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UNIT 12: LIFE ON OTHER PLANETS

Vocabulary
Life on Earth and other planets
Pronunciation
Stress in words ending in -ful and -less
Grammar
may and might: review
Reported speech: questions
Communication
Predicting what other life forms might be like
Asking and answering questions about life on other planets

I. Choose the word (A, B, C or D) whose stress is different from the others.
1. A. careless B. terrorist C. survival D. joyful
2. A. fortunately B. appropriate C. agriculture D. helicopter
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3. A. plentiful B. powerless C. regardless D. thoughtful

4. A. exploration B. unsuitable C. controllable D. adventure
5. A. meaningful B. powerful C. poisonous D. enormous

II. Choose the word (A, B, C or D) whose underlined part is pronounced differently.
1 A. Mercury B. survival C. nobody D. terrorist
2 A. unhealthy B. thunderous C. breathable D. thoughtful
3 A. actually B. Jupiter C. fortunate D. temperature
4 A. engineer B. unfairness C. atmosphere D. cheerfully
5 A. essential B. passenger C. isolate D. impossible

III. Choose the correct form of the words (A, B, C or D) to complete the sentences.
1. The discovery of the new planet with water on the surface makes it ____to find life
elsewhere in the universe.
A. hope
B. hopes
C. hoping
D. hopeful
2. Are there any other_beings in our solar system?
A. intelligent
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B. intelligence
C. intelligently
D. intelligential
3. Despite a lot of research in outer space, scientists have not yet been able tofind evidence
of_______forms on any other planet except Earth.
A. live
B.living
C.lived
D. life
4. In our galaxy, there may be billions of planetary systems where more thanone planet
are_______.
A. habit
B.inhabit
C.inhabitant
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D.uninhabitable
5. A spacecraft is designed_______a crew into interstellar space.
A. carry
B.carrying
C. to carry
D. carried
IV. Choose the best word or phrase (A, B, C or D) to complete each sentence.
1. A lot of people___protest that there are some chances to live on otherplanets.
A. strongly
B.strong
C.strength
D. strengthen
2. Do you believe___the existence of UFOs?
A. in
B.on
C.at
D. to
3. There's no____that there's life on other planets.
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A. way
B.proof
C.requirement
D.space
4. Jupiter is thought_____a gaseous and fluid planet without solid surface.
A. to be
B.to have been
C.be
D.being
5. Europa is the fourth_____ moon of Jupiter.
A. large
B.larger
C.largest
D.largely
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6. Earth has an atmosphere that is_____too hot____too cold.

A. neither/nor
B. either/or
C. not only/ but also
D. both/ and
7. Over the years, science fiction works have increased the public's interest_______the
possibility of extraterrestrial life.
A. in
B.on
C.at
D.to
8. What must a planet have in order to _____life?
A. contain
B.substain
C.pretend
D.amend
9. Although some of us find it amazing, there are plenty of people who believethat aliens have
visited our planet_______several occasions.
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A. for
B.on
C.at
D.in
10. British space scientists are planning to join the Americans_______the race tofind evidence
of life on other planets.
A. in
B.on
C.at
D.by
11. There's extensive historical evidence that our ancestors may have_______amassive
invasion of Unidentified Flying Objects surpassing on their territories.
A. heard
B.witnessed
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C.inferred
D.denoted
12. Hubble space telescope is named_______Eduin P. Hubble. He discovered thatthe Milky
Way was only the one of many galaxies.
A. after
B.before
C.towards
D.within
13. The Mars is the_______planet to the sun.
A. four-close
B. four-closest
C. fourth-close
D. fourth-closest
14. Most of the Earth's surface is covered by_______
A. beach
B.land
C.bay
D.ocean
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15. Pluto is not considered as a planet in our solar system_______a dwarf.

A. but
B.though
C.while
D.with
V. Choose the best response (A, B, C or D) to complete each conversation.
1. - _____________________________
I just believe in what I can see.
A. It's unbelievable! Scientists have just launched another satellite into space.
B. Do you believe in UFOs?
C. You can believe or not. My uncle is an astronaut.
D. Can you see the Mars through the telescope?
2. - My father bought me a book about the universe.
______________________________________
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A. A telescope would be helpful for you.

B. So don't read the book anymore.
C. It'snot good for your education.
D. I think he knows your hobby.
3. - Do you know the name of this planet?
_________________________________
A. This is the first time I've heard about it.
B. No. Jupiter is larger.
C. Is it your business?
D. You may love it a lot.
VI. Read the passage and choose the correct answers (A, B, C or D) to fill in the blanks.
In 1977, NASA began accepting women into their astronaut program. Sally Ride, a 26-
year-old physics student at the time, saw the advert on the newspaper anddecided to
1.______. Ride, along with six other women, 2.______by NASA.3.______years of
training, in 1983, Sally Ride became the first American womanto fly in space. Her
mission was to fly on the space shuttle and operate the robotic arm. She did it again in
1984. This time, she spent more than 300 hours in space. Sallyleft NASA in 1987 to
teach physics at her old school in San Francisco. 4.______her journey to space stopped
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in 1987, she continued to talk about her experience and encourage young girls
5.______their dreams until her death in 2012.
1 A. stay away B. checkout C. log in D. sign up
2 A. is picked B. are picked C. was picked D. were picked
3 A. After B. Before C. With D. During
4 A. In spite of B. Even though C. Nevertheless D. Even if
5 A. follow B. following C. to follow D. followed
VII. Read the passage and choose the correct answers.
For decades, humans have been wondering if there is life on other planets.
Scientists have been working to find the answer to this question. They believe that the
answer is positive and Mars is likely the planet we’re looking for. The reason is quite
simple. There is possibly life on Mars because this planet's environment is the most
similar to Earth. Scientific evidences suggest that Mars used to be a planet withoverflowing
water. The water is currently frozen but it can be extracted from soil.
Temperature on Mars is not extremely hot or extremely cold. Gravity, daylight cycle
and atmosphere on Mars are also the most resembling to Earth compared with other
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planets in our solar system. All of this is not enough to prove that life exists on Mars.
However, if humans want to find life on other planets then Mars is our safest bet.
1. Which of the following would be the best title of the passage?
A. An Earth-like Planet.
B. The Earth.
C. Solar System.
D. Humans On Mars.
2. According to the writer, what do scientists expect to find out when they do research on
other planets?
A. Mars.
B. Existence of human beings, animals or plants.
C. Overflowing water.
D. Perfect temperature.
3. According to the writer, which of the following aspects do scientists compare Mars with
Earth?
A. Water and gravity.
B. Temperature and atmosphere.
C. Daylight cycle.
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D. All are correct.

4. What can be inferred about life on Mars?
A. Mars is the only planet to be similar to Earth.
B. It is unsure that human can live on Mars.
C. Frozen water on Mars may be used on Earth.
D. Every kind of plant can live on Mars.
5. Which of the following is FALSE about Mars?
A. Life on Mars is nearly the same as on Earth.
B. Temperature on Mars is not too harsh.
C. There is no gravity on Mars.
D. Mars is in solar system.
VIII. Choose the underlined word or phrase (marked A, B, C or D) in each sentence that
needs correcting.
1. The white rings of Saturn, the second largest planet in the solar system andnamed
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A B
for the ancient Roman God of agriculture, had been seen by theastronomer Galileo
C D
in 1610.
2. Mars is called the Red Planet because its reddish surface.
A BCD
3. By measuring the colour of a star, astronomers can tell how hot is it.
A B CD
4. In 1975, NASA cooperate with the Soviet Union to achieve the first international
AB C
human space flight, the Apollo-Soyuz Test Project.
D
5. The rapid growth of the world's population over the past 100 years have led to the
A B C
hunt for living space in other planets.
D
6. Scientists are still uncertain of what universe originated millions of years ago.
AB C D
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7. Scientists believethat Earth formed approximately 4.5 billion years ago.

ABC D

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