Spotlight 11 Module 6
USE OF ENGLISH
1 Choose the correct item
1 All sport stations will provide live ________of the Rugby World Cup.
A coverage B covering C bulletin
2 The ________ story on the news tonight is about a man who claims to have been abducted by aliens.
A hit B top C flash
3 Many of the news stories printed in _________ are just gossip.
A tabloids B broadsheets C newspapers
4 You must have read about the latest political scandal. It’s on the ________ page of every newspaper.
A front B first C cover
5 The emergency service has ________ the headlines again for the fourth time this year.
A run B hit C unfold
2 Fill in: over, out of, down, back, round.
1 I was going to buy an expensive phone, but my mum talked me _________________ it.
2 Sam treats me like a child. He always talks ________________ to me.
3 I always talk important things _____ with my parents because I value their opinion.
4 I didn’t want to go to the concert, but Andy talked me __________________ it.
5 “Don’t talk ______ to me like that, Anna! You should show some respect to your elders!”
3 Rewrite the following statements in reported speech.
1 “I may get a job,” Helen said.
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2 “John has built a house” she said to Betty.
______________________________________________________________
3 “The scandal will be all over the press tomorrow,” she said.
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4 “Where can I find Spanish magazines?” Anita asked.
______________________________________________________________
5 “Open the door, Jason,” Ian told Jason.
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6 “I’m watching a documentary on the SETI programme,” Andrew said.
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7 “Will you go to the cinema with me?,” he asked her.
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8 “Mary lent me a book about UFOs,” Sammy said.
__________________________________________________________
9 “Where did you go last summer?” Sue asked her father.
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10 “Don’t ask me about it” Larry told his friend.
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4 Fill in the gaps with the correct preposition.
- Our teacher insists ______ correct punctuation.
- He complains ______ backache for several days now.
- The new employee assured his boss ______ his complete honestly.
- Don’t apologise _____ breaking the vase. I didn’t like it anyway.
- Danny’s always complaining ____ not having enough money.
READING
5 Read and match the sentences A-G with gaps 1-. There is one extra sentence.
The race is on as to which country will be the first to inhabit the Moon. Apart from the United States, Russia and recently India; now China, Japan and Europe plan on sending astronauts to the Moon in the next 20 years. So1 a station on the Moon might soon be possible! 1_________ The most obvious include the questions of power, water, air and shelter.
At this time scientists feel that the best place to establish a station would be either at the North or South Pole. Here the temperature does not change as much throughout the day as it does near the equator. 2_________
At present, NASA is in the process of sending a spacecraft to the Moon. Their high-tech computers will be able to analyse the signals sent back to Earth, providing useful knowledge for the researchers. 3 __________The search is based on the theory that the comets which have been hitting the Moon over the Iast 2 billion years have left ice in its craters. 4 ____________
Once this is done, the water could be separated into hydrogen and oxygen, providing an atmosphere that can support life.
As for the question of material to build shelters, it would be best to get as many resources as possible from the Moon, since the cost of transport is extremely high. 5__________ Luckily, the Earth's satellite is rich in minerals that could be used to build a future station and even for rocket fuel.
Once we inhabit the Moon, who knows? 6_______________
A Just think, $400,000 is needed to send an object that weighs around four kilos to the Moon.
B All the same, we have not found any evidence that the Moon has water.
C Perhaps the human race may be able to live on Mars in the future!
D Yet, we must face the fact that before this can happen we have a few problems to deal with.
E With this information they will be able to finally know if there is water on the Moon.
F Moreover, the poles see much more sunlight, which can be used for solar energy.
G If this is the case, astronauts can use solar energy to melt the ice into water.
WRITING
You have received an email message from your English-speaking pen-friend Alice. Write an e-mail to Alice, answer her questions, ask her about her visit to the planetarium.
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Do you read newspapers or magazines? Where do you get the news from? What do you use the Internet for? |
Spotlight 11 Module 6 USE OF
The new employee assured his boss ______ his complete honestly
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