Dear Mum and Dad, Hello from sunny Brighton! Pete and Lare here on holiday fortwo weeks and having great time. There's a lot to do and eat here - the fish are ¥ We went to see a fim and ~~ some of the local food, Pete hadn't been feeling very well, s0 it's been good for him to ~~ areal break. He wants to get some exercise ~~ we'reon holiday. As you he loves quiet places and I hope i's not too hot! Love, Helen ‘Order the sentences below to make a story. The first one is done for you. My First Day At Work eee ee The ofice ison the 2nd floor but | decided to use the stars. | arrived early to make a good impression, but when | got there the lift was out of order. My new boss fold me to go to the hospital to make sure the problem wasnt serious. Wiile walking up them fell over and hurt my knee. I didn't even get to see my new desk before | left. By the time I got to the office I couldn't walk anymore. ‘est et ad compat ech sp wih or or heat fe tom fe ae Gallo Gaile! nw [ao act mde ri Cai Cals ts Pa a 1B, en snd Het i Petals lene (Sr rd era scmcer treat of Pad Hara eal Clea gs unt mata ug opng alt oMetass tom|___ gs sre Moana ah os os, os whaswalingrintecoic——anstlconiareda ga ani Urn towne ha deainemin 62 et alone Detrg vote moneda Pathe eh ned ‘tenon al wen apa ce gt rows | errs | tang | ft romd | ing | ek | at | sng | peteRead the passage quickly. Choose a heading for each numbered paragraph (1-7) from the drop-down box. There is one more heading than you need. 1 v 2 a 3. | Life on Mars v 4. | I space the future for mankind? _ The difficulties of living in space A successful outcome A distant new world 7. | Imitating life in space v A long journey in space Only an experiment Mission To Mars 4. On 3rd June 2010 an international crew of six astronauts entered a space ship and prepared themselves for a 520 day voyage to the planet Mars and back. The module that was to be their home for the next year and a half contained their sleeping quarters, a kitchen/dining room, a living room, a control room and a toilet. There was also space for food storage, a small greenhouse, a bathroom, a sauna and even a gym. The Mars landing was scheduled for 12th February 2011, following a 255-day fight, and would involve a full two days of exploration of the planet surface. An equally long return journey would see the astronauts return to earth on 4th November 2011 2. Emerging from the spaceship after an exhausting 520 days, Russian commander Alexei Sitev declared the mission finally over. “The programme has been fully carried out,” he announced al a press conference. “All the crew members are in good health. We are now ready for further tests.” Indeed, the general consensus in the scientific community was that the Mars 500 project had achieved its aims, and, what is more, the crew had managed to complete their mission without ever having to leave the Earth's atmosphere.3. Mars 500 was, in fact, a simulation exercise, The astronauts never even left the ground ‘and their space ship was a specially constructed working model situated in a warehouse in the suburbs of Moscow. The aims of the mission were to see how well humans could cope with the confinement and stress involved in extended interplanetary travel. The astronauts — three Russians, a Frenchman, an Halian and a Chinese national — were volunteers for the project, and, although all of them had the option of leaving their 550 cubie meter living space at any time, none of them chose to do so. 4, All communications between the crew and mission control were subject to a twenty minute delay to simulate the time it would take signals to reach the earth trom outer space. Although not all the elements of space fight - such as the effects of zero gravity - could be reproduced, the conditions on board were made as realistic as possible. The astronauts breathed recycled air, showered only once every ten days and lived mostly on a diet of tinned food. Even the ‘surface of Mars had been recreated to allow the crew the simulated experience of walking on the red planet. 5. In addition to the discomforts of living in a confined space, the astronauts also had to endure the psychological stresses brought about by isolation and boredom. Scientific studies: have already shown that extended periods of social isolation can disrupt the normal mechanisms of the body. This can lead to increased levels of stress and higher blood pressure, which, in tum, can create feolings of anxiety and aggression. The astronauts were subject to regular medical tests throughout the experiment and they were under constant observation via a twenty-four hour closed-circuit television system. The tests continued even after the men had completed their mission as the scientists were interested to see how the astronauts would cope with a return to normal life. 6. The data collected by the experiment is further evidence that human beings are capable of ‘overcoming the pressures of long space fight that will be necessary if fulure exploration of planets is to be feasible. Although there is resistance in some quarters to investment in space exploration, some scientists believe that our future lies in the stars. With the world’s population exceeding seven billion and showing no sign of slowing down, future generations: may be forced fo seek out new worlds beyond our own increasingly overcrowded plank 7. Although the dry and dusty landscape of Mars may not be the most suitable spot for future, habitation, there are other planets that could sustain human life. To date about 700 planets, with similarities to Earth have been identified outside our own solar system, and about 15 of these are potentially habitable. The most recent to be discovered — Kepler 22-b — has a surface temperature of about 22°C and orbits a star not unlike our own sun. Scientists believe that it may even contain water. However, although it may seem like a good candidate for a future space colony, itis 600 light years away, and so it is likely to remain beyond human reach for many generations to come.