GRAMAT YKA

SŁOWNICT
WO

CZYT ANIE

TEST LUK

KULTURA

XXXIII OLIMPIADA JĘZYKA ANGIELSKIEGO

ETAP OKRĘGOWY

– styczeń 2009

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© Henryk Krzyżanowski (str. 1

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8), Tomasz Skirecki (str. 9

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10)

GRAMATYKA 1

16 PKT

Zakreśl wyraźnie kółkiem literę, przy której znajduje się najlepsze rozwiązanie.

1. He organized his speech around the most important things he __________ as a freshman.

A/ wishes he told

C/ wished he would say

B/ wished he had told

D/ wished he had been told

2. The team psychologist has told us that the sooner __________ about that unfortunate game,

the better chances we have of overcoming the crisis.

A/ we forgot

B/ shall we forget

C/ we will forget

D/ we forget

3. From what my grandma used to say, she was not a very naughty child. Well, she

remembered ________ a couple of times, but no more than that.

A/ to have been left crying

C/ to be left to cry

B/ being left to cry

D/ to be left crying

4. Because __________ to do here was to eat, swim and play poker, I didn't arrange any

museum tours for them.

A/ all that they wanted

C/ all what they wanted

B/ what they would wish

D/ anything what they wished

5. The problem is I'm not sure __________ online this time next week, because I'll be on

vacation and, as far as I remember, there are no wireless hotspots near my mom's place.

A/ if I would be

B/ if I'm being

C/ am I going to be D/ if I will be

6. What's wrong with living _________ inherited wealth?

A/ on

B/ out of

C/ off

D/ from

7. A low whistle, resembling the notes of an oriole, __________ her from her dream.

A/ rose

B/ roused

C/ has risen

D/ rised

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8. Reactions differed greatly: from expressing pride __________ on to alarm and

condemnation.

A/ at having been spied

C/ to have been spying

B/ at having spied

D/ to be spying

9 . In my opinion, unless what ________ the enrolment, this is none of the college's business.

A/ they'll be trying to do will harm

C/ they tried doing would harm

B/ they are trying to do harms

D/ they are trying to do will harm

10. Apart from Luke's words we have no confirmation of the birds' presence, because when

his grandad came to the garden, they __________ away.

A/ have flown

B/ flew

C/ were flying

D/ had flown

11. New investment was out of the question as, at precisely that time, the board __________

their involvement in the Ukraine altogether.

A/ were considering ending

C/ considered to end

B/ were considered to have ended

D/ were considering having ended

12. The scientists say that the meteorite must have been about _________. Certainly not

bigger than that.

A/ twice bigger than the basketball

C/ twice as big as a basketball

B/ the double size of a basketball

D/ the size of a basketball doubled

13. Well, I'm glad that the secret never came out, but I don't think its revelation _________.

A/ may have particularly surprised the boss

B/ had the boss particularly surprised

C/ would have particularly surprised the boss

D/ can have particularly suprised the boss

14. The calendars are used as a ________ at corporate seminars and other business meetings.

A/ throw away

B/ give off

C/ give away

D/ give out

15. If you are a shy person, this works perfectly, because if ________ , you will let your

companion do most of the talking.

A/ there will be need

B/ need be

C/ you need to be so D/ needed so

16. __________ , he never succeeded in scoring over 50 per cent.

A/ Try as he did

C/ Trying what he did

B/ As he did try

D/ Since he has tried

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GRAMATYKA 2

16 PKT

Przetłumacz na angielski. Nie należy niczego zmieniać we fragmentach już przetłumaczonych. Podpowiedzi w nawiasach nie podają
dokładnej formy, w jakiej dane słowo ma wystąpić w tłumaczeniu.

1.

Do my klimaty zowane są jeszc ze rzad kością i tak pozostanie {=REMAIN} a ż do 2020.

Air conditioned homes ____________________________________ and will ___________________________ 2020.

2.

Autobus, który odjeżdża {=LEA VE} z ca mpusu o 11:30 dowie zie c ię na terminal akurat na c zas odprawy.

The bus __________________________________________________________________________________________

for the check-in.

3.

Co gorsza, na wet najmn iej agresywne psy mogą c zasem ugry źć, zwłaszcza jeśli zagro żone jest ich

bezpieczeństwo terytorialne.

________________________________________________________________ bite, especially if their territorial security

____________________________

4.

Ele ktrown i jądrowe j, która nie wątpliwie zrujnowa łaby mie jscowe gospodarstwa agroturystyczne nastawione

na miłośników ptactwa, n igdy nie ro zpoczęto. Tylko polepszono niektóre drogi.

The nuclear power plant, _____________________________________________________________________ the local

bird watching ecofarms, __________________________________ Only some roads _____________________________

5.

Trudno powiedzieć, ja k szef w końcu zorientowa ł się {=REA LIZE}, ile dni c zy nawet tygodni mo że potrwać

odzyskanie wszystkich danych.

It's hard to know ____________________________ eventually ______________________________________________

___________________________________________________________________________ to recover all the data.

6.

Obawia jąc się, że w o kolicy mogą być ja kieś za mieszka łe sied ziby, zdecydowałe m, że będę katapultowa ł

{=EJECT}, tylko wtedy jeśli nie trafię {=MISS} w pas startowy przy końcowym podejściu. Miałem rację.

Fearing ___________________________ some human dwellings in the area, __________________________________

only if _____________________________________________ the runway on the final descent. I was right

7.

Gdybyśmy tylko więce j nawza je m wiedzie li o s woich prze konaniach [belie fs] re ligijnych, świat byłby

przyje mn ie jszy.

If only ___________________________________________________________________________________________

a nicer place.

8.

Jest fakte m, że od przestawien ia się na Vistę, nie mo że my uży wać naszych programó w z Photoshopem.

The fact ____________________ shifting to _____________________________________________________________

Photoshop programmes.

9.

Dotarcie do szers zej publiczności ma kluczowe znaczenie, ponieważ jeśli co dziesiąta, czy , powiedzmy , co

dwudziesta osoba, która to przeczyta, zdecyduje się wysłać darowiznę, zebrana su ma będzie ogro mn a.

Getting to large audiences is vital ______________________________________________________________________

_______________________________________________________________________________________ a donation,

the sum raised _________________________________________________

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10.

Myślę, że czarn i w A meryce n ie zdają sobie sprawy do jakiego stopnia obecni [modern] Europejczycy

wid zą czyjeś nazwisko i miejsce urodzenia jako coś , co określa, kim się jest.

I think __________________________________________________ to what extent _____________________________

______________________________________________________________ as determining ______________________

11.

Po aferze Maddena nie mo żna mieć pewności, że to co się nam mó wi na temat tego, co spotkało klientów

banków, jest prawdą.

After the Madden affair, we can't be sure what ____________________________________________________________

_______________________ to the clients of banks __________________________

12.

Pan Stewart zapewnił nas, że szybko sprawdzi cały system ogrzewan ia w budynku, pod warunkiem, że

żaden lokator [tenant] nie sprzeciwi się {=OBJECT} temu.

Mr Stewart has assured us ___________________________________________________________________________

____________________________ condition _____________________________________________________________

13.

No minacje tego czasopisma napędzają popularność. Ledwo ogłoszono zeszłoroczne no minacje, a ju ż telefon

w biurze mojego agenta zaczął dzwonić.

The magazine's nominations boost popularity. Hardly ______________________________________________________

___________________________ the phone in my agent's office ______________________________________

14.

Z perspektywy dziejów to właśnie troska o zb iorowości o specjalnych potrzebach doprowadziła do

wynalazków [innovations], bez których nie mo żna sobie wyobrazić współczesności: telefon, mas zyna do
pisania, itd.

Historically, it was the concern for populations with special needs _____________________________________________

_________________________________________ modern times: the telephone, the typewriter, etc.

15.

Naszy m celem jest opatentowanie wszystkich naszych wzorów, ponieważ jest to najlepszy sposób, by

zapobiec {=PREVENT} ich ukradzen iu.

Our aim is to ___________________ our designs ______________________ because it's the best way ______________

____________________________________

16.

Czulibyśmy się teraz znacznie bard ziej ko mfortowo, gdyby nasze banki nie ud zieliły po życzek ludzio m,

którzy n ie byli w stanie ich spłacić.

___________________________________ much more comfortable _________________________________________

loans to people _____________________________________________________________

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SŁOWNICTWO

32 PKT

W każdą z luk wpisz po jednym wyrazie. Liczba kresek odpowiada liczbie liter brakującego słowa. Nie wolno zmienić litery już podanej.

1. We have a special device for sharpening the

_ _ _ d _ _

of our lawnmower.

2.

_ _ _ _

are social insects living in huge colonies in forests.

3

. The museum is on the outskirts, but is easily

_ _ c _ _ _ _ _ _ _

by bus or by tram.

4. As a daily commuter, I always take my seat in the second

_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _

from the front.

5.

Since his early years Rembrandt won recognition as a painter and his work was generally

_ _ _ r _ _ _ _ _ _ _

by his compatriots.

6. He is now in jail awaiting trial for the crimes he

_ _ m _ _ _ _ _ _

in Bosnia.

7. In Greek mythology, Pegasus is a

_ _ _ _ _ _

horse.

8. I doubt if his joy at our success was

_ _ _ c _ _ _

as he had done much to prevent it.

9. A quintet is a group of five

_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _

performing together.

10. As a foreigner, he will need a work

_ _ r _ _ _

if he wants to have a permanent job here.

11. All European pines are

_ v _ _ _ _ _ _ _

trees, which means they don't lose their needles in winter.

12. Most

_ _ _ b _ _

teas, such as mint, rose hip, blackberry or raspberry can be safely drunk by children.

13. Healthy lifestyle with plenty of exercise is thought to

_ _ s _ _ _

the risk of a heart attack.

14. The medical check-up of a would-be astronaut is very

_ _ _ r _ _ _ _

– every organ is examined in detail.

15. The

_ _ _ _ _

of the bridge is just below three metres – barely enough for a car to get through.

16. The usual symptoms are an upset stomach and a slight

_ _ v _ _

– usually not exceeding 38 degrees.

17. In such favourable conditions, the pests will

_ _ l _ _ _ _ _

so quickly that we won't be able to control them.

18. There was nothing special about him – he seemed an

_ _ d _ _ _ _ _

inhabitant of the town.

19. About a

_ _ _ r _ _ _

of them are French – well, to be exact 23 per cent.

20. The 1956 uprising in Budapest was ruthlessly

_ r _ _ _ _ _

by the Soviet Army.

21. Prior to 1971, when British currency went

_ _ _ i _ _ _,

there were 12 pence in a shilling, and 20 shillings in

a pound.

22. I saw them move their bodies

_ _ _ _ _ m _ _ _ _ _ _

as if to the beat of some unheard drums.

23. Liquid concrete is injected into cardboard forms which are removed after the concrete

_ _ r _ _ _ _

.

24. Tears started rolling down her face and she started crying

_ _ c _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _.

It was impossible

to calm her down.

25. One emerging option as regards stem cells is the

_ _ _ _ a _ _

of blood from newborn babies for use in

later life.

26. He is one of the few actors who, as a matter of

_ _ _ n _ _ _ _ _,

never appear in commercials.

27. Policing a country where

_ _ r _ _ _ _ _ _

every household has a stockpile of guns is a delicate matter.

28. Her

_ _ o _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _

of the words of the prayer suggested she might be non-native.

29. The building is fully ecological, as it is

_ _ w _ _ _ _

by solar generators and windmills.

30. After weeks of drought, everybody looked

_ _ _ r _ _ _ _ _

at the blue sky, where not a hint of rain was

seen.

31. We heard

_ _ o _ _ _ _ _ _

on the stairs and there was a knock at the door.

32. The Decalogue is the Latin name for the ten

_ _ m _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _

received by Moses.

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CZYTANIE

14 PKT

W każdy m punkcie zaznacz jedno z czterech zdań (A, B, C lub D) najbliższe treści poprzedzającego tekstu.

Few come to Italy without thinking that it would be delightful to live there. The Italian peninsula,
besides being surpassingly beautiful, shows more material evidence of human genius than anywhere
else in the world; nowhere in the world is la dolce vita more dolce.
But it is not given to man to live in perfect contentment. As Horace said two millennia ago, ―They
change their skies, not their souls, who run across the sea.‖ Human discontent springs eternal, even in
the most exquisite surroundings. Maybe that explains the major demonstrations in all of Italy’s major
cities on the 50th anniversary of Stalin’s death; many of those marching carried portraits of the Little
Father of the Peoples that bore the legend: ―We render homage to Joseph Stalin.‖
During an earlier trip to Italy, I attended a neo-fascist rally addressed by Mussolini’s granddaughter
Alessandra. A doctor who acts like a starlet and who has allowed nude photos of herself to appear in
the media, she nevertheless received an enthusiastic greeting from the party faithful. ―Duce! Duce!
Duce!‖ they roared, their faces contorted in hatred and frustration. But what frustrated them, and what
did they hate? What motivates men to remain loyal to dreadful political ideologies, decades after their
murderous failure has become inescapable?
1. Italy is presented here as a place...

A/ where a small group of foreigners might wish to settle C/ whose inhabitants are fairly materialistic

B/ where Stalin is generally seen as a mythical person

D/ where life is better organized than elsewhere

2. The author seems to wonder at ...

A/ the popularity of communism in Italy

C/ the intensity of Italy's political life

B/ the stability of Italian politics

D/ how important myths are in politics

3. The author thinks that ...

A/ loyalty in politics is a rare virtue

C/ both communism and fascism are still dangerous

B/ humans are alike irrrespective of the country

D/ neofascists are a threat to democracy

4. The main feature of the event witnessed by the author may have been a ...

A/ political speech

B/ minute of remembrance

C/ photo session

D/ hate session

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Polygraph evidence is accepted in many jurisdictions, notably in America. Although American
military courts will not allow it, the only civilian courts there that have deemed it completely
inadmissible are those of the District of Columbia and the Fourth Circuit (the group of states
immediately south of the Mason-Dixon line). In other states its use is at the judge's discretion.
Unfortunately for people in areas where they are still used, polygraphs do not work—or, more
charitably, are easily duped. That was the conclusion of a report released in 2002 by America's
National Academy of Sciences.
Another apparently promising candidate, voice analysis, does not seem to work either. A study by
Mitchell Sommers of the University of Washington in St Louis, showed that—at least in the case of a
system called Vericator—it is not as reliable as had been thought. Voice analysis can, Dr Sommers
concluded, indicate an individual's level of stress. But that does not correlate with dishonesty.
The problem with both polygraphy and voice analysis is that they rely on second-hand signs of lying
which a good actor can suppress. Furthermore, someone who is telling the truth might exhibit just
these signals, because the very act of being questioned by the authorities is stressful. Instead, current
research is looking directly at the source of lies, the brain itself.

5. As far as lie detectors are concerned ....

A/ Army courts seem to be as reliable as civilian courts

B/ Army courts are like civilian courts in some states, e.g., Virginia

C/ Army courts are more reliable than civilian courts

D/ Army judges have more freedom than most civilian judges

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6. Voice analysis is questionable because...
A/ of problems with data collection

C/ of problems with data interpretation

B/ criminals can cheat on it more easily than honest people D/ it favours some professions

7. The main problem with polygraphs is that they ...
A/ may wrongly incriminate some individuals

C/ cannot properly diagnose the level of stress

B/ cause unnecessary stress in some people

D/ may wrongly incriminate some and exculpate others

Zakreśl literę, przy której znajduje się jedno najlepsze rozwiązanie. Nie ma żadnego związku między treścią poszczególnych zadań.

8. It wasn’t a large procession, mainly middle-aged men bearing red flags, but with a small younger contingent

flying the multicolored flag now used by homosexuals across the world. Oddly, all the party’s posters in the city

sported this symbol, though ___________ much tolerance toward homosexuality.

A/ never in the 20th century has there been so

C/ rarely did party hardliners accuse other of too

B/ nowhere have communist parties in power shown

D/ seldom have mainstream parties displayed

9. In the real world, the class-size initiative required a 46% expansion in the total number of K-3 teachers in the

state. Since __________, this meant that many of those who were newly hired were unlicensed and poorly

qualified. A disproportionate number ended up in the lower-performing districts.

A/ qualified teachers already were in short supply

C/ most districts had budgetary problems

B/ the program imposed no age barriers

D/ the program enjoyed an aura of respectability

10. All this suggests heredity, though too many people have been all too willing to blame the parents – especially

the mother – for __________. But usually the other children raised by the same parents talk at the normal time

or earlier.

A/ failing to admit the problem B/ being unsympathetic C/ a child's speech delay D/ the child's low IQ

11. Here in America, the pro-abortion lobby is having the same toxic reaction. __________ conventional, 2-D

sonograms revealed unborn hearts beating and blurry hands waving, but the abortionists are absolutely aghast

over rapidly spreading access to 3-D/4-D ultrasound technology.

A/ This was so, despite

C/ It was bad enough when

B/ It may have peaked after

D/ It had to occur, because

12. There was a bus shelter, but it had no sides and the icy wind was blowing the rain horizontally at us. We huddled

together, all eyes on the bus-driver. __________ would have opened the doors and let us on to get warm.

A/ A better disciplined driver

C/ We prayed fervently he

B/ Rather unconventionally, he

D/ A bus-driver with an ounce of compassion

13. Consider: If Newton's laws of motion could, after 200 years of unfailing experimental and experiential

confirmation, be overthrown, __________ to believe that global warming -- infinitely more untested, complex and

speculative -- is a closed issue.

A/ it is only too natural

C/ it would be equally odd

B/ it requires religious fervor

D/ how cannot one be made

14. There's no greater social power than the power to ration. And, other than rationing food, there is no greater

instrument of social control than rationing energy, __________ one does and uses in an advanced society.

A/ the currency of just about everything

C/ on which it normally depends what

B/ because it effectively shows anything

D/ there's no need to ask questions about what

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TEST LUK

31 PKT

W każdą z luk należy wpisać po JEDNYM słowie. Wyrazy gramatyczne, takie jak "the", "a", "n't", "'ve", etc są uważane za
osobne wyrazy i mogą być wpisywane tylko samodzielnie. Napisanie tego testu będzie łatwiejsze, jeśli rozpoczniesz od
przeczy tania całego tekstu.

Two weeks later Mikhail Sergeevich Gorbachev was in no mood for joke. Though often a genial man,

with a reputation for having a good sense of humour and a light touch with subordinates, he could also

show a hair-trigger temper, as when preached 1/ _________ by Westerners over civil 2/ ___________

issues or when he felt badly 3/ ___________ down by a subordinate. He sat at his desk on the seventh

4/ ___________ top floor of the Central Committee building in New Square and stared angrily at the

reports spread 5/ ___________ over the table-top.

It is a long 6

/ ___________

room, sixty feet by twenty, with the General Secretary's 7

/ __________

at the end opposite the door; he sits with his 8

/ ___________

to the wall, all the windows on to the

9

/ ___________

being ranged to his left 10

/ ___________

their net curtains and buff velour

drapes. Running down the 11

/ ___________

of the room is the habitual conference-table

12

/ ___________

which the desk formed the head of the letter T.

Unlike many of his 13

/ ___________

he had preferred a light 14

/ ___________

airy decor; the

table is of pale beech, 15

/ ___________

his desk and ranged with eight upright but comfortable

chairs each side. It was on this table he had spread the reports collected by his friend and

16

/ ___________

, the Foreign Minister Eduard Shevardnadze, 17

/ ___________

plea had brought

him unwillingly 18

/ ___________

from his seaside holiday at Yalta in 19

/ ___________

Crimea.

He would, he thought savagely, 20

/ ___________

preferred to be splashing in the sea with his

granddaughter Aksaina 21

/ ___________

than sitting in Moscow reading this sort of trash.

It 22

/ ___________

been over six years since 23

/ ___________

freezing March day in 1985 when

Chernenko had finally 24

/ ___________

off his perch and he had been raised with almost

bewildering 25

/ ___________

– even though he had schemed and 26

/ ___________

for it – into

the top slot. Six years he had sought to take the 27

/ ___________

he loved by the scruff of the neck

and hurl it into the last 28

/ ___________

of the twentieth century in a fit 29

/ ___________

to face,

match and triumph 30

/ ___________

equal terms over the capitalist 31

/ ___________

.

Like all devoted Russians he was half-admiring and wholly resentful of the West; of her prosperity,
her financial power, her almost contemptuous self-assurance. Unlike most Russians he had for years
not been prepared to accept that things could never change in his homeland; that corruption, laziness,
bureaucracy and lethargy were part of the system, always had been and always would be. Even as a
young man he had known he had the energy and the dynamism to change things, given the chance.

Adapted from The Negotiator by Frederick Forsyth

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KULTURA

26 PKT

Wybierz popra

wną odpowiedź.

1. The Republic of Ireland joined the European Communities in…
A/ 1958

B/ 1973

C/1981

D/1993

2. The Mount Rushmore National Monument is located in the State of…
A/ Montana

B/ North Dakota

C/ South Dakota

D/ Washington

3. Since 1998 Wales has had its own…
A/ established church

B/ national assembly C/ legal system

D/ education system

4. The World Series is connected with…
A/ baseball

B/ American football

C/ ice hockey

D/ cricket

5. The largest lake in the British Isles is…
A/ Lake Windermere

B/ Lake Erie

C/ Loch Ness

D/ Lough Neagh

6. Heath Ledger did NOT play in…
A/ Batman Forever

B/ A Knight’s Tale

C/ The Dark Knight

D/ Brokeback Mountain

7. The current Leader of the Opposition in the British House of Commons is…
A/ David Cameron

B/ David Miliband C/ Alistair Darling D/ Boris Johnson

8. The English legend of Lady Godiva is associated with the city of…
A/ Nottingham

B/ Bath

C/ Coventry

D/ Liverpool

9. American Gothic by Grant Wood is a famous…
A/ novel

B/ poem

C/ sculpture

D/ painting

10. The Duke of Cornwall is a title of…
A/ Prince Charles

B/ Prince Philip

C/ Prince Andrew

D/ Prince Edward

11. Which of the following entrepreneurs is a global media tycoon?
A/ Bill Gates

B/ Richard Branson C/ Rupert Murdoch

D/ Donald Trump

12. Which of the following plays was written by Christopher Marlowe?
A/ King John

B/ Edward II

C/ Richard II

D/ Richard III

13. John McCain is a U.S. senator from the State of…
A/ Illinois

B/ New York

C/ Alaska

D/ Arizona

14. The RCMP is an institution in …
A/ Australia

B/ New Zealand

C. Canada

D/ Jamaica

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15. Which of the following writers set all his major novels in Wessex?
A/ Thomas Hardy

B/ Charles Dickens

C/ William Thackeray

D/ William Faulkner

16. One of the most famous international rugby union events is the…
A/ Ashes B/ Six Nations Championships

C/ Super Bowl

D/ Stanley Cup

17. The Battle of Bosworth took place in …
A/ 1314

B/ 1485

C/ 1513

D/ 1612

18. Which of the following singers was born in Barbados?
A/ Timbaland

B/ Sean Paul

C/ Pink

D/ Rihanna

19. The highest military decoration in the United Kingdom is the …
A/ Medal of Honor

B/ Order of the British Empire

C/ Purple Heart

D/ Victoria Cross

20. John Knox was the founder of the…
A/ Methodist Church

B/ Salvation Army

C/ Church of Scotland

D/ Church of England

21. Rupert Brooke, Wilfred Owen and Charles Sorley were the …
A/ Bloomsbury Group B/ Lost Generation C/ war poets

D/ beat poets

22. Langley, Virginia is the site of the headquarters of the…
A/ FBI

B/ NASA

C/ CNN

D/ CIA

23. Salman Rushdie did NOT write…
A/ Midnight’s Children

B/ Wise Children

C/ The Satanic Verses

D/ The Ground Beneath Her Feet

24. The famous March on Washington led by Martin Luther King took place in ...
A/ 1955

B/ 1963

C/ 1968

D/ 1976

25. In God We Trust is a motto found ...
A/ in the text of the Presidential oath of office B/ on the Great Seal of the U.S.
C/ on the U.S. notes and coins

D/ in the first stanza of the U.S. anthem

26. The British November tradition of wearing poppy flowers in the buttonhole is
reminiscent of the…
A/ Napoleonic Wars

B/ Crimean War

C/ First World War

D/ Second World War