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3.2. pytania 31-50 (20 pkt.) _

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An .American weman has been left with a British accent following a stgke. This is 31) the lact that Tiffany Roberts, 61, has never been to Britain. Doctors sayrMrs Roberts,

32)_wa^bom and brought 33)_in Indiana, has a conditioif 34)__foreign"

accent syndrome. This may occur when part of the brain becomes 35)"" following a stroke ar head injury. There have only been a few documented cases.

Mrs Roberts discovered she had a British accent as she recovered her voice following the

stroke. "When people started asking me where in England 36)_from, and a relative

asked why I was tałking that way, 1 reałised that a part of me had died during the stroke,” she said.

Four years on, she stiil stmggies to 37) ____ people that she is a bom and bred

American. "People in America accuse me of 38)_when I say I was bora in Indiana.

They would say: "What are you 39) that for? * " A recording of her voice before the

stroke shows Mrs Roberts 40) to speak with a broad and relativelv deep accent. She

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it is not known exactly why foreign accent

syndrome occurs, Dr Jack Ryalls of the University of .Central Florida says it is a real condition that 42)_y_arise after a brain injury.

Scientists at 43)__Oxford University, also trying to get to the bottom of the

syndrome, 44)_that patients can develop a foreign accent without ever 45)_to it

This is because a new accent hasn’t realły been picked up. Rather, the speech pattems have

changed as injury to the brain 46)_sufferers to lengthen syllables, alter pitch or

mispronounće sounds. These changes make it sound 47)_they have picked up an

accent

The first case of foreign accent syndrome was reported in 1941 in Norway, after a young Norwegian woman suffered shrapnel injury to the brain during an air raid. After severe

language problems at first, she 48)_recovered. 49)_, she w^ras left with what

sounded like a strong German accent and was rejected by her 50)_.

Adapted from: http://news.bbc.co.uk/. 2003/11/25

31. A. in spite	B. despite	C. even though
32. A. which	B. that	C. who
33. A. out	B. up	C. on
34. A. descrioed	B. called	C-. known
35. A. wounded	B. harmed	C. damaged
36. A. w-as I	B. I was	C. are you
37. A. ensure	B. convince	C. prove