| Secret of the Sahara This is a story about a strange discovery made in the great Sahara Desert. In 1933 a French officer _________ RIDE _________ in the Sahara through a deep canyon in a mountain range where no other European had ever been. Suddenly he saw that the walls of the canyon _________ COVER _________ with age-old carvings and paintings of strange unknown animals. News of the discovery soon _________ BRING _________ many experts of all kinds to the place. Dinosaur Facts Dinosaurs lived on our planet millions of years ago. Some of them were very big. Now only their giant bones and footprints ________ FIND __________. Millions of years ago, the world did not look like it does today. Many of the animals that walked the land had bodies low to the ground and legs on the sides of their bodies. As time passed, the land changed. The animals changed too. Some of the animals now had legs under their bodies. They moved _________ FAST _________ than the other animals. ________ THIS __________ new animals were the first dinosaurs. They came in all sizes. Some were about 75 feet long. The dinosaurs all died about 65 million years ago. Some people think that it got too cold for the dinosaurs. Other people think the dinosaurs _________ NOT CAN _________ find enough food to eat. Still, no one is sure why the dinosaurs all died. |
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| Tourism in Britain Tourism is already Britain’s fifth most important industry and it is also the fifth largest tourist industry in the world. It’s growing _________ RAPID _________: the number of people employed in the industry increased by more than 50,000 a year. Britain has a rich and varied cultural heritage. _________ COLOUR _________ royal ceremonies attract millions of visitors each year. London has an international reputation for its historic sites, museums and famous institutions. A city of infinite colour and _________ VARY __________, London is both historic and unceasingly modern, at the forefront of fashion, music and art. Historic cities such as Oxford, Cambridge and Bath are visited by large numbers of _______ FOREIGN ___________. People who travel to Scotland, the Lake District and other areas of upland Britain find unique ________ EXCITE _________ places and scenery which can vary over short distances. Some of the most popular ________ ATTRACT _________ outside London are the Jorvik Viking Centre in York, the Tudor ship in Portsmouth and National museum of Photography in Bradford. |
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Your Future World
What will you be doing in 2025? Will you be living in an undersea research station? Will you be the chief engineer 1 ______ a bridge across the Atlantic Ocean? Will you be leading an 2 ______ to the planet Mars? Will you be …?
You can daydream, of course, but nobody knows exactly what the world will be 3 ______. But scientists have made some guesses.
Based on the advances made, they believe people will be healthier. Diphtheria, malaria, tuberculosis, polio and many other killers are under control now. These diseases are on the way out, 4 ______ to germ-killing chemicals, new ways of finding out about our bodies, and new ways of providing clean, safe 5 ______and water.
Healthier people live longer, so we can expect the world’s population to 6 ______ sharply. It may double in the next forty years! This brings up a serious problem: how will we find food, water, and minerals for such a huge population?
Scientists are at work on some 7 ______. From the ocean they hope to get new fertilizers to increase the yield of the soil; new chemicals to kill crop-destroying insects without 8 ______ other animals, new sources of water or supplies of food.
1. A) inventing; Б) designing; В) scheming; Г) doing
2. A) exploration; Б) expenditure; В) expedition; Г) exhibit
3. A) like; Б) alike; В) likely; Г) likable
4. A) as a result; Б) because; В) on account; Г) thanks
5. A) eat; Б) feed; В) food; Г) cooking
6. A) decrease; Б) distract; В) dissolve; Г) increase
7. A) solutions; Б) alternatives; В) preferences; Г) questions
8. A) hurting; Б) harming; В) injuring; Г) wounding
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You have received a letter from your English-speaking pen-friend Jane who writes:
… Yesterday my Mum asked me to help her about the house. We were very busy with cleaning up after the birthday party the whole morning. I got quite tired and even missed my fitness class. What are your family duties, if any? Is there anything you especially like or dislike about house work? Do you find helping your parents necessary, why or why not?
Oh, I have some great news! I got a lovely kitten for my birthday...
Write a letter to Jane.
In your letter
- answer her questions
- ask 3 questions about her kitten
Write 100–140 words.
Remember the rules of letter writing.
| You have 40 minutes to do this task. Comment on the following statement. Some people think that you can have only one true friend. What is your opinion? Do you agree with this statement? Write 200 – 250 words. Use the following plan: − make an introduction (state the problem) − express your personal opinion and give 2–3 reasons for your opinion − express an opposing opinion and give 1–2 reasons for this opposing opinion − explain why you don’t agree with the opposing opinion − make a conclusion restating your position |