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TOPIC VOCABULARY
 
 

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CEFR WITH MR.NINER 
 
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EXERCISES 
 

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CEFR WITH MR.NINER 
 
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HOME TASKS 
SECTION 1
Questions 1 – 10
 
Complete the notes below. 
Write 
ONE WORD AND/OR A NUMBER
 for each answer.
FAMILY EXCURSIONS
 
Cruise on a lake
Example
● Travel on an old …..
steamship
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● Can take photos of the 
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……………. that surround the lake 
Farm
visit
● Children can help feed the sheep 
● Visit can include a 40-minute ride on a 
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…………….. 
● Visitors can walk in the farm’s 
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……………. by the lake 
●
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……………. is available at extra cost 
Cycling
trips
● Cyclists explore the Back Road 
● A 
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…………….. is provided 
● Only suitable for cyclists who have some 
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– Bikes can be hired from 
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……………. (near the Cruise Ship Terminal) 
● Cyclists need: 
– a repair kit 
– food and drink 
– a 
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……………. (can be hired) 
● There are no 
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……………… or accommodation in the area 
Cost
● Total cost for whole family of cruise and farm visit: 
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$………………. 
DARWIN'S THEORY OF EVOLUTION 
Never has a scientist, with one book, caused such a stir in the world as Darwin did with The Origin 
of Species. His ideas, the fruit of many years of patient thought and study, were attacked by learned 
and ignorant alike. He was called a madman, a deceiver, and an anti-Christian. Long and bitter 
quarrels arose, and most religious people of that time attacked him. They accused him of trying to 
destroy religion and morals completely, though Darwin, of course, had no such intention. His book 

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dealt in a scientific way with a problem of science, and the only critics he answered were those who 
attacked him on scientific grounds. His refusal to return abuse did not stop his enemies, however. 
The newspapers were filled with letters and articles pouring scorn on the very idea of evolution and 
the less the writers knew about the subject, the more violent their attack was. Darwin, however, was 
well-supported by a few able scientists, who untiringly spread what he taught. He gathered so many 
facts, and built so surely on these unanswerable facts, that his ideas carried great weight once they 
were understood. After the first stormy outbursts had died away, men began to see things Darwin's 
way. Slowly and quietly, Darwin's teachings conquered the world. 
EXERCISE 1: Find words or phrases in the passage which mean the same as: 
a) process of change over the years due to environmental conditions 
b) disturbance 
c) starting-point 
d) group of animals sharing many common characteristics 
e) uneducated 
f) in the same way; similarly; both 
g) extremely unpleasant 
h) for scientific reasons (phrase) 
i) declining to reply back with insults (phrase) 
j) cover with contempt (phrase) 
k) fierce; aggressive 
i) feverish attacks (phrase) 
m) win; overcome