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Answer Key
1  Conversation 5
1 was standing
4
a) skill
2 was telling b) efficiently
Grammar 3 was going
4 was always taking
c) competence
d) fulfill
1 5 was beginning e) satisfying
a) Eavesdropping at work can 6 ’ve bought f) consideration
get you into big trouble! / 7 ’ve remembered g) achievable
Eavesdropping can get you into 8 ’ll be getting
9 ’re watching
5
big trouble at work!
b) I had a really interesting 10 had been listening a) considerate
conversation with a complete 11 hadn’t heard b) satisfactory
stranger recently. / I recently had 12 were just waiting c) fulfilling
a really interesting conversation d) achievements
6 e) skilled
with a complete stranger. /
Recently I had a really interesting a) been being been f) efficient
conversation with a complete b) have laid be lying g) competent
stranger. c) ✓
d) might be having might have had
6
c) I hate people who talk endlessly
e) ✓ a) Fancy
about themselves all the time.
f ) been understanding understood b) surprise; expecting
d) I overheard the most incredible
g) he finally gets he’s finally getting / c) must; heard
conversation on the bus the other
he’s finally gotten d) have
day! / I overheard the most
h) ✓ e) things
incredible conversation the other
f) great
day on the bus! / The other day
I overheard the most incredible Vocabulary 7
conversation on the bus! 1 All good, I hope.
e) I talk to my grandmother on the 1
2 Just a sec. Yes, I do. Here you go.
phone at least once a month. a) animated 3 Not bad at all. And what about
f) I tried to call my boyfriend last b) hilarious you?
night, but he didn’t answer the c) frustrating 4 Yes, I am, for the first two days.
phone. / Last night I tried to d) in-depth And you?
call my boyfriend, but he didn’t e) pointless 5 Same here! I had no idea you knew
answer the phone. f ) lengthy Lottie.
g) bizarre 6 I know. It’s totally amazing!
3 h) one-sided
1 Earlier on in the day, I had really i) intense; intimate 8
wanted my parents to meet my a) 4
boyfriend. 2
b) 5
2 She just didn’t answer the a) get across c) 1
question, frankly. b) be on the same wavelength d) 2
3 Later, I really regretted asking Jane c) flowed e) 3
to come to the party. d) butting in f) 6
4 Normally, I’d just talk to him about e) drones on and on
f ) hogs
it.
5 Jack only knew how to read g) hunt around for Pronunciation
Arabic. h) always has something to say 1
6 Sometimes, I think she finds my 3 a) N
obsession with neatness annoying. b) A
a) butting in
4 b) hogging
1 b c) flows; hunt around for
2 b d) get … across
3 b e) drones on and on
4 b f ) on the same wavelength
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a) N Suggested answers boss played God
b) A a) scream, shout, sob 2 The name of the game in
c) N b) don’t waste time, don’t really talk business today is equality
d) A things out c) 1 The cathedral stood in the main
e) A c) how are you going to win the next square
f) N argument? 2 The personal and private
d) if you’re looking for a bit of peace worlds of the people who
lost their homes, their loved
Reading and quiet, try doing the opposite
ones, and their lives could be
1 5  a glimpsed through the broken
facades.
a) The Female Brain (C)
6
b) All Ears (A)
c) Talking from 9 to 5 (B) 2  Taste a) Down came the rain and washed
2 the dust away.
a) C Grammar b) In the kitchen could be heard the
sound of raised voices.
b) A
c) C 1 c) Bobbing gently on the water were
We had a great dinner. Lucy cooked half a dozen fishing boats.
d) B
for us, and she’s a fantastic cook. We d) The Western Isle was the name of
e) A
started with some great little smoked the restaurant.
f) B
salmon canapés. They were absolutely e) Homey, simple, and down-to-earth
g) C
delicious! Then we had some cold are the best words to describe it.
h) A
cucumber soup and tiny little fingers f) Long gone were the days of peace
3 b of crisp toast. The main course was and harmony.
incredible; you really should have g) What had happened, we didn’t
4 really know.
seen it. She brought out a tray of
a) sardine-style fresh lobsters and served them with h) When she’d be coming back, we
b) teeming a very simple green salad. I thought had no idea.
c) multifarious I couldn’t possibly eat any more, but
d) gets ahead
e) erect
when she brought out the dessert, a Pronunciation
home-made chocolate mousse, it was
f) stumped a) cauliflower, criticism
just too good to resist!
g) accessible b) intricate, microwave, strawberries,
2 vegetables
Writing a) a delicate sweet white wine with
just a hint of vanilla
c) convenience, delicious, exquisite,
refreshing, selection
1 b) a cup of strong piping hot coffee
a) T straight from the pot Vocabulary
b) F c) a mixture of tangy citrus juices
c) T with just a touch of champagne 1
d) T d) a glass of ice-cold water with a a) thriving
couple of fresh mint leaves and a b) reverie
2 slice of lemon c) clientele
a) show anger e) a glass of fresh full-fat milk d) GPS
b) using always and never straight from the refrigerator e) chugged
c) the argument f ) a steaming cup of hot chocolate f) thrust
d) the other person’s with a dollop of cream on top g) bobbing
e) the problem h) concrete
f) the opposite of the advice given in 3 i) launch
the five steps a) delicious dark chocolate
b) spicy Mexican bean 2
3 c) strong black Italian a) informal – homey
1 they d) exquisite hand-painted ceramic b) fantastic – exquisite
2 that e) large shiny red c) played loudly – blared out
3 this f ) tiny blue speckled d) expensive – pricey
4 the g) beautiful new china e) successful – thriving
h) best ice-cold French f) a mixture of flour, milk, and egg
whites – batter
5 g) a businessman – an entrepreneur
a) 1 The New York Jets’ star player, h) regular customers – clientele
Ricky Williams, went down i) drove away quickly – sped off
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a) 4 a) There is no doubt that smoking
b) 2
1 can lead to cancer.
c) 5 a) Spanish / tapas b) It is widely believed that climate
d) 1 b) friendly and relaxed change is the greatest challenge
e) 6 c) no facing our society.
f) 3 3 c) It appears that the rate of
population growth in China is
4 a) a movie beginning to decrease.
a) tasteless b) The review gave an inaccurate d) It would seem that people believe
b) tasteful impression of the movie. governments are not doing enough
c) taster 4 about global warming.
d) tasting
e) tasteless a) 3 4
f) tasty b) 2 a) no
g) tastefully c) 1 b) Only
c) no
5
a) bad 3  City d) Not
e) Not
b) acquired f) no
c) share g) Not
d) accounting Grammar h) Only
e) medicine
f) victory 1 5
g) poor It has been suggested that cellular a) after
b) sooner
7 phones will be the tobacco of the 21st
c) only
1 That can’t be right! century. It appears that their use is
almost as addictive as cigarettes, with d) never
2 That may be, but e) after
3 I know, it’s awful, isn’t it? psychologists’ reports claiming that
there is evidence that users display f) rarely/seldom
4 that’s garbage! g) seldom/rarely/never
5 I think you’ll find that withdrawal symptoms if deprived
of their cell phones for more than h) barely
6 Oh, I don’t know,
7 I rest my case! 24 hours. There is certainly no doubt 6
8 I guess you’re right. that cell phone use in public is just a) Only after I had left the city did I
as annoying as smoking. Phone-free realize how much I loved it.
zones are already being set up in
Listening movie theaters and restaurants, and
b) No sooner had we moved into
our new house than our troubles
1 it would seem that trains will soon be began.
following suit, with “cell phone” and c) Not only were the local people
1 c
“non-cell phone” cars available on all rude to us, but they also ignored
2 d
commuter services. On a more serious the children.
3 a
note, it is now widely believed that d) Never had we imagined that
4 b
excessive cell phone use may cause people could be so hostile.
cancer, and it has been proposed e) Only after two months did we
2 that all cell phones should carry a make our first friend.
1 b government health warning similar to f) Rarely/Seldom did we see him,
2 a the one displayed on cigarette packs. however, and life was still lonely.
3 d 2 g) Rarely/Seldom/Never had the
4 c children been so quiet (before).
a) appears; seems
b) hardly any; little h) We decided to go back to the city.
Barely had we put up a “For Sale”
3 c) believed; recognized
d) evidence; proof sign when the people began to be
a) 2 friendly towards us!
b) 1 e) appear; seem
c) 4 f ) proved; shown
d) 3
4
a) on
b) to
c) at
d) on
e) on
f) to
g) up
h) at
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1 eateries a) fierce
1 2 gorge b) prestige
a) Its beauty is not as awe-inspiring 3 handily c) emblem
as other cities. 4 gawk at d) reinstated
b) Everyone seems to stay out late, 5 rant e) tricky
as though some unwritten law 6 check out f) cash in on
forbade sleeping before dawn. 7 street performers g) participating
c) You’re constantly jostled by h) in their wake
hawkers and hordes of tourists. 8
d) You can find pockets of another
time, such as an old wooden
a) I really did enjoy the movie last
night. It’s one of the best movies Writing
house, a kimono shop, or a small I’ve ever seen. 1
inn. b) You’re right about the new 1 Furthermore,
e) You might even see an old lady in stadium. It does look a little bit 2 For instance,
a traditional dress sweeping the out of place. 3 On the other hand,
sidewalk outside her home with a c) Shopping malls are fine if you’re 4 However,
straw broom. looking for convenience, but I 5 Nonetheless,
f) It’s the city’s hyperactive rush that do think local street markets are
really draws the people here. much more interesting. 2
d) Our neighbors are really friendly, Suggested answers
2 but they do make a lot of noise 1 ST –
crowded   dawn   fog   gawk sometimes! 2 LT +
hall   law   modern   splendor e) My elementary school was really 3 ST +
sprawl   world small, but it did have an enormous 4 ST +
sports field. 5 LT +
Vocabulary f ) My office is a mess. It really 6 ST +
does need a good, thorough 7 ST –
1 reorganization. 8 LT +
a) 3 9 ST +
b) 4
9
10 ST +
c) 5 a) The thing I love most about it is 11 ST –
d) 6 the dome.
e) 1 b) It’s the way that it reflects the 4
f) 2 sunlight that I love. Suggested answers
c) What I also like are the spectacular a) 4
2 views from the tower. b) 1
a) magazine d) One thing I don’t like is that c) 4
b) meeting you have to pay to go inside the d) 4
c) family cathedral. e) 2
d) houses e) It’s the square with its palm trees f) 3
e) talk swaying in the wind that I love. g) 2
f) village f ) What I really like is the fact that h) 1
there’s always a cool ocean breeze.
3
a) tacky
b) in-your-face Reading 4  Story
c) soaring 1
d) bustling
e) haphazard
The events are now open to women. Grammar
The Olympic emblem with the five
f) awe-inspiring colored rings was introduced. 1
5 The torch relay was introduced. a) of leaving
a) to make way for a new shopping The Games are now televised. b) to send
mall The number of events and countries c) to have opened
b) put a finger on taking part has increased. d) of driving
e) of signing
c) lived on top of each another 2 f) to resume
d) fell prey to a) F
e) worked its magic on me b) T
6 c) F
a) street performers  4 d) F
b) check out  5 e) F
c) gorge  7 f) F
d) rant  3 g) T
e) gawk at  6 h) F
f) handily  1
g) eateries  2

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a) were going to leave way before a) it’s a long story
dark b) tattle-tale
1
b) was on the verge of giving up hope c) cock-and-bull story a) Della and Jim
c) were hoping / had been hoping to d) the story of my life b) They are married.
set off by 5:30 p.m. e) sob story c) Della – her beautiful hair;
d) wasn’t going to tell him about Jack f ) to cut a long story short Jim – his gold pocket watch
e) was originally to take / to have g) old wives’ tale d) hair combs, a gold chain for the
taken place at nightfall watch
f) was just about to reveal everything
4
a) unfaithful
2
g) (that) my parents would be a little
disappointed b) astute a) 3
h) was going / had been going to pay c) gullible b) 9
her a visit d) plausible c) 1
e) unscrupulous d) 2
3 f ) skeptical e) 4
1 would be swallowing g) fishy f) 5
2 would be living g) 8
3 were on the verge of colonizing
5 h) 6
4 were going to be delivering 1 f i) 7
5 would be 2 c
No, the events happened in a different
6 were going to be flying 3 g
order. The selling of the watch is
7 would last 4 e
delayed until the very end so that
5 d
5 6 b
the reader discovers the irony of the
Christmas gifts at the same time as
a) 2 7 a
Della.
b) 1
6
c) 8 3
d) 5 a) 6
a) scrape together
e) 4 b) 5
b) auburn
f) 7 c) 3
c) flung on
g) 6 d) 7
d) marched
h) 3 e) 2
e) lock
f) 4
6 g) 1
f) prized
g) handed over
a) particularly
b) Likewise
7 h) glimpse
a) How awful / Oh, no. What a i) trembling
c) such as; too
nightmare j) fumbled
d) To be accurate
e) Strictly speaking b) I don’t blame you / I’m not
f) or even surprised Writing
g) that is to say; on the other hand c) Oh, no. What a nightmare /
How awful 1
h) In addition
i) at any rate d) Lucky you / Oh, wow! The following are included:
j) then e) What a relief a, b, d, e, f, i, j
k) Say 2
Pronunciation a) 9
Vocabulary 1 b) 11
1 c) 8
a) ✓
d) 10
a) short story b) ✗
e) 5
b) fairy tale 2 f) 1
c) fable g) 2
a) i)  ✗ ii)  ✓
d) legend h) 7
b) i)  ✗ ii)  ✓
e) mystery i) 6
c) i)  ✓ ii)  ✗
f) anecdote j) 12
d) i)  ✓ ii)  ✗
g) myth(s) k) 3/4
e) i)  ✗ ii)  ✓
h) news story l) 4/3
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Grammar
1 b) Is this the hotel in which we stayed
Flower power
A florist in Chicago is offering
bunches of dead roses wrapped
in black paper for jilted lovers to
send to their exes. The owner says
the inspiration for the idea was her
boyfriend, whom she split up with
last month.
Security risk
A shoplifter was given a six-week
jail sentence by a court in Nebraska
yesterday after he removed a security
tag from an item of clothing and tried
to walk out of the store with it so it
couldn’t be used as evidence. “It’s not
something I’m proud of,” Paul Gracia,
26, said as he left the court. It is the
fifth shoplifting offense of which
Gracia has been convicted.
Counting on the money
A woman from Michigan, for whom
Dracula and vampires have been
a life-long obsession, has set up a
company which imports and sells
coffins from Transylvania. The
company sells five different products,
the most popular of which is painted
blood red.
Hitting the jackpot
A man for whom the local golf
club was a second home, and who
bought his wife a lottery ticket only
to stop her complaining, has won
the $500,000 jackpot. And what is the
lucky Mr. Stein going to treat himself
to first? “There’s a new set of clubs
I’ve been saving up for,” he said.
2 Ronaldo. In – June 2009, Ronaldo
a) This is the store I got my camera
from.
b) Is this the hotel (which) we stayed
in last year?
c) Jo is someone on whom you can
always rely.
d) It’s technically a crime, but nothing
for which you’d be arrested.
e) The person (who) you need to
speak to is not here right now.
f) Are they the people with whom
Scott went on vacation?
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a) This is the store from which I got
my camera.  F
This is the store I got my camera
from.  I
last year?  F
Is this the hotel (which) we stayed
in last year?  I
c) Jo is someone you can always rely
on.  I
Jo is someone on whom you can
always rely.  F
d) It’s technically a crime, but nothing
you’d be arrested for.  I
It’s technically a crime, but nothing
for which you’d be arrested.  F
e) The person to whom you need to
speak is not here right now.  F
The person (who) you need to
speak to is not here right now.  I
f ) Are they the people Scott went on
vacation with?  I
Are they the people with whom
Scott went on vacation?  F
4 John Pemberton. This is generally
a) He earns about $200 a week, most
of which he spends on computer
games.
b) I have a few friends in California,
most of whom live in Los Angeles.
c) We made a lot of food for the party,
most of which didn’t get eaten.
d) There are eight Ivy League colleges
in the USA, the oldest of which is
Harvard.
e) We have exams all next week, the
first of which is math.
5 group’s manager, Brian Epstein,
a) In 2003, – Manchester United
bought Portuguese soccer
player Cristiano Ronaldo as a
replacement for David Beckham.
The team paid $20 million for
was sold to – Real Madrid for $130
million, giving the team a profit of
$110 million on – top of the three
league titles and six trophies they
won while he was playing for
them.
b) Swiss watches and the companies
making them used to be the envy
of the world. However, primarily
due to strong competition from
– Japanese companies during
the 1970s and 80s, sales of –
Swiss watches worldwide fell
drastically. The Swiss and the
Japanese decided to collaborate,
and the result was a product called
“Swatch®.” Today Swatch accounts
for – 50% of all – watches sold.
c) In the early 1950s, small-time
record producer Sam Phillips
had an exclusive contract with
a young unknown singer he
had discovered. In 1955, he sold
the contract to the RCA record
company for – $35,000. That singer
was Elvis Presley, and Phillips lost
–/the income from over a billion
records, CDs, and downloads.
d) In 1888, businessman Asa
Chandler bought the rights to
– Coca-Cola® from its inventor,
regarded as one of the best
business decisions ever made.
However, ten years later, in one of
the worst business decisions ever,
Chandler sold the bottling rights
for just $1. Today, a billion units of
Coca-Cola are produced each day.
e) In one of the most infamous
business decisions ever made,
Decca Records turned down the
Beatles in – January 1962. After
a fifteen-song audition at Decca
studios, the company told the
“We don’t like your boys’ sound. –
Groups are out; four-piece groups
with – guitars particularly are
finished.”
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a) office; mall
b) home; school
c) work; school
d) Tom’s house; Café Coco
e) café; movies
f) police; government
g) music of Brahms; Brahms you
were playing last night
h) home; school
i) paella in this restaurant; paella my
mother makes
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a) the – a) broke
b) – a b) discounted
1
c) – a c) lavish a) 6
d) – the d) affordable b) 4
e) the – e) overpriced c) 5
f) a – f ) exorbitant d) 1
g) the – g) frugal e) 2
f) 3
6
Pronunciation a) that’s a little more than I was
2
a) /ðə/ TV remote control is on /ðə/ prepared to pay a) The story is about a couple who
table. b) Could you give me a discount inherited a farm and discovered
b) Is /ði/umbrella in /ðə/ hallway? c) it’s still a little above my price a time capsule containing details
c) This is /ði/ oldest building in /ðə/ range about relatives that they didn’t
city. d) Is that your best price know existed
d) Don’t use /ðə/ printer. /ði/ ink’s e) I think I’ll pass then b) ii
running out. f ) how much do you want to pay c) Jennifer’s feeling about their new
e) /ði/ ice rink is next to /ðə/ park. Just g) OK, I’ll take it family  6
before /ðə/ college building. The business idea and how it came
f) /ði/ exam’s on /ði/ 8th. In /ði/ Reading about  3
A brief summary of the story  1
afternoon.
g) /ðə/ movie was great. /ðə/ scene at 1 Details of their discovery  4
/ði/ end was amazing. Kyle MacDonald traded a paper clip The couple’s plans for the future  7
for a house via several other trades Background information about
Jennifer and Tyler  2
Vocabulary including a fish-shaped pen, a snow
globe, and a Hollywood movie role. The consequences of their
1 discovery  5
2
a) make do
a) He was living in rented
b) shop around
c) impulse buy accommodations with his
girlfriend.
6  Mind
d) fancy meal
e) down payment b) He was a pizza-delivery man and

3
couldn’t afford to buy his own Grammar
home.
1 get into c) To set up a website and trade a red 1
2 live on paper clip for something bigger a) I’m feeling – I feel
3 run up and better and to trade that item b) ✓
4 splashing out and so on until he had a house. c) been hearing – listened to / been
5 get by d) He got the idea from the children’s listening to / heard
6 save up game “Bigger and Better.” d) was hearing – heard / could hear
7 cutting back e) Because at one point he traded e) ✓
8 get around an afternoon with rock star Alice f) I’m smelling – I (can) smell
9 came through Cooper for a snow globe. g) ✓
10 paying off f ) one of the inhabitants of Kipling h) is tasting – tastes
g) the level of interest from the public
4 2
h) make a wedding ring out of it
a) the red a) can hear
b) cost; frills 3 b) couldn’t taste
c) off; robbery swap    exchanged c) ’m smelling
d) able to hear
4 e) could actually see
a) set out to f) could smell
b) goal g) can feel
c) out of the question h) both are possible
d) set up
e) lost his marbles 3
f ) string a) listening
g) novel b) can hear
h) quirky c) taste / smell
i) stirred up d) can feel
j) housewarming party e) ’m feeling / feel
f) could see
g) smell
h) looking
i) watch
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1 having spent a) phobia a) stimulate, stimulation
2 hearing b) overcome b) observe, observation
3 demanding c) nap c) recognize, recognition
4 having overbooked d) docile d) active, activity
5 shouting and protesting e) addiction e) regular, regularity
6 wanting f ) tattered f) creative, creativity
7 Appeased g) spotted g) popular, popularity
h) perfect, perfection
5 5 i) familiar, familiarity
a) Not having understood what a) up j) anxious, anxiety
she’d said, he did the exercise b) own
incorrectly.
b) Being American, he finds it hard
c) two
d) off Listening
to follow them when they start e) out 1
speaking Spanish. f ) alike a) Mark: work
c) Having worked really hard at g) over Kay: commuting to work
the meeting, we all went out for h) on Liza: taking care of her children
dinner on the company.
d) Not knowing the area very well,
6 b) Mark: he finds it hard to relax after
a) the last thing on my mind work
there’s a danger he’ll get lost. Kay: she feels tired at the end of
e) Cleared / Having been cleared of b) mind her own business
c) of two minds the day and often suffers from
theft by the court, he immediately headaches
got his old job back. d) mind over matter
e) Make up your mind Liza: sometimes she gets so tired
f) Lost in thought, he didn’t notice she cries
that his train had pulled out of the f ) great minds think alike
g) going out of my mind c) Any two of the following:
station. Mark: plays sports, goes running,
g) Not being particularly interested h) take your mind off
goes to the gym, plays squash
in the talk, she decided not to go. 7 Kay: has a hot bath, plays some
h) Delayed by the traffic on the soft music, reads a book, does
a) Is it OK if I leave this until
highway, James was extremely some cooking
tomorrow?
late. Liza: leaves the children with
b) Would you mind repeating that,
i) Intrigued by the news, she wanted their grandmother, goes to a
please?
to know more. movie or art exhibition, reads the
c) May I bring my husband with me?
j) Not having made a very good newspaper, meets a friend for
d) Do you mind if I smoke at the
impression at the interview, she lunch
table?
was worried that she wouldn’t get
e) Would you mind turning the 2
the job.
volume down a little / turning
down the volume a little? a) Liza
Vocabulary f ) Can I swap seats with you, please? b) Kay
c) Mark / Kay / Liza
1 8 d) Mark
a) gaze a) 2 e) Mark
b) examine b) 4 f) Liza
c) recognize c) 6 g) Liza
d) dart d) 5 h) Kay
e) observe e) 3
f) scan
3
f) 1
a) unwind
2 b) fidgety
a) examined Pronunciation c) get away
b) darting 1 d) pent-up
c) recognize e) soul-destroying
a) stimulation
d) observed f) drained
b) observation
e) scanned g) curl up
c) recognition
f) gazed h) turning to mush
d) activity
3 e) regularity
a) admit – recognize f ) creativity Writing
b) understand – see g) popularity 1
c) wrote – observed h) perfection
i) familiarity Sonia must have complained about
d) acknowledged – recognized problems at work; probably that she
e) remarked – observed j) anxiety
was being overworked and that she
f) meeting – seeing was thinking about quitting her job.
g) follow – observe
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Hi Sonia,
7  Digital 5
1 S
2 D
How are you? You sounded really
low in your last letter. Are things Grammar 3
4
D
D
getting any better? Were you serious 1
5 S
about quitting or were you just going 1 light
through a bad patch? Look, if the job’s 2 business people who Possible answers
really that bad, I think you should 3 and home 2b We’ll definitely see someone we
give it up. Nothing’s worth getting 4 for a small know at the party.
that stressed out about. But if you’re 5 can carry 3b He might not be of the same
really determined to stick it out – 6 have to carry opinion tomorrow …
and I know you, you can be really 7 don’t want 4b Experts believe that the present
stubborn sometimes – you should 8 Speech recognition generation of children will
really try taking care of yourself a 9 navigate your computer probably …
little better. I’m sure you can find 10 write documents
ways to delegate some of your work
6
11 you could
or to cut down your workload. They 12 keyboard and mouse a) Sea levels are likely to rise by
really are asking too much of you. over a meter by the end of the 21st
2 century.
I think the best thing you could do Netbooks are inexpensive and light b) ✓
would be to sit down with your boss They appeal to a wide audience. c) ✓
and talk about the situation. Maybe They appeal to business people who d) With new advances in
she doesn’t realize the pressure travel frequently. nanotechnology, cancer and
you’re under. Or maybe you could try They appeal to kids and home users. tumors will almost certainly
asking for a vacation before you work They are looking for a small laptop. become a thing of the past.
yourself into the ground. You can’t They want to be able to carry it from e) ✓
keep working the way you have been; room to room. f) Scientists are bound to discovering
you’ll get sick. They also appeal to students. a cure for Alzheimer’s disease by
OK, sorry, I sound like your mother! They have to carry heavy books the end of the century.
But seriously, if there’s anything I can around with them all day. g) Human beings definitely won’t
do, please let me know. Whatever you They don’t want the extra weight of a ever be able to live to more than
decide to do, I’m sure you’ll make the full-size laptop. 120.
right decision and it’ll all work out h) ✓
Speech recognition has reached an
fine in the long run. In the meantime, important point in its development.
call me. I’d love to hear from you and With speech recognition you can Vocabulary
maybe we can make some plans to navigate your computer without a
meet up. Take care and don’t let it get 1
keyboard and mouse.
you down. You can also write documents without a) central heating
using the keyboard and mouse. b) keypad
A huge hug, c) keyboard
Steve It’s much faster with speech
recognition. d) earpiece
3 e) touch screen
I think you should
3 f) evening meal
you should really try a) The perfect computer would be g) card reader
I think the best thing you could do one that is so small and light it can h) remote control
would be to fit comfortably in your pocket, but i) wristband
maybe you could try at the same time can open out to j) voicemail
give you a full-size screen. 2
4 b) I think speech recognition could do
a) exams so many good things, such as help a) device
b) she can’t sleep and she’s getting people with physical disabilities b) coverage
irritable to access all the functions on their c) network
c) to try to take time out from computer quickly and easily. d) system
studying in order to relax c) I would love to have a car that e) alert
can park itself, lining itself up in f) voicemail
the parking lot, and doing all that g) recognition
awkward maneuvering for me! h) shopping
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 3 Writing 3
a) wowed a) She promised she would call if
b) trashed
1 there were any problems.
c) went digital a), d), h) b) I’m really sorry. I should have
d) slick 2  c been looking where I was going.
e) sold on the idea c) I know I really ought to have
f) hype 3 Paragraph b is the best. called sooner, but I was really busy.
Paragraph a goes into too much d) His phone was busy. I guess he
4 might have been talking to his
detail too soon.
1 hype sister.
2 wowed 4 e) I thought he’d have arrived by
3 slick 1 Not only now; he must have gotten stuck in
4 sold on the idea 2 it also meant that the traffic.
5 go digital 3 Prior to f) Why are you still working? You
6 trashed 4 But with should have finished that report
5 5 For the first time by now.
g) You should have told me there was
a) deal
no food in the house – I would
b) through
c) back 8  The law have gone to the store.
h) I’m sorry, I really don’t know
d) done; done
where it is – I guess I might have
e) possible
f) around; around Grammar left it at home.
g) sleep 1 4
h) end a) He’s over an hour late. He
a) In her kitchen, listening to the
radio, Katie heard that the radio must have forgotten about the
Pronunciation station was giving away a free appointment.
convertible. b) He explained that he couldn’t
a) cell afford to buy a new car because it
b) control b) What you had to do to win a
convertible was answer three was way too expensive.
c) travel c) She believes it might have been
d) heating simple questions.
c) Putting down the potato she was intentional.
e) touch d) You should have gotten the
f) wrist peeling, Katie called the radio
station. furnace checked …
d) The three questions were read (by e) Cathy promised she would make
Reading the DJ) and Katie answered them sure all the doors were locked and
all the lights turned off.
1 correctly.
f) They couldn’t have stolen the
e) What the DJ did when she went
a) invisibility coat money because they didn’t have
to the radio station to collect her
b) surgeons / see the patients they enough time.
prize was hand her a 10-centimeter
are operating on g) He can’t have known about your
model of a convertible.
c) airline pilots / land safely news, or he’d have said something.
f ) Furious, Katie decided to sue the
d) a wall / a camera / watch what’s h) You could have let us know
radio station.
happening outside you were coming to town last
g) Ruling in her favor, the judge
2 ordered the radio station to pay weekend.
Katie $40,000 for the real car. i) I really don’t know what I did with
a) an invisibility cloak / a new type my sunglasses. I may have left
of metamaterial that can bend light 2 them at the restaurant.
b) it makes the object under it seem j) Cara used to be a terrible time-
1 would
transparent keeper when she was younger.
2 must
c) heat haze or a mirage in the desert She would always turn up late for
3 should / ought to
d) virtual invisibility or optical everything.
4 would/could
camouflage
5 might/could/may 5
e) Japan, 2003
6 ’d/would
f) surveillance / using the a) 6
7 should
technology to watch people b) 5
without being observed c) 2
g) future legal and security d) 7
implications e) 1
3 f) 4
g) 3
a) unveiled
b) shields
c) fuzziness
d) mirage
e) optical illusion
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a) So disappointed was he with the a) 4
outcome of the court case that he b) 5
1  a
decided to give up practicing law. c) 7 2
b) She wasn’t expecting to get the job, d) 2
nor did she expect to be offered e) 3 1 Figures
such a generous salary. f) 8 2 Over a fourth
c) He hates the fact that he has to g) 1 3 more likely
work the night shift and so does h) 6 4 compared with
his wife, who has to spend the 5 than by those
evenings alone.
6 6 were found
d) Such was the confusion over the 1 prominent; seeking 7 the vast majority
new voting system that many 2 commence; severe 8 an average
people voted for the wrong 3 depicting; prior to 3
candidate. 4 Further; in due course
a) 60%
e) So bad is his reputation for not 7 b) 52%
paying his debts that no one will c) burglaries
a) hear
lend him any money. d) Muggings
b) got
f) She was neither happy to help nor e) job
c) expect
(was she) willing to say why. f) 40%
d) never; thought
g) Such was their surprise when g) stable employment
e) tell
he told them (that) he’d passed
f ) can’t
his exam that they could hardly
g) kidding
believe him.
h) believe 9  Night
Vocabulary 8
1
a) and pigs might fly
b) you can’t judge a book by its cover
Grammar
a) 2 c) still waters run deep 1
b) 1 d) wouldn’t hurt a fly a) however
c) 2 b) though
d) 1 9
c) but
e) 2 1 c d) although
f) 3 2 d e) even though
3 b f) though
2 4 a g) Despite
a) sue
h) yet
b) arson
c) The accused
Listening 2
d) community service 1 1 even though
e) cross-examine a) The daily allowance is less than 2 though
f) return a verdict most people earn at work. 3 despite
g) speeding b) You can learn about how the 4 but
h) libel justice system works. 5 However
3 6 Even though
2 7 yet
a) unto a) T 8 Despite
b) down b) F 9 nevertheless
c) into c) F 10 However
d) above d) F 11 despite
e) with e) F 12 Try as I might
f) of f) T 13 but
g) by g) T 14 Saying that
h) against h) F
4
4 3 a) I so wish I’d worked harder.
a) taking the law into your own a) out b) If only I hadn’t stolen that car.
hands b) off c) I wish I’d gone to bed earlier.
b) in trouble with the law c) on d) I really regret not going to the
c) lay down the law d) at hairdresser.
d) above the law e) in e) If only I’d booked in advance.
e) a law unto himself f ) off
f) by law g) at
g) against the law h) on
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a) I really wish I hadn’t drunk so a) the middle of the night
much. b) the crack of dawn
1
b) I really regret eating / having c) mid-afternoon c) and d) are not mentioned
eaten so much. d) last thing at night 2
c) I wish I hadn’t danced with Anna! e) first thing in the morning
d) If only I’d gotten to speak / a) T
spoken to Katie.
4 b) F
e) I so wish I hadn’t sung “I Will a) nightlife c) T
Survive” at karaoke! b) overnight d) F
f) I so regret making a fool of myself. c) nightclub e) T
d) all night long f) T
6 e) nightcap g) F
a) not having had f ) early night h) T
b) had invented 3
c) had known; would have taken
5
d) had had; would have been a) off a) disruptive
e) wouldn’t have lived; was going b) down b) deprivation
c) alert c) consensus
d) take stock
Pronunciation d) log
e) light e) recuperate
1 f ) wink f) down time
g) light g) stunted
a) had is pronounced as /d/ h) susceptibility
h) batteries
b) had is pronounced as /d/; would i) prosaic
is pronounced as /d/; have is 6 j) disputed
pronounced as /əv/ 1 b
2 a
4
2 d)
3 d
a) If only I’d gone out last night. 4 c
b) I wish I’d had more time.
c) If you’d been there, you’d’ve loved
5 f Writing
6 e
it. 7 h 1
d) I’d like to’ve gone with you. 8 g a)
e) Peter’d’ve loved it, too. Summary of research to date  2
7 What experts agree on  4
Vocabulary a) No, what did you have in mind?
b) What are you up to this evening?
Background  1
The theories  3
1 c) I was wondering if you’d like to go
for a drink sometime? b) Studies have shown that growth
N D S U N S E T F in children can be stunted by
d) That’s really nice of you, but I’m
M I D N I G H T S going out tonight. sleep deprivation; and in adults,
e) No, sorry. There’s something I insufficient sleep increases
D B G K N R T J I susceptibility to disease.
have to do then.
A U Y H S O Q L D f ) I can’t make Friday, but I’m free on c) view, explanation
Saturday. d) yet (Paragraph 1)
W Z S H T P O H O despite (Paragraph 1)
8 However (Paragraph 5)
N B X K Q F M N A
1 up while (Paragraph 5)
D A Y B R E A K Y 2 neck While (Paragraph 6)
3 shame
S U N R I S E L V 2
4 felt
T W I L I G H T L 5 up a) yet
6 time b) Despite
sunset dawn 7 mind c) One theory
midnight noon 8 sometime d) Another theory
daybreak nightfall 9 sounds e) However
sunrise dusk 10 about f) While
twilight 11 good
12 could
2 13 make
a) the middle of the night 14 Say
b) first thing in the morning 15 along
c) last thing at night 16 feels
d) the crack of dawn 17 then
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a) What’s the point of buying a piano
1 if you’re not going to learn to play
Grammar a) Locally-Grown
b) Renewable
it?
b) What’s the point of having a
1
c) Solar-Powered well-paid job if you never spend
1 is given d) Organic anything?
2 were changed e) Energy-Efficient c) What’s the point of going on
3 is believed f ) Sustainable vacation if you’re always calling
4 were created g) Recycled the office?
5 is known
2 d) What’s the point of joining a gym
6 are owned
if you never go?
7 was stolen a) 3 e) What’s the point of getting a new
8 has yet to be / is yet to be b) 6/8 cell phone if there’s nothing wrong
9 was sold c) 2 with your old one?
10 was inspired d) 5
11 was recently put / has recently e) 1
been put f) 9 Pronunciation
12 were/are/woven g) 6/8 1
13 (were/are) set h) 4
14 had been taken / were taken a) Russia is far bigger than China.
i) 7
15 were placed b) The book is way better than the
16 (were / are) guarded
3 movie.
a) I put my foot in my mouth. 2
2 b) I’ve got itchy feet.
a) The world’s most expensive shoes a) Computer games are way better
c) I’ve got one foot in the door.
were made by US designer Stuart than they used to be.
d) I waited on him hand and foot.
Weitzman. b) The movie is nowhere near as
e) I put my foot down.
b) The shoes are valued at $3 million. good as the book.
f ) I need to stand on my own two
c) The shoes are currently owned by c) Canada is only slightly bigger than
feet.
Princess Yasmin Aga Khan, the the USA.
g) I got cold feet.
daughter of legendary actress Rita d) Soccer is definitely not as popular
h) It would be nice to put my feet up.
Hayworth. as baseball.
i) I started off on the wrong foot.
d) The shoes’ centerpiece is a pair e) The bus is only a little cheaper
of earrings once worn / that had
4 than the train.
once been worn by the actress. F f) Computers are infinitely more
e) The shoes were worn by Kathleen L
user-friendly these days.
York, a nominee, at the Oscars® in I
2006. P Listening
f) There is now a pair of Weitzman
B F 1
shoes every year at the Oscars®,
O L a) 3
and there is always great
excitement about who they will be C L O G S O b) 4
worn by. T T W P c) 5
g) Several other pairs of Weitzman’s S L I P P E R S d) 1
shoes have been sold for over $1 e) 2
L D
million. E G 2
3 T H E E L S a) 1
1 ever taken T S b) 1
2 was made O c) 3
3 photographed d) 2
S N E A K E R S
4 was found e) 3
5 will not be disturbed 5 f) helpful    welcoming    relaxed
6 is eventually eroded a) go friendly
7 have been made/left b) defeatist 3
8 left/made c) try
Leave a minimum impact on the
9 having been given d) do; good
places you visit.
10 spoken e) know; want
11 is finally being discussed f ) twisted; arm
12 is predicted g) happy
h) point
4
i) ventured; gained
a) by far
b) very slightly
c) just
d) somewhat
e) considerably
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a) hustle and bustle – lively activity Suggested answers a) rightsizing
b) a happening place – a place with a A: It’s Tom’s 30th birthday party b) upskill
lot of things happening tonight. Are you going to the c) phoneography
c) a well-trodden path – a route that party? If you’re going to the party d) Netspeak
many people take If so, I can give you a ride. e) lifecasting
d) worth checking out – worth going B: Where is the party taking place? f) recessionista
to see or experience Where is it?
e) soak up the atmosphere –
4
A: The party’s taking place At his
experience and enjoy the a) glean
brother’s bar, I think.
atmosphere b) favor
B: Nobody told me anything about
f) watch the world go by – watch c) tangents
the party it. Maybe I haven’t been
daily life happening d) rambling
invited to go to the party. Are you
e) going around in circles
going?
Writing A: Yes. Tom invited me to the party
f) got his point across
g) hit the right note
last week when I saw Tom him at
2 the golf club. We were both at the
h) sank in
She wants some recommendations on golf club there with our bosses. 5
what to do when she visits Nepal. Our bosses They play golf together 1 words
every Thursday.
3 2 point
B: I didn’t know your boss played 3 saying
He recommends a), b), f ), and h). with Tom’s boss that. How long 4 what
4 have they been playing golf 5 that
together every week doing that?
a) worth
A: They’ve been playing together
b) see
For as long as I can remember. Reading
c) to
d) get
Anyway, going back to Tom’s 1  b
party, you should definitely come.
e) interested
f) Whatever
I’m sure Tom will be disappointed 2
if you don’t come to his party. I’ll 1 c
g) get
see you at Tom’s party there. 2 a
h) sure
i) tempted 3 b
j) have Pronunciation 4 e
k) change A: Are you ready to go out? 5 d
B: No, not yet, I’m just finishing this 3
piece of work.
11  Words A: OK, we’ll meet you there, then.
B: Yeah, I’ll be there in about half an
a) jeopardize
b) erroneous
hour. c) tailor
d) convey
Grammar A: OK. We’ll catch you later!
e) pledge
1 A: Did you see John last night? f) pertains
B: No, was he supposed to be there? g) disconcerting
1 f
A: As far as I know, yes. h) typo
2 f
B: Hmm. He must have gotten caught
3 d
4 a
up at work or something.
A: I guess so.
Writing
5 a
1
6 c
7 d Vocabulary a) ✗
8 d b) ✗
1 c) ✓
9 c
10 i a) 5 d) ✗
11 b b) 1 e) ✓
12 h c) 2 f) ✓
d) 3 g) ✗
e) 6 h) ✓
f) 4 i) ✗
j) ✗
2
k) ✓
a) always connected l) ✓
b) lipstick effect
c) credit crunch 2
d) conspicuous consumption a) freelance translator
e) digital down time b) He has forgotten b), c), d), e), g), i),
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apply
European
1 1
trainee a) bungee a) 1985
went b) sister b) to raise funds for victims of a
currently c) fun famine in Sudan and Ethiopia
permanent d) thinking c) it was first set up by comedians
skills (and it uses comedy and laughter
The stress falls on these words
from to get its message across)
because the responses are correcting
experience d) Red Nose Day
a misunderstanding in the first
interview e) fun runs, sponsored silliness,
sentence.
red-themed parties, role-reversal
4 2 events
a) I’m writing to … a) Relief
b) I am currently looking for …
2  b), d), and f)
b) clothes
c) I think your company will benefit c) brother 3
from … d) school
d) I am available for an interview … a) devastating
b) refugee
Vocabulary c) good
12  Conscience 1
d) catchy
e) role
a) wino – 2 f) organized
b) beggars – 3
Grammar c) street person – 1
g) silly

1 2 Writing
a) 4 a) reunited
b) 3
1
b) secure
c) 7 1 c
c) addressing
d) 5 2 d
d) pursue
e) 1 3 a
e) represent
f) 2 4 b
f ) boost
g) 6 2
3
2 1 d
a) a clear
a) join – joined 2 a
b) on her
b) spent – spend 3 b
c) In good
c) don’t – didn’t 4 c
d) ease my
d) wouldn’t be – weren’t/wasn’t e) a guilty 3
e) can – could
4 b) For example:
f) not do – didn’t do
speaking directly to the reader:
g) would do – did a) I’m really sorry. It won’t happen
Here’s what you have to do.
h) might give – gave again.
using questions: What’s it all about?
b) I think I owe you an apology.
3 using exclamations: Now’s your
c) Sorry, I had no idea this was your
a) It’s time the town did something chance!
seat.
about the traffic. using adjectives: outrageous,
d) I’m sorry, it totally slipped my
b) I’d rather you didn’t smoke in my unbelievable headgear; fantastic,
mind.
car. fun-filled costume festival
e) I really am sorry. I had no idea.
c) It’s high time someone taught him f ) We regret to inform you that all 4
a few manners. He’s very rude. trains have been canceled due to 1 a
d) It’s about time he stopped wasting bad weather. 2 a
time and got a job.
5 3 b
e) I’d rather you stayed at home and
4 b
took care of the children so that I a) 2
can/could go shopping. b) 4
c) 3
d) 6
e) 5
f) 1

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