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- 1. Multiple Choice
In 12A, what is the first paragraph mainly about?
why some people continue to try to fly
how the Greeks were the first to try to fly
how people have always dreamed of flying
the dangers of flying
- 2. Multiple Choice
How does the author describe her first hang gliding experience?
terrible
exciting
dangerous
courageous
- 3. Multiple Choice
What can the words lets you go be replaced with?
allows you
releases you
connects you
forces you
- 4. Multiple Choice
What is NOT true about BASE jumping?
Parachutes are used.
People jump from airplanes.
It is often illegal.
They experience free-falling
- 5. Multiple Choice
What did Yves Rossy accomplish?
He invented a type of flying that doesn’t use wings.
He invented wings with engines that a person can wear.
He flew a hang glider from France to England.
He built model flying machines.
- 6. Multiple Choice
___ designed flying machines but never flew in one
Leonardo da Vinci
Jon Thompson
J.T. Holmes
Icarus
- 7. Multiple Choice
___ teaches people how to hang glide
Nancy Shute
Jon Thompson
J.T. Holmes
Icarus
- 8. Multiple Choice
___ is a BASE jumper
Nancy Shute
Yves Rossy
J.T. Holmes
Icarus
- 9. Fill in the Blank
________: a light, modern machine that makes flying simple and safe enough even for tourists
- 10. Fill in the Blank
____: flying in a hang glider made for two people
- 11. Fill in the Blank
____: falling downwards with nothing to slow them down
- 12. Fill in the Blank
You don’t always need wings to experience the t________ of flying.
- 13. Fill in the Blank
The zipline allows you to soar from the country’s highest mountain peak, gliding through f________ desert scenery.
- 14. Fill in the Blank
U_______ most other ziplines, rides on the Ras al-Khaimah travel headfirst to enhance the feeling of flying.
- 15. Multiple Choice
If you hold onto something tightly, it would be easy / difficult to take it from you.
easy
difficult
- 16. Multiple Choice
You steer a car with your hands / feet.
hands
feet
- 17. Open Ended
What are 3 words that are synonyms of fantastic? (Use the same word type)
- 18. Multiple Choice
hang gliding
tandem flight
BASE jumping
free-falling
- 19. Multiple Choice
Scan Reading 12B, which paragraph can you find the word, sump?
Paragraph B
Paragraph C
Paragraph D
Paragraph E
- 20. Multiple Choice
Scan Reading 12B, which paragraph can you find the word, pit?
Paragraph B
Paragraph C
Paragraph D
Paragraph E
Paragraph F
- 21. Multiple Choice
What is this passage mainly about?
a cave near the South Pole
a journey of cave exploration
equipment needed for caving
the story of a cave rescue mission
- 22. Multiple Choice
How did the cavers solve the problem of the sump at 1,775 meters?
They emptied it.
They dove through it.
They found a way around it.
They ran out of time and went back to the surface.
- 23. Multiple Choice
Why was Samokhin smiling as he emerged from a test dive?
He had discovered another sump.
He had possibly found a way through the sump.
He was happy that he was returning to the surface.
He finally conquered the cave.
- 24. Multiple Choice
What is the purpose of the last paragraph in 12B?
to explain how another team rescued Garcia Dil's team
to describe how excited the team felt when they finished their descent
to explain that cavers will likely reach greater depths in the future
to motivate other cave divers to come to Krubera Cave
- 25. Multiple Choice
Check all that describe Garcia Dil's team:
holds the world record for deepest descent.
reached a depth of 2,191 meters.
discovered and named a spot called “Way to the Dream.”
was the first to reach a depth of 1,775 meters.
discovered and named a spot called “Game Over.”
- 26. Multiple Choice
Check all that only describe Gennady Samokhin:
holds the world record for deepest descent.
reached a depth of 2,191 meters.
discovered and named the “Millennium Pit.”
discovered and named a spot called “Game Over.”
- 27. Fill in the Blank
Something that _________ your way stops you from moving forward.
- 28. Fill in the Blank
If you go camping, you need to take _________ like food and water.
- 29. Multiple Choice
Cave expert Louise Hose had come to Oman
to see if the country’s caves could be made disappointed / relatively safe.
disappointed
relatively
- 30. Multiple Choice
At the Well of Birds, a beautiful green pit with
a depth / block of 210 meters, Hose used climbing ropes to ease / emerge her way down.
depth / ease
depth / emerge
block / ease
block / emerge
- 31. Multiple Choice
She joined her group, where they were disappointed / eased to discover a black pool was blocking / conquering their way.
disappointed / blocking
disappointed / conquering
eased / blocking
eased / conquering
- 32. Multiple Choice
After they eased / emerged from the water, they stopped to enjoy the natural beauty around them.
eased
emerged
- 33. Multiple Choice
The car won’t start because it’s out of ________.
choice
gas
necessity
supplies
- 34. Multiple Choice
He works two jobs out of ___________. Neither of them pays very well.
choice
gas
necessity
supplies
- 35. Multiple Choice
She still lives with her parents, but it’s not out of ______ . She can’t afford her own place.
gas
choice
necessity
supplies
- 36. Open Ended
Which of the activities in Unit 12 would you like to try?
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