{"id":"jezyk-angielski-2016-maj-matura-stara-rozszerzona-2/zad/7","paper_id":"jezyk-angielski-2016-maj-matura-stara-rozszerzona-2","number":"7","points":5,"ptype":"closed","subject":"jezyk-angielski","category":"matura","year":2016,"month":"maj","level":"rozszerzona","text":"Zadanie 7. (5 pkt)\nPrzeczytaj tekst. Z podanych odpowiedzi wybierz właściwą, zgodną z treścią tekstu.\nZakreśl literę A, B, C albo D. Za każde poprawne rozwiązanie otrzymasz 1 punkt.\nTHE PAINTING\nStrickland made no particular impression on the people who came in contact with him.\nTo them he was no more than a man in constant need of cash, remarkable only for the fact\nthat he painted pictures which seemed ridiculous to them; and it was not until he had been\ndead for some years that the dealers from Paris and Berlin came to look for any pictures\nwhich might still remain on the island where he created his best works. They remembered that\nthey could have cheaply bought canvases which were now worth large sums, and they could\nnot forgive themselves for the opportunity which had escaped them.\nThere was a trader called Cohen, who had once come by one of Strickland’s pictures. He was\na little old Frenchman, half trader and half seaman. I went to see him and began to talk to him\nabout Strickland. He had known Strickland well. “You see, I wasn’t interested in him because\nhe was a painter,” he told me. “We hardly get any painters in the islands, and I was sorry for\nhim. I gave him his first job shortly after we’d met. I had a plantation, and I wanted\na supervisor. You never get any good work from workers unless you have a man over them.\nSo I allowed him plenty of time for painting, and he could earn a bit of money. I knew he was\nstarving so I offered him good wages.”\n“I can’t imagine that he was a very satisfactory supervisor,” I said, smiling.\n“You got that right! He only remained a few months. When he had enough money to buy\npaints and canvases he left me. But I continued to see him once in a while. He would turn up\nand stay for a few days; he’d get money out of someone and then disappear again. It was on\none of these startling visits that he asked for the loan of two hundred francs to settle his debts.\nHe looked as if he hadn’t had a meal for a week, and I didn’t have the heart to refuse him.\nOf course, I never thought I would see my money again. Well, a year later he came to see me,\nand he brought a picture. He did not mention the money he owed me, but delivered a picture\nthat he’d painted for me.”\n“What was it like?” I asked.\n“Do not ask me. I could not make head or tail of it. So I took it into the attic and put it away\nwith all sorts of rubbish. Then, after thirty years, my brother wrote to me from Paris\ninterrogating whether I knew anything about an English painter who used to live in Tahiti.\nIt turned out that his pictures fetched large prices, and my brother thought there was money\nto be made. So, my wife and I went up to the attic, and there, among piles of rubbish was\nthe picture we never hung in our house. I looked at it again and so did my wife. We didn’t see\nanything in the picture. My wife even thought that my brother must have gone crazy\nif he wanted that thing. It depicted a plantation of coconuts with blue leaves, something never\nand nowhere seen before. Well, we sent it to my brother. When I received a letter from him,\nI couldn’t believe my eyes. What do you think he said? He confessed that he thought it was\na joke that I had played on him. He would not have given the cost of postage for the picture.\nImagine his surprise when the trader stated it was a masterpiece, and offered him thirty\nthousand francs. He would have paid more, but frankly my brother was so taken aback that\nhe’d lost his head. He accepted the offer before he was able to collect himself.”\nadapted from Moon and Sixpence by William Somerset Maugham\nPoziom rozszerzony - część II\nMJA_1R\n7.1. In the first paragraph, we learn that Strickland\nA. regularly lacked money.\nB. refused to trade his paintings to art dealers.\nC. kept his profession secret from local people.\nD. found it difficult to paint while living on the island.\n7.2. What made Cohen hire Strickland?\nA. A long-lasting friendship.\nB. A keen interest in art.\nC. A desperate need for profit.\nD. A desire to help.\n7.3. 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Zadanie 7. (5 pkt)
Przeczytaj tekst. Z podanych odpowiedzi wybierz właściwą, zgodną z treścią tekstu.
Zakreśl literę A, B, C albo D. Za każde poprawne rozwiązanie otrzymasz 1 punkt.
THE PAINTING
Strickland made no particular impression on the people who came in contact with him.
To them he was no more than a man in constant need of cash, remarkable only for the fact
that he painted pictures which seemed ridiculous to them; and it was not until he had been
dead for some years that the dealers from Paris and Berlin came to look for any pictures
which might still remain on the island where he created his best works. They remembered that
they could have cheaply bought canvases which were now worth large sums, and they could
not forgive themselves for the opportunity which had escaped them.
There was a trader called Cohen, who had once come by one of Strickland’s pictures. He was
a little old Frenchman, half trader and half seaman. I went to see him and began to talk to him
about Strickland. He had known Strickland well. “You see, I wasn’t interested in him because
he was a painter,” he told me. “We hardly get any painters in the islands, and I was sorry for
him. I gave him his first job shortly after we’d met. I had a plantation, and I wanted
a supervisor. You never get any good work from workers unless you have a man over them.
So I allowed him plenty of time for painting, and he could earn a bit of money. I knew he was
starving so I offered him good wages.”
“I can’t imagine that he was a very satisfactory supervisor,” I said, smiling.
“You got that right! He only remained a few months. When he had enough money to buy
paints and canvases he left me. But I continued to see him once in a while. He would turn up
and stay for a few days; he’d get money out of someone and then disappear again. It was on
one of these startling visits that he asked for the loan of two hundred francs to settle his debts.
He looked as if he hadn’t had a meal for a week, and I didn’t have the heart to refuse him.
Of course, I never thought I would see my money again. Well, a year later he came to see me,
and he brought a picture. He did not mention the money he owed me, but delivered a picture
that he’d painted for me.”
“What was it like?” I asked.
“Do not ask me. I could not make head or tail of it. So I took it into the attic and put it away
with all sorts of rubbish. Then, after thirty years, my brother wrote to me from Paris
interrogating whether I knew anything about an English painter who used to live in Tahiti.
It turned out that his pictures fetched large prices, and my brother thought there was money
to be made. So, my wife and I went up to the attic, and there, among piles of rubbish was
the picture we never hung in our house. I looked at it again and so did my wife. We didn’t see
anything in the picture. My wife even thought that my brother must have gone crazy
if he wanted that thing. It depicted a plantation of coconuts with blue leaves, something never
and nowhere seen before. Well, we sent it to my brother. When I received a letter from him,
I couldn’t believe my eyes. What do you think he said? He confessed that he thought it was
a joke that I had played on him. He would not have given the cost of postage for the picture.
Imagine his surprise when the trader stated it was a masterpiece, and offered him thirty
thousand francs. He would have paid more, but frankly my brother was so taken aback that
he’d lost his head. He accepted the offer before he was able to collect himself.”
adapted from Moon and Sixpence by William Somerset Maugham
Poziom rozszerzony - część II
MJA_1R
7.1. In the first paragraph, we learn that Strickland
A. regularly lacked money.
B. refused to trade his paintings to art dealers.
C. kept his profession secret from local people.
D. found it difficult to paint while living on the island.
7.2. What made Cohen hire Strickland?
A. A long-lasting friendship.
B. A keen interest in art.
C. A desperate need for profit.
D. A desire to help.
7.3. After leaving the job on the plantation, Strickland
A. kept away from the island.
B. relied on other people’s help.
C. settled in one place for good.
D. found a stable occupation.
7.4. The painting that Strickland gave Cohen
A. was hidden in the attic for safety reasons.
B. showed a scene that looked unrealistic.
C. was recognised as a stolen masterpiece.
D. made a positive impression on Cohen’s wife.
7.5. The text is about
A. a trader pursuing a promising career in art.
B. a painting that changed an artist’s life.
C. an artist appreciated after his death.
D. a painter who fell from grace.
PRZENIEŚ ROZWIĄZANIA NA KARTĘ ODPOWIEDZI!
Poziom rozszerzony - część II
MJA_1R

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