Zadanie 6. (0-8)
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Tekst 1.
MESSAGE IN A BOTTLE
Laura often used to stop on the beach stretching along the north side of the island and gaze
out to sea. Today the walk along the path seemed a bit unreal and scary. In the short time
since Laura had left the house a thick mist from the sea had covered a large part of the
landscape except the grey silhouette of the hill topped by St Nicholas’s chapel. The tide was
in and violent waves splashed onto the path. When she was jumping over a wave to keep
dry, she noticed a bottle. It was an ordinary glass bottle, the kind used for juice, but the label
had been removed and it had been scrubbed clean. It was lying in the centre of the path,
almost as if it had been deliberately placed there. Even before she lifted it off the sand, Laura
could see there was a note in it.
The idea of finding a message in a bottle seemed ridiculous, so she hesitated for a moment.
But she was unable to resist. Before she picked it up, she took a good look around in case
the person who’d left it there was hiding nearby. There was no one in sight. She bent down
and studied the rolled piece of paper through the glass. There was something written on it.
Before she removed the bottle top, she glanced up at the chapel, because she thought
something had moved there. For two minutes she stared upwards, but saw nothing.
What kind of people put messages in bottles? Those who love playing jokes on others and
sailors lost at sea were the only two categories Laura could think of. Since the bottle was
shiny and new and had obviously never been in the sea, sailors could be ruled out. It must
have been someone who wanted to have fun at her expense. She looked around again. No
sign of anyone.
The top twisted off effortlessly. Taking the note out was trickier. Laura managed it with the
aid of a stick. She unrolled the paper. There was something old-fashioned about the
handwriting, as if the writer had a calligrapher’s skills. In long, artistic letters were the words:
CAN I TRUST YOU?
If I had any sense, I’d throw the bottle into the nearest litter bin and forget I ever saw it, Laura
thought. But then she imagined that the writer was someone in real danger. The words went
round and round in Laura’s head. Her imagination ran wild as she tried to picture the author
of the note. What if she was the only one who could help them and she ignored their
message and walked away?
She was pretty sure it was a foolish teenager, but the possibility that it might be something
other than a joke would not leave her mind. She eventually opened her school bag and took
out a pen. Beneath the question, CAN I TRUST YOU?, she wrote in bright red capitals: YES.
Na podstawie: Dead Man’s Cove by Lauren St John
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W zadaniach 6.1.-6.4. z podanych odpowiedzi wybierz właściwą, zgodną z treścią
tekstu. Zakreśl jedną z liter: A, B, C albo D.
6.1. From the first paragraph, we learn that
A. not a single building was visible due to weather conditions.
B. Laura noticed the bottle when she tried to avoid getting her feet wet.
C. Laura was in the place which was unfamiliar to her.
D. the bottle’s label suggested it had once contained juice.
6.2. Before getting the note out of the bottle, Laura
A. realized she was being watched.
B. speculated about who might have left the message.
C. considered throwing the bottle away.
D. struggled to open the bottle.
6.3. Laura decided to respond to the message, because she
A. was impressed with the author’s handwriting.
B. felt that she knew the author.
C. she wanted to play a joke on someone.
D. couldn’t ignore the danger the writer could have been in.
6.4. Which title best matches the story?
A. A MISSING PERSON FOUND
B. A SURPRISING MEETING
C. A MYSTERIOUS FIND
D. A TEENAGER’S JOKE
PRZENIEŚ ROZWIĄZANIA NA KARTĘ ODPOWIEDZI!
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Tekst 2.
FOUND AFTER 132 YEARS
The Illman family from Perth have found the world’s oldest known message in a bottle,
almost 132 years after it was thrown into the sea. During an afternoon walk on the beach
Tonya Illman was fed up with the rubbish lying around that she decided to clean the beach
up. Among the items she put in a heap for disposal there was a bottle which had an
interesting shape. Seconds later she picked it up and noticed it contained a cigar-like object
which intrigued her.
In order to find out what it was Tonya broke the bottle and saw that it was a rolled up piece of
paper. The paper was damp, so after Tonya got home, the Illmans put it in the oven to dry it
at low temperature. When it was completely dry, they unrolled it and saw faint handwriting.
The message requested the reader to contact the German consulate when the note was
found. It was signed Paula, 12 June 1886. It later turned out that Paula wasn’t the name of
the author of the note, but the name of the ship from which the bottle was thrown into the
ocean.
When the Illmans saw the date they were doubtful about its authenticity, so they consulted
the experts at the Western Australian Museum. As they were not certain, they passed it to
the International Maritime Museum of Hamburg for further consultation, which confirmed the
message to be authentic. Incredibly, an archival search resulted in the Paula’s original
Meteorological Journal being found. In it, there was an entry made by the captain on the
same date as written on the note, stating that a bottle had been thrown into the ocean as part
of an experiment whose main focus was ocean currents and their characteristics. The
handwriting in the journal also matched the note. The bottle was thrown into the Indian
Ocean while the ship was travelling to Indonesia. It probably washed up on the Australian
coast within 12 months, where it was buried in the sand.
The Illman family have loaned the note to the Western Australian Museum where it will be
exhibited to the public for the next two years. Tonya has recently admitted that the whole
situation has been the most exciting event in her entire life. And she’s got a word of wisdom
for all the runners and strollers out there: “Things lying along your path can turn out to have
significance. All that glitters may not be gold, but not everything found on the ground is just
a piece of litter”.
Na podstawie: www.bbc.com
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6.5. After breaking the bottle, the Illmans first had to
so that they could unroll the note and read it.
6.6. In order to make sure ,
the Western Australian Museum consulted colleagues from the International Maritime
Museum of Hamburg.
6.7. The bottle was thrown into the sea as part of a study into
6.8. The story has taught Tonya
the things lying on the ground.
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