Complete the mini-dialogues with have, has, haven't, hasn't or got. John ＿Have you ＿ got a favourite animal? Lucy Yes, we ＿ have It's a cat. Has Náve your brother … got a 1 Dora favourite tennis player? avze has Tim Yes, he It's Roger Federer. 2 Tom … you … … a favourite TV programme? Eva No, I … … I think TV is boring! 3 Julia … your sister … … . a favourite football team? Sam No, she … She isn't interested in football. 4 Evan … … you … ＿ a favourite actor? Ava Yes, I …
Early in her reign, Queen Victoria and her husband, Prince Albert, had a plan to hold a great world-wide exhibition of modern art and design. Sir Joseph Paxton, a botanist and landscape (1) DESIGNER, won the competition to create the central exhibition hall. The (2) BUILDING he produced is still admired by architects today. Although at that time many thought it was (3) IMPOSSIBLE to realize such a project. In 1851, Paxton constructed his Crystal Palace – an (4) AMAZING glass and iron pavilion, over a third of a mile long, with 800,000 square feet of floor space. The construction was an ultramodern iron frame with glass panels. The exhibition was very (5) SUCCESSFUL – it drew over six million visitors. (6) UNFORTUNATELY, it was taken apart in 1854.
Ray Kurzweil is a very popular figure in the field of science. He is a leading computer (7) SCIENTIST who has made lots of predictions about the future of humanity. So far he has written six books about artificial intelligence, and four of them have become (8) NATIONAL best sellers in the USA. Ray strongly believes that soon computer intelligence will be a billion times more (9) POWERFUL than the human brain. However, lots of experts don’t believe it and say that it is absolutely (10) IMPOSSIBLE. Kurzweil disagrees with them and says that we are already a human-machine civilization. We already use high level technology to diagnose diseases, provide (11) EDUCATION, and develop new technologies. Kurzweil thinks that by 2030, computers will do more (12) IMPRESSIVE tasks. They will be able to understand ordinary spoken language and show emotions.
St Patrick is the patron saint of Ireland. St Patrick is (13) FAMOUS for his heroic deeds. People gladly believe in (14) AMAZING tales about St Patrick and don’t look for any historical evidence to prove them. And the facts often (15) DISAGREE with the tales. For example, an old legend says that St Patrick drove all the snakes out of Ireland. This myth is actually untrue. At the time snakes appeared on the planet, Ireland was (16) COMPLETELY covered by water. Now it is an island which means it is surrounded by water. The water makes it (17) IMPOSSIBLE for snakes to get to the island. The same (18) SITUATION is true for New Zealand, Greenland, and many other islands.