Rod Stewart has had a lifelong obsession with model railways. For over 25 years, he built an elaborate model railway in his home that measures 40 meters long and 7 meters wide. When he moved, it took 7 shipping containers to transport. The process of constructing the detailed model city that accompanies the railway brought him great joy.
Rod Stewart has had a lifelong obsession with model railways. For over 25 years, he built an elaborate model railway in his home that measures 40 meters long and 7 meters wide. When he moved, it took 7 shipping containers to transport. The process of constructing the detailed model city that accompanies the railway brought him great joy.
Rod Stewart has had a lifelong obsession with model railways. For over 25 years, he built an elaborate model railway in his home that measures 40 meters long and 7 meters wide. When he moved, it took 7 shipping containers to transport. The process of constructing the detailed model city that accompanies the railway brought him great joy.
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1 Usłyszysz dwukrotnie trzy teksty. Zakreśl te A LIFELONG OBSESSION
odpowiedzi A-C lub A-D, które są właściwe i zgodne z A treścią nagrań. When someone moves home from one country to another, packing and shipping can be a major headache. However, Text 1 rock star Rod Stewart’s move from Los Angeles to Essex 1 Which is true about Louis? involved something much more difficult than even the A He has started to worry about losing his hair. largest item of furniture. For over a quarter of a century, B He never knows what to wear when going out with Rod has been building himself a huge model railway. In fact, Melissa. one of the reasons why he chose his LA home was because C He doesn’t realise how Melissa feels about being he realised that its enormous attic space would be an ideal punctual. place to make his dream come true. And he certainly made Text 2 the most of the space as his layout measures almost 40 2 Which of the following is stated in the dialogue as a fact, metres in length by 7 metres in width. not an opinion? B A Jason’s body language shows his arrogance. Rod’s love of model railways goes back a lot further than B Jason is very sure of himself. the twenty-five years he has spent building his model. He C Jason isn’t very talkative. has been mad about trains since childhood but the reason Text 3 why is unclear. He grew up next to a real train line in north 3 The speaker explains that one of the reasons why people London and it has been said that, while on holiday, he use masking is to spotted a model train set in a shop and fell in love with it. A avoid being bullied. He has even jokingly complained about the time when he B be accepted by others. received a guitar as a Christmas present rather than the C prevent depression. hoped for train set. Of course, he knows as well as anyone D control their aggression. that the guitar he received played a major part in him being able to afford to take his hobby to such extremes, so we 4 The speaker’s comment about a family gathering suggests shouldn’t take his comment too seriously. that A masking in this situation is natural. C B we may be influenced in our views by relatives. Rod takes great pride in the work he has put into his model C elderly people also mask their personality. railway and he has created a whole model city to go with it. D we should be open to a range of different opinions. In fact, he has stated that he got more pleasure out of building the skyscrapers, docks and pavements than the 5 What is the final message the speaker gives his listeners? actual railway and he has done his best to make it as A Masking is a sign of an unhealthy relationship. authentic as possible. His feelings are so strong, that when B There should be no need for masking in a healthy a radio DJ suggested that Rod must have had help in society. building such a huge model, he rang up the radio station C The use of masking hides personality problems. personally to put them right and explain that, apart from D Avoiding masking can help us improve our friendships. some of the electrical work, everything was his work. ____ / 10 D In other interviews, Rod has shared more details of the 2 Przeczytaj tekst, który został podzielony na cztery lengthy process of creating the model railway. Even when części, oraz pytania go dotyczące. Do każdego pytania 1-5 on tour he made sure that his record company provided dopasuj właściwą część tekstu A-D. W jednej części tekstu him with accommodation big enough to allow him to znajdują się odpowiedzi na dwa pytania. construct bits of scenery in his free time between concerts and rehearsals. In 2019, he finally completed his vision but In which paragraph does the author ... his work hasn’t finished. To get it back to the UK, he has 1 give an example of Rod’s sense of humour? ____ had to pack it into seven huge shipping containers and, 2 refer to a mistaken comment? ____ once it has arrived, he’ll have to reassemble it. I just hope 3 compare a task with similar challenges faced by other his new attic is capable of holding it all. people? ____ ____ / 10 4 mention a request and the reason for it? ____ 5 explain why a purchase was made? ____
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właściwą tak, aby otrzymać logiczny i gramatycznie ________________________________________________ poprawny tekst. ________________________________________________ Following in the family footsteps ________________________________________________ What do Angelina Jolie, Dakota Johnson and Michael Douglas have in common? They are all children of famous ________________________________________________ actors. Of course not every child is capable 1 ____ the same ________________________________________________ level of success as their parents and some would rather not ________________________________________________ have to 2 ____ the pressures of trying to follow in their parents’ footsteps. However, it isn’t rare to see children of ________________________________________________ celebrities becoming famous themselves. ________________________________________________ It isn’t just a phenomenon amongst celebrities. A survey has found that the children of doctors are twenty-four ________________________________________________ times as likely to become doctors themselves than other ________________________________________________ children. Another job which often sees children take after ________________________________________________ their parents is farming. This is perhaps not surprising as they become 3 ____ with farm life from a young age. ________________________________________________ In many professions, it is often 4 ____ as inevitable that ________________________________________________ children will follow their parents’ lead. It is also natural that children look up to their parents and 5 ____ to be as ________________________________________________ successful as their parents are. And perhaps this is the ________________________________________________ biggest factor of all. Children often tend to take after their ________________________________________________ parents in their choice of career because they just can’t imagine doing anything else. ________________________________________________ ________________________________________________ 1 A for achieving B to achieve ________________________________________________ C of achieving D that they achieve ________________________________________________ 2 ________________________________________________ A have a go at B take pride in ________________________________________________ C rebel against D cope with ________________________________________________ 3 A interested B familiar ________________________________________________ C competent D skilled ________________________________________________ 4 ________________________________________________ A regarded B grasped C convinced D related ________________________________________________ 5 ________________________________________________ A aspire B appeal ________________________________________________ C realise D compromise ____ / 10 ________________________________________________ ________________________________________________ 4 Wiele firm wymaga od swoich pracowników ________________________________________________ przestrzegania zasad dotyczących ubioru, zabraniając eksponowania tatuaży oraz przychodzenia do pracy w ________________________________________________ niekonwencjonalnym stroju. Napisz rozprawkę, w której ________________________________________________ przedstawisz zalety i wady wprowadzenia takich zasad w miejscu pracy. ________________________________________________ ________________________________________________ Wypowiedź powinna zawierać od 200 do 250 słów. ____ / 13
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