Task 2. (6 points)
You are going to hear two texts. For questions 2.1.-2.6., choose the answer which best
matches what you have heard by circling the appropriate letter (A, B, C or D).
Questions 2.1.-2.3. are for text 1, questions 2.4.-2.6. are for text 2. You will hear
the recording twice.
Text 1
2.1. Marie considers humour worthy of academic study because it
A. provides a valuable insight into issues affecting social life.
B. reveals the creative potential of language through trivial jokes.
C. allows one to understand the true value of laughter in human relations.
D. enables researchers to identify essential differences between ethnic communities.
2.2. The research Marie conducted showed that some joke tellers
A. got cold feet when faced with the task of telling a joke into a camera.
B. resorted to historical sources and updated the jokes they found there.
C. accommodated well-known jokes to reflect their own circumstances.
D. confused language-based riddles with story-based narrative jokes.
2.3. When talking about the British sense of humour, Marie
A. expresses annoyance with its growing influence worldwide.
B. shares her concern for its future.
C. voices embarrassment over its quality on TV.
D. deplores its spiteful character.
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Text 2
2.4. Commuters’ journeys were disrupted due to
A. a major power failure.
B. damage caused by a train.
C. a serious train collision.
D. the annual track repairs.
2.5. Passengers heading north could
A. avoid the massive queues outside the station.
B. easily board the buses waiting at other stations.
C. get on buses without paying any extra charge.
D. depart from the bus station across the river.
2.6. The speaker talks about
A. steps taken to deal with a rail service failure.
B. passengers’ frustration due to unreliable bus services.
C. commuters’ complaints about the frequency of public transport services.
D. the measures taken to improve the quality of rail service in Britain.
Official CKE answer key found in corpus at arkusze/jezyk-angielski-2012-maj-matura-dwujezyczna-odpowiedzi (matura.lol's automatic pairing missed it); transcript at .../jezyk-angielski-2012-maj-matura-dwujezyczna-transkrypcja. Text 1 (Marie Gillespie on jokes): 2.1 humour worthy of study because -> A (jokes are 'a barometer measuring the pressures underlying life in a community', valuable insight into social life). 2.2 joke tellers -> C (accommodated well-known jokes to reflect their own circumstances - reinventing jokes with local place names). 2.3 talking about British sense of humour, Marie -> B (shares her concern for its future - 'I fear it is being lost'). Text 2 (train disruption): 2.4 commuters' journeys disrupted due to -> B (damage caused by a train - the arm of a train became entangled in overhead lines). 2.5 passengers heading north could -> C (get on buses without paying extra - bus providers honoured Irish Rail tickets). 2.6 speaker talks about -> A (steps taken to deal with a rail service failure).
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