Zadanie 7. (5 pkt)
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MYSTERIOUS CASE
Among the passengers travelling home by train from Florence there was a certain Miss
Bradley. I only noticed her when passing down the corridor because of her remarkable
plainness. She was about thirty-five, awkward, with a big red nose, and large spectacles. Later
on, when I went to the dining car, Miss Bradley was already seated, and the attendant placed
me opposite her. I think we may have exchanged half a dozen words at dinner, when passing
each other the sugar or the bread. So when we left the dining car, I didn’t regret saying
goodbye to Miss Bradley.
Finally, we reached the station in Calais. There were plenty of porters, and I called one
without difficulty. As I got off, I saw Miss Bradley standing on the platform with two large
very old suitcases. The porters were passing her by pretending not to see her. I am quite sure
that had she been an even slightly attractive woman, I shouldn’t have gone up to her, but she
was so plain, and looked so helpless and totally lost that I said, “Would you like my porter to
take your cases too?” Miss Bradley looked at me. “Oh - thank you. You’re so kind.”
In a few minutes we found ourselves on board the Channel ferry. Before the boat had
been under way for ten minutes, I realised that Miss Bradley was a remarkable bore. She kept
on talking about nothing, and made no remark worth taking notice of. I learned that she’d
been in Italy a fortnight, visiting her sister who had got married to an Italian the previous year.
She had never been out of England before. The usually brief Channel crossing began to drag
on.
I didn’t look forward to travelling to London with her for another four hours, so excusing
myself I went to the booking office on board the boat and booked myself a seat on the Golden
Arrow. Miss Bradley was taking a different train, so this would mean that we’d part at Dover.
Normally, passengers for the Golden Arrow are dealt with by customs first, as the train
leaves twenty minutes before the regular train service. I hired a boy to carry our luggage.
When he asked if we were going on the Golden Arrow, I said “Yes”. It was too difficult to
explain that one of us was and the other wasn’t. Walking towards the Customs Hall,
I explained carefully to Miss Bradley that my train left before hers, but that I would see her
through customs; the boy would then take the luggage to our trains, and she could sit
comfortably in hers till it left.
The boy put our suitcases together on the counter. In due course the customs officers
reached us, looked at the four suitcases in that human X-ray manner which customs officers
must practise night and day, and said, “This is all yours?”
Miss Bradley nodded, and I replied, “Well - mine and this lady’s.”
“Yes,” said the man. “But are you travelling together? Is this your joint luggage?”
“Well, not exactly. We’re just sharing a porter.”
I pointed my cases out and said I had nothing to declare. Without asking me to open
them, the officer marked the cases. Then, instead of dealing with Miss Bradley’s luggage, he
moved to somebody else’s luggage. I hesitated for a moment, but then decided it was no use
waiting for Miss Bradley since we were about to part, so I said, “Well, I’ll say good-bye now,
and go and find my train. The boy will stay and bring our luggage up to the trains when
you’re through.”
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Miss Bradley looked a little pale. “Oh well, thank you,” she said impassively.
I found my seat on the Golden Arrow and began to read. About twenty minutes later,
I suddenly realised the train was due to leave in five minutes and the porter had not yet
brought my luggage. Just then he appeared with my suitcases, breathing heavily.
“The lady’s still there,” he said, “so I thought maybe you wouldn’t want me to wait.”
“But why?”
“They are going through her things properly. They’d found forty watches before I left,
and that was only the start.”
I understood then that when I saw Miss Bradley standing on the platform at Calais,
looking half-lost, half-miserable, she’d already plotted the entire scheme. I just wasn’t sure
whether she’d chosen me as the person to come to her rescue or whether she was plain certain
that somebody would.
adapted from A Custom House Incident by Nigel Balchin
7.1. Which is TRUE about the narrator’s journey from Florence to Calais?
A. He spent the whole journey in the company of Miss Bradley.
B. He didn’t object to being seated at a table with Miss Bradley.
C. He found Miss Bradley to be a very attractive woman.
D. He enjoyed having a conversation with Miss Bradley.
7.2. When the narrator and Miss Bradley got off at Calais,
A. Miss Bradley insisted that the narrator should help her.
B. the narrator offered to act as a porter for Miss Bradley.
C. there were not enough porters to serve the passengers.
D. Miss Bradley seemed to feel disoriented.
7.3. While they were crossing the Channel, the narrator
A. was glad he had booked a Golden Arrow seat before boarding the ferry.
B. learned Miss Bradley was returning from her sister’s wedding.
C. was surprised to learn that the crossing would take longer.
D. took steps to avoid travelling further with Miss Bradley.
7.4. What happened in the Customs Hall in Dover?
A. The narrator decided to go through customs with Miss Bradley.
B. Miss Bradley asked the narrator to look after her belongings.
C. The narrator left Miss Bradley to carry her luggage herself.
D. All the suitcases had to be opened by customs officers.
7.5. At the end of the story, the narrator
A. seems grateful that Miss Bradley joined him in Calais.
B. realises Miss Bradley was not as helpless as he had thought.
C. regrets having left Miss Bradley without helping her more.
D. feels ashamed of what happened to Miss Bradley.
PRZENIEŚ ROZWIĄZANIA NA KARTĘ ODPOWIEDZI!
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Odpowiedź na podstawie oficjalnego klucza CKE (plik 'jezyk-angielski-2015-maj-matura-stara-rozszerzona-odpowiedzi', wspólny dla arkusza I i II poziomu rozszerzonego "starego" (formuła sprzed 2015), maj 2015). Zadanie 7 (tekst czytany): 7.1 = B, 7.2 = D, 7.3 = D, 7.4 = A, 7.5 = B.
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