Zadanie : Przeczytaj uważnie poniższy tekst, z którego usunięto pięć zdań. Wpisz w każde z miejsc (10.1 - 10.5) literę (A-F), którą jest oznaczone brakujące zdanie. Jedno z podanych zdań nie pasuje do tekstu.

The Stupidity of War & the Stupid Things Done in War War is a horribly stupid thing. It can be started for a number of reasons: to rebel against cruel leaders; to take over more land; to get revenge; to show how loyal you are to your country; to prove how powerful you are; to recover something precious or valuable; or simply because you have nothing else to do. Most of these reasons are stupid and petty. ______ (10.1) (Plus the fact that the rebels quite often end up dead!) Hundreds of people have died to gain control of a piece of land no larger than a school, or because one leader insulted another, or because someone wanted to prove that they are tougher than everyone else. The worst reason for a war is because someone is different than you: different race; different class; different beliefs; or different in any other way that you believe is wrong. ______ (10.2) After the stupidity of war itself are the stupid things that happen in war. A great example is the American Civil War: the Unionists vs. the Confederates. ______ (10.3) There was one battle, when the Unionists surrendered and fired a 50-cannon salute, two Unionist soldiers managed to blow up their cannon by mistake and killed themselves! The Confederates weren't much better. Confederate soldiers shot their own General Jackson in 1863! It was dark and they mistook him for the enemy. ______ (10.4) Elsewhere a 15-year-old Unionist Corporal Thomas Galway single-handedly rounded up and captured a group of fifty enemy soldiers at the battle of Gettysburg! Another example of a stupid and rather unfortunate event was in 1777 during the American Revolution. A British soldier was lying on the operating table, waiting for doctors to amputate his leg, when an American cannon-ball crashed through the wall and took off his remaining good leg! ______ (10.5) Then, on the 18th of March, the Emperor's men took the cannons without a fight - the communard sentries were asleep! Then the soldiers realised that they had forgotten to bring horses to drag the cannons away! When the Communards woke up, they retook the cannons and captured the soldiers. Oh the stupidity! Adapted from Benjamin Marshall, The Stupidity of War and the Stupid Things Done in War

A. A classic example is that little man with a silly moustache who killed millions of Jews, homosexuals and others in World War Two.

B. At the start of the war, at Fort Sumpter, over 4,000 cannon balls were fired in a 34-hour battle, without anyone being killed.

C. Even wars to improve living conditions or get rid of tyrants usually backfire and result in worse conditions and poorer standards of living.

D. In 1871 the Communard rebels stole 200 of the French Emperor's cannons.

E. What a stupid mistake!

F. War, as the realization of the need to compete, is inherent in every human being.