WORKSHEET 4
1. Listen to the following recording about airport expansions and complete the sentences with one missing word:
a. Airports are amazing………………………………………………….for people travelling worldwide.
b. The Hong Kong international airport was opened in 1998 and it was built as a result of …………………………………………..reclamation.
c. Julianna Liu reports on the airport’s transporting………………………………………….million passengers each year.
d. The British government is thinking about building a new……………………………………at the Heathrow airport.
2. Now listen to part 2 of the recording and mark the sentences as true (T) or false (F):
a. Because there is plenty of space, the new airport in Hong Kong will be huge.
b. Land reclamation is possible due to the conversion of the seabed into land.
c. Building a larger airport on the mainland is impossible because of the crowded urban space.
d. In terms of the number of flights, the airport in Saudi Arabia is the largest.
3. Now match the words with their definitions:
departure point / moving people or things from one place to anotherland reclamation / something that causes something else to happen
contributor / place where you leave from to start a journey
transporting / rapidly growing economy
cargo / task or project somebody is committed to
booming / a person concerned about the environment and wants to improve and protect it
undertaking / an agreement made between two sides in which each
side gives up some of the things they want
environmentalist / taking areas of water and turning them into land that
can be built on
compromise / goods carried in a ship or a plane
4. Complete the sentences with the appropriate word(S). Choose from: carrier, non-stop, stopover, club, code sharing, reissue, transferable, coach, economy, overbooking.
a. When the passenger wanted to change his flight time and date, the airline had to …………………………………his ticket so he could fly on the new date.
b. A company which transports persons or goods is called a…………………………………
c. A stay for a short time in a place on a long journey is called a……………………………
d. Because of …………………………… …………………………………………., a passenger who booked to fly British Airways to Barcelona can actually fly on Iberia Spanish airlines.
e. If a ticket is non-…………………………………………………, it can only be used by the person whose name is on the ticket.
f. Business class is often referred to as ………………………………….class.
g. In the USA, economy class is known as ……………………………………………..class.
h. A ……………………………..-………………………………….flight is a flight that doesn’t land anywhere except the destination airport.
i. ……………………………………………..is when an airline sells more seats than are available on a particular flight.
j. If a passenger’s ticket has the letter Y as its fare code, this indicates that he is travelling ………………………………class.
5. Complete the following sentences expressing people’s purposes and reasons for travelling:
a. I’m travelling………………………………………………(see) my relatives.
b. For some people, travelling is a way of…………………………………….(have) fun, a form of entertainment.
c. Because of …………………………………….(be) afraid of heights, she generally avoids ……………………………………………..(travel) by air.
d. In order………………………………………………….(discover) more places and cultures, one needs …………………………………………………(know) at least one foreign language.
6. Complete the sentences with the Infinitive or the –Ing forms:
a. It’s no use………………………………………(talk) to Ben; he’s stubborn.
b. It was wise of you………………………………………(return) that ticket in time.
c. That man suggested ………………………………………………….(take) the plane; it’s faster.
d. I look forward to……………………………………………..(hear) from you soon.
e. She is too short………………………………………………(become) a flight-attendant.
f. I really dislike ………………………………………………….(drive) someone else’s car.
g. Mrs. Mason really loves ………………………………………..(spend) time in her garden.
h. She denied …………………………………………….(take) the fake passport.
i. The car isn’t cheap enough for me…………………………………………(buy).
j. It was very foolish of you ………………………………………(react) like that.
7. Circle the correct versions:
a. We drove for two hours and then we stopped to have/having lunch.
b. I try arriving/to arrive on time, but I’m often late.
c. He doesn’t play rugby now. He stopped playing/to play a year ago.
d. We went for a walk when it stopped raining/to rain.
e. Did you remember to water/watering the plants?
f. I forgot ever to have/having that awful conversation with him.
8. Read the following article. Put the words in brackets in their correct form. You may need to add a prefix or a suffix sometimes:
High fashion: The man with 1,000 stewardess uniforms
By Eoghan Macguire, for CNN
April 2, 2012
Airline uniforms may not be the fashionista's ...... (define) of sartorial elegance but the flight attendant's garb ...... (present) the epitome of jet-set style and glamour for one aviation enthusiast.
Cliff Muskiet has been collecting female ...... (fly) attendant ensembles since the early 1980s and has accumulated over 1,000 outfits and accessories, which he proudly displays on his website uniformfreak.com.
"I love airplanes and everything that comes with it," says Muskiet, who also works as a flight attendant for KLM Royal Dutch Airlines.
"When I think of an airplane, I automatically think of a stewardess. When I think of a stewardess, I automatically think of a uniform. When I think of a uniform, I want to have it," he adds.
Muskiet often receives requests to display his collection at industry shows and ...... (exhibit). He says the uniforms offer a window into different eras of style and commercial aviation history.
"You can see the fashion change through the years when you look at the stewardess uniforms," explains Muskiet.
"I love the 1970s psychedelic patterns and color combinations: yellow, red, orange, purple, green, white, blue. Every color was used and everything was possible," he adds.
Over the years, some of the world's most prominent fashion designers have created outfits for airline companies, including Giorgio Armani (Al Italia), Nina Ricci (Cathay Pacific) and Christian Lacroix (Air France), says Muskiet.
But just because big-name...... (design) put their names to particular items it doesn't mean that the uniforms they produce are always a work of beauty, he explains.
"Yves Saint Laurent, for example, has made ...... (beauty) clothes for women, but the uniform he designed for Qantas in the 1980s was so horrible," says Muskiet.
Muskiet highlights 1970s uniforms from Japan Airlines, El Al and Iberia as some his all-time favorite items.
He says the ...... (combine) of aesthetic style and neat accessories, as well as the ...... (body) of the carrier's national identity -- although this is not absolutely necessary -- can all be important factors in creating a uniform that will resonate.
"Look at Emirates, they wear a Western uniform and the color is horrible," says Muskiet.
"But the red hat with veil is eye catching. The veil is that national identity as well as the color of the uniform: beige is the color of sand."
Muskiet says his ...... (collect) will continue to grow for as long as airlines are willing to let him get his hands on their attire. In doing so, he hopes to preserve and further chronicle the historic link between airlines and the styles they continue to spawn.
"There has always been something ...... (glamor) about aviation and airline fashion," he enthuses. "These two go well together."
Source: http://edition.cnn.com/2012/03/30/travel/stewardess-uniforms-airline-muskiet/index.html
9. Read the text below. Use the words given in capitals to form a word that fits the gaps.
Source: Newbrook, J; Judith, W. – New Proficiency Gold Coursebook, Longman, 2005, p. 37
IN THE AIR