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WORDLE IS A LOVE STORY

Wordle is a word game which went from dozens of players to hundreds of thousands in just a few months. Players have six 7.1. _____ to guess a five-letter word, and after each try they get some feedback about the letters included in the word. The game was created by Josh Wardle, a software engineer in Brooklyn, for his girlfriend Palak Shah. Josh knew she loved doing crosswords. So he came up with a new word-guessing game that the two of them could play together. He called it Wordle as a play on his surname. Soon he introduced the game to his friends and relatives. 7.2. _____ how quickly Wordle became an obsession for the members of his family, Josh decided to release it online for others to play. 

Two months later, 300,000 people were playing his game each day.

“I think people 7.3. _____ Wordle because it’s fun,” explained Josh. “And there are no ads, because I don’t want to profit from it.” 

A clever move was limiting players to one game per day. Josh knew that 7.4. _____ you restrict something, people tend to desire it more.

Josh’s girlfriend played a key role in getting Wordle ready for a worldwide audience. An initial list of all of the 12,000 or so five-letter words in the English language compiled by Josh contained a lot of little-known words. If all of these words had been used in the game, it 7.5. _____ guessing them nearly impossible for the majority of players. Palak helped him narrow the list down to 2,500 words. 7.6. _____ Wordle is now enjoyed around the world, she is proud that it was originally created only for her. “It’s really sweet how Josh showed his love,” she said.

Na podstawie: www.nytimes.com

 

Wersja A

7.1.
A. measures
B. contests
C. challenges
D. attempts

7.2.
A. Having been seen
B. Seeing
C. Being seen
D. To be seeing

7.3.
A. appreciate
B. amuse
C. confirm
D. maintain

7.4.
A. whenever
B. whether
C. whatever
D. whereas

7.5.
A. used to make
B. would have made
C. made
D. had made

7.6.
A. Otherwise
B. Despite
C. Although
D. Besides 

 

Wersja B

7.1.
A. measures
B. contests
C. attempts
D. challenges

7.2.
A. Seeing
B. Having been seen
C. Being seen
D. To be seeing

7.3.
A. amuse
B. confirm
C. maintain
D. appreciate

7.4.
A. whether
B. whenever
C. whereas
D. whatever

7.5.
A. would have made
B. used to make
C. made
D. had made

7.6.
A. Despite
B. Otherwise
C. Besides
D. Although