Task 1: Listen to a talk about natural disaster and fill in the gaps. Track 12

I don’t know about you, but I think there are more (1) ____________ now than before. Every time I (2) ____________ the news there’s some kind of disaster. There are bushfires in Australia and California, earthquakes in China, hurricanes in Mexico and (3) ____________ Africa. I’m sure global warming is creating more natural disasters. I’m lucky. Where I live, we (4) ____________ natural disasters. I’ve never experienced anything like the things on TV. Japan has many natural disasters. They have earthquakes, typhoons, flooding, volcanoes, all

kinds of things. They are lucky they have the money (5) ____________ them. There are countries in Africa that aren’t rich. When a natural disaster hits them, everyone suffers terribly.

Task 2: Listen to a main talking about Science and choose the correct answer. Track 13

6. The speaker thought Science is ____________.

A. an interesting subject B. an important subject

C. Both A & B D. an important and easy subject

7. In Science lessons, he always works on things and ____________.

A. does exercise B. tells a story C. does experiments D. does physical exercises

8. The speaker wants to ____________.

A. be a pilot B. have a computer C. be a scientist D. be a biologist

9. We can go to different ____________ because of science.

A. place B. planets C. countries D. world

10. All of ____________ can be solved with science.

A. the world’s problems B. important things

C. the governments D. better scientists