Get guaranteed intensive CEFR courses from Mr Aslanov!!! Call and join our team now: + 998 94 633 32 30 CEFR READING PART PRACTICE – COMPLETE THE TEXT Read the text and complete it with suitable answers from A-G. Use one letter once only, you have one extra answer which is not used. TASK 14 A) that is the time it takes Mars to rotate once on its axis B) so it appears to rise in the west and set in the east C) because it makes up a great distance D) because it appears fiery red in Earth's night sky E) or the time it takes to revolve once around the Sun F) because the atmosphere is extremely thin G) as the surface area of the dry land on Earth Mars is one of the planets in the solar system. It is the fourth planet from the Sun and orbits the Sun
at an average distance of about 228 million km. Mars is named for the Roman god of war and is
sometimes called the red planet
1 ____________ . The most detailed information available about
Mars has come from unpiloted spacecraft sent to the planet by the United States between 1964 and
1976.
From this data, scientists have determined that the planet’s atmosphere consists primarily of carbon
dioxide, with small amounts of nitrogen, oxygen, water vapour, and other gases. Daily temperatures
can vary as much as 100 Celsius degrees
2 ____________ . In general, surface temperatures are too
cold and surface pressures too low for water to exist in a liquid state on Mars. The planet resembles
a cold, high-altitude desert.
Mars is a relatively small planet, with about half the diameter of Earth and about one-tenth Earth’s
mass. The force of gravity on the surface of Mars is about one-third of that on Earth. The surface
area of Mars is almost exactly the same
