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Name:
TTeesstt 1 1
Class:
Reading Vocabulary
1 Read the following text and match headings a–g with 2 Complete the sentences using one ofthe following verbs
paragraphs 1–6. There is one heading you do not need. in the correct form.
a World interest in Esperanto
• tell • speak • talk • say
b Easy to learn – and plenty to read!
c Will it survive or disappear? 1 Do you Spanish?
d Problems for a language with no home
2 My mother that she enjoys reading English
e What is Esperanto trying to do?
magazines.
f A school project
3 me what you think about my idea.
g One person’s idea
4 I usually to my close friends about my problems.
Esperanto
4
1
The language ‘Esperanto’ is about 120 years old. It doesn’t 3 Circle the correct words in these sentences.
come from any country. People call it a ‘planned’ language, 1 For our homework we have to change/ translatea text
because someone created it – a Pole, Dr L. L. Zamenhof. from English into our own language.
2 2 People are worried that the Cornish language will
The word ‘Esperanto’ means ‘someone who hopes’. The idea disappear/ survive.
is for Esperanto to be a language for international 3 I care/ fearabout what’s happening to smaller languages.
communication. Everyone learns it as a foreign language, 4 It’s difficult to say how many smaller languages will study
rather than learning a language from one particular country, / survive.
like French or English. 5 Sorry – I can’t come to the cinema this evening. I want to
check/ revisefor my test tomorrow.
3
6 If you can’t understand what your English friend says, ask
Esperanto isn’t a difficult language. The rules are simple,
her to repeat/ practiseit.
and every word is easy to pronounce and to spell. There are 6
Esperanto textbooks and dictionaries, as well as other books,
4 Complete the table with the missing nouns and verbs.
and translations into Esperanto from other languages. There
are 30,000 books in the British Esperanto library.
Verb Noun
4
memorise 1
There are other ‘planned languages’, but Esperanto is the
biggest. Many countries have their own Esperanto societies. repeat 2
There are over half a million Esperanto Internet sites, and
revise 3
you can even learn it by email! There are also some very
famous Esperanto speakers – for example, six Nobel Prize 4 student
winners.
5 practice
5
Sadly, the fact that Esperanto doesn’t have its own country
5
or culture also causes some problems. For example, no
country uses Esperanto in schools, and no people learn it as Grammar
their own language. Its speakers come from all over the
5 Put the verbs in brackets into the present simple or
world, but they also have their own languages.
present continuous.
6
1 I own a mobile phone but I rarely
Although Esperanto speakers care very much about its
(use) it.
future, it’s not always easy to make other people speak it or
teach it to their children. The future of Esperanto depends 2 Lara (send) her boyfriend a text
on new people learning it, but at the moment there are only message every day.
around two million speakers of Esperanto in the world. But 3 What (you / look) at?
more than 700 million speakers of English!
4 We (study) Ancient Egypt in history this
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term.
5 Maria can’t come to my party tonight. She
(have) a bad cold.
6 (Lucy / walk) to school with you?
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Test 1
7 I (get) more and more worried about Speaking
my dog. He isn’t eating.
Exchanging information
8 I (not / know) what most of the
Preparation time: 1 minute. Work in pairs.
symbols on my mobile phone mean.
Read the roles below. You have about 2 minutes for your
9 They (spend) a lot of money at the
conversation.
moment on their new house.
10 John often (watch) English films on
Student A
satellite TV.
You are on holiday in Oxford. You want some directions, so
11 I (not / understand) my new computer
you stop someone (Student B) in the street. Ask him / her:
program.
• where the nearest Post Office is.
11
• to spell the street name.
6 Complete the sentences using can, can’tor (not) be • how to get there.
able to. You speak first.
1 Some people think that in the year 2050 computers will
Student B
have conversations with us.
You are walking down the street when a tourist (Student A)
2 My little brother ride a bicycle, so he
stops you. Answer his / her questions giving the following
wants me to teach him.
information:
3 If I ever have children, I won’t to sleep • the name of the street that the Post Office is on.
until lunchtime any more! • the spelling of the name of the street.
4 James speak English, but he can’t • directions on how to get to the Post Office.
Wait for your partner to speak first.
speak Welsh.
5 I want to drive a car before I get my
first job.
6 I don’t understand. you repeat the
question, please?
7 I’m pleased because Milly might come
to my party after all.
8 you recommend a good book for me
to take on holiday?
9 I’m sorry. I won’t babysit tonight.
10 My parents understand why I like
playing very loud music.
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Functions
7 Match the following questions with their answers.
1 Do you like learning a German and English.
history?
2 How many brothers b 1.55 m.
have you got?
3 Where do you live? c 15.
4 How often do you play d Yes, I do.
sport?
5 How old are you? e I go out with my friends.
6 How tall are you? f Oxford.
7 What languages do you g Twice a week.
speak?
8 What do you do at the h Just one.
weekends?
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Name:
Test 2
Class:
Reading
3 Complete these sentences using the correct form ofthe
1 Read the article and decide whether statements 1–5 are word in brackets.
true or false. Write T or F in each box.
1 It’s true to say that not all people are
1 Mozart first wrote music when he was six.
happy. (success)
2 Mozart performed all over Europe in his childhood.
2 To achieve things in your life, you need plenty of
3 Mozart’s father wanted him to move to Vienna.
. (determined)
4 Four of Mozart’s children died when they were babies.
3 My sister is very – she wants to be a
5 The Emperor paid for clothes for Mozart’s family.
6 Mozart continued to perform in public until he died. champion runner. (ambition)
7 Mozart was always poor in his lifetime. 4 Many people who get to the top say they have been
. (luck)
A child star
5 You must have natural and you must
The composer Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart was born in
Salzburg, Austria in 1756, with an extraordinary musical be able to work hard if you want to become a dancer.
talent. The son of a musician, at the age of three he started (talented)
to play notes on the clavier (an early kind of piano). He 6 You have to be very if you want to be
composed his first piece of music when he was five years
a top tennis player. (discipline)
old, and he first performed in public at the age of six. The 6
boy travelled around Europe with his father and sister,
4 Choose the best answer, a, b or c, to complete the text.
performing in many countries; when he was 13 he went to
Rome, where the Pope praised his wonderful talent. Simona always wanted to be a ballet dancer, from a young
Wherever he performed as a child, he was a great success. age. She started lessons when she was only five years old.
He started work at the age of 15, as head of the Archbishop She was 1 to get to the top. She knew that
of Salzburg’s Orchestra. But he didn’t like the Archbishop, to achieve her dream, she needed to be very 2 ,
and so he left Salzburg and went to Vienna – even though
eat properly and get enough sleep. Her parents were very
his father didn’t want him to.
3 of their daughter and her talent. But
He married Constanze Weber when he was 25. They had six problems started when she was 12. Although she was
children, but only two of them survived beyond babyhood.
4 as a small child, she quickly grew taller.
For a time, Mozart worked for Emperor Joseph of Austria,
Soon the worst happened: she became too tall for classical
but the Emperor didn’t pay him very well. However, when
ballet. She was very sad about this, but her teacher told her
Mozart performed in public, the Emperor gave him fine
clothes and jewellery to wear. The family had very little to be 5 and suggested that she take up
money, and it was difficult to buy food and clothes for the Modern Dance. Simona followed her advice, and became a
children. very successful dance teacher. She tells all her pupils that
Mozart was very hard-working. He composed an enormous however hard you work, some things are a question of
amount of music. But some people in his world didn’t like 6 !
his talent, and towards the end of his life, he stopped public
1 a determined b disciplined c strong
performances and earned money teaching. Also, his friends
2 a well built b negative c hard-working
gave him money. He was only 35 when he died, and he was
3 a proud b ambitious c successful
never rich in his lifetime. But nearly 250 years later,
4 a weak b tiny c skinny
recordings of his music make millions of dollars each year.
5 a lucky b different c positive
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6 a discipline b luck c talent
Vocabulary 6
2 Match these words to their opposites.
1 skinny a poor
2 positive b similar
3 proud c negative
4 rich d tiny
5 different e well built
6 enormous f ashamed
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Test 2
Grammar Functions
5 Put the verbs in brackets into the past simple or past 7 Complete these notes using the following words.
continuous to complete the text.
• on • how • make • fancy • don’t • at • thanks
An embarrassing moment • hope
Last Friday my friend Sam gave me one of his books to help
with a project I was doing. On Saturday afternoon, I
1 (be) at home alone. I 2 Maria
(do) my project and looking after our new puppy, when the Do you 1
coming to my birthday
phone 3 (ring). It was Sam – he party next weekend? It’s 2
4 (have) tickets for a pop concert that Saturday, and it starts 3
7.30.
4
evening and he 5 (invite) me to go with you can come. Let me know asap.
him. He also asked me to bring his book as he needed it for Ella
his project. I 6 (finish) my work, and went
upstairs to take a shower. I 7 (leave) the
puppy in my bedroom, as she 8 (sleep). Ella
When I finished my shower, I 9 (go) back 5 for the invitation – I’m really sorry, but
into my bedroom and 10 (not can) believe I can’t 6 it. My grandparents are coming
my eyes! My beautiful project was lying all over the floor, for the weekend. Hope the party goes well, anyhow. Why
and the puppy 11 (play) with pens and 7 I take you for a birthday lunch next week
eating bits of paper. Worst of all, the paper was from Sam’s instead? 8 about Tuesday, at 12.30?
book! When I told Sam about it, he 12 (not Maria
be) very pleased with the puppy …
12 8
Total 50
6 Read the conversation and correct the five mistakes
with articles. Speaking
Emma: So, how many languages do you speak, Luca? Negotiating and reaching a decision
Luca: Two – no, three, I suppose. The French, German
Preparation time: 1 minute. Work in pairs.
and Italian.
Emma: And English, too! Read the roles below. You have about 2 minutes for your
Luca: But not very well. We lived in the England when I conversation.
was child, but now I can’t remember much of it.
I have the English penfriend, though. And I Student A
watch lots of an English films on satellite TV.
You are planning to go to the cinema this Saturday with
Emma: Are there many British films on TV in your
your friend (Student B).
country?
• Suggest going to see the latest James Bond film.
Luca: No, sorry – most are from United States!
• Agree with your friend’s idea and suggest having a pizza
5
before the film.
• Tell your friend you would prefer to meet earlier and
suggest a different time.
You speak first.
Student B
You are planning to go to the cinema this Saturday with
your friend (Student A).
• Tell your friend you would prefer to see a comedy.
• Agree with your friend’s idea and suggest a time and
place to meet.
• Agree with your friend and end the conversation.
Wait for your partner to speak first.
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Name:
Test 3
Class:
Reading
3 Complete the following text using the correct form of
1 Complete the text using sentences a–g. There is one getor make.
sentence you do not need.
Our camping holiday last summer didn’t start very well. I
a Sadly, things didn’t go well for him.
1 a terrible cold the day before we left.
b We’re good at different things.
Dad 2 a mistake when he wrote down the
c In fact, it’s a family business.
directions, so we arrived very late – and we 3
d He ran up the stairs so fast, he fell over!
into trouble with the campsite manager. Then it took ages to
e We go to see them together, because none of our friends
like them! order supper because my little brother was so tired that he
f But Robbie was different. couldn’t 4 his mind up which pizza he
g I don’t like working with him. wanted. In the end, we decided for him! But things
Family Fashion improved after the first night, thank goodness. I
Zara and Robbie both work in a fashion boutique in 5 better quite quickly and 6
London. But they are more than just colleagues – they are some friends on the campsite. And when it was time to go,
brother and sister. 1 . Their parents own Dad 7 sure he knew the way home! He
the shop.
said that if he ever 8 a lot of money, he’ll
Zara on Robbie: ‘We weren’t very close when we were young. get a driver to do all the driving …
I was eight years older than my brother and we used to 8
argue a lot. Then I went to college and did a degree in
4 Match the underlined words in 1–4 to their meaning, a
fashion, and started working for my father.
or b.
2 . When he left college, he said he never
wanted to work with his family. He tried to go his own way. 1 I missedmy dentist’s appointment yesterday and they
3 . So about two years ago he joined me in made me pay £25!
the family shop after all! a didn’t go to
b felt sad about
Actually, it’s worked out brilliantly. 4 .
Robbie is interested in display and the look of the shop, but 2 Tim worked hardall year – and he got 99% in his exam!
I decide what clothes we sell. We get on much better now,
and even see each other outside of work! Our business a thought about something difficult
talents are different, but we both like the same music, and b did a lot of work
love James Bond movies. 5 .
3 Barnaby and Helen are very close, and people think
And we have fun at work, too. Once Robbie was in the they’re brother and sister!
basement, and I phoned down and said Madonna was in a near
the shop looking at trousers. Of course she wasn’t, but b have a strong relationship
Robbie believed me. 6 . He was really
4 Could you stay ontonight? I really need your help.
angry with me at first, but then he saw the funny side of it!’
a go into a higher class at school
6
b stay late
Vocabulary 4
2 Match the beginning and the end ofthe following Grammar
sentences.
5 Rewrite the sentences using not as … as.
1 My mother told me off
Example
2 My older sister looks after
My suitcase is lighter than yours.
3 My mother was brought up
Your suitcase isn’t as light as mine.
4 My parents moved to the country
5 Everyone says I take after 1 Your garden is bigger than mine.
6 My father says he won’t put up with
2 The train is more relaxing than the car.
a in the United States.
b my father, because we’re both good at music.
c because I went out before finishing my homework.
3 The bus is more practical than the car.
d our little brother when Mum is busy.
e any of us answering the phone during mealtimes.
f so that we could grow up breathing clean air.
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4 The car is slower than the train.
5 The campsite is quieter than the hotel.
KITTENS NOW READY
Five 4
6 I think swimming is better than jogging.
kittens free to good home.
Parents very friendly cats, and good mousers.
7 Having a barbecue at home is cheaper than eating in a Tel: Andy Bacon, Hexworth 872973
restaurant. (farm, lovely, black-and-white)
8 Going to a live concert is more exciting than watching WINTER WOOLLENS TO ORDER
bands on TV.
Keep the cold at bay! Choose from my large selection of
5
9 Being late is worse than being early. hats, gloves and scarves, or
buy your own wool and I knit for you. Very reasonable
prices. Call me, Ann Morgan, on 872590 or
10 A mobile is more convenient than a public phone. email [email protected].
(hand-knitted, woollen, beautiful)
10
6 Circle the correct answers, 1–6, in the following text.
10
Jean’s uncle lives in San Francisco, 1who/ whichis in
Total 50
California, USA. He writes detective stories 2that/ whoare
Speaking
shown on TV. The stories feature a female detective 3which/
whois only 18. Jean’s aunt, 4which/ whois from Wales, Negotiating and reaching a decision
doesn’t like living in the USA. She says the apartment 5who/
Preparation time: 1 minute. Work in pairs.
whichthey live in is too noisy, and she misses her parents,
6that/ wholive in London. Read the roles below. You have about 2 minutes for your
6 conversation.
7 Complete these adverts by putting the adjectives in
Student A
brackets in the correct order.
You saw a bike advertised for sale and you would like to
see the bike. You are phoning the bike’s owner (Student B).
DO YOU NEED A GARDENER? • Explain why you are phoning. Ask if you can see the bike
and suggest a day and time to see it.
1
I am a
student. I can help you with your garden, in exchange • Agree and suggest meeting somewhere in the town
for English conversation. Please call Janusz on 557931. centre.
(Polish, hard-working, young) • Agree and ask for directions to his / her home from the
bus station.
You speak first.
CAKES FOR SALE
Student B
2
You want to sell your bike and have advertised it.
cakes, made to order. Price range to suit.
Contact: Jane Forbes, Hexworth 872471 Somebody is ringing you to arrange a time to see it.
(home-made, lemon, delicious) • Tell him / her that they can’t see it then and suggest a
different day and time.
• Tell him / her you would prefer to meet at your home.
L O S T ! • Give him / her directions to your home from the bus
station.
3
purse recently lost in the supermarket Wait for your partner to speak first.
car park. Reward offered.
Please call 01427 872987 after 6pm.
(leather, red, small)
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Name:
Test 4
Class:
Reading
5
1 Read the following text and match headings a–fwith For the next generation of rollercoasters, people are talking
paragraphs 1–5. There is one heading you do not need. about Arrow Dynamics’ ‘Pipeline’ prototype. The cars run
between rails which are at the same height as the riders’
a Who added the wheels?
stomachs. Not good to ride on if you’ve just eaten! So far,
b Our modern rollercoasters
the high price of this coaster means it’s still at the design
c The terrifying coaster that stopped
stage, but we’ll probably be able to ride on the Pipeline one
d How old is the rollercoaster?
day in the future. People are always looking for new thrills –
e Rollercoasters of the future
and perhaps Charles Lindbergh was right when he said ‘a
f Coasters in France and the USA
certain amount of danger is essential to the quality of life.’
A history ofthe rollercoaster
5
1
Vocabulary
You probably think that we invented rollercoasters in the
20th century, but they’ve been around for a lot longer than 2 Replace the words in brackets with one ofthe following
that! Rollercoaster historians believe the first rollercoasters words.
were actually Russian ‘ice-slides’, popular in St. Petersburg in
• enormous • fascinated • astonished • terrifying
the 16th century. Riders used to climb up the steps at the
• tiny • terrible • exhausted • freezing
back of the ice-slide, and then speed down a wooden slope
covered in slippery ice.
A day to remember
2
Last summer I went climbing with some friends in Scotland.
However, the 16th century ice-slides didn’t use the wheeled
cars that our rollercoasters have today. Historians can’t quite We took an experienced mountain guide with us, and we
agree who first added wheels and created a true ‘rolling were all very excited because it was our first time climbing a
coaster’. Some think the Russians did this in 1784 when they Scottish mountain. The mountain wasn’t really very high,
made little carriages which went over hills on a kind of tiny
but from the bottom it looked 1 (big)!
railway track. Other historians say it was the French who
started using wheeled carriages on the top of long slides. The walk was lovely at first – the path was quite easy, the
sun was shining and we were 2 (interested)
3
by how many different wild flowers our guide pointed out to
A French coaster did have the first loop, though. In 1846, in
Paris, they opened a 13-metre high rollercoaster ride with a us. Later on, however, the climbing got more difficult, and it
four-metre loop in it. The layout was simple: people rode started to get colder. I couldn’t keep warm, and my feet
down a gentle slope in a little carriage and went through a were 3 (cold). It got very windy and started
small metal circle. And then in 1884, LaMarcus Thompson
to rain. Our guide decided we should go back, but the
created the first rollercoaster in the United States – with a
journey down was 4 (frightening) because
top speed of six miles per hour. The rollercoaster industry
it was much harder to go back down. And we only had one
was born!
5 (small) bar of chocolate left between us
4
all, so we were very hungry. Then it started to get dark. I
During the 20th century, the rollercoaster really took off. In
thought we were never going to get home!
1999, thrill-seekers saw the opening of nearly 120 new or
rebuilt rollercoasters around the world. The number of
I was 6 (surprised) when we finally
coasters on the planet now stands at just under 900 rides.
reached the bottom – at nine o’clock at night! We were
The world’s tallest rollercoaster is called ‘Superman, The
7 (tired). I went straight to bed, and the
Escape’, and is in California. The train races up to a height of
125 metres, then falls backwards at 100 miles per hour! And next day I woke up with a 8 (bad) cold. But
there are record-breaking continuous-circuit coasters in I’m still going climbing next weekend – this time it’s a Welsh
Japan, which can cost as much as $15 million to build. mountain!
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Test 4
3 Complete these sentences using the correct form ofthe 6 Complete the sentences using the present perfect or the
adjectives. past simple.
• boring • terrified • bored • exhausting • terrifying A 1 (you / ever / ride) a horse?
• exhausted B Yes, when I 2 (stay) with my cousins last
summer.
1 The film about asteroids was – I A Did you like it?
B The first time I tried, I 3 (be) frightened.
couldn’t sleep for a week afterwards!
But I 4 (start) lessons now, and I’m
2 I don’t like the news at all and I find watching it on TV
learning really quickly. I 5 (decided) to
really .
go on a riding holiday next summer. Can you ride?
3 I was so yesterday that I fell asleep in A I 6 (try) once, but I 7
front of the TV. (fall) off after just five minutes. I 8 (not
4 Ann was when we watched the horror be) near a horse since then!
film – she shut her eyes for most of it! 8
5 Mario was very in class, so he listened Writing
to his MP3 player.
7 Mia has written a card to her friend. Put the following
6 The tourists said the trip to Machu Picchu was
sentences in the right order.
, as they had to get up at sunrise and
a It was great, and I really enjoyed it.
climb for hours – but it was worth it!
b I’ll ring soon.
6
c Thanks for a lovely party on Saturday.
4 Match the meanings a–fwith their underlined synonyms d Flat 6, 118 Maple Street, Woodstock
in sentences 1–5. There is one meaning you do not e Lots of love, Mia
need. f Here are some photos – don’t I look funny!
g Dear George,
a think about
h 28th April
b frighten
c continue 8
d vanish Total 50
e bored
Speaking
f unhappy
Negotiating and reaching a decision
1 My brother always disappearswhen it’s time to do the
Preparation time: 1 minute. Work in pairs.
washing-up.
Read the roles below. You have about 2 minutes for your
2 Don’t be sad– I’m sure you’ll get a Valentine’s card next
conversation.
year!
3 I sometimes wonderwhether an asteroid will hit the
Student A
Earth.
You are planning to go to a restaurant with your friend
4 My sister keeps ontaking her driving test, but she never
(Student B).
passes.
• Suggest a kind of restaurant you would like to go to.
5 That barking dog scaredthe little boy. • Disagree with his / her suggestion and say why.
5 • Agree with his / her suggestion and suggest a time to
meet.
Grammar
You speak first.
5 Use these notes to make sentences using the present
perfect. Student B
1 How many times / you / listen / to that CD this morning? You are planning to go to a restaurant with your friend
2 I / never / ride / a horse. (Student A).
3 My parents / visit / my sister in Australia / twice. • Disagree with his / her suggestion and suggest a
4 Paul / made / friends / at his new school. different type of restaurant.
5 The local team / not / win / a match this year. • Suggest having a meal at home and say why you think it
6 your friend / find / her purse / yet? would be a better idea.
7 I / start / the new horror story / you gave me – it’s scary. • Agree with his / her suggestion.
8 We / eat / too much chocolate – let’s go for a walk! Wait for your partner to speak first.
9 Our teacher / give / us / a lot of homework / today.
10 you / ever / be / to the zoo?
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Name:
Test 5
Class:
Reading
more of us will have the chance to travel abroad. And when
1 Read the following text and match headings a–g with you’ve seen everywhere in the world – well, there’s always
paragraphs 1–6. There is one heading you do not need. Space! In 2001, the first ‘Space tourist’, a 60-year-old
American, paid $14 million to stay on a Space station for ten
a Intelligent help around the house
days.
b An end to shopping as we know it?
c Computers in Space 6
d Managing our planet’s water Some people say that ‘time is the new money’, and certainly
e Time for everyone? many of these innovations will help us to save time. But
f The electronic stars of tomorrow what will we do with all this time? Perhaps we’ll spend some
g Exploring other worlds of it helping people whose only wish for the future is clean
water and enough food for their families.
How life is changing
6
1
Vocabulary
The threat of a global water shortage by 2050 is now very
real, which will mean that perhaps half the planet’s 2 Complete this weather forecast using the following
population won’t have enough water to live. It’s essential to words.
plan now how we are going to manage our water supply in
the future, and scientists already have several ideas. These • rain • heavy • cool • widespread • weather
include transporting fresh water between countries in huge • pressure • foggy • strong
nylon bags, moving icebergs, and even controlling the rain,
‘It’s going to be a lovely May day here in London. Make sure
using a technique called ‘cloud-seeding’.
you’ve got your sunscreen, though, because the sun will be
2
1 in the afternoon. But I’m afraid the good
Shopping in the future will also change. We won’t just go to
the shops to buy things – we’ll go for a day out! More and 2 isn’t going to last: an area of low
more huge shopping malls will appear, with many different 3 is coming in across the Atlantic, and in
attractions: cinemas, restaurants, gyms and concerts – even the evening there’ll be a 4 breeze and
the air will be specially ‘fresh’, thanks to machines some light 5 . Tomorrow morning will be
controlling the mall’s environment. And this has already
6 , with 7 rain in many
started – the largest shopping centre in Europe opened in
parts, which will continue throughout the day. As we go into
London in 1999: 30 million ‘guests’ visit it each year.
the weekend, there’s more of the same, and I’m afraid
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there’s also a risk of 8 flooding in low-
Over the past few years, computers have had an enormous
lying areas.’
effect on the way we create music. Without today’s
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electronic music programs, the sounds of techno, big beat
and garage music would not be here. And computer 3 Circle the correct word to complete the sentences.
technology is also going to change what we see on our TV 1 I hope the climate/ weatherwill be good this weekend –
screens. By 2010, around one in four TV presenters won’t be we’re going sailing.
human – they’ll be computer-generated TV stars who can 2 Skye is an environment/ islandoff the west coast of
walk, talk and tell jokes. And they’ll never grow old! Scotland.
4 3 Tim’s parents have decided to leave England and retire to
And the technology of the future will come into our homes, a warmer climate/ weather.
as well. Many household appliances will become much more 4 Scientists are trying to develop plants that don’t need
‘intelligent’. In the kitchen, the fridge will tell us when the much water, so they can be grown in countries which
milk is not fresh. The cooker will be able to ‘talk’ to the suffer from drought/ flooding.
fridge. The bath will let us know when it’s full (and it’ll 5 Katya’s always wanted to live at the top of a hill/ forest
make sure the water temperature is just how you like it!). because a good view is very important to her.
But will someone invent a self-cleaning house? They’re 6 The competition prize is to sail across the Atlantic Ocean/
probably trying to! Seafrom London to New York.
7 We must take care of the environment/ atmosphere, or
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our cities and countryside will become even more
How often and where we take our holidays is also going to
polluted.
change – and, most importantly, how much we have to pay
8 My brother is going camping with his class in the hill/
for it. We’ll not only be able get around the world more
forestand studying all the different trees there.
quickly, but cheaper air travel will mean that more and
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