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A
The
Tale
Thirty-Nine
of Two
Cities
Steps
and
Other
Stories
To
8 and
whIlE
READING
And
7
whIlE
READING
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sentences
about
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After
truein(T)
Philip
didn’t
win
either
race. He
came
164ChApTers
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. . .?6Cold
hungry.
or
false
(F)?
12 Edek
had
run
away
from
the
Warthe
camp.
Jacques
Gaspard’s
dead
body after the
second .on
and third on
Chainmail.
Where
.Five,
.?Daylight,
Toabout
a farmhouse.
a .the
had
his
273 When
atlost
the
field
kitchen
Ruth
soldiers
had
killed
him.
learnt
that
George
stopped
at
What
. Bill
.?fight
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hooded
hisjob.
eyes
likehad
afinished,
hawk.
b
His
girlfriend
had
left
him.
holding
Edek’s
hand.
24 was
Madame
Defarge,
about
the
Revolution.
Lance
Kinship’s
house
for
a
drink
on
his
way
home.
What . . .? He said that he was a sailor called Ned
c did
The
people
of Thaar
invited
him
to
their
38 Jan
not
believe
Edek’s
story
about
hiding
under
John
about
whether
Ernest
Defarge
is
called
Why
.Barsad,
. who
.?
Because
Yaxley
was
home
from
Hong
Ainslie
had
stolen
some
money
a car.
planet.
a
train.
Jacques
orthree
not.used
Kong .just
weeks
after George’s
5 How
. .?
He
explosive
to blow death.
up the door.
dBerlin
Earth
was
going
to
In
children
stayed
intower.
anexplode.
old
cinema.
Ernest
about
the
attack
on
the
Bastille.
What
. Defarge,
helped
the
wives
and
children
of dead
649 Where
.. The
..?the
.?ItOn
top
of
an
old
e
Brenda
came
back
on
the
fourth
day.
57 Jarvis
Jan
was
helping
some
other
boys
to
steal
food
from
Lorry,
about
Jerry
Cruncher,
who
was
going
and
injured
jockeys.
How . . .? He crawled slowly and carefully and
the
trains.
to
take
care
of
Mr
Lorry
on
his
trip
to
Paris.
avoided the wires.
reAdIng
ChApTer 10
10 marks
6Before
The
American
Captain
toldMarquis
Jan he had
been stealing
Charles
Darnay,
about
the
of Evrémonde
Encourage
students
to
speculate
ChApTers
7
And 8 whIlE
READINGand to make
American food sent to feed the refugees.
(himself).
What but
animals
were
they
using
for
the experiment
do
not
tell
them
the
answer.
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will
175guesses,
Alexander
took
care
Hannay
whenhave
he in
Jan
wentDarnay,
toTurnbull
prison
because
the
children
didn’t
Charles
about
being
a of
prisoner
himself,
The
Secret?
find
out
as
they
read
that
the
answer
is
number
was
ill
with
malaria.
enough
money to pay
the 200 marks.
and remembering
Dr Manette’s
many years in the2.
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2 Scudder
had
sent
a
letter
to
Sir
Walter
Bullivant
Bastille. 10 To 13 whIlE READING
ChApTers
ChApTers
9
And
10
whIlE
READING
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saying that he was with a good friend.
11ChApTers
Lord
White,And
to Philip,
about
the photographs
that
farmer,
to
the
children,
about
a potato
9 whIlE
READING
3 A
SirBavarian
Walter8Bullivant
had
told
the police
that
Hannay
showed
Dana
and
Ivor
den
Relgan
as
lovers.
10 thrown
marks
thatDr
Jan
at him.
1 F
Manette
was safe
in Paris.
was
not
ahad
murderer.
22 F
Harold,
to
Philip,
Ivor
den Relgan
no longer
FrauLucie
Wolff,
tovery
her about
husband,
about
Edek.
was
afraid
ofseven
Madame
Defarge.
4 Karolides
was
shot
dead at
o’clock
in the
6 being
Imagine
you
are George,
one of the engineers in The
in
the
Jockey
Club.
Jan,
to
the
farmer,
about
the
fact
that
the
farmer’s
3 T
evening.
NineYaxley,
Billion to
Names
God. Philip
Write asking
a letterhim
from
Elgin
Philip,ofabout
forthe
sons
had
been
German
soldiers,
and
so
enemies
435 F
Most
of
the
prisoners
were
sent
to
the
Guillotine.
MacGillivray
told
Hannay
that he
didn’t
want towho
monastery
to
athe
friend
in New
York
explaining
your
more
money
for
Injured
Jockeys
Fund.
had
fought
against
Polish people.
5 T
arrest
him.
work
and
your
worries.
44 F
Mrs
Jackson
(Philip’s
neighbour),
tonot
Philip,
about
Frau
Wolff,
toJopley
thehelp,
children,
He
agreed
to
if his
life
wastheir
put in
6 Marmaduke
told
theabout
police
that mother.
Hannay
was
...........................................................................................
the
man
from
the
water
company
who
came
to hide
5 danger.
Edek,
to
the
Burgomaster,
about
Jan,
trying
to
a murderer.
...........................................................................................
Philip’s
pipes.
the
fact
thatwas
Jan
speak
German.
7 check
F
Mr
Lorry
was
planning
to come
leave
Paris
next day.
Lord
Alloa
illcouldn’t
and didn’t
to thethe
meeting
at
...........................................................................................
56 Ivor
den
Relgan,
to
Philip,
about
burning
George
The
Burgomaster,
to
the
farmer,
about
the
children,
Sir
Walter
Bullivant’s
house.
...........................................................................................
ChApTers
10 And 11 whIlE READING
Millace’s
house.
who
had to
be sent home like other refugees.
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1+12
2+16
3+15about
4+10
6+14 7+18
8+11
67ChApTer
Clare,
to9the
Philip,
his 5+17
injuries,
whIlE
READING
Edek,
to
Burgomaster,
about hiswhich
fathershe
Joseph
...........................................................................................
realized
had
been
caused
by
a
beating,
not
a
fall
19+13
Because
he
was
often
too
ill
to
go
to
meetings
and
Balicki.
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Darnay
before the
a second
time,
aappeared
horse.
even
when
hetowas
heTribunal
was
a man
of his
verycanoes
few
8 from
The
farmer,
thewell,
children,
about
using
...........................................................................................
because
he
was
accused
by
three
citizens.
When
Dr
7 words.
Dana
den
Relgan,
to
Philip,
about
the
list
she
had
to...........................................................................................
get away by river.
that heto
was
one of
he
writtenheard
on
packet
of
cigarettes
foraccusers,
George
Millace.
2Manette
Because
he awanted
collect
histhe
pay
personally.
...........................................................................................
11inspector,
Tothe
13
whIlE
READING
spoke
angrily
to
Tribunal.
Defarge
The
police
to for
Philip,
about
theexplained
hydrogen
38ChApTers
Because
he
was
looking
aBut
place
where
high tide
...........................................................................................
1that
She
let
go
of
her
paddle
suddenly,
and
he
fell
back
he
had
found
a
paper
written
by
Dr
Manette
in
sulphide
gas
in
Philip’s
water
filter
that
nearly
killed
was at 10.17.
...........................................................................................
into
the
water.
the
Bastille,
and
he
read
it
aloud
to
the
Tribunal.
The
Jeremy. the spy was going to leave from a small
4 Because
...........................................................................................
2paper
They
found
again,
the river
told
aorstory
ofpaddle
the
Evrémonde
who had
harbour,
atheir
place
where
there because
wasbrothers,
no harbour.
Before reAdIng ChApTer 14
carried
down
them.
theitthe
deaths
of
four
members
a family. The
5caused
Because
spy to
was
going
back toofGermany.
20
marks
students
speculate
and
to to
make
3Encourage
Jan had
left
at theto
next
the
people
were
soitangry
toWolffs’
hear offarm,
these
crimes
thatphoto
they
guesses,
but
do
not
tell
them
Before
reAdIng
ChApTer
10the answers. They will
of Darnay
Rudolf. must go to the Guillotine the next day.
said
find
out
they
read
that
the
answers
and
Encourage
students
toCarton
speculate
toare
make
Total
marks
4T
Because
she
thought
Edek
was
soand
ill the
that
he1cmight
After
the as
trial,
Sydney
went
to
Defarges’
2b.
guesses
butwhere
do not
them
the answers.
will
die before
they
got
to Switzerland.
wine-shop,
hetell
heard
Madame
DefargeThey
talking
be
able
to
check
their
answers
when
they
read
the
5ChApTers
Because
he
to go Defarge
back to did
the not
Wolffs’
about
her family.
wantfarm
to
14wanted
To Madame
16 whIlE
READING
chapter.
The
‘yes’
answers
are 1, 4, 5 and
6. were
and
get
the
silver
sword.
stop
the
killing
until
all
the
Evrémonde
family
On the diazo film and paper Philip discovered a list
6of
Because
Jan screamed
at him
kicked
him
when
dead.
Dr Manette
could
do
nothing
to
help
Darnay
names,
dates,
and
drugs,
andand
a letter
written
by
Joe wouldn’t
take
him
north
Boding.
because
his mind
returned
to the
past. Carton,
George
Millace
tohad
Lance
Kinship.
Because
of this
7letter,
Because
he had
received
from
Herr
and
however,
had
a that
plan,
whichletters
he kept
to himself.
he knew
Lance
Kinship
had
killedWolff
George.
ACTIVITY
1
AFTER
READING
Joseph
Balicki,
and
he
now
knew
for
certain
that
the
Philip’s
mother had died from drugs, so Philip planned
Before reAdIng ChApTers 12 And 13
Possible
answers:
children’s
father
was
living
in
Switzerland.
to
make
Lance Kinship
give speculation.
him the names
people
Open
answers.
Encourage
Doofnot
give
oLiCeman
: What
time
did
you
arrive
at aMr
Hannay’s
8P
Thesold
heavy
rainHe
turned
thethen
stream
into
fast-moving
who
drugs.
would
give
these
names
to
the answers, which are:
flat?
river,
which
carried Edek’s boat out into the lake.
the
drugs
police.
1 Sydney Carton is going to change clothes with
iLkman: she
At about
a quarter
to
seven.
9mVictor
Because
thought
thathe
hewould
cared
moreasking
about his
told
CharlesBriggs
Darnay,
soPhilip
that Charles
canstop
escape, andhim
P
oLiCeman
:
Why
did
you
go
into
the
flat?
dog
Ludwig
than
about
Edek.
toSydney
lose races.
willHowever,
die in his Philip
place. decided to become a
photographer, leave Lambourn, and marry Clare.
aACTIVITY
The Great
Scientist’s
brain turned yellow at the
1 BEFORE
READING
edges.
……………
T 44 T
F 5T 6F 7F
1 FParis
2 Tand3 London.
F
‘My
showed
me from this same hill,
2b In
thefather
Bastille
prisonitintoParis.
ACTIVITY 2 BEFORE READING
many
years
before
you
were
born.’ ……………
3 Lucie.
Encourage
students
to
speculate
They heard a sound their worldand
had to
notmake
known
4c ‘Jacques’.
will
guesses,
but
do
not
tell
them
the
answers.
Theywill
guesses
but
do
not
tell
them
the
answers
They
for
centuries.
……………
5 ‘A terrible machine of death’, with a sharp knife that
find
out
as
they
read
that
the
answers
are
1a,
1c
will
find
out
as
they
read
that
the
‘yes’
answers
are
be
able
to
check
their
answers
when
they
read
the
d cuts
Theoff
jobpeople’s
was the heads.
craziest thing that had ever
(but
for
the
Injured
Jockeys
Fund,
not6.himself), 2a,
numbers
1,‘yes’
2,
4.……………
story.
The
answers
are 2,
5 and
happened
toand
him.
2b,It2d.
2 BEFORE READING
eACTIVITY
was growing
darker
with every footstep he
ACTIVITY
3 BEFORE
READING
Encourage
students to speculate and to make
took.
……………
began
in 1939
andstudents
ended
The Second
correct World
answerWar
is 2,
but do
not tell
but
dothree
not tell
thembreakdowns
the answers.inThey
will
fguesses
‘There
were
nervous
in 1945.
The
children
lived
in Poland,
in eastern
this.
They
will
find out
when
they read
thethe
story.
find
out as Group
they read
the only
‘yes’ answers are
Medical
last that
month.’
……………
Europe.
To get to Switzerland,
they
had to go west to
numbers
5
and
6.
gGermany,
A long river
of5 sea
water
rising up into the
ChApTers
1 To
whIlE
READING
and
then
south
to was
Switzerland.
sky. ……………
1ACTIVITY
Because
he
didn’t
like
cheating,
and he knew that he
3 BEFORE READING
h
‘We
use
a
special
alphabet
of
our
own.’
had
a
very
good
chance
of
winning
that day.
In
France in the 18th century rich noblemen
owned
ChApTers 1 And 2 whIlE READING
……………
2most
He
drove
off
the
road
and
into
a
tree,
probably
of
the
land,
and
the
poor
had
nothing.
They had
1 31 years.
ihard
‘Just
how
are
you
to tell
them?’
because
he
went
to going
sleep
while
he
wasand
driving.
lives,
did
not
have
enough
to
eat,
hated
the
1 To 3 whIlE READING
2ChApTers
He was bored.
3……………
Because
he
was
interested
to
find
out
why
George
and
noblemen.
How
. . his
.?
He
knocked
down aarrived
guard with
catapult
31King
Because
a man
called Scudder
at hisa flat
and
j had
Thekept
walladisappeared
into amistakes.
kind of mist.
box of his worst
and stole
Then he walked out of the
asked
for his uniform.
help.
……………
4 By
giving him a lot of money.
prisonsomeone
with thewas
other
guards.
4 That
going
to kill the Greek Prime
5 Because it showed that they had met each other
2 Minister.
How .20
. .?marks
By hiding in a luggage lift.
before O’Tree shot Yaxley’s horses.
35ChApTers
Why . . .? 1put
Because
a prisoner
had
escaped.
Someone
Toa3knife
whIlE
through
READING
his heart.
6 He was not a serious or responsible person.
What
. . he
.? The
took
her
and
sent
her to
64Who
Jerry
Because
Cruncher
was
afraid
thatBillion
theyaway
would
arrest
him
for
2 1
said
this
in Nazis
The Nine
Names
of God?
7 Because nobody knew that he had them.
Germany.
DrLorry
Wagner, the lama.
2Chuck,
Jarvis
murder.
8 Dana knew him because she got drugs from him,
Why
.have
. .? Because
on thea night
his wife
taken
‘We
been
making
list which
will was
contain
375a Monsieur
To
Scotland.
Defarge
and Ivor hit him because he wanted him to stay away
away,
someone
shot
at the
car, and
one of the Nazi
allathe
possible
names
of God.’
……………
48 Madame
As
milkman.
Defarge
from Dana.
soldiers
was
hitDr
inManette
the
arm.
‘I can see
why
you
want
one of our machines.’
5b Lucie’s
father,
9ChApTers
Because he
thought
they could
put Philip’s life in
3 And
4 whIlE
READING
What
. . Darnay
.? To tell them that he was going to
……………
6 Charles
danger.
1 F
The writing in Scudder’s notebook was mostly
Switzerland
tohire
findtwo
their
and that they
‘You want
to
ofmother,
our engineers.’
7c Sydney
Carton
numbers.
reAdIng
ChApTer
6 they could.
should
follow him
as soon as
……………
8Before
Miss
Pross
2 T
Encourage
students
to speculate
and
to make
7d
Where
. .from
.?
To our
the place
where
the
trains
slow down.
‘This is
bank.’
……………
3ChApTers
F The young
4 And
hotel
5 whIlE
owner
READING
thought that Hannay’s
notcompleted
tell them God
the answers.
They will
eguesses
‘Whenbut
thedo
list’s
simply closes
4The
And
5 whIlE
1ChApTers
Who
story
. . .?was
wonderful.
child
of a READING
man called Gaspard.
find
out as they
read……………
that the answers are 1c and
everything
down.’
412 T
How . . .? By holding on under the Marquis’s coach.
2b.
The
stole
their
enemies,
523 F
How
Hannay
.20
. children
.?marks
He
stole
feltthe
they
carfood
were
thatfrom
hard,
belonged
cruel
to
landowners.
the twobut
men.
ChApTers
6
To
9
whIlE
READING
never
from
their
own
people.
46 F
What
Hannay
. . .? He
spoke
was about
killed Australia
by Gaspard
at the
(‘Jacques’),
election
1Who
Why
. . .?this
Because
didn’tofwant
to destroy
T
whosaid
meeting.
pushed
ainknife
through
his
heart
while he
was
3 3
TheheSongs
Distant
Earth?
Lora,
Daylight’s
enthusiasm
47Clyde,
T
sleeping.
Leon, Lora’s
father.for racing.
How
. got
.?and
His
mother
had
left
him
to stay
with
582a F
Ruth
the
forest
in
summer,
Who
Sir.. .Harry
.?
Charles
wrote
alived
letter
to
Sir
Sydney
Walter
Carton.
Bullivant,
a
‘We’ve
a Bronia
lot
ofDarnay,
fish
toinand
bring
home.’
Samantha
several
times
when
he
was
a
child.
and
in
Warsaw
in
winter.
6 What
friend
. . .?of
Tohis
remember
uncle. that there was a man who
……………
Why
. .give
.?asked
Because
Millace
was
going
63b F
Ruth
the George
Russian
officer
to
find
her to
would
his
life
keep
someone
she
loved
alive
‘I was
just
taking
ato
late
walk.’
……………
Before reAdIng ChApTer 5
photos
him,
but he
died,……………
and the news
and
close
her.
c take
‘Hebrother
seemstoEdek.
aof
nice
young
man.’
Encourage students to speculate and to make
photographers
were
allManette
busy.
7d F
all
soldiers.
What
. .hated
.? be
Hewonderful
told
Dr
his to
real
name,
‘It Jan
would
to be able
travel
back
guesses but do not tell them the answers. They will
How
.
.
.?
He
was
pleased
because
she
liked
his of
84 T
which,
since……………
his uncle’s death, was the Marquis
to Earth.’
be able to check their answers when they read the
wasto
also
alarmed
at the idea of his
Evrémonde.
e photos,
‘I neverbut
meant
hurt
you.’ ……………
Before
6 1, 3, 4 and 5.
chapter. reAdIng
The ‘yes’ ChApTer
answers are
h is work.
8 hobby
What . becoming
. .? It brought
back memories of the Bastille,
Encourage
speculation. The correct answer is 1,
5ChApTers
What
.20
.nine
.?5marks
Her
husband’s
friendship
Dana
and for
days
nine
nights he with
returned
toden
his
And
6and
whIlE
READING
but do not tell students this before they read the
Relgan.
old prison work of making shoes.
chapter. Let them check their guesses as they read.
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Before Reading
Which story do these sentences come from? The
Nine Billion Names of God, The Secret, The Wall of
Darkness, No Morning After, The Songs of Distant
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Arthur C. Clarke
The Songs of Distant Earth
and Other Stories
Setting
13 Henry Cooper sent _____ back to earth.
a □ reports and stories b □ food c □ people
and animals d □ plants
14 Chandra Coomaraswamy was the _____.
a □ newspaper chief b □ police chief
c □ head engineer d □ head scientist
15 Brayldon was studying to be _____.
a □ an architect b □ a teacher c □ a scientist
d □ a doctor
16 When his father died, Shervane became the
_____ in his country.
a □ richest man b □ oldest teacher c □ most
important student d □ wisest man
17 Dr Bill Cross worked for _____.
a □ the church b □ a school c □ the police
d □ the army
18 Bill’s wife was called _____.
a □ Elizabeth b □ Barbara c □ Brenda
d □ Mary
19 Leon was _____ from Earth.
a □ a teacher b □ an engineer c □ a scientist
d □ a doctor
20 Lora had promised to marry _____.
a □ Leon b □ nobody c □ Clyde
d □ the President
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1 The lama wanted the computer to _____.
a □ choose a new name for his country
b □ list the names of all the people c □ list all
the names of God d □ list the names of all the
countries
2 George and Chuck went to Tibet for _____.
a □ three months b □ three years c □ three
days d □ three weeks
3 Henry Cooper had been on the moon for almost
_____ before he discovered that something was
wrong.
a □ three weeks b □ three days c □ two days
d □ two weeks
4 Henry was on his _____ visit to the moon.
a □ first b □ second c □ third d □ fourth
5 Shervane had to travel _____ across the
mountains to continue his studies.
a □ east b □ west c □ north d □ south
6 In the _____ there was a season when darkness
fell and nothing could live.
a □ Dark Land b □ Shadow Land
c □ Mountain Land d □ Cold Land
7 The earth was _____ light years away from
Thaar.
a □ three thousand b □ four hundred
c □ five hundred d □ six thousand
8 The scientists on Thaar had discovered that
_____.
a □ Earth was getting bigger b □ the sun
was getting smaller c □ the moon was going to
explode d □ the sun was going to explode
9 After three hundred years of silence, Earth had
sent a _____ to Thalassa.
a □ star b □ starship c □ shop d □ scream
10 Leon had left Earth _____ years ago.
a □ a thousand b □ a million c □ two
d □ a hundred
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Dialogue
Who said this?
21 ‘There is electricity available…?’
a □ the lama b □ Chuck c □ George
d □ Dr Wagner
22 ‘We could always arrange for the computer to
break down.’
a □ Chuck b □ Dr Wagner c □ the high lama
d □ George
23 ‘A perfectly normal golden hamster. Except that
this one is five years old…’
a □ Dr Hastings b □ Cooper c □ the Medical
Research Group d □ Coomaraswamy
24 ‘My God – you’ve found a way to make life longer!’
a □ Dr Hastings b □ Chuck c □ Cooper
d □ the Medical Research Group
25 ‘I want to be the only one to go all the way up.’
a □ Grayle b □ Brayldon d □ Shervane
d □ Artex
26 ‘The wall is wonderful, yes – but there is no need
to fear it, for those who understand its secret.’
a □ Brayldon b □ Grayle c □ Artex
d □ Shervane
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Characters
Choose the best answer.
11 The lama came from a _____ in Tibet.
a □ school b □ monastery c □ church
d □ company
12 George and Chuck were _____.
a □ lamas b □ scientists c □ engineers
d □ teachers
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27 ‘My dear hallucination, if I believed you – ’
a □ the Great Scientist b □ the voice
c □ Bill d □ Bill’s boss
28 ‘Are all human beings like you?’
a □ Bill’s wife b □ the Thaarns c □ Bill
d □ Bill’s boss
29 ‘Come and help me – we’ve got a lot of fish to
bring home.’
a □ Lora b □ Leon c □ the Mayor
d □ Clyde
30 ‘…you would be more out of place in my world
than I would be in yours.’
a □ Lora b □ Clyde c □ Captain Gold
d □ Leon
40 a person who designs buildings
a □ mathematician b □ lama c □ scientist
d □ architect
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Plot
41 The lamas believed that when the list was
completed, God would step in and _____.
a □ finish the list b □ close the country
c □ close everything down d □ turn off the
computer
42 George and Chuck saw _____ as they looked up
at the sky.
a □ the stars going out b □ birds c □ the
plane d □ the sun going out
43 Henry met Chandra at _____ to go to see Dr
Hastings.
a □ Airlock Three b □ Gate Six c □ Gate
Five d □ Airlock Five
44 On the moon, a human life will last for _____
years.
a □ two hundred b □ twenty c □ one
hundred d □ three hundred
45 It took _____ years to build the stairway to the
top of the wall.
a □ five b □ six c □ seven d □ eight
46 Shervane destroyed the _____.
a □ wall b □ stairway c □ sun
d □ mountains
47 The _____ made Bill feel much happier.
a □ voices b □ water c □ job d □ whisky
48 There wasn’t a _____ day for Bill.
a □ third b □ fourth c □ second d □ fifth
49 Leon’s _____ were in suspended animation.
a □ wife and child b □ mother and father
c □ sisters d □ brothers
50 The colonists were travelling for another two
hundred years to the _____.
a □ Earth b □ moon c □ sun d □ stars
Vocabulary
Choose the best answer.
31 the line at which the land and sky seem to meet
a □ monastery b □ horizon c □ dimension
d □ curve
32 a person who goes to another country (or
planet) and makes it their own
a □ colonist b □ descendant c □ lama
d □ scientist
33 something which you think you see or hear but
which isn’t actually there
a □ gravity b □ dimension c □ telepathic
d □ hallucination
34 being alive but not conscious
a □ telepathic b □ suspended animation
c □ wise d □ puzzled
35 able to communicate directly from one mind to
another without speaking
a □ wise b □ theodolite c □ telepathic
d □ hallucination
36 the force that on Earth pulls things towards the
centre of the planet
a □ science b □ sequence c □ pyramid
d □ gravity
37 worried and afraid
a □ drunk b □ nervous c □ foolish d □ fuss
38 numbers, actions etc. that follow each other in a
special or regular way
a □ sequence b □ research c □ science
d □ shield
39 a message, spoken or silent, that you send to
God
a □ purpose b □ planet c □ point
d □ prayer
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