Zadanie 7. (5 pkt)
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THE CHAPEL
My father was the landscaper for the huge Carrington estate. With fifty acres, it was one of
the last remaining still functioning private properties of that size in Englewood, New Jersey,
an upscale town easily reached from Manhattan via the George Washington Bridge.
One Saturday afternoon in August twenty-two years ago, when I was six years old, my father
decided, even though it was his day off, that he had to go to check the newly installed outside
lighting. The Carringtons were having a formal dinner party that evening for two hundred
people. Already in trouble with his employers, Daddy knew that if the lights placed in
the garden did not function properly, it might mean the end of his job.
Because we lived alone, he had no choice but to take me with him. He seated me on a bench
in the garden with strict instructions to stay there until he came back. Then he added, “I may be
a while, so if you have to use the bathroom, go through the screen door around the corner.”
That sort of permission was exactly what I needed. I had once heard my father describe
the inside of the great stone mansion, and my imagination had gone wild. It had been built in
Wales in the seventeenth century and had a beautiful chapel. In 1848, the first Carrington had
the mansion taken down and reassembled stone by stone in Englewood.
I waited five minutes and then raced through the door. I knew from my father’s account that
the chapel had a heavy wooden door and was located at the end of the hall on the second floor.
I had to see it. The back staircase was to my right, and I made my way upstairs. If I did encounter
anyone, I planned to say that I was looking for a bathroom.
On the second floor I tiptoed down one carpeted hallway after another. Then I saw it:
the heavy wooden door my father had told me about. I rushed to open it. It squeaked as I tugged
at it, but it opened just enough for me to squeeze through.
In reality, the chapel was much smaller than I’d expected. I had pictured it as similar to
the impressive Lady Chapel in St. Patrick’s Cathedral, where my grandmother stopped to light
a candle for my mother on the rare occasions when we shopped in New York. She never failed
to tell me how beautiful my mother had looked the day she and my father were married there.
The walls and floor of this chapel were built of stone, and the air felt damp and cold.
A neglected statue of the Virgin Mary was the room’s only religious artefact, and a battery-lit
votive candle in front of it provided the dim lighting. Two rows of shaky wooden benches faced
the small wooden table that must have served as an altar.
Unexpectedly, I heard the door squeak, and I knew someone was pushing it open. I did
the only thing I could do - I ran between the benches, dropped to the ground and buried my
face in my hands.
From the voices I could hear that a man and a woman had entered the chapel. Their whispers,
harsh and angry, echoed against the stone. The woman was demanding money, and the man
was saying that he had already paid her enough. Then she said, “This will be the last time,
I swear,” and he said, “I heard that song before.”
adapted from I Heard That Song Before by Mary Higgins Clark
Poziom rozszerzony - część II
MJA_1R
7.1. Which statement is TRUE about the Carrington estate?
A. It wasn’t accessible via the George Washington Bridge.
B. It was one of the largest properties in the area.
C. It gave the impression of being an abandoned property.
D. It was the last private property in Englewood.
7.2. The narrator’s father went to the estate on Saturday because he
A. wanted to make sure the garden was properly lit.
B. was invited to attend a reception there.
C. wanted to make up for a day off.
D. was sent for to fix broken lighting.
7.3. On the way to the chapel, the narrator
A. encountered some strangers.
B. lost her sense of direction.
C. relied on her father’s description.
D. was thinking about her mother.
7.4. From the text we find out that the chapel in Carringtons’ mansion was
A. added after the house was reassembled.
B. different from what the narrator had imagined.
C. the place where the narrator’s parents got married.
D. crammed with impressive religious objects.
7.5. While the narrator was in the chapel, she
A. hid behind the wooden altar.
B. lit a votive candle.
C. talked to a stranger.
D. overheard an argument.
PRZENIEŚ ROZWIĄZANIA NA KARTĘ ODPOWIEDZI!
Poziom rozszerzony - część II
MJA_1R
Odpowiedź na podstawie oficjalnego klucza CKE (plik 'jezyk-angielski-2018-maj-matura-stara-rozszerzona-odpowiedzi', wspólny dla arkusza I i II poziomu rozszerzonego "starego" (formuła sprzed 2015), maj 2018). Zadanie 7 (tekst czytany): 7.1 = B, 7.2 = A, 7.3 = C, 7.4 = B, 7.5 = D.
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