{"id":"jezyk-angielski-2014-maj-matura-dwujezyczna/zad/7","paper_id":"jezyk-angielski-2014-maj-matura-dwujezyczna","number":"7","points":5,"ptype":"closed","subject":"jezyk-angielski","category":"matura","year":2014,"month":"maj","level":null,"text":"TASK 7. (5 points)\nRead the text. For questions 7.1.-7.5., choose the word or phrase which fits best in each\ngap. Circle the appropriate letter (A, B, C or D).\nTHE END OF THE LIGHT BULB AS WE KNOW IT\nLook up at the ceiling, and the chances are that there is a centuries-old piece of kit swinging\nfrom a cord. The light bulb has been 7.1. for more than 150 years and between its invention\nand the present day its design has hardly changed. Yet, these electricity-sapping glass orbs have\nfinally 7.2. with environmentally-conscious governments and consumers. The death\nwarrant for the traditional bulb has already been signed and now its days are 7.3.\nIt was compact fluorescent lamps which were supposed 7.4. the end of the light bulb\nbut they have failed to deliver on their promise. In part this is due to their costing more than\nregular bulbs. They also take an age to warm up and often produce low quality light. However,\nwaiting in the wings is a new breed of hi-tech light based on the humble LED. Not only\n7.5. to be less of a burden on the environment, its backers say it will also respond\nintelligently to your surroundings and even influence the way we behave, so you may never\nlook up at the ceiling in the same way again.\nabridged from www.bbc.co.uk\n7.1.\nA. hanging around\nB. settling down\nC. coming out\nD. going along\n7.4\nA. spelling\nB. to be spelt\nC. to have spelt\nD. having spelt\n7.2.\nA. lost touch\nB. given a pass\nC. taken a step back\nD. fallen out of favour\n7.5.\nA. it does promise\nB. does it promise\nC. is it to promise\nD. it is promised\n7.3.\nA. counted\nB. estimated\nC. numbered\nD. enumerated\nTRANSFER YOUR ANSWERS TO THE ANSWER SHEET!\n10","answer":"7.1 A, 7.2 D, 7.3 C, 7.4 C, 7.5 B","answer_text":null,"solution":"'The End of the Light Bulb as We Know It', vocabulary/grammar gap-fill. 7.1 'The light bulb has been 7.1 for more than 150 years' -> A 'hanging around' (idiom: has persisted largely unchanged). 7.2 'these ... orbs have finally 7.2 with environmentally-conscious governments' -> D 'fallen out of favour.' 7.3 'its days are 7.3' -> C 'numbered' (idiom: its days are numbered). 7.4 'compact fluorescent lamps which were supposed 7.4 the end of the light bulb but they have failed to deliver' -> C 'to have spelt' ('supposed to have spelt' = the expected-but-unfulfilled past outcome). 7.5 'Not only 7.5 to be less of a burden on the environment...' -> inversion after negative adverbial 'Not only' -> B 'does it promise'.","image":"img/jezyk-angielski-2014-maj-matura-dwujezyczna/zad-7.webp","solution_image":null,"topics":null,"page_from":9,"source":"ai","answer_source":"ai","answer_text_source":null,"solution_source":"ai","text_source":"ocr","source_label":"Język angielski · Matura · maj 2014","subject_label":"Język angielski","category_label":"Matura","text_html":"

TASK 7. (5 points)
Read the text. For questions 7.1.-7.5., choose the word or phrase which fits best in each
gap. Circle the appropriate letter (A, B, C or D).
THE END OF THE LIGHT BULB AS WE KNOW IT
Look up at the ceiling, and the chances are that there is a centuries-old piece of kit swinging
from a cord. The light bulb has been 7.1. for more than 150 years and between its invention
and the present day its design has hardly changed. Yet, these electricity-sapping glass orbs have
finally 7.2. with environmentally-conscious governments and consumers. The death
warrant for the traditional bulb has already been signed and now its days are 7.3.
It was compact fluorescent lamps which were supposed 7.4. the end of the light bulb
but they have failed to deliver on their promise. In part this is due to their costing more than
regular bulbs. They also take an age to warm up and often produce low quality light. However,
waiting in the wings is a new breed of hi-tech light based on the humble LED. Not only
7.5. to be less of a burden on the environment, its backers say it will also respond
intelligently to your surroundings and even influence the way we behave, so you may never
look up at the ceiling in the same way again.
abridged from www.bbc.co.uk
7.1.
A. hanging around
B. settling down
C. coming out
D. going along
7.4
A. spelling
B. to be spelt
C. to have spelt
D. having spelt
7.2.
A. lost touch
B. given a pass
C. taken a step back
D. fallen out of favour
7.5.
A. it does promise
B. does it promise
C. is it to promise
D. it is promised
7.3.
A. counted
B. estimated
C. numbered
D. enumerated
TRANSFER YOUR ANSWERS TO THE ANSWER SHEET!
10

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'The End of the Light Bulb as We Know It', vocabulary/grammar gap-fill. 7.1 'The light bulb has been 7.1 for more than 150 years' -> A 'hanging around' (idiom: has persisted largely unchanged). 7.2 'these ... orbs have finally 7.2 with environmentally-conscious governments' -> D 'fallen out of favour.' 7.3 'its days are 7.3' -> C 'numbered' (idiom: its days are numbered). 7.4 'compact fluorescent lamps which were supposed 7.4 the end of the light bulb but they have failed to deliver' -> C 'to have spelt' ('supposed to have spelt' = the expected-but-unfulfilled past outcome). 7.5 'Not only 7.5 to be less of a burden on the environment...' -> inversion after negative adverbial 'Not only' -> B 'does it promise'.

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