the space marked [4]. 4.2. In the first paragraph, the author mentions A. the rebellious behaviour of the crowd outside the museum. B. the gratitude displayed by the DDS towards his employees. C. the inadequacy of the security measures taken by the museum. D. the discontent of some employees with the decision made by their superiors. 4.3. It can be concluded that the children queuing to enter the museum were A. preoccupied with planning how to flee from the courtyard. B. attempting to push their way ahead of their schoolmates. C. inappropriately attired for the conditions outside. D. reassured by their teachers’ presence. 4.4. From the last paragraph, we learn that A. visitors were provided with a range of hot beverages. B. the posters advertising the exhibition served a practical purpose. C. the Women’s Voluntary Service was responsible for medical assistance. D. in the courtyard there was an open fire where visitors could warm themselves. TRANSFER YOUR ANSWERS TO THE ANSWER SHEET! Text 2 PORTRAIT OF A LADY: STOLEN KLIMT MYSTERY SOLVED In January 2020 two men confessed to stealing, and then returning, a painting by Gustav Klimt, Portrait of a Lady. The picture was found concealed in a wall of the Ricci Oddi modern art gallery, the same gallery in Piacenza from which it had gone missing in 1997. The two men declared themselves the guilty parties in a letter to Ermanno Mariani, a journalist for the local newspaper, Libertà. Mariani received the letter soon after gardeners had discovered the stolen painting while they were clearing ivy on an exterior wall of the gallery. They spotted a metal panel behind which there was a cavity with the painting inside. The thieves claimed they had returned the painting “as a gift to the city” four years before it was discovered. Mariani said, “They have been obscure about the details but have always maintained that the painting was not in the cavity all of that time. I’m not a technical expert, but it would have been damaged if it had been there for all those years.” While the intricacies of the crime are unclear, the motives for confessing are more transparent. The thieves made their first confession over 20 years after the theft, meaning they would avoid prosecution, as the statute of limitations for the crime had expired. Mariani said the theft bore similar traits to some of their past crimes, for example the robbery of 300 illuminated manuscripts from Passerini-Landi Library in Piacenza. Portrait of a Lady went missing during preparations for an exhibition in Piacenza aimed at showing it off after the revelation that it was the only “double” Klimt known to the art world. The discovery was made by an art student, Claudia Maga, who realized that it had been painted over another Klimt piece previously believed to be lost, Portrait of a Young Woman. The next surprise was the story behind the original painting. Klimt had fallen madly in love with a young girl from Vienna who had quickly become his muse. When she suddenly passed away, to forget the pain of his loss, he painted over her portrait. Adapted from: www.theguardian.com; www.bbc.com Strona 8 z 20 MJAA-D0-100 Based on the text, complete sentences 4.5.–4.8. 4.5. In the letter to Ermanno Mariani, the thieves ___________________________________ ___________________________________ the painting. 4.6. Based on the painting’s condition, Mariani concluded that it _______________________ _______________________________________________ for the entire period it had been missing. 4.7. From the third paragraph, we learn that there was no chance of ___________________ ___________________________________________________. 4.8. Klimt decided to cover one painting with another after ___________________________ ___________________________________________ unexpectedly.

Klimt decided to cover one painting with another after ___________________________ ___________________________________________ unexpectedly.

TASK 4. (0–8) Read two texts connected with art. Do tasks 4.1.–4.8. Text 1 PRIMARY SCHOOLS DAY AT A MUSEUM The enormous building waited as though braced to defend itself, standing back resolutely from its great courtyard under a frozen January sky, colourless, cloudless, leafless and pigeonless. The courtyard was entirely filled with people. A restrained noise rose from them, like the grinding of the sea at low tide. They made slight surges forward, then back, but always gaining an inch. [1] Inside the building, the Deputy Director of Security (DDS) reviewed the disposition of his forces. The duties that led to congratulation and overtime had always in the past been strictly allocated by seniority, as some of the older ones were still, for the hundredth time, pointing out, grumbling that they were not to the fore. “This is a time when we may need force,” the DDS replied patiently. “Experience, too, of course,” he added conciliatingly. The huge bronze clock in the atrium, at which he glanced, had the peculiarity of waiting and then jumping forwards a whole minute; and this peculiarity made it impossible not to say: three minutes to go, two minutes to go. [2] “Three minutes to go,” said the DDS. “We are all quite clear, I take it. Slight accidents, fainting, trampling under foot – the emergency First Aid posts are indicated in your orders for the day; complaints, show sympathy; disorder, contain; increased disorder, communicate directly with my office; wild disorder, the police, to be avoided if possible. Crush barriers to be kept in place at all entries at all times. No lingering.” “Sir William doesn’t approve of that,” said a resolutely doleful voice. “I fail to account for your presence here, Jones. You have already been drafted, and your place, as usual, is in Stores. The real danger point is the approach to the tomb,” the DDS added in a louder voice; “That’s been agreed, both with you and higher up.” [3] The first public day of the Museum’s winter exhibition of the Golden Child had begun. It was the dreaded Primary Schools Day. To mark out the route to follow, the courtyard had been partitioned by the darkly gleaming posters announcing the Exhibition. The queue wound up and down like a giant serpent: five or six thousand children, mostly dressed in navy blue cotton trousers and flimsy plastic jackets, which made them half unconscious with cold; having long since eaten the sandwiches which were intended for several hours later, more or less under the control of numbed teachers, insistent, single-minded, determined to see and to have seen. Like pilgrims of a former day, they were earning their salvation by reaching the end of a journey. At one point in the courtyard a faint steam or smoke, like that of a camp-fire, rose above the cloud of breath from the swarming red-and-blue-nosed children. It was the field kitchen of the Women’s Voluntary Service with tea boilers at the simmer, strategically placed to help those who might otherwise collapse before they reached the steps. [4] Here they all paused a moment, drank an inch of hot tea, sweetened at too early a stage for any choice to be made, threw down their plastic cups on the frozen ground and then advanced towards the entrance over what soon became a carpet of plastic. Adapted from: Penelope Fitzgerald, The Golden Child, New York 1999. Strona 6 z 20 MJAA-D0-100 For questions 4.1.–4.4., choose the answer that best matches the text and circle the appropriate letter (A, B, C or D). 4.1. Look at the spaces marked 1–4 in the text and decide where the following sentence fits best in the passage. And at that very moment, the bronze hand jumped the last minute, both inside and on the public face outside the building, and the wave of human beings, with the movement of a natural disaster, lapped up the steps and entered the hall. A. In the space marked [1]. B. In the space marked [2]. C. In the space marked [3]. D. In the space marked [4]. 4.2. In the first paragraph, the author mentions A. the rebellious behaviour of the crowd outside the museum. B. the gratitude displayed by the DDS towards his employees. C. the inadequacy of the security measures taken by the museum. D. the discontent of some employees with the decision made by their superiors. 4.3. It can be concluded that the children queuing to enter the museum were A. preoccupied with planning how to flee from the courtyard. B. attempting to push their way ahead of their schoolmates. C. inappropriately attired for the conditions outside. D. reassured by their teachers’ presence. 4.4. From the last paragraph, we learn that A. visitors were provided with a range of hot beverages. B. the posters advertising the exhibition served a practical purpose. C. the Women’s Voluntary Service was responsible for medical assistance. D. in the courtyard there was an open fire where visitors could warm themselves. TRANSFER YOUR ANSWERS TO THE ANSWER SHEET! Text 2 PORTRAIT OF A LADY: STOLEN KLIMT MYSTERY SOLVED In January 2020 two men confessed to stealing, and then returning, a painting by Gustav Klimt, Portrait of a Lady. The picture was found concealed in a wall of the Ricci Oddi modern art gallery, the same gallery in Piacenza from which it had gone missing in 1997. The two men declared themselves the guilty parties in a letter to Ermanno Mariani, a journalist for the local newspaper, Libertà. Mariani received the letter soon after gardeners had discovered the stolen painting while they were clearing ivy on an exterior wall of the gallery. They spotted a metal panel behind which there was a cavity with the painting inside. The thieves claimed they had returned the painting “as a gift to the city” four years before it was discovered. Mariani said, “They have been obscure about the details but have always maintained that the painting was not in the cavity all of that time. I’m not a technical expert, but it would have been damaged if it had been there for all those years.” While the intricacies of the crime are unclear, the motives for confessing are more transparent. The thieves made their first confession over 20 years after the theft, meaning they would avoid prosecution, as the statute of limitations for the crime had expired. Mariani said the theft bore similar traits to some of their past crimes, for example the robbery of 300 illuminated manuscripts from Passerini-Landi Library in Piacenza. Portrait of a Lady went missing during preparations for an exhibition in Piacenza aimed at showing it off after the revelation that it was the only “double” Klimt known to the art world. The discovery was made by an art student, Claudia Maga, who realized that it had been painted over another Klimt piece previously believed to be lost, Portrait of a Young Woman. The next surprise was the story behind the original painting. Klimt had fallen madly in love with a young girl from Vienna who had quickly become his muse. When she suddenly passed away, to forget the pain of his loss, he painted over her portrait. Adapted from: www.theguardian.com; www.bbc.com Strona 8 z 20 MJAA-D0-100 Based on the text, complete sentences 4.5.–4.8. 4.5. In the letter to Ermanno Mariani, the thieves ___________________________________ ___________________________________ the painting. 4.6. Based on the painting’s condition, Mariani concluded that it _______________________ _______________________________________________ for the entire period it had been missing. 4.7. From the third paragraph, we learn that there was no chance of ___________________ ___________________________________________________. 4.8. Klimt decided to cover one painting with another after ___________________________ ___________________________________________ unexpectedly.

TASK 5. (0–4) Read the article. Four passages have been removed from the text. Complete each gap (5.1.–5.4.) with the passage which fits best and put the appropriate letter (A–F) in each gap. There are two passages which you do not need to use. HOW ASTRONAUTS SPEND THEIR TIME IN SPACE For the majority of people, a typical day is as follows: a nine-to-five job, some downtime in the evening getting ready for the day ahead, and two days off at the weekend. 5.1. _____ Decades of space missions have allowed us to reach this point, and along the way, we’ve overcome many challenges. NASA has successfully launched over 200 crewed space flights. In the pioneering days of the 1960s, American astronauts travelled to space on Mercury, Gemini, and Apollo missions that lasted days, in small cramped spacecraft with crews of up to three. 5.2. _____ The first of these took place on a fully functioning space station called Skylab, which contained the crew’s quarters, cooking facilities, and even a running track. This represented NASA’s early attempt at making life more comfortable for the astronauts on missions which lasted up to several months. To design Skylab, NASA went so far as to bring in an interior designer, Raymond Loewy. He approached the task with a few principles in mind: eight hours of daily solitude and mealtimes shared together facing each other. With this fresh design also came the idea that astronauts could spend their time in space in a more pleasant way. 5.3. _____ In fact, the crew was given such a jam-packed list of tasks to complete every day with so little free time to relax that the outcome was overwork and frustration. As a result, the astronauts were simply drained. At some point they even refused to perform certain tasks. 5.4. _____ Nowadays, one of the most popular pastimes on the International Space Station involves floating down to European Space Agency’s Cupola module, which affords a glorious view of Earth. Adapted from: www.smithsonianmag.com Strona 10 z 20 MJAA-D0-100 A. The researchers showed that the crew members needed some time for themselves, and consequently, Skylab was the first space station created with astronauts well-being in mind. The little things that could make life better became a factor. Not only in the schedule and leisure time, but just from a creature comforts perspective. B. The astronauts were contented with this new approach. At first they were even able to accomplish more than was anticipated. On the second Skylab mission, they overperformed, achieving 150 percent of their mission requirements. That made NASA expect even more on the final mission. But things didn’t go smoothly. C. Teamwork, planning, and communication are crucial on the International Space Station because something could go wrong at any moment. Everyone needs to be on the same page to have a clear understanding of how they are going to complete their work. D. Surprisingly, astronauts have a very similar schedule, with time to unwind, barring any cause for alarm on the International Space Station that requires immediate attention. While it might seem obvious now, consideration for an astronaut’s work-life balance and mental health was not always a priority. E. On these quests to orbit Earth, and eventually to land on the Moon, every minute was invaluable, that is why the astronauts’ well-being wasn’t necessarily taken into consideration. However, this attitude changed over the course of the following decade when NASA was considering prolonged human spaceflight missions. F. This incident, which was later referred to as a “mutiny” on Skylab, made NASA realize that the astronauts needed strictly defined time for themselves. It was decided that they would work nine to five, with evenings and weekends off. How they’d spend that free time was up to them. TRANSFER YOUR ANSWERS TO THE ANSWER SHEET!

1. A. The researchers showed that the crew members needed some time for themselves, and consequently, Skylab was the first space station created with astronauts well-being in mind. The little things that could make life better became a factor. Not only in the schedule and leisure time, but just from a creature comforts perspective.
2. B. The astronauts were contented with this new approach. At first they were even able to accomplish more than was anticipated. On the second Skylab mission, they overperformed, achieving 150 percent of their mission requirements. That made NASA expect even more on the final mission. But things didn’t go smoothly.
3. C. Teamwork, planning, and communication are crucial on the International Space Station because something could go wrong at any moment. Everyone needs to be on the same page to have a clear understanding of how they are going to complete their work.
4. D. Surprisingly, astronauts have a very similar schedule, with time to unwind, barring any cause for alarm on the International Space Station that requires immediate attention. While it might seem obvious now, consideration for an astronaut’s work-life balance and mental health was not always a priority.
5. E. On these quests to orbit Earth, and eventually to land on the Moon, every minute was invaluable, that is why the astronauts’ well-being wasn’t necessarily taken into consideration. However, this attitude changed over the course of the following decade when NASA was considering prolonged human spaceflight missions.
6. F. This incident, which was later referred to as a “mutiny” on Skylab, made NASA realize that the astronauts needed strictly defined time for themselves. It was decided that they would work nine to five, with evenings and weekends off. How they’d spend that free time was up to them. TRANSFER YOUR ANSWERS TO THE ANSWER SHEET!

TASK 5. (0–4) Read the article. Four passages have been removed from the text. Complete each gap (5.1.–5.4.) with the passage which fits best and put the appropriate letter (A–F) in each gap. There are two passages which you do not need to use. HOW ASTRONAUTS SPEND THEIR TIME IN SPACE For the majority of people, a typical day is as follows: a nine-to-five job, some downtime in the evening getting ready for the day ahead, and two days off at the weekend. 5.1. _____ Decades of space missions have allowed us to reach this point, and along the way, we’ve overcome many challenges. NASA has successfully launched over 200 crewed space flights. In the pioneering days of the 1960s, American astronauts travelled to space on Mercury, Gemini, and Apollo missions that lasted days, in small cramped spacecraft with crews of up to three. 5.2. _____ The first of these took place on a fully functioning space station called Skylab, which contained the crew’s quarters, cooking facilities, and even a running track. This represented NASA’s early attempt at making life more comfortable for the astronauts on missions which lasted up to several months. To design Skylab, NASA went so far as to bring in an interior designer, Raymond Loewy. He approached the task with a few principles in mind: eight hours of daily solitude and mealtimes shared together facing each other. With this fresh design also came the idea that astronauts could spend their time in space in a more pleasant way. 5.3. _____ In fact, the crew was given such a jam-packed list of tasks to complete every day with so little free time to relax that the outcome was overwork and frustration. As a result, the astronauts were simply drained. At some point they even refused to perform certain tasks. 5.4. _____ Nowadays, one of the most popular pastimes on the International Space Station involves floating down to European Space Agency’s Cupola module, which affords a glorious view of Earth. Adapted from: www.smithsonianmag.com Strona 10 z 20 MJAA-D0-100 A. The researchers showed that the crew members needed some time for themselves, and consequently, Skylab was the first space station created with astronauts well-being in mind. The little things that could make life better became a factor. Not only in the schedule and leisure time, but just from a creature comforts perspective. B. The astronauts were contented with this new approach. At first they were even able to accomplish more than was anticipated. On the second Skylab mission, they overperformed, achieving 150 percent of their mission requirements. That made NASA expect even more on the final mission. But things didn’t go smoothly. C. Teamwork, planning, and communication are crucial on the International Space Station because something could go wrong at any moment. Everyone needs to be on the same page to have a clear understanding of how they are going to complete their work. D. Surprisingly, astronauts have a very similar schedule, with time to unwind, barring any cause for alarm on the International Space Station that requires immediate attention. While it might seem obvious now, consideration for an astronaut’s work-life balance and mental health was not always a priority. E. On these quests to orbit Earth, and eventually to land on the Moon, every minute was invaluable, that is why the astronauts’ well-being wasn’t necessarily taken into consideration. However, this attitude changed over the course of the following decade when NASA was considering prolonged human spaceflight missions. F. This incident, which was later referred to as a “mutiny” on Skylab, made NASA realize that the astronauts needed strictly defined time for themselves. It was decided that they would work nine to five, with evenings and weekends off. How they’d spend that free time was up to them. TRANSFER YOUR ANSWERS TO THE ANSWER SHEET!

1. A. The researchers showed that the crew members needed some time for themselves, and consequently, Skylab was the first space station created with astronauts well-being in mind. The little things that could make life better became a factor. Not only in the schedule and leisure time, but just from a creature comforts perspective.
2. B. The astronauts were contented with this new approach. At first they were even able to accomplish more than was anticipated. On the second Skylab mission, they overperformed, achieving 150 percent of their mission requirements. That made NASA expect even more on the final mission. But things didn’t go smoothly.
3. C. Teamwork, planning, and communication are crucial on the International Space Station because something could go wrong at any moment. Everyone needs to be on the same page to have a clear understanding of how they are going to complete their work.
4. D. Surprisingly, astronauts have a very similar schedule, with time to unwind, barring any cause for alarm on the International Space Station that requires immediate attention. While it might seem obvious now, consideration for an astronaut’s work-life balance and mental health was not always a priority.
5. E. On these quests to orbit Earth, and eventually to land on the Moon, every minute was invaluable, that is why the astronauts’ well-being wasn’t necessarily taken into consideration. However, this attitude changed over the course of the following decade when NASA was considering prolonged human spaceflight missions.
6. F. This incident, which was later referred to as a “mutiny” on Skylab, made NASA realize that the astronauts needed strictly defined time for themselves. It was decided that they would work nine to five, with evenings and weekends off. How they’d spend that free time was up to them. TRANSFER YOUR ANSWERS TO THE ANSWER SHEET!