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5 Listening 1

(Мультимедийный каталог института:

номер – 2143 IELTS Objective Advanced, Unit 13 – Listening)

1 The name 'comet' comes from the Greek and means 'long-haired'.

2 'Asteroid' is another name for 'comet'.

3 Comets follow circular orbits around the sun.

4 The nucleus of a comet is made solely of icy matter.

5 When a comet gets closer to the sun, it changes its shape.

6 The tail of a comet consists solely of dust and debris.

  1. The ESA Rosetta Mission was also called the ……………………………. .

  2. The mission was delayed in 2003 because of a ………………………………… .

  3. The revised flight plan includes several flybys - one of ……………… and three of ……………………. .

  4. The indirect route will allow Rosetta to visit ……………………………………… .

  5. Rosetta will arrive at its final destination (the comet Churyumov-Gerasimenko) in ……………………………………. .

  6. Once in orbit, it will carry out its ………………………. .

  7. The Rosetta Lander will remain in one place, attached to………………………. .

  8. Comets' tails are made up of ……………….. and …………………… .

  9. As well as giving us information about comets, data from Rosetta may help us to understand how ............................................

Listening 2

(Мультимедийный каталог института:

номер – 2143 IELTS Objective Advanced, Test Folder 7 – Listening)

e.g. Ensesheim - the meteorite was damaged by humans. (The speaker says people began chipping off pieces.)

1 Krasnojarsk

2 Antarctica

3 Cape York

4 Siberia

5 Vredefort Crater

6 Wolf Creek Crater

A crater first identified from the air

В it was used to prove where meteorites

come from

С meteorite damaged by humans

D meteorite destroyed part of forest

E meteorite has become tourist attraction

F meteorite landed in uninhabited region

G meteorites sometimes revealed by

natural forces

H story invented about it

I thought to be largest known crater

6 SPEAKING. GIVING OPINIONS

A

A high proportion of employers appear to favour genetic testing of employees. The aim is to identify workers at risk of developing job-related illnesses and those likely to suffer from heart disease, who may retire early.

B

Artificial intelligence is on its way. Currently, a small personal computer has about the same power as an insect's brain. On present trends, however, within fifteen years a small PC will have as much computing power as a human brain.

C

Studies on mice indicated that increasing the metabolic rate and eliminating free radicals from the body made them live significantly longer. Applied to humans, the increased life span would mean an extra thirty years of life

D

Scientists may one day be able to reduce the power of hurricanes, or move them onto a different course. This could be done by changing the temperatures in and around the hurricane, possibly using solar power beamed in from orbiting satellites.

E

Stem cells could be taken from a human ovary and re-implanted many years later. This would enable a woman to freeze the cells when she is young, with the option of giving birth when she is much older - possibly in her sixties.

BENEFITS

MORAL ISSUES

DRAWBACKS

UNEXPECTED CONSEQUENCES

A

It could save money in the long run.

B …………….

A

It will lead to a new form of discrimination.

B ………………….

A

Employees may resent it.

B …………………..

A

It will create a new job.

B ……………………

Arguing for: I think it's a good idea because ..., There's a lot to be said for it, for instance ...

Arguing against: I'm completely against it because ..., There are too many drawbacks/dangers such as ...

Hedging: I'm not sure. You could say ... , but..., It's hard to say. One way of looking at it is ..., but ...