Redding and Use of English part 6 1 You are going to read an article about unidentified flying objects (UFOs). Six sentences hhave been removed from the article. Choose from the sentences A-G the one which fits each gap (1-6). There is one extra sentence which you do not need to use. UFO SIGHTINGS «Visitors from space are the subject of many 20thcentury fairy tales, yotmilions of normal people sincerely believe ] But is there any real proof? ‘that they are real. [2] The first recorded case of ths kind was in the 1950s, when » George Adamski claimed that he had been given rides in fiying saucers belonging to people from Venus, Mars and ‘n [27] Another early case of alien kidnapping took 6 eta in 1961, when an American couple, Hil, aw @ UFO wile driving home one Herpstire. The counle stopped to observe ugh binoculars and thought they could see ple board. To escape from what they were sure was an een spaceship, they took the back roads and arived home two hours late. A week later, Mrs Hill began to ij dream that they had not esceped, but had been taken on board the spaceship and medically exerined.[3]_]She even deseribed how sha had seen a star map, merked with the aliens trode routes, 4] his extrzorcinary event happened in a small town in :» Afizona, when a team of woodcuiters who were working in 2 remote forest area cetumed home with a stange story of how one of their group had disappeared in the forest. They had, apparently, seen their friend Travis Walton knocked Unconscious by a biue-green ight from a fying saucer. unre 44 communica 2 They found this so terrifying that they did no What happened next but drove of a fa 5] _]He said he had woken up on the USO himselt surrounded by creatures with r: formed faces. These ‘people then put e = x» and he fll esleep again. He claims th ‘thing else until he awoke in the for had disappeared. At the time, his story received nati people caling it the most impressive [6] _]Now, three decades later, and desc there is absolutely no hard evidence thet ever received visitors from space, the results ‘American surveys indicate that the majority o convinced that there are such things as UFOs. «a This suggests that people want fying saucers ‘maybe because as human beings we need to believe that we are not alone in the universe or that there ‘superior beings capable of showing us how to survive = increasingly hostile world. Tis probably explains the ‘s popularity of fims and books involving UFOs and aliens ofa kinds. Two of the most wellknown, ETand Cl Encounters of the Third Kind, were massive box oiww wT ww ww THT TTT THT TTF TTT TTTFTFTUTTSCPOUVCORUHE AA Five day later, the missing woodcutterretirmed nome with ‘an equally amazing story. B Under hypnosis, she gave a psychiatrist a detailed account of events on the spaceship. Frank Fontaine disappeared for a week during December 1978, apparently kicnapped by a UFO. Fourteen years later, in 1975, one ofthe most famous "kidnappings' of all took place in the USA. E Some people maintain that they have been visited or even kidnapped by aliens. F However, an organization that investigates UFO cases concluded thatthe story was a hoax. He ssid that two beautiful young women hed taken him to cities on the far side of the moon, Vocabulary Q Word buitaing 1 What are the nouns related to these adjectives from the article? a amazing amazement national b beautiful f real & famous & superior hostile 1 terlying 2 What are the nouns related to these vers from the article? a believe __brlef exist b conclude f indicate © convince g observe ¢ disappear______ suggest Reading and Use of English part 2 For questions 1-8, read the text below and think of the word which best fits each gap. Use only one word in each gap. There is an example at the beginning (0). seriously (4) “or friend has (5) isaware ofthe danger tothe other person (6) © feeling that something is wrong seems to come in fragments of thought, dreams, m visions, or sometimes even words (7) 2 the information causes the receiver (8). such as changing a daily schedule, or just contacting the person concemed. Telepathy means communication between minds without the use (0)___of __ language. 4 belief in the power of telepathy can be found all cover the word In tribal societies (1) 4 telepathy is accepted asa human facut, while in others, 2)____is + regarded as a special ability of certain mystics or gifted individuals. Although Wrscrinstnvinentd as the Australian Aborigines, scientifically proven, telepathy is being taken increasingly a subject of scientific research. it seems that mast instances of telepathy occur spontaneously in times of criss when a relative injured or klein an accident, An incvidual a distance. The ‘occur spontaneously. Often alter a course of action, uoesunuWes TT aunGrammar Conditionals 4. Complete these conditional sentences using the correct form ofthe verb in brackets. 4 If we're home early tonigt, we (60) swimming with you 'b IF Paul crinks coffee at right, t____(take) him ages to get to sleep. © If Anna hung her clothes up, her room (not took) so untidy. 4 IF see your father in the next hour, |__ (tel him you'te lookin for hi. If Andrew hadn't been so rude, his colleagues ___ (not stop) taking to him: F-My mother never gives peopl lits in her car if she _____ (be) on her oar. The car seat __ (not get) wet you had clased the window, h My grandfather can't see very well ithe (not have got) his glasses on 1 |____— (phone) you if can't get there, J You'd be better at tennis ifyou __ (practise) more regulary. 2 Rewrite these sentences as Type 2 or 3 conditional sentences, EXAMPLE He's tired because he works all the time, lf he didn't work all the time, he wouldn't be tired. Sue was il, she didn't goto the party, » I don't often go to the theatre because there isn't one in my town, © Jeff couldn't play football because he'd broken his leg. My mother never goes swimming because she's afraid of water. ike to buy a yacht, but | haven't got £100,000 to spare. unit 11 communication Itdidn't snow, so we couldn't go skiing, can't send her a postcard because | dor't know her adress. h He walked into the road sign because he wasn't looking where he was going. 3 Choose the correct word or phrase in these sentences, ‘2 You'll be late unless / provided that you leave now, 1b Il give you a lft in my car as long as / uniess you don't smoke, © IF/ Unless you don't stop eating, you're going to make yourse'l, 4d. 'm sure well have a good holiday, provided that / unless the weather's good. € IF/ Unless you tell me what's wrong, | can't help you.