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5B UNIT TEST Imię i nazwisko: _______________________________

Listening run up to elections that I seriously thought about not even going
to the polling station. Anyway, in the end I did. Firstly, I’ve
1 Listen to the conversation between Millie and always felt it was an honour to be able to have a truly
democratic say in the way the country is run. Plus, I knew I’d
Adam. Are the statements 1–5 true (T) or false (F)? get a lot of stick from friends and family if I didn’t use my vote.
1 You need to be involved in politics in order to start Ultimately though, I have to say it was one of the smaller
a citizens' committee. T/F independent parties that really won me over and lead to me
2 A citizens' committee must be a group of seven people voting for a different party for the first time in years. They had
of different nationalities. T/F sound convincing policies overall, and their three-pronged
approach to health, education and the environment really
3 Collecting signatures requires speaking to members impressed me. I know the polls said they didn’t have a chance,
of the public on the streets. T/F but I did begin to believe for a little while they could defy the
4 Successful initiatives can relate only to limited areas odds. Unfortunately, it wasn’t to be.
of European law. T/F
C
5 Human waste disposal is a bigger problem than clean
I am eighteen years old and today I voted for the first time in
water supplies in South Central Asia. T/F
my life. I decided early on to keep an open mind and not
__ / 5 simply be loyal to the party that my family have always
voted for – I considered it far too important to just do
somebody else’s bidding. No – before I cast a vote, I was
Reading determined from the outset to have as full an understanding
as possible on the voting options open to me and the policies
2 Read the blog entries and match texts (A-C) with the parties were pursuing. I made a list of all the pressing
the questions (1-5). issues that I felt concerned me most and started reading party
Which person manifestos. This enabled me to quite quickly eliminate
a number of parties. The next step was to talk face-to-face
1 thinks he/she should be congratulated for his/her with candidates from the remaining parties. I have to tell you,
actions? ___ I had vastly overestimated their knowledge. More than once
2 voted for a party which promised economic I found myself knowing more than they did about their own
development? ___ parties and seemingly meretricious policies. In the end, there
3 became angry with the entire election process? ___ were very few candidates left, but I still waited until the last
4 fully prepared himself/herself for the voting process? ___ minute before committing. Those I voted for didn’t get
elected, but I believe I deserve a pat on the back for sticking
5 believed for a while that his party of choice would do to my guns and voting for the party that best reflects my
the unexpected? ___ actual beliefs.

A
I’ve always voted for the same party, and the last election __ / 5
was no different. I do, however, always weigh the
consequences of my vote and am aware of the patently false
facts and blindingly obvious tactics being employed in the
war for voters. And I’ve always been willing to have a heated
debate on the door step with the local candidates when they
go canvassing the constituency. But I voted for the same
party again, and here’s why: there is a dearth of employment
opportunities in this country at present, and I believe that
a good workforce is the foundation of a strong country. Solid
industries, combined with efficient services, provide jobs for
all and, in turn, tax revenues to keep the country growing.
And that’s what I believe my vote will help to achieve.
The party has a solid policy on grass roots activities to help
communities and local businesses, is committed to providing
more funding for local authorities, and has a very strict
policy on company tax evasion. It looked slightly worrying at
one stage as they lost some ground to the opposition. But in
the end we won
B
Don’t get me wrong, I’ve never been somebody to simply toe
the party line devotedly and without reason. The fact is, the
amount of barefaced lies and underhanded tactics the party
employed in these elections simply made my blood boil.
I developed a real distrust of those that wanted my vote. There
was so much hot air throughout the whole campaign and in the
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Language functions __ / 4
3 Translate the Polish parts of the sentences into English.
1 __________________ (Nie pozwól, żeby cię to zniechęciło)
spirits. You can’t just go on winning all the time.
2 Mary has had a very good tournament overall, but by
winning the final in straight sets, she has really
__________________ (przeszła samą siebie).
3 I’m __________________ (naprawdę pod wrażeniem) by
your amazing performance yesterday.
4 What __________________ (zasługuje za szczególne
uznanie) is the residents’ involvement in the local community.
5 The implementation of this initiative is
__________________ (najprawdopodobniej poskutkuje)
increased budget spending.
__ / 5
Vocabulary
4 Complete the sentences with the missing verbs.
1 Struggling to ______ over the underprivileged voters,
the candidate made a pledge to raise benefits.
2 The new mayor turned out to be rather spineless, not
being able to ______ his ground on the local
government’s excessive expenditure.
3 The party is full of careerists and opportunists who will
always ______ the party line irrespective of their own views.
4 We must ______ through the undergrowth of divergent
legal regulations before we are able to proceed.
5 The prime minister is trying to ______ up a smokescreen
by bringing in an irrelevant topic to draw attention away
from the problems at hand.
6 The government should ______ a rethink on the country’s
energy and electricity plans.
7 All countries must be prepared to ______ a commitment
to reduce their greenhouse gas emissions.
8 Both the government and the opposition should make
concessions and ______ halfway to agree on a common
vision of the foreign policy.
__ / 8

5 Complete the sentences with the words below.

There are five extra words.

overblown incontrovertible formidable supplicant sham

impunitive overburdened overestimated undermined
1 Small businessmen are so ___________ with bureaucratic
procedures that they are hardly able to concentrate on
running their companies.
2 The minister’s opponents gradually ___________ his
position on the political scene by exposing his lack of
expertise on energy needs.
3 Every citizen should be treated like a partner rather than
a humble ___________ when completing formalities in
public offices.
4 Financing the expensive social security system will be
a(n) ___________ challenge for the governing party.
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6 Rewrite the second sentence so that it means the same as

the first, using the word in bold. Don’t change the words
provided. Write no more than five words.
1 Never concentrate all your resources in one investment,
or you could lose everything. EGGS
Never put all __________________, or you could lose
everything.
2 Margaret Thatcher is said to have ruled her party in a very
stern manner. FIST
Margaret Thatcher is said to have ruled her party
__________________.
3 By looking at the photos, it becomes blindingly obvious
that the police have used force against the demonstrators.
SHADOW
The photos prove beyond __________________ that the
police have used force against the demonstrators.

__ / 3

7 Complete the definitions below, using the correct

expressions with stick.
1 When you get the short _______________, you are at
a disadvantaged position or suffer the bad effects of
a situation.
2 When you resolve a _______________, you reach an
agreement on a controversial issue.
3 When you _______________ someone, you support
the person even if he or she is in trouble.
4 When someone decides to _______________, they move
to a different area.
__ / 4

8 Replace the words or phrases in brackets with suitable

words so that the meaning of the sentence remains
the same. The first letters have been given.
1 After his i______ (shameful and humiliating) defeat in
the debate, the candidate decided to stand down from
the presidential race.
2 The survey has revealed that, contrary to popular belief,
the increase in p______ (wealth and success) is not
making humans happier or healthier.
3 The company’s lawyer argued that her clients had been
made the object of s______ (false and malicious)
accusations.
4 Her a______ (being easy to contact; forthcomingness)
and ability to listen enabled her to win the sympathy of
the most hardened political opponents.
5 As a result of the accident, she suffers from amnesia and
has lost all but v______ (very limited) memories of her
former life.

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Grammar
9 Complete the conditional clauses with the correct form
of the verbs in brackets.
1 This toy ________________ (not be) this year’s craze if
the producers ________________ (not invest) a lot of
money in its design at the prototype stage.
2 If he ________________ (not be) a socialist by nature,
Mark ________________ (not vote) for the left-wing
party in the last election.
3 If my candidate ________________ (win) the upcoming
party convention, which I’m sure she will, she
________________ (stand) the chance of eventually
becoming president.
4 Citizens ________________ (not distrust) the present political
elite so much if there ________________ (not be) so many
conflicts on both sides of the political spectrum.
5 The former prime minister ________________ (not call)
the early elections if the press ________________
(not reveal) his scandalous involvement in the arms deal.
__ / 5
__ / 5
English in use
12 Complete the text with appropriate words. Put one word
in each space.
Here I was, 18 years old and a first-time voter, wating for my
perfect candidate to appear on the political horizon.
I expected him or her to be morally impeccable and able to
1
______ to their guns when it came to issues that were
important to me. What I got instead, however, was a gang of
calculated politicians hurling insults and accusing each other
2
______ all kinds of misdeeds. To make matters worse, some
of the allegations turned out to be true, as in the case of the
independent candidate who was forced to withdraw from the
campaign after being put 3______ trial for drug dealing.
The police 4______ shocked to find out that he was hiding
ten bags of cocaine in his apartment. As for the other
candidates, they might not be criminals, but their promises
were just 5______ air; they forgot about them the moment
they got elected. But, however disillusioned, I never miss out
on the opportunity to vote. As they say, if you don’t vote,
you don’t count.

10 Complete the sentences with a, an, the or zero article (-). __ / 5

1 Pursuing unattainable standards of thinness may have an Writing
adverse impact on ___ self-esteem and push some people
towards ___ brink of anorexia. 13 Read the instructions and do the writing task.
2 The court in ___ Hague sentenced the former politician to
Międzynarodowe czasopismo młodzieżowe opublikowało
ten years in ___ prison for illegal firearms dealing and
ranking najbardziej kontrowersyjnych zachowań polityków
money laundering.
z różnych krajów. Więszość przykładów pochodziła
3 Due to declining birth and mortality rates, senior citizens z kampanii wyborczych, podczas których kandydaci nie
in ___ UK are soon bound to outnumber ___ young. koncentrowali się na prezentacji własnych programów, ale
__ / 6 na ośmieszaniu i oczernianiu swoich przeciwników, także
w konteście ich życia prywatnego. Napisz list do czasopisma,
w którym wyrazisz i uzasadnisz swoje zdanie na temat tzw.
negatywnych kampanii wyborczych, a także zaproponujesz
sposoby na poprawę jakości debaty politycznej.
11 Choose the correct option. Wypowiedź powinna zawierać od 200 do 250 słów i spełniać
1 He is the dark horse of the elections. As ___ fact, we were wszystkie wymogi typowe dla formy wskazanej w poleceniu.
surprised he had managed to gather the required number
of signatures to get on the ballot.
__ / 10
a a matter of the b matter of
c a matter of d the matter of a
2 You can go for a walk by yourself ___ as you remember
to stay away from the river bank.
a as long b as soon
c on condition d provided
3 ___ the secret information leakage then, the agency
director would have retained his office.
a If they prevented b But for preventing
c Were they to prevent d Had they prevented
4 At the moment the supervisor is ___ town and can’t be
reached.
a away the b out of the
c out of d off
5 It was dry and warm at first, but then, all ___, the sky got
overcast, and it started to rain very heavily.
a of suddenly b of a sudden
c of blue d of the bolt in the blue

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