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logether with the Fool exit (lic Duke and walk in procession up lo ilie cliurch. The Fool Icads ihe procession and has llie right to kiss any woman on thc way.

At the church gale the Fool makes his iraditional speech ofwelcomc to the waiting crowd. To make the speech he stands on an old mounting błock known as the Mowbray Stone. During tltis speech a Tire is lit behind him. The smoke rises up and around him and this is known as 'Smoking the Fool'. This is in fact a_ watered-down yersion ot'the carlicr custom, abandoned at the beginning of the 20th cenlury, in which a morę substantial fire was lit beneath a tree. The Fool was then hung over the tire and swung back and forth. When he could no longer breathe he was cut down and dropped into the fire. The Fool finishes his speech with the traditional words that the crowd chant along with him. They are: “Hoose agen hoose, toon agen toon, if tha meets a man nok im doon, but doan't 'ot im" . This translates as: House against House, Town against Town, if you meet a man, knock him down but don’t hurt him.)

The Lord then leads his offtcials and the people to the highest ground in the village where the Boggins form a large circle. He then calls on a distinguished visitor to throw tlie first “hood" in the air. The gamę is played by locals, allhough anyone can ioin in. There are no official teams, but everyone involved tries to push the Hood towards their favoured pub.

11.    The text could be a fragment of a longer presentation about:

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b)    religious rituals.

c)    favourite jobs.

12.    The gamę of Haxey Hood is played:

a)    twelve days before Christmas.

b)    every day in December.

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13.    What do we leam from the text about the wife of Sir John de Mowbray? She lived in the 14* ccntury.

b)    She was a farm worker before she married Sir John.

c)    She never leamed to ride a horse.

Id.Who retumcd the hood to Lady de Mowbray?

a)    The farm worker who had found it.

<(0)A friend of the farm worker who had found it. c) A local official supervising the farm workers.

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b)    A song.

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16.1 Iow is smoking the fool differenl today from what it was like before?

a) No fire is lit behind the Fool these days.

(0 The fire is considerably smaller than before.

c)    The smoke prevents the Fool from finishing his speech.

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of he Haxey Hood gamę? a a : high as possible in ihe air. tnto one of ihe four pubs.

c) To catch the Hood and take charge of it for one year.

18. The phrase make Iheir wary underlined in paragraph two means:

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b) lcavc.

-c) prepare.

19. Which of the following expressions is used in the text in the sense of asking someone to do someihingt

a)    take in (paragraph two).

b) join in (paragraph four).

(["c^call on (paragraph four).

20. The phrase a watered-down version in paragraph three can be replaced with a less dangerous version.

0) a morę aggressive version.

c) a very imperfect version.

Test 3: Formy i struktury językowe w komunikacji (80 pkt.)

3.1. pytania 21 - 30 (10 pkt.)

W każdym z poniższych zdań zostały podkreślone trzy elementy, które oznaczono literami A, B, C. Jeden z tych elementów jest zawsze niepoprawny w kontekście całego zdania Dla każdego zdania ustal, o który element chodzi, następnie zaznacz swoje rozwiązanie na karcie odpowiedzi nr 1. Zaznacz literę odpowiadającą wybranej przez ciebie możliwości obok właściwego numeru pytania.

There are three underlined words or phrascs (marked A, B and Q in scntenccs 21 - 30 below. For each sentence identify the one element that is wrong. Mark your answers on answer sheet 1.

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^ 22. [A] On Tuesday I had the privilege [B] fif visiting Boston to attend (C)^g^the National Science Teachers' Association Convention.

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y- 23.1 have [A] been alwąys a fan of elephants, [B] morę specifically the African Elephant because it has [C] such nice big ears.

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24. There I was, [A] sittine in my English class, wondering [B] how was possible for the minutę hand

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25. The city of Muskogee has a new mayor, a [A] l9-vear-old freshman [B] at ihe University of Oklahoma, who is just [Cl CTou^h^j^tto vote.

26.    Guests (A) wha.stavinz [B] ąt the Villa Trapp hotel will be able to [C] gej married in the private chaocl.

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27.    J.K. Rowling collected (A) otBer award this weck: the creator of Harry Potter was (Bj named author of [C] the year in the First Children's Choice Book Awards.

28. The spacecraft is [A] ęgujppęd with a robotic arm that will scoop up sonie icy Mars soil to [B] determine

if it

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