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Rod Fricker
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CONTENTS
Exam strategies
3
Unit 1
Join the club
6
Unit 2
Keeping up-to-date
14
Self-Assessment Test 1 Units 1-2
20
Unit 3
An eye for an eye?
22
Unit 4
S(he)
30
Self-Assessment Test 2 Units 3-4
36
Unit 5
The world ahead
38
Unit 6
Amazing animals
46
Self-Assessment Test 3 Units 5-6
52
Unit 7
Success!
54
Unit 8
Taking a break
62
Self-Assessment Test 4 Units 7-8
68
Unit 9
To err is human
70
Unit 10
Mysteries
78
Self-Assessment Test 5 Units 9-10
84
Unit 11
The body beautiful
86
Unit 12
It's showtime
94
Self-Assessment Test 6 Units 11-12
100
Unit 13
Game over
102
Unit 14
The hard sell
110
Self-Assessment Test 7 Units 13-14
116
Self-Assessment Tests Answer Key
118
Self-Assessment Tests Tapescripts
119
EXAM STRATEGIES
The Success Workbook, provides practice with
exercise types found in exams including PET, KET,
FCE and Trinity. These exercises are graded to
intermediate level to help students familiarise
themselves with the exercise types. Page numbers
where these exercises appear are next to each task
type. Most exams consist of a listening
comprehension, a reading comprehension,
grammar exercises/Use of English and (a) writi'.1-g
task(s) . The Success Workbook includes exercises
that will help you to prepare for all these. Follow
these to help you do particular task types.
Listening comprehension
General guidelines
Always
• read the instructions carefully before
listening to a recording for the first time.
Try to predict what kind of information you
might hear.
• look at the questions and mark your answers
when listening for the first time.
• read through all the questions again before
the second listening, in particular, the
questions you didn't answer during the first
listening.
Don't
• panic if you don't understand everything. You
don't have to understand the whole text to
be able to find the correct answers to a
question. Try to get the main idea of a text
and work out the meaning of words you don't
know from the context.
• spend too much time thinking about
questions you are not able to answer - you
can come back to those during your second
listening.
• leave any questions unanswered. If you are
not sure - guess. You have a fifty percent
chance of getting it right! In class, ask your
teacher for the correct answers. If they differ
a lot from yours, listen to the recording once
more to analyse the reason for your mistake.
True/False exercises (page 16, exercise 3)
• Remember that you will hear the questions/
sentences in the order you hear them.
• When deciding whether a sentence is true or
false take into account what you actually hear
and ~ot what you know or think.
• A sentence/question at the very end may refer to
a speaker's intention or the general context. In
general, it is important to refer to the whole
recording.
Multiple-choice exercises
(page 32, exercise 2)
• Remember that you will hear the questions/
sentences in the order you hear them.
• While listening for the first time, make notes of
suggested answers. Then compare them to the
choices you have been given and choose the
most similar.
• Be careful with answers that sound exactly the
same as the information in the recording. They
are often incorrect. Pay special attention to
synonyms and antonyms.
• Sometimes the information needed to answer a
question is not directly given, you may have to
work it out on the basis of what you have heard.
If you are not sure which answer is correct, try
to choose it by eliminating the incorrect answers.
Matching exercises (page 48, exercise 1)
• If you have to find out who a person is or where
a recording takes place, concentrate on typical
phrases which relate to the person or place.
Sometimes one characteristic phrase will help
you choose the right answer.
• If an exercise is about matching a passage/text/
headline to a summarising sentence or a title, try
to summarise the main idea yourself and choose
one of the given answers on that basis.
• If an exercise is about deciding on the type of
text, pay special attention to expressions that
are characteristic to a particular type of a text.
Sentence or information ordering
(page 48, exercise 3)
• If you have to put events in chronological order,
listen out for time expressions (and then, n ext,
finally , in the end ... ).
• If you have to put events in the order they
appear in the listening, concentrate on
understanding a sequence of events.
Understanding a logical connection between
them is not necessary to do this task.
• Use your general knowledge - it might help you
predict a logical sequence of events.
3
Reading comprehension
General guidelines
Always
• read the instructions before doing the task.
The task will affect the way you read
the text.
• try to work out what kind of text it is - it
may give you some ideas of what to expect.
• read key information first. A title helps to
decide on a general idea of a text and the
first sentence of each paragraph often
summarises the whole paragraph.
• underline parts of the text relevant to the
questions (single words, phrases, sentences,
paragraphs).
Don't
• try to understand every single word of a text.
You don't have to know all the words to
answer the questions. You may be able to
guess the meaning of new words using
different techniques (guessing from the
context, guessing a word based on its
grammatical form, similarity of the word in
your own language).
• leave any questions unanswered, if you are
not sure - guess! Always check if you have
answered all of the questions.
• spend too much time on one specific
exercise - your time in the exam is limited.
True/False exercises (page 25, exercise 4)
• Skim the text first to get a general idea of where
the information is.
• Different sentences will require different reading
strategies. For example, you may need to focus
on just one phrase or you may need to interpret
the meaning of a whole text.
• If you don't find information confirming that a
particular sentence is true, mark it as false.
Multiple choice exercises
(page 10, exercise 2)
• Identify the parts of the text that your questions
refer to.
• Focus on the detail of a paragraph or sentence.
An incorrect answer may only differ from the
correct one in the tense that is used, slightly
different information or information that only
partly corresponds with the text.
• Eliminate incorrect answers and then mark your
final answer.
Matching exercises (page 10, exercise 1)
• While matching headlines to a text, pay attention
to the main idea of a text. Always read all the
titles first and then match them to the relevant
parts of the text.
• While matching questions to a text, try to find
the right place in the text where there is an
answer to a particular question.
• Remember that this kind of exercise may include
(an) extra sentence(s), so you will have to
eliminate unnecessary items.
Gap-fill exercises (page 57, exercise 2)
• Skim the text first to get its general meaning,
ignoring the gaps. Then read the sentences or
words which are needed to fill the gaps.
• When you select your answers, pay attention to
what is in the text both before and after the gap.
Sentence or information ordering
(page 25, exercise 2)
• While doing this kind of exercise, try to find
sentences or paragraphs which have to be
placed at the beginning. Look out for
expressions typically used when introducing a
topic or a character.
• Focus on linking words (then,finally , n ext .. .) .
These words will give you a clue to the order.
• You may not need to study a whole paragraph.
Focus on sentences/words that will help you link
sentences/paragraphs.
• Make sure the last paragraph/sentence
summarises the whole text or provides a logical
conclusion.
Writing
Speaking
You may be required to write a short, practical
piece of writing such as an email, an invitation,
an advertisement and/or a longer, practical piece
of writing, for example a formal or informal letter,
a story, a discursive text, a review or a description.
The Success Workbook will help you prepare for
these types of writing tasks. Remember that the
exam techniques that you learn even at
elementary level will help you pass exams
successfully in the future.
The Success Workbook will also prepare you for
oral exams. The techniques below will help you to
pass your exam successfully.
General guidelines
Always
• read the instructions carefully - what kind of
writing task is it?
• read the information you need to include in
your writing.
• write a plan detailing information you want
to include in each paragraph. If you have
time, write a draft copy or a few key
sentences.
• check that you have included all the
information that is required. Use linking
words so that your writing is coherent and
logical.
• check your writing style - have you used
formal or informal language as required?
• check (if it is a longer text) that you have an
introduction, a middle and an end. Also,
check that you have clearly defined
paragraphs and that you have the correct
number of words.
• check your grammar and spelling.
• Try to stick to the aim of the task. Always keep
the question in mind when answering.
• Do not panic if you cannot remember a word.
Use a word that has a similar meaning or give a
definition or description of the word.
• If you do not understand what ari. examiner has
said, ask him/her to repeat him/herself. You can
also repeat the information you have been given
and, in this way, you can make sure that you
have understood it correctly.
• If you are not ready with your answers and need
time to think, use conversational fillers or
hesitation devices (well, let me think, erm, ... )
• Avoid using the same words and structures show that you have a varied vocabulary and can
use a range of grammar structures.
• If you are taking the exam with another person,
make sure you listen as well as speak - don't
dominate the conversation.
Don't
• write more than the word limit. Think about
the number of words you need for each
paragraph when you write your plan.
• repeat yourself - try to use varied vocabulary
and grammar structures.
5
Join the club!
GRAMMAR
1
always
never
occasionally
often
sometimes
usually
Present Simple
We use the Present Simple for
• habits and routines:
I go to the tennis club every Monday
The tennis coach doesn't work here in the winter
• facts:
You become a teenager when you are thirteen.
Do British people have ID cards?
• generalisations:
Lots of young people are sports fans.
Teenagers often argue with their parents.
State verbs (seem, like, feel etc) are usually in the
Present Simple:
You seem interested in photography
Do you prefer colour or black and white?
Adverbs of frequency, (occasionally, often, never, always
etc) with the Present Simple show how often things
happen. We put them
• before a main verb:
He occasionally goes to rock concerts.
• after to be:
She is often at home on Sunday evenings.
• between auxiliary (eg can, do, have) and main verbs:
We don't usually go to away games.
You can always get a taxi at the station.
Present Continuous
We use the Present Continuous for
• things which are happening now:
I'm making a poster for the school chess club now.
We're not collecting for charity today
• temporary situations:
At the moment, he's working for a charity
Are you camping in this terrible weather?
• changing situations:
More people are joining Internet forums these days.
Is the chess club becoming less popular?
Time expressions (now, these days, at the moment etc)
usually go at the beginning or end of the sentence.
Label the words in order from all (100%) to none
(0%) of the time. Some of the words have the
same meaning.
2
DJ
D
D
D
D
D
Put adverbs from Exercise 1 in the correct place in
each sentence.
usually
1 Members of a fan club can/buy cheap
tickets. (most of the time)
2 My school's societies meet on Fridays.
(none of the time)
3 People don't work full-time when they are
studying. (most of the time)
4 I feel good when I give money to charity.
(all the time)
5 Her favourite music is hip hop but she
listens to soul. (some of the time)
6 They travel by coach to away games.
(a lot of the time)
7 Do you get a seat on the supporters' coach?
(most of the time)
8 Where do you go on Saturday evenings?
(normally)
9 She finishes her homework before midnight .
(none of the time)
10 Does he help with the younger scouts?
(all of the time)
11 We go walking in the Lake District.
(some of the time)
6
3
Complete the sentences with the correct alternatives.
4
1 People often join a club to make
new friends.
a are joining b joins c join
d aren't joining
2 At the moment, I
friends.
a make b 's making
3
1 she/never/use/the Internet.
She never uses the Internet.
lots of new
2 I/not support/a political party.
c 'm making d makes
3 you/often/drive/to away games?
you
the supporters
club's Internet address?
a Are .. . knowing b Does ... know
c Can ... know d Do ... know
4 He always
4 she/not do/a lot of work for charity at
the moment.
the club's newsletter.
a writes b is writing c write
5 my book club/not meet/this week.
d doesn't write
5 The French club
this week.
a meets b aren't meeting c isn't meeting
d doesn't meet
6 he/be/ happier now he/know/more people.
6 _ _ __ the fans ____ to the match by
train today?
a Is ... travel b Are ... travelling
c Do ... travelling d Is ... travelling
7 your brother/study/this weekend?
8 more young people/join/the Scouts/
these days?
7 The club's committee members ____ a
lot at the moment.
a argue b argues c is arguing
d are arguing
9 every week/she/forget/
the time of the meeting.
8 This year, the number of club members
_ _ __ very quickly.
a is growing b grows care growing
d growing
9 In Britain, people
more
money to animal charities than to children's
charities.
a are giving b aren't giving c doesn't give
d give
10
Use the prompts to write sentences. Use the correct
form of the verb, either the Present Simple or
Present Continuous.
he
to the Scouts?
a Is .. . belonging b Does ... belong
c Do .. . belong d Do ... belongs
women in the
Carshalton Club.
a aren't wanting b aren't want
c doesn't want d don't want
10 every summer/we/camp/in the mountains.
11 the club/not have/a website.
5
Complete the conversation with the correct form of
the verbs in brackets.
Kay
Mark
11 They
Kay
Mark
Kay
Mark
Kay
Mark
Kay
Mark
What 1 do you usually do (do) at the
weekends?
I 2_ _ _ (belong) to the Scouts and I
_ __ (spend) a lot of my weekends
camping.
you
(go) camping
every weekend?
No, not every weekend.
What about this weekend?
I5
(do) exams at the moment
(spend) this weekend
so I 6
revising.
Why 7
you
(belong)
to the Scouts?
I8
(not like) watching TV, I
9
(prefer) outdoor activities.
10
the organisation _ _ __
(grow) these days?
Yes, it is. At the moment, I 11 _ _ __
(organise) open days to attract new
members.
7
6
Complete the texts with the correct form of the
verbs in the box.
SPEAKING
allow be build do (x 2) go grow
have join learn not live save train
work
1
Complete the phrases. Then write GO for phrases
which give an opinion, JO for phrases that justify an
opinion.
1 In my opinion ...
2 As far as I'm c_ _ __
3 Everybody k_ _ _ that ...
4 If you a_ _ __ me,
5 If you t
about it,
6 It s
to me that .. .
7 It's only n
that .. .
8 P____ , I believe .. .
9 The r ____ why ... is ...
10 The t _ _ _ is ...
11 Tobe h_ __
2
World Association of Girl Guides and Girl Scouts
Association mondiale des Guides et des Eclaireuses
Asociaci6n Mundial de las Guias Scouts
The Duke of Edinburgh's Award scheme is a
voluntary, non-competitive programme of
activities that lead to bronze, silver and gold
awards. The programme u
people
aged 14-25 to do individual challenges which
are exciting and fun. 'I finished my bronze
award when I was sixteen. Now I 12_ _ __
my silver award. I 13
a new skill:
guitar making and for my community service,
I 14
a junior football team.'
8
CJ
CJ
CJ
CJ
CJ
CJ
CJ
CJ
CJ
CJ
Complete the conversation. Circle the correct
phrases.
[Personally,J! Everybody knows
that I don't like going into town in
the evenings. 2 I mean I
In my opinion, there are always
big groups of teenagers on the
streets and they frighten me.
3 The reason why I
Mrs Ellis
It seems to me that they have
nowhere to go. 3 To be honest, I
If you think about it, there isn't a
sports centre or a youth club and
the cinema closed two years ago.
Mrs Collins 4 Frankly, I I mean, I think it's
the parents' fault. 5 The thing is, I
Look at parents nowadays don't
care - they let their children do
what they want. 6 Look at us I
Everybody knows that forty years
ago, we didn't spend all our time on
the street.
7 To be honest, I The reason why
Mrs Ellis
I spent a lot of time with my friends!
8 Frankly I It's only natural that
young people want to be together,
they don't want to spend all their
time with their parents.
Mrs Collins
Raleigh International i-12_ a youth development
with people aged 16-25.
charity that 2
Young people of all nationalities take part either
in their home country or abroad. The activities
____ self-confidence and skills and
encourage the young people to understand
more about the needs of others. At the moment
17 year-old Dave Richmond 4_ _ __
Operation Raleigh's Motives scheme in the UK
and he says, 'I 5
with my family so
life is sometimes difficult for me. The scheme
is great - I'm learning a lot and my confidence
The World Association of Girl Guides and Girl
Scouts is the sister organisation of the Scouts.
more
This worldwide organisation 7
than 10 million members in 144 countries. Girls
____ the Guides to develop leadership
and life skills. This year, 23,000 Guides and
Scouts 9
to a big international meeting
in Sweden. Guide Katy Dawes said, 'I am very
excited about going to Sweden. At the moment,
I 10
all my spare money for a new
sleeping bag and rucksack.'
[@:]
3
1
Complete the sentences with your own ideas.
1 In my opinion, politicians should _ _ _ __
2 If you ask me, most TV programmes are _ _
3 Frankly, _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ should be
put in prison.
4 It's only natural that young people _ _ __
GRAMMAR
Reflexive pronouns
Subject
Objective
Reflexive pronoun
I
me
myself
he
him
himself
she
her
herself
it
it
itself
we
them
ourselves
you
you
yourself (singular)
yourselves (plural)
they
them
themselves
We use reflexive pronouns
• when the subject and object of the sentence are the
same person or thing:
He looks at himself in every shop window!
The cat washes itself a lot.
Did you enjoy yourself at the party?
• to stress that something is done without help/
independently:
My mum's a hairdresser but I always cut my hair
myself
Did they build the boat themselves?
My great-grandmother is ninety-two but she drives
herself everywhere.
0
1
• to stress the subject or object on!y:
I complained to the manager herself
The hotel itself was quiet but the resort was
very noisy
The dog itself wasn't the cause of the accident.
CDon't blame yourselves.
D Be good, and behave yourselves!
E See you later. Enjoy yourselves'
" •
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'
'
DD
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They're
throwing
water over
each other.
3
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[I]
D
OJ
GJ
Circle the correct reflexive pronouns.
1 He talks about(himselfV herself a lot.
2 I hurt ourselves I myself at my judo class.
3 The politician lied about herself I
ourselves.
4 The scouts carried their tents himself I
them selves.
5 Molly, please sit down and help
yourself I yourselves to a sandwich.
6 They enjoyed herself I themselves at
the football match.
7 Tom and Ellen cooked themselves I
ourselves a huge meal.
8 If the temperature drops, the heating
will turn itself I himself on.
9 When the train starts to move the
'
doors lock themselves I itself
':",,'
..:=-=,,:? "'-', ~::.·>:,,:?=C> ' •
They're
throwing
water over
themselves.
A Come in! Make yourselves at home!
B Please help yourselves,
2
Mind the trap?
These are all common expressions with reflexive
pronouns. Match expressions A-E to pictures 1-4.
There is one expression you don't need.
D
D
D
D
D
D
D
D
D
Tick the sentences in Exercise 2 where the pronoun
means independently.
9
.i
Complete the sentences with reflexive pronouns.
1 My dad taught himself to play the piano.
2 My grandmother cut
when she
was making lunch.
3 I can't forgive
for the terrible
things I said.
4 The twins always buy
an
enormous cake on their birthday.
5 Come to my party, Leo - you'll enjoy
READING
1
A Why I love going to the ballet
B Where the idea came from
C Why I was worried
D Romeo and Juliet is the perfect choice
E A new star is born in Chicago
F How they found the young people
GMy final thoughts
H A dancer's life
6 When Jake looked at the photograph he
could see
in his grandfather's face.
7 We'll win the match if we believe in
8 We have a noisy pet parrot which talks to
_ _ _ all the time.
9 Why don't you and Adam take _ __
away for a long weekend?
10 Jess is unhappy because she doesn't like
____ very much.
5
Complete the paragraph with reflexive pronouns,
pronouns or each other.
Read the article and match headings A-H with
paragraphs 1-5. There are three headings you
don't need.
2
mD
Read the article again and circle the best
alternatives.
1 The article is about
a a professional ballet performance.
b why young people become criminals.
@)an unusual ballet performance.
d the ballet of Romeo an d Juliet.
2 At the beginning of the evening, the critic
thought the ballet was a _ idea.
a great b harmless c crazy d fascinating
3 The critic thought the performance was _
going to be bad.
a probably b possibly c not d definitely
4 The two men wanted to make a programme
My dad is a fan of Joan Armatrading, a British
singer-songwriter. I don't like her very much
1 myself but my dad says she's fantastic . She
writes most of her songs 2
and she
3
always accompanies
on the guitar. She
played for Nelson Mandela 4
at his 70th
birthday party at Wembley Stadium in London.
There are lots of other Joan Armatrading fans
and they send 5
emails about her
music and concerts. My dad is also a member of
a
an Internet fan club which sends 6
newsletter every month. Every time he gets the
newsletter he finds something he wants to buy
____ like a new Joan T-shirt or a rare
recording. 8
think he should spend the
, not himself'
money on 9
My dad's favourite Joan Armatrading album is
Me, 10
, I and he plays it all the time.
When my brother and I complain he says,
'When you have your own homes, you can
please 11
''
10
in which
a amateur singers and dancers got jobs in a
musical.
b professional dancers taught criminals to
dance.
c ballet helped young people develop
self-confidence.
d ballet dancers worked for a young people's
charity.
I
I
·r
5 The two men _
the programme would
change people's lives.
a thought b couldn't believe
c were certain that d didn't think
(
6 _ chose the young people.
a Teenagers from an earlier project
b Professional dancers
c People with experience of difficult teenagers
d The two men and a television company
(
!:
·, ~
7 They chose Romeo and Juli et because
a teenagers can recognise the problems in it.
b there are mirrors in it for the dancers to
look in.
c it's a funny story that everyone enjoys.
d the music and choreography are good.
8 At the end of the evening, the critic said
a the performance was not very good.
b the performers weren't good enough.
c the performance changed her mind.
d the performers weren't mad.
I
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ARTS I BALLET
······ ··········· ·····
Can ba et
change ives?
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o:KJ
Last night I was worried, very worried. I had
the job of going to watch amateur ballet dancers
performing on stage with one of the UK's top
professional ballet companies. A performance like this
seemed very risky and I asked myself, 'Are they mad?'
Before I tell you the answer, I'll tell you why I had such
big doubts.
was to find suitable teenagers to take part and they
asked teachers and youth workers already working
professionally with young people at risk, to find
candidates for the project. Through them 300 young
people joined the programme and although about half
dropped out, in the end sixty teenagers appeared on
stage in the public performance.
[10 The idea of mixing amateur and professional
@I] The ballet they chose was Sergei Prokofiev's
dancers started a couple of years ago when two
friends with very different jobs found a way of
working together. One of the men had created an
award-winning 1V series, Musicality, in which
amateurs trained to perform in the musical Chicago.
The other man runs a charity called Youth at Risk
which works with young people who have serious
problems with aggression and antisocial behaviour.
Although it was a risk, the two men thought they
could make a 1V programme in which ballet changed
the lives of young people with problems.
Romeo and Juliet, choreographed by Sir Kenneth
MacMillan. The story of Romeo and Juliet includes
family conflict, the generation gap, gangs, murder,
young love and teenage suicide so it is the perfect
mirror for the lives of troubled young people in
today's society.
[lIJ Their idea was this: if the young people could
accept the strict discipline and challenge of ballet
training, it would build their self-esteem and give
them new confidence in themselves. The first step
[[[] Going back to my original question: 'Are they
mad?' The answer is definitely 'no'. As soon as the
ballet started, my worries disappeared. It was amazing
how these unlikely dancers were magically
transformed into their characters. At the end of the
evening I was left with this thought: 'ballet can change
lives'. It is a dancing cure, not a talking cure; it is silent
so it stops arguments.
12 March
ARTS MONTHLY
35
WORD LIST
absolutely
acceptance
accessories
aggression
appear (seem to)
argue with
baggy
beige
believe in
bracelet
bump into
calm down
camouflage
chain
commercial
concerned
conflict (n)
countryside
cropped
denim
estate
eyeliner
fashion
fashionable
fool around
frankly
generalisation
get on with
hang around
harmless
impression
independently
influence (n)
irresponsible
irritating
VOCABULARY ACTIVATOR
theories
tracksuit
trendy
typical
typically
unique
values (n)
wargames
lifestyle
lipstick
make fun of
make-up
mascara
moustache
nervous
nylon
old-fashioned
paintball
patch (n)
pathetic
peer
persuade
Prime Minister
professional
put up with
radical (adj)
renovate
ripped
role model
silk
speculation
striped
studded
supervisors
1
Complete with words from the Word List.
Noun
1 bag
2
3
4
5 irritation
6 profession
7 trend
2
Adjective
baggy
fashionable
influential
impressive
Complete the sentences with words from Exercise 1.
1 She has a large .lzili1_ where she keeps all her
make-up.
2 I like those jeans with patches on them
- they're
3 Please turn the volume down, I'm finding the
music really
4 Paris is the centre of the
world.
on what
5 Street fashion has an
shops sell.
3
Complete the sentences with the correct verbs and
prepositions from the Word List.
1 Do you believe i.!l UFOs?
and tell me why you
2C
d
are crying.
3 On Saturdays I often b
school friends in town.
4 My parents worry because my younger sister
on street corners with
h
a
a gang.
5 We all f
a
in lessons
sometimes - you can't always be serious.
4:
Complete the definitions with the correct nouns from
the Word List.
1 accessories (plural n) something which isn't
necessary but makes a room, car, person etc.
more attractive
(n) a statement about all the
2
members of a group that may be true in
some situations but not all the time.
(n) the way a person or group
3
of people live, including the place they live
in, the things they own, the kind of job they
have and the activities they do.
(n) hair that grows on a man's
4
top lip.
5
(n) a person who is your equal
because they are the same age as you, have a
similar job or social class.
6
(n) someone whose behaviour,
ideas etc. people try to copy because they
want to be like them.
7
(plural n) your ideas about what
is right and wrong
12
_,
5
Look at the picture above. Circle the best words to
complete the fashion report.
6
1 white
2 nylon
3 cropped
4 mascara
5 striped
6 patch
7 cap
8 trendy
1 Starting from the top: Geo is wearing a 1_
with a 2_ on it. He is wearing a 3_ top
with a 4_ and 5_ _ trousers. To complete this
fantastic look, he has a 6_ chain around his
neck.
skirt and a 8_
2 Now we have Frankie in a 7
leather jacket. She is also wearing 9_ socks
and trainers. She has very 1960s make-up
with heavy 10_ and mascara.
3 Here's Natasha in 11 _ jeans with a
fashionable 12_ on the knee. Her 13_ boots
are also very fashionable. She's also wearing
a trendy 14_ T-shirt. Unfortunately, I'm not
so sure about those 15_ she's wearing - they
look cheap and nasty.
1 a bracelet b fashion @.)baseball cap
2 a chain b logo c patch
3 a fashionable b ripped c typical
4 a belt b hood c knife
5 a leather b short c baggy
6 a silk b nylon c gold
7 a woollen b typical c denim
8 a trendy black b black fashionable
c bright black
9 a ·baggy woollen b woollen red
c striped woollen
10 a lipstick b earrings c eyeliner
11 a leather beige b ripped c baggy
12 a chain b logo c patch
13 a long b short c cropped
14 a cotton light b beige cotton
c horrible white
15 a big round earrings b drop earrings
c fashionable gold earrings
Circle the 'odd one out'.
beige
camouflage
denim
eyeliner
studded
chain
hood
fashionable
brown
silk
baggy
lipstick
tight
bracelet
hat
tight
[leather)
cotton
ripped
earrings
camouflage
earrings
top
smart
Extend your vocabulary
1
Study the definitions of the phrasal verbs with hang.
Complete the sentences.
hang around (inf.): to spend time somewhere
doing nothing
hang on to: to keep something
hang on: used to ask someone to wait
hang out with (inf.): spend a lot of time with
someone
hang out: to put washed clothes outside to dry
hang over: if something bad is hanging over
you, you are worried about it
hang up: to end a phone call
1 I like to hang out with my friends during the
holidays.
2 _ _ _ _ _ _ ! I'm not ready yet.
3 You'll need to _ _ _ _ _ _ your ticket
until the end of the journey.
4 Don't
! I haven't finished
speaking!
5 While this terrible problem _ _ _ __ _
her, she can't relax.
6 When we were younger we used to
_ _ _ _ _ _ outside the park because
there was nowhere to go.
7 The weather was terrible so I couldn't
_ _ _ _ _ _ the washing in the garden.
Keeping up-to-date
GRAMMAR
1
Present Perfect Simple
The Present Perfect Simple connects past completed actions to the present.
We use it for
• news:
Thieves have taken five hundred computers from a warehouse in Leeds.
(= They stole the computers recently, the computers are missing now.)
• a finished action which has present results:
I've designed and built lots of websites.
(= I have done this work in the past, now I have experience in it.)
• a repeated action in the past which is linked to the present
I've read his biog every day this week.
(= I read the biog for the last few days, now I am up-to-date with its news.)
Time expressions
We use already (sometime in the past) and never (at no time in the past)
with the Present Perfect Simple.
I've seen his biog already. He's never written a biog.
Circle the correct words or
phrases.
1 Critical Age _in Japan yet .
a don't play
b aren't playing
@)haven't played
d haven't been playing
2 They _ together for ten
months.
a play
b have playing
g have been playing
d don't play
3 Colin _ the bass guitarist
since Brian left.
, a has been
b is
c has been being
d was
We use since (from a point in time) and for (through a period of time) with
both the Present Perfect Simple and the Present Perfect Continuous.
She's lived here since 2003.
They've been watching TV since seven o'clock.
It hasn't rained here for two years. It's been raining for two months!
4 They _
Present Perfect Continuous
5
We use the Present Perfect Continuous to stress the continuous nature of a
past activity, for example
• actions which started in the past and are continuing now:
I've been cleaning my bedroom since ten o'clock this morning.
(= I started cleaning at ten o'clock and I am cleaning now.)
• a recent continuous action with present results:
I've been practising the song this morning so now I know the lyrics.
(= I practised the song for a period of time, now I know the words)
• to stress that a recent continuous action lasted a long time:
I look tired because I've been driving for ten hours.
(= I drove for ten hours, I have just stopped, now I look tired.)
6
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Yes/No and Wh- questions
Have you been talking on the phone? Yes, I have.
Has he been riding my bike? No, he hasn't.
This room is a mess. What have you been doing?
How does she know that? Who has she been talking to?
Affirmative
Negative
1/We/You!They have been
('ve been)
have not been
(haven't been)
He/She/It
has not been
(hasn't been)
has been
('s been)
which record
company to sign a deal with.
a don't decide
b haven't been deciding
c hasn't decided
1d haven't decided
Main verb (-ing)
practising all day.
the band
at The Rock
Garden before?
a Has ... been playing
b1 Does ... play
,_.
c Is . . . playing
d Has ... played
a lot?
the band
a Is ... rehearse
b Does ... rehearsing
c Has ... been rehearsing
d Has .. . been rehearsed
7 Colin _
a lot of songs at
the moment.
a writes
b has written
c has been writing
dis writing
'
2
Li
Compiete the
interview with
Brian. Use the
Present Perfect
Continuous.
Compiete the sentences with either the Present.
Perfect Simple or Continuous form of the verbs m
brackets.
1 They have spent (spend) hundreds of
dollars on their favourite band's CDs.
2 f 111 c
the band
i,r
(rehearsing)
_
all day?
3 He ~,et: ,.~t2:·
(t ry) to learn the violin
fi :
Reporter
Brian
Reporter
Brian
Reporter
Brian
Reporter
Brian
Reporter
Brian
Reporter
3
for five ~~rs - I ?.~m't think ~e'll eveI ~~cc~~: ,
4 Since I' (f 1'r-.,
(have) an iPod, I ; · ·' , .,~
(listen) to music all the t ime.
.
5 I L- '" . - c.· '
(be) a fan of rock music
since I was ten.
6 .
, many top bands p i:)~- (play) at
The Rock Garden?
7 There
(be) electric guitars since
the 1930s.
8 I _ _ __ _ _ _ (not play) the piano for
a long time so I - -'--- -- - - (have)
some lessons.
What 1 have you been doing (do) since
you left Critical Age, Brian?
I 2 .i >ive fl ()f Gee ;. a:".:i (not do) very
much! I was really tired when I left
the band so I 3_ _ _ _ _ __
(relax) at home.
4
you _ __ _ _ __
(follow) t he band's success?
Yes, I have. I 5_ _ _ _ _ __
(read) Colin's blog every day.
Do you wish you hadn't left the band?
No I made the right decision. I
G ' ' .
. <.- c> l< ~ 1-,;;,t;n(think) a lot
about what I want to do next.
Have you decided anything?
I'm not sure. I 7_ __ _ __ _
(have) acting lessons since I was
fourteen so I may go into films.
Have you got a part in a film yet?
No, not yet, but I 8_ _ __ __
(get in touch) with friends in the
film industry.
Well, good luck!
5
- MUSIC
! they
:
-
I
5 Millionth fan visits star1s biog!
I
6
each other for a long time? How long
together? Who writes their
4
together since secondary
i school. Sal 5
music since she was
: six but she 6
songs since 2003.
! Miranda started when she was a little older - she
7
: _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ the guitar since she was seven.
!
fifJCe/"I.
4 Forty-year-old song reaches number 1 in_l~~
(/1f/'
they
i Lead singer Sal and lead guitarist Miranda
Brian hasn't played the guitar for three months.
~------
3
! songs?
Brian denies plaving guitar for 3 months.
I'
WIRED SISTERS
! I met Wired Sisters in their hotel after their sell-out
i concert at F?i!ey's in Manchester. in the iast ten months,
: they 1 have become the most talked about new band in
i Britain. I had lots of questions for them - 2_ _ __
_
Read the headlines and write Present Perfect Simple
sentences.
3 BQYBAND WIN TOP ~WARD
Complete the article. Use the Present Perfect Simple
or Continuous form of verbs from the box.
... ....... . ..... ..... .........
b~ ····b ·~~~-~~- .. ·g·~· ~~t hang out know
make not meet play (x 2) rehearse
write
-
Boyd Baxter's latest song does'!:!..!!!.E!!!!!!!!!!.:!:!J
i Sal's boyfriend Stan is the band's rhythm guitarist
! although his first instrument is the piano. He's been
i playing that since he was just five. He
!8
with Sal for about a year. Their
! parents 9
each other yet because
i the band has been too busy touring and performing.
i Julie, the group's drummer, is silent while I talk to the
i other members of the band. I ask her 'Why haven't you
! said anything?' She explains '110
------! all day for our next music video and I 11
just
____ on stage for two hours - I'm exhausted!'
15
LISTENING
1
SPEAKING
am Read summaries 1-4. Listen and match them
with speakers A-D.
Summary
1 He/She doesn't buy things on the
Internet .
2 He/She doesn't trust people in
chat rooms.
3 He/She uses the Internet to find
cheap things.
4 He/She uses the Internet for
his/her studies.
2
Speaker
[]
D
D
1
Assistant
D
am Read the questions and match them with
speakers A-D from Exercise 1. Listen again and check.
1 Do you buy things from the Internet?
2 Have you made any friends through
the Internet?
3 How often do you use the Internet?
4 What do you use the Internet for?
3
Complete the conversation.
Customer
Assistant
D
[6J
D
D
am Read the sentences. Then listen again. Are the
Customer
Assistant
statements true (n or false (F)?
Speaker A
1 has never visited a chat room.
2 has never looked for a girl/boyfriend on
the Internet.
3 thinks everyone on the Internet is
dishonest.
Speaker B
4 doesn't like the Internet because there
is too much information.
5 believes everything he/she reads online.
6 looks at different sites to check facts .
Speaker C
7 never buys things online.
8 buys cinema tickets online because
they are cheaper.
9 wants his/her mum to chose his/her
clothes.
Speaker D
10 doesn't use the Internet very often.
11 buys coach tickets online because they
are cheaper.
12 likes to buy his/her own copies of
his/her books for university.
16
[EJ
D
D
D
D
D
D
D
D
D
D
D
Customer
Assistant
Customer
Assistant
Customer
Assistant
Customer
1T.M_first t..bi.ng_ you've got to do is
put your basket here on the left.
Here?
2y
r
't
Now scan your first item.
3M
you move it
s
from left to right in front of the
screen.
Like this?
4Y
't
5D
f
t
put your shopping in the bag on the
right.
How do I pay?
6p
, you have to touch the
screen here.
Which button do I touch?
The one with 'pay now' on it .
OK.
7N
press if you want to pay
with cash or card.
Thank you - I think I can manage it
myself now.
WRITING
1
Read the letter and study the information. Underline three things that tell you this is an informal letter.
+ t'\.
~~ )•.~:'"~. . . ~.... '
.. ~ .....
t r ::.,
Put your addr~~s in •'-,('~""'
the top right corner 0 ; :J'.'oALt•
of the letter.
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2 Write the date under
the address. ·o·-'
~ ..tu
: · J. "'
.. . '~
<"
0-.:: ·:,c~ st~ci<.e.t
3 Start with Dear .. .
You can use Hi ... in
very informal letters.
I hope you are having a great summer and that all
your exams are over. I've been doing exams for ever
but the last one was this afternoon. Fantastic! I'm
now free and can start to relax. While I was doing
my exams I was either in an exam room or at home
trying to revise. Let's hope that all this hard work
is rewarded with incredible results!
- ::
7 Us~:\nformal phr~ses
to get the reader's
attention. ' · .~ - c ·"'
-
t...."-.
. ..
11 Close with an ""
informal phrase,
eg Best wishes,
Take care, Look
after yourself,
Write soon.
2
:;.
I'm sorry I haven't been in touch recently but my
email isn't working properly, I' ve lost my mobile
and life has been too busy!
,..,
9 Give a reason to end
the letter.
26th June
.'\
"
6 Say something about
the reader's life.
~----· ·"'
-"---·~
: _....,.
· ._
.':~
NR32 7YT
Dear Grace,
...
' ...
5 Use a new paragraph
for each main idea.
Ill'.:
43 Marsh Road
Lowestoft
Suffolk
(.
Guess what! I'm going camping in Spain with two
friends from school. Do you want to come with us?
It'll be better if there are four of us and I'm sure
you'll like Amy and Ryan. We're leaving on the first
Saturday in August and we'll be away until our money
runs out. Please say yes !
Got to go now - mum's calling me for dinner and I'm
going out with all the other lucky people who have
finished their exams!
Let me know about the trip to Spain!
Look after yourself.
·, .
• f
·>I.
/
......
~
•
+
4 Start by saying
something about
when you were last ··
in touch or explain
why you haven't been
in touch for a while.
\.":'- ..:..~
1'." ..
.... ... "'-.
8 Use questions to ·
speak directly to the
reader.
(.I''.
10 Use imperatives to
communicate
directly with the
reader.
You are (Daniel's friend) Amy or Ryan. Your grandmother is ill so you have gone to her home with your parents.
Write a friendly letter to Daniel. Remember to lay out your letter correctly and to start and end in a friendly manner.
Include this information:
•
•
•
•
•
~;...) _-:,,.-
""' ·•. ' I
'.} '"' , '-
-,
explain where you are and why.
ask about his exams.
say you are looking forward to the holiday and explain what preparations you have made.
give him some news about another friend.
tell him how he can contact you while you are at your grandmother's home.
17
WORD LIST
VOCABULARY ACTIVATOR
material J 1 ~1epvc..".f> ·t, ;;microphone .,(,u.A ·(:)c~t.· t
alien ~u1nl., ... ,f·.
oral ye v<-1. it;
out of orderPc i•l!' ~,t-i)s,s ..::·1
apparently owi61-A5~· 0
attach Kf'll<- P01u Hb
paperclip cac(U',.. ·~"
patented te.ot'~i.:tt> 1 ;
battery
11 it er~,{, ~ ....£.i ''~
boot
Patient (n) 1(/l'<C.lc<n
1ll •
cellular phon ecn~"f~ ~"~,,.,... phone card
click
phone book
.: : •
, 1w.iccn!; come down (in price)
pick up k~J'""- • 1 "~·!('' ~ell ''"·
plastic I\./ a t'fc.'> -1.4tQ<C..•~ u
7 d· '" Communicate cood='i._~p" f.
• · ~Q.~ ... connected rC"f'tt r.:r• r,.
plug tc:i~ t• ·t f\.
C1.cp1opcc.COpyright 'l'-P'' C7>
portable
_,.
·- : •• ~ ...
crystal ball
P rediction 1UJ~~-h
""- .
cursor
press (v) .{c" · .r.< ·" ·
program (n) (computer
delete
<
dial (v) '-'Mt< ':, · ,
program) " -:.>()7 r:r.~
dialled (adj)
r
publish o.,-~C•!.t'" ··_E>
H <? .-:.,., ••-- disadvantage ( '1:·"- · <:.
receiver ·1r '·
download
recharge ~ , . , ><
rehearse i' ot''.· .. S! ~!l!C·
u ;:-.:-;. '<1.emoticons ,t"' ~
!.{'\,\
t·qJr- 4enormous '" (; 1'c ""! ~
restriction cz.p;itw·-?P~u <."
exhausted
ring tone
rivalCt~U'{JH'-iC, !Ct'I' C:JpC••f
explosive
''(/''<f~hd, extremely r ICC
search engine .• · '·«, " ~·~" ... ; ·.p~ fix ~,.., ·- : ..
signal (n) w'l • .
folder
slot c.(rfr
freeware
smart ·';/,
,-.. go dead (the phone1"'.1 "',.,e>tt socket pn. ~''it\
1?1.t 01 'r· went dead) --: o ·
"
sore oo , ( 9. "l: ''"'
'·go off 1J · .(" "· · -~
spyware !Mi«l'-=' • ·" f•
toolbar jlOJ<.t'.,._1. U<C'°" ":J;:L:.£f.,; < ·;
icon
impersonal
traditional " ··n.,u 'W · 1'
F.pM~ impressed ,, •
turn down U.1..ce; "-t.i. ·. ~ r
turn offGu: c- .,.; ,.. · "' ... c
install
interact
version _
"
invention
' ·
vibrate 2u ~ ~ i
voice mail u:- 1r~e?, • "'ct..r~·"
lyrics
volume 11..poy tC" u,, - c
manipulate -'' · 1 'w t•p<.
manual ~·Mu C\ ci•.c. /
30
t' ...
:!.'f:. . alert (v)
1
Complete with words from the Word List.
1
2 C Oil.i ill ;,I, l(C,.j(
3 d>·/ct,
4 ;Jl~.i,!(
0
\
I
Verb
attach
5
6
/;i-<
I
c
c '.'
t-'"i_t;J)tf<·r
7 predict
8 j:::il,( /' sl:
9 restrict ,
)"o./
10 I./ •i)0 f'{'
L
r
\
2
Noun
attachment
communication
deletion
installation
interaction
manipulation
{:) ! r"
I ; ..
bublication
(' ,vibration
Complete the sentences with words from Exercise 1.
1 Do you have any predictions about how we
will travel in the future? Private spaceships?
2 I need to i VI r:: ~ cC(
anti-virus software
on my home computer.
3 The Internet has made
faster.
4 One danger of the Internet is that you can't
_ _ _ _ _ _ what people publish on it.
5 I never save emails, I
them.
6 To add
to emails you need to
click on the paperclip icon.
7 When I turn down the volume on my phone it
_ _ _ _ _ _ so I can feel it ringing.
8 I don't like email - I prefer to _ _ _ _ __
with people face -to-face.
3
Complete the compound nouns with words from the
box. Then check your answers in the Word List.
cellular
.-p.hG-n@
1
2
computer eryst-al -fl:ee- paper
sear:ch Sl3-Y~ teel :voice
mail
book
I
3 cellular phone
·· program
4
j
".(
5
bar
c
.4
'
6
7
8
9
10
.,
\
ware
ball
. clip
engine
ware
Complete the sentences with words from Exercise 3.
1 To attach a document, click on this icon on
the toolbar .
2 I keep everybody's numbers on my mobile so
I don't need a _ _ __
3 If I don't answer, you can leave a message on
my _ _ __
4 Do you believe you can see the future in a
____ ?
5 I typed 'English nouns' into a ____ and it
found more than seven million sites.
6 If you download
or shareware, you
don't have to pay anything.
18
5
Circle the synonym for each word.
1 gig:[concert) party date
2 explosive: interesting exhausting (excifiTigJ
3 interact: perform l.co~J do
4 impersonal: cruel sensitive dull
5 sore :Cii!~f~- hot tiring
6 oral: felt heard s oken
7 rival:@12osite', competing leading
8 portable: light ~thin' moving
9 connected: touched linked installed
6
Extend your vocabulary
1
things you do with your computer: start up yourcomputer I open a disk, document or folder I
enter information I click on an icon I cut and
paste pieces of text I copy files or programs I
scroll up and down the page I delete things you
don't want I download files or pictures from the
Internet I burn CDs or DVDs I close a file or a
document I save your work I shut down your
computer
Complete the paragraph. Circle the correct
alternatives.
E. T is one of the most
family films ever
made. It tells the story of the relationship
between a little boy, Elliot, and E.T., a loveable
2J.l with an ugly face and an 3_
head who
gets left behind on earth. Elliot teaches E.T.
some English and his first words ate 'E.T.
phone home'. Elliot tries to help his new friend
4_
with his home planet and together they
build a machine to send a 5_ into space.
Someone 6_ scientists and government
officials to the fact that there is an alien living
in L.A. and Elliot and E.T. have a lot of
adventures trying to avoid the authorities
before E.T. finally goes home.
Study the dictionary entry and use the information to
label the pictures.
1_
1 Start up your computer.
3
\~~
.../ . c
Undo
To celebrate the 20th anniversary of E.T.,
Universal Pictures, who own the 7_ , released
a longer 8_ of the film with new 9_ generated images and an improved soundtrack.
1 a unique @popular c irresponsible
d science-fiction
2 a battery b emoticon c toolbar @alien
3 a exhausted @enormous c portable
d fashionable
4@J communicate b fix ·©download
d manipulate
5 a ring tone . ,b receiver '@)program @signal
6 a attaches (bi alerts c recharges d installs
7 a alien b voicemail @copyright
d freeware
8 a manual @version c invention
d program
9 a icon b plastic c computer d microphone
IA (' r;: f:·
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Copy
4 _ _ _ _ _ _ _ __
2
Study the information about the Internet and
complete the text.
WORD FOCUS: INTERNET
places on the Internet: website/site, web page,
chat room
things you do on the Internet: surf the net (spend
time looking at websites for fun), visit websites
and chat rooms, download files from the
internet, email people or chat with them, shop
online or work online. You can also bookmark
sites that you want to go back to regularly or put
them on your list of favourites.
HANWORTH LIBRARY
Members of the public are welcome to use the /"b
,
computers. If you are not sure h
' rary s
please speak to one of th lb . ow to access the 1 Internet
e ' ranans who will show you how to·
e 2
~en~.
.
• find a particular 3 51 ~
•
4
files.
You are not allowed to use the libra ,
ry s computers to
5
•
chat rooms.
6
• - - - emails.
•shop 7 o i ,
•bookmark s
- - - or create a list of g
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SELF-ASSESSMENT TEST 1 I UNITS 1-2
VOCABULARY AND GRAMMAR
1
Complete the text with a preposition in
each gap.
(6 points)
I often used to be bored at the weekend. I
wasn't going 1 out with anyone and had nothing
to do. I hung 2
at the shops but didn't
have any money to spend. Then, one day, I
an old friend whose dad
bumped 3
had his own business and we started chatting.
We got 4
well with each other and he
told me that his father might give me a job so
we went to see him. He was great and I started
the next day, working in his toy shop. I spent
most of the first day fooling 5
with the
6
model trains! I don't know how he put _ _ __
with my behaviour but, eventually I calmed
and now, five years later, I'm the
- -manager of one of the biggest shops in our city.
20
Circle the correct alternatives.
(6 points)
My brother is in a gang. He's been in it
1(since]I fo r I from he was 17 and he's now 21.
They call 2 them I - I~ 'The crazies'
but I don't think they do many crazy things.
They have known 3 themselves I them I
each other since they were small children, so,
of course, I have known them for years too.
They meet 4 them I themselves I - every
Saturday. Tom, my brother, takes hours to
get ready. At the moment, he 5 has I
has been having I is havi'iJ:fl a shower. He's
been in the bathroom for ages. He always looks
at 6 him /]!imsel/ I - in the mirror for about an
hour and then smiles at 7 myself I'[!}§ I I with
his perfectly white teeth and goes out.
Complete the text with one word in each gap.
The number of letters needed is shown in
brackets.
(6 points)
There are lots of free programs you can
1 download (8) from the Internet. Go to a
2 s, cct 11 cli (6) engine and type in the word
'freeware'. That will bring up a website which is
offering free software. Find what you want and
move your mouse until the 3 Cu/ll SOfl (6) is
over the button which says 'download' and
4 CI!. Id
(5) on it. You'll then see a little box
come up showing the program moving from
the website to your computer. If you want to
use this software, you must 5 dowAfoqc/ (7) it
on your computer. Don't worry, when it has
downloaded, it will tell you what to do next.
If it gives you the option to create an
6 I <' ovi
( 4), that is a small picture with a
link to the programme, on your desktop,
choose that because it makes life much easier.
The actual program will be hidden away in a
7 -foCde ri
(6) somewhere on your harddrive.
2
3
it
Complete the second sentence so that it
has a similar meaning to the first.
(6 points)
1 John and I keep in touch by exchanging
emails.
John and I send emails t o each other.
2 Jim says that it is his fault that he is late.
Jim blames hrt'"' le tl I~>' fip ; /.I ei r!o+ic
v
3 Kate and Sue argue a lot.
Kate and Sue argue with 0C1. ch t)fA~n c,(qt
4 I hope we have a good time at the party.
I hope we enjoy _ __ _ _ _ _ _ _ __
5 Tom started working at 8 a.m. and he still
hasn't finished.
Tom has _ _ _ _ _ _ _ __ _ _ __ _
6 I met Paul seven years ago.
I have _ __ _ __ _ _ _ __ _ _ __
7 What do you mean, what's wrong? Look in
the mirror.
What do you mean what's wrong? Look at
5
Complete the text with the correct form of
the verbs in brackets.
(6 points)
Technology 1 has changed (change) so much
since I was a boy. My grandson
2
(have) got an incredible
amount of multi-media gadgets in his room.
At the moment, he 3
(listen)
to an MP3 player with songs on it that he
4
(recently I download) from
the Internet. For the last three hours, he
5
(also I watch) a TV
programme on his computer. It is a one-hour
programme but he can pause it whenever he
likes, just like a video, even though it is live TV.
I6
(not understand) any of it.
All these remote controls lying around all over
the house. He 7
(try) to teach
me how to download a virtual garden tour all
this week but I don't think I'll ever be able to
work out how to do it.
LISTENING SKILLS
1
Gm
Listen to the presentation. Are the
statements true (T) or false (F)?
(8 points)
1 The people at the presentation have to
sit in certain seats.
2 The Technoguard S3 is. not on sale yet.
3 The Technoguard S3 does things more
quickly than a computer.
4 The volunteer has to connect several
things to the machine.
5 The woman has got a camera which
can play music.
6 The machine asks questions to find out
exactly what you want it to do.
7 The man makes a cover for the DVD.
8 The volunteer isn't going to sell the
machine in November because he
doesn't like it.
D
D
D
D
D
D
D
D
COMMUNICATION
1
Complete the conversation with
extracts a-h.
(7 points)
a it's the round thing with a picture on one side
b Have you done that?
c That's it!
d The first thing you've got to do is install it on
your computer
e it's used for playing CDs on your computer
f Make sure it's the right way up
g You don't need to do anything else yet.
h It's a kind of telephone exchange that links
you to the Internet.
A I've got this new modem but I don't really
know what it is.
B1 h .
A So, what do I have to do with it?
B 2_
A What do I need for that?
B The installation disc - 3_
A Ah, yes. Here it is.
B So, put it in the disc drive.
A Eh?
B The disc drive - 4 _
A Oh yes.
B OK, you have to open the disc drive. 5
A Hang on. Yes.
6
B Put the disc in. _ . The silver side should
be facing down. Let me have a look. O.K.
that's fine . Now close it. Good, it's loading.
You can relax. It'll take about ten minutes.
7_ . Just keep an eye on it and shout when
it's finished .. .
A It's finished.
B Let's have a look. 8_ . You've done it. Well
done!
Total
/45
21
An eye for an eye?
GRAMMAR
Past Simple
Past Perfect
We use the Past Simple to talk about things which started
and finished in the past:
• single events
The judge started her job in 1998.
• regular events
She worked in the court every day for ten years.
• past states
I didn't understand the problem.
• telling stories
I went to the park and I saw a crowd of people.
With the Past Simple we use time expressions like
yesterday, yesterday moming/afternoonlevening, last night/
year/week/Saturday, when I was five/ ten, ten years ago,
in September/2004:
Where were you yesterday?
She spoke to the police a week ago.
Past Continuous
We use the Past Continuous
• to describe things which were in progress at or around
a fixed time in the past:
At ten o'clock yesterday I was walking to the station.
• for longer activities interrupted by shorter ones in
the past:
I was jogging in the park when I saw a crowd of people.
• for temporary situations in the past:
We were staying with our cousins.
• to set the scene in a story or give background
information:
I was walking along the road one evening ...
1
Circle the correct alternatives.
1I
with friends when someone stole their car.
2 The police asked me where I _ the night
before.
a was sleeping b slept c had slept
him
every month.
a had visited b visited c was visiting
4 I_
her after she had spent six months in
prison.
a hadn't recognised b wasn't recognising
c didn't recognise
22
Main verb
(past participle)
I/You/He/She/It had ('d)
We!They
,_______ punished them.
had not (hadn't)
Yes/No and Wh- questions
Had he seen the accident? Yes, he had.
Had you talked to him before the accident? No, I hadn't.
Why had they lied to the police?
We use the Past Perfect to talk about what happened before
another event in the past. It is used with the Past Simple or
Continuous.
The roads were dangerous because it had snowed in
the night. (It snowed, then the roads became dangerous.)
Everyone was driving slowly because they had seen the
accident.
(They saw the accident, and drove more carefully afterwards.)
Mind the trap?
• When we got to the court, the judge sentenced
the criminals.
(=We arrived at the court, then the judge
sentenced the criminals.)
• When we got to the court the judge had
sentenced the criminals.
(=We arrived at the court after the judge had
sentenced the criminals.)
you _ the suspect before you saw her
in court?
a Did .. . meet b Were ... meeting
c Had ... met
5_
a had stayed b stayed @)was staying
3 When her brother was in prison, she _
Affirmative/
negative
6 _ the police _ the men who stole the
money yesterday?
a Were ... arresting b Did ... arrest
c Had ... arrested
7 I had an accident because I
at the road.
a wasn't looking b hadn't looked
c didn't look
8 The jury _
a decision so the judge sent
them home.
a didn't make b weren't making
c hadn't made
2
Answer the questions with short answers.
'1
1 Were you waiting for a bus when you saw
them?
Yes,
I was
2 Had you eaten anything before the accident?
Yes, _ _ _ _ __
3 Did the thieves take your bike?
No, _ _ _ _ __
4 Was my dad complaining about the noise?
No, _ _ _ _ __
5 Did the boys have to go to court?
Yes, _ _ _ _ __
6 Had you seen the driver before?
No, _ _ _ _ __
7 Were there lots of people running in the
street?
Yes, _ _ _ _ __
3
Complete the article with the Past Simple or
Continuous forms of the verbs in brackets.
Complete the report with the Past Simple or
Continuous form of verbs from the box.
argue be (x 2) climb go out
not close play receive relax
have
Last weekend the weather 1 was very hot
and while most people 2 ~,
, the police
3 · ·, ·
~ very busy. People 4
r·. · their
windows when they 5
so thieves just
6
in and helped themselves. At parties,
people 7 '
their windows open while
8
they
loud music so there were a lot
of complaints from neighbours. Also, when it's
hot, people have more arguments. The police
9 i
. ··; more than twenty phone calls to
homes where families 10_~-5
Join the sentences with the words in brackets. Use
the correct verb form as necessary.
1 The prisoners ate breakfast. They went to the
exercise area. (after)
After they had eaten breakfast, they went to
the exercise area.
2 The bell rang. They woke up. (when)
My Five Year
Fight to Free
McGowan
3 They cormnitted serious crimes. They were in
prison. (because)
4 They appeared in court. They were sent to
prison. (before)
by James Blake,
journalist
5 The police arrested her. The shoplifter confessed. (as soon as)
6 She didn't tell the children. Their father went
1became interested in the McGowan case. At the
1
was working (work) as a court reporter when I
time, 12
~ il]jr 1 f . , .~ (write) forthe local
newspaper. Most of the court cases were boring and I
3 \ · 1r.
(not enjoy) my job very much. In fact,
I 4 •;.
,· (think) about leaving journalism to
become a teacher. Anyway, on t his particular day, I
5 (f, c;
(•
',
(listen) to the police evidence in the
McGowan trial, and I suddenly 6
(think),
'You're lying'.The policeman 7 ' "' ·, / ,
(read)
from notes but he 8 0 .
(not have) the
body language of an honest person. At t he end of the
trial, I 9
\ 1<·
(be) amazed when the jury
10
(find) Mr McGowan guilty I wanted
to shout,' 11
you .
. (listen)?' but I
couldn't. Instead, I spent every spare minute for the
next five years working to get Mr McGowan out of
prison.
v
::; .
. ·
to prison. (that)
7 The judge didn't sentence the teenager. She
listened to the evidence. (until)
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6
Complete the newspaper article with the Past Simple,
Continuous or Perfect form of the verbs in brackets.
Tests confirmed yesterday that
the so-called Christopher
Edward Buckingham, who had
lived a lie for 23 years, is really
an American called Charles
Albert Stopford Ill.
Leo Parker, security guard
Mr Parker 1 was going (go) towards the main building
when the explosion happened. 'I 2
(be)
very lucky. I 3
(park) my car two
minutes before and 4
(walk) to the
office. Suddeniy there was a great flash of light and
then the loudest bang I have ever heard. I
5
(fell over) but I 6_ _ _ __
(not be) hurt badly.'
Helena Aldridge, computer systems manager
'I 7
(work) at my desk and the next
second I was on the floor. My boyfriend
8
(leave) the office five minutes before
and I was very worried about him. At that moment my
mobile 9
(ring) and I 10_ _ _ __
11
(hear) his voice saying "
you _ __
(hear) that?" That was a stupid question!'
Max Finkle, airline passenger
'I 12
(fly) into London from Canada and
about a minute before the captain 13_ _ _ __
(told) us to put on our seat belts ready for landing.
(look) out of the window because I
I 14
15
(want) to see London below us.
There was suddenly a big orange light north of
London - it was enormous.'
Clara Kent, local resident
Clara Kent 16
(drive) to the offices to
collect her fiance, Greg. 'I 17
(arrive)
at 3.55p.m. and Greg was ready so he
18
(get in) and I 19
(drive)
away. As we 20
(drive) away from the
building, we 21
(see) this huge white
light but we 22
(not hear) the noise until
a second later.
24
~t ., :rna1l~, {irst came to
Tatfention'"
last year
the police's
when his
passport was checked in France. His
~~~g,rt de~ag~~tf!J.?wed that . he had
stblen · the itt'e nhty of a Christopher
Edward Buckingham who had died,
aged eight months, in August 1963. The
French officials contacted the UK and
he was arrested as soon as he arrived in
Britain.
The mystery man was taken to court for
using a false passport but he wi~.ld.n't ~ ·,
tell police his real name. He ev~n refused
to see his children, de~pite their refq\1est t"1 e.
to know the truth about their father's
past.
- ·~
The two children are· f~~<s111, _h~~.J!iit;,1,,§~IJ~ .
year marriage which en~ed in divorce:
His ex~ife \.\l\,\-,
Amanda
said that she was
t<U
shocked to learn that the man she knew
1~,s : -~Chris Buckingham was someone
·· else. She said that she and
her;c.c. hildren
'It\ e- \\..-\.\. ,.{
},
were having trouble understanding the
situation.
READING
1
BJ Read the article quickly and_choose the best
headline.
~.
A
_,.
-
.
~
F.'~<r::iv '~-.,. ·, b
The man's real name was finally revealed
when a woman in the United States ~w
a picture 'in an onlirie British newspaper.
She t:ilgught that it looked like her
l9I}g-l9stJ>rother so she contacted the
11"za1hifh&Hie§. The FBI and UK Immigration
Service ran some identity checks and
these5Prote"ct that the man's real name
was Charles Albert Stopford III.
A British detective said, 'This· whole
inquiry has been upsetting - for the
baby's family; for Charles Stopford's
former wife and his children who have
been left wondering who 'Buckingham'
really is, and indeed for his family in
America. Now his true identity has
been confirmed, hopefully this will help
them all come to terms with what has
happened.'
The police officer who led the inquiry
until his retirement last year, said: 'I'm
pleased he has finally been identified,
but ,there are still a lot of questions to
be answered ... I'm going to write to him
once more in the hope that he might
provide some answers.'
I
C Man changes name after divorce
I
D French police arrest British citizen
2
Read events A-H and put them in the correct order.
A An American woman was reading an
online newspaper when she saw
his photograph.
B He and his wife got a divorce.
C He ran away and travelled to different
countries.
D He was arrested in Britain and taken
to court .
E He was living in the UK when he
got married.
F He was working in the US navy when
he was accused of a crime.
G Medical tests proved that the man was
Mr Stopford.
H The French police noticed that he was
using a stolen identity.
Stopford had disappeared from the States
when he was working as a sailor in the
US navy. At the time he had been accused
.of a serious crime so he ran away to
avoid ' being arrested. He had travelled
in Japan and Germany before arriving
in England where he met and married
Amanda, and had two children.
Following his court appearance,
Stopford, 42, was sent to prison in the
UK for using a false passport. At the
end of his sentence he will be held as
an. illegal immigrant and will probably
be deported to the US. His parents and
eight brothers and sisters said that they
were both shocked and excited that he
hadfinally been found.
End or identitv then mvsterv
3
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Find words 1-5 in the article. Match them with
definitions a-e.
1 so-called ( adj)
2 identity (n)
3 false ( adj)
4 long-lost (adj)
5 deport (v)
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a someone's name and who they are
b to make someone leave a country
c not real but made to trick other people
drbeing something in name but not in reality
e lost or not seen for a long time
4. Read the sentences. Are the statements true (T) or
false (F)?
1 The British police arrested him for using
a false passport.
2 The man stole a baby's passport.
3 The man used a dead baby's name.
4 He was arrested after he had been
to France.
5 He never told his wife his real name.
6 He hadn't told his family in the States
where he was living.
7 The police believe that the man can give
them more information.
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SPEAKING
1
GRAMMAR
Complete the phrases.
1 C ome off i.t. !
2 I couldn't a 9 r ~
more.
3 I'm a 1 9ue_
I can't agree with you.
4 No dv ,-1
about it.
5 That's a good p_q-r
~,_
; c_ _
6 That may be t I' ,1 e
but ...
7 You've got
a point, but ...
8 You're dead r ;
1
I
n: . .:.
9NowCtj
10 That's so
2
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t~
v +-'-1 r_ _
[KJEJ
used to and would
D
D
D
We use used to+ infinitive to talk about habits and states
in the past which are now finished or no longer true:
I used to read children's comics. (Now, I read
newspapers.)
Leo used to hate spinach. (Now, he likes it.)
What games did you use to play? (when you were
a child)
D
D
CJ
CJ
CJ
D
Mind the trap!
Don't confuse used to (for habits/states in the
past) with the regular verb to use.
I used to have a Star Wars rucksack for
my books.
I used my old Star Wars rucksack for my
books today.
Use the key to mark the phrases in Exercise 1.
./ = agreeing
? = partial agreement
X = disagreeing.
F =formal
IF =informal
3
We use would+ infinitive in the same way as used to,
• to talk about habits in the past:
I would get up every morning and go for a run.
(It was my habit in the past.)
• to avoid repeating used to when describing past
habits:
We used to put everything in the car the night
before our holiday We fJ8efi....te. would leave before
the sun was up and we fJ8efi....te. 'd stop for breakfast
on the way
Complete the conversation with appropriate phrases
from Exercise 1.
Hey Milly! How are you? Did you read
about that man who helped his sick
mother to die? The judge sentenced him
to only a month in prison. I think it's
terrible - he should be in prison for life.
Milly 1 IV(" cl - 1Af:: i ;-1! That's not justice, it's
just a waste of time and money. Anyway,
his mother was terribly ill and asked him
to help her. He didn't murder her.
, but he gave her the
Andy' 2
medicine that ended her life.
Andy
1
4
Mind the trap!
Always use used to, not would tor states in the
past, and for questions about past habits and
states:
I used to have two best friends at school.
NOT ! wetJ!fl have two /Jest friemis ...
Did you use to listen in lessons?
NOT Would yeu Ust£m iR lessoRs?
Complete the conversation with appropriate phrases
from Exercise 1.
As you know, Dr Hope, we have been
discussing euthanasia at school. Some
people believe that a very sick person
should be able to decide when they
want to die. What is your view?
. It is never
Dr Hope Well, 1
right to 'help' someone to die. As a
doctor, it is my job to keep people
alive. I can give people medicine
which helps their pain and until they
die naturally.
Student 2
, but if someone
is very ill surely it's kinder to help
them die?
Dr Hope Would you give the patient the
medicine? It's easy to agree with
euthanasia, but someone has to do it .
It isn't fair to ask doctors to kill their
patients.
Student 3_ _ _ _ __ _ ! I hadn't thought
about that before.
Student
1
Match the beginnings and endings of these sentences.
I
When I was seven ...
1 My older brother used to make
2 I used to think
3 I would look
4 Every night, I would make
5 Some nights, my parents would sit
6 My parents used to hope
a I would grow out of my fear.
b my parents go upstairs with me.
c with me until I fell asleep.
into it.
e horrible noises outside my bedroom.
f monsters lived under my bed.
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d under the bed for monsters before I got
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2
Complete the paragraph with phrases from the box.
diEln't· use to think used to drive
would--foFget used to get would become
would feel would-¥-is-i:t·· wettldn1t-do
wouldn't speak
•3 ·. Read the paragraph and change the underlined verbs
with used to or would.
Q
used to go
When I was a child, we weRt to my
In this picture I'm scoring the winning
goal of the match. It was a fantastic
moment. Before any big game, I
1 used to c::iet very nervous so I had a
routine to help me relax. For about a
14r -tit>.· I<
week before, I 2 WOO
anything ex cept train and think
about the match - I 3 1/1 s c c/ ~ c d: · · , {'
my wife mad! On the day before the
match, I 4 cl ·,h - 11.' ·• " ;··'about
anything but the game and I
5 vv ;· 111 :;,' v (' · , ·< very quiet. I
6 \ tt·.1€cl vis;;..
the stadium on my
own - I think it helped m e to see the
space and imagine the game. Then,
when we were waiting in the
dressing room before the match, I
7 Wo 1.d J,,f '\.peo.}:
to the other players
but I would know what to expe ct so
1s we11e~ lu-,,.
a bit more
c onfident. Of c ourse , the minute I
ran onto the pitch, I 9 wou~.-f z- i'Ac ;:. •
all about my nerves.
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grandparents for Christmas every year. Each
WCM Pc/
\,V(t.<t'.'d
year, my mother ffid all the work. She bought
and wrapped all the presents, she packed
suitcases for the whole family and then she
.Pill everything in the car on Christmas Eve.
My dad came home at lunchtime and he asked
lots of questions like 'Have you bought all the
presents? Have you packed the car properly?'.
He thought he was being helpful! Then my
mum &Qt angry and they argued for the whole
journey. I believed that Christmas Eve was a
special day for arguing.
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VOCABULARY ACTIVATOR
WORD LIST
accidentally {..l'.f u.i: 11 <>
judge C~'f-lo si.
1
accused (n) ob&c,. ,~ c.m~r:~ jury Ylf"" cr<.J¥Wc 1€
_
ambulance (lr(';pC'i..;; i.)c.<•""-'a'justice c l,Apelfieg.w"'"'" '"'
anguish fofa'b
justified OV1JXl 8~H-1c 1 Zi
C.P- lAL'l'\.'.antisocial behaviourli'('t~ • • f kidnapper tto~£A ]l(>.I'_,,,.
arrest ar""'{~ "',
_ knock over~p<?- ci ~
Atlantic c,·1.rc.:•1<Aurt'-CH• lawyer .-opucT
_
automatic C\f.e; .1.1~'il 1 1. lenientTepriMcW> 1"'
banned ~, • .'v t'i• <"< miserableJ<li..{/C<-<;:;-(:rocw«
barbaric €o.p6<t< ,(.... c.
mugger !:J M-17 · ~ pc.. J..Me"""
bench <- . . ~ f ~ ~»C(. na'iVe k C. u fSµ,bllA
, .
blackmailtut.H'i:;.,r
noise nuisance Utf1..t1o6'oa ~1)} v-:• 06'<£
blackmailer U4 e;x1 c...:tu.cr
original vrurpwc..-U 1u 1 et
blockedsad'0e>1.::"''f '
panic i-tC<J.-U< it"'
2
bullying oJe..t;l .12r"'""',;
penalty H.o1Ca£caw ~
C""J l-"~case (criminal investigation) pensioner Hf'f,fCat;"N.ep
celebrity
M ""'~., o;,, ~,,,,cc'.;,
prison sentence TIC>~ ~"?
I? -<-<'lAe> e.
. •
(C ..q .. <>i'.
Citizen zp c~¥fJ U<.l PI
property r:c:n<>.u-< 'f! "!:-.
( r...
pi.u~o mmit a crime 1-tp ~cZ'.f 1<.d1<<('.punishment V(..C< fcCtff· J..(L( e
,
0J111t<community service pt;,Jc;> "\ racial abuse prAc c_q8~ ~ eia~(X)-«"t.w <>
""
'fl_(2- CL.T
c-<. _u.i I 0. l;f"C'I<
compensation 11'tJ1,,..• 1tti-1f'tl.[f· rehabilitauon programme,..,fk?cP",_..,."
conclude .)C< fcµo"tc.. I•
report (v) cD1'C5tkc. 7.,
COnfeSS "'-PU. ~~L4gt;'!l I,
responsibility (!)( ee1c/.6ek uoc-,1r
IP.... courtroom ct~e.
~..
sentence (v) r·p e9..Loit:ew-< etqx:i~c;)
lJ,,w:u~damages (comp~rmgfion)
serial killer r,.,1;u it;(.." r ii y6.«~ •1 <I
deterrent _sei: p1.t~ i t4
severe c?p o UA i7 _
donkey oce ·~f
Shoplifter ljPO. d lfl 1€...U. .#tC. ?Q)-w1tCb
dozen ~t.bX"H"'
siren Dv<peu0i
dropping litter
speeding e- r.o pe!> c>;,
H ~1t~ .- drunk-driving Jo 1.1' J.,ti
sue (v) llLotJ"'e" 7"'@ Ct;r".J
ui1tp- electronic tagging £or
suspend (v) (from school)W1«.w· '- 3
envelopes( oi.<.~ep1
suspended sentence u :, 'A (<c.u.t
D<(~q116 evidence (~«,, c)
suspicious
fine (n) t-t.,1 ·1 i~r·
swearing in public
~xcrfiep'<. firecracker
trial (in court)
guilt f1t· 11 "'
unusual
hesitaterMF}.,,_ ':..61
valuables
PF''~-~infectw<q'""~ v~Gc..i.,
victim
insult ocr0 tP 0Jc 1 b
wig
insurance company
witness
interrupted N?p~-1 b
1
"1Cf>.,
'v
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Complete with words from the Word List.
Verb
1 accuse
2 compensate
3 deter
4judge
5 kidnap
6mug
7 penalise
8 shoplift
9 witness
Noun
-~a=c~c=u=se~d~-
(person)
_ _ _ _ _ (thing)
_ _ _ _ _ (thing)
_ _ __ _ (person)
______ (person)
_ _ _ _ _ (person)
_ _ _ _ _ (thing)
______ (person)
_ _ _ _ _ (person)
Complete the sentences with words from Exercise 1.
1 The accused was a little, old lady. She didn't
look like a violent criminal.
2 He has been to prison eight times so that
punishment isn't a _ _ _ _ __
3 The
took the rock star's baby
and asked for a million dollars.
4 Unfortunately, she was alone when she was
attacked so there wasn't a _ _ _ _ __
5 In Britain, the normal ______ for
drunk-driving is a fine or sometimes a
prison sentence.
6 The mugger had to give his victim £100
Complete the sentences with compound nouns from
the Word List.
1 A lot of immigrants complain to the police
about racial abuse .
2 The judge sent the young criminal on a
______ instead of to prison.
3 The police always know where someone is
with _ _ _ _ __
4 If a criminal is sentenced to _ _ _ _ __
they have to do something like gardening or
street cleaning.
5 We all agreed that the murderer deserved a
very long _ __ _ __
6 The shoplifter got a
because
it was her first arrest and she had young
children.
7 After the burglary, we contacted our
_ _ ____ and they gave us the money
to replace the stolen things.
8 When the police caught the _ _ _ _ __
he had already murdered fifteen people.
4
Crimes and the law
People
accused
blackmail
blackmailer
burglar
burglary
case
fine
graffiti artist
robber
robbery
sentence
sue
vandal
vandalism
5
Extend your vocabulary
For each word tick the correct column.
./
1
commit crime (not malw/do crime)
crime prevention = attempts to stop crimes
before they happen
crime rate = the amount of crime that happens
somewhere
crime scene
= the place where the crime
happened
juvenile/youth crime = crimes con:imitted by
children and teenagers
petty crime = crime that isn't very serious
serious crime = crimes involving, for example,
guns or large s ums of money
street crime = crimes committed in the street,
for example, mugging
Label the people in the picture with words from the
Word List.
2
Study the phrases and choose from them to label
the pictures below.
turn to crime = start committing crimes
violent crime = crimes which cause physical injuries
4
1 ____ _ _ __
2 _______ _
4 _ _ _ _ _ _ __
5 _____ __ _
2
6
Complete the article with the correct form of the
words in brackets.
FROM OUR COURT REPORTER
/
Y
esterday 1~ (justice) Williams sentenced five
girls for 2
(bully) a classmate. After
she had listened to the 3
(evident) from
the victim and her family; the judge said the girls'
behaviour had been 4
(barbar ian) and that
5
their
(punish) must fit the crime. She
ordered them each to pay 6
(compensate)
to their victim and to do fifty hours of community
service helping 7
(pensions). She also said
that she hoped they would learn to be better 8_ _ __
__ (citizenship) and that if she ever saw them in her
court again she would not be so 9_ _ _ _ __
(leniency).
Complete the text. Circle the correct alternatives.
A lot of young people 1 (turn to)! hang out with
crime if they are bored and have nothing to do
in their spare time. They usually start with
2 petty I violent crime like shoplifting or street
crime such as painting graffiti on buildings.
However, if they are not stopped, they can
become involved in 3 serious I youth crime like
burglary and mugging. As part of the police and
local community's crime 4 rate I p revention
campaign, we opened a youth club a year ago.
This means that young people now have a place
to meet, which offers a genuine alternative to
5 committing I doing crime. The police
published the annual crime figures this week
and they show that the crime 6 scene I rate has
fallen by twenty percent.
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S(he)
GRAMMAR
Modal and related verbs
Present Simple Affirmative
Negative
Yes/No and Wh- questions
Auxiliary + main verb (infinitive)
Auxiliary + not+ main verb (infinitive)
You ought to eat more fruit.
You ought not (oughtn't) to eat sweets.
We have to go by train.
We don't have to go by train.
He is able to dress himself.
He isn't able to dress himself.
Should they believe her? Yes, they should.
Can she understand? No, she can't.
Do we have to get up early? No, you don 't.
Does he have to pay? No he doesn 't.
Where can we play tennis?
Past Simple* Affirmative
Negative
Yes/No and Wh- questions
I could play tennis when I was ten. I couldn't play tennis when I was ten.
We were able to go out yesterday.
We weren't able to go out yesterday.
They had to pay for the tickets.
They didn't have to pay for the tickets.
Could you understand our science
homework? Yes, I could.
Did they have to get 80 percent to pass
the exam? No, they didn't.
What could you see from the top?
*must, ought to and should do not have Past Simple forms
Modal verbs can, must and should are also called modal auxiliaries. Like the related verbs have to,
ought to and be able to they are used for rules, responsibilities and ability.
To form sentences with these verbs:
• don't add third person s except with have/has to and am/are/is able to.
• use have to instead of must, and should instead of ought to for questions.
• don't use the auxiliary do in questions, negatives or short answers, except with have to.
We use must for
• written rules: All students must show their ID cards.
• things which we think are important to do: I must do some revision this weekend.
• strong advice: You must stop smoking.
We use mustn'twhen something is
• forbidden by law/rule: You mustn't use a mobile phone in the hospital.
• an obligation: We mustn't forget to buy Jim a birthday card.
We use have to for
• rules: If you lose a library book, you have to buy a new one.
• laws: You have to get a visa to travel to the USA.
• external obligation: He has to do his homework first.
We use don't have to
• when something isn't necessary: You don't have to buy me a birthday present- a card is enough.
We use should/shouldn't and ought/ought not to to
• give advice: You shouldn't get married after only two weeks together! You ought to wait at least a year.
• explain a duty or responsibility: If you saw the accident, you ought to phone the police.
• make suggestions: You shouldn't spend so much money/You ought to see a doctor.
We use can/can't (present) and could/couldn't (past) for
• ability: I could understand the joke but I didn't think it was funny
• possibility: You can go there by train, coach or plane.
• permission: You can go when the light is green.
• laws: People couldn't vote at eighteen when I was young.
• rules: You can't smoke in my house.
We use the correct form of be able to for ability, in tenses where there is no appropriate form of can
I'll be able to paint your kitchen next weekend./They won't be able to come to your party.
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1
Dear Ted Edwards,
Complete the sentences with the correct alternatives.
1 We _
forget it's Dad's 50th birthday next
month.
a don't have to b can't @mustn't
2 You _ buy a season ticket but a daily ticket
is more expensive.
a mustn't b don't have to @:can't
3 The law is that people _ pay tax. If you
don't pay, you could go to prison.
a don't have to b can @ have to
4 Unfortunately, I _ see the manager so I
wrote to her instead.
a couldn't b mustn't c didn't have to
5 Nineteenth century travellers _ use credit
cards because they didn't exist then.
a could b couldn't c had to
6 lf This is a Man is a brilliant book - I think
everybody _ read it.
a oughtn't to ,_ b should c can
7 I'll be on holiday in the mountains at
Christmas so I _ meet you in town.
a won't be able to b mustn't c couldn't
'8 I _ have friends to stay at the weekend
- my parents don't mind.
/~a have to b can c mustn't
9 You _ drive a car at night without lights.
a don't have to : ·b shouldn't c can
10 We _ forget about next week's test - the
teacher reminds us in every lesson!
a can't b must c ought not to
11 What do you think? _ I wear my blue
shoes or the black ones?
a Can b Should o Do
~
2
Complete the questions with the correct form of
must/have to or can/be able to.
In your country,
1 Could women vote in the 1920s?
2 At what age
young people
get married nowadays?
3 Do you
carry
identification?
4 Will I _ _ _ _ _ _ _ use the Euro if I
visit?
5 _ _ _ _ _ _ _ all children go to
secondary school a hundred years ago?
6 Did young children
work
in factories in the past?
7 Has the government ___ _ ____ solve
the problem of street crime?
8
~~~s~cl~rn~
are fourteen years old?
3
Write short answers to the questions in Exercise 2.
1 Yes, they could I No, they couldn't.
Thank you for your a /'
.
trainee solicitor We !P 1cat1on for the post of
attend an inte~iew at ~uld like to invite you to
.If this time is in<!:6~vgr : l>Joo on Monday 15th June
immediately.
n1ent, p lease let me know
.
Please arrive at our off·
~ecurity is strict in the ~cu~~.at 9.45 and ask for me.
t is letter w ith you an
ing so you must brin
identification for ex d some other form of
g
Passport. Pl~ase als~ble a driving licence or
and. qualifications for usn~g your original certificates
copies of th ese so
.o check. We Will make
away with you at th~o~~1// be able to take them
I' . . , .. .. .. .
of the int erview.
Enbiosed.wit'ri' this letter t
.
.
.P lease complete the t khere is an interview task
interview for discussio~s and bring it along to th~
I look forward to meeting you on Monday.
Yours sincerely
Ju/le R!Ja..ti
Personnel Officer
4
Read the letter and complete the conversation.
Great! The company I applied to want
me to go for an interview!
Mum Well done. When is it?
Ted
Monday. She says I 1 have to (necessity)
ring her if I 2
(ability) go.
3
Mum What time do you
(necessity)
be there?
Ted
The interview is at 10.00 but I 4 _ _ __
(necessity) arrive at 9.45 for a security
check. I 5
(possibility) use my
driving licence or passport as ID.
Mum Is there anything else? You 6_ _ __
(necessity) read the letter carefully do you 7
(necessity) do any
preparation?
Ted
Yes, I 8
(necessity) take my
certificates. I don't know where they are.
Mum Well, you 9
(necessity) find
10
them! You really
(duty) keep
them somewhere safe. Do they want to
keep them?
Ted
Er, no, I 11
(not a necessity)
leave them - they'll make copies. And
there is a task.
Mum You 12
(prohibition) leave it
until the last minute. You 13_ _ __
(advice) start it now and do a little bit
(advice)
every day. And you 14
check that your suit is clean.
Ted
Yeah, good idea.
Ted
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LISTENING
1
SPEAKING
Gm Read questions 1-3. Then listen to a family
1
Look at the picture and circle the best alternatives.
conversation about school uniforms and circle the
best alternatives.
1 The conversation takes place
a at school.
@)at home
b in an office. c in a cafe.
2 The conversation is between
a a brother and sister b school friends
c family members d teachers and a student
3 The conversation is
a bad-tempered b serious c relaxed
d formal
2
ls it OK ! [I was wondering) if I could
leave early this Thursday afternoon.
Teacher 2 I'm afraid you can't. I If you must.
There's a test at 3.30 - if you miss it,
you will have to do the course again .
Molly
Sorry, I'd forgotten about that.
3 Can I I Do you mind if I come in
late on Friday morning?
Teacher No, 4 I don't I I'm af raid you can't
but you must get the notes from
another student.
Molly
Thank you. I've one more question.
5 Could I possibly I I can come to
your after-school debating society?
Teacher 6 Sure. I Yes, of course.
Molly
Thank you very much.
Molly
CiiD Read questions 1- 7. Listen again and circle
the correct alternatives.
1 Molly doesn't like her skirt because it's
a part of a uniform
b like her mother's skirt
c unfashionable
d too short
2 Molly's parents are
a amused
b insensitive
c amazed
d angry
3 Molly's mum _
that trousers are a good idea.
a doesn't agree
b suggests
c argues
d agrees
2
1
Look at the picture and complete the conversation.
4 Molly's parents _
each other at school
when they were teenagers.
a didn't like
b knew
c didn't meet
d ignored
5 Molly's dad _
black shoes to school.
a could wear
b had to wear
c liked wearing
d was able to wear
6 Molly's mum thinks school uniforms
a create differences.
b are too expensive.
Mia I'm going out - 1C.illll take your bike?
Zoe 2N
p _ __
Mia Thanks, sis. And I'm going to a party later.
d are a good idea.
Zoe
7 Callum, Molly's brother,
a has gone to school already.
Mia
b is asleep in bed.
c is doing his homework.
d is in the bathroom.
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it OK
I wear your
blue T-shirt?
Yes, 4a
a
you
wash it after the party.
5S
. One more thing: 6D_ _ __
y
m_______ _ I take
that CD to the party?
7N
, Id _ _ _ - I don't like it.
Thanks! See you later.
3
c are old-fashioned.
Zoe
Mia
WRITING
Read the essay title
and instructions
carefully.
I
'
3 Start with a,statement
that most people will
C\'J.gree with.
5 Present the
arguments in favour
(for) the statement.
7 Present the arguments
against the statement.
8 End with a
conclusion that pulls
together both sides
of the argument.
1
2 Think about the topic
and make notes of
your main ideas.
'There is too much testing in our schools'. Write an
essay giving arguments for and against this statement
and state your own opinion.
All teachers agree that it is important to check students'
progress. However, not everyone agrees on the best way to
do this: should students have exams every year, or should all
their work from a school year be included in their final mark?
4 Explain why the issue
is controversial.
Some people argue that exams are fair. Firstly, all the students
take the exam on the same day, at the same time and in the
same conditions. Secondly, all the papers are marked at the
same time so the examiners can compare the students. Finally,
universities and employers can look at a student's results and
know immediately how they compare with others.
6 Use linking words to
introduce each point
and to sequence
your points.
However, there are many arguments against too much testing.
For example, a lot of students suffer from exam nerves so
they don't do well. This is one of the biggest disadvantages of
formal testing: students are judged on one day when they may
be feeling ill or nervous.
In conclusion, testing is necessary, but too much is unfair
because it is easier for students who are good at exams. In
my opinion, there should be a mix of formal testing and
continuous assessment so all students can do well.
Read the essay question, the
notes and the essay, and study
the information. Then underline
linking words or phrases which
do these things:
• add information or introduce
a different idea
• put the points in order
• show the essay is ending
2
~----<
9 Add you own opinion
at the end.
Choose the statement (1-3) which interests you most. Write an essay
giving arguments for and against the statement, and state your own
opinion.
1 All eighteen year olds should &lQhnational service.
€o:ir " '
2 Space exploration is a was~ '9f tune and money.
3 University students should "p'a_y'ror their O)Vll. education.
.
.-- ol.·.;i':.
,..'
.
Remember to
• plan your essay and make notes
• use a formal, controlled style
• present your points logically
• use linking words to connect ideas
• check your work
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WORD LIST
ability
academically
adapt
adolescence
advantages
aggressive
appreciated
balanced
behaviour
big-headed
challenging
characteristic
cheeky
comforting
(un)complicated
concentrate
(in)considerate
construct
controlled
controversial
convincing
critic
crucial
debate
(in)decisive
details
diplomatic
disgusting
duty (n)
emotional
encourage
faux pas
forgetful
formal
gadget
gender
get on with
gloomy
gorgeous
gossip
hormones
host
hostess
impression
influence
intuition
VOCABULARY ACTIVATOR
laid-back
literature
make fun of
manual
mechanical
military service
moralistic
nonsense
organise
permission
personal
possibility
(im)practical
(un)predictable
prohibition
protest (n)
quick-tempered
rehearsal
reputation
request (n)
research
researcher
(un)romantic
sensible
(in)sensitive
separate
separately
socialise
state (v)
statement
stereotypical
stressed out
strict
stubborn
summary
superior
(un)sympathetic
sympathise
system
toddler
(in)tolerant
upbringing
vain
vehicle
violent
1
Complete the sentences with the correct form of the
words in brackets.
1 Although she is academically (academic)
clever, she has no social skills.
2 I knew you would say that! You are so
(predict).
3 Her son denied committing the crime, but
Lily's
(intuitive) told her that
he was guilty.
4 Now my great-grandfather is getting older,
he's becoming more
(forget) .
5 Amy spends hours getting ready every day
because she's so
(vanity) .
(sympathy) with
6 I can
people who suffer from exam nerves.
7 When she asked if I liked her dress I quickly
thought of a
(diplomacy)
answer.
8 You need to make important decisions
quickly in this job so you must be
(decide).
9 She never thinks about other people's
feelings . She's very
(sensitive).
10 Poor Leo can never make up his mind he's the most
(decide)
person I know.
11 You're in trouble - you borrowed the car
without Dad's
(permit).
2
Circle the correct alternatives.
1 I love mountain climbing because it is so
challenged !(challenging) .
2 Mr Reynolds was convincing I convinced
that his daughter was doing the right thing.
3 Nick was comforting I comjorted when he
read her sympathetic note.
4 I can't eat that food - it looks disgusting I
disgusted .
5 Maggie got en cou raging I encouraged news
from the doctor.
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3
Complete the conversations with the correct words
from the Word List.
Steve
Dylan
Li
I think Kirsten Dunst is beautiful.
She's more than beautiful - she's
1 gori;;ieous
1 (critic]
5 service
!
I think a woman should stay at home
and learn to be a good 2
so she
can entertain her husband's colleagues.
Mia Are you mad? Why talk about gender like
that? That's such a 3
view of the
world!
Bob Ha! I knew you'd get angry - you are so
____-tempered'
What's the new teacher like?
- he doesn't
Well, he's rather 9
tolerate lateness or cheeky 10_ _ __
in class.
Harry Not like Mr Haynes then.
Amy
Oh no! He was the most 11
-back
teacher I've known.
4
Circle the correct alternatives.
1 I won't buy a digital TV yet - the price will
come over !(down)! up soon.
2 Don't make fun with I in I of your little sister
- it upsets her.
3 I've been working too hard. I'm completely
stressed over I out I through.
4 My brother and I get in I out I on well.
5 Please turn off your mobile phone so it
doesn't go on I off I up during the film.
6 To build a successful business nowadays, you
need to set at I over I up a website.
7 You need to switch at I on I in the printer at
the socket.
8 You shouldn't put on I in I up with violent
behaviour from your boyfriend.
3 host
7 toddler
4 researcher
8 vehicle
etc. and gives them food and drinks
b someone whose job it is to comment on
art, music , films etc
c someone who studies things in detail to
discover new information
d a very young child who is learning to walk
D
D
D
D
Extend your vocabulary
Anna
Harry
Amy
2 debate
6 system
a someone who invites people to a party
Bob
Have you heard any good 5_ _ __
recently?
Rachel Well, did you know that Lauren invited
Joe to go to a party with her?
Anna
Did she? I thought she was going out
with his brother - the one who's away
in the army doing 6_ _ __
Rachel Exactly!
Anna
Anyway, I don't like Joe - he's so
____ , always wanting to start an
argument - or a fight.
Rachel Yes, everyone says that. I'm afraid he's
got a rather bad 8_ _ __
Circle the words which refer to people and match
them with definitions a-d.
Common French expressions in English
English has lots of loan ('borrowed') words and
phrases from other languages, for example,
faux pas is from French. The phrases may have
the same meaning in both languages or they may
have evolved differently in the two languages,
e.g. Souvenir (Fr) = a memory; souvenir (Eng)
= a small gift or 'reminder' of a place visited.
1
Study the definitions. Use them to complete
sentences 1-6.
faux pas /,fau 'pa:/ an embarrassing social mistake
au pair /8u 'pe8/ young person who lives with a
family in another country to learn the language
and to look after the children
bon appetit /,bun <ep8'ti:/ said at the beginning
of a meal, means 'enjoy your food'
bon voyage /,bun V'Jr'a:3/ said before someone
goes on a journey; means 'have a good journey'
critique /kri'ti:k/ a detailed analysis of the
problems of, for example, political ideas
cuisine /kwi'zi:n/ a particular style of cooking,
for example, Indian cuisine is often spicy
en suite /nn 'swi:t/ an en suite bedroom has an
attached, private bathroom
fiance (male)/fiancee (female) /fi'nnse1/ the
person someone is engaged to marry
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1 'Goodbye' This time tomorrow, we'll be on the
beach in Australia! ' ' Bon voyage !'
2 We're going to employ an
to
help with the children and housework.
3 This is my
, Adam. He asked
me to marry him on Valentine's Day.
4 I love pasta - I think Italian
is
the best in the world.
5 I made a terrible
at the party
- I asked George about his girlfriend and they'd
split up that afternoon. It was so embarrassing.
6'
!' 'Thank you - I'm sure I'll
enjoy it, I always love your cooking!'
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SELF-ASSESSMENT TEST 2 I UNITS 3-4
VOCABULARY AND GRAMMAR
1
Complete the sentences with the correct
word from the box.
~~~~~~d
(6 points)
sue
1 The ~told her she would go to prison for
three months.
2 Th~ J~ Y'!:J retur~ed after five hours and
their spokesman said that the man was guilty.
3 When his shelves fell down he tried to
<; IA e
the shop which sold them to him.
4 The o.ccr,1(,c.c/was brought into court by two
police officers.
5 Everyone was shocked by the thief's 20 year
prison SR:1..i't1t Y .
6 She said it wasn't her but there were three
W;1 v t?'i who had seen her do it.
7 Everyone knew she was guilty but she had an
excellent ! !'t .t ''"· 'and she was set free.
Complete the sentences with the correct
form of the words in capital letters.
(6 points)
1 I'm sure community service would
be better for him than prison.
COMMUNE
2 When we got home, the Yrt · t"::. '
were still upstairs.
""'
BURGLE
3 Police were called out to a t cff1-·u:,
in the High Street.
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ROB
4 He was arrested for il, e-:.:~: ....i · ·
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when security guards fo~nd a
frozen chicken under his coat.
SHOPLIFT
5 Luckily he didn't go to prison
but was sent on a nett F ,';, C\t '(l! 1
programme instead.
REHABILITATE
6 I couldn't believe how much
mindless · ' '~ ·:. there was in
_
VANDAL
the city.
7 The problem of }f!tlti~-r abuse at
football grounds in Britain is much
less than it was twenty years ago.
RACE
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Complete the sentences with a character
adjective. The first letter of each word
has been given.
(6 points)
1 He's so laid-back . Nothing worries him.
2 He never remem~~rs an~hing. He's so
fr ,1fl.rt-tu .;" _ (, ~,- ,· ,_,·. '!
···~·e~t·e~~~ ···~ ···fory. ···1~~e~ ··
witnesses
2
3
" think you'll get her to change her
3 I don't
mind. She's too s._ _ __
4 Six hours of shopping and you still haven't
bought any presents! You'll have to start
being more d_ _ __
5 I can't believe how long she spends looking at
herself in the mirror. She's so v- - 6 I knew who the murderer was after about five
minutes. It was one of the most p_ _ __
films I have ever seen.
7 ~t,~~~:: h~ve any more cake. Don't be so
....J
4
Circle the correct alternatives.
(6 points)
In the old days, criminals knew their place.
Once we had arrested someone , we
1( didn't use)! used to have any more trouble
from them. These young criminals 2 ought I
~ to respect us policeman more. I
remember old Bob. Whenever we arrested him
he 3 ~/could come quietly and politely. '
He knew he 4 ~I had to sit and wait while
we typed up our reports. He always asked if he
5 could I@ smoke and even though we knew
that we 6 shouldn't I mustn't give him
cigarettes, we always did. There was no rule
that said we couldn't but the inspector thought
it looked bad. Old Bob spent mQsl of his life in
prison. He 7 didn't use to 1ri;;;uldn't 'like life
outside very much. He was always -much happier
in his warm cell surrounded by all his friends .
5
Complete the text with one word in
each gap.
l.
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(6 points)
I started at my new school this week - a mixed
comprehensive with over 1,500 students. What
a shock! Before the summer holidays, I 1 had
been going to a girls' school. It was a strict
school. I 2
to hate the uniform and
3
do anything to avoid wearing it but,
moved away, I miss it. I
now that I 4
remember that we had 5
wear a hat on
6
Fridays and one week I
walking
around bare-headed 7
the headmistress
saw me. She called my parents in because of
that! I doubt if anyone here knows what a hat is!
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Read the extract. For questions 1-4, circle
the correct answer. For questions 5-8,
decide if the statements are true (T) or
false (F).
(8 points)
<:.'ri.
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'•
2 When the woman asked to see their tickets
they felt
a relaxed.
b surprised.
c unhappy.
d nervous.
I
t is difficult to imagine now but once I was
nearly arrested. It happened during a trip to
Poland many years ago. I was travelling with
an old friend who I had worked with many years
before. We wanted to go to a place called
Kazimierz Dolny and I remember we had to get a
train to Pul:awy and then a bus. The bus arrived
quite quickly an~,.,f~JDe j_oup::t~y ~ils only about
1Okm, we were lookui.g forward to arriving soon.
Of course, we both had large bags but we didn't
know at the time that you had to buy an extra
ticket for bags. The bus was empty except for
one woman who watched us buy our tickets from
the driver and punch them as you have to.
Suddenly, half way to Kazimierz, she got up and
asked to see our tickets, obviously not a passenger
as we had thought . We handed them over in all
innocence, smiling sweetly but she was obviously
unhappy about something. She pointed angrily
at our bags, on two empty seats. I said sorry, and
hid mine on the floor under my legs but she got
even angrier. She pointed to some rules printed
out on the back of the drivers cab but they were
all in Polish. However, somehow we understood
that we had to pay 1.20 zl:oty for tickets for the
bags. I got out 2.40 and handed it over, still
smiling but it didn't help. She talked to the driver
who radioed ahead and, at the next stop, there
was a police car waiting for us. We were thrown
off the bus with our bags and the bus driver
drove off without a word. The policemen
demanded to look at our passports and tried to
speak in a mixture of Polish and German. After a
few minutes they left us alone to talk together
and then came back asking if we had a 'hotel' or
'Zimmer. We shook our heads, rain started to fall
as the evening sky began to darken. It had been
such a beautiful morning when we had left
Krakow. The policemen told us to get into the
car, and we expected to be taken to a police
station for a night in the cells. However, the next
thing we knew, we were in Kazimierz outside a
pleasant looking house on a hillside. 'Zimmer,
gut' said one of the policemen. The landlady
turned out to be his aunt and we were treated as
honoured guests for the rest of our stay. Just to
be safe, though, we returned to Pul:awy by taxi.
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1 The mistake the writer made was to
a buy the wrong ticket.
b not punch the ticket.
c not buy enough tickets.
d not buy any tickets.
READING SKILLS
1
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3 When they saw the regulations they
a didn't understand anything.
b knew they were in trouble.
c understood everything.
d worked out what the problem was.
4 They arrived in Kazimierz
a late at night.
b in the evening.
c in the morning.
d at a completely unknown time.
5 The two people in the story had met
quite recently.
6 They were the only real passengers on
the bus.
7 The woman was angry because their
bags were on the seat s.
8 They didn't return to Pul:awy by bus.
D
D
D
D
COMMUNICATION
1
Complete the dialogues with one word in
each gap.
(7 points)
A Will you please be quiet and 1 let me do my
work! I've got an exam tomorrow.
B OK. As 2
as you promise to help
me later.
A I'm terribly sorry but could I 3_ __
borrow your pen for a moment. Mine seems
to have run out.
B Yes, of course. Please, 4_ _ __
A Excuse me. Do you 5
if I miss this
lecture. I have to go to the dentist.
, but make sure you
B Well, if you 6
copy the notes later.
A I'm sorry, but I was 7_ __ _ if I could open
the window.
B I'm 8
you can't. None of the windows
open on this train.
Total
/45
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The world ahead
GRAMMAR
1
1 possibly
2 definitely
3 certainly
4 probably
Future predictions
1 Be going to for evidence-based predictions
We use be going to for predictions based on evidence
that we can
• see:
The space shuttle is 1OOOm above the earth ...
it's going to land very soon.
• hear:
Can you hear that thunder? There's going to be a
terrible storm.
• feel:
Please stop the car. I'm going to be sick.
2 Will for opinion-based predictions
We use will for predictions based on
• opinions:
I think that film will win the Oscar for best movie.
• beliefs:
I believe that people will live on other planets
one day
• knowledge:
I know she won't be late because she never is.
3 Might for uncertain predictions
We use the modal verb might for predictions we are less
sure about:
He might win the Oscar for best actor.
She might not want to see a disaster film.
Note The modal verb may is also used for uncertain
predictions.
He may win. = He might win.
Expressing degrees of certainty
We use adverbs of certainty, eg definitely, certainly,
probably, possibly to say how sure we are about
something in the future. They go
• between will and the main verb in positive sentences:
They'll definitely get married next year.
• before won't in negative sentences:
They probably won't get married next year.
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Match the adverbs with the level of certainty.
2
D
D
D
D
a 100%
b 100%
c 75%
d 50%
Use the prompts to write predictions. Put the
appropriate adverb of certainty in each sentence.
1 cars/not use petrol (50%)
Cars possibly won't use petrol.
2 international companies/be more powerful
than governments (75%)
3 people/buy everything from the Internet
(50%)
4 robots/not do all the work in factories
(100%)
5 water/be as expensive as petrol (75%)
6 everyone/work at home on computers
(100%)
7 people/not live to 150 years old (75%)
8 we/control computers with our thoughts
(100%)
9 cars/drive themselves (75%)
10 everyone/have a private plane (50%)
3
Complete the sentences with the
correct alternatives.
1 Mrs Porter's heart is very
weak and she is very ill.
The doctors say she _
die soon.
@'s going to
b will
c might
4
Complete the captions with will or be going to and the verb in brackets.
0
2 Let's not take the children
to the science museum I think they probably_
enjoy it.
a won't
b will
c aren't going to
3 Scientists are certain that
the sea level
rise in the
next 200 years.
a is going to
b may
c will
4 Look at that car! It
'Stand back, it's going to explode
in 5 seconds.' (explode)
'Don't do that! They _ _ __
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ !' (explode)
0
hit
the cyclist.
a will
b might
c is going to
5 Do you think aliens _
visit
us one day?
a won't
b might
c are going to
6 Tanya Evans has fallen
over and hurt her leg! She's
out of the race. She
win.
a 'll probably
b isn't going to
c possibly won't
'They probably _ _ _ _ __
______ when they grow
up'' (not get married)
'Please go home. They _ _ __
_________ today.'
(not get married)
7 Look very carefully at the
sky tonight. You _ be
lucky and see a meteor
shower.
a may
b are going to be
c will
8 There are problems with
the spaceship's door so the
astronauts _ do a space
walk on this voyage.
a will definitely
b probably won't
c will certainly
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-'I think it _ _ _ _ _ _ __
' (rain)
'Look! I told you so. It _ __ _
_________ .' (rain)
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5
Complete the extracts from film scripts. Use will,
might or be going to and the correct form of the
verbs in brackets.
1 The Great Storm
Scientist
President
Scientist
President
Scientist
President
Scientist
President
Mr President, sir' There is a massive
storm over the Atlantic Ocean. It's
moving west and it 1 's going to hit
(hit) the coast!
When 2 w • t/ it 11Ptt- /1 (reach)
us? Do you know?
No later than midnight - and with
these wind speeds, it 3 ;v l '0 /t + 6 1..
(be) sooner, maybe lOp.m.
What do you think? How much
damage 4 v/ · J
it d C'
(do) ?
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5
I can't say exactly, but it ~ 1 1..-c
probably "
(break) the sea
defences. That means there
0
"c
(be) serious floods
along the whole coast.
Call the emergency services and
contact the radio and TV stations.
7 12 '"' c
you
(speak) to
the people, sir?
Yes, I am.
2 The Titanic Story
SPEAKING
1
Put the presentation in the correct order.
AD
Secondly, ... where was I ... secondly,
the thing is, activities like watching TV
and spending hours in front of
computers, are making us very unhealthy.
B [j]
Good morning. My presentation this
morning is about health care in the next
ten years. I've chosen this topic because I
am interested in public health.
CD
To sum up: unless we get out of our cars,
eat better food and exercise more, we
will destroy our health.
D
2
D
One of the biggest threats to health in
developed countries is our lifestyle.
Firstly, a lot of people eat too much and
don't exercise enough.
Complete the presentation.
' 1 I'd like to begin by introducing myself: my
name's Ed Lambert and I teach people how to
make presentations. Today, I'm going to give
you some tips on how to be a confident public
speaker.
_ _ __ _ _ , it is important to plan your
presentation. My advice is to write single words
or phrases on small cards so you can glance at
them while you are speaking. 3_ _ _ _ __
practise your presentation out loud at home and
get some feedback from your family or friends.
_______ _ the big day. Remember to
look at your audience and to speak slowly and
clearly. Be confident - the 5_ _ _ _ _ _ __
you've got your cards if you forget what you
wanted to say.
To 6
up: preparation is the key
to success, communicate with your audience.
And 7
but not
, take two or
three calm, deep breaths before you start - it
makes all the difference!
Man
Woman
Man
Woman
Man
This ship is the strongest in the world
- it 1
never
(sink) .
But look at that enormous iceberg!
_ _ _ we
(hit) it?
The captain knows his job, my dear. Of
course we 3
(not hit) it'
I hope you're right. I 4 _ _ _ _ __
(feel) happier when this trip is over'
You worry too much. We
_ _ _ _ _ (be) in Nerv York in
three days.
Now, any questions?'
GRAMMAR
1
1 My uncle dr i ves !('s going to drive] from
New York to San Francisco next summer.
2 Next weekend, I_have ! ~)a party.
3 My parents @ro-go~ will buy me a
digital camera for my birthday.
4 The last train QOiiY will go 5 minutes before
the filrr[finisF.i§Y is finishin g .
5 I [Q~ 'm not r inging you unless
there is a problem.
6 'Ten people will come/~ for
dinner tonight!' 'Don't get stressed out , I
.
---.,
\JI, help; / 'm helping you cook.'
7 'Here's a letter addressed to you.' 'Thanks, I
'm going to read /1'll reacpit later.'
8 I've decided that I don't use I
( m n ot going to use )my credit card for six
months.
Future forms
1 be going to
We use be going to to talk about ideas for the future
that we have thought about before, such as
• plans:
How are you going to celebrate the end of term?
We're going to have a big party
• intentions:
I'm going to finish all my work before the weekend.
• ambitions:
When I leave school, I'm going to work abroad for
a year.
2 Present Continuous
We use the Present Continuous to talk about definite
plans for the future.
• appointments:
I'm seeing the dentist at three o'clock tomorrow.
• meetings/arrangements:
Are you playing tennis at the weekend?
• events:
The play's starting in five minutes, p/ef).se take
your seats.
Note With the verbs come and go, we often use the
Present Continuous instead of be going to to avoid
confusion or repetition.
The president's coming going to come to our town
next week.
The spaceship is going -te-fJe- to Mars.
3 Present Simple
We use the Present Simple for events in the future
which are on a timetable or part of a fixed routine.
They publish the exam results on Bth August.
Is there a bus at half past six on Sundays?
4 will
We use will for decisions made at the moment
we speak.
• offers: I'll help you.
• promises: I won 't lie to you again.
• threats: I'll give all your clothes to charity if you don't
tidy your room.
• spontaneous decisions: I'll make some coffee.
Complete the sentences with the correct alternatives.
2
Complete the sentences with the correct future form
of the verbs in brackets.
1 When are you going to do (do) the
washing-up?
2 I'm sorry, sir. The film _ _ __ _ _ __
(not start) until 7.30p.m.
3 He
(spend) the first
week of the holiday sleeping.
4 My mum
(come) to
the school for the parents' evening.
5 She
(work) in the
USA when she leaves university.
6 We
(not meet) at the
pizza restaurant until 9.30p.m.
7 Our bus
(leave) at
4.30 on Saturday morning.
8 The phone's ringing. I _ _ _ _ _ _ __
(answer) it.
9 We cross the dateline so our plane _ __
(land) before it
(take off)!
10 Your bag looks very heavy - I
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ (help) you carry it to
the car.
11 I promise I
(do) my
homework after this programme.
12
the ship
(arrive) in
New York on 3rd September?
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Complete the dialogues with the correct future forms of the verbs
in the boxes.
READING
1
GilD Read the texts quickly and
circle the correct answers.
1 All the books are about
@the future
b science-fiction
c science and technology
2 The books were written
a recently
b a long time ago
@)at different times
3 Each text gives you _
the book.
a a detailed summary of
b' brief description of
c an academic review of
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Holly
Dad
Holly
Dad
Holly
Dad
Holly
Dad
Holly
have leave
meet Ret--Be phone see
Hello?
Hi, Dad! it's me, Holly. I'm still at Manchester Station.
There 1 isn't a train at 6 o'clock - they've cancelled it.
Oh, dear. When's the next one?
I've got the timet!'lble. The next fast one 2 / /? ~· · · in two
hours and 3 0 · , r ' in Glasgow at midnight.
Get that one and I 41,( .' •.:: 1 you at the station.
Thanks Dad.
What 5 .· , ·
you
for two hours?
6
I think I _·,_. _ _ _··· something to eat so don't worry about
cooking for me.
OK - I 7 _ ( c ' 1', you at midnight.
Bye, Dad. I 8_1; _ ,,;_ _ _ you again if there are any more
problems.
arri:ve .catch eat g@t (x 2) m.@et
Hello, love! You look tired. I 9l( , c~' you a cup of tea.
Thanks, I'm exhausted. Is Holly h'ere?
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cancelled so she 11 ' • " 5 · . the next fast one.
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Mum And what about dinner? Do yqu want to wait for her?
·something before she gets
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the train.
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Mum
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Read the texts again. Are the
statements true (T) or false (F)?
1 Frankenstein is the
name of a doctor.
2 Frankenstein was
the first science
fiction story.
3 Frankenstein is happy
with the results of his
experiment.
4 In The Strange Case
of Dr Jekyll and
Mr Hyde, Dr Jekyll
tells his own story.
5 Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde
are two sides of one
man.
6 Nineteen Eighty Four
predicts a better world.
7 In Nineteen Eighty
Four, thinking
independently is
dangerous.
8 In Brave New World
people are happy
because they take
medicine.
9 The author of Brave
New World wanted to
explain why the future
will be perfect.
10 The Children of Men is
set in a time quite soon.
11 In The Children of
Men people stop having
children because they
don't want them.
12 Oryx and Crake is
about problems that
probably won't happen
in the future .
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CLASSIC SCIENCE FICTION TITLES
Frankenstein by Mary Shelley (1818)
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The original sci-fi novel in which a young Swiss doctor, Frankenstein, builds an enormous
man from the parts of other bodies. As soon as the doctor brings the creature to life he
realises he has made a terrible mistake and runs from his laboratory. When he returns the
next day, the monster has gone and several months later the doctor's brother is found dead,
killed by the monster.
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The Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde by Robert Louis Stevenson (1886)
The story is told from the point of view of several friends of Dr. Jekyll. The doctor w ants to
separate the good and bad parts of his character so he secretly develops a drug which
allows him to have a second personality, the evil Mr Hyde. At first the doctor can control
when he becomes Mr Hyde but eventually he can't. The evil Mr Hyde commits murder so
the good Dr Jekyll kills himself. When the body is found, it is Mr Hyde. However, the doctor
has left a confession which explains that the two men are the same person.
Brave New World by Aldous Huxley (1932)
Brave New World is set in the 26th century. It predicts a kind of utopia where everyone
works according to their abilities and is given what they need. However, to achieve this,
people are genetically engineered so they are satisfied with their role in life. Universal
happiness is possible because everyone takes mind-altering drugs. The novel attacks the
idea that a perfect world can be found through technology and science.
Nineteen Eighty Four by George Orwell (1949)
Nineteen Eighty Four foresees a grey, controlled Britain where everyone lives in fear. The
country, now part of Oceania, is run by the Party and an imaginary leader, Big Brother,
watches people all the time. The Party rewrites history and tries to control every aspect of
people's lives, including what they think. The central character, W inston Smith, commits
thought-crimes because he keeps a secret diary and fa!!s in !ove with a woman ca!!ed Ju!ia.
He is arrested and taken to Room 101 w here he is tortured until he loses his individuality
and learns to love Big Brother.
(J•.B~~T_h_e_C_h_i_ld_r_en~o_f_M_e_n~by~P_.D_. _J_a~
me_s_(1_99_2_)~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~)
The Children of Men looks at a not-too-distant future in which every adult in the world has become infertile.
No babies have been born for about two decades so the world has an aging population. Adults have toys and
pets as substitute children but there is no purpose in life and suicide is common. People are brought to Britain
from developing countries to work but the government deports them when they are sixty.
Oryx and Crake by Margaret Attwood
(2003)
This book gives a terrible warning of what the future may be like if we don't do something now about
problems such as global warming and social divisions. Genetically engineered animals supply food and the
important people live in high-tech, luxury homes with controlled climates while the poor and uneducated live
in dangerous, decaying areas.
3
Match novels A-F with sentences 1-7. There is
one extra sentence.
1 This nineteenth century book predicts
transplant surgery.
2 This pessimistic book warns us that we
shouldn't ignore current problems.
3 This book predicts the constant
surveillance that has come true with
security cameras on many British
streets.
4 This book describes a world where space
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travel is an everyday event.
5 The main idea was very modern because
it was written when psychiatry and
psychology were new sciences.
6 In this book, the author warns us of the
problems that too much technology
could bring.
7 The author suggests that without a
future, we lose interest in the present .
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VOCABULARY ACTIVATOR
WORD LIST
adaptable
advanced
alter
ash
aspect
bank (of a river)
biological
block out
carry out
celebrate
chemical
climate
cockroaches
complex
concert
consequences
disaster
drought
earthquake
enormous
epidemic
erupt
evolve
exhibition
extinct
fantasy
flood
flu
forest fire
gig
global
greenhouse gas
heading for
HIV
humanity
hurricane
impact
influenza
irrational
jumble sale
marathon
mass migration
material
meteorite
molten lava
mud
nuclear
observe
optimist
pandemic
pause
predict
presentation
probability
probable
publisher
put out
quantity
region
resolution
resources
Richter scale
Sars
scratch card
servant
species
sulphuric acid
summarise
terrorist
threat
tsunami
vast
virus I viral
volcanic eruption
wave (n)
whimper
wipe out
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Complete with words from the Word List.
Verb
1 adapt
2 advance
3 C\(
4 celebrate
567 fl' I J f
8
910 fantasise
11
12
13 threaten
2
Noun
adaptor
advance
alteration
celebration
complexity
Adjective
celebratory
disastrous
eruption
evolution
extinction
prediction
summary
evolutionary
fantastic
predictable
threatening
Complete the sentences with the correct form of the
words from Exercise 1.
1 I'll make a cake to celebrate your birthday!
2 The issue of global warming is a
_ _ _ _ _ one so there are lots of
different opinions.
3 When Mount Vesuvius
in
AD79, the city of Pompeii was buried in ash.
4 Earthquakes and volcanic eruptions are just
two examples of natural _ __ _ _
5 Some people
that climate
change will wipe out humanity.
6 It's New Year's Eve: what are your
_ _ _ __ for the coming year?
7 The idea of a mass migration to space is a
8 The World Wildlife Fund is a charity which
tries to save animals from _ __ _ _
9 You have to
your main points
at the end of your essay or presentation.
10 Many low-lying countries are _ __ __
by floods .
11 Many scientists say that birds _ _ _ __
from flying dinosaurs.
3
Circle the 'odd one out'.
1 earthquake [climate) volcanic eruption
tsunami
2 vast quantity massive enormous
3 flu HIV ,, mud\ Sars
4 drought forest fire hurricane disaster
~species) molten la~a mud ash
6 servant< expibition . terrorist optimist
7 exhibition gig (~vav.e") presentation
/ 8 predict adapt
change
evolve
"~ · ·----
4
Extend your vocabulary
Match the beginnings and endings of these sentences.
1 The cloud of ash from the volcanic
eruption blocked
2 If we don't change the way we live in the
developed world, we're heading
3 Sometimes helicopters are used to put
4 Machines can now carry
5 Don't get stressed
6 If a meteorite hits the earth, it will
probably wipe
1
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WORD FOCUS: WEATHER
'blizzard: a storm with lots of snow and wind
·h....,,, ,, _ breeze: "a gentle pleasant wind
LJJc i;,,,,1+u;t;downpour: a short period of very heavy rain
~L~~ :"~izzle: light rain with very small drops of water
[E l'\'~l;I'\ flood: a very large amount of water covering an
"
area which is normally dry
l'.117«<, .:,;;1~~icane: a violent storm with very high winds
"!/"er" :i!fK!~twave: a period of unusually hot weather
i:rpe>;J<.«z;- ,,.sfi~er:~ a short period of light rain
cit-ro'~ sleet: a mix of rain and snow
C?j i po'd-. snowdrift: a wall of snow formed by the wind
Ca
n '
1.
.
a out most living things.
b out the sun.
c out forest fires.
d out about things which may never happen.
e for disaster.
f out many tasks that were once done by people.
5
Study the weather words, and tick any conditions
you have experienced in the last month.
Complete the texts with the correct alternatives.
2
D
D
D
D
D
D
D
D
D
D
Complete the captions with words from Exercise 1.
j__ is a viral infection. The flu 2_.__- which
1
caused the 1918 3_ ._, was 25 times more deadly
than normal and it caused more deaths than
the First World War.
1 a Marathon b Headache c Humanity
@)Influenza
2 a virus b chemical c epidemic d wave
3 a impact b disaster c pandemic
d eruption
The consequences of a massive 4 a could be
disastrous for 5 (~ . For example, a cloud of ash
could 6 ,_/ the sun and the molten lava would
destroy everything in its path.
1 Large parts of the city of New Orleans were
destroyed when a
hit it in 2005.
4 a forest fire b tsunami c greenhouse gas
d volcanic eruption
5 a terrorists b scientists c humanity
d mass migration
6 a block out b head for c put out
d wipe out
It is possible that one day terrorists will have
the 7; _ to build a nuclear weapon. However,
a bigger 8_;!__ to the world may be greenhouse
gases and mass migration as rising sea levels
cause 9_. ·_- and force people to move.
2 New York's most famous
was in
1888. Heavy snow and strong winds made
snowdrifts of more than 10 metres high.
7 a probability b resources c fantasy
d impact
8 a impact b disaster c optimist d threat
9 a floods b clouds c droughts d extinction
Tsunamis - or very large 10 !2 are caused by 11 _;;__
under the sea. The word 't.sunami' comes from
Japanese because that 12_:_ has a lot of them.
10 a meteorites b waves c droughts
d river banks
11 a floods b consequences c earthquakes
d hurricanes
12 a aspect b world c material d region
s
3 In the summer of 2005, heavy
caused
s at the Glastonbury music
festival, and more than a hundred tents were
washed away.
Amazing animals
GRAMMAR
1
Match actions 1-6 with results
a-f. Write the Zero Conditional
sentences with if or when + it.
1 look after a dog properly
2 put oil on water
3 a bee stings you
4 crocodile loses a tooth
5 predator pulls a
lizard's tail
6 an ostrich is frightened
Zero, First and Second conditionals with if
With all conditional sentences:
• one thing must happen (condition) before the second can happen (result).
• there are two clauses (parts): the if clause tells you the condition and the
other part tells you the result.
• either clause can be first. We use a comma when the if clause is first.
• there can be a mix of positive and negative verbs in the two clauses.
a die
We use the Zero Conditional (if condition and result: Present Simple) to
talk about conditions which are always true:
She always takes her dog to the beach if it's sunny
Do dogs bark if they are frightened?
b put/head in the ground
c grow/a new one
d fall off
We use the First Conditional (if condition: Present Simple +--+ result: will+
infinitive) to talk about conditions that are possible or likely to happen:
If we leave the dog alone all day, it will destroy the furniture.
If we buy you a cat, will you look after it?
D
D
D
D
e float
D
f live/for about 12 years
[j]
1 If you look after a dog properly,
it lives for about 1 2 years.
We use the Second Conditional (if condition: Past Simple +--+ result: would
+ infinitive) for unlikely or impossible situations in the present or future:
I'd be surprised if my parents bought me a pet. They both hate animals.
If you went on a safari, where would you go?
Note If he were my son, I'd send him to college. = If he was my son, I'd
send him to college. but it's more formal. However, when the function is to
give advice, we normally use the fixed phrase, If I were you, I'd ...
Other conditional clauses
As soon as or when both mean 'at that time'. We use them for conditions that
are definitely going to happen:
As soon as he arrives, we'll have dinner
We 'II have dinner when he arrives.
• As long as and provided that both mean 'if the condition is agreed or met'.
We use them to stress the condition on which something happens:
As long as you need me, I'll stay here.
You can get a dog provided that it sleeps in the kitchen.
• Unless is used instead of if+ a negative statement. It means 'if the
condition doesn't happen or isn't met':
Unless you turn off the light, the baby won't sleep.
Mind the trap!
The first conditional if clause is about the future, but we always
use the Present Simple, not will.
If we go away ... NOT If we wf.'I ge away ...
46
2
Complete the song lyrics with the
Second Conditional form of the
verbs in brackets.
1 If I had (have) a million
dollars, I~ (buy) you a
house. (Barenaked Ladies)
2 If I
(fall) in love
with you,
you
_ _ _ (promise) to be
true? (The Beatles)
3
you _ __
(know) my name if I
_ _ _ (see) you in
heaven? (Eric Clapton)
4 If you
(be) in
these arms tonight ... I
_ _ _ (tell) you that I
_ _ _ never _ __
(leave) you. (Bon Jovi)
5 If you
(know) how
I missed you, you _ __
(will not) stay away today.
(Nina Simone)
'·
3
Look at the situations. Write P (possible) or
U (unlikely).
1 You have some free time this weekend.
2 You don't have time to finish your
homework.
3 A dog bites you.
4 Someone gives you a million dollars.
5 A Hollywood film producer asks you to
star in a movie.
6 You miss the last bus home.
7 There is an elephant in your classroom.
4
Write First or Second Conditional questions for the
situations in Exercise 3. Then write true answers.
~
What will you do if you have some free time
this weekend?
If I have some free time this weekend, I'll go to
the cinema.
6
~~
Complete the conversation with Zero, First or Second
Conditional sentences.
Child
Mum
5
Complete the second sentence so it has the same
meaning as the first.
1 We'll go on holiday at the end of term.
As soon as term ends, we'll go on holiday.
2 If you don't work hard, you won't pass your
exams.
Unless _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ __
3 You can have a pet if you promise to look
after it properly.
Provided _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ __
4 I'll go home and take the dog for a walk.
As soon as _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _~
5 If our cat has somewhere warm to sleep, she's
happy.
As long as _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _~
6 You shouldn't get a big dog if you haven't got
a garden.
Unless _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ __
7 The dog whines if we leave it alone.
When _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _~
Oh, please, Mum. Can I have a dog?
No, you can't. If I 1 bought (buy) you
a dog, you wouldn't buy (not take) it
for walks.
Child
Oh please, I promise. If you
(buy) me a dog, I
(take) it for a walk
everyday.
Mum
No, you won't! I know you.
Shop
What about a cat? If you 3
assistant (have) a cat, you
(not have to take) it for walks.
Child
Can I have a cat?
Mum
No, I'm sorry, you definitely can't
have a cat. Unless we 4
(keep) it indoors all the time, it
(bring) dead birds home.
Shop
What about a mouse? If you
assistant 5
(get) a mouse, it
(live) in a cage.
Mum
Would it smell bad?
Shop
No, if you 6
(clean) a
assistant mouse's cage regularly, it
(not smell) bad.
Child
Oh, please, Mum.
Mum
OK provided that you 7
(promise) to look after it properly, I
(buy) a mouse for you.
Child
I promise. Every day when I
8
(come) home from school,
(feed) it and
(clean) the cage.
Mum
As long as you do that, you can have
it. If you ever 9
(forget), I
(bring) it back to the
shop. Do you understand?
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LISTENING
1
CilliJ Read notes 1-2. Then listen and match them
to speakers A-C. There is one extra speaker.
1
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bec.-ause
equal fo , salV\e as
nof equal fo
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shorfha;v;l = tNrifi;og w ' s igns 4 Slj~ols
speak @ 150 wplV\, tNrde 35 wplV\
r C:. = fherefore) 11'1/\p. tNr1 fe IV\Ore
" quic.-klij Cslh)
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reGordi;og equip .
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2
CilliJ What do you think these abbreviations mean?
Listen again and check.
3
w'
imp.
wpm
equip.
ma You are going to listen to part of a lecture
about chimpanzees. Read the speaker,'s notes.
Listen and put them in order.
SPEAKING
1
Look at the cartoon. Put the first sentences in the
correct order. Then complete the second sentences.
A 1 think/I/today/are/the/that Star will/
chances/win.
I t hink t he chances are that Star will win today .
2 She's very healthy and she
two
races last month.
B 1 it's/will/I think/win/unlikely/very/Gazza!
2 He's fifteen years old and he hasn't won
he was ten.
anything
C 1 I/win/it's/think/Posh/certain/will/that.
2 She's the best horse here and she _ __
wins .
D 1 possible/It's/Flash/will/win./that
4:
2
Joe isn't well, he's a very good rider.
E 1 win/Star/won't/definitely/come last/may not/
but/she.
ma
Listen again and complete the student's
notes. Remember to use abbreviations and symbols
whenever possible.
• GhilV\ps. 4 hU~ns share 1 90 2_ _ _ genes .
• Sc,ienfis fs inferesfed 3
Giose fo us .
• La;og. sfadlj 4
; ICf70s GhilV\p. learned
5
hand s igns .
• S inGe used keijboards 4 °___
• You;og GhilV\p. GOplj IV\Ofher - v . 7 _ _ __
= bablj saw a;v;l learned .
• Gh11V\ps . like hU~n ac.-fivifies , 8 _ __ _ one
casks' 4 video .
2 She's definitely ____ than Gazza.
2
Complete the sentences so they are true for you.
1 I will definitely finish school before I'm nineteen .
2 I certainly won't _ _ __ _ _ _ _ __
3 It's possible that I will _ _ _ __ _ __
4 I probably won't _ _ _ _ _ _ __ __
5 _ __ _________ work in a zoo.
6
get married before I'm twenty.
7
have a pet when I'm older.
8
learn to drive.
WRITING
1
Read the title and the essay.
Eating meat is wrong. Do you agree?
L
()t----~· Although many people in the world enjoy eating meat, more people are
choosing to become vegetarians. They think that eating meat ·
--~g=-=-=-
and that the animals are kept in cruel conditions. I agree with these
people so I stopped eating meat two years ago .
(91-----
First of all, a lot of farmers keep animals in environments which
are unsuitable for them. For example, in factory farms the animals
are indoors all the time and don't have enough space to move freely.
Furthermore, the animals are at risk of illness because they live
close together so vets give them antibiotics which get into their
meat .
~~--~· Some meat eaters say that meat is healthy and that we can buy organic
or free range meat. However , both organic and free range meat are very
expensive so only rich people can afford them. Also, meat eaters say
that it is natural for us to eat meat because our teeth amn:O--Bbem;-.c.ll.S__
are designed to eat everything. I think that modern people can choose
what to eat - in ancient times, people had to eat anything they found
or they died.
(;c,---~· In conclusion, although a lot of people eat and enjoy meat, I believe
0)
2
•
that a vegetarian diet is healthier, kinder to animals and cheaper.
Above all, there are too many hungry people in the world so we should
use our resources to feed everyone.
Match information 1-8 with parts of the letter A-H.
1 Add reasons to support your opinion.
2 End with a strong reason for your opinion.
3 Finish with a short summary of the
arguments on both sides.
4 Give more than one argument against
your opinion.
5 Give your opinion at the end of the first
paragraph to help your reader to prepare
for the next part.
6 Start a new paragraph to show that you
are moving to a new topic, in this case,
the arguments against.
7 Start with a topic sentence which
summarises the main points of the essay.
8 Use linking words and phrases to show
the structure of your argument.
3
D
D
1 an additional argument
2 the final summary of the argument
3 the most important point
D
D
D
D
[6J
D
Underline words or phrases in the essay which
introduce:
"
Choose one of the titles 1-4 and write an opinion
essay. Remember to:
• make notes before you start
• use paragraphs to structure your
argument clearly
• use linking words and phrases to help
your reader
1 It is wrong to keep animals as pets.
2 Using animals for food and/or clothes is
wrong.
3 It is natural for humans to use animals for
food and clothing.
4 If cows were the dominant species, they
would eat us.
WORD LIST
VOCABULARY ACTIVATOR
(be) good company
man-made
adore c;f I' //,'i\,.
maturity
alien ~q-l cr1 f'CI HP':
memorable
appearance Vlc " Q 'LJV · c
nervous system
as long as 1J "' c _It vi, ~ p
obedient
as soon as re.a 1L 1 ";"!..¥"
observe
bat F\:fo.Vloctopus
bee f\ -u """'"
opponent
beetle 'ji:'~ \C.
__
ostrich
being (n) ~c,cTosi~(.,'
pattern
biologist
o,<c -i
penguin
breeding JJ_c:-~ ~'OJ.\ ·
period
butterfly ih1. O' et. tc .;\
pest
camouflage (n)
plankton
championship 'rt;..{YIM(}V(ll.,.. playful
civilised
pointless
complex zPlJ' 'c,.( ..-1' "·
'c_l predator
connected with
profit
crow (n) G ~W';~.:;,.
provided that
design (n) 1 : • ·''
psychology
drunk (intoxicated
quack (n)
-from alcohol)
rare
eagle Op -t
rat
echo (n) e \'. o
raven (n)
eel ""?t':1?t-realistic
endangered ho::: 'j1 pc5oCi_ recently
essential
-K yW ';-'
recreate
etceteraC'11LM r 0 i::..
reindeer
flea O.lo yeribbon
flexiblee""cv··1,o >v. r i.:;
rotten
fox ,t.Gt ,- C\
sacrifice
frequent 1. q
1 .;
salmon
function (n)
scorpion
furthermore 1c1 ,- J-"'':f y~ ... Siberian
genetics 1-L ~.-· • c _ . solitary
gentle 'b.1o·c · J' y: 0 P'<>'IA sophisticated
graphic designer
sponsor (v)
herd (n) ( ·,c
spotted
hunt o v. _,, '' ,,o-.
sprinter
hypnotised
stamp (v) (your feet)
ideal ltq ~a. A po ;:x•3e'::) ·
stork (n) (bird)
in danger of
striking (adj)
independent
striped
ink (n)
subsonic
instinctively rt.e s.:;t gf,\V;,• .~,,,r·1~ support (v)
interaction <p. '-" _A,((j sr-z,c- ~ trunk (of an elephant)
intriguing IA\-~; t"'·'L &\,_ •
unless
investigate po.. sc ..,cc:.""~·~ urban
irritable p"S:8Pc''' .co"" ·9-; whine
limitation 6cpc• l'-""- ~!.-<-<A e.. wise
loveable
worm
loyal (?-c K ~7 It-<-< '~
zebra
" c.,1.11.1- .
major (adj)' 1. "0t~1
zoology
mammal
• '"l""'t;-;·"''(
1
Complete the sentences with the correct form of
the words in brackets.
1 Bees adore sweet things like fruit and sugar.
(ADORATION)
2 In the Arctic, foxes and bears have white fur
to
themselves. (CAMOUFLAGE)
3 Destroying natural areas like forests
_____ the animals which live there.
(DANGER)
bLA
4 Some people believe that elephants have
very good
. (MEMORISE).
5 In herds of animals, there is usually a lead
animal that the others _ _ _ __
(OBEDIENT)
6 Cats are easy pets to keep because they are
_ _ _ _ .(DEPEND)
7 A pigeon is a bird that
knows
its way home. (INSTINCT)
8 These insects are flat and grey-green in
·e
_ _ _ _ . (APPEAR)
2
Number the animals from largest (1) to smallest (10).
bat
bee
crow
eagle
elephant
ex:.,
c•,,,
3
D
D
D
D
flea
ostrich
plankton
rat
worm
DJ
D
D
D
D
D
Put the animals from Exercise 2 in the correct
places. Use the Word List and your own ideas to
add more animals.
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0
0
50
0
0
0
0
0
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4
Complete the sentences with the correct alternatives.
6
1 Tigers and zebras are both(striped)! spotted
animals.
2 After a year at sea, penguins walk many miles
inland to their hunting I breeding grounds.
3 Long-haired dogs are sometimes drunk I
irritable in hot weather.
4 Wolves and bears are major predators I pests
of wild reindeer.
5 Plankton are a pointless I an essential part
of the underwater food chain.
6 A vet is someone who has been sponsored I
trained to work with animals.
7 Biologists say there is a genetic I man-m ade
connection between eye and hair colour.
8 People sometime use hypnosis I sacrifice to
help them give up smoking.
9 Foxes have become civilised I urban
animals in Britain, often seen on streets and
in gardens.
5
Label the picture. Use the correct adjectives from
Exercise 5.
2 _ _ _ __
loveable
3 _ _ _ __
Match adjectives 1-12 with definitions a-1.
1 arrogant
2 cruel
3 gentle
4 independent
5 intriguing
6 lazy
0
D
D
D
D
D
7 loveable
8 loyal
9 obedient
10 solitary
11 sophisticated
12 wise
D
D
D
D
D
D
,J
5 _ _ __
a very interesting because it's strange or unusual
b supporting your friends , beliefs, country etc.
c always doing what you are told or what is the
rule or law
d very unkind, hurting other people/animals
e big headed
f friendly and attractive so easy to like a lot
g confident and able to do things alone
h makes good decisions and gives good advice
i has experience of life and knows about things
like art, fashion etc.
kind and careful so you don't hurt other
people/animals
k usually preferring to be alone
I not liking work or activity
6 _ _ _ __
Extend your vocabulary
1
Complete the table.
Subject
biology
botany
Person
botanist
chemist
geology
physicist
psychology
zoologist
2
Complete the sentences with words from Exercise 1.
1 Biology is the study of all living things.
2A
studies animals and their
behaviour.
3 Marie Sklodowska Curie was a famous
4 The study of the world's rocks, earth and
how they have changed is _ _ _ __
5 Sigmund Freud is one of the fathers of
modern _ _ _ __
6
study flowers and plants.
7 Charles Darwin was a famous _ _ _ __
who studied plants and animals.
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SELF-ASSESSMENT TEST 3 I UNITS 5-6
VOCABULARY AND GRAMMAR
1
Complete the words with one letter in
each gap.
3
(6 points)
Complete the sentences with a word
from the box in the correct form. There is
one extra word.
AS
My cat is as friendly as my dog.
2 It is certain that we won't be
on time.
We
on time.
DEFINITELY
3 It is unlikely that he will help us.
He
WON'T
help us.
4 I'll only join your organisation if you
are serious.
I
UNLESS
you are serious.
5 I'll buy you a dog but you must take it
for walks every day.
I'll buy you a dog
for walks every day.
LONG
take it
6 He can sleep in the house but you
must wash him first.
He can sleep in the house
him first.
(6 points)
face wipe double become rise
alter lead observe
will become deserts.
2 Today there is
the amount of traffic
on the roads compared to the late 1970s.
3 This new power station will
to
health problems in the future.
4 The recent
in the Earth's
temperature can't be the result of natural
causes.
5 We have
worse dangers than this in
the past and we have overcome them.
6 We are
the environment and don't
yet know what the result of these changes
will be.
7 I can't believe that dinosaurs could have been
____ out by a meteorite.
THAT
7 Immediately after I get up, the dog
wants his breakfast.
The dog wants his breakfast
up.
1 If we're not careful, many places in the world
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(6 points)
1 My cat is no less friendly than my dog.
1 What could be done to stop a mf 1 f Q .r:
hitting the Earth?
2 With no rain for six months, this is the worst
_ r __ g __ in living memory.
3 The _ a __ h _ _ a __ measured 7.1 on the
Richter Scale.
4 The heavy rain caused __ o __ s in
many towns.
5 A _ u __ i ____ is approaching the coast
with winds of up to 200 kilometres per hour.
6 A volcanic __ u ___ o _ yesterday forced
villagers to leave their homes.
7 The __ u _ a __ sent tidal waves west to
Japan and east to America.
2
Complete the second sentence so that it
has a similar meaning to the first. Use the
words in capital letters.
4
Complete the sentences with the correct
form of the verbs in brackets.
AS
(6 points)
1 What would happen if a meteor fell (fall) in
the sea?
2 When he
(get) here, we'll start
the party.
3 If we buy you a pet, you _ _ _ (get) to
look after it.
4 If humans
(be) more careful, this
planet would be much cleaner.
5 We probably
(not develop) clean
energy because companies can get more
profit from oil.
6 He
(not escape). Look, you can see
two guards watching him.
7 Do you think that humans
(live) in
peace one day?
5
Complete the letter with the correct
alternatives.
(6 points)
LISTENING SKILLS
1
tx:o.1· So.1·0.,
b I'm sure it will end suddenly
c The answer won't be found anywhere else
d I definitely won't find out
e Our children will definitely be richer
than us
f Our natural resources might run out soon
g We'll probably be alright
h We will definitely have to change
i The next generation will learn from our
mistakes.
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Complete the words in the text with one
letter in each space.
(7 points)
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to talk about dogs. 2_ _ _ _ _ _ _ , and most
importantly, I've got a dog which I have had for
eight years now. He's intelligent and loving and,
in many ways, my best friend. 3
I'd like to explain some of the p~;b1e~; ~s-;ell
as the advantages of owning a dog, as anyone
who is thinking of getting one should be aware
of these.
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2 a were b are c will be d would be
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d definitely won't
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Listen to eight people discussing the
future. Match speakers 1-8 with headings
a-i. There is one extra heading.
(8 points)
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warm days but every day, morning and evening.
even on a day like today I was up at 6a.m. Brr.
Sorry. 5_ _ _ _ _ was I? Oh yes. Exercise is vital
for dogs .. . .
on to my dog, Rex. He's an
Alsatian, a big dog. When you buy a dog, you
need to train it, as a puppy. The 7_ _ _ _ _ is,
any dog can be dangerous if it isn't trained
correctly at a young age ...
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... Last but not 8_ _ _ _ _ , your dog can
protect you from danger, barking or attacking
people who try to hurt you .... '
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GRAMMAR
Third Conditional
Condition: if+ Past Perfect
Result: would have + past participle
If you had ('d) left school when you were fifteen,
you would have ('d have/would've) regretted it.
If she had not (hadn't) studied languages,
she would not (wouldn't) have become a teacher.
If he had ('d) got better exam results,
which university would he have ('ve) gone to?
Yes/No questions
Short answers
If he had asked you to marry him, would you have said yes? Yes, I would./No, I wouldn't.
We use the third conditional to talk about things that could have happened
in the past and the imagined result. We often use it to express
• blame:
If you had worked harder, you would have got better results.
(You didn't work hard, you got bad results.)
• regret:
If we'd arrived earlier, we would have got better seats.
(We arrived late, we got bad seats.)
• relief:
If we hadn't left early, we would have been in the fire.
(We left early, we weren't in the fire.)
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Note Would means you are confident about
the imagined result:
If you had fallen asleep while you were driving,
you would have crashed.
Could and might both mean there was a
possibility of the imagined result:
If you had fallen asleep while you were driving,
you could have died.
If you had fallen asleep while you were driving,
you might have died.
Five sentences in 1-1 Ocontain mistakes. Tick the correct sentences
and cross the incorrect ones. Then correct the incorrect sentences.
1 Will she have become a doctor if her mother hadn't
Would she have become a doctor if
her mother hadn't been one?
been one?
2 He'd have worked harder in French lessons if he has a
French penfriend.
3 If he'd been ill on the day of the exam, could he have
taken it at another time?
4 If I'd enjoyed studying, I had have gone to university.
5 If she'd left home earlier, would she have got to the
interview on time?
6 My parents wouldn't have been angry if I'd phoned and
told them where I was.
7 If I hadn't sleep late this morning, I won't have missed
breakfast.
8 Can she have got the job if she hadn't known the boss?
9 I wouldn't known anything about Picasso if we hadn't
learned about him at school.
10 A lot of people hadn't been successful if they had been
discouraged by their failures.
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Read the story. Complete the Third Conditional
sentences.
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Write two more Third Conditional sentences about
the text.
1
Francis Gregory's successful career as a singer
isn't the one he planned. When he was at
school, he sang in a band as a hobby but he
planned to go to university to study Maths.
Unfortunately, he was in an accident when he
was 17 and spent six months in hospital.
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The accident happened late at night when he
was cycling home from a party. It was dark
when he left the party and he didn't have any
bike lights. However, there wasn't much traffic
so he decided to cycle anyway. As he was
cycling through the centre of town he was hit
by a car. The driver, Katy, was going too fast so
she didn't see Francis until it was too late.
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or Third Conditional. The second sentence must have
the same meaning as the first.
1 You put oil on water, the oil floats.
If you put oil on water. it float s.
2 Madonna's new record is coming out soon
and I don't want to buy it .
When _ _ _ __ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ __
Luckily, Katy stopped and took him to hospital.
Francis was very badly injured and the doctor
said that he could have died if the driver
hadn't helped him. Katy, felt very guilty so she
visited him frequently while he was in hospital.
Surprisingly, Francis and Katy became good
friends and when Francis finally left hospital,
Katy put him in touch with a friend in a band.
Francis had missed all his exams while he was
in hospital so he decided to go for an audition.
The band liked his voice and he got the job as
their singer.
3 President Kennedy went to Dallas and he
was shot .
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5 I like sport so I watch the TV sports channel.
If _ _ ___________ _ _
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been in an accident.
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1
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Look at the text quickly, and circle the best alternatives.
1 The text is about F Scott Fitzgerald's
a work
b life c wife
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2 The text is to
a amuse you. b advertise something.
c inform you.
CB Read the text. Match sentences a-g with gaps 1-7.
2
Listen and check.
a ltlllerican novelist and short story Vlfiter.
"l:J. With their good looks and wild lifestyle
c In the following years
d Encouraged by the success of the story
e. By the mid 1930s, he and Zelda were living separately
l After he left the army in 1919
g After a turbulent romance
Read the list of events and put
them in the correct order. There
is one extra sentence.
• They moved to Europe. lrl
• They lived in a rich
neighbourhood.
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• The Great Gatsby was
published.
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• He worked in Hollywood. D
• He worked in advertising. D
• He went to university.
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• He met Zelda.
• He lost his job.
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He was born in St Paul, Minnesota, and entered Princeton
University in 1913. In 1917 he left before graduating to join
the US Army. While stationed in Alabama, he met and became
engaged to Zelda Sayre who also had ambitions to be a writer.
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he moved to New York and worked briefly for an advertising
agency. In the same year he sold his first short story, Babes in the
Wood. In the story, the hero, like Fitzgerald, goes to Princeton
before joining the army (unlike Fitzgerald, the character gets
sent to France to fight in the First World War) and then works
in advertising. 3-f , Fitzgerald returned to St Paul and rewrote a
novel he had started in the army, This Side ofParadise, which was
published in 1920 and was an immediate success.
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Neck, New York. Living in this rich community gave Fitzgerald a lot of material for his 1925 novel
The Great Gatsby. Although he was writing and publishing stories and novels, the couple needed to
live more cheaply so in 1924 they moved to Europe. While they were living there, Fitzgerald's
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greatest novel, The Great Gatsby, was published.
sd_ , the Fitzgeralds travelled back and forth between Europe and the States several times. For a
couple of periods he worked in Hollywood as a screenwriter and he later returned to take up a
well-paid contract with a film studio. Despite his talents as a writer, he only completed one film
script before being sacked because of his problems with alcohol.
_!L__ because she was suffering from mental health problems and living in a hospital. Although
they never got divorced, he started a relationship with a journalist and it was in her apartment that
he died of a heart attack in 1940. Zelda outlived him by eight years but died tragically in a fire in
the mental hospital where she was living.
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<_:?-. , the Fitzgeralds represented the 1920s jazz age. They were both talented people and F. Scott
Fitzgerald is thought to be one of the USA's finest novelists. Sadly, they both had problems which
some people think destroyed them and wasted their talents.
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SPEAKING
GRAMMAR
I wish and If only
We use I wish and the stronger phrase If only to express
• regret: I wish I hadn't been rude.
• blame: If only you had remembered the map.
• criticism: I wish you would get up earlier
To express present regret, blame and criticism:
IPast Simple
I wish
If only
• I was at the concert.
• I didn't have to wear glasses.
• he worked harder at school.
· you didn't live so far away.
To express past regret, blame and criticism:
I Past Perfect
I wish
• I'd learnt to swim when I was younger.
• we hadn't forgotten to bring a camera.
· I'd left home ten minutes later.
If only • we hadn't left the door unlocked.
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This special use of the past tenses shows that there is a
gap between what we are saying and reality.
• I wish I had a new pair of jeans for the party
(I want some new jeans now but I don't have any
money so it's impossible.)
• If only I'd phoned him this morning.
(I didn't phone him and now it's too late.)
Complete the phrases.
Sally
I've got an interview for that summer job
in Spain!
Scott Well done, sis! When is it?
Sally Thursday 1Oth. What shall I wear?
Scott You'd 1 better not wear those jeans they are too old and dirty!
Sally Shall I wear my new jeans?
, I'd wear something
Scott No. If 2
smart.
Sally That sounds boring.
Scott Yes, but you want the job, don't you? It's
_____ making a good impression.
You 4
take that horrible
thing out of your lip too.
Sally Oh, Scott! Don't be so old-fashioned!
Scott Why 5
get your hair cut?
Does the letter say if the interview is in
Spanish or English?
Sally I don't know - the person's name is
Spanish so they might want to do the
interview in Spanish.
Scott You might 6
to listen to some
Spanish CDs.
Sally Good idea.
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1
Read situations 1-11. Label them present or past.
1 You want to have a quiet weekend
at home.
2 You have to share a bedroom.
3 You forgot to do your science
homework.
4 You can never remember people's
names.
5 You didn't go on holiday last year.
6 You spent €100 on a pair of jeans.
7 You didn't get good marks in
your last test.
8 You haven't got a car.
9 You can't afford to go to the
Critical Age concert.
10 You couldn't go to the graduation
party last weekend.
11 You argue a lot with your sister.
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Write the sentences in Exercise 1 using I wish or
If only.
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1 I'm sorry that my best friend moved to
1 I wish I could have a cwiet weekend at home.
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I wish my best friend had stayed at my school
2 I'm sorry that I don't see my cousins more
often. (live closer)
If only _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ __
3 I regret not learning to play the piano when I
was a child. (have lessons)
I wish _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ __ _ __ _
4 It's a pity my brothers argue. (get on)
I wish _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ __
5 It would be great if I could drive. (learn)
If only _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ __
Look at pictures a-h. Write sentences 1-8.
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Write sentences that are true for you .
Three things you regret about your life now:
1 I wish I wasn't doing t his exercise .
2 _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ __
3 _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ __ _ __
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Three more things you regret about your
country/the world now:
1 If only it wasn't so expensive to go to university.
2 _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ __
1 not accept the invitation
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I wish I hadn't accepted the invitation.
2 not have to leave now
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WORD LIST
accent (n)
acquaintance
addicted
ambition (n)
appointment
aristocrat
Asian
attend
audition
autograph
battalion (n) (a unit of
men in the army)
be up to the task
bodyguard
bravery
champagne
chance (n)
chauffeur
coach (n) (a sports trainer)
comedian
compliment (n)
confident
consultation
courage
destination
determination
diploma
division (n) (a unit of
men in the army)
dozen
encourage
enthusiasm
exclusive
familiar
fan (n) (as in follower of a
rock group/movie star)
festival
flunk (v) (an exam)
VOCABULARY ACTIVATOR
fulfil
general (n)
giggle
graduate (n)
graduate (v)
impression
infantry
influence
inherit
instructor
lively
lonely
medal
memorise
mess up (an exam)
millionaire
monk
mysterious
obstacle
opera
opportunity
overcome
patience
phobia
Pope
predict
prejudice
pressure
privacy
quality (n)
revise
scene
spy (n)
supper
suspicious
talented
tanned
1
Complete with words from the Word List.
Noun (person)
1 aristocrat
2
Noun (thing)
aristocracy
coaching
3 consultant
4 enthusiast
graduation
instruction
5
6
7 phobic
2
Complete sentences 1-7 with words from Exercise 1.
1 Bill has been the team's football coach for
three years.
2 Usually, 5V' c::: (;\Ve °' ·{ r: v' get better jobs than
people who don't go to university.
3 She won't get a plane because she has a
I v\ ~ -( ;" (J\.rlOia bout flying.
4 I wish I could drive but I can't afford to pay a
driving
for lessons.
5 Traditionally,
are rich and
own a lot of land.
6 Harry's mad about sailing - he's a real
~
with the
residents about the new parking scheme.
7 The planners are in
3
Find words with similar meanings from the Word List.
Use them to complete the first part of a mystery story.
driver
active
sure
laugh
chauffeur
known
strange
brown
The 1 cha uffeur stopped the car.
He walked round and opened the car door for
p t
me. I could hear sounds of a 2
.
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uy
- voices, musIC, laughter. When I knocked, the
front door swung open and a man stood th ere.
, he'd
He was tall, and his face was 3
obviously just got back from some tropical holiday
or other.
Tm here to see Mr Charles; I said.
Without a word, he led me into the house. I
heard a woman 4
as I followed him.
Perhaps she thought my arrival was some sort
of joke.
I waited alone in the small study. I'd been in it
before, three weeks ago, so it was 5
Everything looked the same. But n_0 ___ t_h _e_pi. ctu-r~
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of the
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woman had gone. The wall
was empty. How strange! At that moment the
door opened, and a deep 7
voice
said, 'I've been expecting you.'
4
Complete the text with the correct alternatives.
6
Do you dream of being a 1_ rock star with a
2_
-driven Rolls Royce and dozens of 3_
chasing you for your 4 _? Think carefully! Not
everyone is 5_ the task. You need to be very
determined and 6_ . How would you feel if
you went to 7_ and the judges said you had a
terrible voice or you were too fat?
1 I didn't go to the graduation party because I
had passed {J[U:nke?J my exams.
2 I can't understand what she says because
she has a strong accent I irijluence.
3 When we reached our determination I
destination, we got off the bus.
4 The European Convention on Human Rights
says that people have a right to prejudice I
privacy.
5 Some rock singers have battalions I
bodyguards to protect them.
6 She doesn't need to work because she
inherited I spent a lot of money from her
family.
7 My grandfather won a medal I diploma for
bravery when he rescued someone from a fire.
8 My brother fulfilled I encouraged me to
become a doctor.
1 a comedian @.)millionaire
c monk
d instructor
2 a bodyguard b graduate c pope
d chauffeur
3 a fans b spies c coaches d aristocrats
4 a consultation b courage c talent
d autograph
5 a up to b up on c over to d in with
6 a suspicious b confident c lonely
d addicted
7 a an opera b consultation c an audition
d an appointment
5
Complete the text with the correct form of the verbs
from the box.
achieve attend fulfil make the most of
mess up miss overcome
Complete the sentences with the correct alternatives.
Extend your vocabulary
1
Study the phrasal verbs with up and complete
sentences 1-8.
break up: (1) to end a marriage or relationship,
Some people suffer from phobias that rule their lives.
For example, someone who has agoraphobia is too
frightened to leave their home. However, people
don't have to !et phobias mess up their lives, if they
have enough determination to 2
success.
Sometimes they decide to get help because they realise
1
that they
too many opportunities.
3
Last year, for example, my grandmother
_ _ _ _ _ an ambition when she flew to Australia to
visit my uncle. All her life, she has had a fear of heights so
she never wanted to fly. However, she decided that she
had to
to
this obstacle because she wanted
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6
her grandson's wedding. While
she was in Australia, she
_ _ _ _ _ her visit
and she travelled to
Cairns, Perth, Sydney
and Melbourne.
(2) the separation of a group, organisation,
country into smaller parts
drink up: to drink something quickly for a
reason, eg you have to leave
hang up: to finish a phone call
line up: to stand waiting one behind the other
in a queue or line
mess up: to spoil or ruin something important
own up: to admit that you have done
something wrong
pull up: to stop (eg car/ bus)
split up: (1) to end a relationship (2) to divide a
group into smaller groups
turn up: (1) to arrive somewhere when you aren't
expected (2) to look for something and find it
1 Their marriage broke up after twenty years.
the two naughty boys
in the class.
3 We
outside the concert for three
hours because we wanted the best seats.
4 My uncle always
at the front door
when it's time for a meal.
5 I arrived at the bus stop as the bus _ _ __
6I
my driving test - I drove through
a red light!
7 We all had to stay in the classroom until the
thief _ _ __
8 The detectives
some interesting
evidence when they searched the house.
2 The teacher
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Taking a break
GRAMMAR
The Passive
Passive tense
· Past participle
to be
Present Simple
Dinner
is/isn't
served
on the terrace.
Present Continuous
Guests
are being/aren't being
driven
to the airport today.
Past Simple
The hotel
was/wasn't
Past Continuous
The rooms
were being/weren't being
cleaned
Present Perfect
The pool
has been/hasn't been
filled
this summer.
Future with will
Your luggage
will be/won't be
collected
before 9a.m.
. in 2004.
• built
• when the inspector arrived.
Passive verb tenses have the same uses as active tenses.
Yes/No and Wh- questions
We use the Passive when
• the action is more important than the person or thing which does the action:
The ice hotel is rebuilt every year.
• we don't know who does/did the action:
A passport has been taken from the manager's office.
• we need to describe a process:
First, the blocks of ice are cut and then they are used to make the walls.
• we want to be formal:
You will be met at the airport by our representative.
Is this hotel mentioned in any
guidebooks? Yes, it is.
Was the television in your room repaired?
No, it wasn't.
Why have all the kitchen staff been
sacked?
When will the first reservations be
accepted?
We use by to say who or what did the action, when this fact is important:
Stansted Airport was designed by Norman Foster, one of Britain's top architects.
1
Complete the sentences with the correct alternatives.
1 The Wigwam Motel, Arizona _ of Native
American tents.
a is making @is made c were made
d has been made
2 The motel _ by the Lewis family in the
1950s.
a has been started b was started
c is being started d started
3 Today, the motel _ by members of the same
family.
a is managed b was managed
c will be managed d has been managed
4 The wigwams _ from cloth or animal skins.
a aren't being made b hadn't been made
c isn't made d aren't made
5 Between the 1930s and 50s, several wigwam
motels
in the US.
a are being built b hadn't been built
c were built d will be built
2
Complete the sentences with the correct passive
form of the verbs in brackets.
1 The Tree House Hotel is bein0 built (build) in
a forest in Scotland.
2 The hotel
(design) by a Brazilian
architect.
3 The rooms
(link) by 10 metre
high walkways between the trees.
4 The guests' meals
(deliver) in
bags which they will pull into the tree.
5 Reservations
(not accept) at the
moment because the rooms won't be ready
for two years.
62
r
5
Change the sentences from active to passive.
1 We take breakfast to the guests' rooms.
Breakfast is taken to the 0uests' rooms.
2 We aren't filling the pool until July.
3 We didn't clean the bedrooms yesterday.
4 No one carried the guest's bags to her room.
5 Someone saw a mouse in the kitchen.
6 The hotel doesn't accept credit cards.
6
Complete the paragraph with the correct passive
form of the verbs in the box.
base film make manage
show use write (x 3)
3
There are four more mistakes in the text. Find and
correct them.
opened
The Igloo Village in Finland is epeRS/each year
from January to April. The igloos built like
traditional houses but they not make from ice,
they are made from glass. The area around
the Igloo Village is covering by snow so lots of
·winter sports be arranged for guests .
4:
Write passive questions about the three hotels on
page 68 in your Students' Book.
Ice Hotel
1 what/hoteVmake from?
What is the hotel made from?
2 what temperature/rooms/keep at?
3 where/hoteVbuild each year?
Castle Stuart
4 how long ago/castle/build?
5 how many people/murder/while/castle/build?
6 when/castle/attack?
Poseidon Underwater Resort
7 where/resort/built?
not make
Fawlty Towers is one
of British TV's most
,,.
famous comedies. The
programme 1 was made
in the 1970s and
_ _ _ by husband
and wife team, John
Cleese and Connie
Booth. Although only
twelve episodes
_ __ _ more than
30 years ago, many of
the lines from the
show 4
still
____ as part of
everyday language.
More episodes
____ because the writers
did not want the idea to get tired and boring.
The scripts for the programmes 6
on a
real experience the couple had had when they
stayed at a terrible hotel with a bad-tempered
manager. They realised they had found a great
situation for a comedy: the best hotel managers
are friendly, patient and polite but their
by an aggressive,
imaginary hotel 7
impatient, rude man called Basil Fawlty.
regularly on TV and
The series 8
despite being so old, it still attracts new fans.
since 1975
A lot of good comedies 9
but some people believe that nothing as funny
10
ever
again.
8 when/resort/finish?
9 how/hotel/link/land?
63
SPEAKING
1
Study the bar graph. Circle the best answers.
Passenger travel in Britain 1984-2004
~
0
800
700
600
~ 500
gi 400
Qi
cars, vans and taxis
Oother
E
*a
300
200
~ 100
c
:0
0-'-~-'---'--'--'---'----'-----'~.L......L~"---'-L___,L_----'--
1984
1989
1994
1999
2004
(Source: Department for Transport)
1 The total number of journeys is[rising)!
falling .
2 The percentage of journeys by car, van and
taxi has gone up I down.
3 The percentage of journeys on other forms
of transport has I hasn't changed a lot.
LISTENING
1
Look at the picture. What tickets are the people buying?
2
a bus b plane c train
2
Study the pie chart. Complete the sentences with the
correct information in words or numbers.
Non-car passenger
travel 2004
mm Read the conversation and circle what you
rail
think you will hear. Listen and check.
Ticket clerk
Traveller
Ticket clerk
Traveller
Ticket clerk
Traveller
Ticket clerk
Traveller
Ticket clerk
Traveller
Ticket clerk
Traveller
Ticket clerk
3
1[Can)! Will I help you?
Yes, how much is a 2 ticket I
train to Oxford, please?
One way is £17, twenty-four hour
3 single I retu rn is £18 and a three
month 4 return I j ourney is £20.
Sorry, what does 'one way' mean?
Is it a 5 return I single?
Yes, it is. If you bought one, you'd
have to buy another ticket to come
back.
I see. Can we have two threemonth 6 returns I singles, please?
Here you are, that's £40.00.
Thanks. When does the next
7 coach I car leave?
At 12.30 - you'll get it if you
8 hurry I walk slowly.
Which 9 platform I stop does it
go from?
1°Fourteen. I I don't know.
Thanks, goodbye.
You're welcome.
1 About one half of journeys on public transport
are on trains.
2 Nearly _ _ __ percent of journeys are by air.
3
journeys by public transport are on
bus, coach or train.
3
announcement
2 security announcement
3 regular information
announcement
D
D
D
Study the line graph. Complete the sentences.
Changes in income and real cost of transport
0
~
II
0
ro
~
x
Q)
'O
.S
220
200
180
160
140
120
100
80
60
..-...... disposable income
- bus and coach fares
all motoring
.-·-· petrol/oil
,-~·-..:-
0
ro
~
l()
ro
~
0
l()
CJ)
CJ)
~
~
0
0
0
N
l()
0
0
N
(Source: Office of National Statistics)
Disposable income
2
3
Listen and match announcements A-C with
headings 1-3.
1 updated information
pedal cyc les
(Source: Department
for Transport)
<mm
Announcement
64
motor cycles
has risen quickly.
has stayed about the same.
dropped in the 1980s but
went up again.
4
Look at the three graphs above. Write one more
sentence about each graph.
2 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~3~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~-
WRITiiwG
1
Read the text and match notes A-F with
paragraphs 1-5. There is one extra note.
SPOTLIGHT ON
LONDON
[]]I] London is a big, busy, cosmopolitan city on the River Thames in
south east England. It is the capital city and has more than twelve million
inhabitants from all corners of the world.
fil] The history of London goes back thousands of years to when the
first inhabitants made their homes next to the river. After the Great Fire
of London in 1666, most of the city had to be rebuilt and a lot of famous
buildings, for example, St Paul's Cathedral, date from that time.
ill] Like in many cities, transport is one of the biggest problems. There
is a lot of traffic so it is sometimes quicker to do short distances on foot.
The underground railway is more than a hundred and fifty years old so it is
sometimes unreliable but it covers a huge area and is usually the quickest
way to get around. A few years ago, the city started making drivers pay to
bring cars into the city. This has helped to reduce the traffic problems a bit.
ffi] In the 18th century, a famous writer said that 'if a man is tired of
London, he is tired of life' and this is still true. There are so many things
to do and see that a visitor can never be bored. For example, there are
historical sites, internationally important museums and galleries, fascinating
street markets, and modern tourist attractions like the London Eye. From
the top of the London Eye you can see along the Thames and across the
whole of London. All year, excellent plays, concerts and musicals are on at
the hundreds of theatres.
lliI] London is my favourite capital city. Although it is big and crowded,
it is always fascinating. It is the perfect place to spend a few days visiting
galleries, shopping, going to the theatre or just sitting in one of the
thousands of international cafes watching the world walk by your table.
2
Read the notes about Cardiff, the capital city of Wales. Imagine you have been to stay with a Welsh
penfriend in Cardiff. Use the notes to write about the city.
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65
WORD LIST
VOCABULARY ACTIVATOR
-
1
aban.doned ht)\'.'...tA1uj1l:l"' [~~' t,.,!ndicate ~clCG\i"'' fo I
acrylic G\C
t"t\b~ 1 • O- •industry ·~ ~';\C'lpt,, i
addicted c -, o· · kh1v.
inflatable i-<-a.5-uv1'<-0C
administrative (;> ·.;,,e.i • • ·,1-.... ·, inhabitant c?;\:1-,e;N, • 1.f\ r)~, ,11u''"5J.dopt (a technique/idea)
· inland B1ttJi pclo"19 (!;'>~'>"' 1-•c.1epL•<:e;o,
\
adrenalin
involve
<> 't1,
ancient g'P€ ~w<i-,
. jet ski.ing so5i.<.Aet ~ .r •i'lcit ur.t
announcement ~' _.cr:u-' e. kayak1ng ~1tC1.t, &~ r:~.tn 'I
Arctic Circle o. pn ·-r · ,. P:J2life jacket CkC1co.~c.,~l(.t' t, .tit 11;-.
aisle V'- p o><O_
link (V) (e~~t.
board (v) (a boat/plane)
luxury prx: l:"ct--•
-,,, ''- -'- boarding cardb" ,/1
outskirts ot.pc..v.1;1-0-.
2
book (v) (a ticket)
palace gt'cft:'!·
brakes -1 ~ p,u'"':°'
_
penalty (a penalty fare) u,,o.ipctq-.:.
chain store ?Vl.P"':,~~'t,,,
plastic Y'-~Cl.tllt ':<chamber re }.,(if'c; .~, Yt;, ~t' ~.. , previous 'i\fC ~~ t.~u:-,
\A f-6&:-f,, check in (at an airport)
regulation ~~ -t9~v.c,
1
clan ~05
reservation (reserve a
_
complex rc1J"uv- .<( ·-c.
hotel room/flight) ~<~?Gl'if-<'c · ·::,
courtyard ~:{(' · ~ (t<'f
residential 1'1-t-l or:.
decorated'2F~"l:l\.~ ::
resort (n) '<A\'?c-0
dedicated '"fX' 00 :t1:::· ~,
restored ~~t"IJ-'JJ\~'..
. . . , _,cpt:_ r: ,. ). Seatbelt <rP'-'r.,,
<"17,. .. - •.••-·
I d C>\(~~.
deaye
,-.v~"~ oe, 0 .-~- .
0
d~p~rture lounge
security check '<:ly-Cbc \) '{"" ~f
G' -.,..,
d1stri.ct or P':l ?_
s~nsation tb• re.,~\)
3
due 1n
"'
~ _ ;,situated ~~o~~-u.~
duty-free shop S -~ _~ t.;.(kat1ng '•1.> ''°:'"-\.('- "tt;.. v:!}<'J:,.'; elbow pads ~t'.l(o 0~}~t..Z. sleeping bag CM ,1,1.,W.,\t. ,,.c•J'"'
encourage ~r
:1 . '7 , - • speed freaks
epilepsy f. 1._..
., c.'
sphere t.cyc \Jc'
extraordinary
steep (adj) '¥-'' .· ·
fantastic
steering Y~" ;:: 1.y' ' "-· ib«~i-,"
fasten f\ P<«pf>t.1 " i ''?'" 893tC·suburbs .e x\ ,._ .• • '··
gallery
surrounding f/1t. ~ ~;ro·Z'P
geographic§l
take off
~o, · f -->r-go through tA
n.j)'-11ro·ib•>t tartan. -'tea tpi:-n •-U ,~, .. '·,
guarantee (v) lli.?0-\:'.1..t~
technique '°lfy, \I'''_~
guidelin.e wo~/''c..r:.
· th~ Bahamas
hang gl1d1ng ;f.UCY' , , , ' •f"s4thrill fr_ . o,,.~
haunt (vhtc'-Qnv. ,\...
thrilling
_
haunted cG1.c»c~·{~'\- ':.., J .-. transp~rent 'v\\°lo~?C>.t ~n... .
hi-tech Go·rcr~·-·, .~ .... -. wetsuit &c-~ ···:··:~,..··,,.cc.
eu .(
er-?
Ca
66
Circle the 'odd one out'.
1 (sleeping bag) seat belt helmet elbow pad
2 adrenalin thrill aisle excitement
3 ancient historic old steep
4 courtyard helmet chamber tower
5 fantastic thrilling transparent
extraordinary
6 gallery castle regulation palace
7 suburb inhabitant outskirts district
You are going on holiday. Put events a-i in order.
a arrive at your resort
b board your plane
c book a ticket
d check in at the airport
e fasten your seat belt
f go through passport control and
security checks
g go to the departure lounge
.
.
hswitchoffyourmob1lephone
.
t _take off
Complete the definitions with words from the
Word List.
D
D
OJ
D
D
D
D
D
D
acrylic
(adj) made from chemicals,
not natural materials eg some paints and
materials
2 _ _ _ _ _ (n) an important or official
spoken statement
3
(n) equipment that makes a
vehicle go slowly or stop
4
(adj) describes someone who
works hard because they want to do their
work well
5 _ _ _ _ _ (v) to gently guide or persuade
someone to do something
6
(v) to join two sides of
something so they are closed or held
together
7 _____ (v) to promise that something
will happen because you are sure about it
8
(n) an instruction for the best
way to do something
9
( adj) to describe the use of
modem machines and methods
10
(n) an official rule or order
11
(n) a ball shape
4: Complete the text with words from Exercise 3.
When you fly, there are lots of safety
1 regulations that you must follow. At the
beginning of the flight you should listen to the
safety 2
which will tell you to
_ ____ your seat belt for take off and
landing. You have to turn off your mobile phone
as it could interfere with the plane's
_____ equipment. If you are going on a
very long flight, there are some useful
5
for staying comfortable and
healthy. For example, airlines 6_ _ _ __
passengers to drink lots of water and to gently
exercise their feet and legs while they are in
their seats.
5
Complete the text with the correct form of the words
in brackets.
White water 1 rafting (raft) is very exciting but,
like all 2
(thrill) sports, it can be
dangerous. You need to learn how to
3
(steering) the 4
(inflate)
raft through rocks hidden in fast moving water
so is important to learn the proper 5_ _ __
(technical).
_ ___ (jet ski) is another sport that speed
freaks who are 7
(addict) to adrenalin
enjoy. However, jets are noisy so you need to
check that there aren't any local 8_ _ __
(regulate) or you may get a 9_ __ _
(penalise) for using one in the wrong place.
6
Label the activities and safety equipment.
1 cliff jumping
Extend your vocabulary
1
Study the sports verbs. Use them in the correct form
to complete sentences 1-8.
to get the most points in a game or race
to end a game without either side winning
to not win a game or race
(1) to not hit, catch or kick a ball close to
you in a game, (2) to not hit a distant target in
agame
pass to throw, kick or hit a ball to another
member of your team
save to stop another team from scoring a goal in,
for example, football
serve to start a game of tennis or volleyball by
throwing the ball in the air and hitting it over
the net
shoot to kick or throw a ball to the place where
you get a point
tackle (1) to try to get the ball from a player in
the other team (2) to force another player to the
ground in rugby
beat
draw
lose
miss
1 Italy won the World Cup when they beat
France in the final.
2 I think the two teams will
0- 0.
3 The player was sent off when he _ _ _ __
another player too aggressively.
4 You are playing in a team so you must
_ _ ___ the ball to each other.
5 The goalkeeper went the wrong way so
couldn't
the goal.
6 I'm very competitive so I hate _ _ _ __
any game.
7 He _____ the ball because the sun was
shining in his eyes.
8 Top tennis players can _____ at more
than 200 kilometres an hour.
3 _ _ _ _ __
5 _ _ _ _ __
7_
_ _ __
6 _ _ _ __
I
8 _ _ _ _ __
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J
SELF-ASSESSMENT TEST 4 I UNITS 7-8
3
VOCABULARY AND GRAMMAR
1
Complete the sentences with the correct
form of the words in capital letters.
(6 points)
1 He is a very wealthy man but he
WEALTH
still isn't happy.
2 The police officer was given a
medal for
BRAVE
3 You have shown that you have the
_ _ _ to do well in this company.
ABLE
4 Unfortunately, the last product we
FAIL
tried to sell, was a complete
5 His greatest
was to be
made chairman of the company.
ACHIEVE
6 If you want to
, you have
to work hard.
SUCCESS
7 The biggest problem with _ __
is the lack of privacy.
FAMOUS
2
Complete the email with one word in
each gap.
0
r§ For\olard
[
~ ~ X
-0-
I ? Follow Up
~
4
31/1/2007
Hi Steve,
take some warm clothes though,
because the nights get quite cool at this time of year
and you'll want an evening felucca ride on the river.
3
You asked what to do . It's a good 4
to do
the main tourist sights with a reputable tour company
- avoid the unlicensed pirates at the pyramids . Try to
look round the old city and get away from the tourist
trail. If you've got enough money, you could
5 _ _ _ a trip on a cruise ship down the Nile.
The most important thing, though, is to make the
6
of your time in Cairo. If I 7
you,
I'd definitely eat the local food; kushary is the best
food in the country and you'll never have stomach
problems - well, I didn't.
Have a great time but don't bother to bring me a
papyrus!
Jim
68
2 We have to check
3 Then get our boarding
4 After that, we go through passport
5 We'll probably have to sit for hours in
the departure
6 But we must keep our eyes on the
departures
7 and when we get on the plane we'll sit
down and put on our seat
D
D
b belts.
c in.
D
D
D
D
d board.
Circle the correct alternatives.
(6 points)
last year.
3 I wish I wasn't so lazy when I was a child I
but I can't change.
4 The house was building I was being built
in 1945.
5 I often shout I being shouted at the other
players on my team.
6 I wish I could I had been able to visit you
but I couldn't.
7 The train would have been on time if there
hadn't been I wasn't an accident.
To: s.hunter@xora.co.de
Subject: Egypt
Interesting to hear that you're going to Egypt. If you
2
found my old
guide books and sent them to you. Never mind. I had
a great time in Cairo, I'm sure you will too. You'd
[ill
1 If you[had been)! were there, I would have
gone too.
2 If only I hadn't gone to this school now I
•
, had told me earlier, I would
1 Would you like an aisle
a lounge.
01'3
I -(Jo
(6 points)
e cards. f control. g seat?
(6 points)
Egypt
~Reply ~Rep ly All
Match beginnings 1-7 with endings a-g.
5
Complete each gap with the verb to tell
in the correct form.
(6 points)
'Ladies and Gentlemen,
I am here 1 to tell you how to be a success. How
many of you 2
at some point in your
life, that you would never be a success? By
your teachers, your parents, your friends? Well,
I3
you now that you can and will be
one! Yes, folks, that's the first lesson. Think
positively. When I was in my first job, many
years ago, my manager 4
me that he
trusted me to do a good job. I 5
never
____ anything like that before and it made
such a difference to me. I immediately became
a better and more confident employee because
I wanted to show him that he was right.
And now, whenever somebody joins my
company, they 6
how important they
are, by me. And that's why you are here today
the same thing now,
and you 7 ·
because it's true!'
F
f
GREECE
Go to any bookshop nowadays and you'll see the shelves fu ll of travel gu ides.
Th irty years ago, travel gu ides tended to be fu ll of photos of ru ins and museums but
w ith little practical information. 2_
. Five star hotels, the best restaurants and similar
details of little use t o t he average backpacker.
1
_
•
O ne t ravelle r who noticed th is problem was Mark Ellingham. 3_
. He had taken some
guide books with him but wasn't impressed w ith them. Some were full of historical
details and looked like museum brochures. Others told him how he could live cheaply
4_
- its polit ics, culture o r simply how its people lived. This was what Mark wanted
t o know about - but t here is a limit to how many books you can carry whi le travelling.
Instead of complaining, Mark decided to write his own book. He wanted it to include details of sights to visit, places to
stay (from t he cheapest to the most expensive), nightl ife, restaurants, transport and what it was like to live in Greece
at t hat time. 5_
He had no job at t he time and the economic situation in Britain in 1982 meant t hat it was difficu lt, even fo r a graduate,
t o fi nd somet hing. Even so, it was a risk but the book became an immed iat e success. Th is success encouraged Mark to
. Now, over 25 years later, there are more t han I00 Rough Gu ides and over I 00 authors write for
write more. 6_
the company which has offi ces in London and New York. 7_
. Today, however, they would be forgiven for taking a
rest from t he actual writ ing work and having a holiday, taking along one of their guide books w ith them, of course.
READING SKILLS
COMMUNICATION
1
1
Complete the text with sentences A-H. There
is one extra sentence. Then circle the
correct alternative in questions 8 and 9.
(9 points)
A He had just finished university and was
travelling round Greece
B Working with three friends, he provided
similar information about other destinations.
CAny information that was given was usually
aimed at rich tourists.
D He had never been there before and wanted
to find out as much as he could.
E Mark and his friends are still involved in the
company.
F But it wasn't always like that.
GNone of them, though, gave any information
on life in Greece
H In short, everything worth knowing
8 Which of these is the main reason for Mark
writing the book?
a His love of Greece.
b The economic situation in Britain in 1982.
c His disappointment with the guide books
on sale at the time.
d His interest in Greek life, culture and
politics.
9 Which of these is not true?
a Mark is still working for Rough Guides.
b Mark gave up his job to become a writer.
c Mark graduated from university.
d Mark has written more than one book.
Complete the information with one word
in each gap. Use the table to help you.
(6 points)
1975
2006
Total number of
flights delayed
790,000
3.75 million
% of all flights delayed
19%
18%
Number of delays
caused by strikes
400,000
1.25 million
1 In 1975, just over a
of all delays were
caused by strikes.
2 In 2006, a
of all delays were caused
by strikes.
3 In 1975 and 2006
flights were not
delayed.
4 Since 1975 the number of flights delayed has
_ _ _ from 790,000 to 3.75 million.
5 The percentage of flights which have been
delayed has
, from nineteen percent
to eighteen percent.
6 Nearly one
of all delays in
1975 and 2006 were caused by strikes.
Total
/45
69
To err is human
GRAMMAR
Reported statements
Direct speech
Present Simple
'You need a dictionary.'
Present Continuous
'I'm talking on the phone.'
Past Simple
'I crashed my car.'
Present Perfect
'I survived!'
can
'I can't spell "school".'
must/have to
'We must tidy our rooms.'
will
'I'll write the report now.'
be going to
'I'm going away tomorrow. '
-
In reported speech the main verb moves 'back'
one tense.
We can leave out that in informal written
language and speech.
Other changes
Time references
Pronouns
Possessive adjectives
Possessive pronouns
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Past Simple
She said (that) he needed a dictionary.
" 'Past Continuous
He said (that) he was talking on the phone.
We can report or repeat someone's words with
• direct speech:
He said, 'My spelling isn't very good. '
• reported speech:
He said (thalj his spelling wasn't very good.
Location
Reported speech 1
here - there
this/these - that/those
last week - the week before
tomorrow _. the next/
following day
a week/month/year ago _.
a week/month/year before
I, we - he/she, they
my, our _. his/her, their
mine, ours _. his/hers, theirs
Past Perfect
He told me (that) he had crashed his car.
Past Perfect
He said (that) he had survived.
could
He said (that) he couldn't spell 'school'.
had to
They said they had to tidy their rooms.
would
She said (that) she would write the report then.
was/were going to
He said that he was going away the next day.
Reporting verbs
Say, tell and reply are general reporting verbs. We can use
different, more accurate reporting verbs:
He admitted that he had crashed the car.
The salesman claimed that the coffee was the best in the world.
The customer complained that her new TV wasn't working.
The prisoner insisted that she was innocent.
I pointed out that I couldn't be in two places at once.
The students protested that the exam was too difficult.
Sometimes we report the idea, not the exact words.
I'll drive you home. _. She promised to drive me home.
I can't help you. _. She refused to help me.
Mind the trap?
1 After tell, always use the name/pronoun of the
person being spoken to:
Sergeant Johnson told Captain Preston (that) he
was glad to be alive.
NOT SergeaRt .kJ/:IRsoR te.'-d (t/:lat) /:le v;as glad-le
IJe aNve.
2 After said, never use the name/pronoun of
the person being spoken to:
Jeremy said (that) he had lost concentration.
NOT o'eremy said /:/er (t/:lat) /:le /:lad lest GORGeRtratioR.
I
Complete the sentences with the best alternatives.
2
Circle the best reporting verb and complete the
reported speech.
1 'I haven't taken the money.'
She [claimed)! admitted that she hadn't
taken the money .
2 'I'll report the accident tomorrow.'
He complained I promised _ _ _ _ _ __
'Do you know, I haven't driven a car since 1990!'
3 'We can't spell it because we haven't got a
dictionary.'
She agreed I complained _ _ _ _ _ __
1 She told me that she
a car since 1990.
@hadn't driven b wasn't driving
c didn't Cl.rive d wouldn't drive
4 'A plane has crashed on my car!'
She r eplied I complained _ _ _ _ _ __
5 'And I think the inspector is going to the
airfield later today.'
He admitted I added _ _ _ _ _ _ _ __
'Typical. He's late
for everything!'
2 Felix complained that his brother _
everything.
a is ~was c would be
6 'It's not fair! Everyone makes mistakes.'
He claimed I protested _ _ __ _ _ __
and added I said _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ __
7 'I won't be here tomorrow because I'm going
late for
d wasn't
on a first aid course.'
She claimed I explained _ _ _ _ _ _ __
8 'Yes, I was the driver of the car in the accident.'
He admitted I claimed _ _ _ _ _ _ __
3
Read the telephone conversation and complete
the report.
'It's OK. We won't tell Mum.'
3 They promised that they _
Train guard
Hi, I've got something to report.
Police officer Tell me about it and I'll make
some notes.
Train guard
There's a woman on the train
with a dead body. She got on the
train with her father yesterday,
and he died about an hour later.
She's just told me about it.
Police officer This has never happened before.
I'm not sure what to do.
Train guard
I think you should come to the
train and interview her.
Police officer You're right - I'll be there in ten
minutes.
tell her about
the party.
a couldn't b wouldn't c would d can't
'What am I doing? Studying, of course.'
4 He claimed that he _
when I phoned him.
a could study b was studying
c wasn't studying d had studied
Transport police: Incident
The t
report
'
rain guard rang and told me
' he had something to renort
I
.
told him to
- - - - - - - - - - and added that r
The guard
explained 4
2
F
·
--------
'No, I don't love him. Absolutely not!'
5 Sue protested that she _
love Tony.
a did b doesn't c can't d didn't
He added that
I said
- - - - - - - - - - and I admitted
- - - - 9- - - - - - · The guard
suggested
and promise-:d~'o_ _ _ _ _ _ _ __ I agreed
<I
Read the rest of the police report and write the
direct speech.
Ms Delgardo spoke to the train guard at the
·
ey . She
d of the twenty-hour JOurn
en lained that the old man next to her was
exp
l' d that he had thought
dead The guard rep ie ·the ~ld man was asleep. The young woman d
. d that the man was her father an
exp 1 aine
th
h d died the day before at
e
that he a
d wanted
be inning of the journey. The gu~r
g
h she hadn't reported it. She
to know w y
h h dn't told anyone because
admitted that s e a
.
The
the train.
h h dn't wanted to 1 eave
s e a
.
that it was very strange
guard pointed out
dded that
't
told
anyone . She a
that s h e hadn t the tickets for the JOurne
·
y
she ha d b ough
and hadn't wanted to waste the money.
SPEAKING
1
1 Ms Delgardo I'm sorry, but the old man next to
Look at the materials and complete the dialogue.
Use words and phrases from the box.
3 Ms Delgardo _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ __
I believe In my opinion It could be about
It looks like it comes from The photos show
What do you think The picture on the left
\Vhere do you think the material has come
fFem2 What can be done to avoid fires ?
4 Train guard _____________
Examiner
5 Ms Delgardo _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ __
Student
6 Train guard _____________
Examiner
7 Ms Delgardo _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ __
Student
me is dead
2 Train guard _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ __
i
Where do you think the material has
come from?
5
Below are the final words said by some famous
people before they died. Write the reported speech.
1 JM Barrie, British writer, 'I can't sleep.'
He complained that he couldn't sleep .
2 Captain Oates, British explorer to the South
Pole, 'I'm just going outside. I may be some
time.'
He told the others _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ __
3 Dominique Bouhours, French grammar expert,
Tm dying or I'm going to die. Both are correct.'
He said
. He
pointed out __________
4 Sir Winston Churchill, British prime minister,
'I'm bored with it all.'
He said __________
5 Errol Flynn, Hollywood actor, 'I've had a lot of
fun and I've enjoyed every minute of it.'
He told them
6 General Sedgwick, US army commander, 'They
couldn't hit an elephant at this distance.'
He claimed __________
distance.
7 Nostradamus, French prophet and healer,
'Tomorrow, I will no longer be here.'
He predicted _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ __
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Examiner
Student
websites about safety in
the home.
What sort of information can you get
from the material?
On this page there is a list of
information leaflets, for example,
you can read about electrical safety,
fires , child safety and so on.
3
safety equipment - in this
picture there is a child behind a stair
gate, and in this one there is a
is of a leaflet
smoke alarm. 4
about avoiding fires in the summer.
It doesn't say, but 5
things
like barbecues and camp fires.
are the three most
important things people can do to
avoid fires in their homes?
it should start with
people being careful. Kitchens can
be dangerous so people should take
extra care when they are cooking
they should be very
and, 8
careful if they are using hot oil or
fat . However, accidents some.times
happen even when people are very
every home
careful so 9
should get a free smoke alarm from
the government.
GRAMMAR
Reported questions and imperatives
In reported questions, we don't use:
• question word order.
• the auxiliary do or a question mark.
In reported questions, we change:
• tenses in the same way as for reported speech.
• location, pronouns, time references etc.
Yes/No questions
We use if or whether ;o report Yes/No questions.
Reported speech
Direct speech
Have you met your new teacher?
___..
He asked me if I had met my new teacher.
Will you help me with my homework?
___..
She asked whether I would help her with her homework.
Can I listen to your MP3 player?
___..
He asked if he could listen to my MP3 player.
Is there a train at 3p.m.?
___..
He inquired whether there was a train at 3p.m.
The verb inquire is used in formal language and means to ask for information. It can be used to report both Yes/No and
Wh- questions.
Wh- questions
Reported speech
Direct speech
Where have you been?
___..
She asked me where I had been.
When does your class finish?
___..
She asked me when my class finished.
When does the next train leave?
___..
He inquired when the next train left.
Imperatives
To report an imperative:
• use the past tense of the reporting verb: I told him ... She asked me ...
• use to + infinitive for the reported imperative.
• change location, pronouns, time references etc.
Reported speech
Direct speech
1
Listen to me!
___..
She told me to listen to her.
Don't open the door now!
___..
She asked me not to open the door then.
2
Put the words in the correct order to form reported
questions and an imperative. Start with the words
in italic.
1
1 degree/asked what/I/the careers advisor/
could/type of/I/do.
2 high/was/salary/important/wanted/know/He/
),
to/if/a/to me. v.,\ c , +·('(!1 , ..l r: &·:
.Ll ~ \. ·
µ ·· W 0 c, I 1/-· \ ,o ( .:;. .· t·\.I
.
I
3 sort///asked/lead/wm1ld/~hat/of/jobs~they/to
1~
\;\} fr'.\~~
· .\_t
(I-I
,,-< .
.
4 whether/He/thought/me/I/aboufworki~g in/
had/indµstry/asked ·
,·:•
'
•
r
'
r
-
.
""
,.
·'
r~
l '.
I asked the careers advisor what type of degree I
He replied that I could do Maths or
Science because they were my best subjects.
. He said that there were lots
Then 2
of job opportunities for science graduates and
added that a lot of maths graduates became
teachers. I admitted that I wasn't interested in
. I said I
becoming a teacher. Next, 3
hadn't but that I would think about it. Finally,
_ _ _ . I explained that it was quite
important but I was more interested in job
satisfaction.
could do.
I asked the careers advisor what type of degree
I could do.
I '
Complete the report with the sentences from
Exercise 1.
· )
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3
Write the reported conversation in direct speech.
'The careers advisor asked me if I was
interested in going to university. I explained
that I didn't like studying and that I wanted to
start earning money. Then she asked what I
was interested in and I said that I liked fashion
and music. She pointed out that without any
qualifications I would find it difficult to get a
job. I asked if I could work in a shop without
passing any exams and she replied that I could.
Then she asked whether I had thought about
studying part-time while I was working. I said I
hadn't but I promised I would think about it.'
1 Advisor
2 Jake
3 Advisor
4 Jake
5 Advisor
6 Jake
7 Advisor
8 Jake
9 Advisor
10 Jake
4
READING
1
1 an extract from the book
2 short description of the book
3 information about the author
2
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ __
_ _ _ __ _ _ _ _ __ __ _
_ _ __ _ __ __ _ _ _ __
3
11 Careers advisor I'll find out and I'll send you
the information. Give me your email address.
She promised to _ _ _ _ _ _ __
Then she told _ _ _ _ _ _ __
lillm
Read the questions and quickly find the correct
answers in the text.
Read sentences 1-8 and then read text C. Are the
statements true (T) or false (F)?
1 The Bryson family lived in a hospital.
2 His mother was a brilliant cook.
3 She occasionally burnt the food.
4 His father enjoyed the food his wife
cooked.
5 His mother never threw food away.
6 His mother only served fresh food.
7 His parents wasted a lot of things.
8 His family used sugar, ketchup and other
things taken from restaurants.
Read the conversation and write the reported speech.
1 Careers advisor Do you want to go to
university?
She asked me if I wa nted to go to university .
2 Leo Yes, I do.
I replied _ _ __ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ __
3 Careers advisor Have you thought about what
sort of job you want?
She asked me whether _ __ _ _ __ _
4 Leo Yes. I'm interested in animals and I want
to work in a zoo.
I explained _ _ _ _ _ _ __ __ __
5 Careers advisor Which subjects are you
studying?
She asked me _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ __
6 Leo I'm doing Biology, Zoology and Chemistry.
I told _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ __
7 Careers advisor OK. Have you had any
experience working with animals?
Then she asked if _ _ _ _ _ __ _ _
8 Leo Yes, I worked as a volunteer in an
animal rescue centre last summer.
I explained _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ __
9 Careers advisor Right. Which university do
you want to go to?
She wanted to know _ _ _ _ _ _ __
10 Leo I don't know. Can you tell me which
ones do Zoology, please?
I admitted
and asked
D
D
D
1 Bill Bryson is _ __ _
a British. b American. c Australian.
2 The texts are mainly about
of the
author's books.
a all b one c some
3 The Life and Times of the Thunderbolt Kid
is about _ _ __
a his children.
b life in Britain.
c his childhood.
Are you interested in 0oin0 to university<'
____ __________
Look at texts A-C and match them with text types
1-3 below.
4
Find words 1-7 in text C and study the sentences
they are in. Then match them with definitions a-h.
1 salvaged (v)
2 scraped (v)
3 flesh (n)
4 palate (n)
5 leftovers (n)
6 perishable ( adj)
7 recoil (v)
8 spirited out (v)
[ill
D
D
D
D
D
D
D
a food that has not been eaten at the end
of meal
b the sense of taste
c food which becomes bad quickly
d to move back suddenly because you don't
like something
e to remove something from the surface with
the edge of a knife
f to take something quickly and secretly
g saved from a bad situation
h meat
[£]
D
D
D
D
D
D
D
AUTOBIOGRAPHY
The Life and Times of the
Thunderbolt Kid
BY BILL BRYSON
I
n The Life and Times of the
Thunderbolt Kid Bill Bryson
adds another extremely funny
volume to his autobiography.
In this one he writes about
the kid he used to be, and
the strange world of 1950s
America. Although this is a
book about growing up in
a particular time and place,
Bryson makes it the story of
anyone who has ever been
young.
THE LIFE AND TIMES OF THE THUNDERBOLT KID
We didn't call it the kitchen in our house. We called it the Burns
Unit 1•
'It's a bit burned,' my mother would say apologetically at every
meal, presenting you with a piece of meat that looked like something
- a much-loved pet, perhaps - salvaged from a house fire. 'But I think
I scraped off most of the burned part,' she would add, overlooking that
this included every bit of it that had once been flesh. Happily, all this
suited my father. His palate responded to only two tastes - burned and
ice cream - so everything was fine by him so long as it was sufficiently
dark and not too startlingly flavourful. Theirs truly was a marriage
made in heaven, for no one could burn food like my mother or eat it
like my dad.
All our meals consisted of leftovers. My mother had a seemingly
inexhaustible supply of foods that had already been to the table,
sometimes repeatedly. Apart from a few perishable dairy products,
everything in the fridge was older than I was, sometimes by many
years. The rule of thumb seemed to be that if you opened the lid
and the stuff inside didn't make you actually recoil, it was deemed OK
to eat.
Both my parents had grown up in the Great Depression and neither
of them ever threw anything away if they could possibly avoid it. My
mother routinely washed and dried paper plates, and smoothed out for
reuse spare aluminium foil. If you left a pea on your plate, it became
part of a future meal. All our sugar came in little packets spirited out
of restaurants in deep coat pockets, as did our jams, jellies, crackers,
tartare sauces, some of our ketchup and butter, all of our napkins and
a very occasional ashtray. One of the happiest moments in my parents'
life was when maple syrup started to be served in small disposable
packets and they could add those to the household hoard.
a burns unir is a special deparrmenr in a hospiral where burns vicrims are rreared
1
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WORD LIST
-,tof
job Satisfaction '1~Ce~O'{:f'.,M
VOCABULARY ACTIVATOR
accelerator \,\f \C r1 Complete with words from the Word List.
accident l-0
key (most important factor) .
Verb
Noun
according to
load eg a vehicle 1 p ~ . ;.. 1
addition
actress
make money sc(X"~ '.
--~~-add
mechanic >-'(";.w. • {,.\,•""
2 ------'---"'-'-"---- admission
application
admit
miss/skip classes v-pCM 4 c (. 'J po u B 3 -~
· __,P~~
:..-"~-\_.,_1 ~
~\
~~
agree
.{Cdµc" ·
missile ~ ·.,
4 -~1::---~~~"'~'0~'~ enrolment
airfield
misspell , upr. · ' - c N., et["' l" "- 5
€ x. 1 t
expulsion
airport runway
newspaper headline ~ c:--} N
\(.
6
graduation
apply for a job
odd jobs
-~~~~
7 --~~-- survival
f"J ·~· armaments factory
_ fisherman
,
8 --~--- threat
astronomer
opportunity. &~t<- , ·
attribute
overqualified (for a job)
2 Complete texts 1-5 with words from Exercise 1.
babysit ~ ·
pass/fail exams ~ -·
1 Sculig- is a. we,\c..oM.e. addition -to -the. a..d..vOJ'\Ced..
banker ~ _ · ·
pay (n)
.. · '
'/
be in charge of c ~,...
pay attention
1"1o,-ths c..10..ss She. shows qrre.a.-t proM.ise.
be in employment e.~
~ permanent/temporary job
be out of work ,
. Pick up "~~'t""c'll,
2
COURSE REFERENCE K/219
be responsible for ov ·
pile · • 'c
Unfortunately, very few students have
be unemployed "'
pilot
_ _ _ _ for this course, so it will not be
be/get promoted - '
play truant · -~' .(,« possible to run it this term.
benefits. 6\,1'1'c5c\
point out f.,,._ ll'• t
bomb i 1 .
police officer
3 Wentworth Careers Guidance Centre
brakes
pride r. q.Jo" · t- ~
careers advisor ""
promise .- ~c, 1.i et , ..
Workshop today 4p.m.
careers guidance ,
promote
Topic: How to _ _ _ _ _ a team interview
claim 1 peoc ~o'p
protest ·
clock in v..c..1c11<C\~ pccoo"~
prove
4
If you are int erested in these job opport unities,
complain xo..c.ofu~
reply
please download an
form
depressed Eje.Vtpe°"'11.
reporter
from our company website.
do homework
reputable ~
do/take/get a degree in
resign (from a job)
drop out e\'.><C" •~ •...,
,,, road worker r5
Students who are unable to be present on
.yarn a livingl"-pc0~~rb=l-~""i' :. sack (v) tt . ~ ,
_ _ _ _ _ _ day should collect their
'\.(" ~,·I' enrol at a school/college
salary
degree certificates from this office.
err
school-leaver
expel i.l.C 1 ,IM'>-:..v~
security guard
experienced/inexperienced
sit an exam
3 Complete the sentences. Use the correct form of the
explain oh•<:ic •t9'•""
shop assistant
words in capital letters.
extract from a book/('() - -,.
soldier
newspaper _, .
stopwatch
1 My colleagues are really
fireman , o ' " : '
sugar pot
depressing to work with - all
fork-lift driver · · - ip':l~.:v·~ survive
they do is complain .
COMPLAINT
fork-lift truck 'lf;~c<SCv~
take a year out/off ·
2
After
fifteen
years
in
the
same
frightened 1,1 cr'\.vj "tC<"'-b ~
take time off , ,
job, she finally c.:
\\ and
front row ('l(?~c~ \,(,U t>'9-~ ·
tearoom
~
went
travelling.
RESIGNATION
full-time/part-time job t:v"' ~"."''--: threaten
3 You should do your work well
~ further/higher education ~
training sCheme
so you can take .-~ .,
in it.
glad ~c€o.;.e tV,t\A
tray
PROUD
go to university studyq\,.-.• ~ t TV presenter
4 The research o,f'o ;E.. Ot hat
I
graduate (v) ~ •·~< ·'
wages
graduates were earning
rfbhairdresser
· · ?· t>
white-collar/blue-collar
more money.
PROOF
c-~~-~ health and safety inspector jobs
5 All companies kept a record of
honours degree ~fi.· • "" • .,,_ window cleaner "-t ~1 · • • • " ";
the workers' : · J f.
ATTEND
human error A»<.\{,.:~ -:iv.'"o~~ work overtime/long hours
6
When
I
started
my
job
I
had
to
incident
workmate
sign an _,·. 1' , : . • -which said that
job centre
I wouldn't leave within a year.
AGREE
7 Free or_cheap flights is one of
of the /.'-P
airline
workers get.
BENEFICIAL
-
----'"'-'-~--
r
N
0
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r
4
Complete the text with compound nouns (noun+noun)
from the Word List.
When I left school, I needed to earn some
money so I went to the local 1 job centre .
I explained that I wasn't looking for
2 I" -1 1
~ ~,
, I would do any job with long
hours, ~vertime and good pay. The advisor told
me that there were temporary jobs for unskilled
workers at the local3 Si DP '\ S c,' , ~ ' but I
didn't want to be indoo;s· all day and I wasn't
keen on working with missiles, bombs, guns or
explosives! I didn't want a job as a
4 r~
-.
either - I can't stand heights!
Then she told me that the local airport was
advertising for strong, young 5
to
carry passengers' suitcases and bags to the
planes.
I went along, had an interview and the next day
I clocked in at 6 a.m. to start work. My job was
to lift suitcases on to a 6
which
the driver then took to the plane.
When a plane landed, I walked across the
_ _____ and took the passengers' bags
off the plane.
6
1 Slow down! Take your foot off the accelerator !
2 I don't like sitting in the ________
at the cinema - it's too near the screen.
3 If you are buying something from the
site
Internet, make sure it's a
or your money may be stolen.
4 A lot of accidents are caused by _ _ __
5 One of the _ _ _ ___ of teaching is the
long holidays.
6 I usually do
like ironing
and paying bills on Sunday evenings.
Extend your vocabulary
1
working lunch
~
workload - - --
work sheet
w~
WORK
- - - workmate
work-shy
(adj) describes someone who
work-shy
avoids work because they don't like it
2
(n) a flat surface for preparing
food in a kitchen
3
(n) a midday meeting when
you eat and discuss work
4
(n) a period of physical exercise
5
(n) a period of time when a
student works somewhere to gain experience
6
(n) a person you work with
7
(n) a piece of paper with
questions and exercises for students
8
(n) an official document that
allows you to work in a foreign country
9
(n) the amount of work you
have to do
Complete the student's notes with the correct verbs
from the Word List.
2
("'
Match the words with definitions 1-9. Use a
dictionary to check your answers.
work experience
After a week, a 8
visited the
airfield and said that I wasn't lifting the cases
properly! She insisted that my 9_ _ _ _ __
and I should go on 10
to learn
how to lift heavy things.
5
Complete the sentences with words from the Word List.
Complete the sentences with words from Exercise 1.
1 I'm getting some work experience in a hotel
because I want to work in tourism.
2 Junior doctors in Britain have a heavy
______ - about eighty hours a week.
3 Some Japanese companies start the day with
a
so their workers are healthy.
4 Will I need a
if I want to work
in Canada in my gap year?
5 You're not ill, so get up and go to work! You're
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Mysteries
GRAMMAR
1
Use the information in the table and must/might!
may/could/can't to complete the sentences.
speaks
French
speaks
German
Steffi
.I
.I
.I
x
Liam
.I
?
?
Sam
x
x
x
x
Lily
?
?
x
x
Modal verbs for speculation
1 Present speculation
We use these modal verbs to say how certain we are
about something in the present.
• must when we are certain: They live in a big house
- they must be rich.
• might/may/could when we think something is
possible, but we are not certain: She might be at the
library
• might/may+ not when we think something is
possibly not true: He may not like football.
• can't when we are certain something isn't possible:
He can't be a doctor - he's only sixteen years old.
have+
past participle
2 Steffi
(have) a German
mother.
3 Liam ______ (be) German.
4 Liam ______ (live) in France.
5 Sam ______ (be) French or German.
6 Lily is German so she
Cspeak)
German.
2
They • must
· have lived
• there.
She
• have posted
• the letter.
may
You • can't
• have forgotten . your passport.
We use these modal verbs to say how certain we are
about something in the past.
• must when we are certain: The house is dark, so they
must have gone out.
• might/may/could when we think something was
possible but we aren't certain: He might have been
in Paris last week.
• might/may+ not when we think something possibly
didn't happen: He might not have gone to Spain.
• couldn't or can't when we are certain something
wasn't possible in the past: The man couldn't have
swum across the North Sea.
Mind the trap?
We use can't, not mustn'tto say something
isn't true:
He can't be Norwegian. NOT He mEJStR't lJe
Norw.egiaR.
We use might, may, could, not can, to talk
about possibilities:
They might be French. NOT They GaR lJe freRGh.
We use might/may not could notto talk about
things which possibly aren't true or didn't
happen: They might not be from France.
NOT They Ge11.ld net lJe from fraRGe.
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1 Steffi must be (be) French.
2 Past speculation
Modal
auxiliary
a French a German
passport passport
Read the short article and complete the sentences
with mustlmightlcouldlcan'tlcouldn't + have and the
correct form of the verb in brackets.
P
olice have given journalists more
photographs of the homeless young
woman they found in London's Hyde Park
last week. The young woman speaks fluent
English but it isn't her first language. She
has been unable to tell police her name, how
old she is, where her home is or why she is
in London. When she was found last Friday
evening she was healthy, clean and dressed in
warm clothes and walking boots. Police found
a train ticket from Edinburgh to London with
that day's date in her jacket pocket. She had
no money or anything which could help to
identify her.
1 The police must have given (give) pictures to
the newspapers before.
2 She
(learn) English at
school.
3 She _ _ _ _ _ _ _ (lost) her memory.
4 She _ _ _ _ _ _ _ (have) an accident.
5 She
(be) the victim of a
crime.
6 She
(travel) from
Scotland earlier in the day.
7 She
(be) homeless for a
long time ..
8 Her family
(see) her
photograph in the newspapers .
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3
Read the text and complete the sentences with
appropriate modal verbs for speculation and the
correct form of the verbs in brackets.
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Shergar was a very
famous (and
valuable) racehorse.
In 1983, the horse
was kidnapped
from the Aga Khan's
stables in Ireland.
Although the
owners received a
demand for money,
they never heard
from the kidnappers
again and the horse
disappeared.
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In 1973 Lord Lucan, a
member of the British
aristocracy, disappeared.
He was living separately
from his wife but on the
day that he vanished, his
wife was attacked and
his children's nurse was
murdered. Some people
believe he left the country
and went to live abroad.
Other people think he
killed himself. Lord Lucan
is now legally dead because there was no evidence
that he was alive for more than seven years.
However, if h e is still alive, he will be in his 70s.
Look at the picture. Use the notes to complete the
conversation.
I
1 The kidnappers mi0ht have sold (sell) Shergar.
2 He
(race) again because
he was too famous - someone would have
recognised him.
3 The kidnappers
(kill) him.
4 Shergar
(be) dead now.
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What did you find out at Rose
Avenue?
Officer 2 The back door and all the windows
were open so they 1 must have left in
Officer 1
a hurry .
Officer 1 Who lives in the house?
Officer 2 There's a climbing frame in the
garden and there are several photos
of mum, dad and kids so a family
Officer 1
Officer 2
Officer 1
Officer 2
Officer 1
I
Officer 2
5 Lord Lucan _ _ _ _ _ _ _ (attack) his
wife.
6 He _ _ _ _ _ _ _
7 He
another country.
8 He _ _ _ _ _ _ _
9 He
(murder) the nurse.
(go) to live in
(stay) in London.
(be) alive today.
Officer 1
Officer 2
Officer 1
Officer 2
Was there any evidence of a robbery?
No, the windows and locks weren't
broken and there was money on the
work-surface so there 3_ _ _ __
_ _ _ _ . The phone was off the
hook - they 4 _ _ _ __ _ _ __
Yes, that's possible.
Or one of the children 5_ _ _ _ __
____ . in the garden.
So they 6
to
hospital.
No, they can't have driven - their car
is in the garage.
When do you think they went?
7
. The
breakfast things were still on the table.
So, we don't have much to go on.
I'm afraid not. I'll phone and check
with the ambulance service.
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LISTENING
SPEAKING
1
MORNING
NEWS
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1 She can't have had ![might have had) a
brother or sister but I don't know.
2 She must have been I can't have been
happy when she disappeared.
3 She might have had I can't have had
children but I don't know.
4 She couldn't have written I
may have written every day because she
wrote so many books.
5 She can't have spoken I might have spoken
other languages because she travelled a lot.
6 Her father was American so she
mustn't have spent I may have spent time
in the US.
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MYSTERY
WRITER
DISAPPEARS
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1
olice have been
trying to trace
missing writer Agatha
Christie whose car was
found abandoned in a
wood a few miles from
her home in Berkshire
early this morning.
Detectives from Scotland
Yard reported today ...
Read the sentences about Agatha Christie and circle
the best answers.
2
Read the text. Use the prompts from the box to say
what you think might have happened and why.
GlJID Read the list of events in Agatha Christie's life.
Predict the order in which they happened. Then listen
and check.
married Colonel Christie
wrote her first novel
grew up in Torquay
married Max Mallowan
got divorced
worked in a hospital
spent time in Egypt
disappeared for a few days
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GlJID Read the sentences. Listen again. Are the
Richey Edwards was a songwriter and guitarist
with the successful 90s group Manic Street
Preachers. In 1995 he left a London hotel to fly
to the US and he hasn't been seen since. Ten
days after he disappeared, his car was found
near the Severn Bridge which crosses the
Bristol Channel between England and Wales.
run avmy want to disappear kidnapped
happy fly to the US jump off the bridge
statements true (T) or false (F)?
1 Agatha Christie has sold a million books
in English.
[£]
2 She grew up in a cramped, poor home.
D
3 Christie was her first husband's name.
D
4 She had a job during the First World War. D
5 She wrote her first book ten years after
the war.
D
6 She disappeared for a few days in 1926.
D
7 Her second husband was much
older than her.
D
8 One of her novels is set in Egypt.
D
9 Agatha Christie died of old age.
D
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1 He might have decided to run away because he
was unhappy
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WRITING
1
Read the story and circle the correct answer.
Is it .. .
a a fairy tale?
2
b a mystery story?
can action story?
Read the story again. Then read instructions 1-4 and circle the best
answers.
Writing a story
1 Use adjectives I reported speech to create atmosphere.
2 Use the simple past I different structures to explain when
things happened in relation to each other.
3 Use direct speech to make the story more formal I
interesting.
4 Use neutral I strong verbs to create excitement.
3
Choose one of the beginnings (1-4)
below and write a 200-250 word
story. Remember to follow the
instructions in Exercise 2 and to stay
within the word limit.
1 Romance Jenna knew as
soon as she saw Damien
that .. .
2 Personal story I'll never
forget the day when ...
3 Action As the plane flew low
over the darkfields, Jake
waited for ...
4 Fairy story Five hundred
years ago in a castle in the
middle of a forest ...
Underline two examples of instructions 1-4 in Exercise 2 in the story.
t was a dark and stormy moonlit night. Captain and Mrs Jenkins
I were
driving in their horse-drawn carriage towards their remote,
lonely home. The Captain's face was hard and dark as he shouted at
the horses to run faster and faster along the track through the bare
trees. As the moon lit his wife's pale face you could see that she had
once been a beautiful girl. Now it was the face of a woman who had
seen too much unhappiness and had known too much fear.
Arabella thought back to happier days. It hadn't always been like
this. When they met and fell in love, the Captain had been the most
handsome man in London and they had been the happiest young
couple anyone knew. They had gone to dances and parties until,
one terrible day in 1876, their world had fallen apart and they had
left London and their families and friends for ever.
Thi( horses stopped outside the door of Catby Hall. Their old
servant, Holmes opened the door and said, 'Good evening,
Captain: He ignored Mrs Jenkins. Captain Jenkins didn't return
the servant's greeting but ordered him to take the horses to the
back of the house. Turning to Arabella, he said, 'You must be tired
after the journey. You should go to your room: His wife knew from
experience this was an order, not a kind suggestion.
Arabella took a candle and walked along the gloomy hall past
deserted, unfurnished rooms to the long dark staircase. She sighed
as she remembered the charming home they had had in London it had been so different, it had been filled with light and happiness,
not darkness and misery. As she pushed open the heavy door to
her room, she heard the call of an owl and the church bell in the
village. Looking around in the dim light cast by the flickering
candle, she saw a hideous face at the window. She gasped in terror
and dropped the candle to the floor. The flame caught the corner
of the curtain - within seconds the room was on fire.
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WORD LIST
VOCABULARY ACTIVATOR
apartment )1 c ..,,, v< ·C..
armchair K \)l'.C >!O
balconybo l • ·..
bedsit
block of flats rO"-~ '°. •. '...;,
born into (a rich/poor
family) , ·
•
breathe in/out (;F· 'J::::,\\o
castle "- ;.J" ·• ''
1
magical f
magnificent
mansion
masculine
mention (v)
mirror
(multi) millionaire
niece " "-"'. · • \tAH) °'
notice (v)
cemete~y 1< JC'~t'J~~,,.':::5·parcel
"
chalet
r
-· patio door
charming · ?::• :ca.v Po'>~ v. pattern -t.<
City Centre c1C '< '~ll · - ..'.1peaceful .?--U
coatstand ';"''-1~)'(/\.'l
pleasant ' ' r;<'
cosy , 1,
"-\:: ,~.
point (at) &.;j l"' n '-" ""
country-'cottage
,
put up with
Cramped r ~~ . ~ AY,J;_·.U>' •./' remote '"
.' l i~ ""ll;- - • ., ~"
dash .-n{···-.
renovate c1 c-;c,1,.f.t 71(e.
depressing
ruins f .,,,._ r
deserted 1{ '
- run out of • , .- , · .-.
detached -house --' semi-detached house c-district V"shabby re·:;;. fS' bi·\ (?-ai
drown .
' • •
n .
shake -, p~ '
exaggerate \I\ ?e. ;)~ ·. . ~ 'w · shudder : _... r··
exterior :Ci•-(" '- .,~
sigh e.: G"."
fed up with 1-u· c- -cc
(soaking) wet • .
. '.lfilthy - -r ~ u.--;
~ social worker
frightened 1p:--.'-'~-lC< it.Jo\ \A sofa bed front door
• spacious spy ,,,. ic- . !'.'
•
frown I'--.' ,._c 'J~o ~,.,
stare
· · i r,_-r:. {· t• • ~ '"
gasp
·
gaze .,·,k ,cc' e ~io)-..k'v.
storey e/fic
_
striking " cpo.zv-.c~
hJ(,v·.
' giggle .. . , ··o'<J,,E.
• u
glance-;. r -· f_.:- ft)t: : stroll '·' t:X' ~t)
·' $<!'(\
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gloomy 1-t ;c, <> •
suburbs "i)~P::: t:;e>~~
gorgeous te. ""'<0 •• r · • «c · --; sunburned p rr: ,· "''superb f>C C '"t\· of '
.grin ~' c1~ · tot C..
tacky
hall ;:P "'tasteless;' : ·. ·/'-· ~
hardly c -, f)crnc _,_,
honeymoon c?': 'I!" • ~I
town house
hooligan
.._-cc , • tranquil c f\b r t·'- 6 \~
hunt
tremble' f>~C11,i ~t~~ '" ~)
· impressed tf-1 ...~t0· r
furnished/unfurni~hed ,_, .::~
illegal immigrant
uninhabited ,
" •
. 'O'
· in vain
unmistakable..-_;~ ~ci ""..,v: .. : · r
upstairs f!.t ,, · '~-'.:' .t ... '
land (a plane)
whisper
cL' ,~
i;:;,7
lined by
lose one's memory
yawn ·~~··•
luxurious c'>·· -~ ..
1 a block of flats in the ____ ____
2a
in the ________
_ ___ house in the
3a _ __
4a
in a _ _ _ _ __
north of the city centre
5a
outside the city
6 a ______ in the mountains
.
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Complete the sentences with the correct form of the
adjectives in the box.
charmed/charming depressed/depressing
- • frightened/frightening struck/striking
1 The bedsit was very gloomy and depressing .
It had only one small window and the walls
were painted brown.
2 The house is very
- it was
designed by the architect Mies van der Rohe.
3 I don't believe in ghosts so I can't be
_ _ _ __ of them.
4 My aunt has just bought a _ _ _ __
little cottage, with roses growing round the
front door.
5 His grandmother became very _ __ __
when she couldn't walk downstairs from her
fourth-storey flat.
6 I don't like walking home alone in the dark.
There aren't enough street lights so I find it a
bit _ _ __
7 We were all
by the unusual and
dramatic colours in the hall.
8 He's lucky to have survived all those
life.
adventures. He must lead a
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Label the picture opposite. Use the Word List to
help you.
3
Circle the 'odd one out'.
1 shake
2 yawn
3 stare
4 frown
5 point
4
[drown)
sigh
gaze
grin
giggle
shudder
dash
stroll
smile
laugh
tremble
gasp
glance
whisper
smile
Use your answers from Exercise 3 to complete these
sentences. Remember to use correct verb forms.
1 The owner of the mansion drowned in the
lake many years ago.
2 'It's there,' he said, as he
at the map.
3 He
a few words, but I couldn't hear.
4 Excuse me, but I must
to the post
office before it closes.
5I
slowly along the path when I
heard a strange noise behind me.
5
6
Complete the paragraph with the correct form of the
words in brackets.
Extend your vocabulary
While we were on holiday we went to visit the
1 ruins (RUINED) of a castle in a 2_ _ __
(PEACE) and remote valley. Next to the castle
was a 3
(PLEASE) chalet where the
owners lived. They explained that they wanted
to 4
(RENOVATION) the castle because
they felt it was wrong to leave it 5_ _ __
(INHABIT). We weren't sure we would want to
live there because although the valley was
_ _ _ _ (TRANQUILITY), the steep mountains
made it a bit 7
(GLOOM) .
1
catch up on: to do something necessary that
There are seven people in the Hawkins family
and they are looking for a new home. Where
they live now is very 1 cramped because
grandfather Hawkins has moved in with them.
They can't afford anywhere 2
but they
would like a 3
family home with five
bedrooms.
1 deserted
2 luxurious
3 gorgeous
4 charming
5 luxurious
6 deserted
7 shabby
cramped
charming
cosy
gorgeous
spacious
cramped
charming
cosy
filthy
charming
tacky
superb
cosy
filthy
spacious
tacky
spacious
luxurious
deserted
shabby
cosy
GJ
you have not had time to do before
Choose the best adjectives to complete the text.
They saw a possible house last weekend. At
first they didn't like it because the decoration
was 4
. However, the house has a
5
view, and it has four big bedrooms
and a 6
flat in the basement that
would be perfect for grandfather Hawkins.
Although the flat is clean, it is 7
but
Mr Hawkins says he can easily make it look nice
with a bit of paint.
Study the phrasal verbs. Tick those which have a
positive meaning.
2
come up with: to think of an idea, answer etc.
cut down on: to eat, drink, smoke less to
[El
improve your health
get on with: to like someone and have a
friendly relationship
get out of: to avoid doing something you have
agreed or are supposed to do
keep up with: to continue to read/learn about
a subject so you always know the most
recent facts, developments etc.
put up with: to accept an unpleasant situation
or person without complaining
run out of: to have nothing left of something
run out on: to leave someone when they are
in a difficult situation
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Complete the sentences with the correct verbs from
Exercise 1.
1 We've run out of sugar so please buy some
when you go out.
2 She
her husband and children
five years ago.
3 I really don't want to go to his party but I
don't know how to
it.
4I
a cramped bedsit because it
was cheap and I needed to save some money.
5 She
sugar and chocolate in
January so she looks a lot healthier now.
6 I can't go out tonight, I have to _ _ _ __
the housework.
7 We'll call the dog Fido - unless you can
_ _ __ _ a better name.
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SELF-ASSESSMENT TEST 5 I UNITS 9-10
VOCABULARY AND GRAMMAR
1
Complete the sentences with the words
from the box.
cramped deserted luxurious
filthy uninhabited cosy
3
(6 points)
stayed in. Our room had a gold coloured
jacuzzi
2 The High Street was ____ . Not even one
person was out walking.
3 No one lives on this island nowadays. It has
been
since 1935.
4 I can't believe how dirty this room is. It's
absolutely _ __
5 The room isn't very small but with five of us
working here it is quite ____
6 This is a very
room. Big enough to
have a full-sized pool table in the middle.
7 I love my little living room. It's so warm and
____ in the winter.
Complete the text with one word in each
gap. The first letter has been given.
I asked him what 1_
He said that, 2_ , he had dreamed that he was
back at school with all his friends.
·
I asked what had happened 3_ .
He said that when he had woken up he had
found a letter inviting 4_ to a school reunion.
I asked 5_ go to the reunion.
He said that he 6_ and that he 7_ very
excited about seeing all his friends again.
1@his story was b his story is c is his story
d was his story
2 a last night b the night after
c the night later d the night before
3 a this morning b that morning
c the morning d the morning before
4 a you b me c him d them
5 a would he b will he c if he will
d if he would
6 a will b would c was d did
7 a is b has been c was b had been
(6 points)
When I was younger, I often used to play
1t ruant from school and hang around in the
shopping mall instead. I was such a bad student
that, eventually, I was 2 e
. I didn't
mind, though as I didn't want to be there
anyway. I didn't have any qualifications but I
did a few 3 o
j
for friends .
4
-t
job
After a while I got a p
in a factory, working three days a week. I
wasn't very happy there and thought I would be
5s
for being late so often. When the
manager called me into the office, though, I
was surprised to be 6p
to a better job
with more responsibility. Now I've got a good
7c
and might even be a manager
myself one day.
(6 points)
'What's your story?'
'Last night I dreamed that I was back at school
with all my friends.'
'What happened this morning?'
'When I woke up, I found a letter inviting me to
a school reunion.'
'Will you go to the reunion?'
'Yes, I will. I'm very excited about seeing all my
friends again.'
spacious
1 It was the most luxurious hotel I've ever
2
Read the conversation, then circle the
correct alternative for the gaps in the
reported version.
4
Complete the email with one word in
each gap.
(6 points)
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have found it too diffic ult h •
Something 2
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think he might 3
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have 4
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money problems? He might
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left for food Or 1s
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there. He's quite shy I'll h
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5
Complete the second sentence so that it
has a similar meaning to the first.
6 Which is definitely true?
(6 points)
a Scott and Sally's new boyfriend were in the
same class.
b Sally was jealous of Scott and Mandy.
c Sally liked her new boyfriend better
than Scott.
d Scott and Mandy started going out together.
1 'We're having a few problems.'
He admitted that they were having a few
problems.
2 'Don't go in there.'
He told me _ _ _ __ _ _ _ _ in there.
7 Which is definitely true?
a Scott was disappointed with his exam
results.
b Scott had been planning to stay on at
school before he got his exam results.
c Scott's schoolwork had been better before
he started acting.
d Scott would have passed more exams if he
hadn't started acting.
3 'Do you believe in ghosts?'
She asked him _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ in
ghosts.
4 'What do you think it was?'
They asked us what _ _ _ _ _ _ _ __
5 'We were in town yesterday.'
They said that they _ _ _ _ _ __ __
6 'Why didn't you tell me something was
wrong?'
He wanted to know _ _ _ _ _ _ _ __
something was wrong.
8 Scott's new song
a is nothing to do with his own experiences
at school.
b is based on his school life and friends .
c is based on people he knew at school.
d was written by him.
7 'Please hurry up.'
She
hurry up.
LISTENING SKILLS
1
COMMUNICATION
mm Listen to the interview and circle the
correct alternatives.
(8 points)
1 The record, 'School days'
a is an old song.
b was Scott's first record.
c has not been on sale very long.
d is already a big hit.
2 At the age of 12, Scott
a started playing rugby.
b knew he would be famous one day.
c started singing.
d started acting.
3 Scott says that you have to spend a lot of
time practising if you want to be
a good at rugby.
b good at anything.
c famous.
d a singer.
4 Sally Thomas
a liked acting.
b liked singing.
c liked rugby.
d liked all of these things.
5 Scott was singing to himself because
a he wanted t.o g~t the lead part in the play.
b he needed to practise for the play: . ..
c the teacher wanted to;J;11ar him.
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_y..i:as• . ju,: a good mood.
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1
Complete the sentences with the correct
alternatives.
(7 points)
1 The material looks ! (seems)! believes to be
about the Loch Ness monster.
2 The photo on the right of the newspaper
headline, shows I looks I suggests something
in the loch which could be a monster
swimming.
3 The newspaper looks like I as if I about a
tabloid newspaper.
4 The headline proves I suggests I means that
a new photo has been taken which could be
of the monster.
.5 Depending on I For example I According to
the table, most people believe that the most
likely explanation for the monster is a tree
floating in the loch.
6 The photo doesn't show I prove I depend on
·anything. It isn't clear enough to say exactly
what it is.
7 What's more I next I m ost, we don't even .
know if it was taken: in Loch Ness at all.
8 In my belief I information I opinion, there
can't be a monster in t he Loch. It just isn't
.possible.
Total
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The body beautiful
GRAMMAR
Articles in general statements
We use the indefinite article a/an with singular, countable nouns
• to talk about one of many: A woman I know spends a lot of money on clothes.
• to talk about a particular type of person or thing: A fashion model has to stay slim. A designer suit is expensive.
We use the definite article, the, with single countable nouns when we are confident the listener knows
what we are talking about because the noun is unique or it is something we have talked about before:
Until the 20th century, rich people didn't go out in the sun.
He wore a T-shirt to show his muscles. The T-shirt was made by a famous fashion designer.
The mini-skirt first became fashionable in the 1960s.
We don't use an article with plural and uncountable nouns when we are talking about things in general:
Models are usually tall and thin. (plural)
Nineteenth-century furniture is often heavy and dark. (uncountable noun)
Articles with noun types
1
a/an
the
No article
jobs: a fashion designer, an artist
single units of distance, time and
weight: a mile, an hour, a kilo
single units of money: a euro, a cent
single fractions: a third, an eighth
geographic features: the River
Thames, the Andes
groups of known people: the police,
the Spanish
historical periods: The Roman Empire
rooms: the kitchen, the science
laboratory
superlative adjectives: the best
times of day: in the morning
spoken ordinal numbers: 'The first
of August. '
abstract nouns: justice, hate
continents: Asia
countries: Lithuania
days and months: Monday, July
languages: Russian, Greek
meals: dinner, breakfast
There are four more wrong sentences. Find and
correct them.
2
Annie
1 Young people like wearing tRe
fashionable clothes.
2 Sailors often have tattoos.
3 Who wore first mini-skirt?
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5 The rock singers and film stars often
start fashions.
6 Fashion is always changing.
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7 In the 1950s, a respectable man didn't
have long hair.
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8 Jeans are worn by the men and women
all over the world.
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Jane
Annie
4 In nineteenth century, European
women covered their legs.
Complete the conversation with the, a/an, or
no article (0).
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I want to buy 1_a_ new jacket. I've
looked in all 2 _
shops, but I can't find
anything.
There's 3_
really great one in 4_
Zoya's. Let's go there.
Yeah, this one's good. I like 5_
style,
but I don't like 6_
colour. Have they
got it in 7_
black?
Jane Yes, here's one. It's got 8_
'sale' sign
on it. Lucky you!
Annie It fits perfectly. Great! I'll take it to 9_
cash desk and pay, then I'll buy you
10_
ice-cream. You've helped me to
save 11_
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2 'Fashion is in 0 I the street,
fashion is about ideas.'
Coco Chanel
Twenty-first century musicians,
film stars and celebrities often
wear 1__1)_ sunglasses to hide
3 'A I The punk era has
remained a I the strong
influence on British
attitudes, art and music.'
Beat Magazine
behind and to look cool.
However, 2 _
judges in
ancient China wore dark
glasses so they could hide their
eyes when they talked to 3 _
witnesses. It wasn't until 4 _
20th century that
5_
4 'Every generation laughs at
an I 0 old fashions but
follows a I 0 new ones.'
Henry Thoreau
people
wore them to protect their
eyes from 6 _
sun. In 7_
early i900s, actors started
wearing them because 8 _
lights in
film studios were so bright Then in
5 'I dress for the image. Not
for myself, not for 0 I the
public, not for fashion, not
for the I 0 men.'
Marlene Dietrich
i929, 9 _
man called Sam Foster
started selling 10_
sunglasses on
11 _
beaches of Atlantic City. Since
then they have become 12 _
6 'There is only one cure for
grey hair. A I The French
invented it. It's called
0 I the guillotine.' P G.
Wodehouse
essential fashion item. There are
d ifferent styles of 13_
sunglasses
for 14_
different sports and they
are particularly useful for skiing and
flying when 15 _
eye gets more light
than normal.
7 'Not one great country can
be named, from polar
regions in north to New
Zealand in south, in which
a I 0 people do not tattoo
themselves.'
Charles Darwin
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: HIGH SHOES
1 '@/The woman can never
be too rich or too thin.'
American heiress
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I Sth century, there was
1 1
. ; fashion for very high women's
3
:: s-hoes ea \led chop1·nes · - - . shoes,
: which were up to 60 cm high, were
: very popular in 4- - lta;y. 5- : Spain and 6_ _ France . - - .
: woman wearing s__ high chop1nes
: needed two servants to help her
: walk so only 9_ _ richest people
: could wear them.You can see
10_ _ example of chopines 1n
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picture .
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8 'The world is divided into
two types of the I 0 people:
those who have the I 0
tattoos and those who are
afraid of people with the I 0
tattoos.'
Joanna, aged 18, Las Vegas
Underweight girls out
top fashion company in Spain's
capital city, 2_ _ Madrid, has
stopped giving 3_ _ jobs to 4_ _
skinny models. 5_ _ organisers say
they want models who are examples
of 6_
health and 7_
beauty, not
8_ _ underweight girls who look
ill. Modelling agencies say that
9_ _ models are naturally thin and
that it is discrimination not to give
them 10_ _ work.
1_ _
9 'Show me a man with a I the
tattoo and I'll show you a
man with the I an
interesting past.'
Jack London
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5
Complete the film quiz with the,
a/an or no article (0).
READING
1
FILM QUIZ
m
m
1 The texts are about
a the history of tattoos b skin care and body decoration
c health and beauty
2 The texts are
a all the same type of text b different types of text
c all have the same purpose
Which film featured 1 Atime machine that was
powered by lightning?
BACKT0
FUTURE
2_
Which film made 3 _
British actor Hugh Grant
into 4 _
international
star?
2
•
•
•
•
•
FOUR WEDDINGS
AND s_
FUNERAL
EJ Which
film was based
adventure novel
on
'Le Phare au bout du
Monde' by Jules Verne?
3 Write the purpose of each text. Choose from
•advice
• instructions
• personal information
• non-personal information
II THE
LIGHT AT
EDGE OF
WORLD
7_
8_
Which film started as
9_
stage show, and
World
criticised 10_
War I, and war in
general?
m
m
WITH
a
14 _
15_
RUSSIA
LOVE
Alfred Hitchcock was
known as 'the master of
16
suspense.' Which
of his films was about
17
man with 18_
extreme fear of heights?
VERTIGO
Which film starts with
19_
poor young
woman looking into
20
window of 21_
expensive store in
New York?
BREAKFAST AT
TIFFANY'S
22 _
EJ Which Italian
film made by
director,
23
Sergio Leone, showed
24
effect of 25_
railway on 2 6 _ life in
America?
II ONCE
UPON
TIME IN
28 _
1 Text type
A
magazine article
c
m
a
Text
27_
WEST
2 Formal/Informal
3 Purpose
B
OHWHAT 11_
LOVELY WAR!
What was 12 _ second
James Bond film, which
many people think is
13
best Bond film
ever made?
blog
encyclopaedia entry
magazine article
newspaper article
recipe
2 Write formal or informal.
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Complete the table below.
1 Choose the text type.
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m
Look at the texts and circle the best answers.
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formal
instructions
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3
ca!lm Read the texts and circle the correct answers.
1 The magazine article says men_ wear make-up.
a must @can c oughtn't
2 One text warns that if you put on tanning cream badly,
a your skin will need cream. b you will be hot.
c you won't look fashionable.
3 The parent had their child's name tattooed on their arm to
a help them remember their child's name.
b keep their child in their mind all the time.
c make them more beautiful.
4 Ancient body painting probably_ connection with modern
make-up.
a used to have a b has a c hasn't any
5 Some people use body painting to show
a how rich and powerful they are. b they are fit and healthy.
c the move from one part of life to the next.
6 You can get the ingredients for the skin cream from
a chemists. b grocers. c hairdressers.
7 Tattoos on humans are
for decoration.
a usually b. never c rarely
8 Animals are usually tattooed so
a their owners can recognise them. b they look attractive.
c other animals can recognise them.
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t's OK for men to use make-up products to
improve their looks . There are special cover
creams which can help to hide minor skin
problems. Very light make-up around the eyes,
using an eyebrow pencil, can make your eyes
look bigger, and to look healthy and tanned, you
should use a tanning powder or cream . If you have
more patience, try some self-tanner - you put the
cream on and it gradually dyes your .skin. However,
you need to use it carefully or you will look like an
orange and that's not cool!
DAILY COMMENT 15th JULY
Make-up - an ancient tradition
Recent academic research suggests that body
painting is about half a million years old. So modern
make-up may have started with our early ancestors
who lived 500,000 years ago. Archaeologists working
in Africa have discovered small amounts of natural
dyes along with tools and other remains in some
very early human settlements.
Today Masai tribesmen in east Africa still use
red dye. on their hair to show the change from
young fighter to community elder. Other tribes
use different colours, including white, to show the
move from childhood to .adulthood. The Himba of
Namibia cover their babies with ochre, a natural
dye made from a red or yellow mineral, mixed with
fat. This has the double purpose of beautifying the
baby's skin and protecting it from the hot sun.
Tattoo man 07: (posted at 16:53)
I had t his tattoo done t hree years ago when my son Tomm y was
born. I wanted to have a p ermanent re m inder of him . The name's
with me all the t ime - it 'll never disappear.
SKIN CREAM
You w ill need:
1 egg
1 cup of m ilk
A TATTOO is a mark made by putting colour
under the skin. Tattoos can be made on
human or animal skin. Normally, tattoos on
humans are a type of body decoration while
~atto~s on animals are most often used for
identification.
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GRAMMAR
have something done
She is having
her hair cut.
(Someone else
is cutting the
girl's hair.)
She :S cutting
her hair.
We use this structure to show
that we have asked someone
else to do the job for us.
have or haven't
Object
Past participle
my hair
cut every month.
Present Simple
I
Present Continuous
She
is having
isn't having
her car
checked by a mechanic.
Past Simple
They
had
didn't have
the kitchen
painted.
Past Continuous
He
was having
• wasn't having
the house
designed by an architect.
Present Perfect
We
• have had
• haven't had
• our flights
Past Perfect
You
had had
hadn't had
photos
be going to
We
are going to have
aren't going to have
our exam
will
I
will have
won't have
a new dress
must
You
must have
mustn't have
that tree
have
• don't have
•
Yes/No and Wh- questions
Do you have your windows washed? Yes, I do.
Are you having your windows washed today? No, I'm not.
When are you having your house cleaned?
Why have you had your house painted red?
1
Rebecca Walker and Tom Harris are getting married
next Saturday. Put the words in the correct order to
make sentences.
1 had/had/made/has/a dress/had.
Rebecca has had a dress made.
•;
confirmed.
taken for the wedding.
• marked by the science teacher.
made for the party.
• cut down.
Note You can replace have with get but it is slightly
more informal:
I get my house painted every five years.
2
Make correct sentences about Rebecca and Tom's
parents. Use the correct form of have something
done.
1 Mrs Walker/hair cut/on Friday
Mrs Walker is having her hair cut on Friday.
2 a suit/have/made./Tom/didn't
2 Mrs Harris/car clean/on Saturday
3 have/a/cake/had/made./They
3 Mr West and Mr Harris/suits clean/last week
4 a/have/her/by/nails/done./Rebecca/
manicurist/will
4 Mr West/beard trim/barber/Saturday morning
5 Mrs Harris/nails paint/on Saturday morning
5 barbers/will/and/the/Tom/at/his hair/dyed/
have/cut.
6 have/their/taken./They/photograph/will
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6 They/photograph take/at the wedding
3
Complete the article with the correct forms of
to have something done.
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SPEAKING
1
Look carefully at the picture. What do you think the
situation is?
2
What's the new teacher like? Circle the correct
answers.
Surgery in style
Medical or health tourism is becoming popular with
people who want 1 to have surgery done (do sur~ery)
cheaply and enJOY a holiday at the same time . Its not
unusual now for someone to fly to South Africa
2
(lift their wrinkles) or
3
(make their nose smaller).
And it isn't just cosmetic surgery that British people go
(do) . They go to
ad 4
a b.ro 5
(replace
the1r. knees)
I
Beg1um
h ·
6
(check t e1r
or to Hungary
.
teeth). There have been reports of older people going
to India and Turkey 7
.
(do laser eye surgery) so they can throw away their
glasses .
4
'She 1 looks !(looks as ijJshe's in
her late twenties. She 2 wears I
'swearing old-fashioned clothes
- she 3 looks like I looks a typical
primary teacher. She 4 looks I
looks as if quite kind.'
Look at the picture and the list of jobs. Write what
they are going to have done.
'My new teacher is very tall and
she 5 looks I looks as if very old.
Her clothes 6 look as if I look
like grandmother's. I think she
7 looks like I looks strict.'
3
Use the prompts to write a description of the little boy.
1 little boy/wear/school uniform
The little boy is wearing a school uniform.
2 he/look like/a typical private school pupil
3 he/look as if/about five years old
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4 he/not look like/father
5 he/have got/curly blond hair
1 They are going to have the glass in the
6 he/be/a bit overweight
windows replaced.
7 he/look/quite serious
4
Write the teacher's description of the father in
Exercise 1. Write 90-11 Owords.
What's the boy's father like?
He looks
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WORD LIST
VOCABULARY ACTIVATOR
v.e(I;~ - .n.£>1t ')(• P.ct:;
attractive/unattractive
muscular ..<M-1<' '~ .w f,(..,t,
1 Complete with words from the Word List.
appearance '9:f.<-;.~,. g, ·.· " neck \,.lt.c!:> ~ _
•
Adjective
Noun
average-looking ~l\1<F (;e,_·,, ':.ordinary-looking ~·. ·•· ·c- ""· -·· · ~ "': '~
attraction
bald <' •• r.
\J
overweight ;· . \--"\'."' ~"'}C:\
1 attractive
barber .~P~vo.. p
pain ,.
...
2~
J.~
c·~'·-;_
. _ __ feminity
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l
bodybu1lder 'K~ ~'~f>-t.lc't ~ painfl!lit.a( .t "
3fit
0
boneless
·
4 -t-· ,
flattery
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bow tie
Lrv.'N
patient · - \ \.
5 healthy
perm ,..,_,_._ . .
build .,
6 masculine
chemicals Y, ..t,t•U>r• .. ,
physique
7 physical
chest l f.:l;jS ~a q !'. .,. "'
playful v'jpv<i\t.~
8 _ _ _ __ play
clean-shaven/unshaven/
plump"""c.u.t.i..;::
9 _ _ _ _ __ trend
have stubble
ponytail vGec"t.<,
10
_ _ _ _ __ vanity
posh , t ~ ·o " t.:.
complexion ~t t·• ·.:.'
11 wealthy
pretty
• r· <· · ·
cosmetics
delicate
razor
2 Complete the sentences with the correct form of
deodorant c;r-:_c-._ ~· <';
refreshed H~ ·
words from Exercise 1.
dimples
remedy
result in (v) pc~ ~. · .: ·
dreadlocks
1 I know you think she's beautiful but I don't
dyeG'L\J° c ,.c
scruffy r • '
find her attractive .
elderly "'-fJ'!lv..<.~:~
shampoo' u,, D..« ''1.i:t1.
2
I
don't usually follow ______ - I just
eyebrows
shave (off) "ei,pL' 'it. v
wear what I like.
fashion designer
shiny
She's so _ _ ____ ! She looks at her self
3
fashionable/unfashionable
skin ':l:.cv-"'
all the time.
feminine )<..{ Vt' er ·t,
Skin Cream 't ~ t, ' .< ·•
feet \1 c
skinny
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4 You look great in that shirt - it's very
fitness instructor
.. ~slim e> p: u.··t'
flared (trousers)
'"smart/casual clothes .., •
5 He's got a fantastic ______ -he must
flattering 110 ~
spiky/wavy/shiny/bleached/ ii •
be an athlete.
fringe iR. ,1 '· '
~
straighVshoulder-length/
6 I prefer women in skirts and dresses because
goatee beard - · '"" ~ 0 ' " dyed/shaved/
they are more
than j eans.
good-looking
. , ~c·;,cropped hair
hair in plaits rro · r~
status symbol
3 Label the picture with the correct words from the
hair with a parting
.r
stockings
Word List.
hairdresser..
stunning ~,..:: ! vJ.· ...
hairstyle
suntan y\?n
fair complexion
hair-styling mousse
suitable '\f'>
handsome "' l' ·'"'
tanned ...
.haxe a dark/fair complexion tattoo
have a poor appetite
thighs11.ox<cl<\.,
health ~-':..
throat 1 highlights e .
tights \r~. ~'~
in his/her early/mid/
trendy , · ·.,
late twenties
trim (v) ~ •\e:G c-, m·· .·..
in his/her teens ':-~1~·~
:.;r- .
ugly ' ·-:.~ , '-\"<fa<. ". . . ~
kilt L~T
untidy'~~· ~·
.
lips
vain ccu· 1- (. cJmanicurist
wealth f?
masculinity ' r
weird
middle-aged r , ·"
well-built
Mohican (hairstyle)
w~ll -dressed "'-erir , ,, ti~ 1
moustache · '
Wig \.\(•j', ·""
4 Complete the table with words that describe hair.
mullet (hairstyle)
wimp (informa~ c-w~c · ·
Use the Word List to help you.
wrinkles
· .,.
muscles
• 1
·r.,
s·
c"· -
ercGw
c,
.....
Opinion
Length/type
Colour
Style
beaut iful
lon0. strai0ht
dark
pon~ail
~
5
Describe the people in the pictures. Write 25-35 words
about each of them. Use the Word List to help you.
Extend your vocabulary
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1 He is tall dark and
Study the words which collocate with fashion. Find
the missing word to describe a person who makes
new fashions.
conscious
statement
~T/
handsome. He has
0ot beautiful short.
curly. dark hair. He is
clean-shaven. He is
wearin0 fashionable.
model-----
FASHION
-----victim
casual clothes.
magazine
" 2
industry
Match the collocations with definitions 1-7. Check
your answers in a dictionary.
all the designers,
companies, factories, models, etc. involved in
fashion
2
an exhibition where
designers show their new clothes to the press
and public
3
clothes which tell others
what sort of person you are or which are
worn to attract attention
4
describes someone who is
interested in the latest fashions
5
someone who wears
clothes to show them to the press and public
6
someone who wears
fashionable clothes although they look bad in
them
7
a publication that focuses
on new fashions etc.
1 fashion industry
~3
Complete the sentences with collocations from
Exercise 2.
1 Jimmy Choo is one of the most popular shoe
S,~{?~t
4
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i'
V/
Q,v..d
bo, ~ ~
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eo Vlg
Sho\!' ·l:-
v1 a,; v'
designers in the fashion industry .
2 Vogue is a classic
which is
published in fourteen countries.
3 David Beckham is
. He is
always trying new clothes and hairstyles.
4 The world's top
spend
their lives working in London, New York,
Milan and Paris.
5 Stella McCartney is making a strong
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ with her designs in this
season's collection.
6 We're all
when we
force our feet into tiny pointed shoes with
enormous high heels. And it shows on our
faces!
7 The Paris and Milan _ _ _ _ _ _ _ are
the most famous in the world.
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It's showtime!
GRAMMAR
Indirect questions
An indirect question is more polite and formal than a direct question. Usually in English,
the longer something takes to say, the more polite it is.
Where can I get a programme, please? (direct question)
Could you tell me where I can get a programme, please? (indirect question)
Polite expression
I Question
Short answer
Do you happen to know
• if the cafe is open?
Yes, it is/No, it isn't.
I wonder
. whether I can buy tickets here?
Yes, you can/No, you can't.
Can anyone tell me
Could you tell me
Do you remember
Have you any idea
when the gallery closes?
who made the Star Wars films?
Would you mind telling me • where the music room is?
We form an indirect question with a polite expression +
a question which has the same word order as an
affirmative sentence. The question part starts with if,
whether or a wh- word.
Some indirect questions look like statements because they
don't have a question mark. However, the speaker is really
asking for information or help:
I don't know how to buy tickets online.
I'd like to know who wrote The Great Gatsby.
1
Mind the trap?
Always use affirmative word order in an
indirect question.
What time is it? (direct question)
Do you happen to know what time it is?
(indirect question)
NOT De YfJfl hapfJeR te kRfJW what time is it?
Indirect questions do not have the auxiliary do.
Do you live near here? (direct question)
Can you tell me whether you live near here?
(indirect question)
NOT CaR YfJH tell me whether fkJ yeH !fv-e Rear here?
Put the words in the correct order, to make questions. Start with the
words in italic.
1 what/wonder/I/ is/about./Macbeth
I wonder what Macbeth is about.
2 you/Shakespeare/happen to/Do/was alive?/when/know
3 any/think/Do/had/Shakespeare/you/children?
4 any/you/played/which/idea/Henry V?/Havelactor
5 you/dies/if/Romeo or Juliet/Do/first?/know
6 to/I'd/know/London./the name/of/like/Shakespeare's theatre/in
9'1
2
Match answers a-f with
questions 1-6 in Exercise 1.
a Ambition, power and
greed.
b About four hundred
years ago.
c Kenneth Branagh
d The Globe
e Romeo
f Yes, three.
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3
Write the indirect questions.
6
1 Why are English people indirect?
I wonder why English people are indirect
2 Is it polite to use an older person's first name?
Could you tell me
?
3 Is it OK to ask someone how much they earn?
I don't know _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ __
4 Do I have to send a Christmas card to
everyone I know?
I'd like to know _ __ __ _ _ _ _ __
5 What time should I arrive if my invitation
says 8 p.m?
Would you mind telling me _ _ _ _ _ __
Read the conversation. Rewrite the interviewer's
questions so they are polite. Use a different
expression for each one.
6 How big a tip should I leave in a restaurant
or cafe?
Have you any idea
?
7 Can I use my host's telephone without
asking first?
I wonder _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _~
4
Match answers a-g with questions 1-7 in Exercise 3.
a No, you must get their permission first
because they will have to pay for your call.
b If the service has been good, you should
leave about ten percent.
c Definitely not! We never talk about
money.
d As you know, in English, the longer
and less direct something is, the
more polite it is.
e It's safest to use Mr, Mrs, Ms or
Miss Smith unless they tell you it's OK.
f There are no rules about this - some
people send them to everyone they
know, others don't send any.
g You can be 'fashionably late' which
means about fifteen minutes after the
time they say.
S
D
D
D
D
Interviewer
Good morning. 1 (Can I ask you
some questions?) I wonder if I could
Woman
Interviewer
Yes, I've got some time.
First of all: 2 (Why are you at the
Arts Centre today?) _ _ __ _ _
ask you some questions?
3
Woman
Interviewer
4
Woman
Interviewer
5
D
D
I'm here to see the art exhibition.
(How did you hear about the
exhibition?) _ _ _ _ _ _ _ __
Woman
Interviewer
I read about it in the newspaper.
(Are you on our mailing list?)
Complete the questions.
1 A Have you any idea how much the seats cost ?
B The seats cost from £7.50.
2 A I'd like to know _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ __
B Yes, you can. There's a drinks machine on
Woman
the top floor.
3 A Would you mind telling me
?
B No, you can't. We don't take credit cards.
Interviewer
4 A I don't know _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ __
B Yes, there is. If you have an international
Woman
No, I prefer to look in the paper or
on your website.
6 (How often do you come here?)
Let me think ... once or twice a
month.
Interviewer 7 (Which facilities do you use?)
student card, you get a five percent
discount.
5ADo~uh~prn
No, I'm not.
(Can I put your name on it?)
?
B Yes, I do. The gallery closes at 5.30.
6 A Can you tell me
?
B Of course. The gents toilets are downstairs.
Woman
I usually have a snack and I
occasionally buy something in the
bookshop.
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SPEAKING
LISTENING
1
GillD Listen and circle the best answers.
1
1 The two people, Imagen and Hal, are
Anna
a parent and child b friends
c teacher and pupil d artists
2
Circle the best answer.
Katie
2 Their conversation is
a serious b educational c professional
d friendly
Anna
GillD Look at pictures A-D. Listen again and
Katie
number them in the order in which the people talk
about them.
Anna
Katie
OD
QD
Anna
Katie
Anna
2
What did you 1 know about ![think of]
the exhibition?
Well, it was OK - I quite liked the
modern sculptures.
Did you? 2 Do you see what I mean I
Do you mean you liked all those things
made from old furniture?
Yes, I did. 3 What I mean is I
That's a good point ....
They were just old rubbish!
Sorry, 4 I didn't get that. I
just a second -I haven'tfinished.
I thought they showed how anything
can be art.
5 I'm not sure what you mean. I
Let me put it another way.
6 What I mean is I Do you mean, if you
look at things with imagination, you can
make them into works of art that are
new and ...
7 Hold on! Let me finish! I
Excuse me, can I say something.?
It isn't art - it's just old furniture.
Complete the conversations with phrases from the box.
Are you saying That's a good point.
Do you know what I found strange?
Let me put it another way The thing is
Why
don't you tell us your opinion?
.. .. ...... .. .... .. ....... .. .. ............ ... .. .. .... ....... ... .
C9 D
3
Conversation 1
Gemma Although I liked the actors and the
stage design, I didn't believe any of it.
Mandy 1 Do you know what I found strange?
Why did she leave her children in the
station?
Gemma 2
, but what I
thought was a bit odd was when she
put the cat in the cupboard.
Mandy Yeah, that was really weird.
[E:]
Conversation 2
George
Helena I'm not sure what I think! 4 _ _ _ __
_ __ _ _ , I just didn't believe
that he loved her.
Alex
And that is important in Romeo and
D
Helena
D
Alex
GillD Read the sentences. Listen again. Are the
statements true (T) or false (F)?
1 Imagen thinks the picture of three lines
is a very clever painting.
2 Hal's niece didn't paint the picture of a
fishing boat.
3 Hal knows who Picasso is.
4 Hal and Imagen agree that the sailing
boat is the best painting.
5 They both like the underwater painting.
6 They both think the underwater painting
is about drowning.
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D
D
D
Juliet!
Helena
- the actor
who played Romeo looked bored all
the time, I couldn't believe that he
would die for her.
wasn't a good enough actor for the part?
Well, yes, I am.
WRITING
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FILM
REVIEW
Signs (1002)
[AI]
Unfortunately, the film is so completely silly that I didn't care who or
what was making the circles. Although the atmosphere is rather mysterious and
the cast is extremely good, there are too many weaknesses in the story for it to
interest anyone. The Mel Gibson character never does any farming - he spends
most of his time jogging from the farmhouse and frowning at the circles. Rather
oddly, the director has given himself the part of the neighbour but he isn't a
good enough actor for the part. He is very unnatural and he definitely doesn't
look like a farmer!
rn:IJ
The film tells the story of Graham Hess (Mel Gibson) whose wife has
died in a car crash. He leaves his job and goes to live on a farm with his brother,
played by Joaquin Phoenix, and two children. One morning Hess goes outside
to find a 100 metre circle in the middle of one of the fields . The whole film is
about who or what is creating these enormous circles - aliens, the ghost of his
wife or people having a joke.
CQ:[J Signs (2002) is by writer-director M
Night Shyamalan who also made
the cool thrillers The Sixth Sense and Unbreakable. T he film, starring M el
Gibson and Joaquin Phoenix, is another thriller/mystery with a bit of science
fiction. The action takes place on a farm in Pennsylvania.
[QD
To sum up, Signs isn't as good as it could be. It is quite funny in places
and there is a bit of tension but I can't recommend it. The best thing is that,
luckily, the running time is only 106 minutes so it was over quickly.
3
Write the names of a TV programme and a film you
have enjoyed and the names of two you didn't enjoy.
1
Read paragraphs A-D from a film review and put
them in the correct order.
2
Read the review again and underline (or label) the
information below.
1 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
1 the background information about the film.
(BI)
3 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
2 the summary of the plot. (SP)
3 the writer's opinion (0)
4 the summary of the writer's opinion and their
recommendation. (O&R)
5 examples of adjectives (A) and modifying
adverbs (MA).
2~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
4 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
4
You are the TV and cinema reviewer for your school
magazine. Choose one of the titles you wrote above
and write a review. Remember to divide your work
into four paragraphs:
1 background
2 summary of the plot
3 your opinion
4 summary of your opinion and a
recommendation
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WORD LIST
a bit
absolutely
acting
animated/ fantasy/
feature film
annual
archaeology
art gallery
artist
audience
be founded
bother (v) (=disturb)
brainy
brilliant
carry on (=continue)
change for (a banknote)
clarify
classical music
clown
comedy
completely
confusing
costume
country music
culmination
curse
desperate
devastation
directing (n)
drama
drawing (n)
dreadful
enthusiastic
exhibition
express (v)
extremely
fascinating
festival
festivities
film director
final scene
flee
float (n)
frame
free (=no cost)
funk
gallery attendant
generation
genre
grocery store
guitarist
have sb in the palm of
your hand
hilarious
hip hop
hold sb's attention
instant
interactive
interpretation
interrupt
jazz
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VOCABULARY ACTIVATOR
joy
levee
main character
mask
musical (n)
musician
opera
parade
pathetic
performance
Plasticine
play (n)
playwright
plot
portrait
pour
programmequarter (=district of town)
quite
Complete with words from the Word List.
1
Noun (person)
1 artist
2 archaeologist
3 comedian
4
5
6
7
8
9
2
guitar
music
play
refuge
sculpture
survival
Complete the sentences with nouns from Exercise 1.
1 Although I like Rembrandt's paintings, I
prefer modern art .
2 Shakespeare is England's most famous
R&B
rather
recover
refrigerator
refugee
reggae
renaissance
rescuer
ridiculous
rotting
ruined
screenplay
sculptor
sculpture
season ticket
sense of humour
shed
show (n)
silly
songwriter
soundtrack
special effects
spectacular
stage
star (v)
streetcar
student discount
stunning
suitable
survivor
thrilling
ticket seller
totally
traditional/modern art
venue
visual joke
walking stick
warehouse
witty
wonder
work of art
wrecked
Noun (thing)
art
3 You can see many of Henry Moore's enormous
metal
in the garden of his home in
southern England.
4 The
for Madame Butterfly was
written by Puccini.
5 Jacob Epstein is one of the 20th century's
greatest
. One of his earliest works
was the stone figure on Oscar Wilde's grave in
Paris.
6 Singer-songwriter Gloria Estefan fled from
Cuba with her parents and arrived in
the USA as a
in 1959.
7
have found fantastic ancient art in
Egypt's pyramids and temples.
8 Most of the passengers died when the Titanic
sank in icy seas, only twelve of the
were picked up from the water.
Read the invitation and circle the correct words.
3
You are invited to
e School of Art
1 (Graduation
4
)I Graduating Show
This year's 2 thrilled I thrilling show
is the 3 culminating I culmination of
four years' work for our students. Our
graduates I graduations wi ll be available
to discuss their 5 exhibitions I exhibits .
Drinks w ill be served from 6 .30 and the
6 exhibit I exhibition will be officially
opened by 7 sculpture I sculptor
Eli Harrison at 7.00.
4
Complete the review with the correct adverbs.
6
Complete the sentences. Use the correct form of the
words in capital letters.
1 The Cannes Film festiva l is held
FESTIVITY
annually.
2 The film Clueless is a modem
____ of Jane Austen's novel
Emma.
INTERPRET
3 Philip Seymour Hoffman won the
2005 Best
Oscar for
his extraordinary performance
in Capote.
ACTING
4 Shrek is an
film and it's
absolutely hilarious.
ANIMATION
5 The special effects in The Day
After Tomorrow are
SPECTACLE
6 The Wizard of Oz is one of the most
MUSIC
famous
films ever made.
7 The plot of Syriana is rather
____ . You may need to see the
film twice'
CONFUSE
REVIEW
This year's School of Art's graduation exhibition has
some 1 absolutely brilliant works of art. And it a lso has
some w hich are 2
bad.
Students from the 30 art (sculpture to you and me! )
course worked with metal and p lastic and have made
some 3
fascinating things. For example, Jon
Henshaw's 'My Mother's Love' is a 4
w itty
structure built in an o ld TV. H owever, I must admit t hat
I found Gina Constantine's single empty plate w ith the
title 'Feeding the World' 5
pathetic .
As in previous years, the fashion design students have
produced some of the best things. Quentin Gibbon's
6
stunning collection of men's sweaters
made from recycled plastics was, for me, the best
thing in the show. At the other end of t he scale were
W ill Peterson's 7
dreadful wedding dresses
made from black plastic bags.
This year's paintings were 8
boring. Although
technically good, there was nothing new or different in
t he exhibition. However, no one can compet e with last
year's show w it h its 9
fantastic work by Ulrike
Johansson and Bob Allen.
The ex hibition is open I0.00- 4.00 until Sth August.
1 a quite b absolutely c rather
2 a extremely b totally c completely
3 a rather b a bit c really
4 a a bit b totally c rather
5 a absolutely b a little c very
6 a quite b pretty c really
7 a bit b very c absolutely
8 a absolutely b totally c a bit
9 a rather b extremely c completely
5
Complete the sentences with words from the
Word List.
1 The Mona Lisa is probably the most famous of
all Renaissance pa intings .
2 Picasso painted his first self-_ _ __ when
he was only sixteen.
3 'Angel of the North' is Britain's largest
_ ___ . It's 20 metres high, and stands on
a hilltop, to welcome visitors to Tyneside.
4
often wear special white make-up,
bright coloured clothes, and very large shoes
when they go on stage.
5 Murder mysteries belong to the fastestgrowing
of popular literature.
Extend your vocabulary
1
Read the definitions and complete the sentences.
THESAURUS: FILM AND CINEMA
art house films which are experimental and don't
follow the Hollywood pattern - often made by
small companies on low budgets
box office hit a film which is very popular so it
makes a lot of money at the box office where
people buy their tickets
premiere the first time a film is shown - usually a
glamorous occasion
running time how long a film lasts
release to make a film available for people to see
(film) score music written for a film
screen (a film} to show a film
scriptwriter a person who writes screenplays
shoot a film make a film
1 The film premiere in Los Angeles was
attended by hundreds of Hollywood
celebrities.
2 Most of Stanley Kubrick's Vietnam film Full
Metal Jacket was
in London.
3 Scott Fitzgerald was a Hollywood _ _ __
in the 1930s.
4 Our local art house cinema always _ _ __
classic films on Sunday mornings.
5 Any film with Johnny Depp will be a
____ because he is so popular.
6 Film companies always
children's
films in time for the school holidays.
7 The
is 120 minutes so we'll be able
to catch the last bus home.
8 Ennio Morricone's beautiful ____ for The
Mission is one of the best in cinema history.
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SELF-ASSESSMENT TEST 6 I UNITS 11-12
VOCABULARY AND GRAMMAR
1
Match statements 1-6 with responses a-f.
4
(6 points)
2 Where is the post office?
Could you tell me _ __ _ _ _ _ __ ?
3 Have we met before?
Do you think _ _ __ __ _ _ _ _ _ _ ?
4 What does this mean?
Can anyone tell me __________ ?
a He needs to get some sun on his face.
5 Does this train go to Brighton?
Do you know _ _ _ _ __ _ _ _ _ _ _ ?
b Yes, his clothes are always the latest fashion.
c At least he'll save money on shampoo!
d He should eat more.
e He should buy some new clothes or an iron.
f We'll buy him a new mirror for his birthday.
g He must be going for an interview.
Complete the sentences with the words
in the box.
wrinkles stubble parting
dimples plaits geatee
(6 points)
Dear Brian,
2 , r-rr;ei1 A I{} new art gallery I was
How are you. ~
telling you about, has finally opened. This week
they are having z the I{} I an exhibition of modern
art I went along yesterday but most of the
.. t'ngs were 3 very I absolutely I a bit awful!
pain i
. 4 {}/The/ A
There was nothing worth seeing.
dern art is strange but there is usually
::mething very interesting to look at. Well, maybe
not very interest ing but 5 totally I quite I
completely interesting.
The brochure was 6 very I absolutely I totally funny
at
because1't was written as if we were looking
b
than
the work of a new Rembrandt. Much etter
the actual paintings.
Oh well, 7 {} I the I a boss is coming s o I must get
back to work!
Jed
100
7 What's the time?
Have you any idea _ _ __ __ _ _ __ ?
5
fringe
Complete the letter. Circle the correct
alternatives (0 = no article).
6 What are you doing here?
Would you mind telling me _ _ _ __ _ _
(6 points)
1 I've got a small goatee beard.
2 Come on smile. Show us your _ _ __
3 I have a
on the left.
4 My
is covering my eyes.
5 That
is turning into a beard.
6 Her two long
look lovely.
on my face.
7 Oh no. I'm getting
3
(6 points)
1 Who is that man?
I've no idea who that man is
1 Tom's looking very smart. [ill
2 Paul's too skinny.
D
3 Dave's going bald.
D
4 Bill's very pale.
D
5 Steve's always scruffy.
D
6 Colin's so vain.
D
7 Bert is very trendy.
D
2
Complete the second sentence so that it
has the same meaning as the first.
Complete the text with one word in
each gap.
(6 points)
a .Clay; in my life:
Carole
Davies
Carole Davies is one of the b iggest 1V stars
of the year. We spent a day w ith her to find
out what her rout ine looks 1 like . We met her
at 6 .30a.m. w hen she was already in the
studio, 2
her breakfast prepared for
her by the studio chef. Eggs and bacon,
fresh orange juice and toast. After breakfast,
she always 3
her hair styled which
takes about 45 m inutes. As she says, when
she arrives in the studio, she looks 4 _ _ __
if she has spent the night in a hurricane.
After her hair styling, she 5 _ _ __
stunning. There were problems before the
show when we were there. The person who
usually does her make-up was ill and Carole
was very worried about 6
it done by
someone d ifferent. Couldn't she do it
herself? Apparently not. A 1V star who
doesn't 7 _ _ _ _ everything done for her
(or him) is extremely unusual.
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Saturday 23 March - Friday 29 March
READING SKILLS
This week's choices by Joseph Teller;
writer and radio presenter.
11 I
1
Have I Got News For You?
Two teams answered questions about the week's
news but with guests from the worlds of comedy,
politics and journalism it was the funniest half hour
on television. Everyone knows that the jokes were
rehearsed beforehand but it all sounded so clever,
the way they could think of the perfect joke, whatever
the topic that was being talked about.
Match headings A-F with the TV programmes
1-6. There is one extra heading. For
questions 6 and 7 are the statements
true (T) or false (F)?
(7 points)
A Very realistic
B He doesn't look angry. He can't!
C It got lots of complaints
D Fun for all the family
E Cheap but effective.
F Quick thinking? Not really.
6 None of the programmes is still
__..I Thunderbirds
An action packed adventure series made in the 1960s
and starring ... puppets with visible strings and
unchanging facial expressions. It was the highlight of
the week. The Thunderbirds themselves, were different
rockets and spacecraft, piloted by members of the
Tracey family. Everyone had their favourite. Mine was
Thunderbird 2, flown by the coolest brother, Virgil Tracey.
being shown.
7 Four of the five programmes were shown
once a week.
D
D
COMMUNICATION
1
Complete the text with the correct phrases
from the box.
(8 points)
.Vhat did you think Are you saying
I'm not sure what you mean The thing is
I wasn't listening, Just a second
let me finish let me put it another way
Do you know what I found strange
1
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Dr Who
Nowadays it is quite a big
budget show but back in the
old days you could see that
the monsters were obviously
made of cardboard, plastic
and aluminium foil. It was
shown on Saturdays, just
after the football results
and it was really terrifying
and everyone ! know used
to watch it from behind
the sofa, hiding whenever
anything frightening was
about to happen.
Keith
John
Keith
John
Keith
John
Keith
John
This programme started up when I was at school
and it was a true-to-life drama about a London
comprehensive school. Everything that happened to
us during the day happe ned to the c haracters in the
show - bullying, failed exams, girlfriend problems, cross
country runs in the rain. Mondays and Wednesdays
were days to hurry home because you never wanted
to miss it.
_i.....111 The Good Life
This was one of the few programmes that my parents
and I both enjoyed when I was younger. It was a very
gentle situation comedy about a man who decides to
give up his well paid job and live on the land, growing
vegetables and keeping animals. The comedy is that
he doesn't want to move out of his posh house on an
expensive estate so you have this man and his wife
with pigs in their garden and the elegantly dressed
neighbours are, of course, absolutely horrified. It was
a pleasant way to spend half an hour on a Sunday
evening.
Keith
John
Beverley
Keith
Beverley
John. Hi. Did you see the play?
Yes.
So. 1 What did you think ?
Well, um. 2_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ __
er ... I didn't really understand it ...
Beverley, hello, lovely to see you
again. Sorry, John, 3_ _ _ _ _ __
_ _ _ . What did you say?
The play was difficult to understand.
Difficult to understand? 4_ _ _ __
Well, 5_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ __
Who exactly was your character
meant to be?
You didn't like me in the play?
Hold on, 6_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ __
I didn't say I didn't like you. You were
great. It's just ... help me Beverley.
7
?
No, what?
I found myself laughing at the
saddest moments. I didn't .. .
What? 8_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ you
Keith
were laughing at me?
Beverley 9
, I haven't
finished. I thought the writer should
have made it clearer.
John
Let's have a drink and Keith can
explain it to us.
Total
/45
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Game over
GRAMMAR
Quantifiers both, either and neither
We use the quantifiers both, either and
neither, to describe the relationship between
two things or people.
• Both = including each of two things or
people:
Both Mia and Joe like computer games.
• Either= one of two things or people:
Either Mia or Joe bought the games
magazine.
(We don't know, or it doesn't matter
which one of them bought it.)
• Neither= not one or other of two things
or people:
Neither Mia nor Joe liked the game.
(Mia and Joe disliked it.)
Note When neither or either is followed by
a singular noun, always use a singular verb.
When neither or either is followed by noun
+ nor/or+ noun, it is correct to use a
singular verb. However, we can use a plural
verb in informal written or spoken English.
Both
+ noun and noun
+ plural noun
Verb
Both
Virtual History and Alien Control
are
quite addictive.
games
Either
+ noun or noun
+ singular noun
Either
Mia or Joe
• buys (buy)
player
• likes
Neither + noun nor noun
+ singular noun
Neither
Verb
Verb
Mia nor Joe
• plays (play)
player
• likes
We use a quantifier + of
• to talk about a particular group:
Not many of these computer games are new.
Most of my friends like Alien Control 3.
All (of} the students bought this game. (of is optional here)
None of the games were interesting.
• before a pronoun:
This DVD is for both of you.
Some of them bought new games.
Most of it wasn't very interesting.
All of them played on the computer.
this magazine.
this game.
Mind the trap?
We don't use of when we talk about things
in general:
Not many computer games are educational.
NOT Not maRy of eomp1Jter games ...
Most friends are kind to each other.
NOT Most of friemJs ...
Other quantifiers
quantifier
a couple of
a few
many
not many
several
too many
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+countable
nouns only
games
quantifier
a bit of
a little
much
not much
too much
+ uncountable
nouns only
music
quantifier
a lot of
all
any
enough
lots of
most
not any
none of the
not enough
some
+ countable and
uncountable nouns
games/music
1
Underline the quantifiers in the sentences.
Combine the sentences with both, either or neither.
4
1 There aren't many good graphics in the game.
2 We don't like any computer games.
3 This game has too many complicated rules.
4 I've got some good computer games.
5 Most young people in Europe can use
a computer.
6 A few students took the exam.
2
1 Andy lives in London. Amelie lives in Ottawa.
Both Andy and Amelie live in capital cities.
2 Amelie doesn't live in a village. Andy doesn't
live in a village.
3 Amelie enjoys skating. Amelie enjoys skiing.
4 Andy isn't fat. Andy isn't thin.
Match the correct quantifiers from Exercise 1 with
definitions 1-6.
is used with countable nouns in
questions and negatives
2
means 'nearly all'
3
means there are more than you
need, and its meaning is negative
4
means 'an unknown number or
quantity' in positive sentences
5
means 'an unknown number or
quantity' in negative sentences and questions
6
means 'a small number' and is
used with countable nouns
5 Andy may go to Manchester University. Andy
may go to Leeds University.
many
3
6 Amelie wants to be a teacher. Amelie wants
to be a translator.
7 Andy doesn't like classical music . Andy
doesn't like jazz.
Complete the sentences with the correct alternatives.
5
1 There are _ Virtual History games available
in the shop.
a a little b much @Ja few d most of
Read the profiles of two computer games designers
and complete the sentences with both, either or
neither.
2 _ people prefer reality to the virtual world.
a Not any b A little c Much d Most
----------------Avvluo
I
1 Name:
3 The game is complex so you need _
patience to learn it.
a some b many c a few d not much
Norris
Age: 11
: Nationality: l?n-tish
1 Home: VJtth poxMtS
I
- - ____________ _
1 Occupation: s-tl.AliM-t ClJll.d.,
I
c.,oMpu.tt'X ~e,
:
t£-Stt'X
1 Interests: .foo-tk?GLll 1 c.,oMpu.-tex
I
sc.,iMC.,£- {(Yl.d.,
:
MOU.Vl.tlLiV\. c.,\iMf?iVI.%'
1 Favourite school subject: MGL-ths
1
I
I
1
I
:
I
Name: Ame.h.e. Coll..<.ns
Age: 16
Nationality: Canad..<.an
Home: w.dh parents
Occupation: student and
computer game.
: Money in the bank: £4 1000
:
tester
1 Interests: ..<.cc hocl<e.y,
1 Ambition: ~
l
I
computer games
-..·---~ ,___,.._.."'"' -••.J",_,....___.""I
and faslu.on
I
I
1
1
I
4 There's_ power left in the battery so you'd
better plug your laptop in.
a not many b not much c a few d enough
Favourite school subject: French
Money in the bank: JS ,OOO
Ambition: .?
...__ -----
~---
..... ___
1 Both Andy and Amelie test computer games.
2
Amelie
Andy say what
their ambition is.
3 It doesn't say if ____ Andy _ _ __
Amelie has brothers or sisters.
4
of them is American.
5
of them are interested in a sport.
6 I don't know what
of them wants to
do in the future.
I
}
I
I
I
I
I
I
I
I
I
5 There are _ Alien Control games left in
the shops since the good review in the
games magazine.
a too many b a little c n't many
d n't much
6 _ people waste time playing computer
games.
a Much b A little c Lots of d Not any
7 My new mobile phone is too complicated it can do _ things.
a a few b too much c a little d too many
8 There aren't _ games which get high
scores for addiction level, experts'
recommendation and value for money.
a many b a lot c some d much
9 _ computer games are too violent.
a A little b Some c Either d Most of
10 Are there_ good new games this month?
a some b much c a little d any
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6
Complete the conversation with the correct words
and phrases from the box.
SPEAKING
a lot any (x 2) both of isn't any lots of
many much not much too many all
1
Circle the best alternatives.
Tomek This form is very complicated - I can't
understand half the questions.
1 I know what I'm doing. I
Jose
[Shall I have a look at it.?)My English is
better than yours.
Tomek That would be great, 2 thanks a lot. I
I know what I'm doing.
Jose
Before I start, can I use your phone,
please? My mobile won't work and I
can't be bothered to read the
instructions.
Tomek
3 I'd rather do it myself I
I'll have a look at it if you like. I'm
Jose
better at technology than at English!
Yes, please. 4 I haven't got a clue what
I'm doing. I Would you like to do it
for me? It just annoys me.
2
Assistant Can I help you?
Customer I'm looking for some computer
games. Have you got 1__g_t]y_?
Assistant Yes, we've got 2
them. They
are 3
on the shelves at the
back of the shop.
Customer Could you show some of them to
me? I always get confused because
there are 4
to choose from.
Assistant OK. What sort of thing do you want?
Killer Man is great but it's got
5
of violence.
Customer No, I don't think that'll be suitable.
What about that one, London Life?
Is it good?
Assistant It's educational - you have to solve
lots of puzzles so it's a bit boring.
There 6
action or adventure.
Customer That sounds perfect. Have you got
____ other educational games?
Assistant There are a few on the top shelf. We
don't sell 8
copies of Mega
Maths or Extraordinary English.
Customer How 9
are they?
Assistant They're in the sale - they're
£5.00 each.
Customer That's 10
! I'll buy
11
them, please, and I'll take
the London Life game, too
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Read the instructions and write the conversations.
1 a You are trying to use your new digital
camera. You can't understand the
instructions.
b Your friend offers to do it.
c Refuse and say that you are determined
not to let it beat you.
d Your friend offers to read the instructions
while you use it.
e Accept
You _ ___________ _ _ __
Your friend _ _ __ _ __ _ _ _ _ _ __
You _ _ _ __ _ _ _ _ _ __ _ _ __
Your friend _ _ _ _ _ _ _ __ _ _ _ __
You _ _ ___________ _ _ _
2 a You are trying to put up a tent. You are
going crazy.
b Your friend offers to do it for you.
c Refuse and explain that you need to learn
how it's done.
d Your friend offers to do it with you so you
can both learn.
e Accept
You _ _ _ __ _ _ __ _ _ _ _ _~
Your friend ________ _ _ __ _ _
You _ _ _ __________ _ __
Your friend _ _ __ _ _ _ _ __ _ _ __
You _ _ __ _ _ _ _ __ _ _ __ __
GRAMMAR
1
There is a mistake in each sentence. Find and
correct them.
half's
1 After an hour and a flalffi/play, the
Possessive s
footballers were exhausted.
singular nouns + 's
dog
dog's tail
regular plural nouns + '
dogs
dogs' tails
irregular plurals + 's
women women's clothes
2 'You'll Never Walk Alone' is the Liverpool fans
favourite song.
3 There was play of 45 minutes before the
footballers had a break.
4 They scored a goal at the first half's end.
Mind the trap?
5 The cup's presentation was at the end of
When you use a noun phrase, put 's after the
second noun:
Lennon and McCarlney's music.
NOT Lennon's and MGCartney's ml:lSJG.
the season.
2
1 The chess playerj s lucky board has red and
We indicate ownership or possession with 's, s' or a
prepositional phrase with of:
the woman's coat
the girls' coat
the leg of the chair
blue squares.
2 The childs jigsaws were all over the floor.
3 In Cluedo, the players work out the killer,
the killers weapon and where the murder
We use 's with
• people and living things:
The tattoo is on Ann's arm.
The horse's name is Shergar.
• time expressions:
A moment's inattention caused the accident.
Three weeks' holiday will do you good.
It was in Tuesday's newspaper.
We use of with
• inanimate things:
Someone broke the leg of this chair.
I can 't remember the name of the hotel.
• nouns such as start, end, top, front, middle, back,
edge, side:
The start of the game was slow.
He stood in the middle of the room.
At the end of the day, we go home.
We can use 's or of with
• groups:
the government's decision = the decision of
the government
• places:
Paris is France's capital. = Paris is the capital
of France.
Complete the sentences with correct punctuation.
was committed.
4 The two teams shirts were the same colour.
5 How do chess players minds work?
6 In Monopoly, the six players pieces or
counters include a car and an old shoe.
7 Last years winner of the crossword
competition did it in only six minutes.
3
Complete the sentences with the correct forms of the
phrases in brackets. Use either possessive s or of.
1 The r ules of some card games are so easy that
children can play them.
(rules/some card games)
2 While their husbands were training for the
World Cup,
spent
lots of money in designer shops.
(wives/the footballers)
3 _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ made the players
very angry and the game had to be stopped.
(decision/the referee)
4 _ _ _ _ _ _ _ __ _ are arranged in
groups of nine.
(square/a Suduko grid)
5 In Scrabble,
is
ten points. Other letters with high scores are
Z,X andJ.
(value/the letter Q)
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4
Use a possessive form to rewrite the sentences so
they have the same meaning as the original.
READING
1 That computer belongs to Mr Cutler.
That's Mr Cutler's computer.
2 Miscrosoft is owned by Bill Gates.
The owner _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ __
3 Our children love to play Risk more than all
other games.
Risk is _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _~
4 There was a new capital city in Turkey in 1923.
Ankara became _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ __
5 Trivial Pursuit was designed by Haney
and Abbott.
Haney and Abbott were the _ _ _ _ _ __
round (n) one of the parts of a competition
that you must finish before you do the next one
draw (n) the final result of a game or sport
where both players or teams have the same score
1
Read the text and correct the punctuation.
Football is England/~ national game and its
history is long. There are references to the
game going back to the 8th and 9th centuries.
Records show that there were women players
in the 12th century and football is even
mentioned in some of Shakespeares plays.
In the past, the game had absolutely no
rules so games were violent and disorganised.
2
The players injuries could be very bad and
eventually King James I tried to ban it.
banned during Oliver Cromwells time in
power when he managed to stop it for
thirty years.
When King Charles II was returned to the
throne in the mid-1600s, football was allowed
again. In Joseph Strutts book of 1801, 'The
Sports and Pastimes of the People of England'
player or fan would recognise. However, it
wasnt until later in the 1800s that the game
became the one we know today. Nowadays,
the World Cup, which is held every four years,
is the worlds most popular sporting event. And
more countries belong to FIFA, the sports
governing body, than the United Nations.
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f'--_
Read the text carefully, then match sentences A-G
below with gaps 1-5. There are two sentences you
don't need.
A-I-f-there--is-aR-equa}-score
B-In his graphic no:v:el,--chess_hoxing-is-an
important part of the plot.
C Perhaps it is more logical than it appears at
first.
D The referee can fine a player for bad
behaviour.
E The rules of this strange sport are
straightfonvard
F 'I'h@re-are-several-ways-te-win-a-ehess-bexingmatch
GThe rules changes according to the level of
the players.
However, the game was only successfully
he describes football in a way that a modern
&Ji) Quickly read the text and circle the correct
answers.
1 The purpose of the text is
a to persuade you.
·@to give information.
c to amuse you.
d to shock you.
2 The text is
a history.
b literature.
c a biography.
@ non-fiction.
3 The text type is
a a diary.
b rules.
-:c, an editorial.
d an article .
4 The text is mainly about
a an ancient sport.
b a famous sports person.
@ a combination sport.
d an idea in a cartoon story.
6 Michael Owen scored a last-minute goal
which saved the match.
The match _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ __
5
f
3
Put the events in the correct order.
• A Dutch man saw the cartoons.
• An artist drew pictures of the sport.
• The Dutch man decided to make the
idea a reality.
• There was a tournament in Japan.
• There were tournaments in Europe.
D
DJ
D
D
D
4
Complete the sentences with the
correct alternatives.
1 The rules of chess boxing are
@complex.
b basic.
c difficult.
d tricky.
2 A chess boxing match has
a a maximum of eleven
rounds.
b eleven rounds of chess and
eleven rounds of boxing.
c an unlimited number of
rounds.
d four rounds of chess and
two rounds of boxing.
C
hess boxing is a sport which combines the number one
thinking sport, chess, with the number one fighting
sport, boxing. 1_L: the two contestants have eleven
alternating rounds of chess and boxing. They play chess for four
minutes, have one minute to put on their boxing gloves and then
box for two minutes before having another minute to get ready
for the chess board again. Each competitor has a total of twelve
minutes on the chess clock and as soon as the time runs out,
the game is over.
2
The winner is decided by either winning the chess, running
out of time on the chess clock, the other person retiring or
giving up, a knockout hit in the ring, or a referee's decision. If the
chess game ends in a draw, the player with the higher score in
boxing wins. 3_j__ , the opponent with the black pieces wins.
£
The idea first appeared in a 1992 cartoon drawn by Yugoslavian
cartoonist Enl<i Bilal. 4_b_ Inspired by Bilal's book a Dutch artist,
lepe BT Rubingh, decided to bring the idea to life. Rubingh is
now head of the World Chess Boxing Organisation with the
motto: 'Fighting is done in the ring and wars are waged on the
board.' He is also the world champion. He organised and won
the first world championship in Amsterdam in 2003 and two
years later the I st European Chess Boxing Championship took
place in Berlin. Since then, the sport has spread beyond Europe
and there are international tournaments as far apart as Japan
and the USA
3 A player loses the match if
a they have eleven minutes
on their chess clock.
b he/she has the white
pieces.
c the referee doesn't like
him/her.
d he/she can't get up in the
boxing ring.
4 The idea for the sport first
came from
a the World Chess Boxing
Organisation.
b Amsterdam.
c a graphic novel.
d a Dutch artist.
5 The writer thinks the
sport is
a good because the players
are healthy.
b completely crazy because
it's dangerous.
c easier for chess players
because they are fit .
d a good example of an
ancient idea.
Combining the world's most brain challenging and brain
damaging sports may seem crazy but is it? 51)_ Top chess players
have to be very fit and, like top athletes, many of them follow
strict exercise and diet routines. Chess boxing demands the best
of competitors both physically and mentally so it fulfils the
classical ideal of a healthy mind in a healthy body (mens sana in
corpore sano). It's possibly the perfect combination of brains
and strength and it's definitely not a sport for the weak or
cowardly.
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WORD LIST
VOCABULARY ACTIVATOR
addicted '11'-\J'-'-C \ po.r' '\., c ice hockey
addiction \A~ c-, ~· 6 c ice-skating
addictive,30..&_, .c,l,{J.-tt·i::
ice-skating rink
aerobics Q t<. ae-~'''c
indoor/outdoor/individual/
athletics C.;, .<-C"' v·('
Winter/water Sport
athletics stadium
jigsaw
""'
awesome _
jogging ~ ocz
backache a l'lLCC> Gc ! \..'{_!.c.(_ keep on doing sth
badminton
level ~~'Nv
battlefield vlC' i..C c ·fO * 1' "ti lose weight 1cRQ\b 6e'c.
blister . ,
l ·,
multi-player
boxing
opponent in (sport/game)
boxing ring
option
break a leg..~ ( c ...((' -.~
original
""i
~G'-J
cancel
originate
captain in sports
pain~ Y>
cards
participant '.t" 0 · \-<->-t~
champion
patience ~~,n;< · '~
chase
r ~•rt·-·~
penalty in football
chess
practise a sport
cold (n) "'-'<'' r•~
put on weight
computer/strategy/
puzzle
car-racing/historical/
recommend
'shoot 'em up' _games
recover (from an illness)
corner kick •:f?·'0~~
referee
cough (v) \ (Cll,;.f •
rowing machine
count (=be important)
rugby
cricket
run a marathon
crossword
sailing
cut down on (fatty foods)'ff<r•iilscore (n/v)
decent c 1"...~c 1ca"t,
shot (in football)
desert
skiing
distinguish ;f«· -<(:l><-e•~(,\·;:.
ski lift
diving
ski slope
downside G,·-a:.. 'N ""
sneeze (v)
draughts \,1.1c.... h c'"'
snowboarding
drug \_, \\.tu• <
solitaire
educational o''b~t.e}<.t.t c
sore throat
exercise machine ·~ ,, •r r-, spectator
feel dizzy <OJ c 0-r-"~nwe squash (n)
first/second half ~re; ''
stay in shape
fool (deceive)\ - ,~·.c. Gf-" • substitute
football pitch
swollen
gain \~•:_u v It.CA ( ~<C!~'fC!'
take
part in
\:-,,_)CV'
game controls
take up a sport
game/video console
tennis court
gamer
the long jump
get over an illness ~"'1S~t twisted ankle
give up smoking
value for money
go on a diet
version
goalkeeper
virtual reality
golf
volleyball
golf course
vomit
graphics
vote
gym c.v,C'f'1 '.'.'.~""
waste of time
gymnastics
water-skiing
hand to eye co-ordination
weapon
handball
win a medal/cup
healthy
wind-surfing
hill walking o...lb• '-"-<~c<
winner
hooligans
work out (exercise)
hurt (v) '!,.'-v--Jo\(j;
World Cup
1
Activity
1 athletics
2 boxing
3 squash
4 skating
5 football
6 sailing
7 chess
8 card
9 golf
1
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Match the words which collocate. There is an extra
word in each column.
2
[E]
rn
~
[{]
El
Q]
[ill
[]]
Place/thing
a rink
b board
c pitch
d table
e ring
f court
g course
h stadium
i graphics
Label the pictures with the collocations in Exercise 1.
"' "'-·
1 athletics stadium
3
4
(!'/'>(\
v
·{c,ffc
5 _ _ _ _ __ _
6
-feel ,(
7 _ _ _ __ __
0
8
qc(f
3
Circle the correct prepositions in the doctor's advice.
Extend your vocabulary
1
Study the diagram and complete definitions 1-9.
Check in a dictionary if the words are separate,
hyphenated or form one word.
car
day
wear
'You need to get ~/at I on shape and stop
putting 2 over I in I on weight. You'll need to
cut down 3 at I in I on chips and other fatty
foods and take 4 in I over I up exercise. It's a
waste of time going 5 for I on I at a diet if you
don't work 6 in I out I at regularly. The local
gym has a discount for students so it's quite
good value 7 at I for I to money. You'll need to
keep 8 on I at I with going even if it gets boring
- remember, no pain, no gain.'
1
4
~)
manship - - - -
programme
Complete the advice with the correct form of the
words in brackets.
......... .. .. ... .... . . .. ..... ... .... ....
ffiess diving golf hill walking jogging
sports skating skiing
3 I hate running so I never _ _ _ _ _ __
4 He loves keeping fit so he _ _ _ _ _ __
a lot of different _ _ _ _ _ __
5 Her hair is wet because she
6 Next weekend we _ _ _ _ _ _ _ - but I
hope we don't go too high.
extreme
sports day
(n) a day when the pupils
of a school do athletics etc and
parents are the audience
2
(n) a low fast car with a
roof which opens
3 _ _ _ _ _ _ _ (n) a reporter who
describes a sports event for radio listeners or
television viewers
4 _ _ __ _ _ _ (n) a sport which people
go and watch
5 _ _ _ _ _ _ _ (n) a woman who plays
many different sports
6
(n) clothes you have for
sport - also casual clothes worn when you are
relaxing
7 _______ (n) behaviour that is
fair, honest and polite in a game or sports
competition
8 _ _ _ _ _ _ _ (n) a sports broadcast on
television or radio
9
(n) sports that have lots
of risk and are more dangerous than others
Complete the sentences with the correct form of
play, go or do and a word from the box. There are
two extra words.
beautiful board for my birthday.
2 When the lake froze last winter, we
- - -- spectator
1
games you can become 1 addicted (addict) . This
problem is psychological but the 2_ _ __
(repeat) can also cause physical problems. For
example, 3
(use) the mouse or game
controls for hours can make your hands and
(swell) . Also, when you sit for
wrists 4
too long in front of a computer, you can
develop backache if you aren't in a good
____ (sit) position. So, if you must keep
on playing computer games, make sure your
desk and chair are both at the right height and
that you take regular breaks.
1 I love playing chess so my parents gave me a
SPORTS
commentator
If you spend too much time playing computer
5
woman
2
Complete the sentences with words from Exercise 1.
1 Cheating is not an example of sportsmanship !
2A
is great in the summer
but it's not much fun when it's wet and windy.
3 I can never understand _ _ _ _ _ __
when they are describing a horse race.
4 Until the 1980s, most people didn't wear
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ unless they were going to
do some sport.
5 Tennis and football are both
_ _ _ _ __ _ , but squash isn't.
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The hard sell
GRAMMAR
Verb patterns
Longer sentence patterns
When we use two verbs together, the first verb is in the
appropriate tense, the second verb doesn't change.
Present Simple: We like to cook.
Past Simple: We liked to cook.
In addition, the first verb often decides the form of the
second one. The examples below show different verb
patterns.
Adverb + -ing verb
After eating such a big meal, I felt tired.
Before eating wash your hands.
By eating good food you'll feel healthier.
Instead of eating at home, let's go to a restaurant.
When eating in a Chinese restaurant, you share the dishes.
Without eating it I can't tell you what it tastes like.
Verb+ -ing
admit, avoid, can't stand, don't mind, fancy,
hate, imagine, keep, miss, practise, stop
doing
Verb + preposition/phrasal verb + -ing
dream about, feel like, give up,
.
look forward to, succeed at, think about cookmg
to be + adjective + preposition + -ing
b bad at, bored by, famous for, good at,
.
e interested in, proud of, sorry for, tired of argumg
Verb + to + infinitive
agree, choose, decide, expect, hope,
learn, manage, need, offer, promise,
refuse, seem, want, would like
to make (something)
Verb + object + to + infinitive
allow him, ask her, help me,
persuade them, tell us
Mind the trap?
Some verbs can be used with more than one
verb pattern and the meaning does not change:
She prefers eating convenience food. =
She prefers to eat convenience food.
However, with a few verbs such as stop and
remember, a different verb pattern changes
the meaning:
He remembered taking her photograph. (He had
a memory of doing this.)
He remembered to take her photograph. (He didn't
forget to take her photograph.)
I stopped reading the leaflet. (I looked away from
the leaflet.)
I stopped to read the leaflet. (I stopped what I was
doing and read the leaflet.)
t 1
0
eave
Verb + object + Infinitive (without to)
help her, let us, make them
cook
Modals + infinitive (without to)
might, must, should, will, can
1
happen
Complete the sentences with the correct form of eat.
1 I try to eat fruit every day.
2 I love _ _ _ my dinner on a tray in front
of the TV.
3 His mother made him
all his
vegetables before she allowed him _ _ _
any ice-cream.
4 Every year I give up _ _ _ chocolate for the
month after Mardi Gras.
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5 Although she hates cabbage, she managed
_ _ _ it when her friend cooked some.
6 When I had flu I couldn't _ _ _ anything.
7 If I'm on a diet, I think about
the time.
all
8 Do you fancy _ _ _ in a restaurant this
evening?
2
Complete the sentences with the correct form of the
verbs in brackets.
1 The pizza company promised to deliver
(deliver) within half an hour.
2 I always look forward to _ _ _ (have) a
big Sunday lunch.
4
Complete the advertisements with the correct form of
the verbs in the box.
. ..................................... . ............. . ...... . ... .
do drink eat (x 2) enjoy give
impress have make (x 2) sit use
'Hake up welcome
3 He's interested in
(cook) so I
usually buy him recipe books for his birthday.
Wonder Bread
Machine
4 When I was a child I wasn't allowed
____ (have) sugary drinks.
5 When we go to Spain we might _ __
(bring back) some olive oil.
6 She doesn't mind
way for a good meal.
(drive) a long
7 The children must
(finish) their
meals before they leave the table.
8 We were expecting
(get) a nice big
meal but he only gave us a boring sandwich.
9 I avoid
(buy) too much
convenience food.
10 We both love ____ (eat) but neither of
us likes
3
(cook).
Complete the sentences with the correct alternatives.
1 I _ buying her a cookery book for her
birthday.
@thought about b expect c manage
d might
2 You _ make a cake for his birthday.
a enjoy b look forward to c should
Can you imagine 1 waking up each morning to
the smell of freshly baked bread? If you are
bread by hand - all that
tired of 2
mess and hard work, the Wonder Bread
Machine is for you. Instead of working for
1s
hours in the kitchen, all you need 3
put the ingredients in, switch it on and you
the taste of
can look forward to 4
delicious fresh bread
just two hours later!
The Wonder Bread
Machine is so
simple, all the
family will want
____ it!
d need
3 We _ to buy some drinks before we get
on the train.
a can b stop c think about d need
Can you imagine 6_ _ _
in a Paris cate drinking a
perfect cup of coffee?
Well now, you can enjoy
7_ _ _ freshly made coffee
every day with Home Cate.
Home Cafe lets you
8
perfect coffee
every time. So, if you are tired
of 9
unpleasant
instant coffee and you want
10
your friends,
get Home Cate today!
4 The hotel's guests _ to have dinner in
the garden.
a chose b fancy c will d think about
5 He _
to make a meal with only four eggs,
some cheese and salad.
a succeeded at b managed c might
d imagined
6 We _to invite you for dinner next
weekend.
a love b think about c offer d would like
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surroundincrs t.h L . ., . tn elegant
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en uzgzs t th !.
w'hatever the occasio
s e p ace /or you.
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LISTENING
1 mm Listen and circle the best answers.
1 Max and Zoe are
a arguing.
@discussing.
c agreeing.
d making plans.
2 Max and Zoe are talking about _
a hidden advertisements in books.
b cinema and TV advertising.
c different types of advertising.
d magazine and newspaper adverts.
SPEAKING
1
Complete the conversations with phrases from
the box.
don't blame me
I'll speak to him about his behaviour
Your waiter was extremely rude to me
It's not vlhat I ordered
that was careless of me
there is a mistake in the bill
We'll replace it straight away.
3 Max is
what Zoe tells him.
a happy about
b not interested in
c surprised by
d amused by
2
mm Read the questions. Listen again and circle the
best answers.
1 'Product placement' is when a company _
a puts an advertisement in a film or book.
@pays for their goods to appear in a film.
c pays an actor to use their product.
d buys advertising time in a cinema.
2 Zoe gives Minority Report as an example of
a film with _ product placement.
a some
b a little
c too much
d enough
3 'Subliminal advertising' _
a is used by governments.
b uses hidden messages.
c uses fast music.
d is something you forget.
4 Governments think that subliminal
advertising _
a might work.
b definitely works.
c doesn't work.
d hasn't worked.
5 Zoe has heard that subliminal advertising _
on the Internet.
a will be used
b isn't used
c might be used
d is illegal
I
I
,
A Customer Excuse me, 1 _ _ _ _ _ _ __
I asked for the pasta. He asked for
the salad.
It 's not what I ordered
Sorry 2 _ _ _ _ _ __ _ __
Waiter
- I'll swap the plates for you.
B Customer Excuse me, 3 _ _ _ _ _ __ _
. We didn't have three
bottles of mineral water.
Waiter
I'm sorry madam, you did. There
are two on the table and one on
the floor here.
Customer You shouldn't have put it there.
Waiter
Please 4 _ _ _ __ _ __ __
I didn't put it on the floor.
C Customer 5 _ _ _ _ _ _ _ __ __
Manager I'm so sorry, madam. 8 _ _ _ __
Customer Thank you.
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WRITING
20th July
Dear Sir/Madam
m
I am writing to complain about the jeans (enclosed)
which I b'o ught from your website, Jeans2go.com, and
about your customer service.
[ill
I ordered the jeans on 23rd June, my credit card was
charged immediately but the jeans didn't arrive until
19th July. When they arrived the package was torn
and the jeans were damaged. I immediately telephoned
your helpline and was told that I would have to pay
to return the jeans if I wanted a refund .
CQ:IJ
I feel that it is unreasonable that I have to pay
for the postage because it is not my fault that
the jeans weren't packaged properly. Can I suggest
that you send out orders more promptly and that you
package things properly so they don't get damaged in
the post?
[Q:IJ
I would like a full refund of the cost of the jeans
£36 and I think you should refund the cost of the
return postage £3.75.
I look forward to hearing from you.
Yours fa ithful ly
Jasmine Kelly
1
Match topics 1-4 with paragraphs A-Din the letter.
1 explain the background to the problem and
what happened
2 say what you want them to do
3 say why you are writing
4 suggest how the company can improve its
service
2
Read the letter again. Find and underline examples
of these things.
• a formal greeting
• a complaint
• a suggestion
•a reason
• a standard closing expression
3
Choose one of the situations (1-3) below and write
a letter of complaint. Explain the situation, suggest
a way to improve the service and say what sort of
compensation you want. Remember to:
• structure your letter logically.
• use a formal style.
• be polite but firm.
1 You bought a new mobile phone and it
stopped working after three weeks.
2 You ordered and paid for two T-shirts
online. It is now a month later and you
haven't received anything.
3 You stayed at a youth hostel which was dirty
and unsafe.
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WORD LIST
ad break
ad/advert
advertising
advertising agency
appetising
apologise
artificial
baker's
billboard
blackcurrant juice
blame
book a table
bottle
broken
butcher's
capture sb's imagination
carton
cash dispenser
cash register
chain store
changing rooms
chemist's
cliche
coincidence
compensation
complaint
convenience food
convenient
cook (n)
cosmetics
creamy
delicious
department store
diet
dish (meal)
disruption
earphones
eat out
exchange sth for sth
fancy
faulty
fresh
frozen
greengrocer's
grocer's
heat (v)
horrific
income
informative
ingredient
in stock/out of stock
juicy
junk food
junk mail
lean
luxury (n)
marvel
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VOCABULARY ACTIVATOR
meat
microwavable
missing
natural
necessity
newsagent's
nutritious
official apology
on (special) offer
on sale
order (n)
order a meal/pizza
oven
packed lunch
pay by cash
peel
pet food
pet shop
plate
polish (n)
precooked
privacy
put up with
refund
replace
replacement
revolutionary
ridiculous
salt
saucepan
sensational
serve ((v)
shake
shoe shop
shop assistant
shopping centre/mall
shopping trolley
shrink
sliced
slogan
soup
spam
special
stale
stationery
stew
supermarket
sweat
takeaway
tasty
teabag
tinned
tough
TV commercial
underwear
variety (flavour)
vegetarian
1
Complete with words from the Word List.
Noun
1 appetite
2
3
4 convenience
5
6
7 information
8
9 microwave
10
11 nutrition
12
13 ridicule
14 sensation
2
Adjective
appetising
cliched
coincidental
cosmetic
disruptive
luxurious
necessary
private
Complete the sentences with words from Exercise 1.
1 If you arrange food properly on a plate, it
looks more appetising .
2 Do you think cosmetics are a
or a
?
3 It's important to start the day with a
breakfast or you won't have
enough energy.
4 I do most of my shopping in our local shop
because it is
5 A packet of soup should have
about the ingredients printed on the box.
6 Although most convenience food is
you can usually heat it up in a
normal oven too.
3
Complete the conversation with the correct form of
the words in brackets.
Can I help you?
I hope so. I'm afraid that I want to
make a 1 complaint (COMPLAIN).
Manager What's the problem, sir?
(FREEZE)
Customer I bought this 2
vegetarian meal here yesterday.
However, when I read the very
(INFORMATION) list of
ingredients I saw that it contains
butter which is animal fat.
Manager I'm sorry, sir, I must 4
(APOLOGY) on behalf of Trufood
Supermarket. Would you like a
(REPLACE)?
Customer No, thank you. I think I'd prefer to
(REFUND).
have my money 6
Manager
Customer
4
Complete the text with the correct alternatives.
A lot of young people in Britain have 1 unhealthy
diets which include too many 2
foods
3
which are full of fat and
. A lot of
schools for not educating
people 4
students to know about the benefits of having a
balanced, 5
diet. However, others say
that parents are at fault for allowing their kids
to eat too much 6
food and too many
1 a healthy b delicious c tasty d unhealthy
2 a special b natural c convenience
d appetizing
3 a salt b teabags c variety d ingredients
4 a marvel b capture c shake d blame
5 a vegetarian b artificial c sensational
d nutritious
6 a junk b carton c faulty d diet
7 a dishes b takeaways c plates d stews
5
Complete the restaurant review with adjectives
from the Word List.
~ tJ«&
with Mike Dee
If you are thinking of going to Luigi's for a romantic
dinner, don't! I took my favourite person there and
although the menu described the steaks as 1j!Jky_, the
fish as 2
from the sea and the ice cream as
thick and 3
- the truth was very different.
The first course was soup which was very salty and it
was served with 4
bread which must have been
at least three days old. The meat was 5
but it
was so 6
that it hurt my teeth, the fish was
definitely 7_ _ _ _ because it still had ice in the middle.
And to end it all, the ice cream wasn't - it was liquid!
6
Complete the text with words from the Word List.
I needed to buy an outfit for my cousin's
wedding so I went to the 1 shopping centre
because all the 2
are there. The
best 3
is Danvers because it sells
lots of different clothes and you can usually find
something you want. I spent ages looking around
asked if he
and then one of the 4
could help. I explained what I wanted and he
suggested a suit. I tried one on in the
______ and decided to buy it.
Unfortunately, when I took it to the
______ to pay, I discovered that I had
no cash and I left my credit card at home. I was
really annoyed but the cashier said she would
keep the suit for me while I went to the
______ to get some money from my
bank account.
Extend your vocabulary
The noun shop has two main meanings:
• a place where you buy things, eg a clothes
shop
• a place where things are made or repaired,
eg a machine shop
1
Read the definitions and complete sentences 1-7
below.
·
all over the shop (inf.)
things scattered
about untidily
set up shop (inf.) to start a business
shop someone (v inf.) to report someone to
the police
shop around (v) (1) to compare prices and
quality in different shops, (2) to look for
something better
shop floor (n) the area in a factory where
ordinary workers are
shop steward (n) a worker elected by other
workers in a factory or business to represent
them in discussion with the management
shoplift (v) to take something illegally from
a shop
shopsoiled (adj) something that is reduced
because it is slightly dirty or damaged
shut up shop (inf.) to close a shop or business
either temporarily or permanently
talk shop (inf.) to talk about things that are
related to your job
1 They shopped around for several months
before they decided where to live.
2 The company director had started her career
as a young worker on the _ _____
3 The trousers were half price because they
were
4 The thief's wife ______ him to the
police.
5 Our local cafe
when a fast
food chain opened next door to it.
6 I'm not surprised you can't find your football
shorts - your clothes are ______
7 When Harry and Steve get together they
______ all the time. It's so boring!
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SELF-ASSESSMENT TEST 7 I UNITS 13-14
VOCABULARY AND GRAMMAR
1
Complete the sentences with the correct
alternatives.
Complete the sentences with the
correct preposition.
Complete the article with the correct
alternatives.
(6 points)
(6 points)
1 The boxers faced each other across the
court I pitch ![ring).
2 He scored a goal during the first
part I half I set of the match.
3 The two golfers walked to the start of the
course I court I pitch and started the game.
4 They had to thank their goalsaver I
goalstopper I goalkeeper for helping them to
win the match.
5 There was a minute's silence in the pitch I
course I stadium to remember the team's
ex-captain who had died a few days before.
6 Do you prefer individual or group I band I
team sports?
7 In the summer, I go swimming or
wind-boarding I wind-sailing I
wind-surfing.
2
3
(6 points)
1 You don't have to go on a diet. Just do more
exercise.
2 We thought his first victory was just good
luck but he kept
winning all year.
3 Come on! Don't give
now. You can
do it!
4 You'll have to cut
on the amount of
fast food you eat if you want to lose weight.
5 I'm thinking of taking
skiing. Do you
have any advice for me?
6 I can't believe how much weight I put
_ _ _ while my leg was broken
7 I'd just got
my swollen ankle when
I broke my leg!
This is an excellent
film about a 15 yearold boy who dreams
about 1
football for
his favourite team,
Manchester City.
However, just because
it is about a 15 yearold doesn't mean that
only 15 year-olds will
enjoy it. This is a film
for everyone.
JilMY
llMllE
At school, Jimmy is
"THE BEST BRITISH FILM IN AGES"
bullied because most
boys support Manchester United and 2_ of the other boys
on the school team like him. His life is transformed when a
mysterious old lady gives him a pair of magic boots and, in the
next match, he manages 3_ the winning goal. He gets better
and better and 4_ his team mates are happy for him. Only
one is jealous of him and his 5_ magic powers. Before the
final match, his boots are stolen and he doesn't believe he can
play well without them. The first half is a disaster and his team
are losing 2-0. At half-time, though, he finds out that the boots
weren't magic and 6_ of his confidence returns. OK, it's not
very realistic but if you want your own 90 minutes of magic, I'm
sure you'll enjoy 7_ this film.
1 a doing @playing
2 a none
c going d making
c no d neither
3 a score b scoring c for to score d to score
4 a the most b every c most of d many
5 a boots b boot's c boots' d boot
6 a every b whole c all d each
7 a to watch b watch c by watching
b any
d watching
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4
Complete the text with a word from-the box
in each gap. There are three extra words.
(6 points)
LISTENING SKILLS
~ or any either both nor all
None neither of
1
.......................... ............... ...... .........
GllE!> Listen to the radio programme.
Are the statements true (T) or false (F)?
1 In Shop Talk, the presenters ask
consumers for their advice.
2 Bioyog doesn't contain anything
unnatural.
3 There aren't as many flavours of
Thick Crisps as advertised.
4 The Thick Crisps adverts lie about
the fat content of the crisps.
5 Thick Crisps are more unhealthy
than normal crisps.
6 Adverts for BestBurger Kids' Packs
don't tend to concentrate on the food
inside them
7 You can't buy the food in a Kids' Pack
without the pack
8 To get a free radio, you would have to
buy 50 Kids' Packs.
Dear Sir,
Why does 1 every food advertisement on TV seem
to feature a happy family of four w ith a big house
and car? 2
of the family are overweight,
even if they are eating fast food every time we
see them. Adverts which take p lace in the home
show a woman happily cooking a
p_e_rf_e_c_t-S-unday lunch 4
a man making a
complete mess of things but rescued by a packet
of sauce which turns his cooking into a gourmet
delight. Oh, and most 5
these families
have a big dog as well, I don't know why.
1have just seen two food advertisements and
of them were at all interesting,
did they make me want to buy the
COMMUNICATION
food being advertised.
1
6
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Yours
'Bef't-VO.W'\
Complete the complaints with one word
from the box in each gap.
(8 points)
D
D
D
D
0
D
D
D
(7 points)
rude missing run employees what
satisfied part ~ ordered
mistake arrived bill service
f: ie Ici iI/\.<=J
Bertram Fielding
5
Complete the sentences with the correct
form of the verbs in bracket~aving
(6 points)
1 I'm looking forward to _ _ (have) a
holiday next week
2 Instead of
(sit) at home _ __
(do) nothing, you should get out and do some
exercise.
3 I was always proud of _ _ _ (be) picked
for the school cricket team
4 Our games teachers expect us
(go)
running even when it is raining.
5 You promised
(take) us swimming
this week
6 You don't have to apologise for _ _ _ _
(come) last.
7 Don't let them _ _ _ (go) skating on the
lake. It's not safe.
1 I can't eat this meat. It's too toui;ah .
2 Excuse me, there's a ____ in the
- - - - . We didn't order coffee, but we
have been charged for it.
3 Look at this T-shirt. The dye has _ __
and all my washing is pink
4 I'm not
with the
. The
waiters are slow and rude and the cloakroom
attendant kept us waiting for our hats.
5 When I opened the box, I found that there
was a
so I can't use the
game.
6 Excuse me. This is not _ _ __
I asked for chicken, not steak
7 Hello, I'm ringing up about the books I
ordered from your Internet site seven weeks
ago. The order hasn't
yet and I want
to know what's happened.
8 Is that the manager? I'm staying at your hotel
and one of your
was extremely
to
me.
He
told
me
to ... well, I don't
--want to repeat what he said.
Total
/45
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SELF-ASSESSMENT TESTS: ANSWER KEY
TEST 1 I UNITS 1-2
1 2 search
3 cursor
4 click
5 download
6 icon
7 folder
2 2 out
READING SKILLS
1 1F 2C 3A 4G
COMMUNICATION
1 1 half 2 third
5H
68
7E
9b
Sc
3 into 4 on 5 around 6 up 7 down
3 2 themselves 3 each other 4 - 5 is having
6 himself . 7 me
'1 2 Jim blames himself for being late.
3 Kate and Sue argue with each other a lot.
4 I hope we enjoy ourselves at the party.
5 Tom has been working since 8 a.m. and he still
hasn't finished.
6 I have known Paul for seven years.
7 Look at yourself in the mirror.
5 2 has 3 is listening 4 recently downloaded
5 has also been watching 6 don't understand
7 has been trying
1 2 deserted 3 uninhabited 4 filthy 5 cramped
6 spacious 7 cosy
2 2 expelled 3 odd jobs 4 part-time 5 sacked
6 promoted 7 career
3 2d 3b 4c 5d 6b 7c
'1 1 can't 2 must 3 have 4 spent 5 been 6 know
5 2 not to go 3 if he believed 4 we thought it was
5 had been in town yesterday
6 why he/she/we/they hadn't told him (that)
7 asked us to (please)
LISTENING SKILLS
1 1F 2T 3T 4F
LISTENING SKILLS
1 1c 2b 3b 4a
COMMUNICATION
1 2d 3a 4e 5b
5F
6f 7g
6T 7F
SF
1 2 jury 3 sue 4 accused 5 sentence 6 witnesses
7 lawyer
2 2 burglars 3 robbery 4 shoplifting 5 rehabilitation
6 vandalism 7 racial
3 2 forgetful 3 stubborn 4 decisive 5 vain
6 predictable 7 greedy
'1 2 ought 3 would 4 had 5 could 6 shouldn't
7 didn't use to
3 would
READING SKILLS
1 1c 2a 3d 4a
4 have
5F
COMMUNICATION
1 2 long 3 please 4 do
7 wondering S sorry
6T
5 to
7T
5 mind
6 was
7 when
COMMUNICATION
1 2 Firstly 3 Secondly
7 point S least
4 see
TEST 5 I UNITS 9-10
5d
6a 7c Sa
g2
5 According to
6 prove
TEST 6 I UNITS 11-12
1 2d 3c 4a 5e 6f 7b
2 2 dimples 3 parting 4 fringe 5 stubble 6 plaits
7 wrinkles
3 2 an 3 absolutely 4 0 5 quite 6 very 7 the
.t 2 where the post office is? 3 we have met before?
4 what this means?
5 if/whether this train goes to Brighton?
6 what you are doing here? 7 what the time is?
5 2 eating 3 has 4 as 5 looks 6 having 7 have
6 must
COMMUNICATION
1 2 The thing is 3 I wasn't listening
4 I'm not sure what you mean
5 let me put it another way 6 let me finish
7 Do you know what I found strange S Are you saying
9 Just a second
3 He probably won't help us.
4 I won't join your organisation unless you are serious.
5 I'll buy you a dog as long as you take it for walks
every day.
6 He can sleep in the house provided that you wash
him first.
7 The dog wants his breakfast as soon as I get up.
'1 2 gets 3 have got 4 were 5 won't develop
6 won't escape 7 will live
5 2b 3d 4a 5d 6b 7c
f5
6 in five
READING SKILLS
1 1F 28 3E 4A
1 2 drought 3 earthquake 4 floods 5 hurricane
6 eruption 7 tsunami
2 2 double 3 lead 4 rise 5 faced 6 altering
7 wiped
3 2 We definitely won't be on time.
e-
5 fallen
ST
TEST 3 I UNITS 5-6
LISTENING SKILLS
1 a6 bl c8 d 3
4 risen
COMMUNICATION
1 2 shows 3 like 4 suggests
7 more S opinion
Sc
TEST 2 I UNITS 3-4
5 2 used to
3 most
h4
5 Where
i7
50
6F
7T
TEST 7 I UNITS 13- 14
1 2 half 3 course 4 goalkeeper 5 stadium 6 team
7 wind-surfing
2 2 on 3 up/in 4 down 5 up 6 on 7 over
3 2a
3d
4c
5c
6c
7d
'1 2 None 3 either 4 or 5 of 6 neither 7 nor
5 2 sitting/doing 3 being 4 to go 5 to take 6 coming
7 go
LISTENING SKILLS
1 1F 2T 3 F
4F
5T 6T 7 F
SF
COMMUNICATION
1 2 mistake/bill 3 run 4 satisfied/service
5 part/missing 6 what/ordered 7 arrived
S employees/rude
6 moving
TEST 4 I UNITS 7-8
1 2 bravery 3 ability 4 failure 5 achievement
6 succeed 7 fame
2 2 have 3 better 4 idea 5 take 6 most 7 were
3 2c 3e 4f 5a 6d 7b
'1 2 now 3 but I can't change 4 was being built
5 shout 6 had been able 7 hadn't been
5 2 have been told 3 am telling 4 told
5 had never been told 6 are told 7 are being told
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SELF-ASSESSMENT TESTS: TAPESCRIPTS
TEST 1 I UNITS 1-2
CR - company representative, LM - lost man, W- woman
CR Could everyone sit clown, please? The presentation for
the new Technoguard S3 home entertainment centre is
going to start very soon. Er, sir? Could you sit clown?
LM Er, I think I'm in the wrong place.
CR There are no right or wrong places ... just sit anywhere.
LM No, you don't understand .
CR Please. Thank you. Now, I don't need to tell you that
what you are about to see is top secret and won't be
made public until our sales launch in early November.
So, what is the Technoguard S3 and why is it special?
Sl - Speed. It does everything your home computer can
do but in a fraction of the time . You can convert music
from CDs into MP3s in less than a minute. You can put a
video onto DVD in under 5 minutes . Download 100
photos from your camera with one click. S2 - Simplicity.
Anyone can use it as we will demonstrate later. S3 Style, as you can see for yourself, this elegant machine
would look good in any room. Now, can I have a
volunteer to prove how simple this thing really is? How
about our friend who was in the wrong place earlier?
Yes, you. OK, sir. Here's the machine everything is
already connected up so you don't need to worry about
anything . Now, is there anyone with a task for our friend
to do? Yes, madam.
W I'd love to put the photos from this camera onto a DVD
slicleshow and have the song on this CD playing as
background music.
CR No problem at all. Now, sir, you've never seen this
machine before have you?
LM Er, no ... no, I haven't.
CR Well, I'll switch it on for you by just pressing this button
here. And I'll connect the camera here ... and insert the
CD here ... OK, off you go . As you can see ladies and
gentlemen, our friend here is typing in what he wants to
do ... 'Make a DVD of photos and music' ... and now the
machine is asking for details as you can see on the
screen ... 'Are the photos on disc or camera?', 'What is
the source for the music?' ... and now the instructions
lead him on really easily. OK the photos are
clownloaclecl. Now we have options; there are things like
'Make a CD cover' but we won't worry about that now
... so he is clicking 'Ready to start' ... here's a disc to
insert, one of our own Technoguard High Quality
discs of course. That's in, he is clicking 'Create' now
watch the numbers counting clown on the screen 5-4-32-1 ... and the disc is ready. So, let's just check the
photos on the DVD - there's nothing embarrassing here
is there? Ooh lovely ... beautiful ... we'll have to leave it
there I'm afraid. So, here's your disc madam and thank
you, sir, for helping us. I know you'll be going back to
your sales area now and be ready to market the
Technogaurd S3 in November.
LM No, not really.
CR What?
LM That's what I was trying to say earlier. I'm in the wrong
place. I'm not a Technoguard salesman at all. I work for
Compwnedia . I should be in meeting room C4. It was a
very interesting talk, though, thank you ..
ourselves and our planet. I suppose I could be wrong,
though.
Speaker 3 Well, I'm 65 and I've been hearing about the encl
of the world for a long time now. I was born during the
Second World War and grew up with the Cold War and
nuclear crises. I read that Nostraclamus predicted the encl
of the world in 1996 and nothing happened. One'tlay, we'll
probably kill ourselves with a bomb but it won't be in my
lifetime.
Speaker 4 One thing is clear and that is we can't go on as
we are doing. It 's no good relying on scientists to sort out
the mess and we certainly can't look to politicians or
business men to help us. No, it will need all of us to alter
our lifestyles - use less electricity, not drive so much,
recycle more, eat organic food. Unless we do all those
things and more, the planet will just die one clay.
Speaker 5 I'm worried about natural resources running out
before we've clone anything about finding new sources of
energy. Can you imagine life without petrol or electricity?
It would probably be good for us if our machines were
switched off for a while but it wouldn't be easy, especially
for the younger generation who have been used to having
these things their whole life.
Speaker 6 I'm keeping my fingers crossed. I know there are
problems and I know I can't do anything about them but
there are some very intelligent people out there who must
be spending their whole lives in laboratories researching
into new sources of energy. They'll come up with
something.
Speaker 7 If you look around at greedy people using up the
Earth's resources or starting wars you can't be optimistic.
We are destroying our planet and, if it was just up to us, the
planet wouldn't last another 50 years . But, you know, I can't
believe my kids or grandchildren will behave in the same
way. Just by looking at where we went wrong, they will be
able to do the right thing.
Speaker 8 You know what I don't understand? Why do
governments spend so much on space exploration? I mean,
if scientists want to discover ways of overcoming the
problems of this world, they would be better off looking
here. If there is a solution to our problems, this is where it
will be.
TEST 5·1 UNITS 9-10
P - Presenter, S - Scott Freeman
P Today we are very pleased to welcome singing star Scott
S
P
S
P
S
TEST 3 I UNITS 5-6
Speaker 1 I worry a lot about the world and what we're
doing to it. But, you know what I think? I think one clay
we'll all be sitting here, living our lives, when something
completely unexpected will happen - a nuclear accident,
a meteor, something like that - and that will be that.
Goodbye Earth.
Speaker 2 Sometimes I worry, of course. War, pollution, no
more natural resources, sea levels rising. But I have faith in
our ability to survive. Just when it looks as if all is lost, we
will find a way round it. I just can't believe that we'll destroy
P
Freeman who has just released his latest record, 'School
clays'. Good morning, Scott, lovely to have you on the
show.
Good morning to you, Judy. Great to be here.
So, I guess the first question to ask is about your school
clays. What kind of a student were you?
Oh! Well ... er not the best, it has to be said, although I
never got into any real trouble.
You weren't expelled or anything like that?
No, no. But from the age of about 12 I knew I was going
to be a star, although at that time I thought I might be a
sports star, not a singer. I was in the school's junior rugby
team and played for Hampshire Schoolboys a couple of
times. When you get that serious about anything it takes
up a lot of your time and I was practising 4 or 5 times a
week.
So, what happened?
Well, when I was 14, I fell in love.
S
P Aha.
S And the girl, Sally Thomas, was keen on acting. She
promised to come and watch me play rugby if I got a
part in the school play with her. I must have been in
love because I agreed. It was a musical, and I joined the
chorus. I really started to enjoy myself and, one clay, I
was standing on my own singing one of the songs from
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the play, just feeling happy. The teacher who was
organising the whole thing overheard me and, well, to
cut a long story short, I got the lead part.
A clever teacher!
Yes. The only problem was that I had to spend a lot of
time with the leading actress, a very nice fifth former
called Mandy. I guess Sally might have been jealous
because she left me for another boy in my class.
Oh dear ..
But I loved being on the stage and the star of the show.
Anyway, going back to your original question, the
schoolwork, which I was never brilliant at, got even worse
and I enclecl up leaving school at 16 with two GCSEs, in
drama and music - not surprisingly. I enjoyed school,
though, and most of the teachers were cool enough to
realise I was never going to become a doctor or scientist
or anything like that and the best thing for me was to
concentrate on what I was good at.
Definitely the right thing to do.
The song's nothing to do with any of that, though. It
couldn't really be because I didn't even write it. It's about
being in a gang and learning about life from your mates,
playing truant, which I never die! and generally trying to
act all grown up at the age of 15. There were people like
that at my school, there are at every school, I guess, but
it's not about anyone special.
three points, though. Unfortunately, you need ten points
for the smallest prize, which I would imagine is worth
about 50p. The best prize is a radio which requires
50 points. That's 17 packs. I think I'd rather go to my
local electrical store and buy a better radio for half the
money of the packs and use the rest to buy some healthy
fresh food from the shops.
P Thanks, Shelley. So, the advice is, don't bother with
BestBurger Kids' Packs. Now you may remember that
last week, we .
TEST 7 I UNITS 13- 14
P - Presenter, C - Clare, D - Don, S - Shelley
P Good evening and welcome to Shop Talk, the weekly
consumer affairs programme which gives you, the
consumer, advice, warnings and recommendations about
products in the shops. This week, we are looking at
children's food products which are being heavily
aclvertisecl on TV at the moment. Which ones to buy, if
any, and which ones to avoid. And we start with Bioyog.
As usual, I'm joined by my team of reporters, Clare, Don
and Shelley. Clare.
C Yes, this is aclvertisecl as being 100% natural, full of
vitamins and tasty enough for any child. Well,
surprisingly, perhaps, it seems that the adverts are telling
the truth. There is nothing aclclecl to the natural fruit
juice and organic yoghurt. And it is very tasty. One wore!
of warning, though - it does have a lot of sugar in it.
Natural sugar but it's still not very good for children's
teeth so make sure you brush well after eating one of
these.
P So, Bioyog gets the thumbs up from Clare. What about
Thick Crisps in ten different flavours, Don?
D Well, I've eaten a crisp from every packet and they
certainly do have ten different flavours but not exactly as
they are advertised. The chicken tastes like bacon and
the Chinese Crispy Duck tastes like nothing on earth.
There are no actual lies in the advert but there are lots of
things unsaid. For example, the fat content is about
double that of a normal packet of crisps and even a small
packet contains 750 calories. They also contain more salt
and more chemicals. All crisps are bad for you but these
are really bad.
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P Oh clear. No Thick Crisps for me, then. Lastly, we have
Shelley out and about looking at the new BestBurger
Kids' Pack. There has been lots of aclvertisi.p.g for these
on TV. Shelley, what are they like?
S Hello from BestBurger Brighton. The advertising here in
the restaurant is much more concerned with the prizes
you can get by collecting points on the packs than the
food inside them. And that's not surprising because,
when you open them up, you'll get a big disappointment.
You could buy all the food inside for a little over half the
price of the pack if you bought it separately. This one has
five, small chicken pieces, chips, a pie and a drink. That
would cost me about £1.80 but the pack was £3. I do get
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