Język angielski, matura 2023 próbna - poziom podstawowy - pytania i odpowiedzi

A. A BRILLIANT PERFORMANCE

F. DIFFICULTIES EXPERIENCED BEFORE A COMPETITION

NEVER GIVE UP

We have asked 300 dog owners what it is like to have a dog. Below you can find their most frequent answers:

As you can see, dogs make our lives better.

For years I’d wanted to adopt a dog from a well-known shelter but I couldn’t decide what kind of dog I wanted. One day, I was looking at the shelter website, and I saw her face. Her name was Sassy, a 7-year-old medium-sized dog. I fell in love with her, and on the same day I went to the shelter.

When Sassy saw me, she immediately liked me. Although I was worried because she weighed a lot and had some health problems, I decided to take her home.

Adopting Sassy is the best thing I’ve done in my life. The only problem is that Sassy gets tired quickly so we avoid going for long walks. One of the things I like most about her is that she is not aggressive at all.

My experience shows that you should give every dog a chance. I’m glad I have her.

Matthew

Mark: Well, I’ve been walking other people’s dogs regularly for a year. I think being a dog walker is quite hard at times, but I like it and I earn some extra money.
Kate: What’s the hardest thing about it?
Mark: Well, sometimes I have to walk several dogs on the same day. Then I have to plan everything carefully. But the job keeps me fit.
Kate: In my job I wash dogs and then brush their fur. I love what I do because it is both fun and creative. But the dogs move around a lot when I’m working on them, so sometimes it is quite hard work for me.
Brenda: As a vet’s assistant, I often have to look after sick dogs. Some of them are really difficult to handle, but it’s usually because they’re scared.

If you decide to come to our training sessions with your dog, you will learn how to:

• teach your dog to follow a wide range of commands

• help your dog to be happy when home alone

• keep your dog slim

• stop your dog biting and chewing household items

• deal with any aggression your dog might have.

So if you feel that you and your dog need our support, call us on 01202 861340. We promise that you will start to see positive changes in your dog in a very short time.

AT LAST

At 8.30 that evening, George Jackson was hiding with his bicycle in a dark side street off Woodstock Road. From his position, he could see the phone box. There was nobody in the street. It was a full moon. The night was cloudless and clear, which was unusual for that time of year. The time was passing very slowly and Jackson was shaking, definitely not from the cold, because the weather was almost summery. “If only someone had just lent me the money, I wouldn’t have to go through all this”, he thought with anger.

Suddenly he saw the lights. The blue Rolls-Royce appeared, moving very slowly. Then it stopped. The driver got out, and carrying a brown bag, went to the phone box. As the man passed under the street lamp, Jackson saw that he was of medium height, about forty, with dark hair going grey and dressed in an expensive suit. “Too expensive for a detective,” thought Jackson. Suddenly he went cold with fear as he saw the man dialing slowly. Was he calling the police? After a few words to whoever was at the other end of the line, the man came out, put the bag behind the phone box, walked back to the Rolls and drove off. The road was as quiet as a grave.

Jackson hesitated. When he had first thought of getting money from Richards, it had all seemed so easy. Now he wasn’t sure whether to pick it up and go home quickly, or wait in case someone was watching him. He ended up waiting for fifteen minutes, and then, trying to appear normal, he walked to the phone box and picked up the bag quickly. There was no traffic, and the only person he could see in the distance was a person in a long coat, crossing the road with arms full of books. It was a university professor. Jackson put the bag into his bicycle basket and rode off towards Jericho.

He was beginning to feel more confident as he arrived outside his house. The stress had disappeared and he was able to calm down. After all, he had collected the money, and nobody had noticed him. He took the bag from the basket, and went inside. After he had made himself a cup of tea, he sat down in the armchair, too tired to feel excited. “At last,” he whispered, “I think my worries are over.”