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rs doing? H ever done any of these things? clder people? 2 You are going to read about « boy called Parker who went to the North Pole, Look at the text, What does the title tell you? 8 Quickly read the text to understand what happened and answer the questions. Don't worry about the missing sentences, ther like? He nearly reached the top of the world people have suceeded in sing tothe North Pot. 1) sow and ice to reach his destination. (2) C} They had been accompanied by thei parents but Parker eee ath justa guide called Doug.) Cl During the Journey they ken they weld be fed ath ering wind sr Low temperatures (6) O _— Doug had experience of ater patems too, the cracks opening up inthe ve, ) In fac, the gaps in the ce were much larger than they had expected because of global warming.) 295 were jst too wide forthe two explorers to cos, So they had to give up and Parker taveked yh last helicopter, having been defeated by his reason forthe trp ~ global wating rr 180 kilometres across ‘A. Two other teenagers had previously got there on skis but they had ha a different starting point so had only gone half this distance. B Teenacer Parker Liautaud attempted to become one of them inorder to draw attention to the effects of global warming © They have been known to reach -50°C in this part of the world D Parker had complete confidence in him because this would be his seventh trip. E ous hadn't seen anything as bad as that on his previous trips F These can appear faster than a man can walk and can become a real challenge. sentence goes in ea make sure they, them anc 5. Underine these words inthe sentences A-Fin Exercise 4and say whateach ako sr they them anc cone refers to in the story ances 1 there) HMOE 4 him and his (D) POLKCON, singular noun. Then check 2 them@) thOY 5 har Ahcst. the meaning fits too. other 6 these) thee UNIT 2 READING AND USE OF ENGLISH tn Reading Fart 6 there are si gaps and seven sentences. The text ‘below has four gaps and five sentences, ‘You are going to read a text written by a teenager about ‘explorers. Four sentences have been removed from the text. ‘Choose from the sentences A-E the one which fits each gap (0-0) There is one extra sentence which you do not need to use. Talso Used to think about the first sea explorers, sailing ‘rom their homes to the ends ofthe earth, where they ‘houoht they miaht falloff the edge ofthe worl, or be Swallowed up by a sea monster.[3] E_| They needes Courage and trust to go out into the world. I knew that wanted tobe like that I'd never beable to just sit round and acer te words itis. 'S0 Vim always pushing the limits. I always climb the tallest tree rather than the eases, jump off the cliff Into the sea rather than walk down, hold my breath underwater for longer than anyone else, try to cycle down the steepest hill near our house as fast as I can, [80 I dic’ try that again, D That last attempt ended in disaster, for the only thing lachieved wes broken bones, E Most it went over my head, but the main there ‘Grammar — Tenses and prepositions @ See page 79 1 © Choose the correct word or words in italics in these sentences. ~ 1. Yesterday went shopping and I va ought / BOUGHT two fanatic Thins. 2 The shops were closed and we had to: ) TURE the next day. 3 Thare ware: noises outside, 50 ITooked / was looking cut of the window to see ‘what happened /: a: 4 There's nothing o do here for during the winter 5. I've been fying / tried io do this homework since I got home and I still haven't finished {eid ih & Last week, os Iwas coming / Same Tame, | was seeing | Say a strange animal. 7. There wos along quaue because everybody had arrived at uring the seme time. 8 Suddenly my father realised he 'dforgoten / fagotto lock the cor. 9. Iprertised the piano everyday during [st three wooks 10 Tlooked everywhare for my puree butt had lissrmaned dlisappecred. 2 Road the text below quickly to find out what it is cbout, Think about what kind of wort] is needed for each gup. Most of the missing words are prepositions or parts of c= 2 fou only ever need to write one word in For questions 1-8, think of the word which best fits each gap, YOU O"'Y ee z : the gap. itwillneverbe a contraction like SE On eerna® Resreiscovemmmple tthe, ict a this is really two words (didnot beginning (0, Use the grammar exercise above to help you, THE MYSTERY OF THE BERMUDA TRIANGLE ‘The Bermuda Triangle is an imaginary triangle in the Atlantic ‘Ocean. (0) FOR many years, people have told stories about mysterious disappearances that have (1) NAG__. place in this Usa ares. ‘The explorer Christopher Columbus first wrote about the ‘Bermuda Triangle in 1492. He (2) JCAL. sailing across the ‘Atlantic Ocean when he came (3) ._+O__ some mysterious light pattems in the sky. (4) the same time, his Vocabulary - Word building (1) 3. Using the endings in the table, make adjectives from these nouns and verbs Write them under the best heading. | ccckdent” cdseetere ear conte comet oa [SP oer myatery age pyaeet cet) psec eat t wable US | Goat 2 adrabie | Cotttpt juhwesal mus ero lea COMIC! aU! OU! Seige uy Nt GAN) | BSN a 6 ne ee ENCES Jock carefully at how the spelling changes ifthe word ends in yor-a Wile owe sess examples. ye TROD raul it out. conta Ine Sninedal. FUNO For 1-S, read the text below. Use the word given in capitals at the end of some of the lines to form a word tht fits in the gap in the same line. There is an example at the beginning (0! ‘ATRIP TO REMEMBER Lraksioet tvejust been on a realy (0) remeristle.holiday 79) REMARK the end of the line that you must ‘with my family. My Dad decided that as my change. Don't try to put that word sister and |are teenagers now, we could go in any other gap. ‘on avery (1) @duSLaLliday. So he found » [ADVENTURE travel brochure which contained 3 huge range of 2) OAH. trips including treks wildlife ExcrTe encounters and (3)-ColtUiOholdays, *} cuvrure ‘We were spoilt for 4) ChOoINecause ] cHoose there were holidays inal sorts of amazing (5) {OKCHRIC tke Peru, nda and China, LocaTe However.inthe end we decided to goto South Africa because my sistersakeen (6) fQUCGOphY] PHOTOGRAPH and she was doingaprojecton the (7).QGHACL) | NATURE world, so she wanted to seeallthe animals So we saw the sights in Cape Town and then went of to {explore Byde River Canyon, hich sone ofthe igest canyons inthe werld. twas an absolutely e; we sav Somary animals FORGET

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