For each gap 1-7, choose from the
sentences A-H the one that best fits each
gap. One sentence is extra. Compare with
your partner. Justify your answers.
Humans would need to be self-sufficient to
survive in space long-term.
The only question is whether this happens in
years, centuries or millennia.
Exploring space, however, is not without risk.
This costs a lot of money.
Nevertheless, Professor Hawking believes that
we can afford to give 0.25% of the world's
financial resources to colonise space.
F He believes that sooner or later we will be wiped out
by a catastrophe such as a meteor or nuclear war.
G That way, we could reach the next star to Earth
in just 6 years.
H However, even if we found the perfect planet, we
might not be able to get there at the moment.​

Мой друг,  я хочу рассказать тебе о моей лучшей подруге.  у меня есть несколько друзей. но лучшим из них является яна.  ей пятнадцать лет. она моя одноклассница. мы знаем друг друга уже пятнадцать лет. она довольно высокая и стройная. имеет овальное лицо и прямые темные волосы. у нее прямой нос. у нее красивые карие глаза с густыми ресницами. яна веселая, любознательная и добрая. у яны хорошее чувство юмора. она всегда бодра и энергична. она отзывчива. я ее люблю, потому что она ответственная и никогда не подводит меня. она понимает меня хорошо, и я всегда могу довериться ей, и я полагаюсь на нее в любой ситуации. я счастлива иметь такую   подругу, как яна. я уверена, что мы будем друзьями навсегда. желаю любви,  (имя) hello my friend, i want to tell you about my best friend. i have several friends . but the best among them is yana. she is fifteen years old. she is my classmate . we have known each other for fifteen years already. she is rather tall and slim. she has oval face and straight dark brown hair. her nose is straight. she has very beautiful brown eyes with thick eyelashes. yana is cheerful, inquisitive and kind. yana has good sense of humour. she always cheerful and energetic. she is very responsive. i love her very much because she is responsible and never lets me down. she understands me very well and i can always confide in her and i rely on her in any situation. i am happy to have such a friend as yana. i am sure we will be friends forever. lots of love, (имя)

Gulliver was born in the large family of a farmer. At school the boy learned well, so his father sent him to the university, for three years.  When the young man left the university, he worked with a doctor and learned the doctor's profession. Gulliver decided to learn navigation, too. After four years he began to work on the ship as a ship’s doctor. One day, when the ship was at the  sea for a long
time, there was a great storm. The ship broke to  pieces and only six people got into a small boat.  The men were
tired and couldn’t find  water. Soon the boat turned over and the men were in the water. Five of them were drowned.
But Gulliver swam well, and when he saw the  shore, he swam to it. He got out of the water and slept on the shore
for  many hours. When Gulliver woke up, he found that he was in a country where very, very small people lived. The name of the country was Lilliput. The little people were afraid of the Man — Mountain, as they named Gulliver. When they saw that Gulliver was a kind man, they let him go free. Gulliver lived in the
country for two years and then came back to England.