Reading 1 Read The Article and Number The Information in The Order It Is Mentioned

Reading
1 Read the article and number the information in the order it is mentioned.
____ Mental messaging technology is not fully developed yet.

____ Telepathic technology could have important medical uses.
____ The second person felt something in the brain when the other person spoke.
____ Two people communicated telepathically between India and France.
____ Researchers say the study proves that mental messaging is possible.
____ Telepathic ability has recently been proven by scientists.
2 Read the text again and answer the questions.
a. Where could mental telepathy be seen prior to the experiment?
b. Where was the first telepathic message sent to?
c. What was the first kind of information sent telepathically?
d. How did the receiver of the message know someone was communicating with him?
e. How could the discovery help people with disabilities?
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f. Why does the writer advise against getting rid of cell phones?
Vocabulary
1 Match the words to the definitions.
a. frightened ____ happy, positive
b. embarrassed ____ scared
c. annoyed agre ____ feeling foolish in front of others
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d. cheerful look
____ uninterested for
e. bored ____ a little angry
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Not many scientists _______________________ people who say superstitions are real.
b. Sometimes I _______________________ scary witches when I sleep.
c. My mother said she would not _______________________ what the palm reader told her.
d. I don’t _______________________ ghosts, but ghost stories are fun.
e. Eric and his brother _______________________ signs everywhere. They’re so superstitious!
Match the words and phrases with the similar meanings.
a) Crack a code ____ decipher a message.

b) Eavesdrop ____ army.
c) Stand for ____ area of battle.
d) Troops. ____ mean
e) Front line ____ Secretly listen to
Grammar
1 Match the sentence halves.
a. The castle on the hill is… ____ that you saw is not friendly.
b. He’s the man… ____ where the ghost of King Edward lives.
c. That’s the house… ____ who gave all his money to a fortune-teller.
d. Madame Monroe is the palm reader… ____ that everyone says is haunted.
e. The dog… ____ whose store is near my house.
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Complete the reporter speech with the correct form of the underlined words.
a) I love dance.
Joe said that ________________ to dance.
b) We go to the doctor a lot.

He told that___________________ to the doctor a lot.
c) He didn’t call me.

Kylie said that he_______________________.
d) I’m not late!

Joe said_______________ late!
e) “I´m not leaving until the end.”

Kylie told Joe that ________________________ until the end.
2 Use the correct forms of say or tell and the verbs in parentheses to complete
the sentences.
a. The boy _______told____________ his mother that he _______________________ (feel) tired.

b. Witnesses ____said___________ that the driver ____________ (hit) the tree before the car caught on
fire.
c. The palm reader __________said ______ the woman _________________ (look) for a man with dark
hair.
d. I _______________ the police that I ____________ (not/hear) any noises on the night of the burglary.
e. My father _______________________ we should ____________(not/go) near the haunted house.
Underline the correct relative pronoun to complete the sentences.
a) I saw the woman who/where was in my dream in the supermarket.

b) The woman who/whose I saw in my teacher.
c) She works at the school that /where I study French.
d) She is the teacher that /whose gives me difficult tests.
Complete the dream with the correct relative pronouns. some may have more than one correct answer.
a) Water ________________ is calm reflects inner peace.

b) Being in a car ______________ with other person driving is signal of a lack of control of your life.
c) A place _______________ there are a lot of people often means that you are confused.
d) Dreaming of the person ________ you is a sign of happiness.
e) A giant ________ in front of you symbolizes an obstacle in your life.
f) A person _________ hair is gray is a sign that you are going to get bad news.
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Listening
1 Listen to the lecture and number the steps in the order they are mentioned.
____ Tell sitter to make wishes about the future.
____ Put tea leaves in a cup.
____ Tell the sitter to drink the tea.
____ Swirl the cup from left to right three times.
____ Pour boiling water into the cup.
____ Turn the cup upside down.
____ Wait three minutes.
2 Listen again and underline the correct options to complete the statements.
a. Tasseography is the art of reading tea stems/leaves.
b. Reading tea leaves is not difficult/easy.
c. The person getting their fortune told is called the sitter/reader.
d. The sitter should think about the past/future when looking at the cup.
e. The tea/cup handle corresponds to the sitter.
f. The side of the cup relates to the distant/near future.
g. The present time is represented by the bottom/top of the cup.
h. Leaves that are close to the handle signal that the sitter’s wishes
are more/less likely to come true.
Listen (37) and match the things the woman saw in her dream to what they represent.
a) The room she is worried about something

b) People sitting in rows Carol´s mind
c) The woman She will be successful
d) Broken lock She likes to be organized
e) Blanked book A person who is helping her
f) The smiling owl She needs to learn something.
Listen (38) to two teen talking about body language. Mark the body language mention.
a) Blinking
b) Moving away
c) Avoid eye contact
d) Biting lips
e) Looking and watch
Match the body language in the activity before to the meaning.
____ The person feels uncomfortable.
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____ The person is hiding something.
____ The person wants to get away.
____ The person is bored.
____ The person is annoyed.
Writing
1 Write a paragraph giving your opinion about superstitions. Say whether or not you believe
in them and why. If you believe in some superstitions but not others, explain your reasons.
Write 85–100 words. (25 points)
Speaking
1 Work in pairs. Describe a past misunderstanding you had with another person.
Use the prompts to tell your story. (20 points)
 Who was involved.
 What happened and what was said.
 How the situation was resolved?
 Your relationship with the person since the misunderstanding.
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____ Mental messaging technology is not fully developed yet.

2 Read the text again and answer the questions.

a. Where could mental telepathy be seen prior to the experiment?

b. Where was the first telepathic message sent to?

c. What was the first kind of information sent telepathically?

e. How could the discovery help people with disabilities?

Match the words and phrases with the similar meanings.

a) Crack a code ____ decipher a message.

b) We go to the doctor a lot.

c) He didn’t call me.

d) I’m not late!

e) “I´m not leaving until the end.”

a. The boy _______told____________ his mother that he _______________________ (feel) tired.

Underline the correct relative pronoun to complete the sentences.

a) I saw the woman who/where was in my dream in the supermarket.

a) Water ________________ is calm reflects inner peace.

a) The room she is worried about something

Match the body language in the activity before to the meaning.

____ The person feels uncomfortable.

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a. The boy _told his mother that he _________________ (feel) tired.