GRAMMAR
Tick () A, B, or C to complete the sentences.
Example: My brother _____ Russian.
A speak B speaks C do speak
1 If the shop is open, _____ some fruit.
A I buy B I’ll buy C I’d buy
2 She _____ speak to you again if you do that.
A doesn’t B wouldn’t C won’t
3 If you _____ time, will you help me?
A have B will have C had
4 What _____ she do if she lost her job?
A will B would C did
5 If I _____ English better, I’d get a job in a hotel.
A speak B spoke C will speak
6 We aren’t sure but we _____ go away this weekend.
A might to B will C might
7 She _____ at home. Her car isn’t there.
A may not be B may not to be C might to be
8 You _____ walk home at night. It’s dangerous.
A should B shouldn’t C shouldn’t to
9 I think they _____ buy a new car.
A should B should to C must
10 I _____ listen to him if I were you.
A wouldn’t B won’t C don’t
11 If we _____ queues, the other queue will move quicker.
A changed B change C would change
12 She’ll be really happy if we _____ her to our party.
A invited B invite C would invite
13 If they _____ arrive in five minutes, we’ll go.
A didn’t B haven’t C don’t
14 _____ you stop working if you won the lottery?
A Would B Will C Do
15 If I _____ you, I wouldn’t go to London in the winter.
A was B were C could be
16 We would travel more if we didn’t _____ children.
A had B to have C have
17 Take a map because you _____ get lost.
A might B might not C should
18 You might _____ like the film. It’s very violent.
A to not B not to C not
19 You shouldn’t _____ a lot of coffee. It’s bad for you.
A to drink B drink C drank
20 I don’t think you _____ go out tonight. You’re very tired.
A may B shouldn’t C should
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VOCABULARY
a Tick () A, B, or C to complete the sentences with the correct verb.
Example: I always wear a suit to work.
A carry B wear C try
1 We should hurry or we’ll _____ the bus.
A miss B lose C catch
2 A party is a good place to _____ people.
A know B look like C meet
3 Don’t forget to _____ your homework.
A do B make C write
4 My sister _____ my mother.
A looks B like C looks like
5 He _____ the photograph.
A watched B looked at C looked
b Tick () A, B, or C to complete the sentences with the correct animal.
Example: A mosquito bit me last night when I was sleeping.
A dolphin B mosquito C butterfly
6 _____ have very long necks.
A Bears B Lions C Giraffes
7 Be careful! There's a _____ on that flower.
A bee B butterfly C duck
8 Mickey _____ is a famous Disney character.
A Cow B Mouse C Kangaroo
9 The _____ is the king of the jungle.
A tiger B whale C lion
10 A _____ is a very dangerous fish.
A shark B whale C dolphin
c Tick () A , B, or C to form the correct noun.
Example: imagin_____
A -asion B -etion C -ation
11 educ_____
A -asion B -ation C -ate
12 elect_____
A -ion B -ision C -icion
13 inform_____
A -asion B -ent C -ation
14 confus_____
A -ion B -ement C -ation
15 invit_____
A -esion B -ation C -ision
d Tick () A, B, or C to complete the sentences.
Example: I get up at 7.30 every day.
A up B down C on
16 My sister and her boyfriend are getting _____ next year.
A married B marry C marrying
17 He studies a lot and his English is getting _____.
A best B better C the best
18 She got _____ the bus and walked home.
A on B to C off
19 I get _____ well with my brothers and sisters.
A on B to C off
20 I left work at six and got _____ at 6.30.
A the house B the home C home
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PRONUNCIATION
a Which word has a different sound? Tick () A, B, or C.
Example: A van B tram C lane
1 A look B would C choose
2 A swan B boring C crocodile
3 A bite B since C will
4 A bear B there C person
5 A eagle B spell C bee
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30 Seconds To Mars Break World Record
Rockers 30 Seconds To Mars are celebrating after setting a new world record for performing the most shows during a single album cycle.
The group, fronted by Jared Leto, have played 309 concerts in just over two years while promoting This Is War, which was first released in December, 2009.
The band performed its 300th show at the Hammerstein Ballroom in New York City on December 7th, followed by a week of special gigs to celebrate the milestone - and Leto has thanked fans for their support during the mammoth trek.
In a post on his blog, he writes, "For over two years we have traveled (sic) this miraculous planet. Pushing relentlessly over mountains and seas, exploring this earth in the most unique of ways. All the while learning about this world, and ourselves, through all of you."
I'm a fan of this band and I knew that with its third album was going to break a world record, then I watched concert dates here in Mexico and I wasn't to one of its concerts in February, because my parents didn't give me permission, but in October I heard about the EXA concert and the main band would be 30 seconds to mars!
But tickets for this concert didn't went on sale and the only way to have them was winning different activities that the radio station prepared. I did everything to win tickets, and at the end I won four tickets to the concert. The concert was great and I jumped a railing to get to the stage.
I'm so glad that I went to one of the 30 seconds to mars' 309 concerts, which broke a world record.
Tell Apple, Amazon, Microsoft you want a cleaner cloud
Well, I think Greenpeace is awesome because they have so many people worried about our planet and they work together around the world. Now, first, the cloud is a way to call about all services that internet gives us and we use them every day, but the cloud needs lots of energy and the problem is that companies like Apple, Amazon and Microsoft use coal and nuclear energy.
This energy is too dangerous, but thanks to the people who care about the future and are working so hard with Greenpeace, companies like Yahoo, Google and Facebook are powering their data centers with clean energy. Finally, I think that Greenpeace needs our help.
Real Words or Gibberish? Just Ask a Baboon
While baboons can’t read, they can tell the difference between real English words and nonsensical ones, a new study reports.
“They are using information about letters and the relation between letters to perform the task without any kind of linguistic training,” said Jonathan Grainger, a psychologist at the French Center for National Research and at Aix-Marseille University in France who was the study’s first author.
Dr. Grainger and his colleagues worked with six baboons that were given free access to touch-screen computers, which displayed four-letter sequences. If a baboon tapped the screen when the sequence was a real word, it received a treat.
“The animal realizes what to do in order to get a reward,” Dr. Grainger said. ”And they remember the words; they didn’t forget them.”
In one case, a baboon was able to learn more than 300 words. “We don’t know how many they could have learned if we kept going,” he said.
And the baboons are not simply memorizing the words as images, he added. After several thousand trials, the researchers presented the animals with new words. The baboons were often able to correctly identify real words “without ever having seen them before,” Dr. Grainger said.
It may be that baboons are processing letters, and specific combinations of letters, in the same way humans do in the first stage of the reading process.
“When children first learn to read, we encourage them to use the letter-level information, and to use that information to sound out the word,” Dr. Grainger said.
He and his colleagues hope to continue their study to explore the potential of reading in other primate species, and to better understand the semantics of human reading. The study appears in the current issue of the journal Science.
A Dangerous Animal
The wild boar lives in groups containing around 20 animals. They eat almost anything they come across, including, nuts, berries, insects and small reptiles. They can weight around 150-200 kg.
If you surprised a boar, it will defend itself with intense vigor. The male lowers its head, charges and then slashes upward with his tusks. The female, whose tusks are not visible, charges with her head up, mouth wide, and bites. Such attacks are not often fatal to humans, but may result in dismemberment, or blood loss.
Famous Fears and Phobias
Johnny Deep is afraid of clowns, he doesn't like the painted face and the fake smile.
Pamela Anderson has this phobia: she doesn't like mirrors and she can watch herself on TV.
Nicole Kidman is not afraid of snakes or spiders., but she doesn't like butterflies.
Justin Timberlake is afraid of sharks.
This energy is too dangerous, but thanks to the people who care about the future and are working so hard with Greenpeace, companies like Yahoo, Google and Facebook are powering their data centers with clean energy. Finally, I think that Greenpeace needs our help.
Real Words or Gibberish? Just Ask a Baboon
While baboons can’t read, they can tell the difference between real English words and nonsensical ones, a new study reports.
“They are using information about letters and the relation between letters to perform the task without any kind of linguistic training,” said Jonathan Grainger, a psychologist at the French Center for National Research and at Aix-Marseille University in France who was the study’s first author.
Dr. Grainger and his colleagues worked with six baboons that were given free access to touch-screen computers, which displayed four-letter sequences. If a baboon tapped the screen when the sequence was a real word, it received a treat.
“The animal realizes what to do in order to get a reward,” Dr. Grainger said. ”And they remember the words; they didn’t forget them.”
In one case, a baboon was able to learn more than 300 words. “We don’t know how many they could have learned if we kept going,” he said.
And the baboons are not simply memorizing the words as images, he added. After several thousand trials, the researchers presented the animals with new words. The baboons were often able to correctly identify real words “without ever having seen them before,” Dr. Grainger said.
It may be that baboons are processing letters, and specific combinations of letters, in the same way humans do in the first stage of the reading process.
“When children first learn to read, we encourage them to use the letter-level information, and to use that information to sound out the word,” Dr. Grainger said.
He and his colleagues hope to continue their study to explore the potential of reading in other primate species, and to better understand the semantics of human reading. The study appears in the current issue of the journal Science.
| I think this article is very interesting because I didn't have idea that those animals are so smart. The experiment was good and I'm very surprised because the article says that baboons really identify the words and not just the images. The idea of give a reward to baboons was great because they started to learn more words and the results are excellent, now we know that a baboon can learn more than 300 words. Maybe a baboon can help me to learn how to write some words hahahahahaha. ---> COMPOSITIONS<--- |
A Dangerous Animal
The wild boar lives in groups containing around 20 animals. They eat almost anything they come across, including, nuts, berries, insects and small reptiles. They can weight around 150-200 kg.
If you surprised a boar, it will defend itself with intense vigor. The male lowers its head, charges and then slashes upward with his tusks. The female, whose tusks are not visible, charges with her head up, mouth wide, and bites. Such attacks are not often fatal to humans, but may result in dismemberment, or blood loss.
Famous Fears and Phobias
Johnny Deep is afraid of clowns, he doesn't like the painted face and the fake smile.
Pamela Anderson has this phobia: she doesn't like mirrors and she can watch herself on TV.
Nicole Kidman is not afraid of snakes or spiders., but she doesn't like butterflies.
Justin Timberlake is afraid of sharks.
Murphy's Law
If anything can go wrong, it will. If there is a possibility of several things going wrong, the one that will cause the most damage will be the one to go wrong. If anything just cannot go wrong, it will anyway. Smile . . . tomorrow will be worse. Nothing is as easy as it looks. Everything takes longer than you think. Every solution breeds new problems. You will always find something in the last place you look. After you bought a replacement for something you've lost and searched for everywhere, you'll find the original. The other line always moves faster.
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Hello. Well done. Have you ever taken a course on line?
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