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EGZAMIN CERTYFIKACYJNY Z JĘZYKA ANGIELSKIEGO NA POZIOMIE B2

9 czerwca 2008

TĘ CZĘŚĆ TESTU ROZWIĄZUJ NA KARCIE ODPOWIEDZI NR 1

Test 1 Rozumienie ze słuchu ( 20 pkl.) pytania 1-10

Usłyszysz za chwilę wywiad z Jennifcr Nielsen. Zapoznaj się z pytaniami (1-10), a następnie po dwukrotnym wysłuchaniu tekstu zaznacz właściwe odpowiedzi. Za każdym razem tylko jedna jest całkowicie poprawna. Słuchając wywiadu możesz robić notatki w książeczce testowej. Zaznacz na karcie odpowiedzi nr 1 odpowiednią literę obok właściwego numeru pytania.

Listen to tke tezt and unswer the qucstions by choosing the right option. Mark your answers on answer sheet1.

I. One ofthe major topics ofthe interview is

a)    expłoring Antarctica

b)    reflections of a traveiler

c)    tips for writing travel guidebooks

2. We learn from the interview that the woman is a

a)    medical doctor

b)    writer of adventurc stories

c)    foreign language teacher

3. We leam from the interview that Jennifer Nielsen has been to

a)    Norway

b)    Aftica

c)    the South Pole

4.    According to Jennifcr Nielsen, the best kind of people to travel with are those who

a)    enjoy adventure

b)    plan everything ahead

c)    are impatient

5.    In the woman's view, the best place on earth is where people

a)    live in isolation

b)    give and take help

c)    are very much the same

6.    The woman mentions her parents because they

a)    always travelled with ber

b)    often helped in packing

c)    set a good ezample

7.    in the interview, the woman mentions

a)    her fathefs job    «:

b)    one of her friends

c)    her work place

8. Wlien she travels, she always takes with her

a)    very little money

b)    a pillow and tea bags

c)    lots of luggage

9.    Her other interests include

a)    learning foreign languages

b)    doing community work

c)    writing about architecture

10.    The woman claims that the most exciting thing about the world is

a)    how similar people are, in spite of cultural differences

b)    how strongly culture influences people's behaviour

c)    how similar all parts of the world look

Test 2; Rozumienie tekstu pisanego f20 pkt.) pytania 11-20

Przeczytaj uważnie poniższy tekst, a następnie odpowiedz na pytania, wybierając właściwą odpowiedź spośród trzech podanych możliwości. Za każdym razem tylko jedna odpowiedź jest w pełni poprawna. Swój wybór zaznacz na karcie odpowiedzi nr 1. Niektóre pytania dotyczą słów podkreślonych w tekście. Read the text below and answer the ąuestions by choosing the right option. Mark your answers on answcr sheet 1. Sonie words have been underllned.in connection with later ąuestions.

THE HAXEY HOOD

Every January, the people of Haxey go a little crazy for a day. They play a mad gamę cailed the Haxey Hood and have been practicing this ancient tradition sińce the Mth cęntury. It’s the oldest local tradition in England. The Haxey Hood is carried out each Twelfth Night (Old Style Christmas Day) in the village of Haxey in Lincolnshire, near the Nottinghamshire border. According to legend it was on Twelfth Night that the wife of Sir John de Mowbray was riding on horsebackjcrossJhef).ęlds_neąrjdaxey on the Isle of Axholme, when a sudden gust of wind blew away her large black silk hood. Thirteen farm workers in a nearby field ran all over the field tó eatch it, It was finally caught by one~of the farm workers, but being too shy to return it to the lady himself, he gave it to one of the others to hand it back to her. She thanked the farm worker who had returned the hood and said that he had acted like a lord, She was so grateful to the farmers that sile donated 13 acres of land on

Westwood hili, just outside the village, on condition that the chase for the hood would be performed each year. In the gamę the worker who had actually found the hood is cailed the Fool and the one who returned it is the Lord.

At twelve noon on Twelfth Night work in the area stops and people make their way to'Haxey village to take part in the traditional ritual. At approximately 12.30 a tour of the pubs starts, and free drinks are served by the landlord. At the first pub, the Carpenters Arms, they sing a nuniber of well-known folk songs including John Barleycom, Drink England Dry and The Farmer’s Boy and ceremoniously paint the Foofs face. Then they rnoysjo the Kings Arms and then up towards the church, taking in the Loco and the Duke William on the way, drinking and slrigmg^Sttrey^gtsrAróund^ZTOTim the “Lord" andTus eleven "Boggins" (-farm workers)