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1.

Aaron Spelling is said to be the richest and most successful television producer in Hollywood
and, in a city famous for its wealth, his wife Candy, is the biggest spender. They recently paid
more than $10 million for the huge house Bing Crosby used to live in. Then they had it torn
down so that an even bigger and more wonderful mansion could be built. Not only will it have
a more luxurious swimming-pool but an indoor ice-skating rink and a private zoo, as well.
The final bill will come to at least $25 million.
They say that a few years ago, on a typically warm Californian Christmas Eve, Candy had a
huge amount of real snow delivered to the Spelling mansion and spread all over the green
lawns so that their children could enjoy "a white Christmas".
Not long ago Candy decided she needed a few more clothes. She had a whole fashion show
flown out to her from New York, along with the designer and three models. Not only did she
buy the entire collection but - so the story goes at least - the bags and hats the models
travelled with, as well. A lot of people in Hollywood wonder what she is going to buy next.

Pytania:

1. Aaron and Candy Spelling are now living in

A) a house that they had paid $ 10 million for

B) a more luxurious house than the one they bought.
C) a house that needed a lot of repairs.
D) a lovely old-fashioned mansion.

2. The house they bought

A) had an ice-skating ring and a private zoo.

B) belonged to Bing Crosby.
C) was torn down because it was so old.
D) was too small for them.

3. The real snow Candy wanted for Christmas was

A) brought to her home from elsewhere.

B) placed on the edge of the lawns.
C) manufactured at her own home
D) more than she needed to cover her property.

4. A short while ago, Candy decided to

A) fly to New York to buy some clothes.

B) run a clothing company herself.
C) employ a fashion designer and three models.
D) purchase every single item in a fashion show.
 Poprawne odpowiedzi :
1) A
2) B
3) A
4) D

2.

Most people who stutter are very embarassed about it. In many areas special classes are set up
to help them. Even if they do not improve, it is comforting to meet other people to share their
problem with.
In one town, a young speech therapist decided to try his first experiment. He would send his
patients to different shops to ask for something. He practised certain sentences with them first
to give them confidence. Then he sent them all off to ask for something in a shop during the
following week. So that they wouldn't have to buy anything, he advised them to ask for
something that wasn't normally sold in the shop. As an example, he suggested that someone
should go to the local bookshop to ask for a ping-pong ball.
One of them followed his suggestion and went to the bookshop. "C-c-could I have a p-p-ping-
pong ball, please?" he asked the owner. "I'm afraid we don't stock ping-pong balls. Why don't
you go to the sports shop down the road to get one?" A few minutes later, another man came
in to ask for the same thing. The owner looked puzzled and repeated his suggestion. Several
days later, after three more visits, the bookseller decided to go to the sports shop himself to
get some ping-pong balls. When the last member of the group went in and asked for the same
thing, the bookseller handed him one. The man opened his mouth to try to say that he didn't
really want one, but he was so surprised that he could not speak. He just paid the money and
left.
On his way out, he met his speech therapist and stopped to try to explain what had happened.
The therapist went into the bookshop to find out why they stocked ping-pong balls there.
"Well, we don't normally, sir. But we don't like disappointing our customers. There have been
so many people asking for them, that I went to the sports shop to get some. But what I don't
understand is why everyone who plays ping-pong stutters."

Pytania

1. From what the speaker says many people who stutter feel very ___________ about it.

A) embittered
B) ashamed and socially uncomfortable
C) embarassing

2. What is done to help those who have speech problems?

A) Patients are sent into the streets.

B) Special classes are conducted for them.
 C) All of them have to buy ping-pong balls.

3. According to the speaker such patients

A) never improve.
B) can at least share their problem with others.
C) feel very comfortable.

4. How did the young speech therapist experiment?

A) He experimented by practising sentences with his patients and suggesting that they then
should use them in some situations.
B) His patients were made to put down everything he was saying.
C) He forced his patients to sell something in one of the bookshops.
5. Why did the therapist practise so much with his patients?

A) He first of all wanted do give them belief in their own ability.

B) He wanted them to be good booksellers.
C) He thought he would be given more money for his work.

6. What was so very surprising about the experiment?

A) He was selling his patients ping-pong balls.

B) All his patients had to go to the bookshop he had suggested earlier to buy a ping-pong ball.
C) All his patients followed his advice which was meant as an example.

7. Why was the bookseller puzzled?

A) He was puzzled because his customers wanted to play ping-pong in the shop.
B) All his customers were trying to buy something he did not have in the shop.
C) He was puzzled because none of the customers knew where the sports shop was.

8. How many patients who came to buy a ping-pong ball managed to get one?

A) None.
B) All of them.
C) One.

9. Why did the bookseller think it might be good to stock ping-pong balls in his shop?

A) He did not want to disappoint his customers.

B) Some of his shelves were empty so he thought he might have some ping-pong balls there.
C) He thought he might earn more money.

10. What couldn't the bookseller understand?

A) He couldn't understand what they were saying.

B) He wondered all the time why they were not buying the books he had.
C) It was not clear for him why all those people who played ping-pong spoke with such great
difficulties.
Odpowiedzi : 1) B , 2) B , 3) B, 4) A, 5) A, 6) C, 7) B, 8) C, 9) A, 10)C

3.

The public are always numerous and enthusiastic. Children can't wait to get near the dolphins,
to touch, stroke and feed them.
It's the same each day all over the world. And the dolphins love it; they stick their heads out
of water, rubbing themselves against the side of the pool, making their typical clicking noises.

They are extremely sociable creatures, with an enormous curiosity towards human beings and
it is this particular aspect which singles them out from other mammals.
During these meetings at "close-quarters" a deep friendship develops between \ man and
animal. People crowd to watch as the dolphins perform their wonderful acrobatic water
games, but they also want to know more about them. For example that they are mammals and
not fish, that they breathe air, that they pick out their prey and other objects using their
hearing, that they live in groups with very strict rules. Sometimes dolphin pools are used as
hospitals for sick cetaceans. It is not a rare thing to find specimen washed up a beach because
of environmental pollution and saved with the help of dolphins from those pools. Ecological
campaigns aimed at protecting the species can always count on the help of those people who
have learnt to love these animals by having actually seen them.
Sadly though, admiration has recently been mixed with pity. Conservationists have
complained about the negative aspects of the aquariums, comparing them to zoos. Life in
cement pools confines the dolphins to a very limited space, isolates them from their shoal and
prevents them from having social relationships and protection of their group.
Also the hygienic conditions in many pools are not up to standard. Dolphins have very
delicate skin: too much chlorine or salt in the water can cause sores and ulcerations on their
bodies. Another problem is that animals are made to perform all sorts of unnatural and
ridiculous exercises which make them a toy for man to play with. Of course, not all dolphin
pools are prisons. In the U.S.A., for example, natural lagoons which have been fenced off
from the sea, are now being used. Though the dolphins have limited freedom in them, they do
have wide areas to swim in with real sea water and sea life, while people still look at them and
study them. Let's hope all dolphin pools will follow this example!
mammals - ssaki
cetaceans - walenie
species - gatunek, gatunki
shoal - stado, lawica
ulcerations – owrzodzenie

Pytania :
1.People don't find dolphins interesting.

A) true
B) false

2. Children like to touch, stroke and feed dolphins.

A) True
B) false

3. Dolphins are not very fond of people.

A) true
B) false

4. Barking is a typical noise made by dolphins.

A) true
B) false

5. People come to see dolphins because they want to watch them perform and to learn more about
them.

A) true
B) false

6. Dolphins use their hearing to find their food.

A) true
B) false

7. Dolphins prefer to live alone rather than in groups.

A) true
B) false

8. Aquariums are compared to zoos.

A) true
B) false

9. Dolphins in aquariums do not have enough space and have no contact with the rest of the
group.

A) True
B) false

10. Dolphins can have problems with their skin if there is too much salt or chlorine in the water.

A) True
B) False
Odpowiedzi.

1)B, 2)A, 3)B, 4)B, 5)A, 6)A, 7)B, 8)A, 9)A, 10)A

4.

I must say right at the start that, having crossed the Channel by ferry three or four times every
year for the past fifteen to twenty years - either on business or for holidays - I am personally
very much in favour of what is now called the "fixed link" between Great Britain and France.
It is a fact that more and more people are crossing the Channel: in 1984, for instance, 14
million passengers made the crossing from Dover to the Continent. And freight transport
(that's lorries) is increasing too: in 1984, 740,000 lorries made the crossing, and that number
is likely to double by the year 2000.
The idea of a fixed link's not new, of course. Napoleon first thought of it back in 1802, and
since then there have been a number of proposals and plans to connect the 21 miles that
separate the two countries. But there have always been objections to the idea - quite often on
military grounds. Such objections were formally withdrawn in 1955, and preliminary work
was begun on a joint project in the 1970s. That one was abandoned, but not until 53 million
pounds had been spent. (A lot of money, but not as much as they are proposing now.) So here
we are in the late 1980s discussing the "fixed link" again, and it will, as we all know, now be
in the form of a rail tunnel.
Before the decision was taken, however, it was a choice, you will remember, between three; a
rail tunnel, a bridge and tunnel combined, and a bridge (pure and simple). Even though the
decision's already been taken, I'd like to discuss each of these in a moment with the aid of
slides, but let's just remind ourselves of some of the problems involved in planning a fixed
link. First of all, the English Channel is not a calm lake: there are winds of up to 90 mph and
waves of 40 feet high. Any bridge, for instance, or tunnel built above the surface of the sea,
would have to withstand such conditions. There's an awful lot of shipping in the Channel, too,
so any supports would have to be able to withstand collision from a ship. And now - and this
was a new consideration for the planners - there's the problem of terrorists. Just imagine the
bargaining power of threatening to blow up the centre of the tunnel.
Then of course there's the cost. Estimates at the moment range from 2 billion to 6 billion
pounds - figures I can't really comprehend. But at least I gather that taxpayers won't have to
pay. It'll all have to come from investors.
1.From what the author says we know that he

A) has made twenty visits to France.

B) has made lots of visits to France in the past two decades.
C) has been to France fifteen to twenty times.

2. It is said in the text that in 1984

A) 14 million people crossed to France on the fixed link.

B) 14 million people crossed to different European countries.
C) 14 million people crossed to Great Britain.

3. The amount of freight transport crossing the Channel

A) is likely to be about 2000000 lorries by the year 2000.

B) is going to be more or less the same in the year 2000.
C) is becoming larger and larger.

4. The idea of a fixed link between Great Britain and France

A) was proposed about two hundred years ago.

B) has been given up.
C) was suggested by Napoleon in 1820.

5. The earlier plans to link the two countries have been abandoned
A) mainly for money reasons.
B) for climatic reasons.
C) in many cases for military reasons.

6. The first attempts to build the fixed link were given up

A) after spending several million pounds on it.

B) in 1955.
C) in the year 1970.

7. The amount of money which the builders planned to spend on the fixed link in the late 1980s

A) was the same as in the 1970s.

B) was much bigger.
C) was not very big.

8. What have the planners of the link always had to consider?

A) The natural conditions and safety reasons.

B) They have had to consider how to withstand kicks and blows.
C) They have had to take into consideration how to support terrorists.

9. According to the author the planners of this project

A) have always had to consider the danger from terrorists.

B) have never considered the problem of terrorism.
C) have now a new problem to think about.
10. Several calculations of how much will be spent on the project have been made. The costs are
such that:

A) the author can't understand them.

B) they will be paid jointly from taxes and private investments.
C) taxpayers will have to pay them.

Odpowiedzi : 1)B, 2)B, 3)C, 4)A, 5)C, 6)A, 7)B, 8)A, 9)C, 10)A

5.

Mrs Henderson was not happy about the flight - not happy at all. It wasn't that she hadn't
flown much before; in fact, she thought of herself as quite a hardened traveller, going as she
did every summer to visit one of her numerous relatives in various parts of the world. She was
on her own; her job was well-paid, and she lived quite modestly for the greater part of the
year, so that when holiday time came around she was able to undertake quite spectacular
journeys. Why, only last summer she had flown out to visit her younger daughter in
Auckland, and had returned by way of Japan and the States, and in all those many hours of
flying she had not felt the slightest discomfort. In fact, she had thoroughly enjoyed it.
Why, then, this nagging fear about such a short journey? After all, Amsterdam is only a
stone's throw from London in terms of air travel. She had done the trip before, several times.
No sooner are you up and your seat-belt undone than you have to fasten it again for the
landing at Schiphol.
'Good morning, Madam', said the pretty hostess, with a flashing smile, as Mrs Henderson
arrived, a trifle breathless, at the top of the entrance stairs. 'May I see your boarding card,
please? 25 F. Yes, that's right, at the back of the aircraft, on the left, just by the emergency
door.'
Thank you', murmured Mrs Henderson. She knew perfectly well that the seat was next to the
emergency door. She had chosen it for that express reason, although she could not have said
why she wanted to be in that particular seat on this particular flight, when such fancies had
never troubled her in the past.
As she carefully folded her tweed coat and tried to fit it neatly into the minute cupboard that
was provided for the purpose above her seat (she decided that her hat, small though it was,
had better stay on her head), a phrase rang through her head.
'Second sight, that's what she has. Second sight, they call it.'
It had been a family joke, some twenty-five years before. Their next-door neighbour at that
time, a somewhat simple-minded woman by the name of Nellie Parsons, had asked Mrs
Henderson (young, newly-wed Mrs Henderson as she was then) to help her choose a holiday
hotel. Mrs Henderson had told her that she didn't think the Hotel Majestic (which Nellie had
already tentatively decided upon as it was marginally cheaper than the others) looked very
good, and said that if she were going to Braydon for her holiday she would rather stay at the
Hotel Bella Vista. Nellie was only too glad to have her mind made up for her, and had a most
enjoyable holiday with her children at the Hotel Bella Vista, marred only by the fact that
during their stay there was a disastrous fire at the Hotel Majestic, and six people were killed.
When she came back to Downtown Avenue, she was lavish in her praise of Mrs Henderson's
prophetic powers.
'Just think! We might all have been burned to death in our beds. What an escape! Second
sight, that's what she has. Second sight, they call it."
And it was useless for Mrs Henderson to protest that she had simply thought that the Hotel
Bella Vista, on the strength of its brochure, looked more comfortable. She and Henry had
often laughed about Nellie's claim that she had second sight. But why should it have come
into her head just now?

1. Mrs Henderson

A) wasn't used to flying.

B) flew everywhere.
C) didn't like flying.
D) flew away every summer.

2. How was Mrs Henderson able to afford to make such long holiday journeys?

A) She was a very rich woman.

B) She had no husband or young children.
C) She saved up her money between holidays.
D) She only stayed with members of her own family.

3. Why was Mrs Henderson going to Amsterdam?

A) To visit a relative.
B) For a short holiday.
C) Because she was afraid.
D) We don't know why.

4. The air hostess asked to see Mrs Henderson's boarding card

A) to discover whether she had a ticket or not.

B) to find out where she wanted to go.
C) to see where she was going to sit.
D) to know who she was.

5. Why had Mrs Henderson chosen seat 25F?

A) She always liked to be near the emergency door.

B) She never flew in any other seat.
C) Because there was a cupboard above it.
 D) She did not know why.

6. Did Mrs Henderson take her hat off?

A) Yes - and put in the cupboard with her coat.

B) No - she put it on before she sat down.
C) No - there was no room for it in the cupboard.
D) Yes - it was too small for her and uncomfortable.

7. Nellie Parsons

A) had already decided to spend her holiday at Braydon and asked Mrs Henderson's advice
about hotels.
B) didn't know where to go for her holiday and asked Mrs Henderson to give her some advice.
C) didn't want to stay at the Hotel Bella Vista because it was very expen-sive.
D) asked Mrs Henderson which hotel she had stayed at when she went to Braydon.

8. Did Nellie Parsons follow Mrs Henderson's advice?

A) Yes - but rather reluctantly.

B) No - she went to the Hotel Majestic.
C) Yes - and very willingly.
D) No - because the Hotel Majestic was cheaper.

9. Nellie Parsons claimed that Mrs Henderson

A) was able to foretell the future.

B) was a most valuable friend.
C) was able to see everything twice.
D) had advised her to go to the Hotel Majestic.

10. Mrs Henderson did not understand why

A) she had unexpectedly remembered a remark made many years before.

B) Nellie Parsons had claimed that she had second sight.
C) she and her husband had laughed about what Nellie Parsons had said.
D) Nellie Parsons would not believe she didn't have second sight.

Odpowiedzi : 1)B , 2)C , 3)D , 4)C , 5)D , 6)C , 7)A , 8)C , 9)A, 10)A