Matura Skills

E L E M E N TA R Y 1
EXAM PRACTICE BOOKLET

Poziom rozszerzony

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Poziom rozszerzony
Rozumienie ze słuchu
3 Read the extracts from the script and sentences A–E
1 Below is an extra section of one in Ex. 4. One of the extracts contains information that
of the three speeches in Ex. 2. makes two of sentences A–E possibly correct. Which
Read it, then read the questions extract is it, and which sentences does it link to?
in Ex. 2. Which recording (1, 2 or
Extract A
3) do you think the extract is
from? Why do you think so? Suddenly I felt one of my legs move to the right and I started to fall.
We can never know how much time we need to Without thinking, I tried to use my hands to stop myself falling. I fell
learn something. When we think about our onto my wrist and sprained it.
classroom schedules, we should never forget
that the students are not computers. Each Extract B
student is going to learn at a different speed.
You need to try to give every student work that I often walk into tables and other furniture and hurt myself that way.
is new and difficult, but not too difficult. The worst injury I’ve had at home happened after I broke a glass plate
that was too hot to hold.

2 Usłyszysz
dwukrotnie trzy teksty. Z podanych
odpowiedzi wybierz właściwą,
4 Usłyszysz dwukrotnie cztery wypowiedzi
na temat urazów i dolegliwości. Do każdej wypowiedzi
zgodną z treścią nagrania. (1–4) dopasuj odpowiadające jej zdanie (A–E). Wpisz
Zakreśl literę A, B albo C. rozwiązania do tabeli. Jedno zdanie zostało podane
dodatkowo i nie pasuje do żadnej wypowiedzi.

Tekst 1. This speaker is someone who Speaker 1

1 The speaker is talking to A went for professional help, but it didn’t work. Speaker 2
A British people in general. B thought he/she was safe, but was wrong. Speaker 3
B a group of people from C dropped something that hurt him/her.
Speaker 4
Ireland. D suffered a foot injury because of heat.
C people outside the tower. E learned how to protect part of the body.

Tekst 2.
2 The recording is about 5 In the box there are some words from Ex. 6. Complete
A a swimmer who got lost, but sentences 1–6 with the correct word from the box.
survived. forgetful deal with worried
B a unique swimming shout joke attention
competition.
C a man who swam around half 1 I have something very important to say, so I need to have
of Britain. your ............................ .
Tekst 3. 2 The only way to ............................ toothache is to go to the
3 The speaker wants the listeners dentist.
A to take children 3 It’s very foggy outside and Gemma is driving home, so I’m
snowboarding. ............................ about her.
B to participate in something 4 I always leave my sports clothes at home when I need them.
new. I’m so ............................!
C to join her club in their free 5 John made a(n) ............................ about Catherine, but she
time. didn’t think it was funny.
6 They can’t hear you because of the music. You need to
............................!
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Poziom rozszerzony
Rozumienie tekstów pisanych
6 Usłyszysz dwukrotnie wywiad
na temat domu, w którym straszy. Z podanych 1 Below are seven sentences containing words
odpowiedzi wybierz właściwą, zgodną z treścią or phrases in bold from Ex. 2. For each
nagrania. Zakreśl literę A, B, C albo D. sentence, decide whether option A, B or C
means the same as the word or phrase in
1 When Ruby moved to the house, she bold by thinking about the whole sentence.
A received a strange gift. Considering the whole sentence and
B was sure ghosts didn’t exist. possible meanings for the word you don’t
C saw something weird on the stairs. know is a good technique to use when you
D felt happy to be somewhere with a long read a new word in a Matura reading task.
history. 1 I know your new teacher does things in very
different ways from Mrs Smith, but you have to
2 Ruby says one of the things that happened was
trust her.
A pieces of furniture moved from one place to
A listen to C be polite to
another.
B have confidence in
B she and her relatives became unable to
speak. 2 We should build a shopping mall in this town to
C machines in the house stopped working. attract more people from the city.
D the family tried to see the funny side. A bring C appeal
B please
3 The action Ruby decided to take to solve the
problem was 3 Avoid the Crown Hotel at all costs – we
A to look for another home. thought everything there was terrible.
B to shout something disrespectful. A in any way you can
C to ask her children’s teachers for help. B to save money
D to read about other people’s supernatural C to be happy
experiences. 4 The end of the sailing race was a battle
4 Ruby says she saw a ghostly face that between the Americans and the Brazilians.
A did not look back at her. A experience C team
B did not wake up when she spoke. B fight
C had eyes that were red. 5 We need to speak to everyone who was here at
D had a fat shape. the time of the accident to get to the bottom
5 In the interview, Ruby of how it happened.
A insists that ghosts are real. A explain to people
B gives advice for dealing with fear and B understand exactly
anxiety. C ask them
C makes jokes about the situation she 6 There were three ambulances and a fire engine
experienced. on the road because of the crash.
D explains why she and her family stayed in A very bad weather
the house. B attack
C transport accident
7 The police can give you a new identity to
protect you from those scary people.
A place to live
B name and life story
C nationality

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Poziom rozszerzony
2 Przeczytaj informacje na temat trzech 3a Look at the phrases in the box.
filmów przygodowych (A–C) oraz zdania ich dotyczące Which one can you use at the
(1–4). Do każdego zdania dopasuj właściwy film. Wpisz start of a sentence to:
rozwiązania w kratki. Jeden film pasuje do dwóch zdań. a) give a different opinion from, or
In this film, a character the opposite opinion of, the last
1 fails to do something he/she agreed to do. opinion in the text?
2 suffers an injury that puts others in danger. b) introduce information that is
true about two or more options
3 meets a mysterious author.
you have described?
4 lives through a natural disaster.
c) describe a particular thing or
situation that helps to explain
A. THE NOVEMBER MYSTERY
something you have just said.
In a university laboratory, Dr Eva Price discovers a medicine that
can help millions of people around the world. Unfortunately, it Whichever ... For example,
becomes highly poisonous when she mixes it with water. One On the other hand,
morning men in military clothes arrive and remove all the
medicine she’s made and the computers she uses in her work. A
government scientist tries to persuade her to forget about the 3b Now make sentences using the
phrases in Ex. 3a.
medicine and offers to pay her millions of dollars to accept a
new job overseas and stay there. Eva says yes, but can’t stop
thinking about her discovery. She decides to return home with a 4 Read sentences A–E in Ex. 5.
What do you think are the key
new identity and asks an ex-police officer friend to help her get
words in each sentence?
to the bottom of the government’s actions.
Underline them.
B. THE RED STONE
When archaeologist and explorer Huron Ginsberg finds a
collection of jewels in the Atacama Desert in Chile in the 1930s,
the other archaeologists become less friendly towards him and
strange people come into his life. Does the beautiful thriller writer
Zara want romance or the jewels, and how does she know so
much about the ancient civilisation she describes to him? It’s
impossible to say, but when Zara saves Huron’s life after a
helicopter crash and tells him it wasn’t an accident, he has to
trust her. Are the jewels working some kind of dark magic, or are
there powerful people hunting them at all costs?

C. CAGE FIGHTING
It’s an ordinary day for South African shark tours diver Rufus
Donegan – until an underwater earthquake causes a wave that
destroys his yacht. Suddenly, Rufus and his group of four tourists
are facing a dangerous environment with only a metal cage to
protect them and no easy way to reach safety. When one of the
frightened divers cuts his leg badly on a piece of equipment
and the blood attracts sharks that want to attack, an
unforgettable battle for survival begins.

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Poziom rozszerzony
5 Przeczytaj tekst, z którego usunięto cztery 6 In this task, you should expect
zdania. Wpisz w luki 1–4 litery, którymi oznaczono brakujące the texts to be in the past
zdania (A–E), tak aby otrzymać logiczny i spójny tekst. Jedno tense. The words below are
zdanie zostało podane dodatkowo i nie pasuje do żadnej luki. irregular past simple verb
forms from the texts in Ex. 7
with a letter missing. With
SKATING IN HOLLAND a partner, add the missing
letters and write the verb in its
bare infinitive form. The first
one is an example.
Holland is famous for being a country where riding a bike is easy.
There are no mountains and not many hills, and cyclists don’t have to met – meet
ride close to cars. 1 You don’t have to be on two wheels to 1 to_k – ___________
enjoy the excellent cycle network in Holland. Why not put eight 2 forg_t – ___________
wheels on your feet and skate through it? 3 cou_d – ___________
When I had the idea of taking a skating holiday in Holland, I 4 wr_te – ___________
quickly found a company called Zephyr online. It organises a few 5 s_w – ___________
tours of the whole country each summer. There’s one for any ability – 6 c_me – ___________
although if you’ve never skated before, the company says you should 7 s_id – ___________
get some practice before you decide to make a booking! Zephyr’s 8 h_ld – ___________
‘fitness tour’ is for good skaters, and involves travelling between 25 9 g_ve – ___________
and 35 miles daily. 2 Whichever option you choose, the tour 10 beg_n – ___________
lasts seven days and includes accommodation, evening meals, 11 s_ld – ___________
breakfasts and daytime snacks.
Some of the highlights of Zephyr’s tours are a day of skating
alongside the North Sea, the town of Medemblik and its castle from
the 1200s and a farm where a husband and wife make 15 different
types of cheese. 3 There you can take part in a surprising
tradition – the Friday Night Skate. Everyone is welcome to meet at 8
pm in one of the city’s parks to take part in a two-hour tour of the
city. The event takes place on dry evenings all year round and the
skaters go to different parts of the city each time. Often this crowd of
city skaters is quite large, but the leaders are good at stopping the
traffic if that’s necessary and organising the participants. 4
Seeing the sights of Amsterdam after dark on skates is an
unforgettable way to end your holiday.

A On the standard tour, on the other hand, you can choose to

do 12, 20 or 30 miles per day, and cyclist friends or relatives
are welcome to travel alongside you.
B You can expect to see more cows, sheep and goats than people
… until you arrive in Amsterdam at the end of your trip.
C For example, they lift both their hands to show people at the
back of the group that they’re going to stop.
D There are special areas for them on busy roads, so they can
stay safe.
E You can avoid them by wearing a bright yellow jacket.
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Poziom rozszerzony
7 Przeczytaj dwa teksty na temat Sycylii. Z podanych odpowiedzi wybierz właściwą,
zgodną z treścią tekstu. Zakreśl literę A, B, C albo D.

Tekst 1. 1 Before she goes to bed, the

woman
A makes a decision.
ACROSS THE SEA B sings something.
C begins to fall asleep.
he listened and looked at the sea with his arm in her hands. The
S sky above their heads was full of stars, and there was no noise
except for the sounds of the ship and the waves. In her head, she was
D thinks about something in
the past.
again at the San Carlo Theatre in Naples. The feelings from the night 2 In the fourth paragraph, the
before came back to her. Someone who worked on the ship was asleep writer
on the stairs, dreaming, perhaps, of his little home in Genoa. From inside A explains the reason for the
the ship came a sad traditional Sicilian song. woman’s interest in Sicily.
Still the woman couldn’t release his arm. At last she raised her eyes B shows that the man has
and smiled sadly at him. “Nearly there,” she said softly. He nodded his a good knowledge of Sicily.
head without speaking. C presents the woman as
At dawn they met again outside their rooms. She still seemed as tired a forgetful person.
as when they went to bed.The wind lifted her soft black hair. Already they D describes Sicily as a busy
could see Sicily. Mount Etna appeared, yellow and red, then lonely cliffs. place.
On board, the crew began their first morning work. Passengers came up
one by one on deck with no colour in their faces, all of them wearing thick 3 When the man and woman’s
winter clothes. Soon they could see smaller boats near the land, then, on journey together ends, the
the left, Calabria, and on the right, the sands of Pharos. woman
The woman admired the island. She wanted him to explain which A kisses another man.
were the mountains of Licodia. She also wanted to see the Plain of B arranges to meet the man
Catania and Lake Lentini with its flat shores. He showed her where there again.
were mountain roads, rocky hills and other places one by one, and as she C asks the man to stay with
listened she forgot their lives and their present situation. The port of her.
Messina, with its large palaces, was now ahead of them. D introduces the man to
Suddenly she said, “There he is!” He looked down and saw a rowing somebody.
boat, and in it a white handkerchief waving like a white bird in a storm.
“Goodbye!” said the young man. Before she answered, the woman
held his hands under her scarf.
“But you are going to see me soon,” she said.
“When?”
“I don't know. But don’t say goodbye.”
Then he saw her place her lips on the cheek of the man from the
boat.
Her blue coat disappeared towards the shore among the crowd of
boats.
The months passed by. At last she invited him to see her. In her letter
she wrote, “Meet me by the path between the fields. Wait for me. Hide in
the trees until I come. People must not know you are there.”

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Poziom rozszerzony
Tekst 2.

Znajomość środków
SICILY’S językowych
ANCIENT HISTORY 1 Look at the text in Ex. 2, but
not the answer options. Can

T he island of Sicily, south west of Italy, was a centre of

Greek culture for hundreds of years. Even after Sicily
became part of the Roman Empire in about 200 BC, it
you think of any words that fill
any of the gaps?

continued to use Greek architecture, and it stayed very Greek

in other ways. Despite the distance between Athens and Sicily,
historians say the island’s culture was closer to Greece’s than 2 Przeczytaj tekst.
Z podanych odpowiedzi wybierz
Rome’s in ancient times, so maybe students of Ancient Greece
właściwą, tak aby otrzymać
should learn more about it.
logiczny i gramatycznie poprawny
The first Greek people to spend a lot of their time on Sicily
tekst. Zakreśl literę A, B, C albo D.
were traders in around 1400 BC. They took pots, clothes and
metals to the island, and the islanders gave them wood, wool
and food in return. Later, all kinds of people moved west to There were dangers everywhere in the
Sicily because of wars between Greek cities. In times of war in home of 100 years ago. One example
ancient Greece, it was difficult to grow enough food for is one of the new appliances in
everyone. This wasn’t a problem in Sicily and southern Italy, people’s houses – the fridge. People
where much more land was available. Because farming was bought fridges to 1) ................ how
very easy in the region, the Greeks didn't just grow food to eat. wealthy they were. Unfortunately,
They also sold their crops overseas, using their many ships. people who got fridges became
They ended up with much more money than they needed, so much more likely to die at home,
they could make their houses very comfortable. It’s possible 2) ................ the first fridges made the
that they were much happier on the island than in their Greek air poisonous. Even walking up and
homeland. Eventually there were more people from Greece on down the stairs was scary. The stairs
Sicily and in the south of Italy than in Greece! weren’t all the same 3) ................ , and
Greek people created a number of Sicilian cities that survive they were much higher than today.
today. These include Siracusa and Messina, which they built Imagine how difficult it was to carry
near the places where their ships arrived and departed. large objects up and down the stairs.
It seems the people who designed
4 What did people on Sicily receive from Greek visitors? the stairs didn’t think very hard
A A strong material. 4) ................ the servants, who did
B Animals for farming. that as one of their chores. I’m sure
C Things to cook. accidents happened very often to
D A means of transport. them.

5 Which of the following does the writer say is a fact, not an 1 A see C ask
opinion? B show D make
A Sicily’s ancient history reveals that the Greeks disliked the
Romans. 2 A soon C so
B History students don’t realise how important Sicily was in B during D since
ancient times. 3 A room C route
C The ancient Greeks who went to Sicily preferred their B size D sign
new home.
D At one time in history most ancient Greeks lived outside 4 A about C on
Greece. B around D along
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Poziom rozszerzony
3 Use the correct option to complete the
6 Przetłumacz na język angielski
sentences. podane w nawiasach fragmenty zdań (1–4),
1 If/When you sprain your wrist in the middle tak aby otrzymać logiczne i gramatycznie
of a game, stop playing. poprawne zdania. Wymagana jest pełna
2 I always go to Harrison & Grant in the High poprawność ortograficzna wpisywanych
Street if/when I want to buy new shoes. fragmentów zdań. W każdą lukę możesz
3 It spends/takes time to learn how to drive. wpisać maksymalnie pięć wyrazów.
4 I think Joseph spends/takes too much time
1 Jane doesn’t change clothes when she gets
with his strange friend.
home, because at her school the students (nie
muszą) ................................................................
4 Przeczytaj tekst. Uzupełnij każdą wear a uniform.
lukę (1–4) jednym wyrazem, tak aby powstał
spójny i logiczny tekst. Wymagana jest pełna 2 We have lots of time. Why are you (idziesz tak
poprawność gramatyczna i ortograficzna szybko) ............................................................... ?
wpisywanych wyrazów. 3 I’m sorry, you can’t buy the bike. (Już go
sprzedałem) ......................................................... .
Mountain gorillas are close ‘cousins’ to
humans. Like us, they like to 1) ...................... 4 I sent an email to you (trzy tygodnie temu) ........
time with their friends and members of their ......................................... and you didn’t reply.
families. There are usually about 30 gorillas in
a mountain gorilla group. One adult male
gorilla leads and organises the group. He Tworzenie wypowiedzi pisemnej
decides where the gorillas sleep and how and
when they hunt for food. Like humans, male 1 Look at Ex. 2. Match the list of useful
vocabulary to topics 1 and 2.
gorillas get grey hair 2) ...................... they
Use a dictionary if you need to.
reach middle age, and the head gorilla often
has a grey stripe on his back.
Mountain gorillas live in three countries in TOPIC 1 TOPIC 2
Central Africa. In 2000, the world
expensive
3) ...................... only 320 mountain gorillas.
Since then, people have stopped hunting them serve
so much and started to protect the places,
4) ...................... they live. The mountain protect
gorilla population is now nearly 900.
dangerous situations

5 Look at the sentences in Ex. 6. Which under one roof

sentence fragment requires:
a) the present continuous? stay safe
b) the present perfect?
c) the present simple? customer service

queue

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Część ustna
Część ustna – bez określania
2 Wypowiedz się na jeden
poziomu
z poniższych tematów. Wypowiedź powinna
zawierać od 200 do 250 słów i spełniać wszystkie 1 Below are some questions of the kind
wymogi typowe dla formy wskazanej students are asked in the warm-up part of
w poleceniu. Zaznacz temat, który wybrałeś/-aś, the Matura exam, which lasts approximately
zakreślając jego numer. two minutes. With a partner, practise
1 Dużo ludzi robi zakupy w supermarketach, ale speaking for two minutes in response to the
małe, lokalne sklepy spożywcze także mają questions. Remember, the aim is not to
swoich zwolenników. Napisz rozprawkę, answer as many questions as possible, but to
przedstawiając zalety i wady obu rodzajów speak fluently for two minutes.
sklepów. What’s the most interesting place you’ve been to
2 Wielu rowerzystów zostało poszkodowanych on holiday? Why?
w wypadkach drogowych na ulicach Londynu. What are you going to do during the next school
Zdaniem znanego brytyjskiego kolarza władze holidays?
miasta powinny zabronić ciężarówkom What did you buy the last time you went
poruszania się po drogach, którymi jeżdżą shopping? Were you pleased with it?
rowerzyści. Napisz list do wydawcy gazety, Why?/Why not?
w którym odniesiesz się do pomysłu kolarza. Should everyone have a mobile phone?
Przedstaw swoje stanowisko i uzasadnij je. Why?/Why not?
What are some of your favourite childhood
memories?
What kind of films do you enjoy watching? Why?
Can you describe one of your friends?
Why is it important to speak English?
Do you try to buy fashionable clothes?
Why?/Why not?
What’s your favourite school subject? Why?

2 Look at Ex. 3. In the first task of the oral

exam, the examiner gets extra information
and instructions. He or she uses it to
develop the conversation. Which set of
extra information (A or B) goes with Ex. 3?
A – The room has a bed only and you can’t
provide any more furniture at the moment.
– The room is available for only three months
and you want someone to move in next
week.
– There is a wall outside the window, so it has
no view.
B – You can hire the room for parties up until
11 pm.
– You have to organise your own food, but
drinks are available to buy.
– The building is opposite West Street Railway
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3 Now practise doing the Matura task within

5 Now do the
four minutes with a partner. The person playing the Matura task. Try to spend
examiner should include some or all of the extra a minute describing the picture,
information from Ex. 2. and about two minutes
answering questions 1–3.
Znalazłeś/-aś ogłoszenie o wolnym pokoju do wynajęcia i jesteś nim
zainteresowany/-a. W rozmowie telefonicznej z ogłoszeniodawcą Opisz zdjęcie.
uwzględnij następujące kwestie:

umeblowanie komunikacja
pokoju, publiczna w pobliżu,

zasady obowiązujące
możliwość obejrzenia
właścicieli zwierząt
pokoju,
domowych.

Rozmowę rozpoczyna egzaminujący.

Odpowiedz na pytania 1–3.

4 Look at the picture in Ex. 5 and the section from a model 1 What do you think happened just
answer below. Fill the gaps using prepositions. before the picture was taken?
2 Would you like to work in an
It’s a picture of a woman sitting 1) ......................... a desk. She’s office? Why?/Why not?
holding a white shoe 2) ......................... her right hand. She’s 3 Tell me about a problem you had with
going to throw it 3) ......................... a brown laptop computer some ICT equipment or a gadget.
4) ......................... the desk in front of her. 5) ......................... the
laptop there are lots of papers, some pens and some money,
I think. The woman is wearing a black skirt, a white blouse and 6 In the third task in the oral
exam, you get a minute to look
a bracelet 6) ......................... her right arm.
at the task and prepare things
to say. Before you do Ex. 7,
time yourself for a minute
reading the task and thinking of
things to say.

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Część ustna

7a Przyjrzyj się obrazkom 1, 2 i 3. Chcesz wysłać koleżance kartkę z gratulacjami z okazji

narodzin dziecka. Wyraź swoją opinię na temat przedstawionych kartek.

• Wybierz tę kartkę, która będzie, Twoim zdaniem, najbardziej odpowiednia dla koleżanki, i uzasadnij swój
wybór.
• Wyjaśnij, dlaczego odrzucasz pozostałe propozycje.

Na wykonanie tej części zadania masz około dwóch minut.

1 2 3

7b In the final part of the oral exam, the

examiner asks you two questions related to
the topic of the decision-making task. Cover
up the questions Ex. 7c, and spend a minute
with a partner trying to predict the
questions.

7c Wykonaj tę część zadania z kolegą/koleżanką.

Każde z Was powinno odpowiedzieć na dwa
z poniższych pytań. Postarajcie się przeznaczyć
około jednej minuty na odpowiedź na każde
z pytań.

1 Should everyone have children? Why?/Why

not?
2 Should the government give financial help to
parents? Why?/Why not?
3 How do people’s lives change when they have
a baby?
4 Do you like spending time with babies?
Why?/Why not?

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