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She wouldn't have missed the play if she .................... (leave) on time.

If I were you, I .................... (eat) less chocolate and more fruit.

She wouldn't have missed the play if she .................... (leave) on time.

If I were you, I .................... (eat) less chocolate and more fruit.

If I ... (be) you, I would recycle more.

If I were you, I ...(not/talk) to him again.

If I had gone with them, I ... (have) a great time.

We'll go to the beach unless it ...(rain).

How to Reduce Christmas Waste (мусор/отходы) Did you know that every hour the UK throws away enough waste to fill a theatre? So think about how much more we throw away at Christmas! Read and see what little things you can do to help to reduce waste at Christmas. A. If we put all the wrapping we throw away in a line it would reach the Moon - that's a lot of paper! But it's very easy to recycle; use recycling banks at most supermarkets. Why not try giving presents in gift bags? That way you can reuse them again next year and save on paper! Don't throw away Christmas cards! You can try cutting them up and making new cards or gift tags out of them. You'll be ready for next Christmas and save a few pennies! B. If you have a real Christmas tree it's a great thing to recycle. There are lots of companies that will collect it for you. After recycling people can use it as compost to help next year's trees or to cover pathways. How about getting a living Christmas tree with roots? That way it will keep on growing year after year and you can even plant it in your garden. C. We throw out over 7 million tons of food every year. So why not help out in the kitchen and get creative when cooking a Christmas turkey. If you've got a compost bin in your garden you can throw in all those veg peelings. Birds love Christmas leftovers too, any scraps of fruit cake and mince pies will go down a treat. It will give them energy and help them through the cold winter months. D. If you get any presents that don't fit or have old things that you won't need anymore don't throw them away. There are lots of charities out there who will pass on gifts to people in need.

How to Reduce Christmas Waste (мусор/отходы) Did you know that every hour the UK throws away enough waste to fill a theatre? So think about how much more we throw away at Christmas! Read and see what little things you can do to help to reduce waste at Christmas. A. If we put all the wrapping we throw away in a line it would reach the Moon - that's a lot of paper! But it's very easy to recycle; use recycling banks at most supermarkets. Why not try giving presents in gift bags? That way you can reuse them again next year and save on paper! Don't throw away Christmas cards! You can try cutting them up and making new cards or gift tags out of them. You'll be ready for next Christmas and save a few pennies! B. If you have a real Christmas tree it's a great thing to recycle. There are lots of companies that will collect it for you. After recycling people can use it as compost to help next year's trees or to cover pathways. How about getting a living Christmas tree with roots? That way it will keep on growing year after year and you can even plant it in your garden. C. We throw out over 7 million tons of food every year. So why not help out in the kitchen and get creative when cooking a Christmas turkey. If you've got a compost bin in your garden you can throw in all those veg peelings. Birds love Christmas leftovers too, any scraps of fruit cake and mince pies will go down a treat. It will give them energy and help them through the cold winter months. D. If you get any presents that don't fit or have old things that you won't need anymore don't throw them away. There are lots of charities out there who will pass on gifts to people in need.

Lewis Carroll Lewis Carroll was the pen-name of Charles Dodgson, an English writer and author of two of the best loved children's books in English Literature – “Alice's Adventures in Wonderland” and “Through the Looking Glass”. The characters and phrases from these books have entered and become part of the English culture so if someone calls you “Mad as a Hatter”, you know whom to thank. Charles Dodgson was talented in many ways. Apart from being a creative writer, he was also a Mathematics Don (professor) at Oxford and a well-known logician. He was interested in photography and music. He sang very well, played chess and enjoyed creating and solving puzzles. Charles Dodgson was born on 27 January 1832 and spent the first eleven years of his life at Warrington, Cheshire where his father was the priest. His family was large; his parents had 11 children, 4 boys and 7 girls. Charles was educated first by home-schooling, then at two boarding schools, and finally at Christ Church College, Oxford. Later in life, he remembered his boarding school experience without any warm feelings. Still, he was an excellent student and studied very well in all his subjects. In 1854 Charles Dodgson got a 1st class degree in Mathematics and one year later he became a lecturer in Mathematics at Christ Church College. It was then that he started his literary career and took his pen-name, Lewis Carroll. While his creative books and poetry were published under his pen-name, he also wrote books on Mathematics under his own name. When a new Headmaster arrived at Christ Church College, he brought with him his family. Dodgson became the family’s close friend. The Headmaster’s little daughters, the youngest of which was called Alice, enjoyed his company very much. Charles often entertained the girls by telling them stories about imaginary worlds with fantastic creatures. The story about the adventures of little Alice became popular all over the world. “Alice in Wonderland” is primarily a children’s story, but adults have enjoyed the novel for over a century together with children. Many elements of “Alice” were not completely new. Talking animals, for instance, or the story idea in which a child or children are carried away from reality into a fantasy world. However, it was Carroll who established a new motif that would be used again and again in children’s literature: Peter Pan, The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, the Narnia books, and the Harry Potter books. That is the possibility for the main characters to travel back and forth between the real world and wonderland. Though his characters travelled a lot between one world and another, Charles Dodgson himself didn’t like being away from home. The only occasion on which (as far as it is known) he went abroad was a trip to Russia in 1867. He died of pneumonia on 14 January 1898 at his sisters' home. He was 2 weeks away from turning 66.

How to Reduce Christmas Waste (мусор, отходы) Did you know that every hour the UK throws away (выбрасывать) enough waste to fill a theatre? So think about how much more we throw away at Christmas! Read and see what little things you can do to help reduce (уменьшать, сокращать) waste at Christmas. A. If we put all the wrapping (обёрточная бумага) we throw away in a line it would reach (достигать) the Moon - that's a lot of paper! But it's very easy to recycle (перерабатывать); use recycling banks at most supermarkets. Why not try giving presents in gift bags? That way you can reuse (использовать повторно) them again next year and save on paper! Don't throw away Christmas cards! You can try cutting them up and making new cards or gift tags out of them. You'll be ready for next Christmas and save a few pennies! A. If you have a real Christmas tree it's a great thing to recycle. There are lots of companies that will collect it for you. After recycling, people can use it as compost to help next year's trees or to cover pathways (покрыть дорожки). How about getting a living Christmas tree with roots (корни)? That way it will keep on growing year after year and you can even plant it in your garden. B. We throw out over 7 million tons of food every year. So why not help out in the kitchen and get creative when cooking a Christmas turkey. If you've got a compost bin in your garden you can throw in all those veg peelings (овощные очистки, кожуру). Birds love Christmas leftovers (остатки, объедки) too, any scraps (кусочки) of fruit cake and mince pies will go down a treat. It will give them energy and help them through the cold winter months. C. If you get any presents that don't fit or have old things that you won't need anymore don't throw them away. There are lots of charities (благотворительные организации) out there who will pass on gifts to people in need.

Write down the correct form of the verb. If Brian ___ (leave) now, he won't miss his flight.

Write down the correct short form of the verb. If I were you, I ___ (not/talk) to him again.

Write down the correct form of the verb. If I had gone with them, I ___ (have) a great time.

Write down the correct short form of the verb. The plane ___ (not/take off) unless it stops snowing.

Write down the correct form of the verb. If she ___ (listen) to the weather forecast, she wouldn't have left.

Write down the correct short form of the verb. If Jenny had got up early, she ___ (not/be) late for school.

Write down the correct form of the verb. If Timothy had some money, he ___ (buy) a new bicycle.

Write down the correct form of the verb. We'll go to the beach unless it ___ (rain).

Write down the correct form of the verb. If I ___ (see) Richard, I'll tell him about the dinner party on Friday.

Write down the correct form of the verb. If Bridget is here by 6 o'clock, we ___ (go) to the cinema.

Write down the correct form of the verb. If I ___ (be) you, I would recycle more.

Write down the correct form of the verb. If Laura studies more, she ___ (pass) her exams.

Read the text. Fill in the gaps with the correct phrases.

Read the text and fill in the gaps with the parts of the sentences.

Read the texts and match. Simply Unforgettable A Sophie Nile Cruise Egypt I’d gone to Cairo, the capital city of Egypt, for a business, meeting, but I had some free time so I decided to go on an overnight boat trip down the Nile. The other passengers and I boarded the felucca, which is a wooden sailing boat, to find a simple but moth-watering meal waiting for us. It was great to relax on deck and dine in style as we floated past the natural beauty of Egypt. Afterwards, the crew entertained us with traditional dances. Some of the other passengers even joined in! It wasn’t the nightlife I ‘m used to at home, but it was definitely a night to remember. B Kim Yu Yuan Gardens China I’ve never been passionate about gardens, but when I went to Shanghai in China the 400-year-old Yu Yuan Gardens took my breath away. It’s like a maze full of Chinese pavilions, elegant ponds and bridges. There are six areas in the gardens separated by ‘dragon walls’ which end in fantastic dragon heads. I didn’t have a guide so I was able to wander around and take things at my own pace. It’s perfect for those who love peaceful gardens, but it’s also great for those who enjoy impressive architecture. It’s a must-see if you go to China! C Jesse Petra Jordan In the middle of the desert, hidden away from the rest of the world, are the magnificent ruins of the ancient city of Petra in Jordan. The whole city was carved out of the pink rock almost 2,000 years ago. I’d always wanted to go somewhere off the beaten track, and archeological site was a dream come true. The time flew by, but I had just enough time to buy some hand-made souvenirs from the stalls around the site. There was no way I was going back without something to remind me of this unique tourist attraction.

Read the text and mark the sentences True, False or Not stated. Lewis Carroll Lewis Carroll was the pen-name of Charles Dodgson, an English writer and author of two of the best loved children's books in English Literature – “Alice's Adventures in Wonderland” and “Through the Looking Glass”. The characters and phrases from these books have entered and become part of the English culture so if someone calls you “Mad as a Hatter”, you know whom to thank. Charles Dodgson was talented in many ways. Apart from being a creative writer, he was also a Mathematics Don (professor) at Oxford and a well-known logician. He was interested in photography and music. He sang very well, played chess and enjoyed creating and solving puzzles. Charles Dodgson was born on 27 January 1832 and spent the first eleven years of his life at Warrington, Cheshire where his father was the priest. His family was large; his parents had 11 children, 4 boys and 7 girls. Charles was educated first by home-schooling, then at two boarding schools, and finally at Christ Church College, Oxford. Later in life, he remembered his boarding school experience without any warm feelings. Still, he was an excellent student and studied very well in all his subjects. In 1854 Charles Dodgson got a 1st class degree in Mathematics and one year later he became a lecturer in Mathematics at Christ Church College. It was then that he started his literary career and took his pen-name, Lewis Carroll. While his creative books and poetry were published under his pen-name, he also wrote books on Mathematics under his own name. When a new Headmaster arrived at Christ Church College, he brought with him his family. Dodgson became the family’s close friend. The Headmaster’s little daughters, the youngest of which was called Alice, enjoyed his company very much. Charles often entertained the girls by telling them stories about imaginary worlds with fantastic creatures. The story about the adventures of little Alice became popular all over the world. “Alice in Wonderland” is primarily a children’s story, but adults have enjoyed the novel for over a century together with children. Many elements of “Alice” were not completely new. Talking animals, for instance, or the story idea in which a child or children are carried away from reality into a fantasy world. However, it was Carroll who established a new motif that would be used again and again in children’s literature: Peter Pan, The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, the Narnia books, and the Harry Potter books. That is the possibility for the main characters to travel back and forth between the real world and wonderland. Though his characters travelled a lot between one world and another, Charles Dodgson himself didn’t like being away from home. The only occasion on which (as far as it is known) he went abroad was a trip to Russia in 1867. He died of pneumonia on 14 January 1898 at his sisters' home. He was 2 weeks away from turning 66.

Read the text and mark the statements True, False or Not stated. Hi guys! I’m Marty and I’ve made a short film about a treetop course I did at Larrumby Wildlife Park last weekend. It’s near where I live and you can imagine the views from up there – amazing! Anyway, the film’s called Scary! And I’m the director, the main cameraman and the leading actor. And I made it with my new video camera, which is awesome – it’s really good quality and you just fasten it to your head and off you go. By the way, I asked someone else to film me as well. So that’s me on the zip wire! As soon as I got there, the guide directed us to a waiting room and announced that the instructor was going to be late. So I had the opportunity to ask my group some questions. I asked one of the girls if she was scared. She said she was terrified, but her brother had insisted that she should do the course. I talked to him too, but I hadn’t remembered to turn the sound on, so you can’t hear his interview. Finally, the instructor, whose name was Phil, arrived and asked the group some questions. He asked me if I had done this before and I told him that I hadn’t. I don’t think anyone had, actually. Phil said we would enjoy it, and he told us to put on some special equipment and get ready. Then he gave us some important instructions for the course – like remembering to fasten the blue clips, called ‘karabiners’, for safety reasons. He really did stress that over and over again. I know being safe is VERY important, but as a film-maker I found it quite boring. I did film him saying all these things, but when I got home, I decided to cut that part out. So here we are! This is the Green course. Everyone has to do this course first to make sure that they are able to do the other courses, which are more challenging. Phil said that a young boy had found this a bit difficult last week. I thought I could get some great scenes for the film here and I did! Just look at this! It was really high up! But I think it looks scarier than it actually was! After the Green course we went straight onto the most challenging one – the Black course. I thought it was going to be easy to film, but you go down the Giant Flying Fox so fast you can’t see or hear anything. But I put some funky music on and well, I think it’s pretty cool. It was really scary though! Well, that’s my first short film. Like I said, it was all done on my new camera, which worked like a dream. So, if you enjoyed this short film, hit that Like button. Watch this channel for my next short film: Surfers’ Delight! Maybe one day I’ll be a famous film-maker!

Read a magazine article about the adults who have met an old school friend again through social media and do the task below. Friends again Five people talk about the school friends they have met up with again thanks to social media websites. Nadia Hassan Although we’ve been living in different countries for a long time, I know I should have made more of an effort to stay in touch with Amina because we always got on well together, even though we’re quite different people. For instance, I’m much more ambitious than her and have no plans to start a family, whereas she already has two children. It’s quite a contrast in lifestyle, and although it’s great that we’re both content with our own lives – and we’ve enjoyed catching up with each other’s news – I don’t really know whether in the future we’ll have enough in common to keep the relationship going. Julia Nowak The first thing that struck me was that Natalia still looked much the same as she had ten years earlier, unlike some other people in their late twenties – especially those who have had serious personal issues to deal with during that time. She’s also still very keen on sports, which I’m not, but she remains as sociable as she ever was and I suppose we’re quite alike in that respect. In fact, she was one of the first people I thought of when the idea of contacting my old classmates occurred to me, and it’s great you can do that online so easily. Otherwise you could lose touch with them forever. Olivia Morgan Back in our school days I always liked Megan, but she was never keen on studying so I sort of took it for granted that she would end up doing a job that didn’t require qualifications. Now it turns out she went on to do really well academically and for two years was a Philosophy lecturer at a top university. The other mistake I made was being rather cautious about responding when she first got in touch with me online last autumn, when in fact as soon as we saw each other on the screen we started chatting again as if that ten year gap had never existed. I think we both quickly realised that we wouldn’t ever let anything like that happen again. Maite Silva I was delighted when Carla told me she has such a good job. Somehow I always knew she’d do well, though I must confess that back then she was the last person I would have imagined becoming an economist because she was pretty hopeless at maths. But when she appeared on my laptop screen after all those years I was impressed by how mature she sounded and looked, and in fact she might be having an influence on me. Ever since we met up again, I’ve found myself taking a more serious attitude to my career, with promotion now a real possibility. Yan Lin When I realised my old classmate Ming was trying to contact me I didn’t hesitate for a second in replying. Somehow I’d always known that one way or another we were bound to run into each other at some point, because when we left school we’d both gone off to do the same subject at different universities. What I hadn’t been prepared for, though, was the news that she’d had to interrupt her studies owing to personal problems. I expressed my sympathy, but she assured me she’d recovered and eventually graduated, and that since then she’s been working in advertising. Which of course is exactly what I do, too. Which person...

Read the text and choose the best title. Bright sparks It isn’t just old professors or managing directors with years of experience behind them who have amazing ideas. Here are three ordinary people who are rocking the world with their bright ideas ... and a lot of hard work! Angela Zhang scientist, California, USA Angela Zhang had enjoyed reading advanced science papers from a young age. But when she explained to her chemistry teacher that she had been working on a method for curing cancer, her teacher was stunned! Angela had had the idea of developing a nanoparticle that would deliver drugs to tumours without destroying the surrounding tissue. She asked if she could do research on her idea in a laboratory at Stanford University. Angela admitted that she found it all a little bit overwhelming at first. “But then I found that it almost became like a puzzle, being able to decode something," she added. The results of tests on her discovery have been very promising. Emily Cummins inventor, England Emily Cummins had loved making things from scrap materials ever since her grandfather gave her a hammer when she was only 4 years old. Then, one day, Emily came up with a simple, yet brilliant idea. She designed a portable, eco-friendly fridge that had the potential to help thousands of people in the developing world. ‘'The simplest method of cooling something can be seen when you look at how we cool biologically – through sweating or evaporation," Emily said. So her fridge is made of 2 cylinders, one inside the other. As water between the cylinders evaporates in the sun, heat is removed from the inner cylinder, enabling food to be kept inside at a cool 6 °C. Emily took her design to poor areas of Africa, where people called her ‘the fridge lady’! Now Emily gives talks encouraging young people to follow their dreams. Derreck Kayongo community project leader, Uganda Has it ever crossed your mind how wasteful it is to use a bar of soap in a hotel only a few times? Well, while staying in a hotel in the USA, Ugandan Derreck Kayongo was very shocked to be told that guests were given new soap every day while 2 million young children were dying every year through lack of hygiene in the developing world. This got him thinking. He wondered if he could recycle the soap for people who needed it. So, in 2009, Derreck started asking hotels if they could donate their used bars of soap that would be otherwise put in the bin. “We sanitise them first,” he explained, “then heat them at very high temperatures, chill them and cut them into final bars, it’s a very simple process, but a lot of hard work." So far, Derreck’s "Global Soap Project" has provided more than 100,000 bars of soap to 9 countries absolutely free!

Read the text and choose whether the statements are true or false. Bright sparks It isn’t just old professors or managing directors with years of experience behind them who have amazing ideas. Here are three ordinary people who are rocking the world with their bright ideas ... and a lot of hard work! Angela Zhang scientist, California, USA Angela Zhang had enjoyed reading advanced science papers from a young age. But when she explained to her chemistry teacher that she had been working on a method for curing cancer, her teacher was stunned! Angela had had the idea of developing a nanoparticle that would deliver drugs to tumours without destroying the surrounding tissue. She asked if she could do research on her idea in a laboratory at Stanford University. Angela admitted that she found it all a little bit overwhelming at first. “But then I found that it almost became like a puzzle, being able to decode something," she added. The results of tests on her discovery have been very promising. Emily Cummins inventor, England Emily Cummins had loved making things from scrap materials ever since her grandfather gave her a hammer when she was only 4 years old. Then, one day, Emily came up with a simple, yet brilliant idea. She designed a portable, eco-friendly fridge that had the potential to help thousands of people in the developing world. ‘'The simplest method of cooling something can be seen when you look at how we cool biologically – through sweating or evaporation," Emily said. So her fridge is made of 2 cylinders, one inside the other. As water between the cylinders evaporates in the sun, heat is removed from the inner cylinder, enabling food to be kept inside at a cool 6 °C. Emily took her design to poor areas of Africa, where people called her ‘the fridge lady’! Now Emily gives talks encouraging young people to follow their dreams. Derreck Kayongo community project leader, Uganda Has it ever crossed your mind how wasteful it is to use a bar of soap in a hotel only a few times? Well, while staying in a hotel in the USA, Ugandan Derreck Kayongo was very shocked to be told that guests were given new soap every day while 2 million young children were dying every year through lack of hygiene in the developing world. This got him thinking. He wondered if he could recycle the soap for people who needed it. So, in 2009, Derreck started asking hotels if they could donate their used bars of soap that would be otherwise put in the bin. “We sanitise them first,” he explained, “then heat them at very high temperatures, chill them and cut them into final bars, it’s a very simple process, but a lot of hard work." So far, Derreck’s "Global Soap Project" has provided more than 100,000 bars of soap to 9 countries absolutely free!

Read the text and choose the correct answer. Into the Unknown Jill Heinerth grew up watching the Apollo space missions on TV, dreaming of becoming an astronaut. Life, though, took her in the opposite direction. Whereas astronauts rocket into space, Jill plunges into the ocean depths as one of the world's top cave divers. She has had her stunning photographs published worldwide and won awards for her documentaries, but in addition to all this, she’s a record breaker. She spent 21 hours underwater to get the world record for distance travelled underground and became the first woman to cave dive in the Antarctic. It was that expedition to the Antarctic in 2000 that really made Jill’s name. She was heading to B-15, the largest iceberg on the planet (about the size of Jamaica) to explore the caves in it even though she didn’t even know if there were any there. This sounds like a big enough leap of faith, but the iceberg had just broken away from the Ross Ice Shelf and was moving at the time and any disturbance, even a few air bubbles, could cause the cave to collapse. After sailing for twelve days in rough seas from New Zealand and following in the footsteps of Ernest Shackleton and his historic expeditions, Jill and her team finally arrived at B-15. As she dived into a deep crack in the ice, Jill descended over 130 feet, the only sound coming from her oxygen tank. As the cave opened out, she discovered a diverse undersea world: “We found a dazzling world of sea stars and other curious creatures.' But the threat of disaster was always there. At one point, Jill felt a movement in the ice like an earthquake and it was only later that she found out that a piece of ice had crashed into the entrance to the cave. If she had been near, she would have been killed. On her final dive, Jill and her diving partner were trapped by strong currents and only managed to escape by finding small handholds in the ice wall and pulling themselves along. Just two hours later, the iceberg shattered, leaving massive pieces of ice floating on the surface and two very relieved divers. As she rather calmly put it, “The cave was gone." These kind of incidents would put most divers off for life, but Jill freely embraces her fear. She often gives multimedia presentations on what she learnt. She says that we mustn’t avoid doing things that frighten and challenge us. To her, fear is an important part of life and as she puts it, “If you don’t chase fear, then you’ll be running away from it for the rest of your life.' One of the reasons that Jill is brave enough to face such dangerous expeditions is her confidence in technology. On her Antarctic expedition, special equipment was essential She wore a heated wetsuit in the -1.2 °C water and instead of an air tank she had a rebreather - a device like a space suit that recycles the bubbles you exhale along with extra oxygen. Even though she hasn’t made it into space yet, her work may affect future space missions. “I was experimenting with a 3D mapping device that cost almost 470 million One day NASA hopes to send this to the underwater caves of Europa, one of the moons of Jupiter," Jill said. It seems that the girl that dreamt of outer space but ended up in the depths of the oceans may finally have the best of both worlds.

Установите соответствие между текстами A–G и заголовками 1–8. Занесите свои ответы в таблицу. Используйте каждую цифру только один раз. В задании один заголовок лишний. 1. Eco-friendly 2. Teen inventor 3. Positive thinking 4. Natural resources 5. More useful information 6. Invented by accident 7. Different task 8. Dangerous behaviour A. After a major fire swept through London in 1666, destroying two thirds of the city, architects began planning to rebuild the city. Sir Christopher Wren, who by this time had proven himself as a building designer, was responsible for drawing up plans for reconstructing London, but they were not used. Instead, he was asked to build the new St. Paul’s Cathedral. The building had been destroyed in the fire, and while it might have been possible to reconstruct it, a decision was made to build a new cathedral in a modern style. B. In the past mapmakers used drawings to show where things such as castles and mountains were located. The drawings were large so they could be clearly seen. Such artwork was nice to look at and easy to understand. However, it produced maps that were disorderly and not very detailed. Over time, maps became simpler. Mapmakers replaced pictures with symbols, each symbol representing one particular thing. A map may have different symbols for cities, rivers, lakes, roads, railroad tracks, and so on. C. The Ural Mountains of Russia form the traditional boundary between Europe and Asia. The Urals are about 2,500 kilometres long. They extend from the Kara Sea in the north to the Ural River in the south. The highest peak is Mount Narodnaya, at 1,895 metres. The economy of the Urals depends on mineral supplies. Mountain mines produce iron ore, copper, chromite, gold, silver, and platinum. Factories make metal goods, chemicals, and machinery. The huge forests of the Urals provide valuable wood. D. Easton LaChappelle built his first robotic hand using Lego parts, tubing, and electrical tape at age 14. Easton used the Internet to learn programming, electronics, mechanics, and design, and then he created a robotic hand, which won third place at the 2011 Colorado State science fair. At age 17, he built an arm controlled by a wireless headset that communicates brainwaves to the hand. These days, Easton is so well known that he gives talks before adult audiences and is recognized in the 3D and robotics worlds. E. Which is more important, texting or safety? If you are looking at your phone while walking, you might not see a car approach or traffic light turn red. Texting while walking is unsafe, not only on the road but also in other places. For example, in China, one person drowned in a canal and another got her leg stuck in a drain, because both had their mind on their phone. Some people suggest that we should make texting while crossing the street illegal so we see fewer “smartphone zombies” on the street and keep them alive as humans. F. For most people, plastic bags are a necessary part of any shopping trip. However, there is an opinion that communities should limit the use of plastic bags. Every year, 485 billion plastic bags are not recycled. Some end up in the ocean and can cause harm to sea life. Placing a small tax on plastic bags might encourage shoppers to bring their own reusable bags to stores. Reusable bags would cut down waste and save the environment. Businesses would also save money by not having to provide as many plastic bags to customers. G. In a new study, researchers gave a math test to 240 children ages 7 to 10. They found out that when children believed they were good at math, they did better on the test. Previously, scientists thought it was important to enjoy math in order to be good at it. However, the new study shows that it is also important to believe you can become good at something. That is what improves your ability to learn. A good attitude opens the door to higher achievement, which means you then have a better attitude, getting you into a good cycle of learning.

Fill in the gaps with the correct form of the words in brackets. Write the FULL form. If I were you, I ___ (eat) less chocolate and more fruit.

Fill in the gaps with the correct form of the words in brackets. Write the FULL form. She wouldn't have missed the play if she ___ (leave) on time.

Read the text and choose the correct items. Jill Heinerth grew up watching the Apollo space missions on TV, dreaming of becoming an astronaut. Life, though, took her in the opposite direction. Whereas astronauts rocket into space, Jill plunges into the ocean depths as one of the world's top cave divers. She has had her stunning photographs published worldwide and won awards for her documentaries, but in addition to all this, she’s a record breaker. She spent 21 hours underwater to get the world record for distance travelled underground and became the first woman to cave dive in the Antarctic. It was that expedition to the Antarctic in 2000 that really made Jill’s name. She was heading to B-15, the largest iceberg on the planet (about the size of Jamaica) to explore the caves in it even though she didn’t even know if there were any there. This sounds like a big enough leap of faith, but the iceberg had just broken away from the Ross Ice Shelf and was moving at the time and any disturbance, even a few air bubbles, could cause the cave to collapse. After sailing for twelve days in rough seas from New Zealand and following in the footsteps of Ernest Shackleton and his historic expeditions, Jill and her team finally arrived at B-15. As she dived into a deep crack in the ice, Jill descended over 130 feet, the only sound coming from her oxygen tank. As the cave opened out, she discovered a diverse undersea world: “We found a dazzling world of sea stars and other curious creatures.' But the threat of disaster was always there. At one point, Jill felt a movement in the ice like an earthquake and it was only later that she found out that a piece of ice had crashed into the entrance to the cave. If she had been near, she would have been killed. On her final dive, Jill and her diving partner were trapped by strong currents and only managed to escape by finding small handholds in the ice wall and pulling themselves along. Just two hours later, the iceberg shattered, leaving massive pieces of ice floating on the surface and two very relieved divers. As she rather calmly put it, “The cave was gone." These kind of incidents would put most divers off for life, but Jill freely embraces her fear. She often gives multimedia presentations on what she learnt. She says that we mustn’t avoid doing things that frighten and challenge us. To her, fear is an important part of life and as she puts it, “If you don’t chase fear, then you’ll be running away from it for the rest of your life." One of the reasons that Jill is brave enough to face such dangerous expeditions is her confidence in technology. On her Antarctic expedition, special equipment was essential. She wore a heated wetsuit in the -1.2°C water and instead of an air tank she had a rebreather - a device like a space suit that recycles the bubbles you exhale along with extra oxygen. Even though she hasn’t made it into space yet, her work may affect future space missions. “I was experimenting with a 3D mapping device that cost almost 470 million One day NASA hopes to send this to the underwater caves of Europa, one of the moons of Jupiter," Jill said. It seems that the girl that dreamt of outer space but ended up in the depths of the oceans may finally have the best of both worlds.