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Exercise Put a/an, the or φ in each space to complete the following sentences We went by train to the west of England people who live in Scotland are called Scots Columbus was one of Atlantic Davis learned to play university Did you read Is that first people to cross violin when he was at book I lent you present Bill gave you for last week? Christmas? _ computer has already changed our lives dramatically There was street I need 10 accident yesterday at time to think about little knowledge is corner of offer you gave me dangerous thing TEST YOURSELF C I Listening (2.5 points) Listen to a passage making predictions about the second half of the twenty-first century Choose the best answer from the options A, B or C The world’s population will increase from billion to 10 billion, mostly in A America and Asia B Africa, Asia and Latin America C Africa, Asia and America The earth’s climate will become warmer, which will create A droughts and famine in Africa B droughts and famine in southern Europe C Both A and B In the second half of the 21st century, A the world’s supplies of petroleum will run out B people can’t produce electric vehicles C we’ll go on using our normal cars With the help of new technology, A people will communicate easily in the same place B people won’t need to be in the same place to communicate C people can use computers and videophones at home Patterns of work may change People A won’t need to go to banks, offices B won’t have to go to schools, universities or shops any more C Both A and B II Reading (2.5 points) Read the passage and decide whether the following statements are true (T) or false (F) People used to know more or less how their children would live Now things are changing so quickly that we don’t even know what our own lives will be like in a few years What follows is not science fiction It’s how experts see the future You’re daydreaming behind the wheel of your car, but that’s OK You have it on automatic pilot, and with its high-tech computers and cameras, your car “knows” how to get you home safely What’s for lunch? In the old days, you used to stop off to buy a hamburger or pizza Now you use your diagnostic machine to find out which foods your body needs You find out you need more vegetables and less fat Your food-preparation machine makes you a salad After lunch, you go down the hall to your home office Here you have everything you need for doing your work Thanks to your information screen and your new computer, you almost never go into the office any more The information screen shows an urgent message from a co- worker in Brazil You set the screen to translate Portuguese into English, then you read and reply to the message T F The experts who write science fiction think about our own lives in the future You will be able to get home safely by car because you bring your own high-tech computers and cameras with you For lunch, your special machine will help you choose proper foods and makes you a salad With the help of your information screen and new computer, you will be able to work at home without going to the office When receiving an urgent message from someone in Brazil, you will be able to translate it from Portuguese into English yourself before reading and replying to the message III Grammar (2.5 points) A Put a/an, the or no article (Ø) in each space to complete the sentences (1.5 points) I must go to Would you like post office to buy some stamps apple? Mr and Mrs Smith invited us to Did Jane get We took dinner job she applied for? taxi to the airport There are millions of stars in space B From each pair of sentences, make one sentence with Although or Even though (1 point) Nam worked very hard He didn’t pass the exam I was very tired I couldn’t sleep She had all the necessary qualifications She didn’t get the job The traffic was bad We arrived on time IV Writing (2.5 points) In 150 words, write a passage about the changes in our lives in the next 30 years You should focus on the following areas: ● People ● Foods and water ● Transportation ● Communications Unit DESERTS A READING Before you read Work in pairs Ask and answer the following questions What you know about deserts? What kinds of plants and animals live in a desert? Name some of the countries which have deserts ● While you read Read the passage and the tasks that follow Three great stretches of sandy desert almost circle the centre of Australia To the north of Nullabor Plain stretches the Great Victoria Desert In the west, the Gibbon, Great Sandy, and Tanami Deserts comprise an enormous sandy area North of Lake Eyre lies the Simpson Desert, the last part of Australia to be explored The Simpson Desert lies between Lake Eyre in the south, the Macdonnel Ranges in the north, the Mulligan and the Diamantina Rivers in the east, and the Macumba and Finke Rivers in the west The first European entered the Simpson Desert in 1845 But the desert remained a mystery until Madigan made an aerial survey in 1929 He named the desert after Simpson, President of the South Australian Branch of the Royal Geographical Society of Australia In 1936, Colson and an Australian Aborigine took camels across the desert They travelled along the border of South Australia and the Northern Territory Three years later Madigan led a scientific expedition across the sand dunes on a more northerly route Colson and Madigan both travelled eastward across the Simpson Desert In the Simpson Desert there are different types of dunes In the western part of the desert, there is a network of short dunes, mostly less than 10 metres high Hummock grasses grow in loose sand on the crest and spinifex grows in the corridors between dunes and on the more stable slopes In the northern part of the desert, the dunes are parallel and separated by corridors of low, open shrubland Spinifex grows on the slopes of the dunes These dunes are deep red-brown, but the sand is pale in the area where Queensland, South Australia and Northern Territory meet Dry salt lakes up to 70 kilometres long and 15 kilometres wide lie between long dunes with crests 20 metres high Task Give the Vietnamese equivalents to the following words or phrases stretch sandy aerial survey Royal Geographical Society of Australia Australian Aborigine dune sloping steep hummock 10 crest 11 spinifex Task Decide whether the statements are true (T) or false (F) T F According to the passage, there are three great deserts in Australia The Simpson Desert is the largest one in Australia The desert was named after Simpson in 1929 Colson and Madigan travelled across the Simpson Desert in 1936 There are more dunes in the western part of the desert Dry salt lakes are in the northern part of the desert Task Answer the following questions What are the names of the three great stretches of sandy desert which circle the centre of Australia? Where is the Simpson Desert? When did the first European enter the desert? Who was Simpson? How did E A Colson and an Australian Aborigine travel across the desert? What are the dunes like in the western and northern parts of the desert? How many kinds of grass grow in the Simpson Desert? What are they? After you read Read this story and answer the questions that follow At a restaurant, a Vietnamese interpreter was having dinner with an American businessman It was a delicious dinner and both of them enjoyed it enormously Before the dinner was over, the interpreter asked the American businessman: “What would you like for your desert?” After a pause, the American businessman answered: “Trees and water” Is the story funny? Where is the fun? B SPEAKING Task Work in pairs Check the trees and animals that you think might exist in a desert Explain your choice banana eucalyptus cactus date palm grass frog horse buffalo crocodile camel fox dog lizard rabbit goat sheep Task Work in pairs Find out as many natural features of a desert as possible Then compare your notes with other pairs Use the cues below − climate − plants/trees − soil − rainfall − animals − seasons Task Work in groups You are going on an expedition across a desert with some of your friends Discuss and choose the five most important things you should bring along with you Explain your choice − a knife − a gun − a horse − food − a box of match − a car − water − a mosquito net − a camel − a blanket − a cell phone− a walkman C LISTENING Before you listen ● Work in pairs Ask and answer the following questions What is a desert? How is a desert formed? Can human beings make a desert? Why/Why not? ● Listen and repeat frightening speed Australia Sahara firewood petroleum Mauritania While you listen Task You will hear an expert talking about deserts, what they are and how they are formed Listen to his talk and decide whether the statements are true (T) or false (F) T F In a desert, everything is hard Only trees with hard needles can grow in deserts Space seems to have no limit in the desert Nature causes the change in the size and location of the world’s deserts Rabbits are one of the agents that help make deserts in Australia Task Listen again and answer the following questions What central theme does the talk examine? What is a desert? What causes the growing of the world’s deserts? In what way rabbits contribute to the growing of deserts in Australia? Task Listen to part of the expert’s talk again and fill in the missing word(s) In developing countries, (1) of the people use wood for cooking and heat They cut down trees for firewood But trees are important They cool the land under them and keep the sun off (2) When leaves fall from a tree, they make the land richer When the trees are gone, the smaller plants die and the land becomes desert Humans can make deserts, but humans can also (3) their growth Algeria planted a green wall of trees across the edge of the Sahara to stop the desert sand from (4) Mauritania planted a similar wall around its (5) Iran puts a thin covering of petroleum on sandy areas and plant trees Other countries build long (6)to bring water to the desert areas After you listen Work in groups Summarise the main ideas of the expert’s talk Use the following suggestions: ● What is a desert? ● What causes the growth of a desert? What should humans to prevent the growth of deserts?