ENGLISH 8 – UNIT 12: LIFE ON OTHER PLANETS
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KEY 12
I.
Listen to the passage and decide if the statements are true or false.
STATEMENTS
T
F
1.
Galaxies are home to untold number of planets.
T
2.
Our galaxy is a small member of a group of galaxies.
F
3.
New measurements of our galaxy were reported at a meeting in California.
T
4.
Our galaxy belongs to a group named the Andromeda Galaxy.
T
5.
This group can only be seen with a telescope on a dark night.
F
II.
Listen again and fill in the missing words.
THE MILKY WAY GALAXY
The biggest structures in the universe are (1) ……
GALAXIES
………These huge groups of stars, gas and
dust can be many (2) ……
THOUSANDS OF LIGHT
……… years across. They also are home to an number
of planets.
Until recently, space scientists have thought that our galaxy was not very special. It was considered a
smaller (3) ……
MEMBER
……… of a group of galaxies. Now, new measurements show that our Milky Way
galaxy is bigger than scientists once thought. The measurements were reported at a meeting of the American
Atronomical Society in Long Beach, California.
Mark
Reid
is
an
astronomer
with
the
Harvard
–
Smithsonian
Center
for
Astrophysics.
He
led
the
international team that studied the (4) ……
MILKY WAY
……… He said the new measurements mean that our
galaxy is fifty percent larger. That makes it at least equal in size to the largest galaxy in our local group, the
Andromeda Galaxy. The Andromeda Galaxy is big enough and near enough to be seen by (5) ……
UNAIDED
EYE
……… in the start group Andromeda on a dark night.
III.
Find the word which has a different sound in the underlined part.
1.
A. planet
B. plane
C. space
D. strange
2.
A. moon
B. balloon
C. flood
D. proof
3.
A. disappeared
B. decided
C. freed
D. claimed
4.
A. dream
B. seat
C. ready
D. believe
5.
A. pilot
B. flying
C. sighting
D. mineral
IV.
Find the word which has a different stress from the other words.
1.
A. alien
B. disappear
C. meteor
D. minerals
2.
A. experience
B. existence
C. evidence
D. condition
3.
A. balloon
B. planet
C. orbit
D. aircraft
4.
A. enjoy
B. collect
C. examine
D. capture
5.
A. precious
B. aerobics
C. marvelous
D. wonderful
V.
Choose the best answer.
1.
When you are in orbit, you will be able to get………………….of your seat.
A.
In
B. on
C. out
D. down
2.
The crew have been living ………………….space for over three months.
A.
In
B. at
C. on
D. for
3.
Do you believe…………………. The existence of UFOs?
A.
On
B. in
C. at
D. for
4.
Many people………………….that they had seen UFOs in the sky.
A.
Suggested
B. claimed
C. persuaded
D. decided
5.
Have you ever seen………………….UFO in your life?
A.
A
B. an
C. the
D. some
