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Unit 4 | Reading Read the text. Choose the best option to complete the sentences.

Hidden life? Is there undiscovered life hidden on our very own planet? It could be. For the past 15 years, scientists have been planning to explore a lake in Antarctica, called Lake Ellsworth. This doesn't sound very radical, but the lake lies deep under a cap of frozen ice and has never been reached by man. It is only recently that the technology has been developed to be able to explore this part of our world. British scientists will travel to Antarctica this month in the hope of finding life forms trapped beneath three kilometres of solid ice. They believe a lake such as Lake Ellsworth, which they think has been buried under ice for up to a million years, may contain unique microbes that could provide clues to how life evolved on earth. The team from the British Antarctic Survey will prepare a site in the hostile environment above Lake Ellsworth that they will return to next year, when they will begin drilling a hole through the ice. They will then take small quantities of water and sediment, which they hope will unlock the secrets of the lake. The scientists will live in tents, spending around three months working in temperatures of minus 25 degrees Celsius. They will use a special hotwater drill to reach the lake. A titanium probe, five metres long, will collect 24 separate quantities of water, taken from different points in the lake, and three metres of sediment. The titanium probe has been created with “clean technology” developed by the space industry, to avoid contamination of the lake during the investigations. Lake Ellsworth, which is on the West Antarctic ice sheet, will be the first of the continent's 387 known sub-glacial lakes to be investigated. What will be discovered in this place where the hand of man has never entered? 1.

The project is organised by...

a. b. c.

a team of scientists who have studied life in the lake for 15 years. British scientists living in Antarctica. the British Antarctic Survey.

2.

Lake Ellsworth... 1

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has a unique ecosystem of marine life unknown to man. may contain life forms unknown to man that could help us understand our origins. contains microbes that don't exist in other environments.

3.

Scientists plan to...

a. b. c.

visit the site this year and then return when the environment is less hostile. prepare the site this year, before returning next year to carry out the main work. visit the site this month to see if drilling is possible.

4.

Technology developed by the space industry means that scientists can...

a. b. c.

take quantities of water and sediment at the same time. drill through three metres of ice in hostile conditions. drill through the ice and enter the lake without polluting it.

5.

The project is important because...

a. b. c.

it may tell us about the evolution of life on our planet. it may contain microbes that prove the evolution of life. the scientists may be able to find life in the lake that is a million years old.

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Unit 4 | Listening Listen to the speaker. Choose the correct option to complete the sentences.

BP3_U4_L8_audio.mp3 1.

Merryearth...

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a. b. c.

provides relaxing and healthy holidays in beautiful places around the world. promotes cultural exchanges as a type of alternative holiday. asks people for money for micro-credit projects.

2.

Merryearth trips are suitable for people who...

b. c.

would like a quiet holiday in an indigenous village and do something for the environment. would like to fully mix with people from other cultures, sharing skills. would like to go on full-day excursions every day for a fortnight.

3.

The camps are in...

a. b. c.

rural areas in the United States of America. desert, forest and mountain areas in the Americas. rural areas in the Americas.

4.

Visitors sleep in...

a. b. c.

tents on the outskirts of the village. private single rooms in the camp. double rooms in the camp.

5.

Activities at the camp include...

a. b. c.

visiting natural beauty spots, and food and craft production. cooking, helping local projects and teaching English. helping in local projects and teaching English.

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Unit 4 | Writing Write a short review of a great place to stay. Choose either a hotel, a campsite or a city to write about. You can choose somewhere real or imaginary. Write 120-150 words.  We live this story in one of our trekkings in Andorra. We arrived at a shelter without saving where  there were more people. We chatted a little and went to sleep: two men and their dog downstairs  and us upstairs, on the beds. I left the bottle with water beside me. Total darkness, doors not closed  in case someone else came - roars of the dog, cold ...  I fell asleep, but my mind did not: I was still inventing fantastic stories. I was running chased by a 3

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 villain about to reach me, I took my foot ... I kicked him, and I woke up ... one of the men in the bed  below dazzled me with the flashlight, scared, protecting his face ...  Apparently I did not close the bottle well and in the middle of the night water fell, and he got up and  touched my leg to wake me up. The next night we returned to coincide with them. We dined  together, and as there was more confidence, they told us their version of what happened  I was sleeping, when I thought I noticed a drop on my forehead. The frequency of the drip increased, and at some point I got a jet. These H ... of P ... they are pissing! Of course, since it's cold outside, they will not want to leave. But I realized that the water was cold, so it could not be pee. I got up to look for what was leaking, I woke you up and you almost killed me ...  

Unit 4 | Grammar - Present perfect simple (1) Read the sentences. Select True if grammatically correct and False if grammatically incorrect.     1. Have you ever been in an earthquake?

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    2. I've never learned French.

 

    3. She has see the film already.

 

    4. They have always lived in the same town.

 

    5. Have you yet had dinner?

 

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Unit 4 | Grammar - Present perfect simple (2)

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Match the parts of the sentences. 1. I've

a. never seen a flash flood.

2. Have you

b. finished your homework yet?

3. There have

c. wanted to travel around the world.

j4. He's always

d. been several forest fires in this area.

5. Have you ever

e. experienced an earthquake?

Unit 4 | Grammar - Present perfect continuous (1) Choose the correct option to complete the sentences. 1.

I... for 20 years.

a. b. c.

have been live have live have been living

2.

She... languages.

a. b. c.

has always liked has always been liking always has liked

3.

We... the people affected by the drought.

a. b. c.

have been helped have been helping have being helped

4.

... in the UK?

a. b. c.

Have you always lived Have you always been living Have you lived always

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5.

He's been working as a teacher...

a. b. c.

2005 for 2005. since 2005.

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Unit 4 | Grammar - Present perfect continuous (2) Complete the sentences with the present perfect continuous form of the verbs in brackets. 1.

We __are living_________________ in Madrid for two years. (live)

2.

People ___are growing________________ wheat for thousands of years. (grow)

3.

She ___has study________________ English since she was six. (study)

4.

I ___have __read______________ this book since I got up this morning! (read)

5.

Rob _______teach____________ art his whole life. (teach)

Unit 4 | Vocabulary – Man-made and natural disasters Read the sentences. Select True or False.     1. A desert is a man-made landscape.

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    2. A path is a man-made landscape.

 

    3. A resort is a natural landscape.

 

    4. A forest is a natural landscape.

 

 

 

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5. A farm is a natural landscape.

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Unit 4 | Vocabulary – Natural disasters and extreme weather Choose the correct option to complete the sentences. 1.

When there is too much rain, there may be a...

a. b. c.

drought. flood. forest fire.

2.

When there isn't enough food, it is called...

a. b. c.

an earthquake. a famine. a tsunami.

3.

When the earth moves, it can cause...

a. b. c.

a hurricane. a drought. an earthquake.

4.

Very strong winds may be caused by a...

a. b. c.

hurricane. flood. famine.

5.

An uncontrolled area of fire is called...

a. b. c.

a tsunami. an earthquake. a forest fire.

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Unit 4 | Vocabulary - Natural world collocations Match the parts of the collocations. 1. wind

a. direction

2. torrential

b. rain

3. water

c. flood

4. flash

d. level

5. fatal

e. attack

Unit 4 | Vocabulary - The environment Complete the sentences with the correct word. 1.

Environmental __damage_________________ is caused by many forms of pollution.

2.

Marine ___ecosystem________________ can be damaged by sea pollution.

3.

In oceans, whales are at the top of the food __chain_________________.

4.

Some rubbish disintegrates into plastic __recycling centre_________________.

5.

A coral reef is an example of an ocean ___ecosystem________________.

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