Tasks for the Summative Assessment for Term 4
Reading Task 1. Read the text and write the titles.
Mercury Earth
Mars Jupiter Saturn
I.
The sixth planet from the sun, it is known most for its rings. When polymath Galileo Galilei first studied this
planet in the early 1600s, he thought it was an object with three parts: a planet and two large moons on either
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The fifth planet from the sun, it is a giant gas world that is the most massive planet in our solar system --more
than twice as massive as all the other planets combined, according to NASA.
3.
It is the Red Planet, as seen from the Hubble Space Telescope. The fourth planet from the sun, and it's a cold,
desert-like place covered in dust. This dust is made of iron oxides, giving the planet its iconic red bue.
4.
The third planet from the sum, it is a water world, with two-thirds of the planet covered by ocean. It's the only
world known to harbor life. It's atmosphere is rich in nitrogen and oxygen.
5.
Zipping around the sun in only 88 days. It is the closest planet to the sun, and it's also the smallest, only a
little bit larger than Earth's moon.
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Writing Task 2. Complete the dialogue.
Where is be? -Why is be tired? - What do you want to be? Who is he? What does he wear?
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He is an astronaut.
- He is to space
3.
He wears spacesuit
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. Becausc he is visiting Mars now.
5.
I want to be a pilot
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Total marks
710