Mercury is very hot during the day and very cold at night. It is also the fastest planet in the Solar system. Venus is the hottest planet in the solar system. One of its volcanoes, Mat and
Olympia’s Mons, is named after the Egyptian god of truth and justice. The beautiful blue color of Earth comes from the oceans which cover 70 per cent of the planet. More than seven billion
people live there. The fourth planet, Mars, is named for the Roman god of war. Until 1976
scientists believed there could be life on Mars. Jupiter is the largest planet that we know of. It is a very stormy planet because it spins so fast. Saturn is 100 times the size of Earth, but it is even
lighter than water, so it would float in a gigantic swimming pool! Uranus is strange because it
spins at an angle. Each pole of Uranus, north and south, has 42 years of sunlight, then 42 years of
darkness. Neptune takes more than 160 years to go round the sun. It has the strongest winds in
the solar system – up to 2 400 kph. Pluto is not considered as planet anymore because of its
strange orbit.
True or False
1. People believe there is life on the planet Mars.
2. Earth is much lighter than Saturn.
3. The planet nearest to the sun is very hot at night.
4. Neptune is usually farther from the sun than Pluto.
5. After every 84 years the north pole of Uranus has light.
6. Pluto is a planet with very strange orbit. Total [6]
Task 1. Writing. Choose one of the task and write your own answer.
Write about your last trip. ( Напишите о своей последней поездке, отвечая на вопросы)
1.What are the most interesting places in Astana? -(Какие самые интересные места в Астане ?)
2. Why do people enjoy visiting these places? -(почему людям нравится посещать эти места?)
3. What is the most exciting place to visit? – (Какие самые захватывающие места для посещения?)
4. How does it look like? –( Как это выглядит)
5. Why are these places popular among visitors? ( почему эти места популярно среди посетителей?)
6. Would you like to visit Astana again? –( Хотели бы вы снова приехать в Астану?
Total [6]
Baiterek Khan Shatyr Duman,Oceanarium Center of Peace and Accord
Task 3 Find Translating ( Найдите правильный перевод слова) – письменно
1.rubbish - а) загрязнение воды
2.water pollution в) мусор
3.air pollution с) загрязнения воздуха
2. If Internet reaches all corners of the world, English as the Net language will influence the culture of non-speaking countries.
3. If English keeps on being global, other languages won’t set foot on Internet. 4. The world’s linguistic experts will be alarmed if many languages disappear at an alarming rate.
5. If some tribes aren’t urbanized and assimilated into mainstream, their languages won’t die out.
6. Youngsters will be able to communicate with people from abroad, if they learn foreign languages.
7. If the EU wasn’t worried about endangered languages, they wouldn’t issue a special directive on preserving them.
8. If minority languages aren’t politically tolerated, they will be in jeopardy.
9. If the high number of languages spoken in the EU corridors, it would be like a Tower of Babel.
10. If English is the language of trade and diplomacy, it will be considered as lingua franca nowadays.