LANGUAGE – MULTIPLE CHOICE

Virgin Voyage to the Bottom of the Ocean

1. TRUE / FALSE: Read the headline. Guess if a-h below are true (T) or false (F).

2. SYNONYM MATCH: Match the following synonyms from the article.

3. PHRASE MATCH: (Sometimes more than one choice is possible.)

LISTENING – Listen and fill in the gaps

From http://www.BreakingNewsEnglish.com/1104/110407-virgin_submarine.html

The boss of the Virgin group Richard Branson has _____________________ adventure project. He plans _____________________ parts of the ocean in a high-tech submarine. Virgin Oceanic will conduct five test dives over two years. His team plans to explore the deepest part of any ocean – the Pacific Ocean's Mariana Trench. At _____________________ 11,000 metres, the _____________________ Mount Everest is high. Branson showed the specially-built vessel to reporters at a news conference in California. He _____________________ the dives himself. Branson also said he hoped Virgin Oceanic would one day take wealthy passengers _____________________ explore the ocean depths.

Branson is _____________________. He started off by selling used music records at university, which led to his opening of the Virgin Records stores. He has since become well known _____________________ the limit. He has used his wealth _____________________ as hot-air ballooning around the world and has set sailing records. As well as his Virgin airline company, he also operates Virgin Galactic, which will allow _____________________ space. He told reporters: "There is just so much to explore, so much to discover. We are _____________________ come across some fascinating creatures and learn some fascinating things that will hopefully be _____________________."

LANGUAGE – MULTIPLE CHOICE

The boss of the Virgin group Richard Branson has (1) ____ his latest adventure project. He plans to explore the (2) ____ parts of the ocean in a high-tech submarine. Virgin Oceanic will (3) ____ five test dives over two years. His team plans to explore the deepest part of any ocean – the Pacific Ocean's Mariana Trench. At a (4) ____ of almost 11,000 metres, the trench is deeper than Mount Everest is high. Branson showed the specially-built (5) ____ to reporters at a news conference in California. He plans to pilot one of the dives himself. Branson also said he hoped Virgin Oceanic would one day take (6) ____ passengers on deep sea dives to explore the ocean depths.

Branson is a (7) ____ entrepreneur. He started off by selling used music records at university, which led to his opening of the Virgin Records stores. He has (8) ____ become well known for pushing (9) ____ to the limit. He has used his wealth to finance such feats as hot-air ballooning around the world and has (10) ____ sailing records. As well as his Virgin airline company, he also operates Virgin Galactic, which will allow tourists to fly into space. He told reporters: "There is just so much to explore, so much to discover. We are going to (11) ____ come (12) ____ some fascinating creatures and learn some fascinating things that will hopefully be useful for mankind."