The summative assessment for the second term ReadingTask 1. Read the text below and fill in with the words: astronauts, begin, village, land, spacecraft.Living on MarsWould you like to go into space? How would you feel, looking back at Earth? It would be amazing, wouldn't it? But how would you feel if you had to stay up there? Believe it or not, a Dutch organisation is planning to send humans to live on the planet Mars! The purpose of the Mars One project is to build a small 1) on Mars where people can live. Thousands applied for a place on the mission, but only 24 people can go on the first 2 However, before they leave, there is a lot of work to do. The astronauts have to train very hard for their mission and study science, technology and medicine. Mars One is also going to send a rover in 2018 to test some of the technology the astronauts will use. Then, in 2020, another rover will land on Mars. Its job is to find a good place for the humans to build their village. In 2022, six spacecraft will travel to Mars carrying everything the 3)will need to live on Mars, including a machine to produce water and make the air safe to breathe. Two years later, the astronauts will 4) and their adventure will 5)!Task 2. Answer the questions T (true), F (false) or DS (doesn’t say).1) Mars One is a Dutch project. 2) Mars One will send thousands of people into space on the first spacecraft. 3) The people who apply for the mission must be experts in science, technology or medicine. 4) The astronauts train every day for their mission. 5) Six astronauts will land on Mars in the year 2022. WritingTask 3. What is going to happen? Write sentences. Use next phrases: plant trees, sunbathe, take/dog for a walk, wash/car. Read the example attentively. Use the construction: “to be going to…”.
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Ibn Battuta, the great Muslim traveller, was born in 1304 in Morocco, in the north-west of Africa. His real name was Mohammad ibn Abdullah.
His (1) FAMILY came from Egypt. He travelled to America, Africa, southern and eastern Europe,Arabia, Persia and Afghanistan; and (2) ACROSS the
Himalayas to India, China, central and south-east Asia and the Maldives.
In 1325, when he was just 22 years old, he decided to go to (3) NEW
lands and visit Mecca. In his first journey to Mecca he was in Alexandria and Cairo. Then he decided to see India and China.
In 1333, he made his (4) LONG journey to India via Samarkand and reached Delhi.
In 1342, the Sultan sent Ibn Battuta to China. This was a good (5) CHANCE
for him to see China.
In 1345, he went to Cambodia and on his way (6) BACK he visited
Sumatra, Malaya, Amman, Baghdad and Ceylon.
In 1347, he came back to his homeland after 28 years.
In 1352, he left home for his longest and (7) LAST journey. Passing
along the kingdom of Grenada in Spain, Western and Central Africa,
he returned to Morocco in 1354.
Ibn Battuta travelled for almost 30 years and (8) COVERED more than
120,000 kilometers. No one ever did better.