Matura z angielskiego maj 2023 – poziom podstawowy: zadania i odpowiedzi

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As a young girl, Vera Wang was passionate about figure skating. She competed professionally throughout her teens. Her ambition was to become a member of the USA national figure skating team and take part in the Olympics. Unfortunately, when she was 16, she failed to qualify for the Olympics. After this disappointment, Vera decided to stop skating.

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She began studying art history at Sara Lawrence College and spent her summers working at the Yves Saint Laurent store in her home city. One day at the store, she met a man who worked for Vogue – a famous fashion magazine. To her surprise, he invited her to work for the magazine as an assistant to the fashion director. Within a year, Wang was promoted and became one of the magazine’s youngest ever senior fashion editors.

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In 1987, Vera Wang left Vogue to take a job as a design director at Ralph Lauren. A short time later, she began planning her wedding. Because she was unable to find a wedding dress that satisfied her, she designed one herself. This made her realize that she had the talent and passion necessary to become a professional dress designer. In 1990, Wang quit her job at Ralph Lauren and opened her own clothing boutique with the plan to design and sell her own collections.

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At first, her shop offered clothes only from well-known designers. Then, she gradually started adding her own designs. She first received international attention during the 1994 Winter Olympics. She had designed a costume that figure skater Nancy Kerrigan wore while skating. Soon, celebrities from many countries were wearing her dresses at various events and her designs were a popular topic of discussion on top TV shows.

Some years ago, Houston airport received a large number of complaints from passengers who had to wait for their suitcases in the arrivals terminal. The airport administration made a careful analysis. They found that passengers spent just one minute walking from the arrival gate to the baggage pick-up area, and then seven minutes on average waiting for their bags. The airport administration moved the arrival gate further away, so passengers now have to walk six minutes instead of one, before they can pick up their luggage. Complaints have dropped to nearly zero since then. It seems that people prefer walking to just standing and waiting.

You won’t believe what happened! Last Monday, on my return journey to New York, I had to spend almost 10 hours at Istanbul Airport. But I wasn’t unhappy. Instead of just sitting there and getting bored I bought some souvenirs, tried some local Turkish dishes and relaxed at one of the airport cafés. And guess what! While exploring the airport and its attractions, I came across an art gallery with an exhibition of 20 amazing portraits. They were not painted but made from recycled rubbish such as leaflets, tickets and plastic bags thrown away by I really loved passengers at Istanbul Airport. this picture!

The First World War is over and Wally Shiers, an airplane mechanic, has promised his girlfriend, Helena, that he will return home and marry her. But fighter pilot Ross Smith asks Wally to join him to compete in a dangerous air race. A £10,000 prize has been offered for the first airmen to fly from England to Australia. Ross is a talented and brave pilot. Who could say “no” to his request? Wally writes to Helena to say he won’t be home for another year. The drama of that year is excitingly told by Lainie Anderson right from the first page. She uses real diaries and letters to describe one of the most important chapters in aviation history.

An elderly woman was standing by her car, which was parked on the side of the road.

A driver passing by saw that she had a problem, so he stopped near her Mercedes and got out. 7.1. _____ This made the woman feel more comfortable although she didn’t like talking to people she did not know. The man smiled and introduced himself: “My name is Bryan Anderson.”

When he took a closer look at her car, he noticed that one of the tyres was flat. It took him some time to change it. 7.2. _____ Bryan smiled and said: “If you really want to pay me back, the next time you see someone in need, try to help.”

Later that evening, the owner of the Mercedes stopped at a small café. 7.3. _____ She had probably spent the whole day on her feet, but she still had a smile on her face and quickly took the customer’s order. The woman really admired the waitress, and then she remembered Bryan. She finished her meal and paid with a hundred-dollar bill. 7.4. _____ There was only a piece of paper on the table with a note on it, which said: “Somebody once helped me, just like I’m helping you now.” The waitress found another four hundred dollars under the note. That night, when she got home, she told her husband: “Everything is going to be all right, Bryan Anderson.”

UNDERWATER CABINET MEETING Some time ago, there was an unusual government meeting about the problem of global warming. The Maldivian president and eleven ministers dived 3.8 metres below the sea surface 10.1. _________________________ meet at tables underwater. They were there with diving instructors 10.2. _________________________ were hired to make sure that everybody was safe. The politicians were dressed 10.3. _________________________ black diving suits and were wearing masks and oxygen tanks. Using white boards and hand signals to communicate they spent half an hour on the seabed. The president hopes the event will remind people about the dangers of climate change.