Gimnazjum z Oddziałami Integracyjnymi nr 82
im. prof. Tadeusza Kotarbińskiego
w Warszawie, ul. Czumy 8
MIĘDZYSZKOLNY KONKURS JĘZYKA ANGIELSKIEGO
„BRAINSTORM”
II ETAP
(time – 80 min.)
USE OF ENGLISH
Part 1 (10 points)
Complete the second sentence so that it means the same as the first sentence. Do not change
the given word.
1. In your opinion, who’s going to win the Cup? (think)
Who do ................................................................................... win the Cup?
2. Jane and Mike’s wedding is next Saturday. (getting)
Jane and Mike ............................................................................. next Saturday.
3. I wanted to call you yesterday, but I forgot. (going)
I .............................................................................. call you yesterday, but I forgot.
4. When I lived in Chicago cycling to work was part of my daily routine. (used)
When I lived in Chicago I ................................................................................... day.
5. This has been my house for twenty years. (lived)
I .............................................................................................. for twenty years.
6. Getting up early makes me feel angry. (get)
If .................................................................................... makes me feel angry.
7. When you eat a lot, you get fat. (more)
The ..................................................................................... you get.
8. You can’t borrow my pencil! (won’t)
I ........................................................................................borrow my pencil.
9. Sue thought it would be a good idea for me to see a doctor. (advised)
Sue ...................................................................................... see a doctor.
10. They said they would like me to stay with them in Warsaw. (invited)
They ............................................................................... stay with them in Warsaw.
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Gimnazjum z Oddziałami Integracyjnymi nr 82
im. prof. Tadeusza Kotarbińskiego
w Warszawie, ul. Czumy 8
Part 2 (12 points)
Use the word in bold to form a word for each space.
One
cold
and
(1).......................................
(storm)
night,
a
group
of
–
ghost
(2)........................................... (hunt) went on a trip to Dark Towers, which is a
(3).......................................... (haunt) castle in a remote part of Scotland. They walked
(4)............................................(slow) into the (5)................................................... (mystery)
castle and began to look around. There were no lights, so they used torches as they searched.
The
(6)......................................................
(silent)
of
the
castle
was
very
(7)................................................ (frighten), so they stayed together for safety. Suddenly, they
saw a (8).............................................. (ghost) figure on the stairs. Through the
(9).................................................. (dark) they could see that it was a woman in a long dress.
She
was
crying
(10)........................................................(quiet).
(11)................................................(scare)
that
the
ghost
–
The
ghost
hunters
all
was
so
screamed
(12).................................................... (loud) and ran out of the castle. They never went back
again.
READING
Part 1 (7 points)
Decide if these sentences are true or false. Write T for true and F for false.
Henry Ford was born in 1863 in the state of Michigan. He grew up on a farm, but he
did not want to become a farmer. He left school when he was sixteen. He wanted to make cars
so he went to work as a mechanic.
In 1986 Ford built his first car. This car was very different from the cars of today. For
example, its wheels were bicycle wheels.
In 1902 Ford built a car that won an important race. This car was the fastest car that
had ever been built. It went seventy miles per hour. By then Ford had enough money to start
the Ford Motor Company.
At this time, cars cost a lot of money. Only very rich people bought cars. Ford had a
dream. He wanted to build a car that many people could afford. Ford was sure that, if people
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im. prof. Tadeusza Kotarbińskiego
w Warszawie, ul. Czumy 8
could afford cars, they would buy them. He said: “Everybody wants to be somewhere he
isn’t.”
Ford’s plan was to make all his cars the same. Cars that are all the same take less time
and less money to make. Then Ford could charge less money for these cars. In 1908 Ford
produced his famous Model T Ford. The Model T sold for $850. This was much cheaper than
other cars but still more than most people could pay.
One day Ford visited a meat-packing factory. There he saw animal carcasses being
moved from one worker to another. Each worker had a particular job to do when a carcass
reached him. Ford realised that he could use this assembly line method to build cars.
It took less than two hours to build a car on the assembly line. Before, it took fourteen
hours. Ford was able to drop the price of the Model T to $265.
Ford’s dream had come true. The Model T was now a car that many people could
afford. By 1927, when Ford stopped making the Model T, over 15 million of these cars had
been sold.
1. Henry Ford left school when he was sixteen.
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2. Ford built a car that went seventy miles per hour .
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3. Only very poor people bought cars.
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4. Ford said: “Everybody wants to be what he isn’t.”
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5. The 1908 Model T cost more than most people could pay.
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6. Before the assembly line, it took fourteen hours to build two cars.
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7. Ford dropped the price of the Model T by $585.
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Part 2 (5 points)
Finish the sentences with correct information.
Personal computers, or PCs, are an important part of our everyday lives. Many people
cannot imagine life without them. One of the most important people in making these
machines work is Bill Gates.
Bill Gates was born in 1955 in Washington State. He grew up in a rich family. His
parents sent him to private school. There he met his business partner, Paul Allen. When they
were in the eighth grade, they were writing programs for business computers and making
money.
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im. prof. Tadeusza Kotarbińskiego
w Warszawie, ul. Czumy 8
In 1973, Gates was accepted at Harvard University. His parents were happy. They
thought he would get over his obsession with computers and become a lawyer like his father.
Two years later, Gates dropped out of Harvard to work on a computer program with his friend
Allen. They worked eighteen hours a day in a dormitory room at Harvard. They were writing
the program that would run one of the first personal computers. In 1975, they created a
company called Microsoft to sell their product.
Allen became ill with cancer and left Microsoft in 1983. He recovered a few years
later and started his own company. Meanwhile, Microsoft became a giant company. By 1990,
at the age of thirty-four, Gates was the youngest billionaire in the history of the United States.
He was the “King of Software”. He achieved his success with a lot of hard work. For more
than ten years, he worked sixteen-hour days, seven days a week. He had a dream and the will
to succeed. By 1997, he was the richest man in the United States.
1. Bill Gates was born in ............................................................................... .
2. In 1973, Bill Gates was accepted at .......................................................... .
3. Bill Gates’s parents wanted him to become a ........................................... .
4. Paul Allen left Microsoft because ............................................................. .
5. In 1990, Bill Gates became the youngest.................................................. in U.S. history.
REAGOWANIE JĘZYKOWE
Part 1 (10 points)
Write your reaction to these situations:
1. Kolega proponuje Ci wspólny wyjazd w góry w czasie ferii zimowych. Odmów
grzecznie,
tłumacząc, że masz inne plany.
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im. prof. Tadeusza Kotarbińskiego
w Warszawie, ul. Czumy 8
2. Poproś o zamknięcie okna.
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3. Zapytaj, jak dotrzeć do najbliższego kina.
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4. Napisz pocztówkę do rodziców na dowolny temat /20 – 30 słów/.
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5. Potrąciłeś pasażera w autobusie. Przeproś i wyraź nadzieję, że nic mu się nie stało.
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Good luck!
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