Every 2 years, Mars comes within 55 million km of Earth and this is the perfect time to begin a mission to the red planet by shuttle. However, it’s hard to imagine anyone would want to live there. Two major issues of the flight are human safety and cost. There is still a lot of research to be done about Mars. The question of who is going to pay for this trip is also important.
The greatest difficulty of a mission to Mars is the fact that people need constant supplies of air, water and food. It is impractical to bring them all for such a long mission and it’s impossible to achieve their recycling.
There are some theories to make the space travel faster. One of them is to travel through space by wormhole. A wormhole can connect long distances such as a billion light years or more to short distances. However, it’s only a theory.
Another technology is the technology of a warp drive. With this technology we could reach Mars in minutes, live on Mars and turn it into the second Earth.
Although, we still rely on rocket technology to reach Mars. At least we know that it is possible to send human beings there.

TASK 2
These people want to buy a CD. Decide which CD would be the most suitable for them.
7. Paul is an English teacher. He travels a.lot. He likes to listen to foreign music, especially from India and other countries from Asia. He adores folk music
8. Lucy is a high school student who enjoys the newest pop songs to practise her English. She likes to sing along with the music while she listens. She is fond of listening to music sung by groups of attractive young men who can dance.
9. Boris is retired. He likes to listen to music from his youth because it reminds him of the time when he used to play the piano in a band at university. He does not like music with a lot of singing.
10. Mike is a medical school student who plays the violin. He likes listening to well-known orchestras playing classical music and hopes to play in one of them someday.

TASK 3
Read the dialogues. Match each gap (11-15) with the missing phrase (1-6). There is one extra phrase.

Dialogue 1
A: Excuse me. Could you help me with the search for two books in the catalogue?
B: Of course! (11) ___________
A: “The Adventure of Tom Sawyer” by Mark Twain. I have tried to do it myself, but it didn’t work.
B: Did you search by the name of the book or by the name of the writer?
A: (12) _________
B: Let’s see what is wrong then.

Dialogue 2
A: Good morning! How can I help you?
B: Morning. I’m looking for a mountain bike chain.
A: How many speeds does your bike have?
B: (13) _________. Eight or nine.
A: I am sorry, but (14) _________. They are not interchangeable.
B: Really? (15) ________
A: It’s only for 7 and 8 speeds.
B: OK, I’ll call my brother and ask him to look at the bike.

Most British and American state school students have lunch at school. Jamie Oliver is one of the Britain’s 16_______ stars. He is a famous cook whose TV and cookery programmes 17______ by millions. In his last TV series, he tries to make British school dinner both eatable and healthy. He showed how poor many school diets 18_____ . 19_____ campaign to get 20 _____ and healthier school meals is called “Feed Me Better”. Some people say that schools make the problem even 21 _____ because they allow selling fizzy drinks and sugary snacks in school tuck shops and vending machines. Now UK politicians 22 ____ an agreement to stop junk food advertising.at times when young 23____ watch TV.

Spaceflight is used for space (24) _______, such as manned mission to the Earth’s moon or unmanned missions to other planets in the (25) _____ system. Spaceflight can also be used for tourism and satellite telecommunications.
A spaceflight begins with a rocket launch, which provides enough (26) _____ to get out of the Earth’s atmosphere and to orbit the Earth. Once the rocket is in space, the activity of the rocket is watched and (27) _____ by scientists back on Earth. Some rockets may (28) ______ in space forever, some break apart when they reenter Earth’s atmosphere, while others may impact other planets.