Questions

1. Read each definition below and choose the word from the list that matches the definition.

Newly

Chance

Actual

Front-page

Data

Comfortable

Scans

 

	Important or sensational.
	Looks at closely, scrutinizes.
	Facts or figures from which conclusions can be inferred, information.
	The possibility of an occurrence.
	True or real.

 2. Answer the following questions according to the text. Try to use your own words (2 points).

a. Why was Jack Hills worried?

b. After additional analysis, how close to Earth will the asteroid come?

c. What is the name of the asteroid?

d. How was the asteroid discovered?

3. Rewrite the following sentences without changing the meaning of the original (1.5 points).

a. The chance of an actual collision is small, Marsden reported.

Marsden reported that

b. Then suddenly, the danger was gone. Barely a day later, new data and new calculations showed that the asteroid presented no threat at all.

As soon as

c. XF11 was discovered last December 6 by astronomer Jim Scotti.

Astronomer Jim Scotti

 

4. According to the text below, provide the appropriate form of the verb in parentheses.

Much more recently, in 1908, an asteroid or a chunk of a comet less than 60m across (1. rocket) ____________________ into the atmosphere and (2. explode) ____________________ about 8km above the unpopulated Tunguska region of Siberia. The blast, estimated at tens of megatons, (3. devastate) ____________________ an area of hundreds of square km, knocking down trees, starting fires and killing reindeer. If it (4. occur) ____________________ over a large city, hundreds of thousands (5. die) ____________________.

 5. Composition (120 words). Do you think there is life on other planets?

Questions for computer based test

1. Choose the right variant. This is a house … I was born.

a) who

b) which

c) where

d) what

2. Choose the right variant. Jurassic park … was directed by Steven Spielberg is my favourite film.

a) which

b) who

c) who

d) whose

3. Choose the right variant. My younger sister … husband is a pilot lives in Riga.

a) who

c) that

d) which

c) whose

4. Choose the right variant. The old woman … lives next door has 11 cats.

a) who

b) which

c) where

d) whose

Glossary

English	Russian	Kazakh
humanity	гуманность, человеколюбие	адамгершілік, ізгілік
to play the part of a doctor	игратьрольврача	дәрiгер ролдi ойнау
an aerobatic	пилотажный	пилотаждық, ұшқыждық
a crew member	член экипажа	экипаж мүшесі
spacecraft	космический корабль	ғарыштық кеме
launch	запуск	ұшыру
notable	примечательный, заметный	есте қаларлық
flyer	летчик	ұшқыш
designate	назначать	тағайындау

Home assignment

Ex. 2 a, b [2, p. 61]

SIW

Read the text.

An 18-year-old student has won a local election to become mayor of his hometown in the US state of Michigan. Michael Sessions won by the slenderest of margins - just two votes put him ahead of his only rival, the incumbent 51-year-old mayor. Mr. Sessions attributed his electoral success to the votes cast by his parents. He will now have to juggle schedules between attending school and fulfilling his civic duties. He will attend his school classes between 8am to 3pm and carry out his new job as the elected mayor of Hillsdale before dinner at 6pm. He aims to deliver on his campaign pledges of increasing the contingent of full-time fire-fighters from three to four, revitalizing the local economy and enabling townsfolk to air their views and grievances on town life.

Mr. Sessions was too young to enter the election when it was first announced – he turned 18 only in September, which meant he had just four weeks of campaigning. Although he is the youngest elected official in America, he cannot celebrate his success with champagne because he would be arrested for underage drinking. He ran for office with a budget of $700, which he made from his summer job of selling toffee apples. His position is largely ceremonial and he will not get his own office. Instead, he will receive an annual stipend of $3,600 to cover basic expenses. He starts his four-year position on November 21. Mr. Sessions has become an overnight celebrity since his victory and has already done the circuit of television chat show interviews.

1. Answer the following questions using your own words but taking into account the information in the text.

a) What are Mr Sessions’ main aims?

b) How did he get the money for his campaign?

2. Are the following statements True or False? Identify the part of the text that supports your answer.

a) An 18-year-old has been elected mayor of Michigan State.

b) The newly elected mayor wants to teach people how to juggle.

c) The new mayor gets an office ten times the size of his bedroom.

1. Find synonyms for each of the four words below from these six options.

Slenderest

Grievance

Turned

Celebrate

Official

Overnight

a. Slimmest: ________________ b. Instant: ________________

c. Complaint: ________________ d. Became: ________________

4. Choose a, b, or c in each question below. Only one choice is correct.

1. Sessions will have

a. to give up school

b.to take evening classes.

c.to combine school lessons and council duties.

2. Sessions

a. is allowed to drink alcohol after winning the election.

b. is allowed to drink only champagne after winning the election.

c. is not allowed to drink alcohol even though he won the election.

3. Sessions got the money for his political campaign

a. from his parents.

b. from selling toffee apples.

c. from the council.

Office hours

Text [3, p. 155]