Matura 2012! Poziom rozszerzony

Odpowiedzi z poziomu rozszerzonego.

Zadanie 1.

WHY DO CELEBRITIES GET HONORARY DEGREES? 

         Should the fact that Sex in the City actress Kim Cattrall and Pirates of the Caribbean actor 

Orlando Bloom collected honorary degrees give  pause for serious thought? They were not 

the only ones on a list of similarly honoured celebrities. But who really benefits? And who 

pays for this 1.1. FOOLISHNESS.

         At a time when university degrees have been devalued, shouldn’t universities reconsider 

the message they are giving the real world? University staff should set an example to their 

students by nominating individuals who really deserve it, who  1.2 DEEPEN their learning and 

 1.3. QUIETLY do something worthwhile, 

people who become famous due to their scientific work, and not to the media 

1.4. COVERAGE they get. Getting a degree requires plenty of hard work 

and students should be prepared for this. If any film star or musician can get an honorary 

degree for nothing, we’d better stop awarding them altogether. Sex in the City may be 

enjoyable in the lives of many students but the real world is a lot less 1.5.GLAMOROUS.

adapted from www.guardian.co.uk  

Zadanie 2.

2.1. He will finish his exams next month. Then he will have a lot of free time.
MOMENT 
The moment he finishes his exams next month, he will have a lot of free time. 


The time in the sentence is future (next month) but we use the present in the first part of the sentence. 

2.2. Simon was the only student who didn’t pay for the school trip.
ALL 
Apart from Simon, all the students paid for the school trip. 

2.3. She is naive to think she will not be punished for cheating.
AWAY 
She is naive to think she can get away with cheating. 


PHRASAL VERB : to get away with something - to do something and not get punished for it.

2.4. Michael would do anything not to speak in public.
AVOID 
Michael would do anything to avoid speaking in public. 


ALWAYS: to avoid DOING something

2.5. Perhaps he didn’t see her at the party.
MAY 
He may not have seen her at the party.


USING MODAL VERBS TO TALK ABOUT THE PAST:
May/ May not have + past participle