PROJECT 4
soldiers who were sweating under their wool
CLOSE
uniforms noticed that European soldiers (2)
______________
cotton
undershirts.
underwear was much (3)
TEST
Cotton
______________
comfortable so it quickly became popular among
the Americans, and because of (4) ITS design in
Harrods
shape of the (5) ______________ T it got the
name T-shirt. After the Second World War
people started wearing T-shirts without shirts
Harrods is the biggest and (1) ______________
famous
department
store
in
London.
(2)
______________ are more than 6000 square
meters
of
selling
space,
departments
which
(3)
around
300
______________
everything you could ever imagine. Around
4000 people work there. The building itself and
the interior of Harrods show that Harrods is
selling
its
products
to
the
richest
famous Harrods' departments is the Egyptian
a
large
hall
where
you
can
(5)
______________ jewellery and handbags. In
recent years, the hall has been famous for a
special fountain dedicated to Dodi Al-Fayed and
Lady Di. At Harrods, there are also amazing
food halls. If nothing else, most London visitors
go
to
Harrods
to
buy
some
English
James
Dean
all
wore
them
(6)
______________ national TV. At first the public
was shocked but by 1955 T-shirts had become
acceptable. The T-shirt became cool when James
dean wore it (7) ______________ the movie
The Rebel Without a Cause.
Adapted from Wikipedia Encyclopaedia.
(4)
______________ in the world. One of the most
Hall,
covering them. John Wayne, Marlon Brando and
tea.
However, Harrods is very (6) ______________
so regular people can probably not afford to buy
much in there, but it doesn't hurt to have a look
and dream.
Adapted fromGuidez.net: Western Europe
Where do T-shirts
come from?
General discipline
The crowded plane is just about to take off
when a five-year-old boy starts screaming. No
matter what his embarrassed mother does to
try to calm him down, the boy continues to
scream furiously and kick the seats around him.
Suddenly, from the back of the plane, an older
(1) ______________ in the uniform of an Air
Force General slowly walks forward up the aisle.
The General with white hair and a soft voice
stops the mother with an upraised hand, leans
down and, pointing toward his chest, whispers
something into the boy's (2) ______________.
Immediately,
the
boy
calms
(3)
______________, takes his mother's hand, and
quietly fastens his seat belt. All the other
passengers burst into applause. As the General
slowly walks back (4) ______________ his
The idea of the T-shirt came to the USA (1)
seat, one of the stewardesses touches his
______________ the First World War. American
sleeve.
"Excuse me General," she asks quietly, "but
could I (5) ______________ you what magic
Who is Johnny Bravo?
words you used on that little boy?"
The old man smiles and gently says, "I showed
If you like to (1) ______________Cartoon
(6) ______________ my pilot's wings, service
Network, you know Johnny Bravo very well. His
stars, and battle ribbons, and explained that
show is on the program two times every day,
they allow me to throw one passenger out the
(2) ______________ 7.15 and 14.45. Johnny
plane door, on any flight I want. "
Bravo
Adapted from Lori’s Mismash Humour Page
______________three things: girls, karate and
has
big
blond
hair
and
he
(3)
his Momma. He is also very proud of his
muscles and often looks at himself in a mirror.
Moving to Mars
Will
human
beings
______________
Mars?
ever
If
And why do so many people laugh when (4)
______________ see Johnny Bravo cartoons?
live
that
(1)
happens,
scientists (2) ______________ us that the first
people on the red planet will have to be
Rothschild,
a
scientist
who
studies
biological life in the universe, says that the first
humans to go to Mars will have to take plants
along
because he doesn't behave nicely. He falls into
a
jungle
and
asks
the
animals,
"(5)
______________ you guys know where I can
find a phone?" The animals get ready to eat
farmers.
Lynn
In one show, Johnny has to leave a plane
with
(3)
______________.
"When
astronauts go to the moon, you can pack a
couple of peanut butter and jelly sandwiches.
him. In another cartoon, Bravo wakes (6)
______________ a bear in the middle of
winter. The bear wants to eat him too but
Johnny says, "You don't want to eat me. I'm too
pretty to eat."
Adapted from Johnny Bravo Home Page
You can't do that if you go to Mars (4)
______________ it takes two years to get
there and back. And so the only way to
It could happen to you
produce the food to eat is to have living
organisms along on the journey."
Phyllis Penzo was a waitress at Sal's Pizzeria in
But (5) ______________ is very difficult to
Yonkers,
decide what plants to take to Mars. There are
twenty-four years. During that time, she saw
people
nice
who
work
on
growing
plants
for
New
York,
customers,
(1)
difficult
______________
customers
and
astronauts. One of the things that they grow
customers who gave generous tips. But Robert
are strawberries. Astronauts just have to eat
Cunningham, a police detective from nearby
more (6) ______________ just a pill with a lot
Dobbs Ferry, was in a class by himself. Between
of vitamins.
1984 and 2004, Cunningham (2) ___________
Adapted from www.pulseplanet.com
Phyllis Penzo a tip of $142,857.50 a year.
Cunningham, a thirty-year police veteran, was a
regular customer at Sal's. He enjoyed talking
(3)
______________
the
waitress,
other
The officials always (5) ______________ that
employees, and regular customers. On Friday
she was either killed by poisoned food or died
evening, March 30, 1984, Cunningham was
when the oxygen supply ran out.
making a sort of joke when he offered his
Although Laika did not (6) ______________ the
favourite waitress an unusual tip: 50% of his
trip,
lottery ticket. Each picked three of the six
passenger could survive a launch into orbit. It
numbers; Cunningham walked across the street
provided scientists with some of the first data on
and bought their ticket.
how
Phyllis Penzo laughed. She (4) _____________
environments.
not remember the incident until the next night
Adapted from Wikipedia Encyclopaedia
the
living
when the detective walked into Sal's Pizzeria
hand. It was worth six million dollars: three
for
each
of
(6)
organisms
dollars on the restaurant table, had no regrets
about splitting the prize. After all, he says,
Phyllis Penzo helped pick the winning numbers.
Adapted from the Internet (Urban Legends Reference Pages)
react
that
to
a
living
space-flight
by Malcolm Jones
______________.
Cunningham, who might have left a couple of
proved
Volcano stories
after work. He had the winning ticket (5) IN his
million
experiment
Last
month
I
saw
(1)
______________
amazing when I went to the Merapi Volcano in
Indonesia.
Unfortunately,
I
could
not
go
very
(2)
______________ the volcano. Well, I'm glad
that I didn't go any nearer because on that
Laika
same day I went to see it there was a horrible
eruption. The eruption was not expected and it
lasted (3) ______________ a whole week. On
Laika was one of the Russian space dogs and
the first day of the eruption, a family of four
the first (1) ______________ the orbit on
was killed (4) ______________ they could not
"Sputnik
(2)
get their car started. After the eruption had
______________ people say she was the first
finally ended, there was a ceremony for the
animal in space, but others argue that animals
people
had entered astronomy during sub-orbital flights
Congress of Indonesia put a stone near the
on earlier missions.
volcano. During the eruption all I saw was a big
Laika was found as a stray dog wandering the
cloud of smoke, red lights and sparks. We could
streets of Moscow. She was a female part-
not see anything else because of all
the
Samoyed
chemicals
(6)
2"
dog.
spacecraft.
She
(3)
In
fact,
______________
who
in
(5)
the
______________
smoke.
I
was
and
very
the
around 6 kg (13 lb).
______________ because I could smell gas in
Laika died on November 4, a few hours after
the air. Luckily, I wasn't hurt but my nose
the launch, from stress and overheating. The
started to bleed.
public was first informed about the true cause
Adapted from Discovering Volcanoes, June 2002
of her (4) ______________ several years after
the flight.
who were sweating under their wool uniforms
PROJECT 4
noticed that European soldiers (2) WORE cotton
CLOSE
undershirts. Cotton underwear was much (3)
MORE comfortable so it quickly became popular
among the Americans, and because of (4) ITS
TEST
design in shape of the (5) LETTER T it got the
name T-shirt. After the Second World War
people started wearing T-shirts without shirts
Harrods
covering them. John Wayne, Marlon Brando and
James Dean all wore them (6) ON national TV.
Harrods is the biggest and (1) MOST famous
At first the public was shocked but by 1955 T-
department store in London. (2) THERE are
shirts
more than 6000 square meters of selling space,
became cool when James dean wore it (7) IN
around
the movie The Rebel Without a Cause.
300
departments
which
(3)
SELL
everything you could ever imagine. Around
had
become
acceptable.
The
T-shirt
Adapted from Wikipedia Encyclopaedia.
4000 people work there. The building itself and
the interior of Harrods show that Harrods is
selling its products to the richest (4) PEOPLE in
General discipline
the world. One of the most famous Harrods'
departments is the Egyptian Hall, a large hall
The crowded plane is just about to take off
where you can (5) BUY jewellery and handbags.
when a five-year-old boy starts screaming. No
In recent years, the hall has been famous for a
matter what his embarrassed mother does to
special fountain dedicated to Dodi Al-Fayed and
try to calm him down, the boy continues to
Lady Di. At Harrods, there are also amazing
scream furiously and kick the seats around him.
food halls. If nothing else, most London visitors
Suddenly, from the back of the plane, an older
go
tea.
(1) MAN in the uniform of an Air Force General
However, Harrods is very (6) EXPENSIVE so
slowly walks forward up the aisle. The General
regular people can probably not afford to buy
with white hair and a soft voice stops the
much in there, but it doesn't hurt to have a look
mother with an upraised hand, leans down and,
and dream.
pointing toward his chest, whispers something
Adapted fromGuidez.net: Western Europe
into the boy's (2) EARS. Immediately, the boy
to
Harrods
to
buy
some
English
calms (3) DOWN, takes his mother's hand, and
Where do T-shirts
come from?
The idea of the T-shirt came to the USA (1)
DURING the First World War. American soldiers
quietly fastens his seat belt. All the other
passengers burst into applause. As the General
slowly walks back (4) TO his seat, one of the
stewardesses touches his sleeve.
"Excuse me General," she asks quietly, "but
could I (5) ASK you what magic words you used
on that little boy?"
The old man smiles and gently says, "I showed
(6) HIM
my pilot's wings, service stars, and
karate and his Momma. He is also very proud of
battle ribbons, and explained that they allow
his muscles and often looks at himself in a
me to throw one passenger out the plane door,
mirror. And why do so many people laugh when
on any flight I want. "
(4) THEY see Johnny Bravo cartoons? In one
Adapted from Lori’s Mismash Humour Page
show, Johnny has to leave a plane because he
doesn't behave nicely. He falls into a jungle and
Moving to Mars
Will human beings ever live (1) ON Mars? If
that happens, scientists (2) TELL us that the
first people on the red planet will have to be
farmers.
Lynn
Rothschild,
a
scientist
who
asks the animals, "(5) DO you guys know where
I can find a phone?" The animals get ready to
eat him. In another cartoon, Bravo wakes (6)
UP a bear in the middle of winter. The bear
wants to eat him too but Johnny says, "You
don't want to eat me. I'm too pretty to eat."
Adapted from Johnny Bravo Home Page
studies
biological life in the universe, says that the first
humans to go to Mars will have to take plants
It could happen to you
along with (3) THEM. "When astronauts go to
the moon, you can pack a couple of peanut
Phyllis Penzo was a waitress at Sal's Pizzeria in
butter and jelly sandwiches. You can't do that if
Yonkers, New York, (1) FOR twenty-four years.
you go to Mars (4) BECAUSE it takes two years
During that time, she saw nice customers,
to get there and back. And so the only way to
difficult customers and customers who gave
produce the food to eat is to have living
generous tips. But Robert Cunningham, a police
organisms along on the journey."
detective from nearby Dobbs Ferry, was in a
But (5) IT is very difficult to decide what plants
class by himself. Between 1984 and 2004,
to take to Mars. There are people who work on
Cunningham (2) OFFERED Phyllis Penzo a tip of
growing plants for astronauts. One of the things
$142,857.50 a year.
that they grow are strawberries. Astronauts just
Cunningham, a thirty-year police veteran, was a
have to eat more (6) THAN just a pill with a lot
regular customer at Sal's. He enjoyed talking
of vitamins.
(3) TO the waitress, other employees, and
Adapted from www.pulseplanet.com
regular customers. On Friday evening, March
30, 1984, Cunningham was making a sort of
Who is Johnny Bravo?
If you like to (1) WATCH Cartoon Network, you
know Johnny Bravo very well. His show is on
the program two times every day, (2) BETWEEN
7.15 and 14.45. Johnny Bravo has big blond
hair and he (3) LOVES three things: girls,
joke when he offered his favourite waitress an
unusual tip: 50% of his lottery ticket. Each picked
three of the six numbers; Cunningham walked
across the street and bought their ticket.
Phyllis
Penzo
laughed.
She
(4)
DID
not
remember the incident until the next night
when the detective walked into Sal's Pizzeria
after work. He had the winning ticket (5) IN his
hand. It was worth six million dollars: three
scientists with some of the first data on how
million for each of (6) WINNERS. Cunningham,
living
who might have left a couple of dollars on the
environments.
restaurant table, had no regrets about splitting
Adapted from Wikipedia Encyclopaedia
the prize. After all, he says, Phyllis Penzo
organisms
react
to
space-flight
Volcano stories
helped pick the winning numbers.
Adapted from the Internet (Urban Legends Reference Pages)
by Malcolm Jones
Laika
Last month I saw (1) SOMETHING amazing
when I went to the Merapi Volcano in Indonesia.
Unfortunately, I could not go very (2) NEAR the
Laika was one of the Russian space dogs and
volcano. Well, I'm glad that I didn't go any
the first (1) LIVING the orbit on "Sputnik 2"
nearer because on that same day I went to see
spacecraft. In fact, (2) SOME people say she
it there was a horrible eruption. The eruption
was the first animal in space, but others argue
was not expected and it lasted (3) FOR a whole
that animals had entered astronomy during sub-
week. On the first day of the eruption, a family
orbital flights on earlier missions.
of four was killed (4) BECAUSE they could not
Laika was found as a stray dog wandering the
get their car started. After the eruption had
streets of Moscow. She was a female part-
finally ended, there was a ceremony for the
Samoyed dog. She (3) WEIGHED around 6 kg
people who (5) DIED and the Congress of
(13 lb).
Indonesia put a stone near the volcano. During
Laika died on November 4, a few hours after
the eruption all I saw was a big cloud of smoke,
the launch, from stress and overheating. The
red
public was first informed about the true cause
anything else because of all the chemicals in the
of her (4) DEATH several years after the flight.
smoke. I was very (6) SCARED because I could
The officials always (5) TOLD that she was
smell gas in the air. Luckily, I wasn't hurt but my
either killed by poisoned food or died when the
nose started to bleed.
oxygen supply ran out.
Adapted from Discovering Volcanoes, June 2002
Although Laika did not (6) SURVIVE the trip,
the experiment proved that a living passenger
could survive a launch into orbit. It provided
lights and
sparks. We
could
not
see