Reading Task. Read the text and mark sentences True or False.
What do you know about planets?
 
           Mercury is very hot during the day and very cold at night. It is also the fastest planet in
the Solar system. Venus is the hottest planet in the solar system. One of its volcanoes, Mat and
Olympia’s Mons, is named after the Egyptian god of truth and justice. The beautiful blue color of Earth comes from the oceans which cover 70 per cent of the planet. More than seven billion
people live there. The fourth planet, Mars, is named for the Roman god of war. Until 1976
scientists believed there could be life on Mars. Jupiter is the largest planet that we know of. It is a very stormy planet because it spins so fast. Saturn is 100 times the size of Earth, but it is even
lighter than water, so it would float in a gigantic swimming pool! Uranus is strange because it
spins at an angle. Each pole of Uranus, north and south, has 42 years of sunlight, then 42 years of
darkness. Neptune takes more than 160 years to go round the sun. It has the strongest winds in
the solar system – up to 2 400 kph. Pluto is not considered as planet anymore because of its
strange orbit.
True or False
1. People believe there is life on the planet Mars.
2. Earth is much lighter than Saturn.
3. The planet nearest to the sun is very hot at night.
4. Neptune is usually farther from the sun than Pluto.
5. After every 84 years the north pole of Uranus has light.
6. Pluto is a planet with very strange orbit.                                                          Total [6]
 
Writing. Choose one of the task and write your own answer.
Task 1.
Write about your last trip.
Where did you go?

What did you do there?

What was the weather like in that place?

How did you feel coming home?

What  will you always remember about that place?

 
Task 2.
 Answer these questions in writing.
1. Imagine you are going on a space holiday; you can take three personal possessions. What
are they? Why?

2. Is it a good idea to spend money on a space programme? Why?/Why not?

3. What planet will you choose for your space holiday? Why?

  

        
 
 
Total [5]
Task 3.
Choose a planet to visit and write a postcard to your friend. You should write three
paragraphs.
1. What the planet looks like
2. What you can see and do there
3. Whether you like it
 
Example:
I want to visit. Because it looks like . I think that there are a lot of but
no . Moreover, you can see many there. That is why people can on this
planet. I like it very much because .

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