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ZADANIE 1
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Tekst 1

Lee Chang-hyun lives in Seoul, the capital of South Korea, and he has a very unusual job. He starts work at midnight. First, Lee goes to the kitchen and cooks a huge meal. Then, he takes his meal to the living room and sits in front of the computer. Lee turns it on, connects to the Internet, and starts to eat. When he eats, people can watch a live video of him eating his meal online. They can also send messages to him and Lee answers them while he is eating. And all this time, Lee is earning money!

Watching people eat is a popular online activity in South Korea and it is called mukbang. Perhaps, there are social reasons for its popularity. These days, a lot of South Koreans live alone. When they eat dinner alone every evening, it’s easy to feel sad. But when they often visit the website, it is almost like visiting friends. The only difference is that they have to pay for this. With mukbang, they can join a kind of online dinner party and eat with others.
1. In his job, Lee Chang-hyun ...
2. The best definition of mukbang is ...
Tekst 2

Stonehenge is one of England’s most important monuments. You can see these huge stones from a long distance. Did you know that about 100 years ago this monument was for sale?

The man who bought Stonehenge was an English lawyer, named Cecil Chubb. One day in 1915, Cecil’s wife, Mary, told him that she wanted new curtains for the kitchen. Cecil went to Salisbury, the nearest town, to buy them. But, he came back from Salisbury with something different for her. When he was there, he went to an auction, where he bought Stonehenge. Mary was probably very surprised at this unusual and expensive present.

Why did he do it? There is a theory that a rich American businessman was going to buy Stonehenge, break it into pieces and send it to America. Cecil wanted to stop him and save the monument. So, he paid £6,600 for Stonehenge at the auction. And three years later, he decided to give it to the British government.

What do we know about Cecil Chubb? His family was poor and lived in a small village of Shrewton, near Stonehenge. Cecil went to a local school, and then continued his education in Salisbury. Later, he wanted to study law but there wasn’t a university in Salisbury at that time. His plan was to go to Oxford University but he wasn’t accepted there. Fortunately, he got into Cambridge University, where he finished law studies.

Cecil was a successful lawyer and became rich. But, he didn’t forget that he was poor before. That is why, his idea was that local people should enter Stonehenge without paying and other visitors should pay as little as possible. Nowadays, 30,000 people living nearby still get free entry every day of the week. But other visitors have to pay. From Tuesday to Sunday, an adult ticket costs £23, and a child ticket is half-price. Luckily, visiting Stonehenge on Mondays is free for everybody.

These days, English Heritage is responsible for Stonehenge. This organisation has big plans to transform the area around the monument. It wants to close the main road and change the location of the visitor centre and the car park. The organisation workers are also going to destroy the wall around the monument. Cecil wanted the place to stay as open as possible, and this is happening. Today, very few people have heard of Cecil Chubb, but he is still remembered in Shrewton, the village where he was born.
3. Cecil Chubb went to Salisbury because his wife wanted to ...
4. After buying Stonehenge, Cecil Chubb ...
5. Cecil Chubb studied law at the University of ...
6. You can visit Stonehenge for free if you ...
7. The English Heritage organisation is planning to ...
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HISTORIA 1
Sergeant Alvin York was a hero in World War I. On October 8, 1918, in France, he showed great bravery. He and other American soldiers came under strong enemy gunfire while they were observing German positions. All of his friends got hurt, but York was the only person who wasn’t wounded. He had great shooting skills because he had regularly hunted wild turkeys before the war. Those skills saved his life in this battle. He shot 20 enemy gunners and forced 132 Germans to give up. After the war, he went back to Tennessee, became a farmer, and helped build schools in his area.
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HISTORIA 2
Frank Luke was a brave young pilot in World War I. In July 1918, he joined the 27th Aero Squadron in France. He shot down 15 enemy planes and two balloons in just 16 days. It was a huge success and he became famous for that. On September 29, Frank volunteered to take part in a dangerous mission but his commander ordered him not to fly. The young pilot didn't listen because he loved taking risks. He went on the mission near Murvaux in France, where his plane got hit and crashed. Sadly, he didn't survive. Frank was only 21 but had an impressive record of victories in air fights.
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HISTORIA 3
Henry Johnson was a member of an infantry regiment called the Harlem Hellfighters in World War I. He was known for being really brave. On May 14, 1918, he and his friend Needham Roberts were attacked by German soldiers while they were guarding a post in the Argonne Forest in France. Both of them got hurt, but luckily, Johnson’s wounds were not very serious, and he could fight back. He used grenades and his rifle. Unfortunately, the rifle broke down. He didn’t give up and continued fighting. He used his rifle as a stick. He also defended his friend with a knife.
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HISTORIA 4
In 1918, a German submarine destroyed Lt. Edouard Izac's ship near France. He was caught and kept in the submarine quarters. He was treated very well by the enemy soldiers. He had meals and played bridge with them. They didn't know that he spoke German so he could secretly collect important information about German submarines. In October 1918, he escaped to neutral Switzerland. Unluckily, the secret information which he collected came too late in the war. After the war ended, Izac decided to serve his country in a different way and he became a congressman.
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HISTORIA 5
Major Charles Whittlesey was a leader of the Lost Battalion in World War I. His group got cut off by the enemy in the Argonne Forest in France. They fought against the Germans for five days with little food and ammunition. At one point, their own side started shooting at his battalion. Whittlesey wanted to communicate with them but he didn’t have a radio. Instead, he sent a bird – a carrier pigeon – with a message to stop the friendly fire. He continued fighting until Allied forces arrived and pushed the enemy back. Unfortunately, the war had a very negative effect on Whittlesey, and during one of his journeys by ship he decided to end his life. He jumped into the sea and his body was never found.
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Tekst 1

Pilot Rudolph Erasmus was flying with four passengers in a private plane at 11,000ft when he felt something cold on his foot. At first, he thought that his bottle wasn’t closed and water was getting out of it. Unfortunately, it wasn't water. It was something else. Erasmus looked down and saw a deadly cobra that moved past him and went under his seat. This extra passenger was a Cape cobra, one of Africa’s most dangerous snakes. One bite from this snake can kill someone in just half an hour.

He became worried that passengers may start to panic when they see a snake, so he decided to inform them about the situation: “Listen,” he said. “There is a snake on the plane. It is inside the cockpit. We will land as fast as possible.” Fortunately, no one panicked and everyone stayed calm. Soon, the plane landed at the nearest airport. After landing, Erasmus called for a group of specialists to take care of the snake. He said later: “It was quite a big fellow. Luckily, it wasn’t aggressive and didn’t bite anyone. ” The pilot was called a hero because he saved his passengers’ lives.
13. The pilot thought there was cold water on his foot.
14. A Cape cobra can kill someone in 30 minutes.
15. The passengers on the plane started to panic.
16. The snake attacked a passenger on the plane.
Tekst 2

The most popular scene from Romeo and Juliet is the balcony scene – where Juliet talks to Romeo. The problem is that Shakespeare didn’t write the balcony scene in his original text. However, it has appeared in every theatre and film production since the 17th century, especially in modern adaptations. In fact, in Shakespeare's love story you cannot find the word ‘balcony’ even once.

Actually, the first British writer who used a balcony scene was Thomas Otway in his play The History and Fall of Caius Marius. It was more than 50 years after Shakespeare's death. Otway placed his lovers' dialogue on a balcony after his visit to Italy. He was inspired by the architecture of Italian villas. Later, others added the scene to Romeo and Juliet productions, and that is how we know it today. Interestingly, Shakespeare did not even know what a balcony was because such constructions weren't built in England at that time.
17. Shakespeare wrote the famous balcony scene in the 17th century.
18. The word ‘balcony’ is used once in the original text of Romeo and Juliet.
19. Italian villas inspired Thomas Otway to write a balcony dialogue.
20. Balconies were very popular in England in Shakespeare’s times.