Czytanie z angielskiego, egzamin ósmoklasisty — zestaw 3

THE WALKING BUS

Every morning a group of children walks to Oakfield School together with two adults. Our «bus» has four stops and always leaves the first one at 7:50. The children wear yellow jackets, so that drivers can see them easily in autumn and winter. Families do not pay anything for this, but each of them must help once a month – one parent walks with the whole group. If you want to join us, write your child's name on the list in the school office.

• undefined. The text informs us that the walking bus A. costs a small amount of money. B. works only in autumn and winter. C. needs some help from parents.

FREE WI-FI IN CASTLE PARK

From 1st June you can use the internet in the whole park, not only near the café. You do not need a password – just choose «CastlePark» on your phone and press the green button. One connection lasts two hours; after that time you simply start again. Please remember that the network does not work after 10 p.m., because the gates of the park are closed for the night.

• undefined. This notice informs us that in Castle Park A. you have to ask for a password. B. the internet is free only near the café. C. the network is switched off at night.

From: wiktor@mail.com To: dan.hughes@mail.com Subject: Sunday instead?

Hi Dan! Thank you for inviting me to your cousin's party on Saturday. I really wanted to be there, but my grandparents are visiting us that weekend and Mum needs me at home the whole day. I know you have been planning this party for a month and I feel terrible about it. Maybe we could meet on Sunday afternoon? I could bring that board game you liked so much last time. Let me know. Wiktor

• undefined. Wiktor is writing to Dan A. to invite him to a family party. B. to explain why he cannot come. C. to ask him for a board game.

Monday, 4th November

Three weeks ago I started writing down every English word I didn't know. At the beginning I hated it – my notebook was full of long, ugly lists. Then I began drawing a tiny picture next to each word. Now I remember almost all of them, and my last test was the best one in the class. My brother laughs at my drawings, but I really don't care. I want to fill the whole notebook before Christmas.

• undefined. This note is about A. a way of learning that works for the author. B. problems with English lessons at school. C. a competition the author took part in.

THE DOCTOR AND THE PAPER TUBE

In 1816 a young French doctor, René Laennec, worked in a big hospital in Paris. One day a patient came to him with a problem with her heart. 8.1. _____ Laennec felt very uncomfortable about it, so he stood by the window and thought for a moment. Suddenly he remembered something. A few days earlier he had seen two children in the park. One of them was scratching the end of a long wooden stick, and the other one could hear that sound perfectly at the other end. 8.2. _____ Then he put one end of it on the patient's chest and the other one next to his ear. The doctor was really surprised. The heart was much louder than before and he could count every beat. 8.3. _____ Doctors all over Europe wanted one, and today this simple instrument hangs around the neck of almost every doctor in the world.

Zdania do wyboru

• A. Soon he made the same tube of wood, because paper was too soft.
• B. The girl was afraid of hospitals and did not want to speak to him.
• C. In those days doctors listened to the heart by putting an ear directly on the patient's body.
• D. Laennec took a sheet of paper from his desk and rolled it into a narrow tube.

Tekst A

YOUNG CODERS. Do you want to build your first computer game? We meet every Tuesday from 4 to 6 p.m. in room 3. You do not need any experience at all – we start from the very beginning and go slowly. There is no charge for our meetings, but you must bring your own laptop, because the centre does not have enough computers for everybody.

Tekst B

STORY WRITERS. Come to room 7 every Thursday afternoon and write with us. Our members are between ten and sixteen years old. Each meeting costs two pounds. In June we send all the texts to a small printing house, and every member receives a real book with their own story inside. Ask Mrs Fields for the application form.

Tekst C

PHOTO HUNTERS. We never meet indoors! Every Saturday morning we go to a different place in our town – the old bridge, the market square or the river. You do not have to own a camera, because the centre lends one to each member for the whole morning. Our meetings are for people aged twelve and over.

• 9.1. Which club does not ask its members for any money?
• 9.2. Which club lends equipment to its members?
• 9.3. Which club is suitable for complete beginners?
• 9.4. Which club gives every member a printed book?

Tekst 1

CLASS 8A – VISIT TO THE TOWN BAKERY, Friday, 12th May. We meet in front of the school at 7:40 a.m. The bus leaves twenty minutes later, so please do not be late. Take a warm jacket, because part of the bakery is a very cold room. Lunch is not included in the price of the trip, so everybody must bring their own sandwiches. At the end of the visit each student will bake a small loaf and take it home.

Tekst 2

OUR CLASS BLOG, 10th May. Last year I went to the same bakery with class 8B and it was the best trip of the whole year. We saw huge machines and a man who shapes two hundred rolls an hour. And the best moment? At the end the guide gave each of us a little bag of flour as a present, with the recipe for his favourite bread on it. Mine is still in our kitchen.