Стр.58 Рабочая тетрадь Модуль 4 ГДЗ Starlight Баранова 8 класс

Building Up Vocabulary

1. Complete the sentences using one of the words in the box.

   eerie, ghostly, creepy

   1. Upon hearing the news, James turned ______ pale.
   2. Beth is scared of spiders and finds them very ______!
   3. There was an ______ atmosphere in the haunted house.

   fierce, savage, untamed

   4. The creature turned towards me and gave me a ______ look.
   5. That horse is ______; it can’t be ridden.
   6. They encountered a ______ tribe living in the Amazon.

   speculation, observation, surveillance

   7. The criminals have been under police ______ for many weeks.
   8. Paul gazed through the viewfinder at the top of the ______ tower.
   9. There is a lot of ______ about the cause of the phenomenon.

   invisible, cloudy, murky

   10. There is no visibility in the ______ depths of the muddy river.
   11. The ghost slowly faded and eventually became ______.
   12. That water looks a little ______; you shouldn’t drink it.

   convincing, realistic, true-to-life

   13. His explanation was so ______ that we believed it.
   14. We need to be more ______ about the possible existence of UFOs.
   15. The characters in the book are so ______ that I feel I know them.

   startled, distressed, alarmed

   16. The bear was ______ because it had been caught in a trap.
   17. Rory was ______ by an unexpected knock on his door.
   18. Authorities are ______ by reports of a strange creature in the forest.

   speculate, forecast, predict

   19. The fortune-teller claims to be able to ______ the future.
   20. Some scientists ______ that the fireballs are meteorites falling from the sky.
   21. It is ______ to snow next week.

2. Complete the sentences with a word derived from the words in bold.

   For decades, 1) ______ flashes of light have been seen above the 2) ______ valley of Hessdalen in Norway. This 3) ______ phenomenon began in 1981, when hundreds of sightings were reported by 4) ______ eye-witnesses. Scientists were so intrigued by the phenomenon that they installed advanced computerised 5) ______ to monitor the area. But despite 25 years of research, the mystery continues to baffle the 6) ______ community. One theory is that the lights are caused by water seeping into rocks in the valley. When this water freezes, it is thought to generate 7) ______. This spark could then ignite gases in the air, creating a flash of light. However, there is little 8) ______ to support this theory and it has been heavily criticized as being physically 9) ______. Sceptics have suggested that the lights could be caused by planes approaching a nearby airport, but as the lights have been seen in the sky for hours, this theory seems quite 10) ______. Whatever the cause of the mystery, it is a 11) ______ sight to see and attracts countless 12) ______ to the area each year.