{"id":"jezyk-angielski-2024-grudzien-probna-rozszerzona/zad/4","paper_id":"jezyk-angielski-2024-grudzien-probna-rozszerzona","number":"4","points":5,"ptype":"closed","subject":"jezyk-angielski","category":"probna","year":2024,"month":"grudzien","level":"rozszerzona","text":"Zadanie 4. (0-5)\nPrzeczytaj tekst, który został podzielony na cztery części (A-D), oraz pytania go\ndotyczące (4.1.-4.5.). Do każdego pytania dopasuj właściwą część tekstu. Wpisz\nrozwiązania do tabeli.\nUwaga: w jednej części tekstu znajdują się odpowiedzi na dwa pytania.\nIn which paragraph does the author\n4.1. give the initial aim of spelling competitions?\n4.2. refer to a growth in the number of participants in a competition?\n4.3. mention the mistake she made when she took part in a spelling bee?\n4.4. suggest why she refused to be involved in a spelling bee as an adult?\n4.5. express her disapproval of the way the winners are selected in spelling bees?\nTHE HISTORY OF THE SPELLING BEE\nA. Every year in May, hundreds of kids from all over the United States arrive in Washington,\nD.C., having sacrificed hundreds of hours to a peculiar kind of study. In the most extreme\ncases, they try to memorize every word in a nearly-3,000-page dictionary. I know what it\nis like because I was one of them. In 1996, as a 12-year-old girl, I won my school spelling\nbee, a district spelling bee and then the New York City regional finals. After all that,\nI stood apprehensively on the stage of the Scripps National Spelling Bee in Washington\nfor seven rounds, until I misspelled “erythema” (meaning skin redness).\nB. The skill of spelling correctly has long been held in high regard by Americans, with\nspelling contests dating back to the 1800s. They may have been inspired by the\npublication of the Blue-backed Speller by Noah Webster. The book helped standardize\nthe American English spelling of words. And there was no better way to teach kids these\nspellings than to get them involved in spelling contests. In the 19th century the practice of\nspelling competitions spread throughout the United States and was even mentioned in\nliterature, for example in The Adventures of Tom Sawyer.\nC. It was also in the 19th century that the spelling contests started being called “spelling\nbees”. Widespread interest in them led to a new development - the National Spelling\nBee. The first one took place in 1925 in the form of a single 90-minute session, and there\nwere only nine competitors. At the time the organizers couldn’t have known that the\nfollowing editions would attract more and more students, reaching up to 11 million\nannually. I should have felt proud of being part of such an event. But in 1996 I lost, and\nonly this mattered to me.\nMJAP-R0-100\nD. In 1997, I set out to compete again and I won. My accomplishment was great, but even\nthough I was a kid, the process of elimination of the bee participants one by one seemed\ncruel to me. It hurt me then and it still hurts those who lose today. At the award banquet,\nkids are told that there are no losers in spelling bees. But a handful of the finalists are\nseated on a stage, displayed as models to the others. I didn’t get to sit on that stage in\n1996. When I was asked to return to the bee as a judge years later, I turned the offer\ndown. Instead, I threw myself into software engineering. It requires intense concentration\nand precision just like a “spelling bee”, but the accomplishments belong to the team.\nNa podstawie: www.smithsonianmag.com\nPRZENIEŚ ROZWIĄZANIA NA KARTĘ ODPOWIEDZI!\nMJAP-R0-100","answer":null,"answer_text":"4. Jeżeli lukę należy uzupełnić wyrazem/wyrazami o niskiej frekwencji w języku angielskim,\ndopuszczalne są błędy językowe i/lub ortograficzne, o ile nie zakłócają komunikacji,\na odpowiedź wskazuje, że zdający zrozumiał tekst.","solution":null,"image":"img/jezyk-angielski-2024-grudzien-probna-rozszerzona/zad-4.webp","solution_image":null,"topics":null,"page_from":6,"source":"ocr","answer_source":null,"answer_text_source":"ocr","solution_source":null,"text_source":"ocr","source_label":"Język angielski · Matura próbna · grudzień 2024 (rozszerzona)","subject_label":"Język angielski","category_label":"Matura próbna","text_html":"

Zadanie 4. (0-5)
Przeczytaj tekst, który został podzielony na cztery części (A-D), oraz pytania go
dotyczące (4.1.-4.5.). Do każdego pytania dopasuj właściwą część tekstu. Wpisz
rozwiązania do tabeli.
Uwaga: w jednej części tekstu znajdują się odpowiedzi na dwa pytania.
In which paragraph does the author
4.1. give the initial aim of spelling competitions?
4.2. refer to a growth in the number of participants in a competition?
4.3. mention the mistake she made when she took part in a spelling bee?
4.4. suggest why she refused to be involved in a spelling bee as an adult?
4.5. express her disapproval of the way the winners are selected in spelling bees?
THE HISTORY OF THE SPELLING BEE
A. Every year in May, hundreds of kids from all over the United States arrive in Washington,
D.C., having sacrificed hundreds of hours to a peculiar kind of study. In the most extreme
cases, they try to memorize every word in a nearly-3,000-page dictionary. I know what it
is like because I was one of them. In 1996, as a 12-year-old girl, I won my school spelling
bee, a district spelling bee and then the New York City regional finals. After all that,
I stood apprehensively on the stage of the Scripps National Spelling Bee in Washington
for seven rounds, until I misspelled “erythema” (meaning skin redness).
B. The skill of spelling correctly has long been held in high regard by Americans, with
spelling contests dating back to the 1800s. They may have been inspired by the
publication of the Blue-backed Speller by Noah Webster. The book helped standardize
the American English spelling of words. And there was no better way to teach kids these
spellings than to get them involved in spelling contests. In the 19th century the practice of
spelling competitions spread throughout the United States and was even mentioned in
literature, for example in The Adventures of Tom Sawyer.
C. It was also in the 19th century that the spelling contests started being called “spelling
bees”. Widespread interest in them led to a new development - the National Spelling
Bee. The first one took place in 1925 in the form of a single 90-minute session, and there
were only nine competitors. At the time the organizers couldn’t have known that the
following editions would attract more and more students, reaching up to 11 million
annually. I should have felt proud of being part of such an event. But in 1996 I lost, and
only this mattered to me.
MJAP-R0-100
D. In 1997, I set out to compete again and I won. My accomplishment was great, but even
though I was a kid, the process of elimination of the bee participants one by one seemed
cruel to me. It hurt me then and it still hurts those who lose today. At the award banquet,
kids are told that there are no losers in spelling bees. But a handful of the finalists are
seated on a stage, displayed as models to the others. I didn’t get to sit on that stage in

\n
  1. When I was asked to return to the bee as a judge years later, I turned the offer
\n

down. Instead, I threw myself into software engineering. It requires intense concentration
and precision just like a “spelling bee”, but the accomplishments belong to the team.
Na podstawie: www.smithsonianmag.com
PRZENIEŚ ROZWIĄZANIA NA KARTĘ ODPOWIEDZI!
MJAP-R0-100

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  1. Jeżeli lukę należy uzupełnić wyrazem/wyrazami o niskiej frekwencji w języku angielskim,
\n

dopuszczalne są błędy językowe i/lub ortograficzne, o ile nie zakłócają komunikacji,
a odpowiedź wskazuje, że zdający zrozumiał tekst.

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