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2 Find and correct the mistakes in the sentences.

Use of English: Grammar There is one mistake in each sentence.
1 I would phone Mary, but then she phoned me.
1 Complete the sentences with the correct We’re planning to go to a concert tonight.
alternatives. I had wanted to phone Mary, but then she
1 Let’s go out tonight, and I am recording the phoned me. We’re planning to go to a
film to watch tomorrow. concert tonight.
2 Who will come to the party? I hope you’ve
invited Eddie and Sam.
2 I’m afraid I won’t be completed the report by
3 I’ve heard that Disney is going to make an the end of the day. I need another morning at
animated sci-fi film sometime next year. least.
4 The instructions in the letter say that we are to I’m afraid I won’t have completed the report by
wait at the entrance until someone comes to the end of the day. I need another morning at
show us to the right room. least.
5 Do you think that one day in the future we’ll be 3 What time does the library close on Thursday?
living on another planet? I must borrow a couple of books before it will
close.
/5 What time does the library close on Tuesday? I
am borrowing a couple of books before it will
close.
4 By Friday I’ll have been working here for six
months. I have a party on Saturday to celebrate.
By Friday I’ll have been working here for six
months. I will have a party on Saturday to
celebrate

5 I’ve just eaten some fish that tasted strange and

I think I’ll be sick.
I’ve just eaten some fish that tasted strange and
I think I am going to be sick.

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3 Complete the text with one word in each gap. 4 Complete the second sentence so it means the
same as the first, using the word given. Do not
It is very difficult to imagine what the future
change the word given. Use between two and five
(1) will be like. Some people earn a living by
words.
predicting the future but if they’re predicting
something that they think will happen in a hundred 1 What’s the arrival time of Gemma’s train?
years’ time, there’s no one to prove them wrong, is DOES
there? I think that must be a pretty good job. In a
What time does Gemma’s train arrive?
hundred years’ time, when we’re all living on the
moon, no one is going to say ‘Oh dear. Jack 2 I’ve arranged to meet Pedro outside the cafe at
Martin got his predictions wrong back 4.30.
(2) in 2012, didn’t he?’ They won’t really be able AM
to ask for their money back! If we look back 50 I am going to meet Pedro outside the cafe at
years and study what people thought (3) would 4.30.
happen then, they didn’t really do very well. They 3 Paul is working in New York for six months
thought that everyone would have personal from next January.
helicopters and eat tablets instead of meals. That
hasn’t happened. So, what about the next 50 years? WORKING
I’m going to try to be a futurologist for a moment Next March, Paul will have been working for
and make some predictions for the year 2052. The six month in New York.
weather is definitely going to change for the 4 The tickets were more expensive than I’d
worse, and we’ll all probably be living in much thought.
smaller places. The population of the world will WOULD
have increased dramatically, and a lot of animals
will (4) have extinct. Technology will continue to I didn’t know that the tickets would be so
develop and control our lives, and everything will expensive.
be even faster than it is today: computers, 5 The traffic is terrible, and I don’t think it’s
transport, cooking and so on. Of course, we’ll all possible to catch the train now.
be using robots to help us at work and at home. MISS
The experts will have made a lot of advances in The traffic’s terrible, and I think we are going
medicine by then, but we’ll all be much poorer, so to miss our train.
we (5) won’t be able to afford to go to hospital. I
think society will be clearly divided into the
people who ‘have’ money and the people who
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‘have not’. Unfortunately, I think I’ll probably be
one of the ‘have nots’ unless I set up a business as
a futurologist and get paid for predictions that Use of English: Vocabulary
probably won’t happen!
5 Complete the definitions with the correct words.
/5 You are given the first letters.
1 An asteroid is a small object in space.
2 A satellite is made by man and put into space
for communications.
3 A spacecraft is a vehicle that carries people and
objects into space.
4 A space station is a place in space where people
stay and do experiments.
5 A telescope is an instrument we can use to look
at objects that are a long way away.

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6 Complete the sentences with these words. 8 Choose the correct alternatives to complete the
text.
travel launch universe journey landing
I’ve enjoyed looking at the stars since I was a child
1 We had a terrible journey to London because it and used my dad’s (1) B telescope to examine the
rained heavily all morning, and the roads were night sky. In those days, most of the big
very wet. constellations were visible, and it was amazing to
2 I think they’ll postpone the launch of the shuttle see the shapes the stars made in the sky. I think my
because of high winds. favourite was Orion’s Belt because it was usually
quite clear. I also loved listening to my dad’s
3 The astronauts had an excellent landing in the stories about the constellations and what the stars
sea at exactly the point they had predicted they represented. They filled my (2) C imagination
would come down. almost more than the bedtime stories my mother
4 Scientists are uncovering more and more facts used to read to me at night. In later years, my
about the beginning of the universe all the interest in stars decided what career direction I
time. should go in and I have now been an (3) D
5 Travel is very important and educational for astronomer for ten years, studying the stars. They
everyone. It teaches us so much. still fascinate me. However, what I find very sad is
the fact that young children today do not have the
/5 same (4) A opportunities as I did to watch the
stars. With pollution, worsening weather and the
effects of street lights, it is far more difficult to see
7 Complete the story extract with words formed the stars with the naked eye any more. To see clear
from the words given. skies, you have to go outside of (5) B built up
areas and into uninhabited parts of the country
When Harry opened his eyes, everything was dark where it is still possible to see and marvel at the
both inside and outside the spacecraft. His head wonder of the night sky in all its glory.
was hurting badly, and his mouth felt dry. He 1 A camera B telescope C glasses D microscope
looked at his watch. He had been (1)
consciousness (conscious) for a long time. He 2 A dream B memory C imagination D thought
reviewed his situation. He remembered attempting 3 A astrologer B asteroid C astronaut
to re- enter Golath’s orbit but he had (2) D astronomer
overcalculated (calculate) his speed, and the 4 A opportunities B luck C openings D times
spacecraft had reacted by falling uncontrollably 5 A grown up C stood up D put up
through the atmosphere. Harry had tried to (3)
disable (able) the automatic controls, but this had
been impossible, and the space craft had hit the
/5
ground heavily. Harry groaned. He knew it had
been (4) irresponsibility (responsible) of him to
take the craft in the first place. At this very
moment, there was probably an international
search going on for him, and he knew he shouldn’t
(5) underestimate (estimate) the anger of the
leader of Agron.

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Reading Doctor Who was originally created for family

viewing and has nearly always been shown at
prime time on television, most often on Saturday
9 Read the article about a TV series. Decide if the
evenings. However, it quickly earned the
statements are true (T), false (F) or not mentioned
reputation for being very frightening and in the
(NM).
early days there were complaints that Doctor Who
The Time Traveller who has Survived the was too scary for children. It was giving children
Test of Time all over the country nightmares! It is true that this
People have always been intrigued by the side of Doctor Who has also been one of its
possibilities of time travel, so it is not surprising attractions. As well as the most outrageously
that one of the most popular science-fiction TV monstrous monsters from other planets, with
series in the world is about that very subject. numerous eyes, legs, teeth, etc, the writers also
Doctor Who, produced by the BBC in the UK, is managed to create terrifying villains from the most
also said to be the longest running sci-fi series ordinary sources. There were the policemen with
ever, having started in November 1963 and, after a blank faces, the stone statues in a churchyard and
break of about 15 years from 1989 to 2005, still the models in a shop window. These stories
continues today. There have been 770 episodes of captured the horror of the familiar becoming
the series! It is certainly a widely-loved and much sinister. And, of course, no one could ever forget
respected series, which has won awards all over the Doctor’s personal enemies: the Daleks,
the world and is still appreciated today by people machine-like robots with scary mechanical voices,
in over 50 countries. threatening to ‘exterminate’ everyone they met.
The series has terrified generation after generation
So, why has Doctor Who survived the test of
of British children, who traditionally watched the
time? One answer is because of the very clever
Doctor from ‘behind the sofa’.
writing involved in creating and continuing the
series. Doctor Who is unique in that the central Surprisingly, Doctor Who was initially intended
character, the Doctor, a Time Lord who travels to be an educational programme as well as an
backwards and forwards through time helping entertaining one. The Doctor travels both back and
people and challenging evil, has had ten forward in time, on our planet earth as well as in
reincarnations. This ability of the Doctor to outer space. This gave the series scope to set
regenerate himself in another body when death adventures in different time periods and different
approaches has been built into the plot to enable areas, informing children about history, geography
different actors to take over the part and allow the and science. In the early days, a historical
character of the Doctor to survive as long as we adventure alternated every second week with a
wish him to. So far, there have been 11 Doctors, future-based one. The Doctor has been seen at
the most recent being Matt Smith, who took over important wars, in the Jurassic period and with
from the talented David Tennant in 2010. great figures from history: Victoria, Churchill and
so on. Even in recent times he has returned to the
French revolution and had adventures with Charles
Dickens, Agatha Christie and Vincent Van Gogh.
Doctor Who is so much a part of British culture
that nearly everyone you ask will be able to hum
the theme tune (the first purely electronic theme
music to be made), name the time machine (the
Tardis), describe and imitate a Dalek and say
which actor played the Doctor when he or she was
a child. Although absent for a few years, the
Doctor returned with a vengeance in 2005 and now
has a whole new following. The creativity of the
programme’s writers and the status of the Doctor
as a national hero will ensure that he remains on
our screens and in our hearts for a long time to
come.

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1 Doctor Who has been on television F Listening

continuously since 1963.
2 Doctor Who has kept its popularity F 10 Listen to the extracts and choose the correct
due to the availability of the actor alternatives to answer the questions.
who has always played the title role. 1 You hear two people talking about a weekend
3 The element of fear in Doctor Who NM activity. What did the boy do on Saturday?
has increased over the years. A He went to an exhibition.
B He went for a walk by the river.
4 One frightening aspect of the series is NM
that characters cannot trust things that C He played tennis at the club.
they and we know very well. 2 You hear two people talking about a film
review. What sort of film is the review about?
5 Most British people know the name of T A a horror film
the current Doctor.
B a comedy

/5 C a sci-fi film
3 You hear an announcement at an airport. Why
are some passengers being offered a free meal?
A Because they won’t get a meal on their flight.
B Because they’ve been waiting a long time.
C Because they’ve paid for it as part of their
ticket.
4 You hear two women talking about a student.
What is Jenny studying at university?
A music
B chemistry
C biology
5 You hear part of a news broadcast. What
happened in Grantford last night?
A There was a bomb explosion.
B There was a traffic accident.
C Things fell from space.

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Writing
11 Write a story for a school magazine. Your story
must begin with these words:
When Miles looked out of the spacecraft’s
window, he could see a small light in the distance.

Write 180–250 words.

When Miles looked out of the spacecraft’s
window, he could see a small light in the
distance.’Is it true that we have reached our
aim?" he asked. The silence around him didn't
answer. Miles was going to report about the
discovery to the other crew members when he
realized that he didn't know the source of the
light. According to the plan, their voyage was
going to take a few more light years, which at
the speed of their ship came to three months.
'But there aren't any stars in this area on the
map that shine that brightly,' the private
continued to think. Miles knew he had no right
to leave the ship without commands, but his
curiosity got the better of him and he decided to
check where the mysterious light was coming
from. The private went down to the parking lot
and took one of the space bikes. 'I'll check
quickly, so no one will notice me,' the man
calmed himself. He opened the gate and flew
out of the space shuttle. The light source was on
the other side of the ship, so Miles didn't see it
right away. But as he flew out from the corner,
he was horrified. The crew must have forgotten
to count the fact that time on Earth is very much
behind what it is in space when they were
calculating the way of flight .And now Arcturus,
which on Earth was supposed to explode in a
few million years, was at a terminal stage, and
the ship flew straight into the star. Miles realized
there was nothing he could do. All he can to do
was watching how the big star destroyed the
space shuttle.

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