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I. Uzupełnij brakujące litery w wyrazach. (4 pkt)
1. In this outlet the less well-off customers are offered massive discounts on designer (with a
famous brand name) clothes, which are normally very expensive.
2. I am addressing you to complain (to express dissatisfaction) about the poor service
I received at your hotel restaurant last Friday.
3. The authorities threatened to block their bank account (an arrangement with a bank to keep
money) to discourage donations.
4. Unfortunately, the imminent economic crisis is looming ahead and the standards of living are
expected to decline (to get worse) next year.
II. Dopasuj wyrazy z obu kolumn, tak aby utworzyć poprawne wyrażenia. (4 pkt)
1 estate a catalogue
b
2 second- b agent s
h
clothes c cash
3
f
online d debts
4
a
pay off e centre
5
d
withdraw f shop
6
c
shopping g spree
7
e
spending h hand
8
g
III. Przetłumacz podane w nawiasach fragmenty zdań. (3 pkt)
1. In my opinion, online shopping is safer than (jest bezpieczniejsze niż) most people think.
2. Maybach is one of the most expensive (jednym z najdroższych) luxury cars in the market.
3. I usually go shopping with a friend, but this time I d rather go/ I d prefer to go alone/on my
own/by myself (wolałabym pójść sama).
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IV. Z podanych możliwości odpowiedzi zaznacz właściwą, zgodną z treścią tekstu. Zakreśl
literÄ™ A, B, C lub D. (4 pkt)
EVOLUTION AND SHOPPING
According to current research, the reason women love to spend hours browsing in shops while men
prefer to be in and out of the high street in minutes goes down to the hunter-gathering past of the
human species. Professor Daniel Kruger of the University of Michigan says that while women spent
their days gathering food, men were hunters who made specific plans about how to catch and kill
their prey. This explains why women would spend hours trying to find the right outfit, present or
object, because in the past they spent ages trying to find the best quality and health giving foods. On
the other hand, men decided in advance what animal they wanted to kill and then went looking for
it. Once it was found  and killed  they returned home.
According to Professor Kruger, in prehistoric times women gained the skills of how to get the best
quality food because if they chose the wrong berry or nut it could kill. Also, they had to time
harvests and know when a certain depleted patch would regenerate and yield good harvest again.
Therefore, in modern times women spend much more time choosing the perfect fabric, colour and
texture and are much more likely than men to know when a specific type of item will go on sale. By
contrast, prehistoric men had to hunt for specific items, which is reflected today in their attitude to
shopping.  Men often have a specific item in mind and want to get in, get it and get out. It s critical
to get meat home as quickly as possible.
Because gathering food was a daily social activity in prehistoric times, young children were often
included, much like they are today when women shop. By contrast, taking young children isn t safe
in a hunt and would likely hinder progress.
Professor Kruger believes that his study could be the answer to why there is so much conflict when
couples shop together as well as help couples avoid fights in shops if they understood the reasons
why each sex had different ways of deciding on the perfect present.  It helps demystify behaviours
 guys, myself included, have been puzzled by why women shop the way they do. Women, on the
other hand, can have a hard time understanding a man s aversion to it.
Adapted from  Shopping styles of men and women all down to evolution, claim scientists
by Richard Alleyne, published on www.telegraph.co.uk
1. According to the article, women are 3. Women are more likely than men to take
more likely to know when to buy certain children shopping with them because in
types of food because they the past children
A. used to plan gathering crops. A. spent a long time looking for plants.
B. are more perceptive than men. B. had an ability to focus on specific objects.
C. spend more time shopping. C. were helpful to hunters.
D. had to avoid poisonous foodstuffs. D. accompanied their mothers gathering food.
2. According to Professor Kruger, men in 4. The main aim of the article is to provide
modern times A. a glimpse of life in the prehistoric past.
A. are unlike their prehistoric forefathers. B. advice on successful shopping.
B. like to do their shopping quickly. C. an evolutionary explanation of different
C. understand women s shopping strategies. shopping habits.
D. spend too much time making decisions. D. a justification of women s shopping habits.
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