33. Read the Earth fact file. Complete the text with the sentences a–f. Mass: 597 thousand million, million, million tons. (1) ____ Distance from pole to pole: 20,000 kilometres. (2) ____ Temperature: −87.8 °C (min), 57.8 °C (max) Length of day: 23 hours, 56 minutes and 4 seconds. (3) ____ Speed: an orbital speed of around 108,000 km/h. Age: 5 billion years old. However, life has been present on the planet for the last 150 to 200 million. (4) ____ Distance from the Sun: 149,597,891 km. (5) ____ Closest neighbours: the Moon. (6) ____ a) It is the time that the Earth takes to turn around its axis. b) It takes 8 minutes and 20 seconds for light to travel from the Sun to the Earth. c) The Earth gets 100 tonnes heavier every day because of falling space dust. d) They say it would take twelve and a half million people holding hands to reach from pole to pole. e) From the Earth, only 59% of the Moon’s surface is visible. f) The Earth is the only astronomical body in the entire galaxy which is proven to support life.

Перевод задания: Прочитайте информационный файл о Земле. Дополните текст предложениями a–f.

1. c — The Earth gets 100 tonnes heavier every day because of falling space dust. (Земля становится тяжелее на 100 тонн каждый день из-за падающей космической пыли.)
2. d — They say it would take twelve and a half million people holding hands to reach from pole to pole. (Говорят, что от одного полюса до другого смогли бы дотянуться двенадцать с половиной миллионов людей, взявшихся за руки.)
3. a — It is the time that the Earth takes to turn around its axis. (Это время, за которое Земля поворачивается вокруг своей оси.)
4. f — The Earth is the only astronomical body in the entire galaxy which is proven to support life. (Земля — единственное астрономическое тело во всей галактике, на котором доказано существование жизни.)
5. b — It takes 8 minutes and 20 seconds for light to travel from the Sun to the Earth. (Свет проходит от Солнца до Земли за 8 минут 20 секунд.)
6. e — From the Earth, only 59% of the Moon’s surface is visible. (С Земли видно только 59% поверхности Луны.)

Ответ: 1 — c, 2 — d, 3 — a, 4 — f, 5 — b, 6 — e.