Tamara+Fernández

Your Score =__ COPY __ **THE FOLLOWING ACTIVITIES AND** __PASTE__ **THEM INTO YOUR PAGE BEFORE STARTING WORKING ON THEM.**= //recent// //sources// //advise// //spot// //input// //data// //early// || //incredible// //k////ey// //random// //importance// //focused// //view// //track// || Good things bad things ||  ||   ||   ||
 * **Your Score »** || 90 out of 100 points **( 90% )** ||
 * **Answered Correctly »** || 9 Questions ||
 * **Answered Incorrectly »** || 1 Question ||
 * 1. GAP FILL:** Put the words into the gaps in the text.
 * Researchers say they can use news stories to help predict the future. Scientists from the University of Illinois in the USA (1) __**input**__ over 100 million news articles into a supercomputer for analysis. The stories went back as far as 1945 and came from many (2) **__sources__** including the BBC and New York Times. The (3) __**data**__ showed how much unrest and discontent there was in Tunisia, Egypt and Libya before their (4) **__recent__** revolutions. The computer also saw (5)__**early**__ indications of the whereabouts of Osama Bin Laden before he was (6) **__captured__** Researcher Kalev Leetar said the study could now help analysts (7)**__spot__** future trouble in potential hotspots around the world. Business strategists already do a similar thing to (8) __**advise**__ their clients. ||  || //captured//
 * Leetar explained the (9)__**importance**__ of news to look into the future: “News gives you (10) **__incredible__** information about people, places, and organizations. It also tells you about the relationships between them, about how people (11) **__view__** each other,” he said. Leetar used terabytes of data to look at three (12) **__key__** areas. One looked at the tone of the journalists’ writing. It used 1,500 different (13) __**emotions**__ to build an assessment of a country’s stability. Secondly, it examined geocoding to (14) __**track**__ references to people’s movement. A third technique was network analysis to show how much news channels (15) **__focused__** on one place. Leetar likened his predictions to weather forecasting, saying: “It’s never perfect, but we do better than (16) **__random__** guessing." ||  || //emotions//
 * 2. Listen and check your answers. ||  ||   ||
 * **3. THE FUTURE:** What are your predictions? Complete this table and share what you wrote with your partner(s). Change and share again.
 * **3. THE FUTURE:** What are your predictions? Complete this table and share what you wrote with your partner(s). Change and share again.
 * **3. THE FUTURE:** What are your predictions? Complete this table and share what you wrote with your partner(s). Change and share again.
 * This year for you **__I will go to Paris with my friends I won´t stay with my family__** ||  ||   ||
 * Your country **__I will live in spain I won´t live in France__** ||  ||   ||
 * Sport **__I will play football I won´t go to play basketball__** ||  ||   ||
 * Inventions __**I will help to solve murders I won´t patrol the streets**__ ||  ||   ||
 * The world __**In the world will be peace In the world It won´t be wars**__ ||  ||   ||
 * Your old age __**I will be a teacher I won´t be a police**__ ||  ||   ||

4. Talk to your friend and complete the predictions.

By the year 2020 we will both have **__married.__** In ten years' time we will both be __**working a lot.**__ By this time next week I will have **__done my homework__** and my friend will **__have taken an exam of maths.__** This time tomorrow I will be **__in class of english__** and my friend __**too.**__ __****__


 * __-TIPE OF WRITING:__** Informal letter or E-mail.

-**__REGISTER:__** Informal (shot forms- isn't,phrasal verbal,i dionetic expresions, exclamation marks!)

-**__PARAGRAPH DISTRIBUTION:__** 1.Greeting 2.Opening remarks:state the reason for writing. 3.Body:Guie information. 4.Closing remarks: Tell your friend to write dropp me a line. 5.Signing off (love,kisses,lots of love,best wishes)

From: Tama38@hotmail.com To: Maria97@hotmail.com Subject: At las!
 * __-AN INFORMAL LETTER / E-mail:__**

Hi Maria,

Guess what?Next week I´ll have enough money to buy that computer I´ve been dreaming about.

It's so cool, it has a built-in camera, microphone and many other gadgets. It has a huge memory so that we can add any programme you want. It's one at the leading brands and it comes with wifi, it is so wonderful!

The only problem is which colour to choose. I think I'd like the a blue one, but the green one is also very attractive.What do you think?

I'll send you an email next week from my new computer!I can't wait!

I want to hear from you, so drop me a line.

Lots of love,

Tamara.

__-__ __**TASK 1. Choose the best option.**__

Scientists have discovered that addictions may be (1). A team from Britain’s University of Cambridge found that siblings of drug addicts (2) the same brain abnormalities as their drug-using brothers and sisters. The research team said these abnormal brain structures are linked (3) poor self-control and drug dependence. The researchers suggest that addiction is (4) some ways a “disorder of the brain”. This may provide important new ways into helping people with problems of self-control when it (5) to addictions. The study sought to find out if drugs changed the “wiring” of the brain or whether the brains of drug addicts were wired (6) from birth. Lead researcher Dr Karen Ersche told the BBC: “It has (7) been known that not everyone who takes drugs becomes addicted.” She continued: “It shows that drug addiction is not a choice of lifestyle, it is a disorder of the brain and we (8) to recognise this. These brothers and sisters who don't have addiction problems, what they can tell us is how they (9) these problems, how they manage self-control in their (10) life.” Dr Ersche and her colleagues studied 50 pairs of siblings — one with a history of drug addiction and one with no experience (11) taking drugs. She compared these with 50 healthy people. She concluded: “We need to find out how these non-addicted siblings were able to resist (12) drugs.”
 * Put the correct words from the table below in the above article. **
 * 1. || (a) || ** hereditary ** || (b) || herald || (c) || herded || (d) || heresy ||
 * 2. || (a) || compare || (b) || ** share ** || (c) || repair || (d) || fare ||
 * 3. || (a) || as || (b) || at || (c) || ** to ** || (d) || up ||
 * 4. || (a) || to || (b) || of || (c) || by || (d) || ** in ** ||
 * 5. || (a) || arrives || (b) || leaves || (c) || goes || (d) || ** comes ** ||
 * 6. || (a) || difference || (b) || differs || (c) || ** differently ** || (d) || different ||
 * 7. || (a) || ** long ** || (b) || deep || (c) || wide || (d) || tall ||
 * 8. || (a) || must || (b) || **need** || (c) || should || (d) || necessary ||
 * 9. || (a) || overjoy || (b) || overkill || (c) || ** overcome ** || (d) || overplay ||
 * 10. || (a) || **daily** || (b) || nightly || (c) || afternoon || (d) || morning ||
 * 11. || (a) || as || (b) || for || (c) || to || (d) || ** of ** ||
 * 12. || (a) || users || (b) || ** using ** || (c) || use of || (d) || uses ||

__**TASK 2. TRUE / FALSE**__


 * a. || Scientists say that many addictions may be hereditary. || T ||
 * b. || Drug addicts can have the same brain abnormalities as their siblings. || T ||
 * c. || Abnormal brain structures usually results in better self-control. || F ||
 * d. || The study may be able to help people control themselves better. || T ||
 * e. || Everyone who takes drugs becomes addicted in some way. || F ||
 * f. || A researcher said addiction is a brain disorder and not a choice. || T ||
 * g. || The researcher said one in fifty of us are drug addicts. || F ||
 * h. || The doctor knows why some siblings of drug addicts are not addicts. || F ||

__**TASK 3. SYNONYM MATCH.**__ Match the following synonyms from the article.

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 * 1. || discovered || ** 8 ** || get over ||
 * 2 || siblings || ** 4 ** || give ||
 * 3. || linked || ** 5 ** || tried ||
 * 4. || provide || ** 7 ** || decision ||
 * 5. || sought || ** 2 ** || brothers and sisters ||
 * 6. || lead || ** 10 ** || stay away from ||
 * 7. || choice || ** 1 ** || found out ||
 * 8. || overcome || ** 6 ** || head ||
 * 9. || colleagues || ** 3 ** || connected ||
 * 10. || resist || ** 9 ** || co-workers ||

**WRITING: A DESCRIPTION OF A PERSON.**


 * AIDA**
 * My friend and classmate Aida must be one of the most interesting people in the high school. In fact, I've never met anyone quite like her!**


 * Aida is averege height, with an good body and long, wavy brown hair. She is cheerful, has got a great sense of humour and can always make people laugh.** **However, she's also a very serious person. She is very responsible and helps others. Moreover, she knows a lot about the feelings of people.**


 * Aida is absolutely mad about football. First of all, she's got many soccer balls, football boots and kids of different teams. She also tides and looks after teams the France. In addition, she volunteers at the local football during school holidays. She** **has always got interesting stories to tell me about her experiences.**


 * In short, Aida is quite different from most teenagers. She is fun to be with and entertaining to listen to. I am glad that she is my friend!**