Scientists’ telescopes have seen fewer than

Planets outside our galaxy.

According to the text, almost each Sun-like star

in the galaxy has one ≪Earth-like≫ planet.

Very few Earth-like planets are capable of

Sustaining life.

Most gas giants orbit so close to their parent

Stars that the heat from the stars makes life on

The gas giants impossible.

Research at London University suggests there

Could be huge numbers of other Earth-like planets.

Dr Boss reports that many Earth-like planets

Could be inhabited by simple life forms.

Dr Boss thinks BASA’s Kepler mission will begin

Finding some of these planets in the next few months.

9 Dr Boss said to BBC News, ≪Not only are they

Probably habitable but they probably are also

going to be inhabited.≫

Edinburgh University quantified that there are

Thousands of intelligent civilizations.

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Variant 15

2 Complete the text with the words from the box.

Farmhouse maps rented stay barns

With ever wife for only

Bed-and-Breakfast

There was a book with bed-and-breakfast places in it amongst the

Guidebooks and (1) on the back seat of my aunt’s car and

We found somewhere to (2) in there. It was a big, old

(3) down the end of a track, in a dip. There were three

Cows in the nearest field, sheep up on a ridge, hens in the yard, a few

Sheds and (4) standing around, and a rosy-cheeked farmer’s

(5). After a day driving round, I was really impressed

(6) the place initially, thinking we’d finally found the true

Countryside. Now my aunt could write whatever she was supposed to

Write about it, and we could both relax and go home.

But when I suggested that, she just said she wasn’t expected to write

About accommodation. Then, when we got talking to the woman, the

Place wasn’t quite what it seemed anyway. The (7) field

That went with the farmhouse was the one beside the track, with the

Cows in it. The rest belonged to a farm over the hill. The barns were

(8) to another farmer and the woman came from the city

And was married to a travelling salesman. The hens were hers, though.

She’d been a professional bed-and-breakfast lady (9) three

Years, she said, and this was the worst season (10), and,

Yes, we could have separate rooms, two of each if we liked.

3 Comment on the following issues.

Present a timeline for the history of your country.

• What important events helped to create your country’s history?

• How do you think your country will change in the future?

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VARIANT 16

1 Read the text and choose the correct item for each statement below.

To look ahead, we must look back. This is especially true when it comes

To weather. All forecasts are initially based on good data, and the margin of

Error increases the further out we project. Our ability to create even five-day

Forecasts is a relatively recent development — about as good as our ability

To create three-day forecasts 20 years ago. This, of course, means that predicting

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