Zadanie 9. (3 pkt)
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HOW LONG DOES IT TAKE TO CHANGE A LIGHT BULB?
We have all heard the classic jokes about changing a light bulb, but now one of these jokes
has come true. Councils across the UK are renowned for their inefficiency, budget cuts and
just generally being unpopular 9.1. almost everyone. However, Gloucestershire council
really went out of their way to show their incompetence.
It all started when a local resident sent an e-mail to the council informing them that a bulb
in a lamppost near his house 9.2. out. It sounds simple enough; you just need someone
with a ladder, a screwdriver and a new bulb. However, we wouldn’t be British if we didn’t
overcomplicate things, and Gloucestershire council are patriotic enough to live up to this. The
first problem came when the workers discovered there was a hedge 9.3. Unfortunately,
it would be too rational to just get a pair of hedge clippers. The council workers had no choice
but to call the parks department to get some professional hedge cutters in to do the job. When
the latter 9.4. , they found that rainwater was getting into the lamp, so another phone call
was needed to another department to sort this out. While all this was happening, the police
made a special visit to make sure there was no security risk with the lamp not working.
Luckily, this story has a happy ending. Almost. Only after four weeks of messing about
9.5. There was light! For all of 30 seconds the town of Cheltenham came out of
a blackout, until the fuse promptly blew.
Finally, to everybody’s 9.6. , six weeks after the first report, at least 12 separate
visits, and thousands of pounds of taxpayers’ money spent, the road was back from the dark
ages.
adapted from www.thenationalstudent.com
9.1.
9.4.
A. to
B. for
C. with
D. by
A. came through
B. turned up
C. got by
D. showed off
9.2.
9.5.
A. has gone
B. was gone
C. had gone
D. is gone
A. had a new bulb fitted
B. has a new bulb fitted
C. did a new bulb fit
D. was a new bulb fitted
9.3.
9.6.
A. in the way
B. out of sight
C. in front of
D. all of a sudden
A. fortune
B. relief
C. assurance
D. reluctance
PRZENIEŚ ROZWIĄZANIA NA KARTĘ ODPOWIEDZI!
Official CKE answer key found in corpus at arkusze/jezyk-angielski-2014-maj-matura-rozszerzona-odpowiedzi (covers both Arkusz I and II; matura.lol's automatic pairing missed it). 'How Long Does It Take to Change a Light Bulb?' gap-fill: 9.1 C 'with' (unpopular with almost everyone). 9.2 C 'had gone' (past perfect, bulb had gone out before the e-mail). 9.3 A 'in the way' (a hedge in the way). 9.4 B 'turned up' (phrasal verb, arrived). 9.5 D 'was a new bulb fitted' (inverted structure after 'Only after... There was light!'). 9.6 B 'relief' (to everybody's relief).
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