Most people enjoy watching the night sky. And the brightest object in the sky is the Moon. Every night the Moon rises in the East and sets in the West. It takes about 27 days to go around the Earth, and it’s an interesting fact that we always see the same side of the Moon. The Moon is the closest object to the Earth. It would take us only 13 hours to get to the Moon by rocket. If we were able to travel at the speed of light, it would take a bit less than two seconds.
There is a very thin atmosphere on the Moon. Life is not possible there. In spite of this, the Moon can be used as a base for space exploration and even for space tourism. Some space companies say that they will be able to take tourists to the Moon as soon as in 2020.
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You have 30 minutes to do this task.
You have received a letter from your English-speaking pen friend, Ben.
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My mum always says, “There’s no bad weather, there’re bad clothes!” That’s why she keeps telling me to put on warm clothes even in spring. ……
Do you agree with the English proverb about bad weather and bad clothes, why? What clothes do you prefer to wear out of school? What are your favourite colours for clothes? …Write him a letter and answer his
3 questions.
Write
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120 words. Remember the rules of letter writing
24. You will give a talk about television. -
· why people spend time watching TV
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· what most teenagers prefer: watching TV or browsing the Internet, and why
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· whether there is a TV programme you really like
25. You are going to give a talk about school life. -
what your weekday is like
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what you like about your school most of all
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whether you prefer classroom learning or online learning, and why
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When I was little, I loved reading books written by Roald Dahl. They were my favourite choice of bedtime story. When Mum asked me what book I wanted, I always ____CHOOSE_____ a book by Dahl. Mum readily agreed. She said she _____ENJOY_____ reading him too in spite of the fact that she was an adult and had a very serious job. In those years there _____BE_____ lots of Dahl's books in our home library. Then, unfortunately, some of them disappeared but to me he is still the best children's author of the ____TWENTY_____ century. Roald Dahl started as an adult writer. His first book ___PUBLISH___ in 1942. Later he began writing children's books. Many of the ___STORY___ are based on Dahl's own childhood memories. Several of his books are now successful films, for example ‘Matilda’, ‘Charlie and the Chocolate Factory’ and ‘Fantastic Mr Fox’. I'm sure you ___SEE____ at least one of them! When you shop for children's books, Dahl is the _____EASY____ choice. His books are entertaining and full of jokes. Roald Dahl is an author that you can never grow tired of. Now I read his books to my son. He is too small yet and cannot read ____HE____.
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I'm studying Italian in a summer school in Tuscany. I arrived a few days ago. It’s my _____ONE_____ trip to Italy. I like this country very much though I _____NOT/SEE_____ its main tourist attractions yet. Actually it was my mum's idea to send me here. In her opinion Italy is the ____INTERESTING____ country in the world. And she also said that it _____HELP_____ me improve my Italian in real-life communication. Yesterday, while I _____HAVE______ dinner in the cafeteria, four other students sat at the same table. We got acquainted. Two of them were Argentines, then a Russian and a Greek. A mix of cultures! We started chatting in Italian, laughing, telling jokes and sharing our life _____STORY____. It was lots of fun. I even started to speak Spanish with the Argentines, and our sentences became a mixture of both Italian and Spanish. But it did not matter at all! No problem. We easily ____UNDERSTAND_____ each other. I wish all people _____SPEAK___ foreign languages. The more languages you know – the better. Languages help ______WE______ understand the culture and mentality of other people. And they help us make friends.
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Mike Fay is a famous biologist. He is well-known for his 2,000-mile walk across Africa. It ____TAKE_____ him 455 days. His expedition started in 2001. It ____ORGANIZE_____ to draw attention to the African forests. During his expedition Mike Fay made several films about the beauty of the forests. He said they were the _____WONDERFUL____ natural sights he had ever seen. His films _____BE____ a success. Thanks to them the governments of several African countries agreed to create 13 national parks. Mike commented that 26,000 square kilometres of the forest were saved for the future and for our ____CHILD____. At the moment Mike works for the National Geographic. Recently he ____COMPLETE_____ several projects for the magazine. His job involves lots of travelling, which is sometimes not very safe. Not long ago, Mike came face to face with an elephant which attacked ______HE_____. Mike was injured but luckily not seriously. But danger could never stop Mike.
“I wish everyone _____UNDERSTAND_____ that life is a very delicate thing.
If we go on in the same irresponsible way, we ____KILL_____ all life on the planet, and ourselves too”.
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A robot is a special kind of machine that follows the instructions coming from a computer. A robot ___NOT/MAKE______ mistakes and it never gets tired. Robots are all around ___WE_____. Robots make cars, explore dangerous places, clean things, answer telephone calls. Some of them can even take care of _____CHILD____ and elderly people. If we didn’t have robots, our life _______BE______ less comfortable and more dangerous. According to the dictionary, the word ‘robot’ _____MEAN_______ ‘compulsory labour’. The word ‘robot’ ____USE________ for the first time in a science fiction play in 1920. The robot from that play was a destructive machine that finally_____DESTROY_____ the human race. However, in real life, robots are still obedient to people. As for robots, the most enthusiastic nation is the Japanese. By now they ____CREATE____ a quarter of the world's robots. And they have very ambitious plans for the future. The Japanese engineers think that soon robots ___REPLACE_______ 3,5 million workers in their country.
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They say that pop music is created by and for young people. It often happens this way. A young ____SING_____ makes one or two good records at the start of their career. Every year, lots of new stars become ____FAME____ but for a short time. And just a year or two later they either ____APPEAR___ or make less interesting records. It is difficult to find musicians who could make great records for a long time. Lots of popular groups from the 1970s, for example, are still better known for the songs they made in their ____SUCCESS____ past than for their more recent recordings. Some performers leave the stage but don't lose their ____POPULAR____. They continue to appear ___REGULAR___ on TV as presenters, or in chat and reality shows.
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In Moscow, there are approximately 35,000 dogs living on the streets. Some of these ____HOME____ animals were born there. Others are just _____LUCKY____ pets that have been abandoned by their owners. For many dogs the city may be a ____DANGER___ place to live in. However, scientists were surprised to find out how ____EASY____ some animals can adapt to urban life. Some dogs have even learnt to use the city’s metro system! We still don't know how the dogs find out when to get off the train. One ___SUGGEST___ is that they use their excellent sense of smell to recognise the scents of their favourite destinations. Another idea is that they are able to remember the design of ___DIFFER___ stations and find the station they need.
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Most graffiti street artists are anonymous. However there are some artists who have become globally ___FAME___. Like the twin brothers from Brazil who call themselves Os Gemeos. They paint everything from small images to huge, ___COLOUR___ pictures of people on buildings. Another celebrity among graffiti artists is Blek le Rat from Paris. He paints pictures of ___HOME___ people. In this way he hopes to encourage residents to think ____SERIOUS___ about the problems of these people. Another well-known artist is Faith 47 from Cape Town. She paints big bright pictures of people and animals. The works of this ___PAINT____ can be found on pavements, empty factory buildings, and abandoned cars. It is ____POSSIBLE____ to predict how street art will develop in the future but we can be sure that it is here to stay!
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