BEFORE READING
Date: 2015-10-07; view: 530.
1. TRUE / FALSE: Read the headline. Guess if a-h below are true (T) or false (F).
| a. | A group of virgin sailors are heading to the bottom of the ocean. | T / F |
| b. | A submarine will explore the deepest part of the ocean. | T / F |
| c. | The deepest part of the ocean isn't as deep as Mt. Everest is high. | T / F |
| d. | The boss of the submarine project hopes to attract sightseers one day. | T / F |
| e. | The submarine project boss became rich by opening record stores. | T / F |
| f. | The boss has also funded other record-breaking attempts. | T / F |
| g. | He said there isn't much left to discover in the ocean.. | T / F |
| h. | He doubted if he'd find new species of ocean life. | T / F |
2. SYNONYM MATCH: Match the following synonyms from the article.
| 1. | boss | a. | do |
| unveiled | b. | runs | |
| 3. | conduct | c. | well known |
| 4. | vessel | d. | animals |
| 5. | wealthy | e. | chief |
| 6. | famed | f. | clearly |
| 7. | limit | g. | craft |
| 8. | operates | h. | showed off |
| 9. | obviously | i. | maximum |
| 10. | creatures | j. | rich |
3. PHRASE MATCH: (Sometimes more than one choice is possible.)
| 1. | unveiled his | a. | on deep sea dives |
| explore the deepest | b. | the dives himself | |
| 3. | the trench is deeper than | c. | much to explore |
| 4. | He plans to pilot one of | d. | parts of the ocean |
| 5. | take wealthy passengers | e. | some fascinating creatures |
| 6. | He started off by | f. | latest adventure project |
| 7. | pushing things | g. | mankind |
| 8. | There is just so | h. | to the limit |
| 9. | come across | i. | Mount Everest is high |
| 10. | useful for | j. | selling used music |
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