CENTRALNA KOMISJA EGZAMINACYJNA

JĘZYKÓW OBCYCH
MINISTERSTWA OBRONY NARODOWEJ
LEVEL 2: READING

TASK ONE
Read the text and choose the right answer.

SURFING IN WALES
THIS time last year, Ryanair began flying from London Stansted to Newquay on the north
coast of Cornwall, creating a wave of excitement among surfers in the South East. Now the first
air link between London and Wales in more than 35 years is about to begin, opening up even more
of Britain’s best west-coast surfing beaches. From Monday, Air Wales will link London City
airport to Swansea, a one hour 20 minute journey, taking surfers close to the beaches of the Gower
peninsula — where the waves are as challenging as those in Cornwall. Most visitors are expected
to move towards the endless sand beach of Llangennith, where white water waves come straight
from the Atlantic, making it one of the best places to surf in the UK.
On a sunny summer’s day, the campsite behind the dunes looks as one from southern
California, with campervans, tents and caravans surrounded by surfboards and wetsuits, and
surfers of all ages, shapes and sizes marching through the dunes to and from the sea.
The scenery is amazing (Gower was Britain’s first designated Area of Outstanding Natural
Beauty), and there is also a good selection of bars, restaurants and accommodation.
Swansea’s nightlife is within easy reach, with its infamous “Mumbles Mile”, where local
surfers, students and professionals mix in bars, restaurants, clubs and curry houses.
More experienced surfers will probably move towards the area’s more challenging reef breaks,
such as Pete’s Reef, just to the south of Llangennith. It is named after Pete Jones, better known as
PJ, a Gower surf legend who runs a surf shop and school above Llangennith.
The reefs can get busy, and the standard of surfing locally is high (many of the UK’s best
surfers are from Gower, such as longboarder “Guts” Griffiths and Carwyn Williams, both
European champions in their time), so don’t expect to paddle out here and catch every wave that
comes your way.
Even if the waves are not good enough on your visit, there’s still plenty of outdoor action
available — windsurfing, kitesurfing, cycling or mountain biking around the peninsula, hiking the
coast paths, or sitting outside the King’s Arms in Llangennith having a pint of good lager.
And when you’re exhausted, throw your board in its bag, head for the airport, and you can
be back in London in just over an hour.
“Tidy,” as the locals say.

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1. Surfers in the South East got excited last year because …
A. more new beaches were opened in Cornwall
B. it became easier to get to beaches in Cornwall
C. they could finally surf off beaches in Cornwall
2. The Gower peninsula is …
A. in Cornwall
B. close to Swansea
C. next to Newquay
3. A campsite in Gower looks like a place in Southern California because...
A. it is a very sunny place
B. it has the same scenery
C. there are crowds of surfers
4. “Mumbles Mile” is …
A. the name of an infamous pub
B. a place to meet people after surfing
C. a dangerous place to go
5. Pete’s reef …
A. gets it name from a local surfer
B. is a good place for learning surfing
C. is becoming more and more popular
6. The Gower peninsula is worth visiting because...
A. you can always find space to surf
B. there are always good conditions to surf
C. there is plenty to do in the area
7. The text is about...
A. an excellent surfing resort in Wales
B. a newly discovered surfing paradise
C. a weekend offer by Air Wales

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TASK TWO
In this task six phrases have been removed from a text and placed at the bottom. An extra phrase
has been included. You must decide which sentence goes into which gap and write the letter in the
box below the sentences. An example has been done for you.

OIL FROM IRAQ: AN ISRAELI PIPEDREAM?

IT is said that Israel will benefit greatly ... (0) …(example), mainly because there will be
no President Saddam Hussein, its great enemy and no threat from the weapons of mass
destruction. However, it seems the Israelis have also other things in mind.
Haaretz, in his report from 31 March, pointed to another benefit. He said that the minister
for national infrastructures Joseph Paritzky … (8) … the oil pipeline from Mosul to the
Mediterranean port of Haifa. This pipeline has been closed for a very long time now. Because
Israel hasn’t got enough energy resources of its own and … (9) …, reopening the pipeline would
change its economy. Of course, the new Iraqi government would have to agree to restart supplies
from Mosul to Haifa.
Paritzky said he was sure the USA would agree with … (10) … . According to Western
diplomats in the region, the USA has discussed this with Iraqi opposition groups. Some of them
say that the Bush administration has said it will not agree to stop UN sanctions on Iraq … (11) ….
There is a theory that Bush's war is part of a masterplan to change the shape of the Middle
East to serve Israel's interests. Haaretz quoted Paritzky as saying that the pipeline project is
economically very important because … (12) … .
It is not surprising that US tries to get Iraqi oil to Israel. According to 1975 Memorandum
of Understanding (MoU), the US guaranteed that Israel … (13) … . Moreover, the USA agreed to
send oil from its home market, and also guaranteed transportation of the promised oil in its own
tankers if there would be any problems with commercial shippers.

… A … from the US led war on Iraq (example)

… B ... if Saddam's successors don’t agree to sell oil to Israel
… C ... it would dramatically lower Israel's energy bill
… D ... would get all needed oil if there is a crisis
… E ... it would be a very good contract
… F ... was thinking about opening
… G ... the idea of reopening the pipeline
… H ... buys expensive oil from Russia

0 8 9 10 11 12 13
A

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TASK THREE
Read the text and mark the sentences 14 to 20 as true (T) or false (F).

CLASSROOM ANARCHY
PUPILS’ misbehaviour in the classroom is one of the most quoted problems that teachers
have, and one on which there is often conflict between them and parents.
The sad truth is that teachers seem to have fewer and fewer options. Thier day is a battle to keep in
the classroom children who show no interest in learning,.
Ofsted’s chief inspector, David Bell, wrote in his latest report that there is a “hard core of
pupils with no social skills” whose language is “impolite” and who have “little or no
understanding of how to behave sensibly”. They are, he said, “unteachable”.
If the situation at schools is getting worse, and the control of parents over their kids is
weaker, then the number of teachers leaving the profession, now one in three, will also grow. One
Leeds deputy head teacher with 30 years’ experience is in no doubt. “Some of these children are
coming through secondary school not properly house-trained,” he says. “They cannot sit still and
listen and, perhaps as a result of computer and television habits, they expect to be entertained
rather than to take part in an education process.
“There are serious problems with boys especially. I don’t think that people understand
how difficult the work of teachers is. They try to control and teach these children whose parents
simply can’t, or won’t, do anything with them. There was a time when parents who came into
school and asked what their child had done. Now they ask what the school has done to their child.”
Bad behaviour is not limited to teenagers from bad areas. The latest National Union of
Teachers survey shows it is common in rural and middle-class suburbs as well as inner-city areas,
and it often starts in the nursery.
Of the 2,500 teachers questioned, 80 per cent thought that standards of behaviour had gone
down during their time in teaching. They also said that even children in nursery schools are now
showing levels of unacceptable actions like, for example, bad language, dirty and offensive
comments and threats.
Professor Joan Freeman, an educational psychologist from Middlesex University, says that
teachers are not properly trained in how to deal with rude pupils. “Teachers need to be trained in
the psychology of control — they should not exclude children from school activities, but reward
them for acceptable behaviour. The prospect of exam success does not work — it is too far away. I
think that we all expect too much of teachers, and if the problem turns into threats then the child
should be given professional help.”
The influence of parents can be extremely important, but many children come from over-
controlling families where they are shouted at and criticised so often that it has no effect when
used by teachers. “These children may have problems concentrating in a classroom, but they have
no problem concentrating for hours on computer games or the TV,” he says.
The Government plans to invest £470 million over the next three years in a new national
strategy to improve behaviour and attendance at schools. If it makes teachers less frustrated by the
behaviour of some pupils it will be money well spent. If not, anarchy in the classroom will only
get worse.

14. The main problem in education is the conflict between teachers and parents. (…...)
15. It is possible that more teachers will soon leave their profession. (…...)
16. Parents behave in the same way now as in the past. (…...)
17. Children from “good” districts can cause problems. (…...)
18. Professor Freeman says that nothing can be done to cure the situation. (…...)
19. If parents control their children it always brings good results. (…...)
20. The government will do something to change the situation in schools. (…...)