- Complete each sentences with a
suitable form of the verb in brackets (infitinive or gerund):
a.
I really miss ______________ (play) tennis like I used to.
b.
Martin failed ______________ (pay) the rent on time again.
c.
It’s not worth ________________ (buy) a return ticket.
d.
I promise I won’t forget ________________ (feed) the cat.
e.
Would you mind ______________ (look) after the baby?
- Rewrite each
sentence so that it contains the word in capitals:
a. Jack said that he hadn’t cheated in the
exam. CHEATING
b. I think it would be a good idea to take
the train. SUGGEST
c. My neighbour said he would call the
police! THREATENED
d. I needed a drink of water and so I
stopped running. TO
e. Mark is too young to go to the disco.
ENOUGH
- Translate into
English:
a.
Hoy en día la mayoría de los adolescentes se
emborracha los fines de semana.
b.
Las personas mayores viven solas aunque
tengan hijos solteros.
c.
Personalmente pienso que los estudiantes prefieren
los ordenadores a los libros.
d.
Es un hecho que algunos anuncios son
aburridos mientras que otros son inolvidables.
e. En resumen, el concierto fue una pérdida
de tiempo y de dinero.
- Rewrite each
sentence beginning as shown:
a. I’d prefer you not to wear jeans to the
office. I’d rather…
b. We won’t get there on time without
taking a taxi. Unless…
c. “I wouldn’t go swimming on a day like
this, if I were you, Tom”. Brian advised…
d. Although she had twisted her ankle,
Sally still won the race. Despite her…
e. Mike enjoys playing golf more than I do.
I don’t…
f. I regret selling my car. I wish…
g. Nobody has cut the lawn for weeks. The
lawn…
h. I’m sure Dick didn’t mean to offend you.
Dick can’t…
i. Have you got a smaller size than this?
Is this…
j. Would you like to go out for a drink? Do
you feel…?
COMING DOWN TO EARTH
A
hot shower and a new wife helped two astronauts come down to earth after six
months in orbit. Russian cosmonaut Yuri Malenchenko and U.S. astronaut Edward
Lu landed in Kazakhstan after an unproblematic flight from the International
Space Station. The crew, accompanied by Spaniard Pedro Duque, who was on a one
week mission, arrived as planned. Lu said the exciting life on the 16-nation
orbital platform had amply compensated for not enjoying common comforts.
"It's a small price to pay not to be able to eat your favorite food or
take a shower if you have the opportunity to live and work in space," he
told a news conference. "But that being said, that first hot shower felt
really good." Having married his fiancée Ekaterina Dmitriev in August via
a satellite video link from space, Malenchenko went straight into married life
enthusiastically. "Life continues on earth and we've got lots of
plans," he said. The astronauts said they had been able to keep in touch
with their families from the station via e-mail and video telephone. "I
missed my family and fiancée, but we had very good communications on board and
we were able to talk," said Lu. "I didn't feel very much separated
from my loved ones on the ground."
COMPREHENSION
(3 points)
a) MULTIPLE
CHOICE:
1)
One
of the daily comforts astronauts cannot enjoy in orbit is...
a. a nice talk with family
b. a good film c. a hot
shower d. a radio program
2)
Who
was Ekaterina Dmitriev?
a. Malenchenko's fiancée b. Malenchenko's
wife c. Duque's wife d. Lu's fiancée
b) ARE
THESE STATEMENTS TRUE OR FALSE? JUSTIFY YOUR ANSWERS WITH WORDS OR PHRASES FROM
THE TEXT. (0.5 points per answer)
3)
Pedro
Duque was in orbit for six months.
4)
The
orbital platform was exclusively a Russian and American enterprise.
5)
Living
in the orbital platform was so stimulating that astronauts could manage without
ordinary comforts.
6)
The
Russian astronaut got married while in space.
(B) USE OF ENGLISH (4 points)
7) Give one opposite for EXCITING
(adjective) (line 5) (0.25 points)
8) Give one synonym for CONTINUE
(verb) (line 9) (0.25 points)
9) Find in the text the word which
has the following definition: “a group of people working on a spaceship” (noun)
(0.25 points)
10) Give an adjective with the same
root as ENJOY (verb) (line 5) (0.25 points)
11) Give one synonym of FILTHY (0.25
points)
12) Give a noun with the same root
as ENTHUSIASTICALLY (0.25 points)
13) Rewrite the sentence as indirect
speech: “You can't park here” The police officer told me...
14) Give a question for the
underlined words: (0.5 points) Edward Lu met his fiancée after Christmas.
15) Use the words in the boxes to
make a meaningful sentence. Use all and only the words in the boxes without
changing their form. (0.5 points)
station had a
Malenchenko walk the around
16) Turn the following sentence into
passive: The astronauts are giving the journalists a lot of information (0.5
points)
17) Complete the following
conditional sentence: If I ever went to space… (0.5 points)
(C) PRODUCTION (3 points)
18) Write a composition (80-100
WORDS) Choose ONE of the following options. Specify your option.
a) Are dangerous professions
attractive for young people today? Why?
b) Do you like science fiction
stories/films? Why?
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