UNIT 12.

LIFE ON OTHER PLANETS

A. Vocabulary
• Outer space
I. Match each word / phrase with the definition and write the answer in each blank.
1. alien (n) ______ A. a large body in space that moves around the sun
2. spaceship (n) ______ B. Unidentified Flying Object
3. solar system ______ C. having no weight, especially when travelling in space
(n)
4. galaxy (n) ______ D. a creature that comes from another planet
5. UFO ______ E. a large group of stars and planets in outer space
6. planet (n) ______ F. a vehicle in which people can travel in space
7. orbit (n) ______ G. a person who travels in a spaceship
8. satellite (n) ______ H. the sun and the planets that move around it
9. astronaut (n) ______ I. a man-made object that has been sent into space and that
moves around a planet
10. weightless ______ J. the path taken by something (a planet, a satellite, etc.) going
(adj) round something else in space

II. Complete the sentences with the words given.

gravity trace creature craters rocket probabilit
s y
commande telescop aliens satellit Galax spaceships
r e e y
1. He believes that ______________ visit the Earth in UFOs.
2. What is the ______________ of winning?
3. Mars’ ______________ is only about 38% of the Earth’s.
4. We try to fly to distant planets in futuristic ______________.
5. The troops will go into action as soon as their ______________ gives the order.
6. The film was about ______________ from the outer space.
7. There is no ______________ of the camp left.
8. Jupiter is the biggest planet in our solar system, but not the biggest planet in the
______________.
9. They launched a ______________ to the planet Venus.
10. The moon is a natural ______________ of the Earth.
11. With a good ______________, you can see ______________ on the moon.
III. Complete the sentences with the adjectives given.
specia imaginar actual promisin gravitationa
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living suitable unsuitabl habitable intelligent
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1. Water is essential to ______________ things.
2. Some areas of the country are just too cold to be ______________.
3. The equator is a(n) ______________ line around the middle of the Earth.
4. These roads are ______________ for use by heavy vehicles, so they can’t enter these
roads.
5. A conference was planned, but finding a(n) ______________ location was difficult.
6. Firefighters use ______________ breathing equipment in smoky buildings.
7. They are searching for ______________ life forms in other solar systems.
8. Her school report described her as a very ______________ student.
9. The story of the film is based on ______________ events and people.
10. A black hole is matter so dense that nothing, not even light, can escape its
______________ pull.
IV. Complete the sentences with the correct form of the verbs given.
trave destro take over attack land
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hold repair break oppos suppor
down e t
1. She ______________ as manager two weeks ago.
2. You can ______________ a plane on water in an emergency.
3. Their car ______________ and they had to push it off the road.
4. The elderly ______________ free on public transport.
5. Most of the local residents ______________ to the closing of the school last month.
6. She asked if he could ______________ the broken lamp.
7. His starting salary as a new teacher wasn’t enough to ______________ a family.
8. She used to love cats, but one cat ______________ her and she doesn’t like them anymore.
9. In 1906, an earthquake ______________ much of San Francisco.
10. Can you ______________ the bag while I open the door?
V. Fill in each blank of the passage with the correct word below.
ocean life cloud system
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differenc condition kind atmospher
e s e
Can There be Life in the Environment of Titan?
Titan is Saturn’s largest moon and the second largest in the solar ______________ (after
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Ganymede of Jupiter). It is the only moon in the solar system with clouds and a dense, planet-
like 2
______________. Scientists believe that ______________
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on Titan are similar to Earth’s early years. The main ______________ is that, because it is
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closer to the sun, Earth has always been warmer. Titan’s atmosphere is very cold, from -200
degrees to -179 degrees Celsius!
In the atmosphere there are layers of ______________ composed of complex molecules such
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as methane. There also may be a(n) ______________ of methane, or perhaps a liquid water
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layer inside the moon. This type of environment, except for the cold, is the ______________
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of environment in which scientists think ______________ began.

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VI. Complete the conversation, using the words or phrases given below.
had marks on their came wanted to run
faces out away
came up tome opened
Tony: Guess what just happened?
Sally: What?
Tony: I was walking down Ashley Road when I saw two lights. They were on a huge silver
thing that was blocking the street. Then a door ______________ and a lot of men
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______________. They were wearing silver and ______________. The tallest one
3 4

______________ and said, ‘Why are you here?’ I said, ‘I’m here because I live around here.’
But he asked me again, ‘Why are you here?’ I 5
______________, but
the other ones blocked my path. The tall one said, “Send him away. There are not many more
streets left and we don’t have much time.”
Harry: To do what? Catch people like you? What’s this all about? Aliens?
Tony: Maybe. They’re still out there. Why don’t you check?
(A minute later)
Harry: Brilliant, Tony. Your aliens are people from the gas company, looking for a gas leak.
Tony: Got you!
Notes:
- leak (n) = lỗ thủng, khe hở
- (I) Got you! = Tôi hiểu bạn muốn nói gi!
VII. Fill in each blank in the following passage, using the words given below.
believ in nearest billion intelligen
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Earth spaceshi number ordinar universe
p s y
Our planet ______________ is revolving around the sun, which is a fairly small and
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______________ star. There are about 250 ______________ stars in our galaxy, and billions
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of galaxies in the ______________. In recent years, scientists have

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wondered about the possibility of ______________ life forms on the other planets.
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Some scientists ______________ that there may be large ______________ of stars with
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their own planets. It is almost impossible to reach the stars ______________ the Milky Way
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galaxy. It would take the fastest Earth ______________ about 40,000 years to reach the
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______________ star.
VIII. Complete the sentences with the words below.
atmospher black hole comet eclipse
e
gravity light year meteor orbit
satellite shooting solar space
star system suit
SPACE - Q and A
Q: What’s a _____________________?
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A: It’s an arrangement of planets that are in _____________________ around a star or sun.

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Q: What’s a _____________________?
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A: It’s a place in space where _____________________ is very strong. Not even light can
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escape.
Q: What’s a _____________________?
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A: It’s a big ball of ice and rock with a long tail. They travel around in space, but don’t
usually crash into planets.
Q: Is a _____________________really a type of star?
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A: No, it isn’t. When a ________________ from space enters the Earth’s

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_________________, it bums very brightly.

Q: Is a _____________________ comfortable?
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A: Not exactly. It weighs 140 kilos and is difficult to put on. But if you’re working in space,
for example on a man-made _____________________ such as the International Space
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Station, you must wear the suit to stay alive.

Q: What’s a _____________________?
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A: It’s the distance that light travels in one year: 9,460,800,000,000 kilometres.
Q: What happens during a solar _____________________?
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A: The moon passes between the sun and the Earth and blocks the sun’s light.
• Prepositions
IX. Complete each sentence with the correct preposition.
1. We are good friends ____________ Nam and Phong.
2. The teacher put me in charge ____________ organising the meeting.
3. These spaceships may send back data ____________ the outmost reaches of the solar
system.
4. He was voted the most promising new actor ____________ his part in the film.
5. Do you have anything similar ____________ this material but cheaper?
6. The writer returned ____________ his hometown many years ago.
7. They were using animals ____________ scientific experiments.
8. In 1969, the first man landed ____________ the Moon.
9. They are considering the exploration ____________ Mars by robot.
10. The atmosphere protects us ____________ most the harmful ultraviolet radiation
____________ the Sun.
B. Grammar
• Reported speech (questions)
I. Choose the correct words.
I met a man in the city centre who asked me ...
1. whether I knew / know where Ben Thanh Market was.
2. if I have / had been there before.
3. what did I think / I thought of the city.
4. where did I come / I came from.
5. how much money I have got / had.
6. whether I want / wanted to buy a souvenir.
II. Read the questions. Choose the correct reported questions.
1. ‘Where did you go on holiday?’
A. He asked us where we did go on holiday.
B. He asked us where we went on holiday.
2. ‘Do you know about the Snowman?’
A. He asked me if I knew about the Snowman.
B. He asked me if I know about the Snowman.
3. ‘Will you set off early?’
A. She asked me would I set off early.
B. She asked me if I would set off early.
4. ‘Do you want a new laptop?’
A. My dad asked me did I want a new laptop.
B. My dad asked me if I wanted a new laptop.
5. ‘Can I borrow your calculator?’
A. Mai asked if she can borrow my calculator.
B. Mai asked if she could borrow my calculator.
6. ‘Where is the public library?’
A. They asked where the public library was.
B. They asked where was the public library.
7. ‘What can I do in the club?’
A. Nick asked me what he could do in the club.
B. Nick asked me what can he do in the club.
III. Write reported questions.
1. ‘When do you clean your shoes?’
🡪 She asked him
2. ‘Where do you often go swimming?’
🡪 She asked me
3. ‘What are you listening to?’
🡪 We asked him
4. ‘What will you do with the prize money?’
🡪 They asked us
5. ‘When will you get a new bicycle?’
🡪 He asked me
6. ‘What sports do you play?’
🡪 The doctor asked him
7. ‘Why are you in a hurry?’
🡪 I asked my father
8. ‘Where did you park your car?’
🡪 I asked her
IV. Change each of the questions into reported speech. Begin each one with the words
given.
1. ‘Where is the principal’s office?’
🡪 I didn’t know
2. ‘Where does Mr. Smith go?’
🡪 We wanted to know
3. ‘Which file is the letter in?’
🡪 The teacher asked me
4. ‘When is he leaving for the foreign trip?’
🡪 No one seemed to know
5. ‘When will your father get back?’
🡪 He asked me
6. ‘Where do you put the book?’
🡪 I asked him
7. ‘What time are you coming back?’
🡪 He didn’t tell me
8. ‘Where is it?’
🡪 I didn’t have any idea
9. ‘What does this word mean?’
🡪 I asked him
10. ‘How well does she speak English?’
🡪 We wanted to know
V. Write the following sentences as reported questions, using the word given in brackets.
1. ‘What’s your name?’ he asked. (wanted to know)
___________________________________________________________________________
_______
2. ‘How old are you?’ she said. (asked)
___________________________________________________________________________
_______
3. ‘Who will you see at the meeting?’ my mother said. (asked)
___________________________________________________________________________
_______
4. ‘When does the train leave?’ I asked. (wanted to know)
___________________________________________________________________________
_______
5. ‘How do you get to school?’ she said. (asked)
___________________________________________________________________________
_______
6. ‘Why can’t you come to the party?’ she asked. (asked)
___________________________________________________________________________
_______
7. ‘Where do you live?’ the boy asked. (wanted to know)
___________________________________________________________________________
_______
8. ‘Who do you want to talk to at the meeting?’ she said. (asked)
___________________________________________________________________________
_______
9. ‘Why are you so late?’ the teacher said. (demanded to know)
___________________________________________________________________________
_______
10. ‘Why won’t you let me in the stadium?’ the man said to the guard. (wanted to know)
___________________________________________________________________________
_______
VI. Write these questions into reported speech, using wanted to know and the words
given in brackets.
Example: ‘Which book will you take?’ (he)
He wanted to know which book I would take.
1. ‘What are you doing?’ (he)
___________________________________________________________________________
_______
2. ‘How far do I have to walk?’ (she)
___________________________________________________________________________
_______
3. ‘What do you have to eat for lunch?’ (he)
___________________________________________________________________________
_______
4. ‘What time does the performance start?’ (he)
___________________________________________________________________________
_______
5. ‘How long does the journey take?’ (she)
___________________________________________________________________________
_______
6. ‘Where do you stay in Ho Chi Minh City?’ (my aunt)
___________________________________________________________________________
_______
7. ‘When do you start your Japanese class?’ (my mother)
___________________________________________________________________________
_______
8. ‘Where do you like to spend your holiday this year?’ (she)
___________________________________________________________________________
_______
9. ‘What nationality is Jack?’ (we)
___________________________________________________________________________
_______
10. ‘What are you wearing for the party tonight?’ (my sister)
___________________________________________________________________________
_______
VII. Complete the direct questions.
1. Can you tell me how old you are?
‘How ___________________________________________________________?’
2. Can you tell me how you made this cake?
‘How ___________________________________________________________?’
3. I’d like to know when you arrived.
‘When __________________________________________________________?’
4. I’d like to know when she’ll be ready.
‘When __________________________________________________________?’
5. Can you tell me what you’re doing?
‘What ___________________________________________________________?’
6. I was wondering if you’ve got a laptop.
‘Have ___________________________________________________________?’
IX. Rewrite the sentences in reported speech.
1. Nhi: Space offers unique pleasures including the view and zero gravity activities.
🡪 Nhi said.
2. Duong: Space travel is risky and expensive.
🡪 Duong thought that.
3. Mai: Will Enceladus provide a habitable environment for life?
🡪 Mai asked.
4. Nick: When did the flyby - a flight of a spaceship near a planet - take place?
🡪 Nick asked.
5. Mi: What do scientists discover from the photos of Saturn’s moon - Enceladus?
🡪 Mi asked.
C. Reading
I. Choose the word or phrase among A, B, C or D that best fits the blank space in the
following passage.
Once a month, the moon travels in a complete circle _____________ the earth. As it moves
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in its circle, it _____________ to change shape. This is because we, on Earth,

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_____________ only that section of the moon that catches the sun’s light
When the sun, the moon and the earth are in a straight line with the moon in the middle, it is
impossible for us to see the moon. At this point, the moon is said to be new. We are unable to
see it in this position because the side facing the _____________ is in shadow. As the new
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moon begins to circle the earth, however, we begin to see that part of its surface that catches
the sun’s _____________. After some days, when it reaches the position where the earth is 6
5

_____________ the sun and the moon, we see the lull moon. Later, it again _____________
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half moon, becoming smaller and smaller until it disappears again to become the new moon.
This cycle takes 28 days or a lunar _____________.
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1. A. around B. under C. between D. through

2. A. looks B. wants C. seems D. takes
3. A. hear B. know C. see D. understand
4. A. sun B. earth C. moon D. sky
5. A. light B. energy C. heat D. movement
6. A. across B. between C. over D. after
7. A. sees B. goes C. gets D. becomes
8. A. week B. month C. fortnight D. year
II. Choose the word or phrase among A, B, C or D that best fits the blank space in the
following passage.
Why does Man want to go to other planets _____________ the solar system? Just for
1

adventure? True, _____________ is adventure in space travel. But a _____________ to

2 3

other planets would also be _____________. For example, space stations could be built that
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would give us _____________ information about the weather.

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In space stations _____________ around the earth, Man could live and Study the cloud
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formations on _____________ surface. These formations could tell US what weather to

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_____________ in any part of the world at any time. _____________ information would be
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useful to pilots, to ship captains, and even to farmers _____________ must set dates for
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planting and harvesting.

1. A. on B. in C. at D. of
2. A. there B. this C. that D. it
3. A. travel B. fly C. trip D. drive
4. A. practice B. practiced C. practicing D. practical
5. A. valuable B. wealthy C. expensive D. amused
6. A. moves B. moving C. moved D. moveable
7. A. his B. her C. its D. their
8. A. hope B. believe C. expect D. consider
9. A. These B. Those C. So D. Such
10. A. which B. who C. whom D. whose
 III. Read the article about holidays on the moon. Match paragraphs A-D with the
interview questions 1-4.
1. Why isn’t tourist travel to the moon possible now? _______
2. How many people have walked on the moon? _______
3. When tourists get to the moon, what can they expect from a hotel? _______
4. When will there be a hotel on the moon? _______
Holiday on the Moon?
A People first visited the moon in 1969, when Neil Armstrong made ‘a giant leap for mankind’.
Between 1969 and 1972, a total of 12 men walked on the moon. After the moon landings, the
focus of space travel turned to making reusable spacecraft and building the International
Space Station.
B Construction has not yet begun, but some experts predict that there will be a hotel on the
moon in the next 50 years. Virgin Galactic is already planning tourist flights to orbit the
Earth, and may be able to touch down on the moon to deliver tourists one day.
C The big challenge is cost. Lots of people want to visit space, but at the moment, a ticket for
even a short journey is more than most normal people can afford. The other challenge is
training and fitness. Astronauts require at least six months of training to be prepared for the
physical effects of rocket travel. Most people don’t have the time to prepare.
D A company called Bigelow Aerospace has developed space stations that are inflatable, like
balloons. Each station could be used as a home-on-the-moon for up to 18 people. The rooms
wouldn’t be large, but they would have a great view of the Earth.
IV. Read the diary of British astronaut Tim Peake, and mark the sentences T (true), or
F (false). Correct the false sentences.

LIFE IN SPACE
‘What’s that light in the sky? Is it a star? Is it a planet? No, it’s the International Space
Station, 400 km above the Earth. I’m here on the space station for six months with five other
astronauts from Russia, the USA, Holland and Japan. We travel around the Earth sixteen
times every day, at a speed of 27,724 km per hour.
I get up at six o’clock in the morning and I wash. Everything floats in space because of zero
gravity, including water. We have a special shampoo to wash our hair without water.
I get dressed in a T-shirt and shorts. We only use the space suits outside the space station.
Outside, the temperature changes a lot. It’s 100°C in the sun, but it’s -100°C in the dark. It’s
23°c inside the space station, in winter and in summer.
We have breakfast at quarter to seven. All our food comes in tins and special bags and it isn’t
very nice. We don’t have pizzas on the space station. After breakfast, we do exercise for an
hour. Our arms and legs don’t do a lot of work on the space station because we float. We
watch films in the gym. My favorites are Russian comedies. They’re funny.
Then we start work. We do experiments and work on the computers. We have lunch at one
o’clock. In the afternoon, I make videos for science lessons in schools. I answer questions
from students about life in space. Before dinner we do another hour of exercise.
In the evening and at the weekend, we play games, chat or use the internet - we’ve got the
internet in space. On Sunday, we have a video chat with our families and friends.
We go to bed early. We sleep in sleeping bags, so we don’t float around the space station at
night.
1. The astronauts are of different nationalities.
___________________________________________________________________________
________
2. The food they eat in space is popular.
___________________________________________________________________________
________
3. The writer likes Russian films.
___________________________________________________________________________
________
4. They do one hour of exercise every day.
___________________________________________________________________________
________
5. They have a video chat every evening.
___________________________________________________________________________
________
6. They go to bed late.
___________________________________________________________________________
________
VI. Read the following passages, and decide if the sentences are T (True) or F (False).
Correct the false ones.
Passage 1
Robert Hammond was driving home one night with his wife Judy when their car suddenly
stopped. He turned the key but the car did not start. Judy looked at her watch. It was one
minute before midnight and there were no other cars on the road. They were discussing what
to do when they saw a bright light in the sky.
Robert opened the car door. Judy told him to stay in the car but he didn’t listen. She watched
her husband walk towards the light. He walked until he was under the light and stopped. Then
suddenly the light disappeared and it was dark. It was also silent again. At the same time, the
car started again. Judy looked at her watch again. It was still one minute to midnight. She
waited for her husband but he didn’t return. She called his name but there was no reply.
Robert Hammond disappeared and his wife Judy never saw him again.
Passage 2
Mary was studying late one night for her final exams when she fell asleep in front of her
computer. She started to have a really strange dream. She was wearing a white dress and she
was lying on a bed. She tried to move but she couldn’t. She looked up and saw two alien faces
looking at her. They had big grey heads with large black eyes.
Then another alien arrived. He was carrying a large machine. He put something over her
mouth. When Mary woke up, she was not in front of her computer. She was in her bed. Then
she got up and looked into the mirror. Her two front teeth were missing.
1. Robert and Judy were on a busy road. ____________
2. They saw a bright white light in the night sky. ____________
3. Robert got out of the car. ____________
4. Robert’s encounter lasted for twenty minutes. ____________
5. Mary went to bed because she was tired. ____________
6. In her dream, she saw three aliens. ____________
7. The aliens put something over her hand. ____________
8. Her mother woke her up the next morning. ____________
VII. Read the story, and match the sentence halves. Write the answer in each blank.
A New Home
The president of the planet Trojan was standing in front of her palace. She spoke to all the
people. “People of Trojan!” she said. “I have some bad news. Another planet is coming
towards us. One hundred years from now, the other planet is going to hit us and destroy us.
There is nothing we can do.”
The Trojan people were very frightened. The president said more.
“Don’t worry. We have a plan. We’re going to build spaceships - the biggest spaceships in the
history of universe. Each spaceship is going to carry 10,000 people - and we are going to
build 20,000 spaceships! In this way, we can take every Trojan man, woman, and child to a
safe place - before the other planet hits us.”
The people asked, “Where? Where is this safe place?”
The president said, “There is another planet, very far from here. It is a planet where Trojan
people can live. The air is like our air; the water is like our water; and there is room for us.
The name of this planet is: Earth!”
The next day, the people of Trojan started to build the spaceships. It took them a very long
time - more than fifteen years - to build the first 1,000 spaceships. And after fifty years, 5,000
spaceships were ready. And finally, all the 20,000 spaceships were ready. The spaceships
were round, like huge yellow footballs - so big that 10,000 Trojans could go inside each one.
Then, one day, the people of Trojan said goodbye to their home. They got into the spaceships.
And, one by one, the spaceships took off. And the Trojans began the journey to their new
home.
20 years later, the spaceships landed on the planet Earth.
1. Another planet was going to ... ______ A. into each spaceship.
2. The Trojan people planned ... ______ B. 20,000 very big
spaceships.
3. The Trojan people built... ______ C. hit the planet Trojan.
4. 10,000 Trojan people went... ______ D. on the planet Earth.
5. After twenty years, the Trojan people landed ... ______ E. to travel to Earth.
VIII. Read the passage and then decide whether the statements are true (T) or false (F).

The International Space Station - the manned satellite - has constantly circled the Earth in low
orbit up to now. Since the first permanent crew moved in on 2 November 2000, 220 people
representing 17 countries have come and gone. Most of those astronauts have been Americans
on the space shuttle flights to deliver the equipment, food and other supplies.
Russia has sent the second largest number of people, with Canada and Japan tied for third. At
least one American and one Russian have been on board at all times.
The ISS orbits 240 miles above the planet at 17,150 mph and can often be seen by the naked
eye. The complex has grown from three to 13 rooms and the current structure has a mass of
nearly 450 tons. More than 26,500 meals have been served, 1,760 experiments carried out and
189 spacewalks undertaken, according to NASA. The 189 spacewalks have been undertaken
to build and maintain the space station.
The most important experiment, according to Commander Scott Kelly, was about keeping
humans alive in space.
NASA administrator, Charles Bolden, called the 15-year milestone in 2015 ‘a remarkable
moment’. He added, ‘It has taught us about what’s possible when tens of thousands of people
across 15 countries work together with the shared goals.’
1. The International Space Station started working on 2 November 2000.
_____
2. People of different nationalities have worked on the ISS.
_____
3. American astronauts flew on the space shuttles to bring supplies to the ISS.
_____
4. The ISS orbits high above the Earth and can only be seen through telescopes.
_____
5. The space station travels around the Earth at the speed of light.
_____
6. The astronauts have to walk outside space to maintain the space station.
_____
7. The most important experiment done by the ISS was about keeping humans lively in space.
_____
8. The achievements of the ISS are to make thousands of people in many countries collaborate
with the same purposes.
_____
IX. Read the passage, and do the tasks that follow.

The New Horizons - a NASA probe - went past Pluto in summer 2015. Pluto was discovered
by Clyde Tombaugh - an American astronomer - in 1930 as the ninth planet in the solar
system. However, on January 19, 2006, Pluto was regarded as a dwarf planet. In the solar
system, there are the inner rocky planets, such as the Earth, Mars, Venus and Mercury, and
the outer gas giants, like Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, and Neptune. Pluto and its largest moon,
Charon, belong to a third category known as “ice dwarfs”. They have solid surfaces but,
unlike the other planets, their mass is icy material.
The probe traveled more than 3.6 billion miles to take the photos. The new image shows a
clear view of Pluto’s surface, and it is covered with wide smooth areas, and mountains. Huge
mountains are made of water ice. Scientists hope that information from the New Horizons will
prove that there might be a lot of water on Pluto. Finding water on another world is important
because water is considered one of the key materials to life.
Besides Charon, Pluto has four other small moons: Styx, Nix, Kerberos, and Hydra.
The New Horizon’s mission makes the United States the first nation to send a space probe to
every planet from Mercury to Pluto.
Task 1. Read the passage again, and then answer the following questions.
1. When was Pluto discovered?
___________________________________________________________________________
________
2. Why was Pluto not considered a planet but a dwarf planet?
___________________________________________________________________________
________
3. How far did the New Horizons travel to take the photos of Pluto?
___________________________________________________________________________
________
4. Why do scientists hope that there might be a lot of water on Pluto?
___________________________________________________________________________
________
5. Why was the mission to Pluto important to the United States?
___________________________________________________________________________
________
Task 2. Match each underlined word in the text with the definition, writing the answer
in each blank.
1. probe ______ A. a scientist who studies universe
2. astronomer ______ B. a group of people or things that are similar to each other
3. dwarf ______ C. a small spacecraft with no one travelling in it
4. category ______ D. very important
5. key ______ E. someone or something that is smaller than the usual size

TEST (UNIT 12)

I. Find the word which has a different sound in the part underlined.
1. A. gravity B. habitable C. alien D. galaxy
2. A. promising B. oppose C. rocket D. possibility
3. A. trace B. crater C. actual D. spaceship
4. A. telescope B. atmosphere C. promising D. oppose
5. A. creature B. bright C. crater D. attack
II. Choose the word which has a different stress pattern from the others.
6. A. alien B. atmosphere C. adventure D. galaxy
7. A. exploration B. accommodate C. environment D. experience
8. A. forgetful B. wonderful C. beautiful D. waterless
9. A. sighting B. climate C. attempt D. system
10. A. astronaut B. Mercury C. Jupiter D. computer
III. Choose the best answer A, B, C or D to complete the sentences.
11. An astronaut has to wear a spacesuit ____________ it may be very cold in space.
A. so B. but C. because D. because of
12. In the story, the spaceship comes into contact with a society of friendly ____________.
A. enemies B. aliens C. citizens D. foreigners
13. Scientists have been trying to find ____________ of aliens.
A. amounts B.records C. traces D. sights
14. There have been many UFO ____________ reported.
A. sights B. signs C. signals D. sightings
15. The unicorn - an imaginary horse with a horn in front of its head - is a mythical
____________.
A. animal B. person C. giant D. creature
16. In the mid-19 century, scientists discovered that Mars had some similarities
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____________ Earth.
A. to B. with C. of D. from
17. Neptune is bright blue ____________ it is named after the Roman God of the sea.
A. because B. but C. so D. or
18. There is a lot of interest in doing experiments in the ____________ conditions.
A. weigh B. weighing C. weight D. weightless
19. Titan, one of Saturn’s ____________, has a thick atmosphere.
A. satellite B. spaceships C. moons D. comets
20. Scientists believe that Mars also ____________ seasons just as the Earth does.
A. spends B. experiences C. experiments D. takes
IV. Complete the sentences with the words given.
collec back from watch first
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spee wor transporte understandin
suits d k d g

Lunar Roving Vehicle

In the late 1960s, NASA began a series of missions to the moon. On the ____________
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three missions the astronauts explored on foot only a few hundred meters around then
spacecraft, but on the last three missions, they used a small electric car which allowed them to
see and do much more on their short visits.
The Lunar Roving Vehicle (LRV) was an electric car which had a top ____________ of 8
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mph, and allowed the astronauts to visit sites five miles away from their landing, and to 23

____________ samples from a much wider area to help scientists get a better ____________
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of the moon’s surface.

The LRV had to be ____________ to the moon in the bottom part of the spacecraft. A
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camera was set up in the LRV so that NASA could control remotely ____________ the
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Earth, allowing them to 27

____________ the astronauts as they explored the
moon’s surface in the LRV.
NASA plans to go ____________ to the moon from the year 2022. This time they aim to
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explore thousands of miles of the surface, staying for months at a time. Right now, NÁSA is
working on new ideas for moon cars in which astronauts can live and ____________ for up
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to two weeks. They will be able to sleep in the cab, and there is a separate compartment where
they can put on the space ____________ to go exploring on foot.
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V. Choose the correct form to complete the following sentences.

31. She asked me where was I /I was going.
32. I don’t know what is his name / his name is.
33. Ask him what time is it / it is.
34. He wants to know where she lives I does she live.
35. He asked me how much did my bike cost / my bike cost.
36. I don’t know where did he put / he put those magazines.
37. He asked me how old was I / I was.
38. He didn’t say where he was / was he going.
39. He asked me when I would / would I return.
40. I asked him what time could he / he could meet us.
VI. Change the following sentences into reported speech.
41. I said to the shopkeeper, ‘How much does this shirt cost?’
___________________________________________________________________________
________
42. Mr. Vinh said to me, ‘Where are you going?’
___________________________________________________________________________
________
43. Mary said, ‘What are you going to eat in the cafeteria?’
___________________________________________________________________________
________
44. His uncle asked him, ‘Where are you going on your holiday?’
___________________________________________________________________________
________
45. He said to me, ‘How are you today?’
___________________________________________________________________________
________
46. She said to me, ‘When will you get back from your trip?’
___________________________________________________________________________
________
47. He asked her, ‘What time is it?’
___________________________________________________________________________
________
48. The tourist asked, ‘How long does it take to get to Ha Noi by car?’
___________________________________________________________________________
________
49. He asked me, ‘How long have you studied English?’
___________________________________________________________________________
________
50. I said to her, ‘What will you buy for your father’s birthday?’
___________________________________________________________________________
________
VII. Choose the word or phrase among A, B, C or D that best fits the blank space in the
following passage.
Long ago a lot of people _______________ the moon was a god. Other people thought it
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was just a light in the sky. And others thought it was a big _______________ of cheese!
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The telescopes were made, and men saw that the moon was really another world. They
wondered 53
_______________ it was like. They dreamed of going there. On July 20,
1969, that dream came 54
_______________. Two American astronauts landed on the
moon. _______________ names were Neil Armstrong and Edwin Aldrin.
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The first thing the men found was that the moon is covered _______________ dust. The
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dust is so thick that the men left _______________ where they walked. Those were the first
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marks a living thing had ever made on the moon. And they could _______________ there
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for years and years. There is no wind or rain to wipe them off. The two men
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_______________ rocks to bring back to Earth for study. They dug up dirt to bring back.
They set up machines to find out things people wanted to know. Then they were off on their
long trip _______________ the earth.
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51. A. thought B. guessed C. told D. said

52. A. form B. stone C. ball D. round
53. A. how B. which C. that D. what
54. A. real B. true C. unreal D. untrue
55. A. Their B. His C. Its D. Theirs
56. A. by B. for C. to D. with
57. A. fingerprints B. footprints C. handprints D. prints
58. A. go B. remain C. put D. run
59. A. got up B. gave up C. picked up D. set up
60. A. back to B. from to C. into D. onto
VIII. Read the following passage carefully, then write True (T) or False (F) for each
statement.
People have been talking about UFOs for ages. Millions of normal people keep saying that
they were caught and taken into UFOs.
The first case was in the 1950s when George Adamski said a UFO had taken him to the far
side of the moon. Another case took place in 1961, when an American couple, Betty and
Barley Hill, were chased by a UFO while they were driving home one night in New
Hampshire. The couple stopped to observe the UFO through binoculars. To escape from it,
they took the back roads and arrived home two hours later.
Fourteen years later, in 1975, one of the most shocking events happened in a small town in
Arizona, when a woodcutter called Travis Walton disappeared with a blue-green light from a
flying saucer under his teammates’ eyes. Five days later, the missing woodcutter returned
home and said, T woke up on the UFO and found myself among strangers with no hair and
half-formed face. They put a mask over my face, and I fell asleep again. 1 remembered
nothing else until I awoke in the forest where I had been caught.’
61. It was first claimed that someone had been taken away in a UFO in the middle of the 20 th

century.
____
62. Betty and Barley Hill live in the USA.
____
63. Betty and Barley Hill were also taken away in a UFO.
____
64. Travis Walton was caught on the road.
____
65. The aliens wore the masks all the time while Travis was staying with them.
____
IX. Choose the item among A, B, C or D that best answers the question about the
passage.
A UFO (Unidentified Flying Object) is any object flying in the sky which cannot be identified
by the person who sees it. Sometimes the object is investigated. If people cannot figure out
what the object is after an investigation, it is called a UFO. If they figure out what the object
is, it can no longer be called a UFO because it has been identified.
Even though UFOs can be anything, people can use the word UFO when they are talking
about alien spacecraft. Flying saucer is another word that is often used to describe an
identified flying object.
Studies estimate that 50-90% of all reported sightings are identified later. Usually 10-20% are
never identified. Studies also show that very few UFO sightings are hoaxes (people trying to
trick other people). Most UFOs are actually natural or man-made objects that looked strange.
80-90% of UFOs are identified as one of three different things: (a) astronomical causes (for
example: planets, stars, or meteors); (b) aircraft; and (c) balloons. 10-20% of UFOs are other
causes, such as birds, clouds, mirages, searchlights, etc.
66. Another word used to describe a UFO is ____.
A. astronaut B. cooking plane C. spacecraft D. flying saucer
67. How many percent of all reported sights are not identified?
A. 10-20% B. 20-30% C. 30-50% D. 80-90%
68. Most UFOs are identified as one of the following things except.
A. balloons B. rains C. stars D. clouds
69. Which of the following sentences is NOT true?
A. UFO means Unidentified Flying Object.
B. UFO is often used to talk about alien objects.
C. Many UFO sightings are hoaxes.
D. Over half of all reported UFO sightings are identified.
70. What does the word “figure out” in paragraph 1 mean?
A. explain B. observe C. calculate D. require

REVIEW 4 (UNITS 10-11-12)

I. Find the word which has a different sound in the part underlined.
1. A. platform B. scanner C. advanced D. translation
2. A. invent B. machine C. fingerprint D. promising
3. A. telepathy B. telescope C. develop D. epidemic
4. A. creatures B. lens C. Mars D. marks
5. A. fingerprint B. truancy C. connection D. contact
II. Choose the word which has a different stress pattern from the others.
6. A. telepathy B. community C. development D. scientific
7. A. incident B. terrorist C. adventure D. cultural
8. A. disease B. tablet C. buggy D. robot
9. A. unnatural B. impossible C. emotionless D. disrespectful
10. A. multimedia B. communication C. similarity D. possibility
III. Choose the best answer A, B, C or D to complete the sentences.
11. Facebook was built on the ______________ of earlier social network sites like MySpace
and Bebo.
A. succeed B. successful C. successfully D. success
12. It is thought that driverless cars will transform the way we move ______________ cities
in the future.
A. around B. away C. along D. ahead
13. Little Pascal ______________ a mechanical calculator which could do additions or
subtractions very quickly.
A. discovered B. found C. found out D. invented
14. Robots save workers from ______________ dangerous tasks.
A. making B. having C. performing D. carrying
15. Many people believe that robots have made workers jobless, ______________ that is not
necessarily true.
A. but B. and C. so D. or
16. The power is cut! What happens ______________ the cake?
A. on B. at C. to D. with
17. Teenagers spend most of their time playing computer games; ______________, they lose
their interests in daily activities.
A. moreover B. so C. however D. as a result
18. Science and technology have ______________ the life safe, secure and comfortable.
A. transformed B. made C. done D. changed
19. Terrorists are using modem technology ______________ their destructive work.
A. about B. at C. for D. with
20. With the advance of science and technology, our life changes greatly in various
______________.
A. scenes B. fields C. sights D. regions
IV. Choose the word or phrase among A, B, C or D that best fits the blank space in the
following passage.
Eye Contact
Eye contact is an important type of ______________ communication. The way you look at
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someone can ______________ many things, including interest, affection, hostility, or

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attraction. Eye contact is also important in ______________ the flow of conversation.

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Eye contact will be more continuous ______________ a person is trying to listen to you.
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Looking at a person can be an indication of ______________. People who are interested in

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someone show 26
______________ eye contact and lean forward toward the other
person in the conversation. ______________ eye contact with another person
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can be ______________ to show respect.

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21. A. verbal B. non-verbal C. oral D. online

22. A. mean B. bring C. transmit D. communicate
23. A. maintaining B. stopping C. preventing D. increasing
24. A. although B. because C. unless D. if
25. A. attract B. attracted C. attractive D. attraction
26. A. high B. strong C. weak D. deep
27. A. Taking B. Doing C. Making D. Bringing
28. A. use B. used C. using D. to use
V. Read the text and do the tasks that follow.
If you think of the jobs robots could never do, you would probably put doctors and teachers at
the top of the list. It’s easy to imagine robot cleaners and factory workers, but some jobs need
human connection and creativity. But are we underestimating what robots can do? In some
cases, they already perform better than doctors at diagnosing illness. Also, some patients
might feel more comfortable sharing personal information with a machine than a person.
Could there be a place for robots in education after all?
British education expert Anthony Seldon thinks so. And he even has a date for the robot
takeover of the classroom: 2037. He predicts robots will do the main job of transferring
information and teachers will be like assistants. Intelligent robots will read students’ faces,
movements and maybe even brain signals. Then they will adapt the information to each
student. It’s not a popular opinion and it’s unlikely robots will even have empathy and the
ability to connect with humans like another human can.
One thing is certain, though. A robot teacher is better than no teacher at all. In some parts of
the world, there aren’t enough teachers and 9-16% of children under the age of 14 don’t go to
school. That problem could be partly solved by robots because they can teach anywhere and
won’t get stressed, or tired, or move somewhere for an easier, higher-paid job.
Those negative aspects of teaching are something everyone agrees on. Teachers all over the
world are leaving because it is a difficult job, and they feel overworked. Perhaps the question
is not ‘Will robots replace teachers?’ but ‘How can robots help teachers?’ Office workers can
use software to do things like organise and answer emails, arrange meetings and update
calendars. Teachers waste a lot of time doing non-teaching work, including more than 11
hours a week marking homework. If robots could cut the time teachers marking homework
and write reports, teachers would have more time and energy for the parts of the job humans
do best.
Task 1. Read the text, and mark the sentences true (T) or false (F).
29. Some jobs seem as if they can be done by robots or computers.
____
30. Robots are always better at diagnosing illnesses than doctors.
____
31. Many experts agree robots will replace teachers by 2037.
____
32. One advantage of robot teachers is that they don’t need to rest.
____
33. Robot assistant could help teachers by marking homework and writing reports.
____
34. Some teachers use robots to reduce their time answering emails and marking homework.
____
Task 2. Choose the correct answers.
35. It’s easy to think robot doctors ____________.
A. will replace people even if we don’t like the idea
B. are more capable than people and it’s true
C. can do less than people but it’s not always true
36. Anthony Seldon thinks teachers in the future will ____________.
A. help robots in class
B. teach knowledge to students
C. no longer exist
37. Robots will probably never ____________.
A. have human understanding of emotions
B. be a popular choice for teachers
C. be intelligent enough to work in education
38. Some parts of the world ____________.
A. pay robots to teach
B. already use robots in teaching jobs
C. have a shortage of teachers
39. Teachers ____________.
A. work harder than office workers
B. have less help than office workers
C. leave their jobs to become office workers
40. Robots could ____________.
A. empathise with students
B. mark homework
C. prepare lessons