Matura CKE Maj 2025 – Angielski Rozszerzona

Zadanie 2. (0–5)
Usłyszysz dwukrotnie pięć wypowiedzi na temat biur. Do każdej wypowiedzi (2.1.–2.5.) dopasuj odpowiadające jej zdanie (A–F). Wpisz rozwiązania do tabeli.
Uwaga: jedno zdanie zostało podane dodatkowo i nie pasuje do żadnej wypowiedzi.
This speaker mentions
A. a solution which he/she hasn’t found fully satisfying.
B. a feature of the workplace which is frequently neglected.
C. an action taken in response to someone’s irritating behaviour.
D. a solution which provoked comments from other staff members.
E. his/her boss’s complaints about workers not focusing on their work.
F. an item which is used to signal that somebody doesn’t want to be disturbed.

Zadanie 4. (0–5)
Przeczytaj tekst, który został podzielony na cztery części (A–D), oraz pytania go dotyczące (4.1.–4.5.). Do każdego pytania dopasuj właściwą część tekstu. Wpisz rozwiązania do tabeli.
Uwaga: w jednej części tekstu znajdują się odpowiedzi na dwa pytania.
SNOWED UNDER
A. The observatory on the summit of Ben Nevis, the highest mountain in the United Kingdom, was set up by the Scottish Meteorological Society. A public appeal was launched to fund its construction. Queen Victoria is known to have given a generous sum, but there were also other sponsors. Between 1883, when the observatory opened, and 1904, when its closure was announced, meteorologists at the site undertook detailed weather observations. They gathered comprehensive information about atmospheric phenomena.
B. The observations were published in the Transactions of the Royal Society of Edinburgh and they are some of the most detailed records of the weather in the Victorian era. But what was it like to live and work on Ben Nevis? The weather conditions were severe: 100 mph winds were common, the temperature would sometimes drop to –15^oC, and the weathermen lived “inside a cloud” for most of the year. One winter, heavy blizzards left the summit covered in a 5 ft (1.5 m) layer of snow and they found themselves snowed in, so they had no other choice but to undertake the exhausting task of digging tunnels to leave the observatory. Despite the harsh conditions on Ben Nevis, the meteorologists carried on with their work.
C. Sometimes they had to develop unusual solutions in order to perform their duties, and they always had to be prepared for the unexpected. Once, the observatory was struck by lightning, which came down the chimney and set the wooden panels of the interior on fire. Fortunately, the blaze was speedily and fairly effortlessly extinguished. Due to a lack of public funding and private donations, the weather station ceased operating in October 1904, though the outcome of the meteorologists’ work lives on.
D. The ambition of the meteorologists was to make the data they collected accessible to aid weather forecasting and mountain meteorology. Following the closure of the observatory, the data lay hidden in dusty archives for a long time. However, they were recently republished in digital form. More than 3,500 volunteers accomplished the digitization in less than three months. This success may result from the fact that the story of the meteorologists living in such a remote observatory and hostile environment was a wonderful inspiration. The undertaking received extensive media coverage. Social media were most helpful in spreading information about the digitization and providing regular updates on its progress.

Zadanie 5. (0–5)
Przeczytaj tekst, z którego usunięto pięć fragmentów. Wpisz w każdą lukę (5.1.–5.5.) literę, którą oznaczono brakujący fragment (A–F), tak aby otrzymać spójny i logiczny tekst.
Uwaga: jeden fragment został podany dodatkowo i nie pasuje do żadnej luki.
CHALKING DAY
It’s early morning and I am standing in the valley near the village of Uffington in Oxfordshire, England, looking up at the high curve of grassland above me. One thing dominates the view. Across the side of the hill runs an enormous white stick figure, a horse cut from the chalk. It has a thin body, a curiously long tail and a round eye set in a square head. This is the Uffington White Horse, the oldest of the English hill figures, the size of a football field and visible from 20 miles away. 5.1. ......................... They are volunteers who are coming to clean it.
It’s chalking day, a cleaning ritual that has happened here regularly for three millennia. Hammers, buckets of chalk and kneepads are handed out, and then everyone is allocated an area. 5.2. ......................... Commenting on the job they are doing, one of the participants jokes: “It’s the world’s largest colouring book.”
“Chalking” the horse was already an ancient custom when the historian Francis Wise wrote about it in 1736. 5.3. ......................... These days, it’s a quieter event. The only sounds are the wind, distant birdsong and the thumping of hammers on the chalk. Still, the tradition of maintaining the horse’s elegant lines and clearing it of weeds is continued. The volunteers of today are following in the footsteps of the ancients, caring for the horse in much the same way as it was done 3,000 years ago.
It might seem strange that the horse has such an unstable form, which tends to disappear slowly with the passing of time. 5.4. ......................... The need to maintain it might have been the horse’s original function – to gather people to do a common task. Today’s cleaning is thus an echo of an early ritual.
Up on the hill, it’s not possible to view the whole horse at once; the curve of the slope gets in the way and the sheer scale of it confuses the eye. It is only from the valley below that the whole picture can be taken in. 5.5. ......................... Reportedly, they even arrange their rooms so that they sit facing the horse.

Zadanie 6. (0–8)
Przeczytaj dwa teksty związane ze szkoleniem psów. Wykonaj zadania 6.1.–6.8. zgodnie z poleceniami.
Tekst 1.
BUSTER
“Will, if you’re looking for a great dog, Buster is the one you want,” Nick assured me.
The next morning, I woke up with schoolboy excitement. I was going to meet my new dog soon. I felt as though it was Christmas morning and presents were waiting for me under the tree. Whether Buster would be equally delighted to meet me remained to be seen. He was three years old and I was about to become his third handler. As a military working dog, he could still have three or four other people to call master, before his retirement.
When I reached Buster’s accommodation, he was pacing around, every now and again looking up to see who was coming. He gave me a very cool glance and his face expressed something that I could only describe as annoyed disapproval. I got the distinct feeling that he was decidedly unimpressed with me. Not to worry, I had some dog treats that were bound to break that ice.
“Sit. Wait. Go!” I was right. The first treat disappeared without a trace. I’m not sure if it was the treat that made the difference, but whatever it was, Buster was soon a very changed dog. He was round my legs as if they were covered in juicy steaks. He was so bouncy, happy and ready for his walk, his breakfast and a bit of fun. Nick was right, this dog really knew all the ropes and all the tricks, and he was only three years old! I wondered how many others he had fooled with his “I’m so upset” act before he managed to get his tasty treat. A part of me admired Buster for seeing right through me and reaching for the food.
Buster was the dog I wanted to spend the next six months with; who I could imagine sharing my most intimate and fearful moments with. Running cheerfully at my heels, he looked confident, and I was pleased, but this was the moment of truth: if I released him from his lead, would he stay with me or would he run like the wind? Waddo, like most airfields, is home to a million wild rabbits, and so far that morning they must have wondered why the new recruit wasn’t trying to chase them. Even when I let him off the lead, Buster paid no attention to them and for me that was very promising. If free-running rabbits didn’t bother him, he was less likely to get distracted from his future job in the place to which we were about to be sent.
Tekst 2.

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¹ Obedience – posłuszeństwo.

Zadanie 7. (0–6)
Przeczytaj tekst. Z podanych odpowiedzi wybierz właściwą, tak aby otrzymać logiczny i gramatycznie poprawny tekst. Zakreśl jedną z liter: A, B, C albo D.
WOULD YOU FANCY HAVING A BITE?
When you’re hungry, sometimes a sandwich is exactly what you need. Sandwiches are nutritious and appetizing, so it’s no 7.1. ......................... that they are one of the most popular lunch choices today.
As the story goes, the sandwich we are 7.2. ......................... with and love today was created in 1762 in England. Most food historians agree that the name ‘sandwich’ is connected to John Montagu, the 4^th Earl of Sandwich, who spent many hours at the card table. During one of his long days of gambling, he requested something from the kitchen that he could eat with his hands, without needing to leave his seat. He 7.3. ......................... two pieces of bread with meat in the middle. From that day forward, the sandwich began making its way throughout England.
However, it took a long time for the sandwich to make it to America. The first sandwich was featured in an American cookbook in 1815, 7.4. ......................... it wasn’t exactly the same type of sandwich as in England. In America, different varieties of sandwiches were created. One of them was 7.5. ......................... to as the ‘hoggie’. The owner of a grocery shop on Hog Island, Philadelphia, is believed to 7.6. ......................... the ‘hoggie’ about 50 years ago. Apparently, one day a police officer came to the shop complaining that his wife hadn’t packed him his lunch, so they offered him a loaf of bread cut in half and filled with meat, olives, onions, lettuce, tomatoes and sauce. And in this way the ‘hoggie’ was born.

Zadanie 8. (0–4)
Przeczytaj tekst. Uzupełnij każdą lukę (8.1.–8.4.) jednym wyrazem z ramki, przekształcając go w taki sposób, aby powstał spójny i logiczny tekst. Wymagana jest pełna poprawność gramatyczna i ortograficzna wpisywanych wyrazów.
Uwaga: dwa wyrazy zostały podane dodatkowo i nie pasują do żadnej luki.

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WHY DO POLAR BEARS HAVE BLACK SKIN?
Pictures of polar bears often show white bears in white surroundings. In some languages, they are even known as ‘ice bears’ or ‘white bears’. However, the truth 8.1. .................. the colours of a polar bear is more complex than most people think.
New-born polar bear cubs fit within the palm of your hand; they are blind and toothless, with pink skin showing through a short white fuzz. Even their little noses and foot pads are pink! But at the age of 3–4 months, their pink skin turns black. Because of their thickening coat of fur, the now black skin is 8.2. .................. seen only on their nose, lips, and foot pads. Having black skin is of great 8.3. .................. to the bears. First, darker colours are better at absorbing heat from the sun, which is an advantage to a polar bear trying to stay warm in the Arctic. Second, dark colours give better protection against 8.4. .................. UV radiation from the sun. The sunlight polar bears are exposed to is intensified when it is reflected off the snow, ice and water that make up the bears’ environment.

Zadanie 10. (0–13)
Wypowiedz się na jeden z poniższych tematów. Wypowiedź powinna zawierać od 200 do 250 wyrazów i spełniać wszystkie wymogi typowe dla formy wskazanej w poleceniu. Zaznacz temat wybrany przez Ciebie. Zakreśl jego numer.
1. W dobie nowoczesnych technologii pojawił się pomysł, aby zajęcia na uczelniach odbywały się wyłącznie w trybie online. Napisz rozprawkę, w której przedstawisz dobre i złe strony tego rozwiązania.
2. Obecnie większość ludzi nie zna bliżej swoich sąsiadów. Napisz list do gazety anglojęzycznej, w którym omówisz korzyści płynące z budowania relacji z sąsiadami, oraz przedstawisz swój pomysł na akcję, która byłaby okazją do sąsiedzkich spotkań.