ĐÁP ÁN UNIT 12: LIFE ON OTHER PLANETS A PHONETICS I Add ful or less to these words to make an adjective (some words can use either suffix) Then mark the stressed syllables 'soundless 11 'wonderful 'harmful; 'harmless 12 'weightless 'hopeful; 'hopeless 13 'speechful; 'speechless thoughtful; 'thoughtless 14 powerful; powerless 'helpful; 'helpless 15 'breathless 'colourful; 'colourless 16 'peaceful 'waterless 17 'homeless for'getful 18 'beautiful 'careful; 'careless 19 suc'cessful 10 de'lightful 20 e'motionless II Complete the sentences with the words in the box Then read the sentences aloud meaningful tearless wonderful flightless careless thoughtful truthful homeless useless 10 purposeful B VOCABULARY AND GRAMMAR I Match the planets with their descriptions c f d h b e a g II Complete the sentences with the words or phrases in the box flying saucer astronaut traces space buggy planet aliens outer space galaxy solar System 10 weightless III Choose the best answers to complete the sentences D B A D B A C 10 D C C IV Complete the sentences using may (not) or might (not) Where two answers are possible, write them both may/might may/might might may not/ might/may 10 may not/might May might might may not V Underline the correct answers what if if when could knew had passed whether would 10 had met VI Complete the reported yes/ no questions The woman asked John if/ whether she might ask him a few questions The teacher asked me if/ whether I had done my project about space exploration Debbie asked her father if/ whether we would be able to live on Mars in 2050 I asked the Browns if/ whether they were having a barbecue that night Jane asked Tom if/ whether he liked sci-fi films that featured extraterrestrial life Val asked me if/ whether scientists found/ had found life on Mars many years before Many people wondered if/ whether aliens or UFOs were real Sally asked her best friend if/ whether they could go to the National Museum the following day/ the next day Duc asked Trang if/ whether she knew NASA had found two new planets ========================================================================== ĐÁP ÁN UNIT 12: LIFE ON OTHER PLANETS▪ Page 10 She wanted to know if/ whether I were/ had been there the day before/ the previous day VII Complete the reported wh- questions Jane asked me where we would live in 20 years' time I asked Peter how his trip to Toronto was/ had been Sue asked why Judy didn't wait/ hadn't waited for fireballs the night before/ the previous night The teacher asked us how many planets there were in the solar System Elliot wanted to know how many days it took to get to Mars from Earth I asked Sally what she was staring at Joe asked his teacher who discovered/ had discovered the planet Neptune He asked the astronaut how long he had been living on the International Space Station The students wanted to know when humans would go to Venus 10 I asked Sally and Andy where they were going that summer holiday VIII Rewrite each sentence as reported speech with tense and time and place expression changes Tim said (that) he had been there three months before He wanted to know when the next train left She asked me if/ whether I was meeting Judy at four o’clock that day Jane told me (that) she had already seen that/ the exhibition My mother asked who I had met at the party the night before/ the previous night Miki said (that) they were having dinner then, so she could only talk for a minute I asked Peter if/ whether I might use his phone The Prime Minister announced (that) public spending would be increased the following year/ the next year Peter said (that) his father drank a cup of coffee every morning before 10 Cheryl asked the old woman how long she had lived there IX Choose the correct answers A B A C B C C C A 10 B X Supply the correct form of the words in brackets experienced unidentified poisonous Martian Astronomers loneliness explored 9.appropriately breathable 10 accommodations XI Fill in each blank with an appropriate preposition about/ at/ by in/ into for to after with to on C SPEAKING I Complete the dialogue with the appropriate sentences (A - H) F G H C B A out 10 on D E II Reorder the sentences to make a dialogue Officer Jones speaking What you want to report? Well, I’d like to report a UFO sighting A what? What you mean “what?” An unidentified flying object! Wait, tell me exactly what you saw Well, I was driving home from a party about three hours ago, so it was about 2:00 AM, when I saw this bright light overhead ========================================================================== ĐÁP ÁN UNIT 12: LIFE ON OTHER PLANETS▪ Page Okay And then what happened? Well, I stopped to watch the light when it disappeared behind a hill about a kilometer ahead of me Now, how you know it was a UFO? Perhaps you only saw the lights of an airplane, or the headlights of an approaching car Things like that happen, you know 10 Well if it was that, how you explain “the alien”? 11 What you mean, “the alien”? 12 Okay I kept driving for about five minutes when all of a sudden, this giant, hairy creature jumped out in front of my car 13 Now, have you been taking any alcohol in the last 24 hours? You mentioned you went to a party 14 What? Well, I did have a few beers, but I’m telling the truth D READING I Complete the passage with the words from the box universe down missions surface frozen might survive explore II Read the passage, then the tasks A Decide if the statements are true (T) or false (F) T F F T F T T F B Answer the questions Another name for inner planets are terrestrial planets People can’t live on Mercury because of its extreme temperatures and thin atmosphere The atmosphere of Venus is primarily composed of carbon dioxide Venus is hotter than Mercury Yes, it is Marsh canyons and mountains are very similar to Earth's./ Canyons and mountains of Mars are very similar to Earth's E WRITING I Reorder the words to make sentences Susan asked her teacher if scientists had found water on Mars There might not be life on Mercury because it's too close to the sun Scientists say that we may find evidence for life beyond Earth within the next decades Jenny wanted to know how we would make first contact with aliens Earth is three times farther from the sun than Mercury Nick told the interviewer that the UFO looked like a big disc in the sky Mars is called the red planet because its surface is covered in red dust Mercury is the fastest of all the planets to orbit the Sun Do you think intelligent life exists on other planets? 10 She asked me what I would if I saw a UFO II Write the second sentence so that it has the same meaning as the first one Plans for an extension to the ISS have been drawn by American scientists Ele asked if/ whether NASA could prove that there was life on a moon of Jupiter The student asked, “How long does it take to get to red planet?” When Sarah arrived at the office, Paul had (already) left The plane was prevented from taking off on time by the heavy snow My parents asked what time I had got home the previous night/ the night before Lucy might not be at home now NASA hasn't sent humans to the moon since 1972 She said that they were meeting Tony at o'clock that night 10 Sam said to me, "I am very tired now because I have been working hard for 12 hours." ⋆⋆⋆⋆⋆⋆⋆⋆⋆⋆⋆⋆⋆⋆⋆⋆⋆⋆⋆⋆⋆⋆⋆⋆⋆⋆⋆⋆⋆⋆⋆⋆ ========================================================================== ĐÁP ÁN UNIT 12: LIFE ON OTHER PLANETS▪ Page TEST FOR UNIT 12 I Choose the word that has underlined part pronounced differently from the rest C 2.B A D B II Choose the word whose main stress pattern is placed differently B D C B II Complete each sentence with a suitable word if/ whether Neptune planet buggies stands A spacecraft why would without 10 outer IV Choose the best answer A, B, C or D to complete the sentence B D A C D B 8.C D A 10 C V Choose the underlined word or phrase, A, B, c or D that needs correcting C → another B → including B → I didn't D → similar to B → so B → could B → after A → Discovered B → actually 10 B → if/ whether VI Write the correct tense or form of the verbs in brackets spotted 6.was flying would happen have flown communicated took has was discovered had seen 10 will be VII Supply the correct form of the words in brockets powerful unidentified discovery weightless exploration unbreathable sightings reddish similarities 10 uncontrollably VIII Match the questions to the answers e c a h f g d b IX Choose the word which best fits each gap C A B A D D C B X Read the passage carefully, then the tasks A Match the bold words or phrases in the text with their definitions alone gravity tricky approximately beyond at least B Choose the correct answers C B D A B habitable B C ========================================================================== ĐÁP ÁN UNIT 12: LIFE ON OTHER PLANETS▪ Page XI Change the following sentences into indirect speech or vice versa "Have you ever read an astronomy book?" Candy asked me Carol told her father that she would let him know if she had any more problems "The Moon is more than 380,000 km from the Earth," the professor said to us Mark wanted to know when the Kepler mission had ended "Are you going to see lunar eclipse tomorrow?" Daniel asked me "We have been waiting for more than two hours," the customers said Tim asked his sister if/ whether she could help him with the/ that tricky math question "NASA was sending a helicopter to Mars the next year / the following year,” NASA’s administrator said "Where on Mars may/ might humans first land?" They wondered 10 "Did the spaceship Voyager fly past Pluto three weeks ago?" Gwen asked ========================================================================== ĐÁP ÁN UNIT 12: LIFE ON OTHER PLANETS▪ Page ... hard for 12 hours." ⋆⋆⋆⋆⋆⋆⋆⋆⋆⋆⋆⋆⋆⋆⋆⋆⋆⋆⋆⋆⋆⋆⋆⋆⋆⋆⋆⋆⋆⋆⋆⋆ ========================================================================== ĐÁP ÁN UNIT 12: LIFE ON OTHER PLANETS▪ Page TEST FOR UNIT 12 I Choose... light overhead ========================================================================== ĐÁP ÁN UNIT 12: LIFE ON OTHER PLANETS▪ Page Okay And then what happened? Well, I stopped to watch the... habitable B C ========================================================================== ĐÁP ÁN UNIT 12: LIFE ON OTHER PLANETS▪ Page XI Change the following sentences into indirect speech or