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I.  You   will   hear   a   museum   curator   called   Frank   Turner   talking   about   a   dinosaur exhibition. For questions1­8, complete the sentences. DINOSAUR EXHIBITION thinks   the   exhibition   helps   develop   children’s(9)…………….. Frank   believes   people   want   to   be(7)……………..   which   is   why   they   visit   the   dinosaur exhibition. According   to   Frank,   children   first   look   for   the(8)……………..   in   the   exhibition. Frank   . Scientists rely on two(10)…………….. fossilized skeletons of Tyrannosaurus Rex to help them with research. Dinosaurs   are   mainly     environments. Frank   refers   to   a   huge(12)……………..   in   China   which   killed   many   dinosaurs. The Chinese dinosaurs had feathers which were probably used for(13)…………….. purposes. Frank says that the museum appreciates(14) …………….. from visitors.     found   preserved   in(11)…………….. II.Write using the present simple active or passive voice.                                        In some countries, the first day in April, which 1. ____(call) April Fool’s  Day, is a traditional  day for playing and practical jokes on your friends. People 2. ______(like) to try to make others believe in things that are not True. Newspapers also 3. _____(join) in the fun and, in Britain,  made­up  stories 4._____(print) in almost every newspaper. Of course, everybody                 5.______(know) that some of the news reports are ‘hoaxes’, and so it’s probably the only day  when the papers 6.______(read) carefully. III. Rewrite these statements in reported speech beginning      Jack said…       1. I’ve always wanted to be a pilot.                                                                                    2. We are going to fly to Australia for our summer holidays.                                         and   Mary asked…..           3. Did your family have a good holiday?       4. How long have you been back?                     IV. Open the brackets using the types of  Conditional  1_2_3. 1. If we lived in a well­built house, we _____(not/be) in danger.                             2. If I ___(know) that you were ill last week, I’d have gone to see you.                              3. It’s good that Ann remind me about Tom’s birthday. I ____(forget) if she hadn’t remind me. 4. If I _____(know) her number, I would phone her.                                                  5. If computer had outdated, new technology _____(take) it’s place                                               Beauty is in the eye of the beholder   criteria   precise   by   which   beauty   may   be(3)…………. People have been debating the principles of beauty for thousands of years, but it still seems impossible   to(0)……………..   it   objectively.   German   philosopher   Immanuel   Kant(1) ……………. whether something can possess an objective property that makes it beautiful. He concluded that although everyone accepts that beauty exists, no one has ever(2)…………… on the . The   ancient   Greek   philosopher   Plato   wrote   of   a   scale   called   the   ‘golden   proportion’, (4)………………   to   which   the   width   of   the   face   should   be   two­thirds   of   its   length, preferably(5)…………….by   a   nose   no   longer   than   the   distance   between   the   eyes. Symmetry has been proved to be attractive to the human(6)……………, so a face may seem beautiful because of the(7)…………..between its two sides. Babies spend more time looking at symmetrical   faces   than   asymmetrical   ones   and   symmetry   is   also(8)……………   as   more attractive   by   adults   looking   at   photos.   So   although   there   seems   to   be   no  (9)…………… agreement or even national consensus on what(10)…………..beauty, there is at least some agreement . In the meantime, if you look at your partner and(12)…………… them as beautiful, you can congratulate   yourself   with   the   thought   that   people   generally   end   up   with   a   partner   of   a comparable level of attractiveness as themselves. important(11)……………     symmetry   an       that   facial is   1 A argued 2 A thought 3 A judged 4 A corresponding 5 A accompanied 6 A appearance 7 A equality 8 A voted 9 A world 10 A constitutes 11 A reason 12 A believe В decided В agreed В appreciated В according В escorted В sight В reflection В rated В global В contains В cause В consider С suggested С fixed С awarded С connecting С joined С eye С opposition С selected С community С involves С role С regard D questioned D written D viewed D relating D coupled D vision D similarity D valued D universal D comprises D factor D think