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B
Units 1 5
4 An astronaut will
Reading
A talk to the children on some days.
1 Read the text.
B give a talk on space on some days.
C be at the exhibition on some days.
New exhibition!
5 There will be a room
This summer bring your children to the Science
A where you can have the experience of being
Museum! They re welcome any time of the year but this in space.
summer we re offering them something very special.
B where you can learn about gravity.
We re holding an extraordinary exhibition aimed
C which is identical to a space shuttle.
particularly at the under-fourteens. It will be packed
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full of incredible things which will surprise, amaze and
entertain young minds. Older minds will find a lot to
occupy them too!
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Just one of the many treats in store will be the Robot
3 Complete the sentences with the words in the
Hall. Here you ll find the very latest in robotic designs,
box.
ranging from the tiny to the enormous. Kids can
programme a robot to perform different functions and
jealous relieved irritating guilty
compete with other robots doing the same task.
disappointment
Another amazing feature of this exhibition is a link-
1 We lost the game. What a .
up to a real space shuttle. On certain days children
will be able to talk directly to an astronaut in space.
2 She feels because she broke Sarah s
What a conversation that could be! In addition to this
laptop.
both parents and children will be able to experience
3 I was so to pass the exam. I really
weightlessness in our special gravity-free room and see
thought I d failed.
what it really feels like to be an astronaut!
4 It s if someone interrupts you while
These are only a couple of the attractions and there will
be much, much more! So come along with your children you re working.
to the Science Museum Summer Exhibition!
5 Does your boyfriend get if you talk to
other boys?
2 Choose the best answers.
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1 This text is
4 Complete the sentences with the correct words.
A an advertisement.
B from a guidebook. 1 The advert a natural beauty product.
C an article.
A prevents B provides C promotes
2 The exhibition is
2 She got a really good job as a flight .
A for adults and children.
A assistant B attendant C agent
B for people over fourteen.
3 I ve got a very bad head .
C for children only.
A pain B hurt C ache
3 Children will be able to
4 I don t like the fashion of wearing
A watch programmes about robots.
trousers.
B see different types of robots.
A baggy B long-sleeved C matching
C make a robot.
5 He fell over playing football and broke .
A a bone B his skin C a muscle
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Units 1 5
11 When I was a student I (live) in Paris
Grammar
for six months.
5 Complete the sentences with the words in the
12 I (meet) her and her husband a
box.
couple of times  mostly at work parties.
for where who who since which
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ago never
1 Charlie hasn t been to school two
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weeks and our teacher, is really
7 3.11 Listen to the people talking about
d"
worried about him, wants to talk to his
shopping. Complete the sentences with the
parents.
correct speakers, A, B, C, D or E.
2 A week I went to the new restaurant
1 Speaker thinks clothes aren t the
on Oak Street, had been
most important thing.
recommended by some friends.
2 Speaker thinks the clothes are more
3 I ve been back to the hotel
important than the price.
we spent our first holiday.
3 Speaker likes to feel good rather than
4 I ve been in England I ve met some
look good.
really nice people have helped me
with my English.
4 Speaker doesn t plan her clothes
shopping.
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5 Speaker buys clothes for their quality.
6 Complete the sentences with the correct form of
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the verbs in brackets.
1 We decided (stay) in and watch TV.
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2 You look worried. What (you / think)
8 Imagine you have just been to the Science
about?
Museum Summer Exhibition. Write a letter to a
3 Come back this evening. I (finish)
friend and tell him/her about your day. Include
everything by then.
the following information:
" what the museum was like
4 I (cross) the road when I saw Ł10 on
" what you saw
the pavement!
" what you did
5 If we (not wake her up), she ll sleep
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until lunchtime!
6 Where (you / work) this time next
9 Write a short note to a friend telling him/her
year?
that you want to meet in town to go shopping
7 It was great to see Jackie last night. I on Saturday morning. Include the following
information:
(not see) her for ages.
" what you want to do
8 You re late! We (start) the lesson ten
" where you want to meet and when
minutes ago.
" how long you want to spend in town
9 I need a bath. I (dig) in the garden!
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10 (you / used to) travel a lot when you
were younger?
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B
Units 6 10
5 The writer
Reading
A didn t like the joke.
1 Read the text.
B liked the joke.
C still believes the story.
People on Mars?
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In the UK people celebrate the first day of April
by playing jokes on each other and sometimes TV
Vocabulary
programmes and newspapers join in the fun! There have
been some very clever jokes over the years, which people
3 Complete the sentences with the correct words.
believe because they are in the paper or on TV.
1 Can you call me a , please?
One that I remember vividly from when I was young
A bus B cab C car
was on a programme called Tomorrow s World. This
programme looked at unusual scientific inventions and
2 They have a of their grandmother in
stories. It was on every week, and was very popular. Well,
the dining room.
this particular 1 April the programme started off looking
A portrait B still life C cartoon
at the number of  missing people in Britain over the
3 The Charles Dickens wrote Bleak
last year. They then went on to  prove that the USA and
Russia were starting a colony on the planet Mars and House.
this was where all these people had gone! They showed
A dancer B novelist C playwright
photographs of the planet with heat rising from the
4 Which is it for Manchester?
ground. Apparently the people were living under the
A carriage B track C platform
ground in specially designed homes.
5 I must go to the bank to get some .
I believed this story completely! It seemed so real and so
possible. That was until I got to school the next day and
A discount B debt C cash
realised that the whole thing was a joke! But it was a very
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clever joke and one that I have always remembered.
4 Complete the sentences with the correct
2 Choose the best answers. prepositions.
1 On 1 April
1 It s important for children to have someone to
look to.
A there are untrue stories in the media.
B there are parties.
2 She gets so well with her boyfriend s
parents.
C people exchange stories.
3 Unfortunately the plans for a new business
2 Tomorrow s World
project fell .
A was on TV regularly.
4 Jan s parents split after 15 years
B taught people how to invent things.
together.
C was an educational programme for
schoolchildren.
5 He stole the teacher s bag but he didn t get
with it.
3 This particular programme was about
A the space development programme.
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B the problem of people who run away.
C people on another planet.
4 On the programme you could see
A the people s homes.
B the atmosphere.
C the people.
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Units 6 10
current chair, 7 (replace) by Mr Dryden on
Grammar
15 April. Notes from the meeting 8 (type)
5 Report the questions.
up by the club secretary at the moment and
9
1  I ve just handed in my homework. (circulate) to club members as soon as
possible.
I told him .
2  I m exactly the same!
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I told him .
3  Where have you been?
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Tom wanted to know .
8 3.12 Listen to the radio interview. Are the
d"
4  Is Miss Barker still in the classroom? sentences true or false?
He asked me .
1 Jim teaches deaf people.
5  I m always late with my homework.
2 Hearing dogs can make life safer for deaf
people.
He said .
3 Other people don t know these dogs are
6  She ll be there for another half an hour.
special.
I told him .
4 It s a well paid job.
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5 The dogs have better lives as hearing dogs.
6 Choose the correct answers.
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1 If he would earn / earned more money, he d
move house.
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2 Ben wishes he would be / could be here but
unfortunately he has another appointment.
9 Imagine you have seen the programme. Write a
letter to the programme makers. Include these
3 I wish it didn t rain / wasn t raining. Then we
points:
could go for a walk.
" say how much you enjoyed it
4 If only she didn t wear / wouldn t wear that
" say why you enjoyed it
pink dress. It really doesn t suit her.
" ask for information about a DVD of the
5 I d rather you didn t smoke / couldn t smoke in
programme
this room please.
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10 Imagine you are arranging a party. Write an
7 Complete the text with the correct passive form invitation to send to your friends. Include the
of the verbs in brackets. following information:
" the time and place
A meeting 1 (hold) at 4.30 p.m. on Friday
" what food there will be
14 March and 2 (attend) by five members
" any special requests such as what clothes to
of the committee. The remaining members
wear
3
(contact) since the meeting and
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4
(inform) of the decisions that 5
(take) at the meeting. After the year s accounts
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6
(discuss) committee members voted on
a new chairperson for the club. Mr Davies, the
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