Przeczytaj tekst. Dobierz właściwy nagłówek (A–F) do każdej oznaczonej części tekstu (4.1.–4.4.). Wpisz odpowiednią literę w każdą kratkę.
Uwaga: dwa nagłówki zostały podane dodatkowo i nie pasują do żadnej części tekstu.

Wersja A

A. HOW DID THE SHIP BECOME A TOURIST ATTRACTION?
B. WHY WAS THE SHIP CALLED THE CUTTY SARK?
C. WHAT CONTEST DID THE SHIP TAKE PART IN?
D. WHY DID THE SHIP STOP CARRYING TEA?
E. WHICH RECORDS DID THE SHIP BREAK?
F. WHY WERE CLIPPERS BUILT?

 

Wersja B

A. WHY WAS THE SHIP CALLED THE CUTTY SARK?
B. WHY WERE CLIPPERS BUILT?
C. WHY DID THE SHIP STOP CARRYING TEA?
D. WHAT CONTEST DID THE SHIP TAKE PART IN?
E. WHICH RECORDS DID THE SHIP BREAK?
F. HOW DID THE SHIP BECOME A TOURIST ATTRACTION?

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THE CUTTY SARK – A FAMOUS SHIP

4.1. ☐

In the 19th century, tea from China became so popular in England that most families drank it at least twice a day. To be on regular sale in English shops, it had to be transported quickly from China, and in huge quantities. To achieve this aim, special ships, called clippers, were constructed. These were very fast sailing ships, and one of them was the Cutty Sark.

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4.2. ☐

The Cutty Sark was famous for its speed, and every year it competed in the “tea race”. This was a challenge to see which clipper could transport a cargo of fresh tea from China to England in the shortest time. The British public was fascinated by these races, so the newspapers gave daily reports on the ships’ progress. The Cutty Sark was never the first to cross the finishing line, but it was always among the leaders.

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4.3. ☐

In 1869, the same year that the Cutty Sark was built, the Suez Canal, connecting the Mediterranean Sea and the Red Sea, was opened. It created a much shorter route to the Far East. However, clippers, such as the Cutty Sark, could not use it as they depended on strong ocean winds. Around the same time, a new type of ship, the steamship, began to transport tea and by the late 1870s, the Cutty Sark, along with the other clippers, had been pushed out of the tea business.

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4.4. ☐

A Portuguese company bought the Cutty Sark. They used it as a cargo ship which sailed between Portugal and Africa. After some time, the ship was unable to continue sailing, and it seemed that its life was over. However, in 1923, a retired ship’s captain, Wilfred Dowman, bought the old clipper. And some years later, in 1951, the National Maritime Museum in Greenwich provided funds to renovate the ship. Now it is a museum visited by people from all around the world.

 

Na podstawie: www.rmg.co.uk