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AN AMAZING COLLECTION
In everyday life, the paths of footballer Pele and artist Pablo Picasso never crossed.
The pair were united, however, in a unique collection of autographs which has recently been
sold at auction for £75,000. The collection includes 40,000 signatures which were gathered
for over 50 years by Tommy Scullion.
Tommy was one of ten children in a family who lived in Northern Ireland. He began his
hobby when he was at school. Tommy never married and worked all his life as a van driver
for the local grocer’s. He knew everyone and enjoyed speaking to people. In his spare time he
wrote to celebrities - on average about 25 letters a week.
Tommy Scullion was an enthusiastic reader of the news and made lists of famous people
he wanted to contact. But he needed their addresses, which wasn’t easy. Remember, there was
no Internet when he started collecting the autographs, so if he didn’t know where somebody
was, he wrote to an embassy. He was very determined and if somebody did not reply,
he wrote to them over and over again. Some replied years after he had written to them, others
didn’t reply at all. Sometimes people are not willing to give their signatures for free,
but Tommy never had to pay for the autographs. And from time to time he even received
something extra with the autograph, for example a Christmas card from Grace Kelly or
a drawing from Pablo Picasso.
Tommy got the signatures by writing personal letters to the celebrities. He even taught
himself calligraphy to surprise those he wrote to, hoping that beautiful calligraphy would
encourage them to reply. And it worked! A large number of the celebrities wrote back
congratulating him on his beautifully written letters. In this way, he built up one of
the world’s finest collections of autographs.
His collection is like a history of the 20th century. It includes Pope John Paul II’s autograph
as well as US Senator Robert Kennedy’s. Among the most valuable signatures is that of
the famous Scottish biologist, Alexander Fleming, who discovered penicillin. Sometimes
Tommy had to act like a detective to get an autograph. It was very difficult to trace Martin
Luther King, but Tommy somehow managed to include his signature in the collection.
In a few cases he wasn’t so successful. In spite of his efforts and several letters sent
to Buckingham Palace, he never got a reply from Queen Elizabeth II who, as a rule, doesn’t
give autographs. Tommy died in 1996 but signatures, including that of a South African
president, continued coming to Northern Ireland after his death.
Despite the big names in his collection, Tommy did not put the signatures in any albums
and he did not hang them on walls in picture frames. He wrote to these people, got their
autographs back in the post, opened the envelopes and took them out. They ended up in
boxes, before being put in a wardrobe. He sometimes tried to catalogue them but never
finished the job.
In his will Tommy wrote that he wanted people to see his collection. There wasn’t any
museum in the village, so Tommy’s brother decided to put some of the autographs up for
auction and raise the money necessary to buy a building in which the collection could be
displayed. Thanks to the auction Tommy’s family are going to buy a building next
to the doctor’s surgery and transform it into a museum. £75,000 will help to fulfill Tommy’s
dream.
adapted from bbc.co.uk; www.telegraph.co.uk; www.thesun.co.uk; www.independent.co.uk
Poziom podstawowy
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6.1. What do we learn about Tommy at the beginning of the article?
A. He came from a small family.
B. He died at the age of fifty.
C. He owned a grocery shop.
D. He was single all his life.
6.2. The people Tommy asked for autographs
A. always answered his letters.
B. sometimes gave him unexpected gifts.
C. often received money for their signatures.
D. usually contacted him through the Internet.
6.3. Many celebrities answered Tommy’s letters because they
A. were impressed by his handwriting.
B. admired his exceptional personality.
C. preferred typed letters to handwritten ones.
D. wanted to help him build up a fine collection.
6.4. Tommy’s collection does not contain the autograph of
A. a South African president.
B. an American politician.
C. a British monarch.
D. a Scottish scientist.
6.5. Tommy kept the autographs in
A. boxes.
B. albums.
C. envelopes.
D. picture frames.
6.6. Tommy’s last wish was to
A. present the collection to the village museum.
B. sell the whole collection at auction.
C. add new signatures to the collection.
D. show the collection to the public.
6.7. The text is about
A. the history of autograph collecting.
B. a celebrity’s favourite pastimes.
C. somebody’s lifetime hobby.
D. a famous artist’s collection.
PRZENIEŚ ROZWIĄZANIA NA KARTĘ ODPOWIEDZI!
Poziom podstawowy
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WYPOWIEDŹ PISEMNA
Official CKE answer key found in corpus at arkusze/jezyk-angielski-2013-maj-matura-podstawowa-odpowiedzi (matura.lol's automatic pairing missed it); transcript at .../jezyk-angielski-2013-maj-matura-podstawowa-transkrypcja. 'An Amazing Collection' (Tommy Scullion autographs): 6.1 at the beginning we learn -> D (he was single all his life - 'never married'). 6.2 people Tommy asked -> B (sometimes gave him unexpected gifts - Christmas card from Grace Kelly, a drawing from Picasso). 6.3 celebrities answered because -> A (impressed by his handwriting/calligraphy). 6.4 collection does NOT contain -> C (a British monarch - Queen Elizabeth II never replied). 6.5 kept autographs in -> A (boxes). 6.6 Tommy's last wish -> D (show the collection to the public). 6.7 the text is about -> C (somebody's lifetime hobby).
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