Reading. (5 points) Task 1. Read and write True or False next to the sentence.
How did all the planets get there? How is it only our planet has life? Will we ever travel to
other planets? I often think about these questions. I think our planet is the best it looks so
beautiful from space with its mixture of blue and green. The other planets look too strange to me
Mercury is just a red, hot ball, pretty much the same as Mars Saturn looks like a real planet. Its
nings give it an extra-special look. The other planets don't look that interesting I don't really know
much about Venus, Neptune, Uranus and Jupiter. When I was at school, we learnt that Pluto was a
planet. However now it is not Scientists have decided there are now only eight planets in our solar
system and not mine. I wonder why they dropped Pluto
12 Our planet looks so beautiful from space
2:22Mercury is pretty much the same as Venus.
3 Rings give Saturn an extra special look.
Now Pluto is a planet.
Scientists have decided there are 10 planets in our solar system,
Writing, (5 points)
Task 2. Order the words to make sentences.
1. often, to, cinema he, the cinema,
2 eating, now Mr. Johnson, his lunch is
3 doesn't very well speak, boy, that
4. now, understanding, you are, this rule?
5.books,many, every year you, read do?​

The future of our planet is vague. At the same there are many down-to-earth predictions, which seem to work. At the moment we live in the new era - the 21st century. Many centuries before people have lived in harmony with nature and its riches. Today, we are facing lots of global problems, which should be approached seriously. Otherwise, our planet can turn into an uninhabited space. Most of these problems are the result of technological progress and rapid scientific development. On the one hand, it’s good to have modern advances, such as newer computers, house robots, and office equipment. On the other hand, to launch and maintain all these machines, we need lots of natural resources. Besides, the growing number of plants is extremely harmful for the surrounding nature. As I see the future of our planet, we’ll have an over-polluted environment. That’s why we’ll have to spend most of the time locked in our flats and houses. These are my personal speculations, which might be right or wrong. I see lots of mighty skyscrapers in the future. They will be equipped with all the necessary facilities, for example, with grocery stores, kindergartens and schools, fitness centers and hairdressing saloons. They will remind a city of full value in one building. Speaking about transport, I think that with such technological progress we will soon have flying cars and taxis, which will pick up the passengers from their own flats. Moreover, I think that vehicles will be computerized and self-operated, which will leave the drivers unemployed. There will be lots of new professions in the future, for example, a telesurgeon, a robot counselor, a space tourist guide, a cloning regulator etc. It sounds bizarre, but this can be our nearest future, and we should think about it today.

I am fond of sports.  Sports make us stronger and healthier.  Many people do sports, so do I.  I like to swim in the swimming pool and in the sea in the summer.  I also like badminton and volleyball. Cycling is another favourite sport of mine. There are also mental sports, chess for example.  Chess games improve the work of our brain, so this game is very useful too. In winter I prefer skiing.  It is very good to ski in the fresh winter air.  But we must remember that any sport is good if you practise it regularly.