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7 famous

8 modest

9 accidental

f} Read the article. Choose the hest answers.

There is a popular saying in Japa nese:"There arc two kinds of fool*. Those who never climb Mount Everest and those who do it twice."

So what is Alan Hinkes? An 1a QY.flJl).[QJ!S.. fool perha ps?

This 51-year-old former geography teacher has clim bed all 14 of the world 's highest mounta i n s. More people have landed on the moon

1 A lan is from...

than have tried this extremely

d......................... achievement.

a) epal. @1he UK. c) Japa n.

2 A lan H inkes h as cl i m bed...

a) Everest 14 t imes.

The world 's tallest mountai ns are all in Nepal and Pakistan.

They are over 8,000 metres high. At this height helicopters can not rescue peopl e and the phy ical demands are 3c................................ When you finally reach the top of a mountain, there's no time to

b) 14 mou n tain s in 1 epal and Paki st an.

celebrate - it's

i.......... to remember that you have to get

3 A lan climbs m ou nia i n s because...

a) h e loves doi ng il.

b) h e doesn't li ke t eachi ng any more.

c) h e get s a l ot of mon ey for it.

4 A la n h u n h is back...

a) in a sn owstorm.

b) beca use h e sn eezed.

c) whe n h e fell.

5 To pay for h is t rips, Ala n...

a) speaks about h is adven tu res.

b) m akes film s aboul climbi ng.

c) bot h a) a nd b).

6 In his cou n t ry, Ala n is...

a) very well- kn own.

b) a h ero t o some peo pl e.

c) a schoolteacher.

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down the mountai n again.

Alan's been climbing mou ntai ns since he was teenager. "I'm add icted to it," he says. However, there has been some

5s...................... in his adventures. I n 1995 he was climbi ng K2 with his close friend Alison Hargrea ves. Near the top, they separated and Alan contin ued to clim b alone. Alison and six other people later d ied in a snowstorm.

One of Ala n's most 6s................................ in jurie s on a mou ntai n was rather un usual. He was eating a cha pati - a type of Indian bread - when the nou r got u p hi s nose and he sneezed *. He

in jured his back and had to be rescued by helicopter. Despite his amazing achievement, Hi nkes is not

7f.......... His 8m................... mean s that people

remember hi m more for the chapati 9a............................... than the mou ntains he's climbed. Each tri p costs him about £30,000 and he raises t he money by givi ng tal ks and selling videos of his clim bs. Now, ma ny people want hi m to recei ve a knighthood · from the Queen. Perhaps the 'fool' Alan Hinkes will soon be

Sir Ala n Hinkes...

*f ool = st upid person

*sncc:::c = when •ou sneeze, air comes ou t of your nose an d mout h i n a W•"· 1ou ca 11·1 coni rol

*J111igl11/11;11d = an awa rd from 1he Queen of England for doing

somet hing special

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Choose t he correct preposi tion. Sometimes more than one answer is possible.

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2 I'm fed u p by/with/on my h u sband's snori n g and h e gets ann oyed about/with/of m e when I wa ke him u p.

3 The ma nager didn't seem con cerned with/about/by

ou r worries and we \ve re so a ngry at/on/with h im

.are the besr 's the best 'd recommend sounds wonderful wo uldn't go really useful

AN N You've bee n to I ndia, Louise. Wh at

1 arg_ th..b_g.t. places to visi t?

LOUISE I

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t hat we ch ecked ou t ea rly.

4 Ni kk i was very upset of/by/about splitting u p wi t h

sou t h. Bea u tifu l lakes, canals... it's l i ke pa radise.

Mar k, bm she t old m e she was fed u p of/at/with

AN N That

••.•••...•••.•...... • ••••••••••••••• •••••• • Wha t

hi m goi ng ou t every n igh t.

Asking for and making recommendations ED

I} a) Make questions with these words.

k n ow I Do I any good I stay I pl aces I t o I you?

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2 any th i n g I \VO rt h / l s I seei n g h ere I t here?

3 tips I got I ot her / I lave I you I any?

4 near I abou t I sea I places I Wh a t / t he?

·························· ti me of yea r to visit?

LOUISE Well, I ·······-·············································· be twee n

Septem ber and J an uary. I t can be really wet t hen.

AN N That 's 6

to know bother should go to Do you know any And is there

AN N good p laces to st ay?

LOUISE Yes, bu t don't 8.............• •.•...........••••. booki ng i n advan ce. It 's ch eaper to get a ho tel t here.

s place I a I t h e I to I Wh at's I best I ca r I hi re?

AN N

Th at's good 9••••••••••••••••• • ••••••

10...... anyt h i ng else

worth visi ti ng i n t he south?

LOUISE Of course. I nd ia's a big place. If you li ke

b) Complete the conversations wit h the sentences i n 1a).

beach es, you

.......••••••....••.•••..••••••......... Goa.

1 A .0..Q.YQ.l.!..K.f'.l.Q.W.fll1Y.9P.9.d p/?($.JQ. J?.y?.....

B Sorry, n o. Bu t I wo ul d n't recom m end a n ywhere n ea r t h e sta t ion.

2 A............................................

B I'd reco mmend on e of t he com pa n ies at t he

I've heard And what about You really must

It's probably best Have you got any

AN N........................ m oney?

airport.

3 A

B Yes. You shou ld definitely visi t t h e cath ed ral.

LOUISE

AN N

t o ta ke cash.

Credit cards aren't very useful ou tside hig ci t ies.

4 A

B It isn 't reall y worth going th ere. The beach es a re qu i t e dirty.

LOUISE Lots. 15...................••.....••••••......••••.......... vi si t on e big city. I n dian cit i es a rc j u st incred i bl e.

ANN Yes,

S A

••••••••••••............................ t hat.

B Yes. You sh oul d learn a bi t of t he lan guage. It

<9 Reading and Writing Portfolio 3 p68)

Language Summary 4, Student's Book p122

Riders

Music collocations ED

"Fill in t he ga ps with t he correct form of these verbs.

see go (x 2) play appea r have

Seven things you didn't know about ••

+ In 1958, while Elvis '_Wg.$.. m.lng. (earn)

a month.

+ In 1959, a teacher J---·--- ---··(throw) a 16-year-old Jimi Hendrix out of school because he

his class.

+ In April 1964, while the Beatles s·····- ··-···················....... (finish) their second album,

··-··············-···----.

US charts.

(have) hit records in all of the top S positions in the

Nowadays the business of selling music is a little more complicated than simply

have to promote their records so they

+ In 1963. Roy Orbison 7---·····-·····-·......... (be) on tour with the Beatles. He

(wear) sunglasses.

have to 2.. ········-··--···· on TV

+ In 1970, while the rock group Pink Floyd

•••.••••••

(playing) in front of

and talk about the new album.What's

a large lake in London, the music " -·········-···· ···-·- (be) so loud that some of

more, fans like

·- ···--········

the fish in the lake

• -· (die).

their favourite group play live so groups

+ Sheryl Crowe n·-··- (lose) her two front teeth when she

also have to 4

........................... on

-········· onstage

-·········· ••• ··············-········ (be) eight. Over lS years later she

and 6• • •••••••••.

concerts

waitress accidentally

•••• _

(hit)

every night is exhausting, but ii you want to 7.·-····............ analbum in the charts, you have to promote it!

her with a glass. The same two front teeth

-···············-···-·············-··(fall) out.

+ In 2000. while Madonna 18_ -···

(stay) in Sweden for the MTV Music Awards. she

••••••••.• ••••• ••••••••••••••• ··-· (ask) the hotel to change the

colour of the room. She 10 -··-.•• ········-········-· •

(want) a 'calm

f) Fill i n the gaps with t he verhs in brackets. Use the Past Simple or Past Contin uous.

colour' to help her meditate. Madonna 11.·--··---·········-----···(not joke) and the hotel immediately 11 •••••• -·····- •. (paint) the room.

used to ED

CJ fill in t he gaps with usecl to or the Past Simple of the verb in brack ets.

Before they were famous...

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