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Name:______________________________________________

Group:___________

1.

The words below appear in the text in Exercise 2. Find the words and guess their meanings.
Use a dictionary to check your guesses.
1. ordinary

2.

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3. screen

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2. spaceship ........................

4. rocket

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5. complaints

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Read the text. Then complete the sentences.

EATING AT MARS 2112


Looking for a different kind of restaurant? Then Mars 2112 is the place for you. Mars 2112 is
a popular restaurant in New York City. But its not an ordinary restaurant. People dont come
to Mars 2112 for the food. They come for an interesting and fun experience.
The name Mars 2112 comes from the red planet Mars. From the moment you enter the
restaurant, you feel you are in a different world. When you arrive, you sit in a spaceship
a round room with some chairs in front of a screen. There are a lot of lights and the room
begins to move. On the screen, you see pictures of a rocket, stars and planets. You feel you are
really flying in a spaceship. A few minutes later, you land on Mars well, actually the dining
room. It has got a very high ceiling and rocky walls and the light in the room is red. The dining
room is very big and has got room for 500 people. Its easy to identify the waiters because they
are all wearing spacesuits.
Mars 2112 is a fun place to go, but it is expensive. It costs a few dollars just to enter the
restaurant. And what about the food? Everything on the menu has got a Martian name like
Full Moon Pizza, Martian Soup or Red Star Fried Chicken. The food is not very good
according to some restaurant reviews, but you dont hear any complaints from the customers.
Theyre having too much fun to care!
1. People choose to go to Mars 2112 for ....................................................................................... .
2. The dining room is similar to the planet Mars because ............................................................. .
3. Its not difficult to see the waiters because ................................................................................ .
4. The customers dont complain about the food because ............................................................ .

3.

Complete the questions with much or many. Then answer the questions according to the text
in Exercise 2.
1. How time does it take till you land on Mars? ..............................................
2. How people can eat at Mars 2112 at the same time?...................................
3. How money does it cost to go into the restaurant? .......................................

4.

Complete the chart below about an unusual restaurant that you visited or heard about.
Then write an e-mail to a friend describing it.
Name of restaurant: .................................................................................
Address: ...................................................................................................
Type of restaurant: ...................................................................................
Types of food: ..........................................................................................
Reason why you like it: ............................................................................

3 Extension

1.

Read the text. What do the numbers below refer to?

RUBBISH ISLAND ON THE MALDIVES


The Maldives are a group of beautiful tropical islands in the Indian Ocean. But the Maldives
have got a dirty secret: Thilafushi, the worlds biggest rubbish island. Ships bring more than
330 tonnes of rubbish to Thilafushi every day from all over the Maldives. Workers burn some
of the rubbish and put the rest in the ground.
The Maldivians built Thilafushi in 1992. At that time, they were looking for a place to throw
out their rubbish. Nearly 100,000 people were living in Male, the capital city, and they were
producing a lot of rubbish every day. Male is only two square kilometres, so there was nowhere
for all this rubbish to go. The government decided to build Thilafushi to solve this problem.
Today, the Maldives are a very popular destination. More than 10,000 tourists arrive every
week and each tourist produces 3.5 kg of rubbish. There is now so much rubbish on Thilafushi
and it is growing at a rate of one square metre a day.
Today, there is not much space on Thilafushi, so the Maldivians are sending some of their
rubbish to India. Ships come to the Maldives to bring vegetables from India. In the past, the
ships returned to India empty, but today they return with empty cans, metals and cardboard.
When they arrive in India, the Indians sell everything for recycling.
The rubbish crisis in the Maldives is getting worse every day, but the tourists know nothing
about the problem. The tourists continue to swim in the blue sea and sunbathe on the sandy
beaches. They have got no idea about the rubbish island only a short distance away.

2.

1. 330

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3. 10,000

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2. 100,000

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4. 3.5

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David is interviewing Tom, a volunteer in an environmental project. Tom has just got back
from Thilafushi. Write Davids questions using the Past Simple or the Past Continuous.
Then write Toms answers based on the information in the text.
1. when / the Maldivians / build / Thilafushi

......................................................

......................................................

2. what / you / see / when / you / arrive / there

......................................................

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3. what / the workers / do / while / you / be / there

......................................................

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4. what / the ships / carry / when / they / return / to India

......................................................

......................................................

5. what / the tourists / say / about Thilafushi

......................................................

3.

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Write a letter to a friend describing a holiday. Make sure you answer the following questions.
1. Where did you go?
2. Who did you go with?

3 Extension
3. What did you do there?
4. What did you like most about the holiday?

1.

Read the text. Then imagine you are interviewing Jill. Write questions with the words below.
Use the Past Simple, Present Simple or Present Perfect Simple. Then answer the questions
according to Jill.

THE CLOWN OF THE PARTY


Jill Blackstead is a professional party clown. She uses the name Tiddlywink and makes
money by performing at childrens parties. Jill has been a party clown for more than ten years.
Her career began when she was still at school. She wanted to make a little extra money to buy
CDs and clothes, so she began organising childrens parties. Her parties became very popular
and soon she was doing more than eight parties a month. Today, Jill works as a party clown
almost every day. She has a good salary and really enjoys her work.
Jill wears the usual clown costume a red nose, a big hat and funny shoes. She doesnt wear
face make-up because this often frightens young children. Over the years, she has improved her
programme. Her parties include face painting, magic, silly games and balloon animals.
Jill has just won an award for being the best party clown in New York. So what is her secret?
Jill believes that a party clown must try to make children feel happy. While she is painting
faces or making balloons, she makes sure to talk to the children and to ask them questions. She
has also noticed that every year there are two or three words that kids think are funny. When
things are not going well at the party, she just shouts one of these words and the kids
immediately start laughing.
1. Interviewer: how long / you / be / a party clown
......................................................................................................................................................
Jill: ................................................................................................................................................
2. Interviewer: when / your career / begin
......................................................................................................................................................
Jill: ................................................................................................................................................
3. Interviewer: you / enjoy / your work
......................................................................................................................................................
Jill: ................................................................................................................................................
4. Interviewer: what / costume / you / wear
......................................................................................................................................................
Jill: ................................................................................................................................................
5. Interviewer: you / ever / win / any / awards
......................................................................................................................................................
Jill: ................................................................................................................................................
6. Interviewer: how / you / make / kids / laugh
......................................................................................................................................................
Jill: ................................................................................................................................................

3 Extension
2.

Tick the sentences true (T) or false (F) according to the text in Exercise 1.
Copy the sentences that helped you decide.

1. Jill became a party clown because she wanted to be popular.

................................................................................................
2. Jill makes a lot of money.
................................................................................................
3. Jill paints her face white.
................................................................................................
4. Jill sometimes shouts at the children.
................................................................................................

3.

Imagine that you are a clown at a childrens birthday party. Write an e-mail to a friend describing
a successful or unsuccessful birthday party.

1.

The words below appear in the text in Exercise 2. Find the words and guess their meanings.
Use a dictionary to check your guesses.

2.

1. peace

..............................

3. fur

................................

2. brides

..............................

4. silk ................................

5. cotton .................................

Read the text. Then answer the questions.

A FASHIONABLE WEDDING
In Medieval times, weddings were not just about love. People often got married for political
reasons. For example, if two countries wanted to make peace, their kings used to marry their
children to each other. These kings used their childrens wedding to show how rich and
important they were. That is why Medieval brides used expensive materials like fur and silk for
their wedding dresses. They did not use cheaper materials like cotton.
Wedding dresses usually reflected the fashion of the time. In the 1920s, for example, short
skirts were fashionable, so brides wore wedding dresses that were short. But in the 1940s,
things changed. At that time, brides began wearing long, formal dresses at their weddings and
this style of wedding dress is still very popular.
In the West, wedding dresses are often white. This tradition began in 1840 when Queen
Victoria got married in a white dress. Many brides saw her wedding photograph and decided
that they wanted to wear a dress like hers.
Today, more and more women are not wearing a traditional white wedding dress when they get
married. They feel that these dresses are too old-fashioned for them and they prefer to wear
something more trendy. They believe that its not important how long a wedding dress is or
what colour it is. The most important thing is that the bride should feel comfortable. It is her
wedding day after all.
1. In Medieval times, why did brides wear expensive dresses?.............................................................
2. Why did brides in the 1920s wear wedding dresses that were short? ...............................................
3. Why did brides start wearing white wedding dresses?.......................................................................

3 Extension
4. How do many women feel about the traditional white dress? ............................................................

3.

Complete the sentences with the comparative form of the adjectives in brackets. Then tick the
sentences true (T) or false (F) according to Exercise 2. Copy the sentences that helped you
decide.
T
F
1. In Medieval times, marriages were (political) they are today.

...............................................................................................................................
2. Fur is (cheap) cotton.

...............................................................................................................................
3. In the 1940s, wedding dresses were (short) wedding dresses
in the 1920s.

...............................................................................................................................

4.

You just returned from your cousins wedding. Write a short letter to your friend describing the
wedding. Your letter should include a description of what the bride and groom were wearing.

1.

Read the text. Then tick the sentences true (T) or false (F). Copy the sentences that helped
you decide.

CITY LIFE
In the 1940s, it became fashionable for families in the United States to go and live outside the
cities and buy houses in the quiet suburbs. Living in the suburbs was especially popular for
people who had young children. They often chose to leave the city so that the children could
have more green areas to play in.
But recently, things have begun to change. More and more people are now choosing to remain
in the cities and not move to the suburbs. They feel that city life has got many advantages.
People are often able to get to work on foot. They can also walk to restaurants and cinemas.
Not only is this very convenient, but it is also better for the environment, because people use
much less petrol.
Some of the people in the suburbs are also moving back to the city. Many parents living in the
suburbs have found that when their children become teenagers, they have nowhere to go in
their free time. They often have to drive their children into the city so that they can meet their
friends at trendy places.
Because more and more people want to live in the city, house prices are rising. If prices
continue to rise, many people will leave the city because they will no longer be able to afford to
live there. If this happens and poorer people begin to move to the suburbs, the big family
houses of today will become the apartment buildings of the future. Several families will live
together in each of the houses. Life in the suburbs, as we know it, will soon be a thing of the
past

1. In the 1940s, Americans preferred to live in cities.

................................................................................................
2. People in cities often dont have to drive to work.
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3. People in the cities use a lot of petrol.

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4. Its becoming expensive to live in the city.
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5. Life in the suburbs may change.
................................................................................................

2.

John and Susan are trying to decide if they should live in a suburb or in a city. Complete their
conversation according to the information in Exercise 1. Use the first conditional.
John: I think we should live in the suburbs. Life in the suburbs is better for young children. If we live in
1
the suburbs, our children .........................................................................................................
2

Susan: Life in the city is also very convenient. If we ............................................................................


3

Life in the city is also better for the environment. If we ............................................................


John: OK. I think youre right. Lets go and live in the city.

3.

Complete the chart about your town or another town that you know.
Name of town
Advantages to living there
Disadvantages to living there

4.

Write an e-mail to a friend. He / She is about to move to your town or another town that you
know. Point out what he / she will experience. Use the text in Exercise 1 and the chart in
Exercise 3 to help you.

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