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1. What books and / or

films do you know
about space travel? Do
you think it is possible
to people to travel to
distant planets?
Space ships have been seen in the sky
above New York. Cities all over the USA
have been attacked. We believe that the
invaders are from Mars.

When those words were broadcast on the radio

in 1938, thousands of Americans ran from their
homes. Roads were blocked by cars as people
tried to escape from Martians. In fact, it was just a
play called The War of the Worlds. The play was
based on a story that was written by H.G. wells in
1898. In the story, Earth is attacked by spaceships
that come from Mars. We now know that there
aren't any aliens from Mars. The Red Planet has
been visited by several space probes, and
photographs are taken by the Mars Orbital
Surveyor every day. All the pictures show a cold,
dead planet, and no signs of life have ever been
found there. Has it always been a dead planet,
however?
Not every one agrees that the fossils in the meteorite
are bacteria. In the next ten or twenty years, we might
find out, however, as there are many plans to send
astronauts to Mars.
The Earth won't be invaded by Martians, as H.G. Wells
thought.
Instead, Mars will be visited by people of Earth. It will
be difficult, dangerous and expense journey. We mind
only find bacteria, but this will show that life can exist

LIFE ON MARS
American scientists believe that
they have found signs of life on
Mars. These signs werent found on
the Red
Planet itself; they were found in
Antarctica in a small meteorite
called ALH84001. The Earth is hit by
millions of meteorites every year.
This particular meteorite came from
Mars. It is billions of years old and
contains fossils that look like
bacteria.

2. Look through the texts. Who or what are these?

H.G.Wells
ALH84001
The Red Planet
The Mars Orbital Surveyor.

2.1. Why will astronauts be sent to Mars?

3. Read the texts again. Are these statements true or false?

New York was attacked by Martians in 1938.

People thought that the radio play was real.
Space probes have found signs of live in Mars.
ALH84001 was found in Antarctica.
Meteorites don't hit the Earth very often.
All scientists agree that ALH 84001 contains fossils of bacteria.
Astronauts will be sent to mars next year.
We know there is life on other planets.

The Passive voice

a) Complete the gapped sentence below with the verb in the passive voice.
Active
The Mars Orbital Surveyor takes photographs everyday.
Passive
___________________ by the mars Orbital Surveyor every day.

b) Complete the sentences from the text.

1. Spaceships _____________ in the sky above New York.
2. Roads ____________ by cars.
3. The Earth ____________ by millions of meteorites every year.

4. Mars _____________ by people from Earth.

c) Which sentence is each sentence in? Write the numbers of the sentences
in b in the boxes.

Present simple
Past simple
Future
Present perfect

d) Put the verbs in brackets into the past simple passive.

How did ALH84001 get to Earth? Mars _______________ (form) about 4.5
billion years ago. About 16 million years ago, the planet _______________ (hit)
by a huge comet. Millions of pieces of the planet _______________ (throw) into
space. About 13.000 years ago one of these meteorites landed in Antarctica and it
_____________(cover) by snow and ice. It _____________ (find) in 1980s and it
______________ (take) to the USA with other meteorites. There, the meteorites
______________ (cut) open, and they ________________ (study) by scientists.
Objects that look like bacteria ____________________ (see) in ALH84001. The
news of discovery ________________ (broadcast) around the world on TV, radio
and the Internet.

d) Will people ever go to Mars? What do you think? What will the problems
be?
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