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1 STEPHEN HAWKING
Read about Stephen Hawking.
Stephen Hawking is a famous cosmologist. He's also a

theoretical physicist and a mathematician. He is a writer, too.
Four occupations! The name of his best-selling book is A Brief
4 History of Time. It is also a documentary film. The writer is
Hawking, but he is not the director of the film. The director is
Errol Morris.
PART A. Now answer the questions. Check  the box(es).
1. What are Hawking's occupations?
writer manager architect cosmologist

mechanic physicist pharmacist reporter
mathematician director engineer accountant
2. In line 4, 'It' means ______________.
The famous cosmologist The theoretical physicist

A Brief History of Time The occupation
3. What is A Brief History of Time?
A photograph A film A workbook A scientist A book
4. What is Errol Morris's occupation?
musician writer film director famous actor
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PART B. Read the information about A Brief History Of Time, and fill in the
blanks.
Film director Errol Morris
Film producer David Hickman

Executive Producers Steven Spielberg
Kathleen Kennedy
Writer Stephen Hawking
Stars Stephen Hawking

Isobel Hawking (Stephen Hawking's Mother)
Janet Humphrey (Stephen Hawking's Aunt )
Mary Hawking (Stephen Hawking's Sister)
Composer Philip Glass
1. Mr. Hickman's ___________________________ is David.
2. Mr. Hickman is ______________________________________.
3. Steven Spielberg and Kathleen Kennedy are the ______________________ of

the documentary.
4. Janet's _______________________________ is Humphrey.
5. Philip Glass is not a film director. He is ______________________________.
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2 BUSINESS CARDS
Look at the business cards and answer the questions. Give long answers.
1. What is Mrs. Johnson's first name?
___________________________________________________________
2. What is Barbara Smith's occupation?
___________________________________________________________
3. What is John Brown's address?
___________________________________________________________
4. Is John Brown a dentist?
___________________________________________________________
5. What is Dogwood Veterinary Hospital's web address?
___________________________________________________________
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6. What is Mrs.Smith's phone number?
___________________________________________________________
7. Is Mrs. Smith's e-mail address barfbara@fol.com?
___________________________________________________________
8. Is 212 654 -0894 Mr.Brown's phone number?
___________________________________________________________
9. What are Mrs. Johnson's and Wayne Morris's occupations?
___________________________________________________________
10. Are Pamela Johnson and Wayne Morris neighbors?
___________________________________________________________
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3 FAMOUS PEOPLE
PART A. Match the pictures with the names of the following famous people.
Choose the correct name and write it on the line.
Lady Gaga / Tom Cruise / Sting / Ronaldinho / Uğur Dündar / Michael Schumacher /
Joanne Rowling.
1 2
This is _____________. He is This is _____________. He is
a Formula One racing driver. He an actor, a producer, a writer
is from Germany. His favorite and a director. He's from the
singer is Sting. United States. His favorite
film is Harry Potter and The
Deathly Hallows .
3 4
This is ____________. He This is_____________. His
is a journalist and an birth name is Ronaldo de
anchorman. He's from Assis Moreira. He is a
Turkey. His favorite TV footballer. He's from Brazil.
channel is Star TV. His favorite footballer is
David Beckham from Britain.
5 6
This is_____________. Her This is_____________. She
birth name is Stefani Joanne is a novelist. She is the writer
Angelina Germanotta. She is a of the Harry Potter books.
musician, a song-writer, a She's from Britain. Her
dancer, an activist and a favorite actor is Daniel
businesswoman. She's from Radcliffe, and her favorite
the United States. singer is Avril Lavigne.
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This is_____________. His
birth name is Gordon Matthew
Sumner. He is a musician, a
producer, a song-writer and an
actor. He's from Britain.
PART B. Read the texts, and answer the questions. Give long answers.
1. Is Lady Gaga from Germany?
_____________________________________________________________
2. Where is Ronaldinho from?
_____________________________________________________________
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3. What is Uğur Dündar's occupation?
_____________________________________________________________
4. What is Mrs. Rowling's first name?
_____________________________________________________________
5. Is Michael Schumacher from Britain?
_____________________________________________________________
6. What is his occupation?
_____________________________________________________________
7. Who is Mrs. Rowling's favorite singer?
_____________________________________________________________
8. Is Mrs. Rowling a song-writer?
_____________________________________________________________
9. What is Daniel Radcliffe's occupation?
_____________________________________________________________
10. What is Uğur Dündar's favorite TV channel?
_____________________________________________________________
PART C. What do they have in common? Check  the boxes. You may tick more
than one box.
1. Sting and Lady Gaga are ________.
 musicians novelists producers song-writers
2. Tom Cruise and Lady Gaga are from ________.
 Britain Germany the United States
3. Tom Cruise and Sting are ________.
 activists producers actors
4. Mrs. Rowling and Sting are from ________.
 Italy the United States Britain
5. Ronaldinho and David Beckham are ________.
 from Brazil footballers from Britain businessmen
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4 GUIDE TO LONDON CINEMAS
Read about the cinemas, and answer the questions. Give long answers.
The Prince Charles Cinema
The Prince Charles Cinema is at 7 Leicester Place, London WC2H 7BY. It is just 40
meters from Leicester Square.
Transportation: Take the tube to Leicester Square or Piccadilly Circus. Then walk
to the cinema.
For more information : www.princecharlescinema.com
The Ritzy
The Ritzy Cinema is on Brixton Oval Road, London SW2 1JG. Its phone number is
020 7733 2229.
There is a bar and a café on the first floor of the cinema.
Transportation: Take the train to Brixton Station. Then take a taxi to the cinema.
No buses!
The Rio Cinema

The Rio Cinema is at 107 Kingsland
High St, London E8 2PB. Its phone
number is 020 33 77 9222.
Transportation: Take the train to
Dalston Kingsland Station. Then take
Bus 116. Walk from the bus stop to the cinema.
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1. Where is the Rio Cinema?
_____________________________________________________________
2. What is the web address of the Prince Charles Cinema?
_____________________________________________________________
3. Is the Prince Charles Cinema near Leicester Square ?
_____________________________________________________________
4. Is the phone number of the Ritzy Cinema 020 33 77 9222?
_____________________________________________________________
5. What is the address of the Prince Charles Cinema?
_____________________________________________________________
6. Is the Ritzy Cinema on Abbey Road?
_____________________________________________________________
7. How can I get to the Rio Cinema?
_____________________________________________________________
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5 MONICA AND DA CHUN
bookstore cinema
cafe
pharmacy
shoe store
toy
restaurant store
travel
bank pub
agency
hotel
train station
Chinese
restaurant
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Supermarket
Map of Buxton Da Chun’s house

Monica’s house
Monica and Da Chun are very good friends. Monica is from Britain, and Da Chun is
from China. They are nurses. Monica's father is an engineer. Da Chun's father is a
chef in a Chinese restaurant. Monica's mother is a teacher, and Da Chun's mother is a
housewife. They are both from Britain. Monica and Da Chun live on 3rd Avenue in
Buxton. Their houses are next to each other. They work at the same hospital, and
they go to work together. Monica has a small car, but they don't drive to work. They
walk.
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Part A. Read the text, and answer the questions. Give long answers.
1. What do Monica and Da Chun do?
_____________________________________________________________
2. What is Da Chun's father's job?
_____________________________________________________________
3. Where is Da Chun's mother from?
_____________________________________________________________
4. Are Monica's and Da Chun's fathers colleagues?
_____________________________________________________________
5. Are Monica and Da Chun neighbors?
_____________________________________________________________
6. Who works at the same hospital?
_____________________________________________________________
7. How do Monica and Da Chun go to work?
_____________________________________________________________
PART B. Look at the map of Buxton. Mark the sentences true (T) or false (F).
Correct the false ones. Write full sentences.
1. T F There isn't a cinema in the town.
______________________________________________________
2. T F The shoe store is next to the pharmacy.
______________________________________________________
3. T F There is an aquarium on Pine Street.
______________________________________________________
4. T F There isn't a museum in the town.
______________________________________________________
5. T F There is a hotel on Oak Street.
______________________________________________________
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6. T F The department store is on the corner of Second Avenue and Pine Street.
______________________________________________________
7. T F There is a high school near Monica's house.
______________________________________________________
8. T F There isn't a restaurant on Third Avenue.
______________________________________________________
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6 JULIA'S FAMILY
Julia Carter is a teacher. Her father, David Bell, is a doctor, and her mother, Mary, is
a nurse. They are both 58 years old. They have a big house in London. Julia has two
brothers. Richard is a lawyer, and he is tall and slim. He has an office in Cambridge.
John is 28. He's a businessman, and he's short and fat. He's the manager of Shadow
5 Robots, a company with two offices in London. They are not married. Julia is married
to Bob Carter. Bob is American. He is an architect and he's very good-looking. They
have two children. Jane is 11, and Peter is 9. They are both students and are very
cute.
Part A. Read the text, and fill in Julia's Family Tree.
Part B. Read the text again, and answer the questions. Give long answers.
1. How old is Mr. Bell?

________________________________________
2. Where is Mr. and Mrs. Bell's house?
________________________________________
3. What does Richard do?
________________________________________
4. Is Richard's office in London?
________________________________________
5. Who is short and fat?
________________________________________
6. What is Shadow Robots ?
________________________________________
7. Line 5, 'They' means ___________________________
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8. Where is Bob from?
_____________________________________________________________
9. Line 6, 'They' means ____________________________________________
10. How old are Julia and Bob's children?

_____________________________________________________________
Part C. Complete the missing information with one word only. You may get help
from the family tree.
1. Mr. Bell and Mrs. Bell are Julia's ______________________.
2. Richard and John are Mr. and Mrs. Bell's ______________________.
3. Julia is Richard and John's ______________________.
4. Julia is Bob's ______________________.
5. Bob is Julia's ______________________.
6. Julia is Jane and Peter's ______________________.
7. Bob is Jane and Peter's ______________________.
8. Peter is Mr. and Mrs. Bell's ______________________.
9. Mr. Bell and Mrs. Bell are Jane and Peter's ______________________.
10. Jane and Peter are Mr. Bell and Mrs. Bell's ______________________.
11. Jane is Julia and Bob's ______________________.
12. Jane is Mr. Bell and Mrs. Bell's ______________________.
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7 ENTERTAINMENT FOR OCTOBER
What's going on?

PLAYS
The Tempest
By William Shakespeare
'A masterpiece.'
'A pastoral comedy'
Performance : October 22nd 2 p.m.; at the Old Vic Theatre, Waterloo Road, London
Directions : Take the Northern line train to Waterloo station. The theatre is 10
minutes’ walk.
The Railway Children

'A breathtaking theatrical event.'
Children under the age of 16 must be accompanied by an adult.
Performance : Sundays only, 5 p.m.; at the Waterloo Station Theatre
Directions : Take the Bakerloo train to Waterloo station. The theatre is in the
station.
MOVIES
Eat Pray Love

Drama (2010) 140 min.
Starring: Richard Jenkins, Julia Roberts, Billy Crudup, Javier Bardem, James Franco
Director: Ryan Murphy
Writers: Ryan Murphy, Jennifer Salt
October 24th, 10 a.m.; at Barnet Odeon Cinema, Great North St., London
Tel: 0871 224 4007
The Girl Who Played With Fire

Thriller (2009) 129 min.
Starring: Mikael Spreitz, Noomi Rapace, Michael Nyqvist
Director: Daniel Alfredson
Writer: Janas Fryberg
October 10th, 6 p.m.; at Greenwich Picturehouse Cinema
Tel: 0871 704 2050
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Read about the events, and answer the questions. Give long answers.
1. What time is the play The Tempest?
__________________________________________________________
2. Who is the writer of the play The Tempest?
___________________________________________________________
3. How do I get to the Old Vic Theatre?
___________________________________________________________
4. When is the play The Railway Children?
____________________________________________________________
5. Where is the Waterloo Station Theatre?
____________________________________________________________
6. What does Ryan Murphy do?
___________________________________________________________
7. Where is the Barnet Odeon Cinema in London?
___________________________________________________________
8. Is the movie Eat Pray Love in the evening?
___________________________________________________________
9. What date is the movie Eat Pray Love?
___________________________________________________________
10. What is the phone number of the Barnet Odeon Cinema?
____________________________________________________________
11. Is Janas Fryberg the director of the movie The Girl Who Played With Fire?
___________________________________________________________
12. Where is the movie The Girl Who Played With Fire on?
___________________________________________________________
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8 A FAMILY PICTURE
PART A. Read the text, and write the names of the people.
Hello! My name is Susan, and I am married to Adam. I love white, so in this picture, I
have a white blouse, a white t-shirt and jeans. Adam has a yellow scarf, a black and
white jacket, and brown trousers. He also has glasses.
My two sons are Jim and David. In this picture, Jim has a white shirt and a white and
5 red tie, jeans and black shoes. His wife, Sue, has a pink t-shirt. Her pants are black.
Their son’s name is Alan. He has a red t-shirt, white shorts, and black and white
trainers. He is eight. He likes football a lot.
My son David is very tall. He has a white t-shirt, black shorts and blue trainers. He is
married to Mary. She likes green very much. It is her favorite color. She has a new
10 green and yellow hat. She also has green shoes and a brown handbag. My
granddaughter, Kate, is their daughter. She has a white dress, a short white jacket,
red and white stockings, and white shoes. Oh! Look at her shoes. They are old. She
needs new ones. It is her birthday next week. I’ll buy her a new pair of shoes for her
birthday.
15 This is my family, and I love them!
5.
3.
7.
4.
2.
6. 8.
1.
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PART B. Read the text again, and answer the questions. Give long answers.
1. Who is Adam?
____________________________________________________________
2. Does Susan have a handbag in the picture?
____________________________________________________________
3. Who has a tie in the picture?
____________________________________________________________
4. Is Sue’s t-shirt red?
____________________________________________________________
5. Line 5, ‘Her’ means _____________________

6. Line 6, ‘Their’ means ____________________
7. How old is Alan?
____________________________________________________________
8. Does he like football?
____________________________________________________________
9. Is David short?
____________________________________________________________
10. Who has white t-shirts?
____________________________________________________________
11. What is David’s daughter’s name?
____________________________________________________________
12. What is Mary’s favorite color?
____________________________________________________________
13. Is Mary’s hat new or old?
____________________________________________________________
14. What color are Kate’s stockings?
____________________________________________________________
15. Line 12, ‘her’ means ___________________
16. What does Kate need?
____________________________________________________________
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9 ALPHONSE KARR
Alphonse Karr is a student at London University. He is 21 years old. His birthday is on

July 15th. That means he is a Cancer. Alphonse is from Paris. His parents are still
there. He lives alone in London. He likes London a lot, but life is not easy there. It is a
very expensive city, and he needs money. He has an interview for a part-time job
5 early tomorrow morning, but he has a problem. He likes casual clothes. He has six
pairs of jeans, two pairs of trousers, seven sweaters, lots of t-shirts and shirts in his
wardrobe, but no jackets. He doesn't like wearing jackets, but he needs one for the
interview. He also needs a tie. His new trousers are brown, and his shoes are black, so
he wants a black jacket and a black and white tie. Luckily, there is a clothing store
10 next to his house. He hopes to find them there and get the job!
Read the text, and answer the questions. Give long answers.
1. What does Alphonse do?
_______________________________________________
2. When is his birthday?
_______________________________________________
3. What is his star sign?
_______________________________________________
4. Where are his parents?
_______________________________________________
5. Does Alphonse like London?
_______________________________________________
6. Line 3, 'there' means ___________________
7. Why does Alphonse need money?
_______________________________________________
8. When is the interview?
_______________________________________________
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9. How many pairs of jeans does he have?
___________________________________________________________
10. Line 7, 'one' means ____________________
11. Are his trousers old?
___________________________________________________________
12. What color are his shoes?
___________________________________________________________
13. Where is the clothing store?
___________________________________________________________
14. Line 10, 'them' means __________________
15. Line 10, 'there' means __________________
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10 A DAY IN THE LIFE OF IRINA MALKOVICH
Irina Malkovich is a very good acrobat. She is very young - only ten years old. She is a
member of the spectacular Circus of the Moon. The circus is famous because it
doesn’t have any animals, only people!
In some ways, Irina is a normal girl. Her mother wakes

her up at 7:00 in the morning. She takes a warm
shower. She has breakfast at 7:30. She usually has
some bread and cheese, some milk and some fruit for
breakfast. She never has tea. She hates it! After
breakfast, she gets dressed. Her father drives her to
school at 8:00. Her school is an unusual one because it
is a circus school. There are thirty children at the
school, and they all speak seven different languages! Classes start at half past eight.
Irina has four classes a day. They finish at one o'clock.
After school, Irina has lunch with her friends in the circus café,
and then starts work as an acrobat. She practices for about three
hours every day and then walks home to their caravan. She usually
gets back home at about 4:30, takes a quick shower and has a nap.
At 5:30, she takes her dog for a walk in the park. She comes back
home at 5:45. The family always has dinner at eight.
In the evening, Irina does her homework and then watches TV or a video or listens to
music. On Friday evenings, she always plays chess with her father. Irina usually goes
to bed early, at about 10:30.
So, does Irina like her life? “I love being in the circus,” she says. “It’s hard work, but
I have all my friends here. And I really like the applause after my act!”
PART A. Read the text, and mark the statements true (T) or false (F). Correct
the false ones. Write full sentences.
1. T F There are lots of animals in the Circus of the Moon.
_____________________________________________
2. T F Before breakfast, Irina takes a shower.
_____________________________________________
3. T F She sometimes has tea for breakfast.
_____________________________________________
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4. T F Her father gets up after Irina leaves home for school.
________________________________________________________
5. T F Irina is at school at 11:00.
________________________________________________________
6. T F She doesn't have a pet.
________________________________________________________
7. T F She doesn't like watching TV.
________________________________________________________
8. T F She doesn't go to bed late.
________________________________________________________
1. What time does Irina get up?
_____________________________________________________________
2. Write two things that she has for breakfast.
_____________________________________________________________
3. Why is her school unusual?
_____________________________________________________________
4. How many languages does Irina speak?
_____________________________________________________________
5. Is there a café at the circus?
_____________________________________________________________
6. Where does she have lunch?
_____________________________________________________________
7. Who does she have lunch with?
_____________________________________________________________
8. How does she get home?
_____________________________________________________________
9. What kind of home does she have?
_____________________________________________________________
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10. Where is she at 5:35?
_____________________________________________________________
11. When do Irina and her parents have dinner?
_____________________________________________________________
12. Write two things that Irina usually does in the evening.
_____________________________________________________________
13. How often does she play chess with her father?
_____________________________________________________________
14. Is Irina a happy child?
_____________________________________________________________
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11 BUCKINGHAM PALACE
Buckingham Palace is in London, England and famous all over the world because Queen
Elizabeth of England lives there.
Buckingham Palace is a big and beautiful building. Queen Elizabeth and her family live
on the second floor of the palace. The queen also has her office at the Palace. Every
5 Tuesday evening, she meets the Prime Minister. They talk about the world news and
have a drink. She has three garden parties in the summer. She invites 9,000 people
to each party! A lot of people meet the queen at these parties.
Buckingham Palace is like a small town. It has a police station, a hospital, two post
offices, a movie theatre, a swimming pool, two sports clubs, a garden, and a lake.
10 The palace has about 600 rooms. Seven hundred people work there. Two people have
very unusual jobs. They take care of the clocks. There are 300 clocks in the Palace.
Queen Elizabeth’s day starts at 7:00 in the morning. Seven people take care of her.
One person prepares her bath, and another person
prepares her clothes. Another person takes care of her
15 dogs. The queen loves dogs. Right now, she has eight dogs.
Every day, a man brings food for the dogs to Queen
Elizabeth’s room. The queen puts the food in the bowls
with a silver spoon.
At 8:30 every morning, the queen has breakfast with her husband, Prince Philip. They
20 drink a special coffee with hot milk. Two people bring her breakfast. She has coffee,
toast, and eggs and she reads a copy of The Times. During breakfast, a musician plays
Scottish music outside. Then, Queen Elizabeth works in her office the rest of the
morning. After lunch, she visits hospitals, schools, or new buildings.
It is very interesting to eat dinner at Buckingham Palace. You have to follow rules.
25 Queen Elizabeth starts to eat first, and then, everybody eats. When the queen
finishes eating, everybody finishes eating. You can’t leave the table during the dinner.
People can visit the rooms in Buckingham Palace in August and September. There are
wonderful things to see, like paintings and statues. Don’t forget that Queen Elizabeth
is one of the richest people in the world.
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PART A. What do the following refer to?
1. Line 2, 'there' means ______________________
2. Line 7, 'these parties' means ______________________
3. Line 8, 'It' means ______________________
4. Line 19,'They' means ______________________
PART B. Read the text, and answer the questions. Give long answers.
1. On which floor of the palace does Queen Elizabeth live?

___________________________________________________________
2. How often does she meet the Prime Minister?
___________________________________________________________
3. What do they do?
___________________________________________________________
4. How many rooms does the palace have?
___________________________________________________________
5. When does the queen get up?
___________________________________________________________
6. How many people help her in the morning?
___________________________________________________________
7. Where does she feed her dogs?
___________________________________________________________
8. Who does she have breakfast with?
___________________________________________________________
9. Which newspaper does she read?
___________________________________________________________
10. What sort of music does she listen to early in the morning?
___________________________________________________________
11. What does she do in the afternoon?
___________________________________________________________
12. Why is dinner at the palace interesting?
___________________________________________________________
13. When is the palace open to the public?
___________________________________________________________
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12 HOME SWEET HOME
I’m Sally Share, and I live with my parents and my sister in an

apartment in Plymouth, in the south of England. Our home isn’t big,
but it is very nice, and we all like it a lot. It has three bedrooms, a
small living room, a kitchen, a bathroom and a balcony. It’s not far
from our school. There is a park behind our flat, and our bedrooms
have a beautiful view of the park. Our dog, Queen, loves to play in
that park.
*****
I’m Matthew, and I am a university student. Our home is a

cottage in North Wales. I live there with my parents, my sister
and our two pets, a dog and a cat. There is a big garden around
our house and a one-car garage behind it. There are six rooms in
our house, but my favorite room is the attic. I study, watch TV
and play computer games there. I love living in the country.
*****
I’m Tim Quinn. I’m an engineer. We are a big family. We have

two daughters and two sons. We live in a five-bedroom house
near Glasgow, a big city in Scotland. We have two floors and a
garage. We also have a big garden with a swimming pool.
Upstairs, there are four small bedrooms and a bathroom.
Downstairs, there is a large living room, a small dining room, a
large bedroom and a large kitchen.
Read the texts, and answer the questions. Give long answers.
1. Where is Plymouth?
____________________________________________________________
2. Do Sally and her sister go to the same school?
____________________________________________________________
3. What is their dog’s name?
____________________________________________________________
4. What does Matthew do?
____________________________________________________________
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5. What kind of home does he have?
____________________________________________________________
6. Where is Matthew’s garage?
____________________________________________________________
7. Is there a computer in Matthew’s favourite room?
____________________________________________________________
8. How many children does Mr. Quinn have?
____________________________________________________________
9. Where is Glasgow?
____________________________________________________________
10. How many bedrooms are there in Mr. Quinn’s house?
____________________________________________________________
11. Does Mr. Quinn have a swimming pool?
____________________________________________________________
12. Where is the big bedroom in Mr. Quinn’s house?
____________________________________________________________
13. Who lives in an apartment?
____________________________________________________________
14. Who lives with their parents?
____________________________________________________________
15. Who has a garage?
____________________________________________________________
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13 SHEILA’S HOUSE
Sheila Roberts is twenty years old

and from London, the capital of the
UK. She lives with her sister,
Melody. Melody is a waitress in a
5 restaurant. They live in a small quiet
house in Hampstead in London. There
is only one bedroom in their house,
so Sheila shares it with her sister.
Their house is small but very comfortable.
10 Upstairs, there is the bedroom, a
corridor and the bathroom. In the
bedroom, there is a double bed and
two night tables with lamps on them.
They have a big blue rug on the floor
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also a small wardrobe. In the
bathroom, there is a bath, a
washbasin, a toilet, a mirror above the washbasin and a small pink rug on the floor.
Downstairs, there is a living room, kitchen and hall. In the living room, there is a brown
20 side table, a red sofa, a floor lamp and a TV. The hall is between the living room and
the kitchen. There is no dining room in the house. They eat their meals in the kitchen.
The kitchen is quite large. It has a table in the center, two chairs, a fridge, an
electric cooker and a big white cupboard. They keep their plates, glasses and pots
there. The dishwasher is between the refrigerator and the washing machine. There is
25 also a big attic with two large windows. Sheila spends a lot of time in the attic
because she is a ballet dancer and she practices her dance moves there. Sheila and
her sister love their house, and they are very happy there!
PART A. Read the text, and write the names of the parts of Sheila's house.
1. ______________________________________
2. ______________________________________
3. ______________________________________
4. ______________________________________
5. ______________________________________
6. ______________________________________
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PART B. What do the following refer to?
1. Line 5, 'They' means ________________________
2. Line 13, 'them' means ________________________
3. Line 22, 'It' means ________________________
4. Line 24, 'there' means ________________________
PART C. Read the text, and mark the statements true (T) or false (F). Correct
1. T F Sheila lives in the capital of England.

_____________________________________________________
2. T F She has a big house.
_____________________________________________________
3. T F It is a two-bedroom house.
_____________________________________________________
4. T F The bathroom is downstairs.
_____________________________________________________
5. T F There is a single bed in the bedroom.
_____________________________________________________
6. T F They have a wardrobe in the bedroom.
_____________________________________________________
7. T F There isn't a rug in the bathroom.
_____________________________________________________
8. T F The sofa in the living room is red.
_____________________________________________________
9. T F The dining room is next to the living room.
_____________________________________________________
10. T F Their washing machine is in the kitchen.
_____________________________________________________
11. T F The attic is big, but there aren't any windows there.
_____________________________________________________
12. T F Sheila is a ballet dancer. Melody is a ballet dancer, too.
__________________________________________________________
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14 ADELINA ROSSI
Hello! I'm Adelina Rossi. I live in a small village in Italy. It is called Monte San Savino.
Our village is old but very beautiful. Our house is on the main street, Corso San Gallo.
It has a wonderful view of the village.
I am a nurse, but today I am not at the hospital. I

am at home because I'm ill. At the moment, I'm at
the window. There is a museum and a café opposite
my house. My husband and I often go and have ice-
cream there. My husband is on the street now. He is
talking to his friend Camilla, a secretary at the
primary school. My husband works at that school,
too. He is a music teacher. Camilla has a big hat. She
always wears hats. She is not wearing a coat, just a
sweater. It is cloudy, but the temperature is 17
degrees - very warm for February. Nowadays, there
are lots of tourists here because there is a festival
in the village. They are very happy about the nice
weather, too. Today is Wednesday, and there is the
street market, so there are a lot of people and stalls
in the street.
Corso San Gallo
PART A. Read the text, and fill in the blanks with the information in the text.
Adelina Rossi is from (1)_______________. She (2)________________________

village called Monte San Savino. It is an (3)__________________________, but it
is very beautiful. The main street of the village (4)_________________________.
A street market
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1. Why is Adelina not at the hospital today?
_____________________________________________________________
2. Where is the museum?
_____________________________________________________________
3. On which street is the café?
_____________________________________________________________
4. Where do Adelina and her husband eat ice-cream?
_____________________________________________________________
5. Who is Adelina's husband talking to?
_____________________________________________________________
6. Where does he work?
_____________________________________________________________
7. Does Camilla like hats?
_____________________________________________________________
8. Is she wearing a hat today?
_____________________________________________________________
9. Why isn't she wearing a coat?
_____________________________________________________________
10. Is it a sunny day?
_____________________________________________________________
11. What month is it?
_____________________________________________________________
12. Why is the street crowded?
_____________________________________________________________
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15 BRENDA’S DATE BOOK
Mon, April 18th 10:30 -11:30 a.m. clean the house

2:00 p.m. shop with Ann
Tue, April 19th 8:00 a.m. dentist
2:00 p.m.-3:00 p.m. French class
9:00 p.m. dinner with Tom and Peter at Ping Pong Chinese restaurant
(45 Great Marlborough Street)
Wed, April 20th 11:30 a.m. school party
6:00 p.m. hairdresser’s
7:00 p.m. Ann’s birthday party
Thu, April 21st 1:00 p.m. lunch with Mary
4:00 p.m. cinema with Tom
6:00 p.m. make dinner for Susan
Fri, April 22nd 9:00 a.m. meet friends in town

12:30 p.m. lunch with Aunt Janet
Sat, April 23rd 8:30 a.m. train to London
11.00 a.m. the British Museum
3:00 p.m. theatre with Susan (Anne Boleyn at Shakespeare’s Globe
Theatre)
Sun, April 24th 12:30 p.m. visit grandmother in the hospital
5:00 p.m. hairdresser’s
8:00 p.m. Sally’s garden party
PART A. Read Brenda's date book for this week, and mark the statements true
(T) or false (F). Correct the false ones. Write full sentences.
1. T F On Monday morning, Brenda is going shopping with Ann.
_______________________________________________________
2. T F On Tuesday, she is having dinner at home.
_______________________________________________________
3. T F There is a party at school on Wednesday.
_______________________________________________________
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4. T F On Thursday, she is having lunch with Susan.
______________________________________________________
5. T F On Saturday morning, she is visiting the British Museum.
______________________________________________________
6. T F Brenda is not going out on Sunday evening.
______________________________________________________
1. What is the date on Monday?
____________________________________________________________
2. What is Brenda doing on Tuesday afternoon?
____________________________________________________________
3. When is Ann’s birthday?
____________________________________________________________
4. Who is Brenda going to the cinema with?
____________________________________________________________
5. At what time and where is Brenda meeting her friends on Friday?
____________________________________________________________
6. Who is Janet?
____________________________________________________________
7. Is Brenda driving to London on Saturday?
____________________________________________________________
8. Which play is Brenda seeing on Saturday?
____________________________________________________________
9. Where is her grandmother?
____________________________________________________________
10. How many times is she going to the hairdresser's this week?
____________________________________________________________
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16 JUST LIKE TWINS
Peter and Paul are two good friends. They live in Cambridge. It is a university town
about 80 kilometers from London. Peter and Paul are both 16 years old, and they go to
the same high school and have the same hobbies. Their favorite hobby is rowing. It is
a very popular sport in Cambridge. There are lots of rowing clubs there. Peter and
5 Paul go rowing on the River Cam. They practice from Monday to Friday three hours a
day.
Peter and Paul want to be healthy, so they eat a balanced diet. Their eating habits are
the same. In the morning, they have some milk or juice, some cheese, some bread with
honey and two apples. They never have tea for breakfast. Then, they go to school.
10 They have lunch at the school cafeteria. They have some fish or meat with a dish of
vegetables, some pasta or rice and some fruit. They always eat some broccoli because
it is rich in vitamins A and C. Peter likes it, but Paul doesn't. In the evening, at home,
they have some soup and a tuna sandwich or a ham sandwich with two eggs and some
fruit. They go to bed early, but before they go to bed, they have a shower and drink
15 a glass of milk.
On Saturday, they meet the other team members and take part in competitions. They
usually win because they are a good team and they work very hard. Peter and Paul are
free on Sunday, and they go out with their friends. They go to a football match, a
theater or a cinema or sit in a café. On Sunday, they eat sweets and they even eat
20 fast food because, like any other boy of their age, they like it very much. They say, ‘’
Eating this kind of things once a week is also good for our bodies! ‘’

1. Line 1, 'It' means ___________________________
2. Line 3, 'Their' means ___________________________
3. Line 20, 'it' means ___________________________
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PART B. Read the text, and mark the statements true (T) or false (F). Correct
1. T F A lot of people in Cambridge are members of rowing clubs.
_______________________________________________________
2. T F They have the same hobbies but different eating habits.
_______________________________________________________
3. T F They don't have any tea for breakfast.
_______________________________________________________
4. T F They always have fish for lunch.
_______________________________________________________
5. T F Paul doesn't eat broccoli because he doesn't like it.
_______________________________________________________
6. T F They don't go rowing on Sunday.
_______________________________________________________
PART C. Read the text again, and answer the questions. Give long answers.
1. How often do Peter and Paul practice on the River Cam?
_____________________________________________________________
2. Write two things they eat for breakfast.
_____________________________________________________________
3. How many apples do they have for breakfast?
_____________________________________________________________
4. Does the school cafeteria serve broccoli for lunch?
_____________________________________________________________
5. Do they eat any eggs?
_____________________________________________________________
6. How much milk do Peter and Paul have before they go to bed ?
_____________________________________________________________
7. What do they eat on Sunday?
_____________________________________________________________
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17 HOW TO MAKE A DELICIOUS AND HEALTHY TUNA SANDWICH
Sometimes you just want something simple and healthy to eat. Sometimes you just
want a tuna sandwich. Here is a recipe. I created it in my kitchen, and I hope you'll
try it and like it.
Diana Robinson
Things you need:

A can of tuna fish (any kind)
Onion / tomato / pickles
Mayonnaise
Two white cheese slices (for two sandwiches)
Bread
Lemon juice
A leaf of lettuce
Black pepper
Two bowls
Fork
PART A. The instructions are not in the correct order. Read them, and put them
in the correct order.
INSTRUCTIONS
_______ Put all these ingredients into the bowl of tuna, and mix with a
fork or a hand mixer.
_______ Now you have a delicious tuna fish sandwich. It is very easy, isn't
it? Enjoy it!
_______ Open the can of tuna (one can of tuna normally makes two
sandwiches), and drain the water or oil into the sink.
_______ In another bowl, put 1/3 of a tablespoon of each: diced

tomatoes, pickles and onions. Also add a sprinkle of pepper.
_______ Spread the mixture on the bread. Put the slice of cheese and
the leaf of lettuce on top of the spread tuna, and cover with
another piece of bread.
_______ Put the tuna into a bowl. Add two tablespoons of mayonnaise and
½ a tablespoon of lemon juice.
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PART B. Read the recipe, and answer the questions. Give long answers.
1. Who is the creator of the recipe?
____________________________________________________________
2. How much tuna fish do you normally need to make two tuna sandwiches?
____________________________________________________________
3. How many bowls do you need?
____________________________________________________________
4. What do you do after you open the can of tuna?
____________________________________________________________
5. Do you need any lemons?
____________________________________________________________
6. Does the recipe have any butter?
____________________________________________________________
7. How many slices of white cheese do you need for one sandwich?
____________________________________________________________
8. Are there any pickles in the recipe?
____________________________________________________________
9. Is there any mayonnaise in the recipe?
____________________________________________________________
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18 PRIMA FORUM JUMP
The Latest Chat Topic : Latest Holiday
Author Message
Katie Posted : Apr 19, 2011 / 4:28 p.m.

Subject: Latest holiday
I went on a walking holiday in France and loved it. Beautiful

mountain scenery and good walks followed by lovely food and
wine. Great time.
Debbieg Posted : Apr 19, 2011 / 7:05 p.m.
I went to Switzerland. It’s just got everything! So much to do

and see… such beautiful mountains and lakes and forests, such
wonderful food, so clean, and GREAT shopping!
Maryland Posted : Apr 19, 2011 / 10:04 p.m.

I went to Thassos Town, Greece. It was amazing, one of my best holidays so far. We
stayed in a lovely studio, and went walking most days. There are some fantastic places
to visit, and the most wonderful restaurants I have eaten in. I would go back again
tomorrow……… Fantastic!
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Polly Posted : Apr 19, 2011 / 9:45 p.m.
I have been to all the usual beach holiday resorts, and I think my favorite place of all
has to be Turkey; the Turks are so fun and friendly.
Sweet Angel Posted : May 1, 2011 / 12:59 p.m.

My last holiday was in June 2009, to Bavaro in the Dominican Republic. If you want
relaxation mixed with good food, friendly people, and a beautiful beach, this is the
place to be. Its beach stretches for something like 14 miles. The sand is like icing
sugar. The sea is a gorgeous turquoise color. The only downside is it can sometimes
get a little rough.
PART A. Read the messages, and mark the statements true (T) or false (F).
1. T F The subject of the latest chat is Latest Holiday.
_______________________________________________________
2. T F Katie went to Italy.
_______________________________________________________
3. T F Debbieg didn't do any shopping in Switzerland.
_______________________________________________________
4. T F There are good restaurants in Thassos Town.
_______________________________________________________
5. T F Sweet Angel didn't like the food.
_______________________________________________________
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PART B. Read the messages again, and answer the questions. Give long answers.
1. What is the name of the magazine?
_____________________________________________________________
2. What sort of a holiday did Katie have?
_____________________________________________________________
3. When did Debbieg join the chat?
_____________________________________________________________
4. What did Debbieg see in Switzerland?
_____________________________________________________________
5. Who went to Greece?
_____________________________________________________________
6. Where did she stay?
_____________________________________________________________
7. Which country did Polly mention as her favorite?
_____________________________________________________________
8. What does she think of the people there?
_____________________________________________________________
9. Where was Sweet Angel in June 2009?
_____________________________________________________________
10. How long is the beach there?
_____________________________________________________________
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19 WEEKEND IN DUBLIN
Trinity College
Alberto Calvo and his friends decided to go to Dublin last weekend. They left Derry
at 6:30 a.m. by bus. They arrived in Dublin at 11:00 a.m. They went to their hotel and
had breakfast. It was a cheap hotel was very nice.
Alberto and his friends didn't have much time, so they immediately went for a walk
5 around Trinity College. Then, they first visited the Castle of Dublin and then, St.
Patrick's Cathedral. They took a lot of photographs there.
In the afternoon, they visited the famous Temple Bar and listened to live music in the
streets. They also saw small markets and bought second-hand books and clothes for
themselves. They were very cheap. They also bought some presents for their
10 families.
At about 5 o'clock, they returned to their hotel and had a rest. Then, they had
dinner there. The food was great. They all liked it a lot. After dinner, they went out
again because they wanted to see the Dublin night-life. They had some problems.
Some pubs were very crowded, and some others didn't allow them to get in. They
15 thought that was because they were Spanish. They were tired, so they went back to
their hotel and went to bed early.
The next day, they got up late. They had a big breakfast at the hotel. Some of them
went to the Old James Distillery. They make whiskey there. His friends tried it, but
Alberto didn't. He hates it.
20 Finally, they took the bus at 6:00 p.m. In general, everybody enjoyed the trip.
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1. Line 1, 'They' means ______________________
2. Line 3, 'It' means ______________________
3. Line 6, 'there' means ______________________
4. Line 9, 'They' means ______________________
5. Line 12, 'it' means ______________________
6. Line 14, 'some others' means some other ______________________
7. Line 18, 'there' means _____________________
1. Where were Alberto and his friends last weekend?
_____________________________________________________________
2. How did they get there?
_____________________________________________________________
3. Where did they stay?
_____________________________________________________________
4. What did they do before they visited the Castle of Dublin?
_____________________________________________________________
5. Who did they buy presents for?
_____________________________________________________________
6. How was the food at the hotel?
_____________________________________________________________
7. Where are Alberto and his friends from?
_____________________________________________________________
8. Did they get up early the next day?
_____________________________________________________________
9. Did they all go to the Old James Distillery?
_____________________________________________________________
10. Why didn't Alberto try the whiskey?
_____________________________________________________________
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20 WHERE DID THEY GO ON VACATION?
Mert Dagdeviren
Last summer, my wife, our two sons and I went to Fethiye for
our holiday. We went there by car on July 27th. It was a long
journey, but we all enjoyed it. We stayed in a 5-star hotel by
the beach. It had a lovely view of the sea, and everything was
perfect at the hotel. On our first day, in the morning, we had
a boat trip, and we saw the small islands. We had lunch on the
boat. The fish, the vegetables and the fruit were very fresh. We loved them. In fact,
every day we ate the same things. In the afternoon, we swam in the warm and blue
waters of Fethiye and went scuba diving. On the next day, we visited the historical
places and the museum and did a lot of shopping. On our last day, we climbed Babadag.
We tried paragliding and watched the beautiful sunset there. It was a very romantic
and exciting day. Our holiday was short but fantastic. We are looking forward to
going there again soon.
Jennifer Barnes
Everybody loves holidays because during our

holidays, we can relax and have fun. Last spring, my
husband and I went to Hawaii. On May 10th, we flew
from Maryland to the island of Maui. We stayed in a
3-star hotel on the beach for four days. We didn't
spend much time at the hotel. The service was not
good, our room was too hot and the food was terrible. We found a very good and
cheap Chinese restaurant, and every day we had our meals there. On the first day, we
walked the streets, sat in cafés and talked to people. The next day, we visited tourist
sites and bought some souvenirs. On our third day, we did many things. We swam, we
tried jet skiing and went scuba diving. It was a tiring day. On the last day, we climbed
Haleakala and watched the lovely sunrise. On our way back home, we traveled by plane
again. My holiday was exciting and very romantic. I enjoyed it a lot. I am looking
forward to going there again next spring.
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Read the texts, and fill in the tables according to the information given in the
texts. Give short answers.
Who did they go What date did they Where did they go?
with? go?
Mert Dagdeviren
Jennifer Barnes
How did they get Where did they What did they eat?
there? stay?
Mert Dagdeviren
Jennifer Barnes
How long did they What water sports Did they like the
stay there? did they do? hotel?
Mert Dagdeviren
Jennifer Barnes
What did they do on How do they Do they want to go

their last day? describe their there again?
holiday?
Mert Dagdeviren
Jennifer Barnes
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21 SHE LOVES DANCING!
Maria Johnson is a 17-year-old girl. Maria and her mother are Spanish, but her father
is Australian. Maria is very cute. She has short, dark, curly hair. Her eyes are brown,
and her eyelashes are long and dark. She also has a big nose and a big mouth. Her
mother is a ballerina, and she wants to be a famous dancer, like her mother.
5 Maria is a student of Fine Arts, but she knows she has a big problem. She's very tall
(1.75 m), a bit fat (80 kilos) and has big feet and big hands, but she doesn't care. She
loves dancing! Her teachers and friends like her very much, and they think that she is
a good dancer. Maria always gets up at six, has breakfast at home and then walks to
school. Classes start at 9:30 and finish at 4:30.
10 It is 10:00 now, and Maria is not at school. She is in bed at home. Yesterday, she had
an accident and hurt her leg. It was windy and rainy. Maria was crossing the road with
her dog. The road was wet. Maria saw a motorbike come from the left. The man on
the motorbike saw her but could not stop and hit her. She immediately went to see
the doctor. He said, ‘’You should stay at home and rest for a week.’’ This made her
15 very unhappy. She feels awful, and she wants to be at school with her friends.
PART A. Read the text, and fill in the blanks about Maria.
Hair : _________________________
Eyes : _________________________
Nose : _________________________
Height : _________________________
Weight : _________________________
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1. Where is Maria's father from?
_____________________________________________________________
2. Line 3, 'Her' means ____________________
3. What is Maria studying?
_____________________________________________________________
4. Who thinks that she is a good dancer?
_____________________________________________________________
5. Does she get up late?
_____________________________________________________________
6. Why is Maria at home today?
_____________________________________________________________
7. What was the weather like yesterday?
_____________________________________________________________
8. Why couldn’t the man stop?
_____________________________________________________________
9. Line 13, ‘her’ means ____________________
10. Line 14, 'He' means ____________________
11. What should Maria do?
_____________________________________________________________
12. How does she feel?
_____________________________________________________________
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22 WHO FOUND LAURA’S CAT?
Tina, Laura's cat, ran away from home. Someone found Tina in her garden and took
her to the police station. Laura wants to say “Thank You” to that person.
The police officer described the person to Laura. He said, ‘’A young woman came here
with the cat. She had long hair, long blonde hair. Her hair was also straight. She had
5 big blue eyes, a long thin nose and her mouth was very small.’’
1. Line 2, ‘her’ means ____________________.
2. Line 3, ‘He’ means ____________________.
3. Line 3, ‘here’ means ___________________.
4. Line 4, ‘She’ means ___________________.
5. Line 4, ‘Her’ means ___________________.
PART B. Check  the face that fits the police officer's description.
1 2 3 4 5 6
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WHO FOUND GEORGE’S MOTORBIKE?
George's motorbike was outside his school. Someone stole it when he was in class. A
passer-by saw the thief, stopped him from taking the motorbike and brought it back
to George's school. George wants to say “Thank You” to the passer-by.
The headmaster described the person to George. He said, ‘’ A man brought it to
5 school. What was he like? Well, he had brown hair. Yes, that's right, it was brown and
short. Erm...he didn't have glasses or a mustache. What else? He had green eyes, yes,
green and quite big ears and a big nose. He wasn't old or young, about 35. That's all I
can say about him.’
1. Line 1, ‘he’ means ____________________.
2. Line 4, ‘it’ means ____________________.
3. Line 5, ‘he’ means ____________________.
4. Line 5, ‘it’ means ____________________.
5. Line 8, ‘him’ means ____________________.
PART B. Check  the face that fits the headmaster's description.
1 2 3 4 5 6
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23 THE SORRISNIVA IGLOO HOTEL
The Sorrisniva Igloo Hotel is a beautiful ice

hotel in Norway. It is 15 kilometers outside
the town of Alta. The hotel is open from
January until April. In other words, the hotel
5 opens its doors in January each year and melts away in the spring.
The hotel has 30 rooms, an ice bar, and an ice gallery. The room temperature at the
hotel is approximately -4° to -7°C.The beds are made of reindeer fur, and there are
sleeping bags for you on them. Make sure you go to the bathroom before you go to
bed. Getting out of your sleeping bag in the middle of the night isn't pleasant. The
10 warm bathrooms are not in the hotel. They are in another wooden building behind the
hotel.
In the morning, you can walk down to the sauna by the lake to warm up. In the
evening, you can visit the ice bar .There, you can meet other guests and have a drink.
The hotel bar serves one drink only, bright blue vodka in handmade ice glasses. The
15 restaurant is next to the hotel. It is not made of ice and snow. It has a very warm
atmosphere and is open from 11 o'clock in the morning to 10 o'clock in the
evening. It serves breakfasts of porridge, eggs, cheese and ham and dinners of
reindeer stew and fish dishes. The famous chef, Johnny Trasti, gives his guests a
food experience to remember.
For reservations, call the reception of the Igloo Hotel at + 47 78 43 33 78.
PART A. Read the text, and mark the statements true (T) or false (F). Correct
1. T F The hotel is in Alta.
____________________________________________
2. T F The hotel is not open in March.
____________________________________________
3. T F There are only thirteen rooms at the hotel.
____________________________________________
4. T F The bathrooms are very cold. A lake
_______________________________________________________
5. T F You can find different kinds of drinks at the ice bar.
_______________________________________________________
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6. T F The restaurant is behind the hotel.
______________________________________________________
7. T F The restaurant serves meat and fish for dinner.
______________________________________________________
8. T F The restaurant is closed at 9 o’clock in the morning.
_______________________________________________________
1. Why can’t you stay at the hotel after spring?
___________________________________________________
2. What are the beds like?
___________________________________________________
3. Can you have a bath in your room?
__________________________________________________ A reindeer
4. Line 8, ‘them’ means _______________________
5. Line 10, ‘They’ means _______________________
6. Where is the sauna?
____________________________________________________________
7. What can you do at the ice bar?
_____________________________________________
8. Line 15, 'It' means ______________________________

A sleeping bag
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24 TODDLERS
When children learn to walk, they are called toddlers. A toddler is a young child
between one and two years old. The toddler stage is very important in a child's life
because it is the time between infancy and childhood. The toddler stage can be
difficult for both parents and toddlers. An understanding of this stage of
development can make it more fun for everyone. The following fact sheet shows some
of the characteristics of toddlers. These characteristics are listed under three main
headings: physical (body), social (getting along with others) and emotional (feelings),
and intellectual (thinking and language) development. Remember that all toddlers are
different and reach the different stages at different times.
1. PHYSICAL DEVELOPMENT
One-year-old Children
 walk without support

 walk backwards
 feed themselves
 drink from a cup with help
 stack blocks
Two-year-old Children
 walk, run, climb, walk up and down stairs

alone
 throw balls and kick them forward
 jump with two feet together
 stand on tiptoes
 take things apart and put them back together
2. SOCIAL AND EMOTIONAL DEVELOPMENT
 want to do things themselves

 enjoy playing by themselves (not with friends)
 don't like sharing toys
 cannot remember rules
 see themselves as the center of the world
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 enjoy playing with other children

 share toys with friends
 often use the word "no"
 imitate the behavior of adults and others
 want to help their parents with housework
 don't like to get help from other people
3. INTELLECTUAL DEVELOPMENT
 imitate animal sounds

 name familiar people and objects
 combine two words to form basic sentences
 use the pronouns ‘’me’’ and ‘’mine’’
 name body parts
 hold a pencil and scribble
 follow simple directions

 use three or more words to form basic
sentences
 express their feelings
 memorize short poems
 sing simple songs
PART A. Check  the things that a one-year-old child can do, according to the
fact sheet.
name body parts remember rules walk up stairs alone
sing songs drink milk from a cup with help imitate his/her parents
PART B. Read the fact sheet again, and mark the statements true (T) or false
(F). Correct the false ones. Write full sentences.
1. T F A toddler is a child between two and three years old.
_______________________________________________________
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2. T F The toddler stage is the time between infancy and childhood.
_______________________________________________________
3. T F A one-year-old child cannot walk without help.
_______________________________________________________
4. T F A one-year-old child likes playing with friends.
_______________________________________________________
5. T F A one-year-old child can make animal sounds.
_______________________________________________________
6. T F A two-year-old child likes playing with other children but doesn't like
sharing his/her toys with them.
_______________________________________________________
7. T F Two-year-old children like doing housework with their parents.
_______________________________________________________
8. T F A two-year-old child cannot jump with two feet together.
_______________________________________________________
9. T F A two-year-old angry child can express this feeling.
_______________________________________________________
10. T F Two-year-old children often use the word ‘’no.’’
_______________________________________________________
11. T F Two-year-old children can form complex sentences.
_______________________________________________________
12. T F A two-year-old child can use the pronouns ‘’me’’ and ‘’mine’’.
______________________________________________________
13. T F A two-year-old child can sing some songs.
_______________________________________________________
14. T F Two-year-old children don’t like other people to help them.
_______________________________________________________
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25 A LETTER FROM LONDON
Dear Mum,
We are all having a great time here, in London! I
am writing this letter in a small comfortable pub
in Chelsea. I walked in Hyde Park all morning, so I
am feeling a bit tired now. Susan stayed at the
hotel to have some rest. Ted and George went to
a football match. Yesterday, we wanted to visit
the British Museum, but Ted and George wanted
to see the Houses of Parliament. Well, Susan and
I didn´t want to go there (you know we both like
to visit museums a lot), but we went with them, and we actually found it very
interesting! Do you know what we did the first day? We visited Madame Tussaud’s
(the famous waxworks museum). We paid a lot of money (about £40), but it was fun!
Ted took pictures of us with The Beatles and Michael Jackson ! There are so many
things to see and do here. We are going to take a tour round the Tower of London
this afternoon. Let’s hope there won´t be too many tourists!
Tomorrow morning, we are going to St. Paul’s Cathedral,
where Prince Charles married Lady Diana. In the
afternoon, we are going to Chinatown. We are going to
buy some souvenirs and eat at a Chinese restaurant
there. Oh, Mum, I’d like to move to London and live here,
in this fantastic city, for the rest of my life, but I know
that it’s impossible. Ted cannot close his office in
Dublin, and the kids wouldn’t like to leave their schools.
So, that’s it for today – my mobile is ringing, Ted is
calling! Miss you all lots, and hope you´ll meet us at the
airport if the weather is fine. By the way, thanks again
for taking care of the kids while we are away on holiday
here! Take care, love you lots …
Angelina
Read the letter, and answer the questions. Give long answers.
1. Who is the letter to?
_____________________________________________________________
2. Who is it from?
_____________________________________________________________
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3. What is she doing now?
_____________________________________________________________
4. How is she feeling?
_____________________________________________________________
5. Why did Susan stay at the hotel?
_____________________________________________________________
6. What did they do yesterday?
_____________________________________________________________
7. Who likes to visit museums?
_____________________________________________________________
8. How much did they pay to visit Madame Tussaud’s?
_____________________________________________________________
9. What did Ted do at Madame Tussaud’s?
_____________________________________________________________
10. What are they doing this afternoon?
_____________________________________________________________
11. Where did Prince Charles and Lady Diana get married?
_____________________________________________________________
12. Where are they going to spend their time tomorrow afternoon?
_____________________________________________________________
13. What are they going to do there?
_____________________________________________________________
14. Where would Angelina like to live for the rest of her life? Why?
_____________________________________________________________
15. Can she do that? Why? / Why not?
_____________________________________________________________
16. Ted is most probably Angelina’s _______________.
a) father b) colleague c) neighbor d) husband
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26 MICHAEL JACKSON
PART A. The following are the main events in Michael Jackson’s life, but they
are not in the correct order. Read and order them. Put the letters on
the lines.
Correct order: 1 ____ 2 ____ 3 ____ 4 ____ 5 ____ 6 ____ 7 ____
A. Michael began his musical career at the age of 5 as the lead singer of The Jackson
5 family group in 1964. The Jackson 5 recorded 14 albums.
B. On June 25th, 2009, Michael Jackson suffered a cardiac arrest in his Los Angeles
home. They immediately took him to hospital, but he died later that morning. He
was 50 years old at the time of his death.
C. In 1994, Michael married his first wife, Lisa Marie Presley, daughter of Elvis
Presley. They divorced in 1996.
D. Michael Jackson was born on the 29th of August, 1958, in Gary, Indiana. He was
the 7th of nine children. His brothers’ names are Sigmund "Jackie," Toriano
"Tito," Jermaine, Marlon, Steven "Randy," and his sisters’ names are Rebbie, Janet
and La-Toya.
E. In 1983, Michael performed his famous dance move called the Moonwalk for the
first time. ‘‘Bad,’’ ‘‘Dangerous,’’ ‘’History,’’ ‘’Invincible,’’ and ‘’One more Chance’’ are
some of Michael’s other successful solo albums. He toured the world and took his
concerts to many countries.
F. Later that same year, Michael married his second wife, nurse Debbie Rowe. Their
first child, Prince Michael Joseph Jackson, was born in 1997. Their daughter, Paris
Michael Katherine Jackson, was born on April 3rd, 1998. A year after that, Michael
and Debbie divorced.
G. In 1977, Michael made his first film, starring in the musical The Wiz. His first
solo album was Off the Wall. It was a big success around the world. Jackson’s
1982 album Thriller was the world's best-selling album of all time.
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PART B. Read the text again, and fill in the blanks according to the
information given in the text.
* Michael Jackson was born in Gary, Indiana, in 1958. He had (1)________________ .
Their (2)_______________________________________________ and Steven.
He also (3)________________________ sisters. His (4)____________________
started when (5)________________________________ old. The Jackson 5 was a
(6)____________________, and Michael was (7)_______________ of the group.
They made (8) ___________________________.
* Michael (9)_____________________________film in 1977. His first solo album
was very successful (10)______________________. He made the best-selling
album of all time, Thriller (11)_____________________. ‘’Bad’’ and ‘’Dangerous’’ are
just two of Michael’s other successful (12)_____________________.
* Lisa Marie Presley was Michael’s (13)_______________________. She was
(14)__________________________________ of Elvis Presley. Debbie Rowe, his
second wife, (15)__________________. The couple had (16)________________, a
boy and a girl. Michael and Debbie (17)_______________ a year after
(18)________________________ birth.
On June 25th, 2009, Michael Jackson died in (19)__________________in Los
Angeles because (20)______________________________________________.
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27 PRINCESS DIANA
Diana Frances Spencer was born on July 1, 1961 in Sandringham,

Norfolk, England. She was the daughter of John Edward Spencer
and his wife, Frances. Diana had two sisters and a younger
brother, Charles. The family lived in a very large and
5 beautiful house. The house had ten bedrooms and four living-
rooms. Diana's parents divorced when she was eight, and her
father took care of the four children. Diana did not like her
stepmother, and she didn’t do well at school, but she was
interested in ballet. She left school, and moved to London. She
10 worked as a housekeeper there. Her father bought a house for
her, and she lived there with three housemates. Diana and Charles met in 1980, when
she visited her sister at Buckingham Palace. They dated for six months and got
married on July 29, 1981. Diana and Charles had two sons, Prince William, born in
1982, and Prince Harry, born in 1984, but Diana was unhappy. She later had
15 psychological problems. The royal couple divorced on July 15, 1996.
On August 31, 1997, Princess Diana and her boyfriend, Dodi Al-Fayed (son of Harrods
owner, Mohammed Al-Fayed), had a car accident in Paris. The accident happened
around 12:20 a.m. Princess Diana was taken to hospital in the early hours of Sunday
morning. The surgeons tried for two hours to save her life. Sadly, the Princess
20 died at 4 a.m. Her death was announced at 6 a.m. Diana was only 36 when she died.
1. Line 12, 'she' refers to ___________________
2. Line 12, 'They' refers to __________________
3. Line 20, 'Her' refers to___________________
PART B. Read the text, and mark the statements true (T) or false (F). Correct
1. T F John Edward Spencer had two daughters.
_______________________________________________________
2. T F Diana lived in a ten-bedroom house when she was a child.
_______________________________________________________
3. T F Diana was a toddler when her parents got divorced.
_______________________________________________________
4. T F Diana rented a house in London.
_______________________________________________________
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5. T F Diana was still alive when she arrived at the hospital.
______________________________________________________
PART C. Read the text again, and answer the questions. Give long answers.
1. When was Diana Frances Spencer born?
_____________________________________________________________
2. Where did she grow up?
_____________________________________________________________
3. Who were her parents?
_____________________________________________________________
4. How many brothers did she have?
_____________________________________________________________
5. Who took care of the children after the divorce?
_____________________________________________________________
6. Did her father get married again?
_____________________________________________________________
7. Was she a good student at school?
_____________________________________________________________
8. What did she do after she left school?
_____________________________________________________________
9. What did she do in London?
_____________________________________________________________
10. Did she live alone in London?
_____________________________________________________________
11. How old was Prince William when Prince Harry was born?
_____________________________________________________________
12. Why did Diana and Prince Charles get divorced?
_____________________________________________________________
13. What happened on August 31 and September 1, 1997? (Write in your own words.)
_____________________________________________________________
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28 A DEAF MUSICIAN
PART A. Read the interview with Evelyn Glennie, and write the questions below
in the appropriate blanks. Number one has been done for you.
A. Is studying music expensive?

B. Do you practice every day?
C. As you are deaf, how do you hear the music?
D. Do you have time for any hobbies?
E. Did you always want to be a professional musician?
F. Do you have a lot of drums?
G. When did you become interested in playing the drums?
Evelyn Glennie is a very famous solo drum player. The surprising thing about Evelyn is
that she is deaf (she cannot hear). In this interview, she tells us her story:
1. G - When did you become interested in playing the drums?
I started learning the piano when I was about eight. It was at this time I started to
lose my hearing. Later, when I was about 12, I became interested in drums and began
to play them. That was 15 years ago.
2. _____________________________________________________________
It is difficult to explain. You can feel music, see it and touch it. You can’t actually
hear it, but you can still experience every kind of music, from classical to pop.
3. _____________________________________________________________
No, when I was young, I wanted to be a hairdresser. Then, for a long time, I wanted a
job connected to art or languages. I decided to take music seriously at the age of 15.
4. _____________________________________________________________
It can be. I was lucky because I had free music lessons at school. Private lessons and
instruments are very expensive. Drums can cost over $1,000, and an instrument such
as a marimba can cost about $12,000.
5. _____________________________________________________________
Yes, I have about 300. I have instruments from all over the world, including India,
Japan, Australia and China. When I am on tour, I like to find new instruments, and you
can learn a lot from local musicians, too.
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6. _____________________________________________________________
I spend more time reading and studying music than practicing techniques. It’s really
difficult because I travel a lot. Before every concert, I practice for about three
hours, and when I am at home, I practice from one to six hours every day.
7. ____________________________________________________________
Not really, but I read and play board games a lot. When I am in different countries, I
like to go to museums and other people’s concerts. I also like cycling and walking in
the mountains when the weather’s good, but it’s difficult to find the time.
1. Question 2, Line 1, ‘it’ means ________________________
2. Question 2, Line 1, ‘it’ means ________________________
3. Question 4, Line 1, ‘It’ means ________________________
Part C. Read the interview again, and answer the questions. Give long answers.
1. What is unusual about Evelyn Glennie?

_____________________________________________________________
2. How old was she when she started to lose her hearing?
_____________________________________________________________
3. How long ago did she start to play the drums?

_____________________________________________________________
4. Can she feel the difference between classical music and pop music?
_____________________________________________________________
5. At the age of 15, she decided to become a ______________.
a) language teacher b) musician c) hairdresser
6. Why wasn’t her music education expensive?

_____________________________________________________________
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7. Which of the following is not true about a marimba?
A marimba is ________.
a) a musical instrument b) a cheap instrument c) very expensive
8. Where did Evelyn get her large collection of drums?

_____________________________________________________________
9. Why is it difficult for her to practice techniques?

_____________________________________________________________
10. Which of the following is not true about Evelyn?
a) She enjoys playing board games and reading very much.

b) She likes learning new things from local musicians.
c) She is deaf, but she likes going to the concerts of other musicians.
d) When she is on tour, she practices from one to six hours every day.
11. Why can’t she go cycling and walking in the mountains very often?
_____________________________________________________________
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29 FRANCE
BOX 1 BOX 7
BOX 4
France is a large country French cooking is one of
Paris is one of the most
in Western Europe. The the best in the world. The
beautiful cities in the world.
capital is Paris. most popular dishes are
It is a major cultural center
The currency (the unit soufflés, croissants,
for Europe and the world.
of money) is the Euro. crêpes and onion soup. The
The Louvre, for example,
attracts many visitors. It most famous French bread
contains many famous is the baguette. It is very
masterpieces, such as the delicious.
BOX 2 Mona Lisa.
In France, people speak
French. Can you speak
some French?
"Bonjour" is "Hello," BOX 5
"Je m'appelle" means The Arc de Triomphe is BOX 8
"My name is," "J'taime another landmark of Paris.
Antoine de Saint-Exupéry
la France" is "I love It is the entranceway to
was a French writer and
France." the Boulevard des Champs-
pilot. He wrote and
The colors of the flag Elysées. illustrated (drew the
are "bleu, blanc et rouge"
pictures of) the book The
- blue, white and red.
Little Prince.
BOX 3
The Eiffel Tower is in

Paris. It is one of the BOX 6
symbols of France. Its BOX 9
French people started
designer was Gustave making perfumes in the The Cathedral of
Eiffel. They built it in region of Provence. It is Notre-Dame is in Paris.
1889. People from all an area rich in herbs, It is an old and
over the world visit it. lavender and wild impressive church. You
flowers. There are lots can read about it in the
of different kinds of book The Hunchback of
French perfumes, and Notre Dame by Victor
Chanel 5 is just one of Hugo. A Disney movie
them. was made about this
story, too.
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Read the information about France in the boxes, and answer the guestions. Give
long answers.
1. What is the currency in France?

____________________________________________________________
2. What is ‘’hello’’ in French?

____________________________________________________________
3. What color is the French flag?

____________________________________________________________
4. In Box 3, line 7, ‘it‘ means _________________
5. Why does Paris attract lots of tourists?

____________________________________________________________
6. Where can you see the Mona Lisa?

____________________________________________________________
7. In Box 5, line 3, ‘It’ means _______________
8. Where can you find information about the Cathedral of Notre-Dame?

____________________________________________________________
9. Which of the following is not true according to the information given in the
boxes?
a) The color ‘‘red’’ is ‘‘rouge’’ in French.
b) The baguette is a very delicious kind of French bread.
c) People in France don’t like onion soup very much.
d) Antoine de Saint-Exupéry was a writer, a pilot and an illustrator.
10. Where can you find herbs, lavender and wild flowers in France?
____________________________________________________________
11. In Box 6, line 10, ‘them’ means _______________
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30 OXFORD STREET
Oxford Street is a very popular and busy street in central London. It is one-and –a-
half miles (two-and-a-half kilometers) from one end to the other end. It is the major
shopping street in London, and it is always very crowded and noisy. There are 548
shops on Oxford Street. The most famous department stores there are Debenhams,
Evans, John Lewis, Selfridges, and Marks & Spencer. They are primarily located on
the north side of the street along its western end. There are also hundreds of
smaller shops. Shoppers and visitors can eat and drink at a choice of 50 places on the
street. Around 200 million people visit the street every year. Nine million of these
people are overseas visitors. A team of 60 Metropolitan Police officers works to
protect the public and prevent crime.
OPENING HOURS MON-FRI 10:00-19:00

SAT 10:00-19:30
SUN 12:00-18:00
United Colors of 3Store Pandora The Vision J-D Surprise

Benetton Mobil Hand- Orange Express Sports fashion Surprise
Complete casual phones crafted Shop Optical lab, from the major Fashions
womenswear, jewellery Mobile contact brands for men, and
menswear, Phones lens centre women and souveniers
childrenswear, (020) and clinic. youngsters
and underwear 7399 Qualified (020) 7491 7677
collections, as 0670 opticians
well as a wide (020) 7409
selection of 7880
accessories,
offering the full
range of Benetton
style and quality
(020) 7647 4220
Nike Town Top Shop Top Man Miss Selfridge

Sportswear Clothes and accessories Clothes and From something
Adventurous store for girls from London’s largest accessories for casual to the ultimate
where each sport fashion store guys from clubbing outfit.
has its own London’s largest Clothes, underwear
dedicated ‘pavilion’ fashion store and accessories for
(020) 7612 0800 the younger woman
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Read the text, study the section about Oxford Street shown above, and mark
the statements true (T) or false (F). Correct the false ones. Write full
sentences.
1. T F One-and-a-half miles is one-and-a-half kilometers.
_______________________________________________________
2. T F Oxford Street is a busy but quiet shopping street.
_______________________________________________________
3. T F Debenhams, Evans and John Lewis are some of the well-known shops on
this street.
_______________________________________________________
4. T F If you want to eat and drink something, you can go to one of the 50
different places on the street.
_______________________________________________________
5. T F Oxford Street has around 200 million overseas visitors every year.
_______________________________________________________
6. T F Sixty Metropolitan Police officers protect people on the street.
_______________________________________________________
7. T F The shops on the street are open on Sunday mornings.
_______________________________________________________
8. T F The phone number of The Orange Shop is (020) 7647 4220.
_______________________________________________________
9. T F The Pandora shop sells jewellery.
_______________________________________________________
10. T F Top Man is next to Nike Town.
_______________________________________________________
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11. T F There is an eyecare clinic on Oxford Street.
_______________________________________________________
12. T F United Colors of Benetton is opposite Miss Selfridge.
_______________________________________________________
13. T F You can buy a mobile phone at ‘3 Store’.
_______________________________________________________
14. T F J-D only sells things for men.
_______________________________________________________
15. T F J-D is between Vision Express and Surprise Surprise.
_______________________________________________________
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31 THREE CANADIAN CITIES
Ottawa, the capital city of Canada, is a wonderful

mixture of old and new buildings. This green city
is a cultural and a historical center. The people
are friendly and speak both French and English.
5 The population is over 870,000. Parliament Hill is
a popular tourist spot. It attracts about three
million visitors every year. Visitors can watch
military parades there. Ottawa is also the home
of Canada’s National Gallery. There are beautiful
10 gardens around it. Inside, visitors can see over
25,000 famous works of art from around the
world. With more than 25 other museums, 60 annual festivals and a wildlife park,
Ottawa is a great city to visit.
Vancouver is one of the most beautiful places in

15 Canada. It has clean streets and green parks
and great views of the Pacific Ocean to the
west, and huge mountains to the east.
Vancouver is an ideal city to live in. It has a
warm climate. The summer months are dry, but
20 the autumn and winter months are rainy. One of
its main attractions is Stanley Park. There are
sandy beaches, lakes, and even Indian totem
poles there. Canada Place is another attraction. It is a Canadian icon. It has a
conference center, a luxury hotel, lots of shops, and a huge cinema. Special events
25 are held there all year round.
The city of Montreal is sometimes called “the

Paris of North America.” Two-thirds of the
population speaks French. The part called Old
Montreal is very popular with tourists because
30 it has very narrow streets, old buildings, and
European-style cafés and restaurants. The
Botanical Garden is just minutes from Montreal,
right near Olympic Park. In the Botanical
Garden, there are over 22,000 types of plants
35 and flowers from all over the world. You can
visit it in any season.
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PART A. Read the text and write the name of the city that matches the given
information in the text.
1. It has a view of the Pacific Ocean. _____________
2. There are 60 festivals every year. _____________
3. The old part of the city has narrow streets. _____________
4. People in this city are friendly. _____________
5. This city is the Paris of North America. _____________
6. The streets in this city are very clean. _____________
1. Line 2, ‘This green city’ means _____________________
2. Line 8, ‘there’ means _____________________
3. Line 23, ‘it’ means _____________________
4. Line 25, ‘there’ means _____________________
5. Line 36, ‘it’ means _____________________
PART C. Read about the cities again, and answer the questions with complete
sentences.
1. How can you describe the buildings in Ottawa?
____________________________________________________________
2. How many tourists visit the city every year?
____________________________________________________________
3. How many museums are there in Ottawa?
____________________________________________________________
4. Are the mountains near Vancouver east or west of the city?
___________________________________________________________
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5. What is the weather like in Vancouver in July?
____________________________________________________________
6. Where can you see Indian totem poles in Vancouver?
____________________________________________________________
7. Which language does most of the population speak in Montreal?
____________________________________________________________
8. Is the Botanical Garden far from Montreal?
____________________________________________________________
9. What can you see there?
____________________________________________________________
10. Can you visit it in winter?
____________________________________________________________
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32 WASHINGTON, D.C. IN ONE DAY
Washington, D.C. is the capital city of the United States. It’s one of the most
important cities in the country and has many things to see. If you have only a day to
spend there, what can you do?
It’s very easy to get around Washington, D.C. using public
transportation. The DC Metro goes everywhere around the
city. Make sure to stop at Union Station, the largest station
in the city. It is not just a train station; there are many
stores and restaurants inside, so it is a perfect place to take
a break from sightseeing and have lunch.
Just to the south of Union Station, you’ll find the National

Mall. It’s not a shopping mall but a huge open grassy area.
Around the Mall, there are many interesting monuments
and places within walking distance, such as the Washington
Monument, the Lincoln Memorial, the Jefferson Memorial,
the Smithsonian buildings, the National Air and Space
Museum, the Capitol with the House and Senate chambers,
the Vietnam War Memorial and the World War II Memorial.
After your visit to the National Mall, get on the metro and
go to Arlington National Cemetery. Arlington is the oldest
military cemetery and one of the largest cemeteries in the
country. There, you can see the graves
of many famous people. Some of the
most popular places to visit are the
graves of John F. and Robert Kennedy,
the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier, and
the USMC War Memorial, more commonly known as the Iwo Jima
Memorial.
Of course, a visit to DC is not complete without a visit to
the White House, at 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue. It is the
symbol of both the President and of the United States and
is the oldest public building in Washington, D.C. There are
six stories in the White House: the Ground Floor, the State
Floor, the Second Floor, the Third Floor, and a two-story
basement. There are 132 rooms and 35 bathrooms. There
are also 412 doors, 147 windows, 28 fireplaces, eight
staircases, and three elevators. The Blue Room is at the center of the State Floor of
the White House. The President formally receives his guests in this room. The Red
Room is one of the four state reception rooms. The State Dining Room seats about
140 guests, and the President has only formal dinners here. The Oval Office is the
President’s office. He meets his advisors in this room.
Many of the monuments in Washington, D.C. are open 24 hours, so seeing everything
in one day is no problem for the busy tourist.
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Read the text and circle the correct statements. Correct the false ones. Write
full sentences.
1. a. Washington, D.C. has lots of things to see.

_________________________________________________________
b. If you have only one day to spend in Washington, D.C., you won’t have time to
visit the White House.
_________________________________________________________
c. Washington, D.C. is the capital of the US.
_________________________________________________________
d. Washington, D.C. has a good public transportation system.
_________________________________________________________
2. Union Station ___________.

a. is not an ordinary station
_________________________________________________________
b. has many restaurants inside it
_________________________________________________________
c. is not a good place to have a short rest
_________________________________________________________
d. doesn’t have any stores
_________________________________________________________
3. The National Mall ___________.

a. is a shopping mall
_________________________________________________________
b. has many interesting monuments around it
_________________________________________________________
c. is located to the west of Union Station
_________________________________________________________
d. is near the National Air and Space Museum
_________________________________________________________
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4. a. Arlington National Cemetery is an old cemetery.
_________________________________________________________
b. You can get to Arlington National Cemetery only by car or by bus.
_________________________________________________________
c. You can visit the graves of John F. and Robert Kennedy at Arlington National
Cemetery.
_________________________________________________________
d. Arlington National Cemetery is not very big.
_________________________________________________________
5. a. The President usually has dinner with his family in the State Dining Room.
_________________________________________________________
b. The State Floor is the First Floor of the White House.
_________________________________________________________
c. There are five state reception rooms in the White House.
_________________________________________________________
d. The White House is the symbol of both the President and the United
States.
_________________________________________________________
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33 JOB ADS
Hairdresser - $25 an hour

COOK – TRENDY CAFE
Qualified hairdresser is needed
for funky Perth mall salon.
Applicants should have:

Job Information
- Good people skills
Job Title: Cook
- A friendly outgoing
Company name: Dome
personality
Location: Northbridge
- 1 year experience
Date: 10-10-2012
- Ability to cut and colour
Job Type: Full-time
hair
- Passion for the job Job Description
Experienced cook needed for a busy
The position is for 30 hours per café. The café serves a wide variety of
week and the hours are flexible. food, mainly breakfast, but also
Arrange to come in and have a burgers, salads and pastas. Very
look around. Meet some of the simple. Immediate start.
current staff and be amazed by
our fantastic salon with plasma Working hours: 9:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m.
TVs, our own bar area, leather (No nights!)
armchairs and more! $18 per hour
School Bus Driver
St Mary's is looking for an experienced person to drive and maintain our

12- seater school buses.
$30 an hour
All applicants should have a current driver’s license and must like children.
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Receptionist $ 1,000 per month Graphic Designer
Company: Resolution Fitness for
Work at home and earn $55,000
Life
a year!
Location: Dural, NSW 2158
Work duties:
Qualifications : *Organize advertising
*Good writing and communication *Design creative concepts
skills *Create art work
*A typing speed of at least 40 *Work with different areas of
words per minute the media
*Excellent computer skills *Supply TV and Press concepts
for new themes
Hours: 8:30 a.m. to 5:00 p.m., The successful applicant should
Monday to Friday have at least two years
experience working in a Mac
environment and be good at using
Adobe CS2.
Please phone Carl at (02) 9223
3033 to apply for the job.
Read the job advertisements and answer the questions with complete sentences.
1. Which company is looking for a receptionist?
____________________________________________________________
2. Where is it?
____________________________________________________________
3. Should the hairdresser have any experience?
____________________________________________________________
4. Which school is looking for a school bus driver?
____________________________________________________________
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5. What are the work duties of the school bus driver?
____________________________________________________________
6. What skills does the receptionist need?
____________________________________________________________
____________________________________________________________
7. Where is the graphic designer going to work?
____________________________________________________________
8. How many hours a week is the hairdresser going to work?
____________________________________________________________
9. What should the graphic designer be good at using?
____________________________________________________________
10. You want to apply for the job as a graphic designer. What should you do?
____________________________________________________________
11. Is the cook going to work late in the evening?
____________________________________________________________
12. How much is the school bus driver going to earn?
____________________________________________________________
13. What are the working hours of the receptionist?
____________________________________________________________
14. What is the salary of the graphic designer?
____________________________________________________________
15. What can you have at the café?
____________________________________________________________
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34 JOBS FOR TEENAGERS
Every year, millions of teens work in part-time or summer jobs. Early work experience
is good for young workers because they learn important job skills at an early age. In
advanced countries like the USA and the UK, the Departments of Labor design rules
to protect the educational rights, health and safety of young workers. The following
are some of the rules applied.
American Facts on Jobs for Teenagers

The American work rules for young people say that until children are 14, they can only
work at jobs like:
▪ Babysitting ▪ Delivering newspapers ▪ Acting and/or performing
From the age of 14 (to 17) years, teens can work, but they should
get a Minor Work Permit. From the age of 14 onwards, they can
start to work in the following areas:
▪ office work ▪ in grocery stores

▪ in restaurants ▪ at amusement parks a paper boy
There are some restrictions on the hours for teens under 16. They can work:
▪ three hours a day, up to a total of 18 hours per week, during the school week
▪ eight hours a day, up to a total of 40 hours per week, during non-school weeks
Work must start at 7a.m. and finish at 7p.m. When they are 16 years old, there are
no restrictions on the working hours or times, and there are more job options if the
work is not dangerous.
List of dangerous jobs for teenagers:
▪ Mining ▪ Driving or working with forklifts

▪ Meat packing ▪ Using saws
▪ Roofing ▪ Working with radioactive material
From the age of 18, there are no restrictions.
mining
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British Facts on Jobs for Teenagers
In the UK, children cannot work until they are 13 years of age, except for some roles
in television, theater, and modeling. But they need a performance license to do this.
Between the ages of 13 and 16, children can have a job under the following
restrictions and rules:
Teens cannot work:
▪ without getting an employment permit from the Education Department of the Local
Council
▪ in any industrial setting, e.g. a factory, an

industrial site, etc.
▪ during school hours
▪ before 7:00 am or after 7:00 pm
▪ for more than one hour before school
▪ for more than four hours without taking a break

of at least one hour a factory
▪ in pubs
▪ in any work that may be harmful to their health
▪ without having a two-week break from any work during the school holidays in each
calendar year
Teens can work:
▪ during term time for a maximum of 12 hours per week
▪ during school holidays (13 to 14 years old) for a maximum of 25 hours per week
▪ during school holidays (15 to 16 year olds) for a maximum of 35 hours per week
Between the ages of 16 and 18, there’s no limit on hours, but teenagers under age 18
can’t work in a job that the Labor Department considers dangerous.
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PART A. Read ‘‘American and British Facts on Jobs for Teens’’ and the example
sentences given below. Then, match the words and the dictionary
definitions. Number 4 has been done for you.
1. to design (v) _________

The government is designing a new law to protect children.
2. a rule (n) _________

You can’t smoke at school. It is against the rules.
3. to deliver (v) _________

They can deliver the sofa on Saturday.
4. a restriction (n) ___b______

There are restrictions on the number of goods that you can bring into the
country.
5. a break (n) _________

Take a break, and come back after lunch.
6. an option (n) _________

You don’t have many options and have very little time, so you should be quick.
Dictionary definitions:
a. a choice
b. a rule or law that limits what people can do
c. to take things such as letters, packages or goods to a person or place
d. a holiday or period of time away from work, school, etc.
e. to make or plan something for a particular purpose
f. an official instruction about what you should or should not do
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PART B. Read the rules and the restrictions, and mark the following true (T) or
false (F). Correct the false ones. Write full sentences.
1. T F At the age of 13, both American and British children can take part in a
play or in a TV series.
_______________________________________________________
2. T F A 12-year-old American child cannot babysit.
_______________________________________________________
3. T F A 15-year-old American teenager cannot work as a waiter or a waitress.
_______________________________________________________
4. T F In the UK, teens between the ages of 13 and 16 cannot work if they don’t
have a permit.ver
_______________________________________________________
5. T F In the USA, during the school week, teens under 16 can work three hours
a week.
_______________________________________________________
6. T F In both the USA and the UK, teens cannot work before 7:00 am or after
7:00 pm.ea
_______________________________________________________
7. T F In the USA, a 13-year-old boy cannot work as a paperboy.
_______________________________________________________
8. T F A 15-year-old British teenager cannot work in a pub or a factory.
_______________________________________________________
9. T F In the USA, 17-year-olds can have jobs in a coal mine.
_______________________________________________________
10. T F In the UK, 14-year-olds cannot work more than 25 hours per week during
school holidays.yye
_______________________________________________________
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35 NEW YEAR’S DAY IN APRIL
Did you know that in Thailand they celebrate New Year’s Day in April?
Thai people call the beginning of their New Year
Songkran. It means ‘‘a move or change in the position
of the sun from Aries to Taurus.’’ They celebrate the
Songkran Festival (also known as the Water Splashing
5 Festival) at the end of the dry season, from the 13th
to the 15th of April, for three full days, but in some
areas for four days. During these days, housewives
clean their houses and throw away all the old things in
their homes. They believe they will bring bad luck to the owner. Young people pour
10 perfumed water into the hands of their parents and grandparents to show their
respect to them. People clean the images of Buddha. They think that this brings good
luck. They also prepare lots of delicious food for themselves and their relatives, and
then have beautiful parades in the streets.
The Songkran Festival in many parts of Thailand is also a big water fight in the
15 streets! In fact, water is the symbol of washing all of the bad things away. You can
throw water at anyone walking by, and they can do the same to you! Everyone takes
part in this tradition, and it is difficult to find a dry person on the streets. Luckily, it
is always very hot in April in Thailand (temperatures can rise to over 100°F or 40°C
on some days), and this reduces your chances of getting sick. In the old days, people
20 sprinkled a bit of perfumed water over your shoulder to wish you good luck, but
nowadays, people throw buckets of ice water or shoot water guns at you. Both
children and adults like this new tradition of Songkran a lot.
Every year, thousands of tourists from all around the world go to Thailand to
celebrate this colorful festival with the Thai people.
1. Line 3, ‘They’ means __________________
2. Line 9, ‘they’ means __________________
3. Line 11, ‘them’ means __________________
4. Line 11,’this’ means __________________
5. Line 16, ‘do the same to you’ means __________________ at you
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PART B. Read the text and mark the statements true (T) or false (F). Correct
1. T F Songkran is the move of the sun into the Aries sun sign.
_______________________________________________________
2. T F In Thailand, the wet season ends around mid- April.
_______________________________________________________
3. T F The Songkran Festival goes on for three days in every part of Thailand.
_______________________________________________________
4. T F During the Songkran Festival, people don’t do any cooking.
_______________________________________________________
5. T F Because the weather is very cold, your chances of getting sick are high if
you get wet.
_______________________________________________________
6. T F Older people do not like the new tradition of throwing icy water at people.
_______________________________________________________
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36 STARFISH (SEA STARS)
Starfish, or sea stars, live in seas and oceans.There are about

2,000 species (kinds) of sea stars worldwide. You can find them
in all kinds of waters: cold, warm, shallow or deep. They like
rocky places. Sea stars can swim all the way down to the bottom
5 of the sea, or they can relax and float on top. They move very
slowly along the seabed.
Most sea stars have five arms called rays, but some others
have 10, 20 or 40 arms. The arms of a star fish can be from 10
to 25 inches (25.4 to 63.5 centimeters) long. If they lose an
10 arm, it always grows back. Sea stars do not have a brain. They
have a small red eye spot on each arm. They can see light and dark with the help of
these spots.
Sea stars often have bright colors.They come in many different
colors like red, orange, pink, blue, green, brown, gray, black, and
15 purple. Starfish have a flat body. Their mouth is located under
their body. Most starfish are scavengers. This means that
these animals eat dead plants and dead animals. Sea stars eat
almost anything, but their favorite foods are oysters and
mussels.
Read the text and answer the questions.
1. Line 2, the word ‘species’ means ____________________
2. Line 2, ‘them’ means _____________________
3. Which word in the text is the opposite of the word deep? _________________
4. Which word in the text is the opposite of the word bottom? _______________
5. Line 7, the word ‘rays’ means ____________________
6. Line 7, ‘some others’ means some other ____________________
7. 10 inches is ____________________ cm.
8. Line 10, ‘it’ means ____________________
9. A star fish has a red eye spot on each arm, so a star fish with 10 arms has
________________ spots.
10. Line 12, ‘these spots’ mean ____________________
11. A scavenger eats _____________________
12. Line 18, ‘their’ means _______________________
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37 THE SAGUARO CACTUS
The king of the desert, the saguaro cactus, lives in the Sonoran
Desert, in Arizona. The biggest saguaros can be 15 meters high
and have about 50 big arms. They can live for about 200 years.
It takes a long time for a saguaro to get big. When it’s 10 years
old, a saguaro is still smaller than an egg. It gets flowers for the
first time when it’s over 50 years old.
The most important factors for the
growth of the saguaro cactus are water
and temperature. Cold weather can easily
kill this plant. The Sonoron Desert gets more rain than any
other North American desert. It has rain both in winter and in
summer, but the saguaro gets most of its water during the
summer rainy season. The saguaro has a large network of roots
and a green stem. The roots collect water after it rains, and
the stem stores it. A saguaro can drink about a thousand liters
of water at one time. When it doesn’t rain, the plant uses its own water to live and
make flowers and fruits every year.
Every state in the United States has a state flower. Arizona’s flower is the saguaro
cactus flower. These big white flowers open at night, when it’s cool, and close late in
the morning, when it is hot. Each saguaro has about 200 flowers, but only a few of
them open each night. Each flower opens for one night, and
then never again. The best time to see these flowers is very
early in the morning in May.
In summer, the saguaro has red fruits. These are the
favorite food of many desert birds and other animals. Birds
also use the saguaro as their house. They make little caves
in the arms of the cactus.
Some places in Arizona are full of saguaros. They’re fun to look at. When you see a
big group of them together, they sometimes look like funny people who are dancing.
a saguaro flower
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PART A. Read the text and label the parts of a saguaro cactus.
a. flowers b. _________ c. _________ d. _________
PART B. Read the text and mark the statements true (T) or false (F). Correct
1. T F The saguaro cactus grows very slowly.
_______________________________________________________
2. T F The cactus has its first flowers when it is 15 years old.
_______________________________________________________
3. T F It doesn’t rain in the Sonoron Desert in summer.
_______________________________________________________
4. T F A saguaro drinks about a thousand liters of water every year.
_______________________________________________________
5. T F About 200 flowers open at night.
_______________________________________________________
PART C. Read the text again and answer the questions with complete sentences.
1. How big can a saguaro cactus be?
_____________________________________________________________
2. How big is a saguaro cactus when it is 10 years old?
_____________________________________________________________
3. What can happen to the cactus when the temperature is too low?
_____________________________________________________________
4. Why is the stem an important part of the plant?
_____________________________________________________________
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5. Why can a saguaro cactus live without rain for some time?
_____________________________________________________________
6. When do the flowers of a saguaro cactus open and close?
_____________________________________________________________
7. How long do saguaro flowers live?
_____________________________________________________________
8. What is the state flower of Arizona?
_____________________________________________________________
9. When does a saguaro cactus produce flowers?
_____________________________________________________________
10. How do birds make use of the saguaro cactus?
_____________________________________________________________
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38 FAVORITE PASTIMES OF AUSTRALIAN CHILDREN
Look at the bar graph, and complete the following sentences. Don’t forget to use
the expressions nearly, over, exactly,and about where necessary.
1. The graph shows the various pastimes of Australian children between the ages of
_______________________.
2. A hundred percent of ____________ and ____________ watch TV or videos.
3. _______________________ of boys play electronic or computer games.
4. _______________________ of girls are interested in arts and crafts.
5. _______________ twenty percent of girls do ________________________.
6. Nearly 80% of boys like _________________________________________.
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39 ADVERTISEMENTS OF SOME HOLIDAY RESORTS IN TURKEY
Çetmihan Çanakkale-Kazdaği Hotels

Address: Yeşilyurt Köyü Küçükkuyu
Kazdağı – Çanakkale
Capacity: 16 total rooms, 45 total beds, five honeymoon suites, one suite, 10
standard rooms. Sea, garden, and mountain views are available.
Room Details: shower, WC, hair dryer
General Facilities: central heating, garden, TV room, game room, business center,
laundry, ironing, safe-deposit box at reception, 24-hr room service, backup generator,
doctor on call, baby sitter, free parking, pets welcome
Sports & Recreation: billiards
Wining & Dining: half board, breakfast lounge, cafeteria, terrace bar. One open-
buffet restaurant, one outdoor restaurant, one indoor restaurant, Turkish cuisine and
vegetarian cuisine available
Meeting Facilities: one meeting room (capacity of 30) containing projection screen,
whiteboard, slide projector, sound system, microphone, video player, DVD player,
television, and fax machine
Location: 5 km from the seaside, 240 km from the Izmir Airport. Situated between
the mountains and a private beach
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Resort Information
Address: Anak Mevkii Yeni Foça

İzmir-Turkey
Address: Olaklı Manavgat

Antalya-Turkey
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PART A. Read the following statements, and mark them true (T) or false (F).
1. T F There are two restaurants at the Çetmihan Hotel.
______________________________________________________
2. T F The Çetmihan Hotel is on the beach.
______________________________________________________
3. T F Both Petroclub Side Holiday Village and Wybas Foca Holiday Resort have
the same room types.
______________________________________________________
4. T F Check-in time at Petroclub Side Holiday Village is 3:00 PM.
______________________________________________________
5. T F At the Çetmihan Hotel, there aren’t any ironing facilities.
______________________________________________________
6. T F If you stay at Petroclub Side Holiday Village, you have to go to Antalya

for your shopping.
______________________________________________________
7. T F All the resorts have medical facilities on location.
______________________________________________________
8. T F You can play games in the games room at the Wybas Foca Holiday Resort.
______________________________________________________
9. T F The Çetmihan Hotel has lots of facilities for organizing a business

meeting.
______________________________________________________
10. T F All the resorts have safe-deposit boxes to protect your valuables.
______________________________________________________
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PART B. Read the following situations, and then answer the questions.
1. Your brother is getting married next week, and you want to book a room at a
hotel for the married couple as a wedding present. Which holiday resort would
you choose and why?
_____________________________________________________________
2. You have two dogs and a cat, and you want to take them with you on your vacation.
Which holiday resort is appropriate for you?
_____________________________________________________________
3. You want a hotel that has a swimming pool for your kids. Your wife likes water
skiing, and you like fishing. You don’t want to eat in the hotel’s restaurant. Where
would you go?
_____________________________________________________________
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40 MOVIE REVIEWS
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Answer the following questions according to the information given in the texts.
Do not worry about the meanings of the words you don’t know. You don’t need to
know the meanings of all the words to answer the questions, but the following
definitions may help you to understand the texts better.
appropriate (adjective): suitable or right for a particular situation or person

e.g. Is this film appropriate for young children?
a cave (noun): a large hole in the side of a mountain, or under the ground (mağara)
an attack (noun): a violent act intended to hurt or damage someone or something
e.g. a terrorist attack on the capital
1. What type of film is Scream 4 ?

_____________________________________________________________
2. How old is Jacob Jakowski?
_____________________________________________________________
3. Where was the cave?
_____________________________________________________________
4. What was important about the drawings in the cave?
_____________________________________________________________
5. Who is Gale Weathers?
_____________________________________________________________
6. What does Sara Gruen do?
_____________________________________________________________
7. Your eight-year-old daughter likes true-life stories. Would you take her to see
the film Soul Surfer ? Why/Why not?
_____________________________________________________________
8. Who spent a year with the Benzini Brothers circus?
_____________________________________________________________
9. Who is the leading actress in the film Soul Surfer ?
_____________________________________________________________
10. Your son is interested in nature and world cultures. To which film would you take
him? Why?
_____________________________________________________________
_____________________________________________________________
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41 LEISURE IN DIFFERENT COUNTRIES
Leisure Activities in Germany

Germans spend their free time doing a variety of activities.
Many people are members of sports clubs. They play
basketball, soccer, volleyball, and other team sports there.
5 There are also professional leagues for many of these
sports in Germany. Germans love the outdoors.
1)_________________. There are walking and biking
paths all over the country. In winter, Alpine slopes challenge brave skiers and
snowboarders.
10 Leisure Activities in India
Indians spend their free time doing many activities. The most popular sports in India
are cricket, field hockey, and soccer. Many Indian children begin playing these sports
at a very young age. Indians also enjoy dancing and playing games. One of their
favorite board games is chess. It was invented in India more than 1,500 years ago.
15 Indians spend a lot of time enjoying the company of their neighbors. They also love
going to the movies. 2)_________________. The Indian movie industry is called
Bollywood. This country makes more movies each year than any other country in the
world!
Leisure Activities in Russia

20 During their free time, Russians like to play sports and games, watch TV, and visit
friends. Most Russians know how to play chess. 3)_________________. Soccer,
hockey, volleyball, and ice-skating are popular sports in Russia. They all have
professional leagues or organizations. Many children begin playing these sports at an
early age. The best ice-skaters often grow up to compete in the Winter Olympics.
25 Dancing is also a large part of Russian culture. Russian ballet is famous around the
world.
Leisure Activities in France

The French spend their free time watching TV, reading, and going to movies and
plays. They also enjoy playing and watching sports. Soccer, rugby, and cycling are
30 popular sports in France. Rugby is similar to American football, but players do not
wear any padding. France is famous for the Tour de France bike race.
4)_________________. The course changes every year, but it always finishes in
Paris.
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PART A. The following sentences are taken from the texts above. Read the
texts, and choose a suitable blank for each sentence.
A. Many people enjoy playing it with just their friends and family, but the best
players enter tournaments held throughout the country.
B. Every major city has several cinemas and theaters.
C. This three-week race covers more than 2,200 miles (3,500 kilometers) of
Europe’s countryside.
D. They enjoy hiking and camping in Germany’s many forests and mountain ranges.

1. Line 4, ‘there’ means ________________
2. Line 8, ‘the country’ means _________________
3. Line 12, ‘these sports’ means ___________________________________
4. Line 15, ‘They’ means _________________
5. Line 17, ‘This country’ means ________________
6. Line 32, ‘it’ means ________________
PART C. Who said these things? Number 1 has been done for you.
1. ‘’I spend most of my free time reading.’’
Someone from France
2. ‘‘I am just an amateur cyclist, so I don’t take part in my country’s famous bike
race.’’
Someone from ____________
3. ‘‘I started ice-skating when I was four years old.’’
4. ‘‘Oh, no! I don’t wear them when I am playing the game.’’
5. ‘‘I spend more than ten hours with my neighbors every week.’’
6. ‘‘This game was invented in my country a very long time ago.’’
7. ‘‘We love outdoor sports. My wife and I go camping three times a month.’’
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42 AIRLINE FLIGHT REVIEWS
Germanwings Air Lines, Economy Class Flight Review: Cologne to Lamezia
PART A. Read the reviews of one of the passengers of Germanwings Airlines,

and match them with their headings. Number 3 has been done for you.
1. DEPARTURE SERVICE _____________________
2. CABIN APPEARANCE _____________________
3. SEATING COMFORT _________ F __________
4. ONBOARD CATERING _____________________
5. IN-FLIGHT ENTERTAINMENT _____________________
6. CABIN STAFF SERVICE _____________________
A. No entertainment.
B. It was good and clean.
C. They were helpful and friendly, but on the return flight, they did not show much
empathy for the passengers, who were tired because of a delay.
D. Good! The check-in staff were friendly. There were lots of passengers, but the
check-in procedure was fast.
E. We paid for the meals and the drinks. Not expensive. On the return flight, the
departure was 12 hours late, but they did not offer any free drinks or meals.
F. OK. Not enough space.  My legs ached.
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Delta Air Lines, Economy Class Flight Review: Berlin to New York JFK
DEPARTURE SERVICE
Berlin Tegel is a very small airport. The check-in procedure was very easy and fast.
CABIN APPEARANCE
A very old plane (B 767-300). The cabin itself was OK, but the bathroom became
dirty after only two hours’ flight time.
SEATING COMFORT
The seats are as old as the plane. Very uncomfortable.
ONBOARD CATERING
Nothing special: chicken or pizza. They were cold.
IN-FLIGHT ENTERTAINMENT
One overhead screen for the movies. The movie and music were OK, but the in-flight
magazine was the one from last month.
CABIN STAFF SERVICE

Service was OK, but they were not very friendly.
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Singapore Airlines Business Class Flight Review: Singapore to Newark
DEPARTURE SERVICE
The flight leaves from Terminal 3 in Singapore. A very nice terminal with a lot of
check-in counters. A nice Silver Kris Lounge with food and drinks. There is easy
security and boarding.
CABIN APPEARANCE
The cabin of this A340-500 is very clean and new-looking.
SEATING COMFORT
New, comfortable, and large seats, which can be folded very easily to a comfortable
full flat bed.
ONBOARD CATERING
Meals on this nonstop flight are very fresh and tasty, with nice choices. A good
choice of wines.
IN-FLIGHT ENTERTAINMENT
Kris World is probably the best entertainment system in the world. A great choice of
films, games, etc. A very nice and large screen monitor.
CABIN STAFF SERVICE

The cabin staff is great. Service can be a little disorganized, but it isn’t a big
problem. A friendly and always available crew. They answer the call buttons
immediately.
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PART B. Go over the flight reviews again, read the following statements, and
write the name of the airline in the blanks provided.
1. The name of the review writer is Ender Ozsezen. _______________________
2. The flight was on April 27th, 2009. __________________________________
3. The plane departed from Cologne. ___________________________________
4. The passengers could drink wine if they wanted to. ______________________
5. The plane and the seats were quite old. _______________________________
PART C. Read the following statements, and mark them true (T) or false (F).
1. T F Sabestian Lipke flew Business Class.
_______________________________________________________
2. T F The meals and the drinks were free for passengers on Germanwings Air
Lines.
_______________________________________________________
3. T F The flight attendants on Singapore Airlines answered the call buttons in a

short time.
_______________________________________________________
4. T F The flight from Singapore to Newark was a nonstop one.
_______________________________________________________
5. T F The food on Delta Airlines was not warm.
_______________________________________________________
6. T F The music on Germanwings Air Lines was very good.
_______________________________________________________
7. T F There were no magazines for the passengers on Delta Air Lines.
_______________________________________________________
8. T F Passengers on Singapore Airlines could sleep on flat and comfortable beds.
_______________________________________________________
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43 BULLET TRAINS
Bullet trains are high-speed trains. They are a

safe, cheap, and fast way to travel. They
travel more than 124 miles (200 kilometers)
per hour. The name bullet comes from their
5 speed and shape. Today, these trains are
popular forms of intercity travel all over the
world.
Bullet trains got their start in Japan. The population of this country grew very fast
in the 1950s. Japan’s trains and roads became crowded. People needed a new way to
10 get around. Japanese officials hoped a new kind of train would solve their
transportation problems. The government opened the first Shinkansen (the network
of high speed trains in Japan) in Tokyo, in 1964. The Tōkaidō Shinkansen ran 320
miles (515 kilometers) between the cities of Tokyo and Osaka and reached 135 miles
(217 kilometers) per hour!
15 Today, the Tōkaidō Shinkansen is the world's busiest high-speed rail line. It carries
151 million passengers a year. It transports more passengers than any other high
speed line in the world. Between Tokyo and Osaka, the two largest metropolises in
Japan, up to ten trains per hour with sixteen cars each (1,300 seat capacity) run in
each direction, with a minimum headway of three minutes between trains.
20 With the help of new technology, bullet trains will be much more efficient in the
future. This means they will make less noise and use less energy!
a bullet

1. Line 5, ‘these trains’ means _______________________________________
2. Line 8, ‘this country’ means _______________________________________
3. Line 10, ‘their’ means ____________________________________________
4. Line 21, ‘This’ refers to the fact that _______________________________
_____________________________________________________________
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PART B. Fill in the blanks according to the information given in the text.
1. Bullet trains are ____________________________________________ than
traditional trains. (Write three advantages.)
2. The bullet train got its name from its ______________________________.
3. Transportation became a problem in Japan in the 1950s because
a)______________________________________________. Japan solved this
problem by introducing the world’s b) ______________________ bullet train in
c) _________________________________.
4. The Tōkaidō Shinkansen provided rail service between a) __________________
and b) _____________________ at a speed of c) ______________________.
5. Today, the world's busiest high-speed rail line is a) ______________________
because the number of passengers it carries is b) _______________________
a year.
6. A bullet train between Tokyo and Osaka has a) _______________________ and
each one can carry b) ___________________________ people at a time.
7. In the future, bullet trains will probably produce a) ______________________
and b) __________________________________________.
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44 PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION IN LONDON
The main source of public transport in London is the

Underground (or the Tube, as it is known to Londoners)
because it is the easiest and fastest way to travel in the
city. It is a network of 12 lines and operates for 20
5 hours a day, every day and serves all parts of central
London. It has 402 kilometers (250 miles) of track. This
makes it the second longest metro system in the world
after the Shanghai Metro. It also has one of the highest number of stations (270).
In 2007, it carried more than one billion passengers and became the third busiest
10 metro system in Europe after Paris and Moscow.
There is also a good bus system in London. Buses are

slower than the tube, but they are cheaper. You can buy
tickets from ticket machines ( next to bus stops
in central London), at the ticket offices in bus or
15 underground stations, or sometimes from some local
shops such as newsagents. If you change buses, you
need to buy a new ticket for each journey. You cannot
buy a "return" bus ticket in London. Outside central
London, you can buy a ticket by paying the driver when you get on the bus, but in
20 central London, you must buy a ticket before you get on the bus.
All across London, there are 17,000 bus stops, so you are never far from a bus
stop.There are two types of bus stops: compulsory and request. Compulsory stops are
white with a red roundel; request ones are red with a white roundel.The buses always
stop at compulsory stops if they are not full, but they stop at request stops only if a
25 passenger rings the bell once to signal that he/she wants to get off.
Night buses cover the whole of London and run all through the night, seven nights a
week. Nearly all of these buses start at or go through Trafalgar Square. There are
also tour buses that are open-top.They take you to all of London’s famous landmarks
and show London’s colorful 2,000-year history.
1. Line 6, ’This’ means the fact that ___________________________________
2. Line 7, ’it’ means ______________________
3. Line 23, ’ones’ means ______________________
4. Line 25, ’he/she’ means ______________________
5. Line 27, ’these buses’ means ______________________
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PART B. Read the following statements, and mark them true (T) or false (F).
1. T F The London Underground has six lines and runs all through the day.
______________________________________________________
2. T F The metro system in London is busier than the systems in Paris and
Moscow.
______________________________________________________
3. T F Some newsagents in London sell bus tickets.
______________________________________________________
4. T F Outside central London, you cannot get on a bus if you don’t have a ticket.
______________________________________________________
5. T F Night buses do not operate on weekends.
______________________________________________________
PART C. Read the text again, and answer the questions with complete sentences.
1. What do people living in London call their Underground?
_____________________________________________________________
2. Which city has the longest metro system in the world?
_____________________________________________________________
3. How many stations does the London Underground have?
_____________________________________________________________
4. Write one advantage and one disadvantage of the buses over the Tube in London.
_____________________________________________________________
5. What are the two types of bus stops in London? What are the differences
between them?
_____________________________________________________________
6. What can you see on a bus tour?
____________________________________________________________
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45 SCOOTERS
A scooter is a motorized street vehicle. It is simple to use and comfortable and fun
to ride. It costs less than most cars and motorcycles. It is not difficult to see why
scooters are one of the most popular forms of urban transportation on the planet.
The first scooters were made in Italy in the 1950s. The designers wanted a low-cost,
5 motorized street vehicle. In those days, there were motorized bicycles but those
bikes were very noisy to operate and uncomfortable to ride. The first real scooter
wasn’t just another motorized bicycle. It was a totally new invention. It had small
wheels and a big, comfortable seat. It also had a wide, low footboard. This new
design made it easy for anyone to get on and off. It became very popular in a short
10 time.
Many scooters have small engines. They range in size between 49 and 100 cubic
centimeters (cc). The top speed of most scooters is about 40 miles (64 kilometers)
per hour. Some sport models have engines as large as 700cc. Larger engines can go 55
miles (88.5 kilometers) per hour or even faster. Most scooters can travel 120 miles
15 (193 kilometers) on one gallon (3.8 liters) of gas. Scooters are fun and easy to ride. A
simple button starts the engine. The frame is lightweight, so the scooterist can
maneuver easily.
Like the driver of any vehicle, a scooterist should pay attention to safety.
Scooterists should always wear helmets. They should also follow all the rules of the
20 road.
People also use scooters for work. They are perfect for urban delivery jobs. Drivers
can easily pass through narrow streets and they can easily find a parking space. The
big seat has room for an additional passenger. In some countries, people
use them even as taxis. Need a ride?
a helmet
a scooter taxi
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seat
frame
wheel
footboard
1. Line 1, ‘It’ means ________________________
2. Line 5, ‘In those days’ means ________________________
3. Line 8-9, ‘This new design’ means ________________________
4. Line 11, ‘They’ means ________________________
5. Line 19, ‘They’ means ________________________
6. Line 22, ‘they’ means ________________________
PART B. Read the text, and answer the questions with complete sentences.
1. What were the disadvantages of the motorized bicycles of the 1950’s?
_____________________________________________________________
2. What should a scooterist do for his/her safety?
_____________________________________________________________
_____________________________________________________________
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PART C. Choose the correct alternative.
1. Which of the following is not true about a scooter?
a. It is a street vehicle. b. It is more expensive than a motorcyle.
c. It is motorized. d. It is a popular means of transportation.
2. Most scooters _________________________.
a. have a top speed of 88.5 kilometers per hour
b. can go 193 kilometers on two gallons of gas
c. have 700cc gasoline engines
d. have small engines
PART D. Which of the following statements are true about a scooter? Correct
the false statements. Write full sentences.
1. T F It is difficult to use it in narrow streets.
______________________________________________________
2. T F It is an enjoyable vehicle to ride.
______________________________________________________
3. T F Its frame is quite heavy.
______________________________________________________
4. T F It has a seating capacity of more than two people.
______________________________________________________
5. T F Its wheels are small.
______________________________________________________
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46 TEENS’ EATING HABITS
Read what the following teens say about their eating habits.
Samantha Hall
I usually skip breakfast and have potato chips, cookies, candy and
soda for lunch. I buy them from school vending machines. After
school, I often go to a take-away restaurant for French fries,
fried rice and egg rolls. Dinner at home is much healthier – soup,
5 baked chicken and rice, grilled fish and vegetables. I know my mom
wants me to eat healthier meals, but I don’t have much time, and
junk food is often the quickest way to satisfy my hunger, and that
is common among busy teenagers.
a vending machine
Roy White
I am a big fresh fruit eater, which is unusual, I admit, for a 15-year-old. I love
apples, nectarines, kiwis and mangos. I never skip breakfast. For me, it is the most
important meal of the day. At school, I only eat soup and sometimes an apple. I
usually come home around 3 o’clock, and I have a vegetable salad. When I eat out, I
5 try to choose healthy dishes, but sometimes I can’t say ‘‘no’’ to some delicious
desserts.
Rose Smith
I enjoy potato chips, pizza, candy and hot sausages, but at home, I eat vegetables and
salad with every dinner. It is my mom’s rule. I try to do what my mom says. I know it’s
good for me. Sometimes I don’t want to have the salad, but I eat it anyway. It has
become a habit, I guess. I’m not a big fried-food eater, and my parents try not to buy
5 cookies and chocolates. We always eat fresh fruits and yogurt in the house. This
helps me to keep good eating habits.
PART A. Read the text, and write which teen(s) these statements refer to.
1. He/She always has breakfast. ______________
2. He/She never skips salad. ______________
3. His/her school sells junk food. ______________
4. He/She always has soup for lunch on weekdays. ______________
5. He/She doesn’t eat fried food very often. ______________
6. He/She doesn’t eat desserts very often. ______________
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1. (Samantha) Line 2, ‘them’ means ___________________
2. (Samantha) Line 7, ‘that’ means ___________________
3. (Roy) Line 2, ‘it’ means ___________________
4. (Rose) Line 3, ‘me’ means ___________________
5. (Rose) Line 5, ‘This’ means (choose one of the following) ____________
a. never having cookies and chocolates in the house
b. always having fresh fruits and yogurt in the home
c. eating potato chips, candy and hot sausages
PART C. Complete the sentences according to the information given in the text.
1. Samantha’s mother wants her to have healthier meals, but she eats a lot of
________________________ because she __________________________.
2. Roy is different from other teenagers because he_______________________.
3. Rose’s parents sometimes buy ______________________________________.
PART D. Answer the following question in your own words.
In your opinion, which of these three teenagers has healthier eating habits? Why?
I think __________________________________________________________
________________________________________________________________
________________________________________________________________
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47 SHOCKING SEAFOOD DISHES
Sour Fish Head Soup
People eat fish all over the world. Before they cook them,
they often cut off the heads and throw them away but not
in Vietnam! There, it’s the heads that some people want.
The Vietnamese keep the fish heads and use them to
5 make soup. Cooks add onions, tomatoes, pineapple, spices,
and fish sauce to give the soup a sour and sweet taste. Not
everyone likes fish heads in their soup, but the world is a
very big place. Seafood that is shocking to people in one
country may be popular in another.
Deadly Puffer Fish
Some fish can kill other animals when they’re swimming in the
sea. A puffer fish can also kill a person when it is served on a
plate! Parts of the fish, such as the liver, are full of deadly
poison. In fact, the amount of poison in one puffer fish can
5 kill up to 30 people. If you prepare it properly, the meat of a
puffer fish is safe to eat. In Japan, only trained chefs can
cook and serve this deadly fish. Still, about 100 people die
every year from eating puffer fish. It’s truly a dish to die
for.
Live Octopus Arms
Do you need eight reasons to eat a baby octopus? How

about its eight arms waving from the bowl? Some people in
South Korea love this dish, called sannakji. It is served
raw. To make it, they cut a live baby octopus and season it
5 with sesame seeds and sesame oil. Sannakji is delicious
but dangerous to eat. The octopus’s arms are still moving
when they serve it, so suckers on the arms can cause the
octopus pieces to get stuck in a person’s throat. That is
why you should chew this food well before you swallow it.
suckers
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Boiled Sea Cucumbers
A sea cucumber is not a vegetable. It is an animal with

leathery skin. Sea cucumbers live on the ocean floor.
In China, these cucumber-shaped animals are also a
popular food.
5 A sea cucumber is not very tasty (delicious). To

prepare sea cucumbers, cooks wash and boil them in
salty water for about four days. Then, they add the
meat to soups. Why do people spend so much time preparing this food? Many believe
that they are very healthy to eat as they have more protein than many other foods,
10 and they are very low in fat. They also can help treat health problems, such as high
blood pressure.

1. (Sour Fish Head Soup) Line 1, ‘them’ means ____________________
2. (Sour Fish Head Soup) Line 2, ‘them’ means ____________________
3. (Sour Fish Head Soup) Line 3, ‘There’ means ____________________
4. (Sour Fish Head Soup) Line 9, ‘another’ means another ____________________
5. (Deadly Puffer Fish) Line 2, ‘it’ means ____________________
6. (Deadly Puffer Fish) Line 7, ‘this deadly fish’ means _____________________
7. (Live Octopus Arms) Line 3, ‘this dish’ means ____________________
8. (Live Octopus Arms) Line 9, ‘it’ means ____________________
9. (Boiled Sea Cucumbers) Line 6, ‘them’ means ____________________
10. (Boiled Sea Cucumbers) Line 7, ‘they’ means ____________________
11. (Boiled Sea Cucumbers) Line 8, ‘Many’ means Many ____________________
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PART B. Mark the statements true (T) or false (F). Correct the false ones.
Write full sentences.
1. T F Sour Fish Head Soup doesn’t have any sauce in it.
_______________________________________________________
2. T F About a hundred people eat puffer fish every year.
_______________________________________________________
3. T F The baby octopus is seasoned after it is cooked.
_______________________________________________________
4. T F Chinese people find sea cucumbers healthy.
_______________________________________________________
PART C. Read the text again, and answer the questions with complete sentences.
1. What do the Vietnamese do with fish heads?
_____________________________________________________________
2. Why can only trained chefs cook a puffer fish in Japan?
_____________________________________________________________
_____________________________________________________________
3. Is puffer fish delicious or not?
_____________________________________________________________
4. What may happen if you don’t chew sannakji well?
_____________________________________________________________
5. Write two reasons why sea cucumbers are good for your health.
a) ___________________________________________________________
b) ___________________________________________________________
6. Would you like to try sannakji? Why? Why not?
_____________________________________________________________
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48 TABLE MANNERS
Table manners are very different in every country.

For example, when you are in England, you must not
lift your soup bowl to your mouth. This is very
impolite there, but when you are in Japan, it is
5 completely normal. Lifting your bowl to your mouth in
Japan is a traditional way of eating your soup. In
Japan, you also don’t have to worry about making any
noise when you are eating. It just shows that you
really like the food! But it is not the same in Britain,
10 so you shouldn’t make any noise when eating there.
In Britain, people don’t put their hands or elbows on the table during the meal, but in
Mexico, guests keep their hands on the table all the time. In fact, you should be
careful about what you do with your hands. In Arab countries, it is impolite to eat
with your left hand, so don’t do it!
15 In all cultures, it is impolite to speak when you
are eating. Also, you should leave some food on
your plate because it is considered impolite if you
eat everything.
In Ukraine, you should wait for all the others to
20 start eating with you. You should also say ‘’please’’
and ‘’thank you’’ every time you ask for something
and get it. If you don’t like the food, don’t make
faces or sounds that show this, and don’t say:
“Yuk! I hate this!”
25 The best way to avoid making mistakes at the table in other countries is to watch the
host and try to do the things he does.
1. Line 3, ‘This’ means ____________________________________________
2. Line 14, ‘don’t do it’ means don’t __________________________________
3. Line 23, ‘this’ refers to the fact that_______________________________
4. Line 26, ‘he’ means _____________________
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PART B. Fill in the blanks according to the information given in the text.
1. ____________________________ are not the same in all countries.
2. Making noises when you are eating in Japan means that ____________________
________________________________.
3. In Arab countries, you should eat with _______________________________.
4. In Ukraine, you shouldn’t forget to say _______________________ when you
ask for something.
PART C.Read the text again, and answer the questions with complete sentences.
1. Write two things that are considered impolite to do in Britain at the table.
a)__________________________________________________________
b) _________________________________________________________
2. What is the difference between Britain and Mexico in terms of table manners?
___________________________________________________________
___________________________________________________________
3. What do all cultures have in common in terms of table manners?
___________________________________________________________
___________________________________________________________
4. Write two things that are impolite to do at the table in your country.
a) _________________________________________________________
b) _________________________________________________________
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49 THE MOST POPULAR FOOD IN THE USA
Tacos are getting more popular and everybody loves pizza, but
hamburgers are still America’s favorite fast food. Americans started
eating them many years ago, but we still don’t know the origin of the
burger.
5 One story is that the first hamburger was made in the
state of Wisconsin, in 1885. Charlie Nagreen, a 15-year-
old-boy, sold meatballs at the fair in the town of
Seymour, but people didn’t buy them because they were
difficult to eat while they were walking. He made the
10 meatballs flat and put them between two slices of bread
and he called them hamburgers. Other people say Louis
Lassen made the first hamburger when a customer went to his restaurant in
Connecticut and asked for a fast meal because he had only ten minutes to spend
there. Louis made a quick sandwich of beef between two slices of bread. The
15 customer enjoyed it a lot and asked for another one. But where does the name
“hamburger” come from? A third story says that in 1891, sailors from the USA
visited Hamburg, in Germany, and had sandwiches of beef and egg. They liked them
very much, and when they went back to America, they took the idea there. In the
1940s, hamburgers became very popular. People started buying cars and driving
20 around the country. They ate more meals outside the home. Some restaurants
adopted the sailors’ idea because they saw that people wanted quick food when they
were on the road.
These days, Americans eat billions of
hamburgers a year. On average, each person
25 buys about three hamburgers a week. Teenage
boys probably eat more hamburgers than other
people. There are many toppings for
hamburgers, but most people like lettuce,
tomato, pickles, ketchup, mustard and cheese.
30 The most common thing to eat with hamburgers
is French fries, but a lot of restaurants also
serve side orders of onion rings and salad. a fair
Thomas, a 12-year-old-boy, says, “I love hamburgers. We have them every Saturday.

I go swimming, and when I come back home, my dad has burgers on the grill. We eat
35 them with French fries. I know they are unhealthy, but I still have them once a
week. I hate onion rings. They make your breath stink!”
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1. Line 3, ‘them’ means _________________________
2. Line 11, ‘them’ means _________________________
3. Line 12, ‘his’ means __________________________
4. Line 14, ‘there’ means ________________________
5. Line 15, ‘one’ means __________________________
6. Line 17, ‘They’ means _________________________
7. Line 18, ‘there’ means ________________________
8. Line 21, ‘they’ means _________________________
9. Line 35, ‘them’ means _________________________
10. Line 36, ‘They’ means _________________________
PART B. Fill in the blanks with the information given in the text.
1. Hamburgers are the most __________________________________ in the

USA.
2. Charlie Nagreen was a) ________ years old when he made the b) ___________
__________________ in 1885.
3. At first, people didn’t want to buy Charlie’s meatballs because they were not
____________________________________________________________.
4. Charlie solved the problem by putting the _____________________________.
____________________________________________________________.
5. Louise’s customer did not have ________________, so he asked for a fast meal.
6. According to the third story, the word ‘’hamburger’’ comes from the name of the
town _____________________.
7. In the 1940’s, some restaurants began to make hamburgers for people on the
road because those people ________________________________________.
8. Lettuce, tomato, pickles and cheese are some of the _____________________
____________________________________________________________.
9. Lots of restaurants serve hamburgers with ____________________________,

____________________ and_____________________________.
10. Thomas a) ________________________ only once a week because he knows

that they aren’t b) ________________.
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50 SUPERMARKETS: ADVANTAGES AND DISADVANTAGES
PART A. The following are some advantages and disadvantages of supermarkets,

but they are mixed up and not completed. First, read each statement
and decide whether it is an advantage or a disadvantage. Mark each
statement Advantage (A) or Disadvantage (D).
1. _____ You can find everything under one roof because ................
2. _____ Supermarket cashiers have to serve hundreds of customers per day, so....
3. _____ Usually, there is nice music there, so ................
4. _____ They produce a lot of packaging waste because ................
5. _____ It’s often difficult to find items and assistance, so ................
6. __A__ Products are generally always fresh because ......E.......
7. _____ You buy things that you don’t really need and spend a lot of money because....
8. _____ Parking space is not a problem because ................
9. _____ Shopping there is sometimes very unpleasant because ................
10. _____ You have a special trolley, so ................
11. _____There are play areas for children, so ................
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PART B. Complete the statements given in Part A with their second halves given
below. Number 6 has been done for you.
A. all food is wrapped in various layers of packaging.

B. parents are less stressed while they do their shopping.
C. supermarkets offer a great choice of goods.
D. you don't have to carry heavy packages yourself.
E. there is a fast turnover.
F. they are not always friendly.
G. it can be stressful.
H. the products are packed in attractive and
colorful cartons, and they attract your attention.
I. they are usually very crowded.
J. you feel relaxed.
K. they have big car parks.
PART C. Write one other advantage and disadvantage of supermarkets.

Advantage ______________________________________________
______________________________________________
Disadvantage ______________________________________________
______________________________________________
layers of packaging
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51 _________________________________________
PART A. Read the text quickly, and choose a suitable title.
a. Teenagers and Freedom
b. Teenagers and Shopping Centers
c. Teenagers and Their Parents
Shopping centers are important because teenagers

need to have somewhere they can go to spend time
with their friends, socialize, shop and be more free
than at home or at school. In the past, young people
5 would often spend their time on the streets. Today,
shopping centers are key locations where they get
together and spend time. For them, shopping centers
are meeting places that often offer a total
entertainment experience, including food and movies.
10 They can find almost everything they need under one
roof.
In a shopping center, there is more freedom because there is less adult control. The
greater freedom lets teenagers be themselves, and this encourages them to try out
different behavior and relationships.
15 Shopping centers are also important when it comes to safety. Parents believe that
they are safer than the streets, and think that this is an advantage, so they allow
their children to spend time in them. Shopping centers protect teenagers from
street violence or even bad weather, and they don’t feel bored because there are
lots of fantastic activities to do there.
PART B. Read the text again, and match the paragraphs with the following
headings.
A. Why shopping centers are safe places for teenagers. ______
B. Where teenagers spent their time in the past and where they spend their time
now. ______
C. Why teenagers feel free at shopping centers. ______
PART C. What do the following refer to?
1. Line 7, ‘them’ means ______________________
2. Line 16, ‘they’ means ______________________
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3. Line 16, ‘this’ refers to the fact that ________________________________
_____________________________________________________________
4. Line 16, ‘they’ means ______________________
5. Line 19, ‘there’ means ______________________
PART D. Mark the statements true (T), false (F) or no information (NI).
1. T F NI Shopping centers are places where teenagers can meet and do fun
things safely.
_____________________________________________________
2. T F NI They find more freedom at school or at home than in shopping centers.
_____________________________________________________
3. T F NI They spend a lot of money at shopping centers.
_____________________________________________________
4. T F NI They feel free in shopping centers because adults are not always there
to see what they are doing.
_____________________________________________________
5. T F NI Parents prefer to have their children in the streets than under a roof.
_____________________________________________________
6. T F NI Teens spend an average of six hours at shopping centers every week.
_____________________________________________________
7. T F NI Shopping centers protect teenagers from rain, snow and storms.
_____________________________________________________
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52 WHO IS A SHOPAHOLIC?
Shopaholics are people who can't control their
spending and buy things they don't need. They buy
these things even when they don't have the money to
pay for them. If they don't have the cash, they use
5 their credit cards. More than one in every 20 people
is a shopaholic.
If you find yourself shopping when you are
depressed, bored or unhappy about something, you
may be a shopaholic. Often, shopping will make you
10 feel better for a short time, but then later, you feel
more stressed.
When you are shopping, do you feel out of control? Do you buy things you never use?
Do you often buy things and then return them to the store the next day? Do you
often run your credit cards up to the limit? Do you spend a lot of time watching the
15 shopping channel on TV? Do you and your partner have arguments over money because
you are spending too much? Or do you hide the things you bought from your partner
and then worry that he/she will find out? If this sounds like you, then you may be a
shopaholic. The good news is there are things you can do to overcome your shopping
habits.
What Should You Do If You Are a Shopaholic?

1. Cut up your credit cards. Do it today. “But I
need them for an emergency.” “But they are
convenient.” No ‘’buts.’’
2. Carry only cash with you.
3. Find a hobby, take a class or join a club.
4. Make a budget, and put it on paper. Don't
completely limit your spending habits, but allow
yourself some fun once a week.
5. Try not to go to places where you usually shop.
6. Don’t go out to shop if you are feeling angry,
unhappy or bored.
7. Get help from your friends and family.
8. Finally, if you can't stop your shopaholic ways, get professional help - a therapist
can help you find the way.
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1. Line 4, ‘they’ means ________________________
2. Line 13, ‘them’ means ______________________
3. Line 17, ‘he/she’ means ____________________
What Should You Do If You Are a Shopaholic?
4. Number 1, Line 1, ‘do it’ means ________________
5. Number 1, Line 2, ‘they’ means ________________
6. Number 4, Line 1, ‘it’ means __________________
PART B. Mark the statements true (T), false (F) or no information (NI).
A shopaholic ……
1. T F NI usually goes shopping when he/she doesn’t feel well.

_______________________________________________________
2. T F NI never buys things that he/she won’t use.
_______________________________________________________
3. T F NI always buys presents for his/her partner.
_______________________________________________________
4. T F NI has lots of credit cards.
_______________________________________________________
5. T F NI doesn’t like watching shopping channels on TV.
_______________________________________________________
6. T F NI carries only cash with him/her.
_______________________________________________________
7. T F NI who wants to overcome his/her shopping habits should not go shopping for
some time.
_______________________________________________________
8. T F NI who wants to overcome his/her shopping habits should take up new
activities.
_______________________________________________________
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53 MEXICAN PEOPLE
1 Mexicans are kind, religious, family-oriented, warm-hearted,

easygoing, and hardworking people. Most Mexicans speak
Spanish, but there are also sixty-two native languages that
are still alive and spoken by Mexican people. 95% of
Mexicans are Catholics, which makes them the second
largest Catholic nation in the world. Religion plays an
important role in the lives of Mexicans. They love good food
and drink, celebrations, dancing, singing, traveling and
spending time with family members and friends. They also enjoy their freedom, and
they are very proud of their history.
2 Family is the most important institution in Mexico. In other words, family always
comes first for Mexicans. They know that a strong, united and loving family is
necessary for a healthy, stress-free and happy life. The key to the Mexican family’s
success is the respect that everyone has for the family traditions. In the Mexican
family, men protect the family, and women take care of the household.
3 Mexico is famous for its traditional food. This is

because the culture of food is very rich there, and most
importantly because Mexican food is delicious. Millions
of people around the world enjoy authentic Mexican
cuisine every day. Mexican drinks are also very famous.
You would probably have great difficulty in finding a bar
or restaurant anywhere in the world that doesn’t serve
the most famous Mexican drinks –Tequila, Mexican beer and special cocktails such as
Margaritas.
4 Mexico and the United States are neighboring countries, but their cultures are
different, even though there are about 30 million Mexicans living in the US. For
historical reasons, Mexican culture is mostly based on Spanish culture, but the
American culture has its beginnings in English culture. The Mexican saying “Americans
live to work, but Mexicans work to live” explains the difference between the Mexican
and the American life-styles very clearly.
5 Mexican folk art traditions are

known worldwide. This country is
famous for its clay pottery,
traditional toys and games. The
Mayan pyramids are also an
important part of Mexican art and
culture. Today, they are a point of
great pride for Mexicans and are
very popular tourist attractions.
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PART A. Read the text ‘’Mexico’’ and match the paragraphs with the following
headings.
Mexican and American Cultural Differences Paragraph __________
Mexican Family Culture Paragraph __________
Mexican Art Paragraph __________
Mexican Food Culture Paragraph __________
Facts about Mexican People Paragraph __________
PART B. Read the text again, and answer the questions with complete
sentences.
1. Why are the Mexicans the second largest Catholic nation in the world?
_____________________________________________________________
2. Why is ‘’family’’ very important for them?
_____________________________________________________________
3. What are the roles of men and women in Mexico?
_____________________________________________________________
4. Why is Mexico famous for its food all over the world?
_____________________________________________________________
5. What is the concept of ‘‘work’’ for Mexican people?
_____________________________________________________________
6. Which of the following is not true?
a. The cultures of the Mexicans and the Americans are similar.

b. The Mexicans are proud of the Mayan Pyramids.
c. Traditional Mexican toys are famous worldwide.
d. Clay pottery is an important part of Mexican art.
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54 ROMANS IN BRITAIN
What was it like in Roman Britain?
Most of Roman Britain was wild, with forests and mountains.
Few people lived there. Away from the towns, rich Romans
lived in villas. These were large farms with big wooden houses
5 for the owners. The house had rooms with painted walls and
mosaic floors, baths and central heating. Servants and farm
workers lived in small wooden houses. Most of the Roman villas
were in the south of England.
What were Roman towns like?
10 The Romans built towns in Britain, with walls and gates to let
people in and out. Before the Romans came, people lived in
villages. Roman builders used stone, brick and tiles. Roman
towns were well-organized. There were houses, shops,
workshops and yards for animals. People met one another in
15 the market or at the basilica (a public building) in the town
center. It was both a law court and a town hall. Many Roman
towns had public baths. These were open to everyone. The
town also had an amphitheater, which was used for
entertainment purposes. By 100 AD, London was the biggest
20 town in Roman Britain.
What were the finest Roman homes?

The biggest Roman homes were villas and the palaces of the
rulers (leaders). The governor of Britain had two palaces: one in
London and one beside the sea, at Fishbourne (near present-day
25 Chichester, in West Sussex). Archaeologists have uncovered the
ruins of this palace. It had about 100 rooms, an underfloor
heating system, and lots of mosaics. You can still see some of
these ruins today.
Why did Romans like baths so much?
30 Roman baths were like leisure centers. Romans went there
to relax, not just to get clean. The baths were good places
to keep fit, meet people and do business. When people went
to the baths, they took off their outdoor clothes and
warmed up with some exercises. Then, after a swim in the
35 pool, they went into a series of heated rooms. They got
hotter and hotter to sweat out the dirt. They would chat
with friends while they had a massage with perfumed oil. Then, a slave would clean
the dirt, sweat and the oil from their bodies. Finally, they would jump into a cold pool.
Very refreshing! Today, the best preserved Roman baths in Britain are in the city of
Bath.
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1. Line 3, ‘there’ means _________________________
2. Line 4, ‘These’ means _________________________
3. Line 16, ‘It’ means _________________________
4. Line 17, ‘These’ means _________________________
5. Line 23, ‘one’ means one _________________________
6. Line 26, ‘this palace’ means _________________________
PART B. Mark the statements true (T) or false (F). Correct the false ones.
1. T F In villas, both the rich and the poor had houses made of wood.
_______________________________________________________
2. T F The Roman villas were popular only in the south of England.
_______________________________________________________
3. T F The Romans were good at planning towns.
_______________________________________________________
4. T F The seaside palace of the governor was heated by big stoves.
_______________________________________________________
1. Where did people live before the Romans came to Britain?
_____________________________________________________________
2. Where did people in towns go to watch a performance?
_____________________________________________________________
3. Where did the rulers of the community live?
_____________________________________________________________
4. Write four things that Romans could do in the bath.
a. __________________________________________________________
b. __________________________________________________________
c. __________________________________________________________
d. __________________________________________________________
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55 THE AMISH
The Amish is a religious group who live in 22 of the states
in the USA and Canada. The oldest group lives in
Lancaster County, Pennsylvania. They came from
Switzerland and Germany in the 18th century. These
Amish live together on farms, which are 240 kilometers
from New York City, but their lifestyle hasn’t changed
much in the last 250 years.
The Amish speak three languages, a dialect of German at home, High German at
church and English at school. They don’t use high technology, cars, computers or
videos. They have very strict rules, and they all follow these rules.
They don’t use electricity, so they use oil lamps to light their houses. They can use
the banks and go to the doctor, but they can’t have phones in their houses. They use
horses for transport because they cannot drive cars or tractors. They can play
baseball and eat hot dogs, but they can’t have TVs, radios, carpets, flowers or photos
in their houses.
The Amish usually have large families.
Amish women and girls must wear
dresses with long sleeves and long skirts
in one color, usually blue, and they cover
their heads with a white cloth. They
cannot curl or cut their hair. They can’t
wear buttons or jewelery, wedding rings
or watches, but they can wear glasses.
The men and boys wear dark suits and straw hats. The men cannot have pockets on
their shirts, or belts and zippers on their trousers. They can grow beards only after
they get married, which usually happens at the age of 20. If an Amish person marries
somebody from outside the community, he or she has to leave the community. In
addition, children leave school at 13 or 14 because the Amish don’t believe in higher
education.
The men and the boys work in the fields and around the
farms, and the other members of the family help them with
some of this work.They have all kinds of farm animals.
Amish women make quilts during the winter months, when
there is no farm work to do. Then, they sell them to
tourists in the summer.
For the Amish, the family is very important, and everybody
helps his neighbors. They live in an old-fashioned way
because they think that modern technology and habits are
harmful to their community life, but today, the Amish way of life has changed.
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PART A. Mark the statements true (T), false (F) or no information (NI).
1. T F NI The first Amish group came to Pennsylvania in the 18th century.
____________________________________________________
2. T F NI The Amish speak English at home.
____________________________________________________
3. T F NI When an Amish person is ill, he/she can go and see a doctor.
____________________________________________________
4. T F NI The Amish don’t do any sports.
____________________________________________________
5. T F NI Amish women have long hair.
____________________________________________________
6. T F NI Amish women wear colorful clothes.
____________________________________________________
7. T F NI The clothes of Amish men don’t have any buttons.
____________________________________________________
8. T F NI Amish men cannot have beards until they get married.
____________________________________________________
9. T F NI Amish girls usually get married when they are 18.
____________________________________________________
10. T F NI All Amish teens go to high school.
____________________________________________________
11. T F NI Amish women don’t work on the farms.
____________________________________________________
PART B. Read the text again and answer the questions with complete sentences.
1. Why don’t the Amish use modern technology?

____________________________________________________________
2. What happens when an Amish person marries a non-Amish person?
____________________________________________________________
3. How do the Amish women spend their time in winter?
____________________________________________________________
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56 THE SAN PEOPLE
Archaeologists believe that the San people started to
live in the Kalahari Desert about 30,000 years ago.
That makes them the most ancient tribe in the world!
The San people are under five feet (1.52 meters) tall.
5 Their skin has a yellowish color. They live the same
way today as they have for many thousands of years.
They are still hunter-gatherers, i.e., they kill animals
and get their food from them.
The San people camp in one place for some time, and then move on.
10 They know where and when wild plants are ready to harvest. It is the
women’s job to find most of the food. To do this, the women dig up the
soil with sticks, and get melons, roots, nuts, fruits, and leafy vegetables.
The San people also eat meat. Men are responsible for providing the
meat. They hunt wild animals using spears, bows and arrows. These
15 people roast or boil the meat over a fire.
The San people make their clothes from animal

skins. They wear short leather aprons, sandals and
beads.
The San people sometimes make
20 their homes in caves. Other
times, they build huts using
branches and grass, and their
homes are always simple.
Because the San lead very simple lives, you might think they do
25 not have an understanding of things, but the San are very clever
people. One of the biggest problems in Africa is drought (a long
period of time without rain), but the San solve this problem
easily. They can find water in plants or in the stomachs of animals
that they kill. They store this water inside ostrich eggshells.
30 They carry some of these shells with them and bury (put in the
ground) the rest, so they always have water to drink.
The San are good storytellers. They tell stories
about animals and clever people. You may not
understand their language, but you can still enjoy
35 the stories because the San can mimic people and
animals very well.
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The San are also very good at making medicines. They mix berries to make these as
well as poisons. They know how to protect themselves
40 from snake bites. They even have a secret substance
that they put in their campfires to keep dangerous
animals away from their camps. Today, there are fewer
than 80,000 San people left in the world. Only a small
number of these people know how to make the old
45 medicines, so scientists are working with them to learn
about these medicines before this knowledge is lost
forever.
1. Line 5, ‘Their’ means _____________________
2. Line 8, ‘them’ means _____________________
3. Line 11, ‘To do this’ means to _____________________
4. Line 14-15, ‘These people’ means _____________________
5. Line 29, ‘they’ means _____________________
6. Line 29, ‘this water’ means the water they get from ____________________
7. Lines 30, ‘these shells’ means _____________________
8. Line 46, ‘this knowledge’ means the knowledge of making __________________
1. T F NI Today the San people have a modern lifestyle.
___________________________________________________
2. T F NI They don’t stay in the same place for a long time.
___________________________________________________
3. T F NI They like vegetables more than meat.
___________________________________________________
4. T F NI They eat raw meat.

___________________________________________________
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5. T F NI They don’t have much knowledge about plants.
___________________________________________________
6. T F NI They wear clothes made of cotton.
___________________________________________________
7. T F NI They can build a hut in just a few hours.
___________________________________________________
8. T F NI When they find water, they save some of it for future use.
___________________________________________________
9. T F NI If you don’t know their language, it is impossible for you to understand
their stories.
___________________________________________________
1. How old is the San tribe?
__________________________________________________________
2. What do San people look like?
__________________________________________________________
3. What is the men’s job?
__________________________________________________________
4. How do they provide water when there is not enough rain?
__________________________________________________________
5. What do they do to keep dangerous animals from their camps?
__________________________________________________________
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57 THE HISTORY OF THE POPSICLE
A.
Eighteen years after his discovery, in 1923, Epperson decided to
start a business. He called the product Epsicles and began selling
them in seven fruit flavors at an amusement park in Almeda,
California. When he realized the potential of his business and his
5 product, Epperson applied for and got a patent in 1924.
B.
Frank Epperson invented the Popsicle accidentally when he was 11 years old. One day
in 1905, Frank made a mixture of some soda powder and water, which was a popular
drink in those days. He left the mixture on the balcony overnight with the stirring
stick still in it. The temperature dropped below zero that night, and the mixture
5 froze with the stirring stick in it. The next day, Frank pulled out the whole frozen
mass, and he realized that it tasted great! He named it the Epperson icicle.
C.
Today, the Good Humor Ice Cream Company, based in Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey,
owns the name the Popsicle. It is a division of Unilever, a major soap company based in
the United Kingdom. In 2006, the company made some changes to the brand. It
replaced the original ingredients with all-natural flavors and also introduced sugar-
5 free and fat-free varieties of Popsicles. Nowadays, there are more than 30 different
flavors of Popsicles and three million Popsicle frozen treats are sold each year.
D.
The same year, Epperson renamed his invention the Popsicle. At
the time of the announcement, he said he did so, because his
children liked the name Popsicle better. Two years later, in 1926,
Epperson sold the Popsicle rights to the New York- based
5 Joe Lowe Company.
PART A. The paragraphs of the text are not in the correct order. Read and
order them.
Correct order: 1._______ 2._______ 3._______ 4._______
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A. Line 3, ‘them’ means ____________________
B. 1. Line 2, ‘which’ means ____________________
2. Line 4, ‘it’ means ____________________
3. Line 6, ‘it’ means ____________________
C. Line 2, ‘It’ means ____________________
D. Line 2, ‘did so’ means ____________________
1. What happened to the mixture he left on the balcony? Why?
___________________________________________________________
2. Why did he decide to apply for a patent?
___________________________________________________________
3. What names did he give to his invention?
___________________________________________________________
4. What are the differences between today’s popsicles and Epperson’s popsicles?
___________________________________________________________
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58 INVENTION OF THE BAND-AID
PART A. The following sentences belong to the text. Read the text, choose a
suitable sentence for each blank, and write the letter on the line.
A. This, they thought, was a great feature.

B. At the time, Earle was working as a cotton buyer for Johnson & Johnson.
C. Earle Dickson worked for the company until he retired in 1957.
D. Then, he cut the tape into strips. In the middle of each strip he attached a little
square of gauze.
E. During the first week after she got married to Earle Dickson, she cut herself
twice with the kitchen knife.
In 1927, Josephine Dickson married a man who worked

for a company that manufactured gauze and adhesive tape
called Johnson & Johnson. 1)________. After that, it just
went from bad to worse. Josephine was always cutting
herself while preparing food in the kitchen.
One day, her husband had an idea. He sat down with

some tape and gauze and a pair of scissors. 2)________.
From then on, whenever Josephine had an accident and cut
herself, she put on one of those ready-made bandages.
3)________. When he first spoke about his invention
to his company, they were not interested in it, but then
Dickson showed them that he could easily apply his bandage to himself in only 30
seconds. 4)________.When his boss, James Johnson, saw Earle Dickson's invention
he decided to manufacture band-aids to the public and make Earle
Dickson the vice-president of Johnson & Johnson. 5)_______.When
he died in 1961, Johnson & Johnson was selling over $30,000,000
worth of Band-Aids® each year.
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PART B. Read the text and fill in the blanks according to the information given
in the text.
When they got married in 1927, Josephine Dickson’s 1) __________________ was
working for 2) ____________________________. Josephine was not very careful
when using knives in the kitchen, so she 3) ________________________________
______________________ during the first week of their marriage. Unfortunately,
things got worse, and Josephine kept on having accidents while cooking. One day, her
husband, Earle Dickson, prepared some 4) ______________________ for his wife
to put on when she cut herself. Thus, he 5) _____________________ the Band-
Aid. It was very practical because you could 6) _____________________ only in
seconds. The company started to produce and sell the J&J Band-Aids, and rewarded
Dickson by making 7) ________________________________________.
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59 A DIFFERENT WAY TO WAKE
When Matty Sallin, 34, was working on a degree in

art and technology at New York University, he got
an interesting assignment in his Electronics class:
create something for the household. He decided
5 to create an alarm clock. He asked different
people what they'd like to wake up to instead of a
noisy alarm clock. A lot of them said, "the smell of
bacon," so Sallin and two classmates invented a
new kind of alarm clock: a wooden box with a pig
10 face and a digital clock that uses the smell of
cooking bacon to wake someone up.
nostrils
He explains, "There's no danger of burning, because I built it
carefully. It uses halogen light bulbs for cooking and turns off
automatically after ten minutes. Just a few easy steps are
15 required to set the alarm. Just put a few pieces of frozen bacon
in the night before," says Sallin. Bacon is preserved, so it doesn’t
go bad overnight. "If you set the alarm for 8:00, it will turn on at
7:50 and cook the bacon slowly for ten minutes under the halogen
bulbs," he says. Then, the bulbs turn off, and a fan blows the
20 scent (aroma) out through the nostrils of the pig. "So instead of an alarm or a beep or
a radio, you smell yourself awake," says Sallin. "Then you can open the small door on
the side and take the bacon out and eat it."
When Sallin was a kid, he spent a lot of time making drawings of inventions. "I wanted
to make an elevator in my back yard and a special tree house," he says. "But I never
25 really thought I'd be called an inventor!" Sallin got an A in the class
and went on to other things—but people continue to hear about
his invention and e-mail him every day, asking where they can buy
his alarm clock. These days, he designs computer software, but if
he decides to produce and sell his aroma alarm, maybe he can
30 develop some other models.
1. Line 7, ‘them’ means _________________
2. Line 16, ‘it’ means _________________
3. Line 22, ‘it’ means _________________
4. Line 27, ‘his’ means _________________
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1. T F NI Matty Sallin graduated from New York University.

____________________________________________________
2. T F NI Matty and his friends invented the aroma alarm clock by accident.
____________________________________________________
3. T F NI It is not difficult to set the ‘’alarm.’’
____________________________________________________
4. T F NI People are still interested in his alarm clock.
____________________________________________________
5. T F NI Nowadays, he is planning to produce and sell his clock.
____________________________________________________
1. What was Matty Sallin’s assignment?
_____________________________________________________________
2. What did he do before he created his alarm clock?
_____________________________________________________________
3. Why is his alarm clock not dangerous?
a) ___________________________________________________________
b) ___________________________________________________________
4. If you set the alarm for 9:30, when will it turn on?
_____________________________________________________________
5. What is the function of the fan?
_____________________________________________________________
6. What does Matty Sallin do now?
_____________________________________________________________
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60 PLAY PUMPS: A NEW INVENTION TURNS WORK INTO PLAY
For kids in many rural parts of Africa, the colorful Play Pump is the first playground
equipment they’ve ever seen. The Play Pump Water System uses the energy of
children at play to operate a water pump. This incredible invention doesn’t only
change the childrens’ playtime; it also changes their lives.
5 In rural Africa, clean water is a luxury. Most people don’t have running water in their
homes. They often walk long distances to wells and carry heavy containers of water
back.
Patricia Molope, 17, explains that before her South African village got a Play Pump,
people would pay a taxi driver to take them to a far-away well. “Sometimes the taxi
10 drivers were busy, and we couldn’t have a bath for a long time. We wanted to save
our water to do other things. It was too far to walk there, but now we have our own
clean water in our village, and life is much better.”
The chore of carrying water traditionally is the responsibility of women and girls.
Carrying water for miles—and hours—each day is a very big job, so sometimes girls
15 could not go to school in the past, but thanks to the Play Pump,
now getting water is quick and easy—and even boys want to do
the job. The pumps are a center of social activity where kids and
adults come together while they are collecting water.
There are educational messages on the two sides of the tanks.
20 These messages tell people about good health practices like
hand-washing. On the other two sides, there are
advertisements.
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At the moment, more than 800 Play Pumps are operating in schools and communities in
four African countries. These provide water for almost two million people. The pumps
25 are made by a South African company called Outdoor Fabrication and Steelworks.
Another company, Roundabout Outdoor, trains local teams who maintain the pumps.
Twelve-year-old Siyabulisiwe Khumalo lives in a South African community called
Diepsloot. She says, “I saw many kinds of water pumps in the farming region, where
I grew up, but this one is very different. It stores the water. When I grow up, I want
30 to be an inventor because I want to invent clever things like the Play Pump that will
help my community.”
Some Fast Facts:
- Many toilets use more water in one flush than most rural families in Africa use for
one day of cleaning, cooking, drinking and bathing.
- The average distance an African villager must walk to a water source is five miles
(eight kilometres).
- A five-gallon (19-liter) container can weigh about 40 pounds (18 kilograms), and
many women and girls carry this much weight every day.
- Because he/she has no clean water, a child dies somewhere in the world every 15
seconds.
- The Play Pump can pump up to 370 gallons (1,400 liters) of clean water an hour.
1. Line 3, ‘This incredible invention’ means _____________________
2. Line 4, ‘their’ means __________________________________
3. Line 6, ‘They’ means _____________________
4. Line 11, ‘there’ means _____________________
5. Line 18, ‘they’ means _____________________
6. Line 20, ‘These messages’ means _____________________
7. Line 24, ‘These’ means _____________________
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PART B. Read each sentence carefully. Find the sentence in the paragraph that
gives the same information, and note the line numbers.
_______________ 1. Nowadays, it is possible to see boys collecting water.
_______________ 2. In Africa, water collecting is typically a woman’s or a girl’s
job.
_______________ 3. Before they had the Play Pump, people had to take a taxi to
go to the wells that were far away.
_______________ 4. The water pump runs on energy created by children playing.
_______________ 5. It is very difficult to find clean water in some parts of
Africa.
_______________ 6. From time to time, girls could not attend school because
carrying water from the wells took a lot of their time.
1. What made life better in Patricia’s village? Why?
_______________________________________________________
2. What can you see on the sides of the tanks?
_______________________________________________________
3. Who is responsible for maintaining the tanks?
_______________________________________________________
4. How is the new pump in Siyabulisiwe’s village different from the other pumps?
_______________________________________________________
5. What is one cause of the high rate of child deaths in the world?
_______________________________________________________
6. Write two advantages of the Play Pumps over other pumps?
a)______________________________________________________
b)______________________________________________________
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61 POCKET MONEY
This year, teenagers in the UK are getting less pocket money

than they got last year, but it's still more than most other
European teenagers do. The average amount is 8.00 pounds
(about 12 Euros) a week, with teenagers in London getting the
5 most, 12.00 pounds. Those in Wales get half the amount of
teenagers in London. Many teenagers have to '’earn'’ their
pocket money by doing chores such as washing up, cooking,
washing the car or food-shopping, because their parents want
them to learn the value of money. They normally receive a fixed amount for these
10 chores every week.
Not all parents give their children pocket money. Tim Gillbanks,
who teaches in York, says: “I don’t give my kids pocket money
because I know that they will just spend it all without thinking. In
my opinion, they should get a part-time job and earn it themselves
15 if it doesn’t affect their studies.” In fact, nearly 30% of
teenagers have part-time jobs because they feel they don't get
enough money from their parents. Many do newspaper-rounds and
shop-work, and some older girls also make money by babysitting.
So what do teenagers spend their money on?
20 Mobile phones, DVDs and computer games are at
the top of the list. Parents often think that
their children spend too much, but maybe they
shouldn't worry, because banks say over 50% of
teenagers save more money than they spend!
1. Line 2, ‘they’ means ________________________
2. Line 5, ‘Those’ means Those ________________________
3. Line 9,‘They’ means ________________________
4. Line 14, ‘it’ means ________________________
5. Line 15, ‘it’ means ________________________
6. Line 17, ‘Many’ means Many ________________________
7. Line 22, ‘they’ means ________________________
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PART B. Mark the statements true (T), false (F) or no information (NI). Correct
1. T F NI Teenagers in London get less pocket money than the ones in Europe.
___________________________________________________
2. T F NI A teenager in Wales gets about 8 pounds a week.
___________________________________________________
3. T F NI Many parents don’t give pocket money to their teenagers if they don’t
do any chores.
___________________________________________________
4. T F NI Tim Gillbanks gives little pocket money to his children.
___________________________________________________
5. T F NI Tim Gillbanks’s children have part-time jobs.
___________________________________________________
6. T F NI Teenagers who get enough money from their parents do not have part-
time jobs.
___________________________________________________
7. T F NI Most teenagers have part-time jobs.
___________________________________________________
8. T F NI Teenage girls enjoy looking after children.
___________________________________________________
9. T F NI Teenage boys spend more money on computer games than teenage girls
do.
___________________________________________________
10. T F NI Less than half of teenagers spend more money than they save.
___________________________________________________
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62 MONEY FROM THE LOTTERY
Mel Eddison, 47, a Manchester businessman, was already a millionaire before he

won £2.5 million together with a friend. He lives in Manchester and in Spain.
I won £1.25 million, I think. I already had a million before I won the lottery. That
was from my firm in Manchester –I buy and sell garages, flats and factories. When I
left school at 16, I couldn’t read or write. When I was 34, I found a teacher and
learned to read and write. For a long time, I had all kinds of jobs; I was a milkman, a
5 gardener, a factory worker, but hard work made me what I am today. When I started
my own garage firm, I had two other jobs at the same time. I won the lottery with a
friend last July. We had half a ticket each and took half the prize money each. I have
a villa on the Costa Blanca and a château in France, but I didn’t buy them with lottery
money, I bought them some years earlier. I had no problems when I won the lottery.
10 Everything was wonderful. I’ve got three children, aged 30, 22 and 18, and they all
work for me. I bought them presents, and I gave my best friends some money. I don’t
understand why I’m in the newspapers. People say, “Are you going to stop work?” Why
should I? I like it. My wife and I aren’t going to change anything.
Lisa Marie Tischerly, 23, is single. She lives in Leicester, and she buys a lot of
lottery tickets.
I spend about £25 a week on lottery tickets. The government gives me £100 a week.
I have three children. I can’t even buy clothes for them or for myself. I get my
money on Monday, and by Wednesday or Thursday it is gone. Most people round here
are in the same situation. It’s not a nice place for kids, there’s crime and drugs, so
5 the lottery is the only way out. Everyone’s playing it. I had a job when I first
graduated from school, but now I can’t work because of the children. Their father
comes to see them twice a week, but he doesn’t give us any money. I left school when
I was 16. I can read and write only a bit. If I get the big prize, all my problems will be
solved. I don’t worry about myself. I just want my children to be happy. If I win the
10 lottery, I’ll take them to Skegness to see the sea and the sand again.
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Text 1
1. Line 1, ‘That’ means ____________________
2. Line 10, ‘they’ means ____________________
3. Line 13, ‘it’ means ____________________

Text 2
1. Line 3, ‘it’ means ____________________
2. Line 3, ‘here’ means ____________________
3. Line 5, ‘it’ means ____________________
PART B. Read the following sentences, and then find the sentences that give
the same information in the first text about Mel Eddison. Write the
sentences in the blanks.
1. I had private lessons to learn to read and write.
_____________________________________________________________
2. I shared the prize money with a friend.
_____________________________________________________________
3. I worked at different jobs before I became a millionaire.
_____________________________________________________________
4. Our life is going to be the same.
_____________________________________________________________
5. I was already very rich when I won £1.25 million in the lottery.
_____________________________________________________________
6. I bought my villa with the money I earned from my own businesses.

_____________________________________________________________
_____________________________________________________________
7. I am surprised that they write stories about me.
_____________________________________________________________
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PART C. Read the text about Lisa Marie Tischerly, and mark the statements
true (T), false (F) or no information (NI). Correct the false ones.
1. T F NI Lisa spends one-third of her money on lottery tickets.
____________________________________________________
2. T F NI She cannot afford clothes.
____________________________________________________
3. T F NI The job she had after she graduated from school was very good.
____________________________________________________
4. T F NI Their father gives the children some money twice a week.
____________________________________________________
5. T F NI Lisa cannot read or write.
____________________________________________________
6. T F NI She wants to win the lottery mainly for her children.
____________________________________________________
7. T F NI Her children haven’t seen the sea yet.
____________________________________________________
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63 MONEY
A long time ago, people traded for what they wanted. Perhaps
one person had a wonderful spear made of stone and wood, and
another had a beautiful necklace made of stones and shells. Each
wanted what the other had. To solve this, they traded. This is
5 called barter.
Different Kinds of Money:

Sometimes, it was difficult for people to put a barter price on things, so people began
to use money as a form of payment.
In the beginning, things were not very consistent.
10 The Aztecs used small doll figures to buy things. These were
made of gold.
The ancient Egyptians used ring money. Ring money was an
actual ring made of bronze, copper or gold. In ancient Egypt,
people liked to wear their wealth. When they had to pay for
15 something, they simply pulled off a ring or two to use as payment.
The Celts in ancient Ireland also used ring money, but they also used bracelet money.
The Celts also liked to wear their wealth.
In other places in the world, people tried to use rice, bread, salt or chocolate as
money, but that did not work very well. The food went bad, or it was eaten. People
20 soon learned that although many things would work as money, to be useful, the item
they used as money had to follow some simple rules. Others should also accept it as
money. It had to have an assigned value. It had to be easy to carry – it had to be
made of a strong material, something that could be handed from person to person
easily.
25 Coins:
Ancient Turkey. About 2,700 years ago, somebody came up with the idea of using
metal coins as money. Everybody loved this new idea. The first coins appeared in the
kingdom of Lydia, a little coastal kingdom on the Aegean Sea. They were round and
flat and made of gold and silver. They were also small and easy to carry. They were
30 decorated with pictures and designs. The use of coins made trade simple.
Ancient Greece. The idea of metal money became

popular rapidly. About 2,500 years ago, each
Greek city-state started to make its own coins.
Each Greek city-state had banks where visiting
35 traders could exchange their coins for Greek
coins. Then, they used them to buy and sell in the
great Greek marketplaces.
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Coins were not used only as money. In ancient Greece, people believed that they had
magical powers. The Greeks designed their coins with pictures of their gods and
40 goddesses. The Greeks were the first civilization to use pictures of real people on
their coins. The first was Alexander the Great.
Ancient Rome. The ancient Romans thought the use of coins was really clever. They
copied the idea. At first, the Romans put pictures of gods and goddesses on their
coins, an idea they borrowed from the ancient Greeks. Soon, they began to put
45 pictures of buildings on their coins. They were the first to add symbols like stars and
eagles on their coins. Some of their coins pictured current emperors. The purpose of
this was to make an emperor popular.
Ancient India. In ancient India, people used money trees to store
their coins. A money tree was a flat piece of metal, shaped like a
50 tree, with metal branches. At the end of each branch was a round
disk with a hole in the center. Each of these disks was an ancient
Indian coin. When you needed money, you simply broke off a coin
from your money tree. The ancient Indians often used pictures of
dragons and other mythical animals on their coins.
55 Ancient China. Ancient Chinese coins also had holes in the center.
The coins were strung together on a string or rope. This was called
a string of cash. Like the ancient Indians, the ancient Chinese also
decorated their coins with pictures of mythical creatures. They
believed that coins brought luck. Coins were a popular present as
60 they provided wealth and luck.
PART A. Read the following statements, and write the name(s) of the ancient
civilizations in the blanks provided. Number 1 has been done for you.
1. As a form of payment, they used bracelet money. _The ancient Celts_
2. Their coins had a hole in the center. ________________
3. The first coins were made by them. ________________
4. There were mythical creatures on their coins. ________________
5. They used doll figures made of gold. ________________
6. They had pictures of stars on their coins. ________________
7. Their coins had pictures of their gods and goddesses on them. ________________
8. They believed that coins had the power of magic. ________________
1. Line 3, ‘Each’ means Each ______________________
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2. Line 19, ‘that’ means ______________________
3. Line 21, ‘it’ means ______________________
4. Line 27, ‘this new idea’ means the idea of ______________________
5. Line 33, ‘its’ means ______________________
6. Line 36, ‘they’ means ______________________
7. Line 36, ‘them’ means ______________________
8. Line 41, ‘The first’ means the first of ______________________
1. What were the similarities between the ancient Egyptians and the ancient Celts?
____________________________________________________________
2. According to the information given in the text, the following is an ancient
___________________________ metal coin.
3. According to the information given in the text, the following are ancient coins
from _________________________.
4. Write three disadvantages of using food as a form of payment.
____________________________________________________________
5. Why did the ancient Romans put pictures of their current emperors on their
coins?
____________________________________________________________
6. Where did people in ancient India keep their coins?
____________________________________________________________
7. Why did the ancient Chinese give coins as a present?
____________________________________________________________
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64 MICROFINANCE: CHANGING LIVES IN NAIROBI
Jamii Bora is a microfinance institution in Nairobi. It lends

money to the poor. The loans are very small (less than $90),
but these small loans change the lives of the poor people.
Clarice Adhiambo was a beggar in the streets for 15 years
5 before she joined Jamii Bora. Her life changed when she got
a loan of only 1,500 Kenyan shillings (22US$). With this
money, she started a small business in the Koma Rock
neighborhood. She fried fish and chips and sold them to the
workers who needed a cheap lunch. Clarice’s business grew
10 fast, and she got bigger loans. Today, Clarice considers herself a rich woman. She
sells fish to many shops, hotels and restaurants. She also has a restaurant serving
fish dishes. She makes about 150 dollars a week.
Beatrice Ngendo is a single grandmother. She lives with her 12 grandchildren in
Mathar Valley. Her daughters and their husbands have all died of AIDS. Now, the
15 grandchildren only have their grandmother to take care of them. Beatrice did not
feel sorry for herself. She said to herself: “I now have to work very hard to feed and
educate my grandchildren.” Beatrice heard about Jamii Bora and joined as a member
in 2000. She now has three successful businesses in Mathare Valley; a grocery store,
a butcher shop and a restaurant. She also bought a stone house because she and her
20 family needed it a lot. Her grandchildren go to school, and the oldest one is a
qualified nurse who works at Jamii Bora’s clinic in Mathare.
Kitana Gona Kizuka lives in the village of Utange in
Kisauni near Mombasa. Like many of the Giriama tribe,
he is a farmer and keeps cows. He joined Jamii Bora in
25 2002, at a time when he needed money very badly. He
had to feed his own family and had to look after his
brother’s children, but his income was not enough to do
that. His first loan was for 50 dollars, and the last one
was for 80 dollars. He borrowed money from the institution five times. He still has to
30 pay back five dollars every week. Before he joined Jamii Bora, he only had two cows
that gave very little milk. Today, he has 25 high-production dairy cows. With his
second loan, he also bought a water spout, and he now sells water to his neighbors. All
his children, nieces and nephews can go to school. They don’t have to work now, but
sometimes they help him with the cows. Besides, because he can afford better food,
35 they are much healthier.
Do you see how powerful microfinance for the poor is? It improves their lives and the
lives of their communities.
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1. Lines 6 and 7, ‘this money’ means _________________________
2. Line 20, ‘it’ means _________________________
3. Line 20, ‘one’ means _________________________
4. Lines 27 and 28, ‘to do that’ means _________________________
5. Line 28, ‘one’ means _________________________
6. Line 29, ‘the institution’ means _________________________
7. Line 34, ‘him’ means _________________________
8. Line 36, ‘It’ means _________________________
9. Line 36, ‘their lives’ means the lives of _________________________
1. T F NI The biggest loan that Jamii Bora gives is for 90 dollars.
____________________________________________________
2. T F NI Clarice Adhiambo borrowed money from Jamii Bora only once.
____________________________________________________
3. T F NI Clarice Adhiambo’s restaurant is always crowded.
____________________________________________________
4. T F NI Beatrice Ngendo lives with her husband and her 12 grandchildren in

Mathare Valley.
____________________________________________________
5. T F NI Clarice Adhiambo and Kitana Gona Kizuka live in the same village.
____________________________________________________
6. T F NI One of Beatrice’s grandchildren is working for Jamii Bora now.
____________________________________________________
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7. T F NI Beatrice makes 200 dollars a week.
____________________________________________________
8. T F NI Kitana’s second loan was for 60 dollars.
____________________________________________________
9. T F NI With his second loan, Kitana started a new business.
____________________________________________________
10. T F NI Kitana’s new cows give more milk than his old cows.
____________________________________________________
1. How does Jamii Bora change the lives of the poor?
_____________________________________________________________
2. What was Clarice Adhiambo’s first business?
_____________________________________________________________
3. Why did Beatrice Ngendo have to borrow money from Jamii Bora?
_____________________________________________________________
4. What do people of the Giriama tribe do to earn money?
_____________________________________________________________
5. How much does Kitana Gona Kizuka have to pay back a month?
_____________________________________________________________
6. How did the lives of the children in his family change after he got the loan?
_____________________________________________________________
____________________________________________________________
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65 FOR RENT
Read the rental advertisements and what the three teachers say about the home
they need and answer the questions.
Fully Furnished Studio Apartment Town Home Available Now

PROPERTY CODE: 4002 PROPERTY CODE: 4003
Description Description
*This is a studio for rent on Sri *A brand-new two-storey

Saman Road. town home for rent
*Only about 300 meters away *Next to a school and a hospital
from DuangKaew market *150 square meters of utilized
*Taxi stand nearby area, with a reserved parking
space
*The room is fully furnished.
The facilities include an air- *Walking distance from Bon
conditioner, a small TV, Marche Market
Internet access, a microwave, *Hardwood floors, high
an oven, a gas stove and a ceilings, renovated kitchen
fridge and bathroom, AC, hot water,
*Spacious parking lot with fridge and stove are included
security cameras *A nice small garden by the
*Laundry and dry-cleaning front porch
services available *24-hour security guards and
*Pets are not allowed two security cameras
*3,500 baht per month *Pets are welcome
*One month advance deposit *12,000 baht per month
*No advance deposit
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Serviced Apartment Mr. Andrew
PROPERTY CODE: 4004 I am single, so I don’t need a big
place, but I love pets. I have two
Description
cats and a puppy. I don’t drive, so I
*Large, bright apartment in need to have public transportation
quiet, secure building. nearby. Laundry and dry-cleaning
services are other important things
*Located in the Chatuchak I need. It would be nice if I could
area pay someone to do all these things
*Only 100 meters from a train for me. I am ready to pay around
station 3,000–4,000 baht a month.
*Features include an air-
conditioner, a small TV, a
microwave and a fridge. Mrs. Green
*Laundry and dry-cleaning My husband and I are ready to
service available move to somewhere in the school
area. We both love cooking and
*Pets are allowed
gardening. We are looking for a
*5,500 baht per month place that has a lot of parking
*three months’ advance because we have two cars. Also, the
deposit security system is our biggest
concern because we have two kids.
And, of course, the price. I
think…the cheaper, the better!
Mr. Smith
I’m looking for a small place to rent alone as I already have a house in Bang Yai.
I am always on MSN talking to my family and checking e-mails. I have a car, so
I need a place where the parking lot is easy to access. I don’t have any pets. I
love cooking, so I need a place where there is a fresh market nearby or within
walking distance. As for the rent, I don’t care much as long as it comes with
good services and features.
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PART A. Read the advertisements and the information given in the following
sentences. Then, write the correct ‘’property code number(s)’’ that
match(es) with the information given.
1. You shouldn’t have a pet if you want to rent this property. _____________
2. You don’t have to pay an advance deposit. _____________
3. The property has an advanced security system. _____________
4. The property is close to a market. _____________
5. The property is the most expensive of the three. _____________
6. The property has security cameras. _____________
7. You don’t need any furniture. _____________
8. The property does not have a parking lot. _____________
9. The property has an air-conditioner. _____________
10. You can easily get a taxi. _____________
11. The property is within walking distance of the train station. _____________
12. The property has high ceilings, and the floors are genuine hardwood. _____________
13. The property gets a lot of sunshine, so it is not dark inside. _____________
PART B. Read the needs of the three teachers, and decide which home is the
most suitable one for them. Give reasons.
A. Mr. Andrew ___________________________________________________
____________________________________________________________
B. Mrs. Green ___________________________________________________
____________________________________________________________
C. Mr. Smith ____________________________________________________
____________________________________________________________
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66 JAPANESE HOUSES
The average home in Japan is very different from a home in

the United States. Housing in Japan includes both modern
and traditional styles.
Traditional Japanese homes are made of wood with thin walls.
5 They generally have a kitchen and three or four other rooms.
Any room can be a living room, dining room, study or bedroom.
This is possible because all the necessary furniture is
portable. Large traditional houses often have only one ima
(living room) under the roof. The kitchen, bathroom and toilet
10 are attached to the side of the house as extensions.
When you step into a Japanese home, you take off your shoes.
All the shoes are lined up inside the entrance, called the
genkan. There, there are usually shelves or closets for your
shoes. You put on slippers for indoor use as soon as you take
15 off your shoes. Then, you walk into the ima. This is the
largest room in the house. It may be two rooms combined but
divided by a shoji (a door, window or room divider made of
paper and wood). There are usually tatami mats on the floor,
which are mats of woven straw. It is difficult to keep the
20 tatami clean. That is why they don’t wear shoes inside the
house. A single tatami measures 1.91 by 0.95 meters, and room
sizes are often measured in terms of the number of tatami
mats. A tatami floor is cool in the summer, warm in the winter,
and healthier than carpets during Japan's humid months.
25 At the end of the living room, there is a closet where they
store futons. Futons are beds that can be rolled up, and they
are put away every day after they are slept on. The kitchen is
usually very small, often without an oven. The bedrooms are
also small, with a closet for futons.
30 Japanese houses are not richly decorated, and there isn't much
room for large furniture. These houses are very cold in winter.
Most homes are heated with kerosene, and in winter, all the
members of the family sleep in the living room. That is because
they can heat only one room.
35 Although people in Japan love gardens, most traditional houses
don’t have large gardens. Japanese gardens are usually tiny.
Most houses do not have a garage. They just have a carport.
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1. Line 7, ‘This’ refers to The fact that _______________________________
2. Line 13, ‘There’ means _________________
3. Line 16, ‘It’ means _________________
4. Line 20, ‘they’ means _________________
5. Line 27, ‘they’ means _________________
PART B. Match the following words and the dictionary definitions. Choose the
correct definition, and write its letter on the line.
1. portable (adj.) _________ a) moist, wet
2. extension (noun) _________ b) space, area
3. step into (verb) _________ c) easily carried
4. combined (adj.) _________ d) enter, walk into
5. humid (adj.) _________ e) connected, joined, linked
6. tiny (adj.) _________ f) additional parts, rooms
7. room (noun) _________ g) very small
PART C. Mark the best choice.
1. The text is mainly about ______.

a. modern apartments in Japan
b. Japanese culture and customs
c. characteristics of traditional homes in Japan
d. the Japanese way of life in general
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2. A traditional Japanese house ______.
a. has all the rooms under one roof
b. doesn’t have more than three rooms
c. is wooden
d. has thick walls
3. Which of the following is true about the genkan?

a. It is the place where you take off your shoes.
b. It is outside the house.
c. It is the place where unused furniture is kept.
d. It is usually at the end of the living room.
4. Tatami mats ______.

a. are used as a material in traditional Japanese-style rooms
b. are made of cotton
c. have a standard measurement of 1.91 by 0.95 meters
d. have been used in Japanese houses for about 60 years
5. A traditional Japanese house ______.

a. has a big kitchen and big bedrooms
b. doesn’t have a lot of furniture in it
c. is easy to heat in winter
d. doesn’t have a garden or a garage
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67 THE MYSTERY CASTLE
Perhaps the strangest of the many

amazing handmade houses in the world is
the ‘’Mystery Castle’’, which is located in
the city of Phoenix, Arizona.
5 One day in 1927, Boyce Luther Gulley went

to see his doctor and got some bad news:
he had tuberculosis, and if he didn’t leave
his home city of Seattle, it would kill him
fast. Gulley walked out of his doctor’s
10 office and disappeared. He simply left his
job, family and life without a word to anyone and went away to wait to die. After he
traveled for some time, he arrived in Phoenix and began building a dream house for
his daughter, Mary Lou Gulley. Mary had been just a toddler when her father
unexpectedly left Seattle forever. In Phoenix, he built the house on top of a gold
15 mine from found and cheap materials- stone, automobile parts, railway lines,
telephone poles, etc. Fortunately, the heat of Arizona healed him of his tuberculosis,
but still he did not return to his original home or contact his family. Instead, year
after year, his house got bigger and bigger until he died of cancer in 1945. When he
died, a lawyer contacted his daughter and told her she owned a house in Arizona.
20 Mary Lou was a teenager at the time. That same year, Mary Lou and her mother
moved to Phoenix. They were very surprised to see that there was no running water
or electricity in the huge house which was just like a castle. Soon people heard about
this unusual house and called it the Mystery Castle. Mary Lou began giving house
tours to support herself and her mother. She met tour participants in the main house
25 section at the castle for many years. She did not let people see her bedroom (only
Marilyn Monroe could see it), but they could see her kitchen and other rooms in the
main living area. Her mother died in 1970, but Mary Lou continued to live there and
added many other strange items to the castle until her death on November 3, 2010.
Boyce Gulley had left his daughter a unique expression of his love, which she
30 embraced and made the center of her whole life.
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The three-story Mystery Castle, also called the Castle of Love, with its 18 rooms and
13 fireplaces, is an architectural marvel and a work of art. The architecture is very
unusual. For example, some windows are made up of square glass plates. Today, it is
still a very popular tourist attraction. About 20,000 people visit it every year. It is
35 possible to see very interesting furnishings originally given by such famous people
such as Frank Lloyd Wright, John Wayne and Barry Goldwater, who visited the house
several times. Mary Lou was a real cat lover, so the castle is also full of cat
sculptures, paintings and even rocks painted to look like cats.
Mystery Castle is open to vacationers from October to mid-June, on Thursdays,

40 Fridays, Saturdays and Sundays from 11:00 am to 4:00 pm. The cost of the one-hour
tour is just $5.
1. Line 19, ‘his daughter’ means ______________________
2. Line 20, ‘That same year’ means ______________________
3. Line 23, ‘it’ means ______________________
4. Line 27, ‘there’ means ______________________
PART B. Read the text, and mark the statements true (T), false (F) or no
information (NI). Correct the false ones. Write full sentences.
1. T F NI He used found and inexpensive materials to build the house because
he had little money.
____________________________________________________
2. T F NI Mary Lou went to Phoenix before her father died.
____________________________________________________
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3. T F NI She opened the castle to the public because she and her mother
needed money.
____________________________________________________
4. T F NI No one was able to see Mary Lou’s bedroom before her death.
____________________________________________________
5. T F NI The castle has 18 rooms in the main living area.
____________________________________________________
6. T F NI The castle was made from found and cheap materials, but it is
considered a work of art today.
____________________________________________________
7. T F NI One of the most unusual things about the castle is that it still doesn’t
have running water or electricity.
____________________________________________________
PART C. Fill in the blanks according to the information given in the text.
1. The most unusual thing about the castle is that it was made from
____________________________________________________________.
2. Gulley left Seattle because he thought he would ________________________.
3. He lived longer than he expected because_____________________________
____________________________________________________________.
4. The castle is filled with cat related-items because ______________________
____________________________________________________________.
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68 HOUSES IN ANCIENT GREECE
Most houses in Ancient Greek towns were built from stone or clay. The homes were
designed to keep people cool in the long hot summers and to hold the heat in winter.
The roofs were covered with tiles, and the houses had one or two stories. The
floors of the rooms were tiled to keep them cool, but in winter fires in metal baskets
5 were sometimes needed. The houses were planned around a courtyard, had high walls
and a strong gate.
Men and women lived in different parts of the house. Women had the back and
upstairs parts of the house. Large homes had a kitchen, a room for bathing, a men's
dining room, a women's sitting area, a kitchen, a work room and a slave’s room.
10 The bedrooms
The bedrooms of the family were very simply furnished. There was just a bed and a
wooden chest to store clothes and other things in.
Andorns and Gynaikons

Andorns were for male members of the family, who often entertained their friends
15 here. Symposia (drinking parties) and dining parties were also held here. Women
would not normally enter the andorns. Only female slaves who served the men could.
There was also a special room just for the women of the house, called the gynaikon.
Here, they entertained their friends and female relatives, looked after their children
and worked on their weaving, which was an important tradition.
20 Store room
There were large jars in this room. These were called amphorae or pithoi. They
contained basic foodstuffs, such as olive oil, wine and grain.
Slave’s room
The slaves had small rooms to sleep in, with little furniture. The rooms of the male
25 slaves were grouped around the men’s dining room, and rooms for female slaves were
around the gynaikon.
Work room
Craft industries like shoe or jewellery making took place within the house. The slaves
of the household would often work here.
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1
_____________ 4
_
2 Andorn 5
3
6
30 Kitchen
Greek food was simple and healthy. Cooking was done in plain pots. The best pots and
plates were saved for entertaining and special occasions and were often beautifully
decorated.
Courtyard
35 Most Greek houses were built around a courtyard. It sometimes had a well for
collecting water. Women sometimes did their weaving there.
Bathroom
Rich people often had their own bathrooms in their houses. They collected water
from the well or the public fountain to fill the bathtub and it was heated over a fire
40 before it was carried to the bathroom.
PART A. Read the text, and label the parts of the house.

1. Line 16, ‘could’ means could ___________________________
2. Line 21, ‘this room’ means ___________________________
3. Line 35, ‘It’ means ___________________________
4. Line 40, ‘it’ means ___________________________
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PART C. Fill in the blanks with the information given in the text.
 The people of ancient Greece lived in 1) ____________________________
houses. Their homes were 2) a) __________________ in summer and b)
_________________ in winter. They lived in 3) a) ____________________ or
b) _____________________ houses. The purpose of the tiled floors was to 4)
__________________________. In winter, they sometimes heated their homes
with 5) ___________________________________________.
 Men and woman did not live in the 6) ________________________________ of

the house. Women spent most of their time in 7) a) _____________________,
and sometimes in the ______________________. 8) ___________________
was an important tradition for women in ancient Greece. Women were also
responsible for 9) ______________________________. Men spent their time in
10) _____________. These were rooms where men 11) a) ___________________
_________________, and b) _______________________________________.
 The slaves had their own rooms, but these rooms were 12) a) ________________,
and had b) __________________________.
 People in ancient Greece had a simple diet, and they ate 13) _________________
food as they mostly used olive oil. They used 14) ____________________ for
cooking. 15) ____________________________ were not for daily use. They were
used only on 16) _________________ days. Amphorae were 17) a) ____________
____________, which b) _________________________________. Water was
collected from the 18) __________________________ if there wasn’t a well in
the house.
PART D. Read the text again and answer the questions with complete sentences.
1. Why was the courtyard an important part of the house?

_________________________________________________________
2. What were the work rooms used for?
_________________________________________________________
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69 INTERVIEW WITH DAVID DE ROTHSCHILD, Explorer and Adventurer
David de Rothschild is an adventurer, an environmentalist and an explorer. He has

traveled across Antarctica, set a speed record crossing the Greenland ice cap, and
reached the North Pole with hungry polar bears following him. Now, he's getting
ready for his next adventure: sailing to Australia in a boat made from recycled plastic
5 bottles!
He spends his days working in San Francisco on the project to create a 60-foot (18-
meter) catamaran sailboat called Plastiki. He's a bit worried lately, but if all goes as
planned, he will set off from San Francisco next month and sail 11,000 miles (17,703
kilometers) to Sydney, Australia. It is a project that he hopes will change the whole
10 boat-making industry.
David answers questions from National Geographic:

NG: 1) _______________________
David: I was very curious. I was always asking questions. Asking questions really led
me to where I am today. Asking questions leads you on adventures.
15 NG: 2) ________________________
David: I grew up on a farm, and we all dreamed about being veterinarians. But I still
dream all the time and I think it's important to let your mind take you where you
want to go and then act on them. It's also important to pay attention in school.
Looking back, I should have paid more attention to biology and geography.
20 NG: 3) _______________________
David: I don't know what that means. I don't ever really have a "normal" day. My day
usually starts very early in the morning and ends very late at night. I spend a lot of
time talking to people about Plastiki, writing, responding to lots of e-mails and
meeting with scientists and engineers working on the boat. And I take time to stay fit
25 and healthy—so it's a very full day.
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NG: 4) _______________________
David: I have two dogs that go everywhere with me and sleep in my bed and on my
head. One is a miniature schnauzer named Nesta, and the other is an English bull
terrier named Smudge. I play with my dogs and train them. I am always silly! It is
30 essential. I like being silly.
NG: 5) _______________________
David: The best place is the place that I haven't traveled to. The world is so big. I
mean I'd love to go to Madagascar and back down to Antarctica again, but every place
is an adventure, so ask me that again when I am 70 years old!
35 NG: 6) _______________________
David: There are two, really. One is to be honest. Always treat other people the way
you would want to be treated. And the second one is not to be afraid to fail. Don't be
afraid to make a mistake.
NG: 7) _______________________
40 David: I can’t travel without Sudoku (puzzles).
PART A. Read the interview, and match the following questions with David de
Rothschild‘s answers. Choose the correct question, and write its letter
on the line.
A. What's the best piece of advice that anyone has ever given you that you can
share with others?
B. What’s a normal day like for you?
C. What were you like as a kid?
D. What's the best place you've ever traveled to?
E. What did you daydream about?
F. What’s the one thing that you can’t travel without?
G. What do you do for fun?
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1. Line 21, ‘that’ means ______________________
2. Line 28, ’the other’ means the other ______________________
3. Line 34, ‘that’ means that ______________________
4. Line 36, ‘One’ means one ______________________
PART C. Mark the statements true (T) or false (F). Correct the false ones.
1. T F David de Rothschild has never been to the North Pole.
_______________________________________________________
2. T F His childhood dreams were about being an explorer.
_______________________________________________________
3. T F When he travels, he leaves his dogs at home.
_______________________________________________________
4. T F He wasn’t interested in biology and geography at all when he was a

schoolboy.
_______________________________________________________
5. T F He doesn’t have time for physical exercise.
_______________________________________________________
6. T F He believes that one should not be afraid of making mistakes or failing.
_______________________________________________________
PART D. Read the text again and answer the questions with complete sentences.
1. Why do you think the name of the boat is Plastiki ?
_____________________________________________________________
2. What is the purpose of the project?
_____________________________________________________________
3. What does David de Rothschild do in his spare time during his travels?
____________________________________________________________
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70 WHERE AM I FROM?
"Where are you from?" The teacher asked me. We
were all crowded into a tiny classroom on the first day
of the fifth grade in a French lycee in Vientiane,
Laos. I was feeling alone and different. I was the odd
5 one in a sea of Laotian faces with almond-shaped eyes
and black hair. One by one, the children stood up and
introduced themselves with ease. It was my turn, and
I was confused. I didn't understand what the
teacher wanted to know. I didn’t know what to say. My
10 legs felt like spaghetti. I stood up with difficulty and
said: "My name is Tamara and..," and my mind went
blank. Everybody stopped to look at the strange foreigner waiting for what was to
come next, but there was nothing. I sat down, my face beet red and my heart in my
throat. The teacher, confused, asked again where I was from. All I could say was: "I
15 don't know."
Where am I from? I've asked this question to myself from time to time. Where is
my home? Where do I belong to? Was I in the States playing miniature golf or in Laos
eating noodles? My father's job at the US Embassy took us to different exotic
countries for years. This was my life. In every new country we went to, I tried to
20 make new friends, eat new food, and learn new languages. Which one of these very
different places did I belong to? Was it Guatemala, where I spoke Spanish and ate
fried bananas; or was it Madagascar, where I spoke French and played with brightly
colored chameleons in my garden; or perhaps my birthplace, the Seychelles, where I
spent my holidays playing on the sandy beaches? The truth is that none of these
25 places was more of my home than any other.
At times, I felt angry with my parents because

they put me through the trauma of moving and
made it so difficult for me to identify myself. I
just wanted us to choose a place and live there for
30 the rest of our lives. During those years, I could
not realize what an exciting life I was leading and
how lucky I was. I didn't just pass through these
countries as a tourist and see only the beauty in
them; I also saw the difficulties the people had in
35 their everyday lives. On my way to school every
day in Madagascar, thin children of all ages would run up to our car and knock on the
windows begging for money. At that time, I didn't understand what all this really
meant, but today I look back and appreciate that I don't have to worry about
whether I'm going to eat or where I am going to sleep.
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40 Where am I from? There is no definite answer, but I feel lucky about that. Instead
of having one home, I have many. Instead of having one culture, I have many. All
these places, unique and beautiful in their own ways, have made me what I am today. I
now look forward to answering the question that I found difficult to answer years
ago. I am not angry with my parents any more. Instead, today I think I can't thank
45 them enough. I've been given a wonderful gift, a gift that will last forever.
"Where are you from?" one of the students asked me on my first day of school in
Switzerland. I proudly said that it was a long story and went on to describe my
amazing adventures across the globe.
This life has given me a broad view of the world and the reality of how incredible
50 different people's lives are. I know that I want to continue traveling. There is so
much more out there that I haven't seen and some of it I will never see, but I hope
to discover as much as possible.
1. Line 16, ‘this question’ means _____________________
2. Line 23, ‘where’ means _____________________
3. Line 27, ‘they’ means _____________________
4. Line 29, ‘us’ means _____________________
5. Line 34, ‘them’ means _____________________
6. Line 40, ‘that’ means the fact that __________________________________
______________________________ to the question ‘’Where am I from?’’
7. Line 41, ‘many’ means many _____________________
PART B. Mark the best choice.
1. The writer of the text most probably was a _________.
a. child living in the USA
b. global nomad
c. child from Laos
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2. The first paragraph is mainly about _________.
a. her new friends in a lycee in Laos
b. her problems with her new teacher
c. her mixed feelings about her identity
3. According to paragraph 2, which of the following is not true about the writer?
a. In Madagascar she had chameleons in her garden.
b. She thought that her home was the USA.
c. Her father worked for the U.S. Embassy.
4. According to the text, which of the following is true about the writer?
a. She has never been to Switzerland.
b. Now she is thankful for what her parents did.
c. She doesn’t want to travel any more.
1. Why did the writer feel different in the classroom?
________________________________________________________
2. In which countries did she live before she went to Laos?
________________________________________________________
3. What did the writer have to do in each new country?
________________________________________________________
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71 SPACE TOURISM
Back in 2001, an American millionaire, Dennis Tito,
became the world's first space tourist. He paid 20
million dollars to fly to the International Space
Station. A year later, a South African businessman,
5 Mark Shuttleworth, wrote a 20-million-dollar check
to follow him. So far, there have been six space
tourists, and soon others will probably follow. But
who will they be?
People say trips to space are going to be an industry of the 21st century. There are
10 already several space tourism companies and these companies plan to build cities in
space within the next 20 twenty years. These companies have invested millions, and
they believe that space tourism industry is going to grow. At first, hotels in space will
be less comfortable than the ones on Earth, but space tourism companies hope that
soon they will build comfortable hotels that will have gravity, and they may even
15 offer space walks.
So, will space tourism be reserved only for rich people?

Or will ordinary people like you and me be able to enjoy
space hotels? Most probably, such a trip will be the
most expensive vacation of your life! Right now, a trip
20 into space costs around $20 million. NASA and the
Space Transportation Association assume that
improvements in technology may lower the price to
$50,000. Recently, Sir Richard Branson, owner of the
Virgin Company, designed a project to take tourists
25 into space. The ticket price will be $200,000. More
than 250 people have already booked their tickets. The tourists will travel to 21,000
m above Earth and will enjoy six minutes of weightlessness (or zero-G). Is this going
to be the first step toward space tourism for people other than multimillionaires?
Barack Obama recently promised to keep the space program alive and several
30 astronauts have said that they wish to walk on Mars soon. It seems like science
fiction now, but maybe we will even take trips to other planets in the future.
Since the space race began, people have been saying "Isn't that great? When can I
go?” Now it seems that our chances are greater than ever. In the next 20 years,
flying into space could be as easy as flying from New York to Los Angeles.
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1. Line 4, ‘A year later’ means _______________________
2. Line 6, ‘him’ means _______________________
3. Line 8, ‘they’ means _______________________
4. Line 11, ‘These companies’ means _______________________
5. Line 30, ‘It’ means _______________________
PART B. Read the text and mark the statements true (T), false (F) or no
information (NI). Correct the false ones. Write full sentences.
1. T F NI Dennis Tito paid more money than Mark Shuttleworth to be a space
tourist.
_____________________________________________________
2. T F NI Until now, only eight people have had the chance to become space
tourists.
_____________________________________________________
3. T F NI Companies believe that ordinary people will be interested in space
tourism because it is great fun.
_____________________________________________________
4. T F NI Trips into space may cost about $50,000 in the future.
_____________________________________________________
5. T F NI Today more than 250 people are ready to pay a large amount of money
to experience zero-G for 16 minutes.
_____________________________________________________
6. T F NI Barack Obama wants to be one of the future space tourists.
_____________________________________________________
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1. What is going to happen to the space tourism industry?
_____________________________________________________________
_____________________________________________________________
2. What will be different about the first space hotels?
_____________________________________________________________
_____________________________________________________________
3. Why is Sir Branston’s new project different?
_____________________________________________________________
_____________________________________________________________
4. Do you agree with the last sentence? Why? Why not?
_____________________________________________________________
_____________________________________________________________
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72 THE TAJ MAHAL reflecting pool
dome
e
The Taj Mahal is located in the city of Agra in
northern India, and it is one of India’s most famous
monuments. This beautiful building is regarded as
one of the Seven Wonders of the World.
5 In 1607, Prince Khurrum of the Mughals, at the age

of 14, fell in love with a 15-year-old Persian princess,
and they got engaged. The couple had to wait five
years for their wedding day, but then they had a
long and very happy marriage. Prince Khurrum became Emperor in 1628 and then
10 became Shah Jahan ("King of the World"), and his wife was known as Mumtaz Mahal
("The light of the Palace"). Mumtaz Mahal died at the age of 39 in 1630 while giving
birth to their 14th child. Her death made the Emperor very unhappy, and he decided
to build a monument in memory of his beloved wife. Tragically, when he was
overthrown by one of his sons in 1657, he spent the last nine years of his life locked
15 up in a tower overlooking the Taj Mahal.
The construction of the Taj Mahal began in 1632 and ended in 1648.
About 20,000 people worked on the monument. Most of them were
master craftsmen from Europe and Central Asia. The main architect
was Usad Ahmad from Lahore. They all lived in a small town that
20 had been especially built for them near the Taj Mahal.
The Taj Mahal is made of white marble with precious stones fitted
into its walls. It was built using materials from all over India and
Asia. Over 1,000 elephants transported the building materials during
the construction. The white marble was brought from Rajasthan,
25 the turquoise from Tibet, and the sapphires were from Sri Lanka. All
together, 28 types of precious stones were used during its
construction. Trees and fountains fill the gardens that surround the
monument. In front of the monument, there is a reflecting pool. The
dome of the main building is 115 feet (35 meters) tall. A lotus shape
30 decorates the dome and other parts of the monument. People come
from all around the world to visit this symbol of love, India’s history
and culture.

1. Line 17, ‘them’ means ________________________
2. Line 19, ‘They’ means ________________________
3. Line 27, ‘its construction’ means the construction of _____________________
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PART B. Read the text again and answer the questions with complete sentences.
1. Who had to wait five years before getting married?
_____________________________________________________________
2. In whose memory was the Taj Mahal built?
_____________________________________________________________
PART C. Fill in the blanks according to the information given in the text.
Prince Khurrum of the Mughals, who later became the Emperor, got engaged to a
Persian princess at the age of 1) ________ in 1607. His fiancée was 2) __________
than him. They got married 3) _________________ after their engagement. They
had a(n) 4) a) __________________________ and had b) __________ children,
but, unfortunately, Mumtaz Mahal 5) _____________ during the birth of her last
child. After her 6) _____________, the Emperor, who was very upset, decided to
build a monument for her. The 7) ___________________ of the monument took 16
years and was completed in 8) _______________.
Thousands of 9) ________________ from Europe and Central Asia took part in the
construction of the monument. There were many 10) ________________, but the
main one was Usad Ahmad, who was from 11) ________________. White marble and
different kinds of precious 12) _____________, which were brought from different
countries and were transported by thousands of 13) ___________________, were
used to build the monument. This monument, which is considered one of the Seven
Wonders of the World, has beautiful 14) _____________ with fountains and a big
15) _____________ in front of it. It also has a very 16) _____________ dome. The
17) _____________ shape plays an important role in the architectural design of the
monument. 18) _________________________, who built this monument as a(n) 19)
_______________ of his love for his wife, unfortunately, spent his last years as a
prisoner in a(n) 20) a) _______________ that had a view of b) _______________.
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1 STEPHEN HAWKING

Read about Stephen Hawking.

Stephen Hawking is a famous cosmologist. He's also a

PART A. Now answer the questions. Check  the box(es).

1. What are Hawking's occupations?

writer manager architect cosmologist

2. In line 4, 'It' means ______________.

The famous cosmologist The theoretical physicist

3. What is A Brief History of Time?

A photograph A film A workbook A scientist A book

4. What is Errol Morris's occupation?

musician writer film director famous actor

Film director Errol Morris

Film producer David Hickman

Stars Stephen Hawking

Composer Philip Glass

1. Mr. Hickman's ___________________________ is David.

2. Mr. Hickman is ______________________________________.

3. Steven Spielberg and Kathleen Kennedy are the ______________________ of

4. Janet's _______________________________ is Humphrey.

5. Philip Glass is not a film director. He is ______________________________.

1. What is Mrs. Johnson's first name?

2. What is Barbara Smith's occupation?

3. What is John Brown's address?

4. Is John Brown a dentist?

5. What is Dogwood Veterinary Hospital's web address?

7. Is Mrs. Smith's e-mail address barfbara@fol.com?

8. Is 212 654 -0894 Mr.Brown's phone number?

9. What are Mrs. Johnson's and Wayne Morris's occupations?

10. Are Pamela Johnson and Wayne Morris neighbors?

1. Is Lady Gaga from Germany?

2. Where is Ronaldinho from?

4. What is Mrs. Rowling's first name?

5. Is Michael Schumacher from Britain?

6. What is his occupation?

7. Who is Mrs. Rowling's favorite singer?

8. Is Mrs. Rowling a song-writer?

9. What is Daniel Radcliffe's occupation?

10. What is Uğur Dündar's favorite TV channel?

The Prince Charles Cinema

The Rio Cinema

2. What is the web address of the Prince Charles Cinema?

3. Is the Prince Charles Cinema near Leicester Square ?

4. Is the phone number of the Ritzy Cinema 020 33 77 9222?

5. What is the address of the Prince Charles Cinema?

6. Is the Ritzy Cinema on Abbey Road?

7. How can I get to the Rio Cinema?

Map of Buxton Da Chun’s house

1. What do Monica and Da Chun do?

2. What is Da Chun's father's job?

3. Where is Da Chun's mother from?

4. Are Monica's and Da Chun's fathers colleagues?

5. Are Monica and Da Chun neighbors?

6. Who works at the same hospital?

7. How do Monica and Da Chun go to work?

1. T F There isn't a cinema in the town.

2. T F The shoe store is next to the pharmacy.

3. T F There is an aquarium on Pine Street.

4. T F There isn't a museum in the town.

5. T F There is a hotel on Oak Street.

7. T F There is a high school near Monica's house.

8. T F There isn't a restaurant on Third Avenue.

Part A. Read the text, and fill in Julia's Family Tree.