Język angielski, matura 2017 - poziom dwujęzyczny - pytania i odpowiedzi

tried to prepare a meal despite his/her poor record as a cook?
ABC

deliberately damaged a piece of equipment to handle an emergency situation?
ABC

aggravated the situation by acting too hastily?
ABC

missed the moment when the fire started?
ABC

When Loren Coleman was a teenager, his teachers __________________ his interest in the Yeti.

Cryptozoologists’ work involves collecting __________________ .

The public at large is most interested in mysterious creatures which __________________ .

Loren criticizes mass media for __________________.

Loren points out that many scientists do not recognize cryptozoology as science because __________________ .

Look at the marks in the text and decide where the following sentence fits best in the passage.
The customary trappings of city life such as delights of cuisine or the enchantment of clubs and theatres would have to be skipped.

Compared with face-to-face communication, nonverbal cues in email are lacking. But humans are fabulous at generating meaning even when cues are sparse. A group of psychologists from Stanford University have put forward a theory that our motivation for generating meaning is to reduce levels of uncertainty and help predict other people’s behavioural patterns. ABCDE Both of these enable the people we are addressing to predict our behaviour, mood and intentions.

The research on nonverbal behaviour in emails is not as simple as “emoticons are good while capitalisation is bad”. It seems that both writing in capital letters and using emoticons can evoke utterly different responses, perhaps much less polarised in the case of capitalisation, which is normally considered a no-no in emails. However, the usage of capital letters can also communicate excitement and not just senseless shouting. ABCDE Perhaps some of this variability in the perception of capitalisation and emoticons comes down to personality?

Psychologists researched this by asking college students to fill in a personality questionnaire and then read emails from an unknown person. These were simple messages such as requests for copies of academic papers or information about the university. Each participant was randomly assigned to read two out of several differently presented emails. ABCDE The students were then asked to rate the sender’s likeability.

The researchers found that the reader’s personality influenced how emoticons and capitalisation were perceived. Readers high in extroversion and emotional stability were likely to rate the sender’s emails as more likeable if they had correct capitalisation and emoticons. The opposite was also true. For the introverted and emotionally unstable, correct capitalisation and emoticons tended not to affect the sender’s likeability, perhaps even lowering it. These results are interesting but they also raise many more questions. Emoticons may make the sender appear more likeable, but further research is necessary to find out if they also make the sender seem less professional or whether they can make reading bad news less disturbing. In their study, the researchers only used a smiley face in the emails. ABCDE These are just some uncertainties. If more advanced ways of communicating emotion in email become a reality, surely many more questions will have to be answered.

mention the most spacious facility ever launched into space?
ABCDE

suggest how the problem of living in cramped conditions could be eased?
ABCDE

point to a feature vital in materials delivered from Earth to other planets?
ABCDE

refer to a design which did not go beyond its preliminary stage?
ABCDE

L.A. traffic congestion is the worst in the nation. It takes its tollimpactbearinginfluence on the quality of life, economic competitiveness and driving safety. And it is more than certain that it will continue to worsen unless policymakers intervene. But what steps should be taken?

To answer this question, a group of researchers conducted a study to identify strategies that could be drivensampledimplementedproceeded and might produce significant effects within five years.

The scientists concluded that tackling the problem of congestion should mean neitherlikewiseeitherotherwise increasing the supply of road space or reducing the demand for peak-hour automotive travel.

However, the prospects for building the way out of congestion are grim. Most residents fear disturbingbeing disturbedto be disturbedhaving been disturbed by fast-flowing traffic day and night and oppose the construction of new roads or the expansion of existing ones in their neighborhoods.

And even if people compliedendorsedsanctionedconsented to new highways, there is very little space to add road capacity in the areas where congestion is most intense. Therefore, the most realistic option is to find ways to manage the weight of the traffic during peak hours.

Another British summer and another set of headlines about swarms of jellyfish set to ruin your holiday. But news that jellyfish numbers may be rising carries (IMPLY) far beyond the interrupted pastimes of the sunburnt masses.

Jellyfish seem to thrive on the chaos humans create. Overfishing wipes out the creature’s predators and (CONSIDER) warmer water, resulting from climate change, contributes to their spread.

Another problem is pollution from fertilisers, which leads to the loss of oxygen in the oceans. It turns out that jellyfish are incredibly tolerant of this (DEPRIVE) , much more than other sea creatures. And the great mixing of species transported across the world in the ballasts of ships opens up new, vulnerable ecosystems to these super-adaptors.

However, because of the paucity of historical records, many jellyfish experts are (HESITATE) in declaring whether a global trend exists.

Headlines dating back as far as 1906 show that all through the decades there were periods when the numbers of jellyfish in certain locations were described as (PRECEDENCE) but that doesn’t prove that their population worldwide is growing. In all likelihood, we are going to see more jellyfish, but whether or not we are doomed to oceans dominated by them is hard to say at the moment.

The story I heard yesterday (make / I / think / change) my job.

(Surprising / it / seem) , the 80-year-old athlete running in this group is much fitter than the younger competitors.

My sister (be / habit / interrupt) anybody she talks to. It’s so irritating!

I took a photo of a military base, which is forbidden, so it (have / delete) .

Hardly (she / start / presentation) , when a fire alarm went off.