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Solutions Upper Intermediate Workbook Answer Key
Solutions Upper Intermediate Workbook Answer Key
Solutions Upper Intermediate Workbook Answer Key
UNIT 1.............................................................8
1A................................................................8
Exercise 1................................................8
Exercise 2................................................8
Exercise 3................................................8
Exercise 4................................................9
Exercise 5................................................9
1B................................................................9
Exercise 1................................................9
Exercise 2................................................9
Exercise 3................................................9
Exercise 4................................................9
Exercise 5................................................9
1C................................................................9
Exercise 1................................................9
Exercise 2................................................9
Exercise 3................................................9
Exercise 4..............................................10
1D..............................................................11
Exercise 1..............................................11
Exercise 2..............................................11
Exercise 3..............................................11
1E..............................................................11
Exercise 1..............................................11
Exercise 2..............................................11
Exercise 3..............................................11
1F..............................................................11
Exercise 1..............................................11
Exercise 2..............................................11
Exercise 3..............................................11
Exercise 4..............................................11
Exercise 5..............................................12
Exercise 6..............................................12
1G..............................................................12
Exercise 1..............................................12
Exercise 2..............................................12
Exercise 3..............................................12
Exercise 4..............................................12
Exercise 5..............................................12
Exercise 6..............................................12
UNIT 2...........................................................13
2A..............................................................13
Exercise 1..............................................13
Exercise 2..............................................13
Exercise 3..............................................13
Exercise 4..............................................13
Exercise 5..............................................13
2B..............................................................13
Exercise 1..............................................13
Exercise 2..............................................13
Exercise 3..............................................13
Exercise 4..............................................13
2C..............................................................13
Exercise 1..............................................13
Exercise 2..............................................13
Exercise 3..............................................14
Exercise 4..............................................14
2D..............................................................14
Exercise 1..............................................14
Exercise 2..............................................14
Exercise 3..............................................14
Exercise 4..............................................15
Exercise 5..............................................15
2E..............................................................15
Exercise 1..............................................15
Exercise 2..............................................15
Exercise 3..............................................15
Exercise 4..............................................15
Exercise 5..............................................15
2F..............................................................15
Exercise 1..............................................15
Exercise 2..............................................15
Exercise 3..............................................15
Exercise 5..............................................16
Exercise 6..............................................16
Exercise 7..............................................16
2G..............................................................16
Exercise 1..............................................16
Exercise 2..............................................16
Exercise 3..............................................16
Exercise 4..............................................16
Exercise 5..............................................16
Exercise 6..............................................16
EXAM.........................................................16
EXAM.........................................................16
EXAM.........................................................17
UNIT 3...........................................................18
3A..............................................................18
Exercise 1..............................................18
Exercise 2..............................................18
Exercise 3..............................................18
Exercise 4..............................................18
3B..............................................................18
Exercise 1..............................................18
Exercise 2..............................................19
Exercise 3..............................................19
Exercise 4..............................................19
3C..............................................................19
Exercise 1..............................................19
Exercise 2..............................................19
Exercise 4..............................................21
3D..............................................................21
Exercise 1..............................................21
Exercise 2..............................................21
Exercise 3..............................................21
Exercise 4..............................................21
Exercise 5..............................................21
3E..............................................................21
Exercise 1..............................................21
Exercise 2..............................................21
Exercise 3..............................................21
Exercise 4..............................................21
Exercise 5..............................................22
3F..............................................................22
Exercise 1..............................................22
Exercise 2..............................................22
Exercise 3..............................................22
Exercise 4..............................................23
Exercise 5..............................................23
3G..............................................................23
Exercise 1..............................................23
Exercise 2..............................................23
Exercise 3..............................................23
Exercise 4..............................................23
Exercise 5..............................................24
Exercise 6..............................................24
UNIT 4...........................................................25
4A..............................................................25
Exercise 1..............................................25
Exercise 2..............................................25
Exercise 3..............................................25
Exercise 4..............................................25
4B..............................................................25
Exercise 1..............................................25
Exercise 2..............................................25
Exercise 3..............................................25
Exercise 4..............................................25
4C..............................................................26
Exercise 1..............................................26
Exercise 2..............................................26
Exercise 3..............................................26
Exercise 4..............................................26
4D..............................................................27
Exercise 1..............................................27
Exercise 2..............................................27
Exercise 3..............................................27
Exercise 4..............................................27
4E..............................................................27
Exercise 1..............................................27
Exercise 2..............................................27
Exercise 3..............................................27
Exercise 4..............................................27
4F..............................................................27
Exercise 1..............................................27
Exercise 2..............................................27
Exercise 3..............................................27
Exercise 4..............................................28
Exercise 5..............................................28
Exercise 6..............................................28
4G..............................................................28
Exercise 1..............................................28
Exercise 2..............................................28
Exercise 3..............................................28
Exercise 4..............................................28
Exercise 5..............................................28
EXAM.........................................................28
EXAM.........................................................28
EXAM.........................................................30
UNIT 5...........................................................31
5A..............................................................31
Exercise 1..............................................31
Exercise 2..............................................31
Exercise 3..............................................31
Exercise 4..............................................31
5B..............................................................31
Exercise 1..............................................31
Exercise 2..............................................31
Exercise 3..............................................31
Exercise 4..............................................31
5C..............................................................32
Exercise 1..............................................32
Exercise 2..............................................32
Exercise 3..............................................32
Exercise 4..............................................32
Exercise 5..............................................32
5D..............................................................33
Exercise 1..............................................33
Exercise 2..............................................33
Exercise 3..............................................33
Exercise 4..............................................33
5E..............................................................33
Exercise 1..............................................33
Exercise 2..............................................33
Exercise 3..............................................33
5F..............................................................34
Exercise 1..............................................34
Exercise 2..............................................34
Exercise 3..............................................34
Exercise 4..............................................34
Exercise 5..............................................34
5G..............................................................34
Exercise 1..............................................34
Exercise 2..............................................34
Exercise 3..............................................35
Exercise 4..............................................35
Exercise 5..............................................35
Exercise 6..............................................35
UNIT 6...........................................................36
6A..............................................................36
Exercise 1..............................................36
Exercise 2..............................................36
Exercise 3..............................................36
6B..............................................................36
Exercise 1..............................................36
Exercise 2..............................................36
Exercise 3..............................................36
Exercise 4..............................................36
6C..............................................................36
Exercise 1..............................................36
Exercise 2..............................................37
Exercise 3..............................................37
Exercise 4..............................................37
Exercise 5..............................................37
6D..............................................................37
Exercise 1..............................................37
Exercise 2..............................................37
Exercise 3..............................................38
Exercise 4..............................................38
6E..............................................................38
Exercise 1..............................................38
Exercise 2..............................................38
Exercise 3..............................................38
Exercise 4..............................................38
Exercise 5..............................................38
6F..............................................................38
Exercise 1..............................................38
Exercise 2..............................................39
Exercise 3..............................................39
Exercise 4..............................................39
6G..............................................................39
Exercise 1..............................................39
Exercise 2..............................................39
Exercise 3..............................................39
Exercise 4..............................................39
Exercise 5..............................................39
EXAM.........................................................39
EXAM.........................................................39
EXAM.........................................................40
UNIT 7...........................................................41
7A..............................................................41
Exercise 1..............................................41
Exercise 2..............................................41
Exercise 3..............................................42
7B..............................................................42
Exercise 1..............................................42
Exercise 2..............................................42
Exercise 3..............................................42
Exercise 4..............................................42
Exercise 5..............................................43
Exercise 6..............................................43
7C..............................................................43
Exercise 1..............................................43
Exercise 2..............................................43
Exercise 3..............................................44
7D..............................................................44
Exercise 1..............................................44
Exercise 2..............................................44
Exercise 3..............................................44
Exercise 4..............................................44
Exercise 5..............................................44
7E..............................................................44
Exercise 1..............................................44
Exercise 2..............................................44
Exercise 3..............................................44
Exercise 4..............................................44
7F..............................................................45
Exercise 1..............................................45
Exercise 2..............................................45
Exercise 3..............................................45
Exercise 4..............................................45
Exercise 5..............................................45
7G..............................................................45
Exercise 1..............................................46
Exercise 2..............................................46
Exercise 3..............................................46
Exercise 4..............................................46
Exercise 5..............................................46
UNIT 8...........................................................47
8A..............................................................47
Exercise 1..............................................47
Exercise 2..............................................47
Exercise 3..............................................47
Exercise 4..............................................47
8B..............................................................47
Exercise 1..............................................47
Exercise 2..............................................47
Exercise 3..............................................48
Exercise 4..............................................48
Exercise 5..............................................48
8C..............................................................48
Exercise 1..............................................48
Exercise 2..............................................48
Exercise 3..............................................48
Exercise 4..............................................48
8D..............................................................48
Exercise 1..............................................48
Exercise 2..............................................48
Exercise 3..............................................49
Exercise 4..............................................49
Exercise 5..............................................49
8E..............................................................49
Exercise 1..............................................49
Exercise 2..............................................49
Exercise 3..............................................49
Exercise 4..............................................49
8F..............................................................49
Exercise 1..............................................49
Exercise 2..............................................49
Exercise 3..............................................50
Exercise 4..............................................50
Exercise 5..............................................50
8G..............................................................50
Exercise 1..............................................50
Exercise 2..............................................50
Exercise 3..............................................50
Exercise 4..............................................50
Exercise 5..............................................51
EXAM.........................................................51
EXAM.........................................................51
EXAM.........................................................51
Unit 9............................................................52
9A..............................................................52
Exercise 1 page 75.................................52
Exercise 2..............................................52
Exercise 3..............................................52
Exercise 4..............................................52
Exercise 5..............................................52
9B..............................................................53
Exercise 1..............................................53
Exercise 2..............................................53
Exercise 3..............................................53
Exercise 4..............................................53
9C..............................................................53
Exercise 1..............................................53
Exercise 2..............................................53
Exercise 3..............................................53
Exercise 4..............................................53
Exercise 5..............................................54
9D..............................................................55
Exercise 1..............................................55
Exercise 2..............................................55
Exercise 3..............................................55
Exercise 4..............................................55
Exercise 5..............................................55
9E..............................................................55
Exercise 1..............................................55
Exercise 2..............................................55
Exercise 3..............................................55
9F..............................................................56
Exercise 1..............................................56
Exercise 2..............................................56
Exercise 4..............................................56
Exercise 5..............................................57
Exercise 6..............................................57
9G..............................................................57
Exercise 1..............................................57
Exercise 2..............................................57
Exercise 4..............................................57
Exercise 5..............................................57
Exercise 6..............................................57
UNIT 10........................................................58
10A............................................................58
Exercise 1..............................................58
Exercise 2..............................................58
Exercise 3..............................................58
Exercise 4..............................................58
Exercise 5..............................................58
10B............................................................59
Exercise 1..............................................59
Exercise 2..............................................59
Exercise 3..............................................59
Exercise 4..............................................59
Exercise 5..............................................59
10C............................................................59
Exercise 1..............................................59
Exercise 2..............................................60
Exercise 3..............................................60
Exercise 4..............................................60
Exercise 5..............................................60
10D............................................................60
Exercise 1..............................................60
Exercise 2..............................................60
Exercise 3..............................................60
Exercise 4..............................................61
10E............................................................61
Exercise 1..............................................61
Exercise 2..............................................61
Exercise 3..............................................61
Exercise 4..............................................61
Exercise 1..............................................61
Exercise 2..............................................62
Exercise 3..............................................62
Exercise 4..............................................62
Exercise 5..............................................62
Exercise 6..............................................62
Exercise 7..............................................62
Exercise 1..............................................62
Exercise 2..............................................62
Exercise 3..............................................62
Exercise 4..............................................62
Exercise 5..............................................62
Exercise 6..............................................62
EXAM.........................................................62
EXAM.........................................................63
EXAM.........................................................63
EXAM.........................................................63
Exercise 1..............................................63
Exercise 2..............................................63
Exercise 3..............................................63
Exercise 4..............................................63
Exercise 5..............................................63
EXAM.........................................................63
Exercise 1..............................................63
Exercise 2..............................................63
Exercise 3..............................................63
Exercise 4..............................................64
Exercise 5..............................................64
EXAM.........................................................64
Exercise 1..............................................64
Exercise 2..............................................64
Exercise 3..............................................64
Exercise 4..............................................64
EXAM.........................................................64
Exercise 1..............................................64
Exercise 2..............................................64
Exercise 3..............................................64
Exercise 4..............................................64
EXAM.........................................................64
Exercise 1..............................................64
Exercise 2..............................................64
Exercise 3..............................................64
Exercise 4..............................................64
Exercise 1..............................................64
Exercise 2..............................................64
Exercise 3..............................................65
Exercise 1..............................................65
Exercise 2..............................................65
Exercise 3..............................................65
Exercise 1..............................................65
Exercise 2..............................................65
Exercise 1..............................................65
Exercise 2..............................................65
Exercise 1..............................................65
Exercise 2..............................................65
Exercise 3..............................................65
Workbook answer key Ella You’ve nearly eaten the whole bag!
6‘Mick should have two more years … at ‘Listen to little Mick,’ Bill said.
Vocational – if we can make it.’ ‘Even if
we have to give up the house and move …’ Their Dad picked his teeth with a
matchstick and took his feet down from the
Exercise 4 page 5 banisters. ‘Now, let’s not rush into
anything. I rather Mick take her time and
Audioscript$ Listening 3 page 5 think this out. We can get along somehow
without her working. I mean to increase
She felt excited. They were all talking my watch work by sixty per cent soon as –’
about her – and in a kindly way. She was
ashamed for the first scared feeling that ‘I forgot,’Hazel said. ‘I think there’s a
had come to her. Of a sudden she loved all Christmas bonus every year.’
of the family and a tightness came in her
throat. Mick frowned. ‘But I wouldn’t be working
then. I’d be in school. I just want to work
‘About how much money is in it?’she during vacation and then go back to
asked. ‘Ten dollars.’ school.’
‘Sure,’ Hazel said. ‘Did you think it would ‘But tomorrow I’ll go down with you and
be only ten a month?’ ‘Portia don’t make take the job if I can get it.’
but about that much.’
It was as though a great worry and
‘Oh, colored people –’ Hazel said. tightness left the family. In the dark they
began to laugh and talk. Their Dad did a
Mick rubbed the top of her head with her little trick for George with a matchstick
fist. ‘That’s a whole lot of money. A good and a handkerchief. Then he gave the kid
deal.’ fifty cents to go down to the corner store
for Coca-Colas to be drunk after supper.
‘It’s not to be grinned at,’ Bill said. ‘That’s
what I make.’ 1 ashamed of 2 a week 3 quite a lot of 4
the
same as this 5 a piano 6 hardly thinks at all Challenge! page 8
7 a holiday job8 happy with
Students’ own answers
1D Reading
1F Speaking
High achievers
Photo description
Exercise 1 page 6
Exercise 1 page 9
1 towards 2 owing to 3 among 4 Aside
from Audioscript$ Listening 4 page 9
5 alongside 6 Throughout 7 concerning 8 The photo shows two teenage boys. I’d say
beyond 9 Bearing in mind 10 Prior to they were about fifteen or sixteen years
old. It’s clear from the photo that they are
Exercise 2 page 6 in school, because they are standing in
front of lockers and they are wearing
1 Throughout 2 alongside 3 Prior to 4 school uniform. The uniform is black
bearing in mind 5 beyond 6 towards trousers, black shoes, white shirt and red
and green striped tie. Both boys have got
Exercise 3 page 6 short dark hair. They are obviously friends
as they are chatting together, they look
1b2d3c4b5a relaxed and they are smiling. I should think
it’s break time, or maybe after school.
1E Grammar
clothes, hair, expressions
Verb patterns
Exercise 2 page 9
Exercise 1 page 8
Audioscript$ Listening 4 page 9
1 to see, going, to go 2 to meet, to find 3 to
go, to find, to go 4 watching, to choose, to I should think …; I’d say …; It’s clear
watch from the photo that …; Maybe; They (are)
obviously …
Exercise 2 page 8
Exercise 3 page 9
1a standing to hand 2a posting 2b to post
1b 3a to have Students’ own answers
3b criticising to tell not revising 5a to
4a 4b become Exercise 4 page 9
5b eating 6a meetingto buy 7a walking 7b
6b ride, fall Audioscript$ Listening 5 page 9
Exercise 5 page 9
Exercise 6 page 9
1G Writing
Description of a person
Exercise 1 page 10
1C2D3B4A
Exercise 2 page 10
Exercise 3 page 10
UNIT 2 1 My grandfather would never go out
without a hat.
2A Vocabulary and listening
3I would go to the sweet shop every
afternoon.
Value and price
4We wouldn’t talk to our parents about
Exercise 1 page 11 school.
1 save 2 afford 3 allowance 4 waste 5 5When Harriet was young, she would go
income 6 budget 7 expenses 8 debt dancing every night.
Exercise 2 page 11 Exercise 3 page 12
1 allowance, saves 2 debt 3 afford 4 wasted 1a2b3c4a5c6b
5 expenses 6 income, budget
Exercise 4 page 12
Exercise 3 page 11
1 would insist 2 would have 3 would spend
broke – hard up; dear – pricey; extortionate 4 would run 5 would leave
– a rip-off; mean – stingy; well off –
affluent Challenge! page 12
1 broke 2 a rip-off 3 hard up Students’ own answers
Exercise 4 page 11
2C Culture
1d2a/f3g4b5c6e
Squatters
Exercise 5 page 11
Exercise 1 page 13
1 cost an arm and a leg 2 tighten your belt
1made, made 2 has been renting 3 taking
3 made a killing4 came into some money 5
4have become 5pay, get 6 do
living from hand to mouth
Exercise 2 page 13
Challenge! page 11
Audioscript$ Listening 6 page 13
Students’ own answers
What could you buy for $16 in the USA?
2B Grammar A quick lunch in a coffee bar, maybe; a
few litres of petrol for your car; or perhaps
used to and would a large house in a nice suburb near Dallas,
Texas, complete with garden and
Exercise 1 page 12 swimming pool. Impossible? That’s what
most people would think. But then, most
1 used to 2 Did (your family) use to 3 used people have never heard of an obscure law
to 4 Did (there) use to 5 didn’t use to called ‘adverse possession’.
Exercise 2 page 12
The story of Kenneth Robinson and the keeping the garden tidy, and so on – but he
sixteen-dollar house began in 2011, when would not have to pay any mortgage or
he noticed that a large house in Flower rent. However, eight months after he had
Mound, near Dallas, had become empty. moved into the house, he received a letter
The house had been well maintained and from a judge telling him he had to leave
was in a good state, but unfortunately, the the property. Although he could have
owner had not been able to pay the challenged the decision in court, Mr
mortgage. After the mortgage company Robinson decided not to do that: he moved
had evicted the owner, the company itself out.
went out of business. So the house was not
just empty, but it was also unclear what Looking back, Mr Robinson certainly has
would happen to the property. no regrets. He has written a book about his
experiences and is often asked to give talks
After doing some research into property about them. And if you wanted to hire him
laws, Mr Robinson, a 51-year-old former to give a talk, you’d have to pay a lot more
soldier, filled out a form online, paid a fee than $16!
of $16 to submit the form officially, and
moved into the empty $300,000 house. b
Although he didn’t exactly buy the house
for $16, he had discovered that a law called Exercise 3 page 13
‘adverse possession’ meant he could not be
evicted unless the original owner paid off Audioscript$ Listening 6 page 13
the mortgage – and even then, it would be
a long and expensive legal process. The 1F2F3T4F5T
story was widely reported in the media
both in the USA and around the world. For Exercise 4 page 13
some people, Mr Robinson was a hero who
beat the system. Others tried to copy his floor 2 used 4 little 5 couldn’t 6
actions, and suddenly local councils were 1
worth 3 heating
having to deal with thousands of forms rather 8 paid attention 10 Despite 11
claiming ‘adverse possession’. But to most 7
9 hadn’t 12 so
of Mr Robinson’s
Challenge! page 13
6Hi. I’m Max. Has anyone ever told you 3Can I ask where you live?
you’ve got beautiful eyes?
4Do you know where the ticket office is?
flattering / bickering 4 lecturing /
2 5I wonder if you’d be willing to answer
praising 3 telling off
nagging / telling some questions.
5 flirting / flattering
off 6
6Can you tell me if you’ll be eating at
Exercise 3 page 21 home this evening?
with 2 to, about 3 in, about 4 7Could you tell me what time you plan to
1 with 6 – arrive?
–5
8Would you mind telling me why you’re Exercise 4 page 22
laughing?
3has Pete got in his bag
Exercise 2 page 22
4did Marcus give you to eat
Audioscript$ Listening 11
5is missing from the cupboard
1Do you know where my dictionary is?
6did Jess see in the park
2Could you tell me where the train station
is? 7pizza would you like
5I’d like to know what you would do in my 1Who did Keira go to Spain with
situation?
2How long did they stay in a hotel
6Can you tell me how I should cook these
potatoes? 3What were they unhappy about
7Can I ask why you want to know? 4Who did they complain to
8Would you mind telling me how old you 5What did he tell his son off for
are?
3C Culture
2Where is the train station?
Youthful population
3Could you help me?
Exercise 1 page 23
4What time is it?
1 life expectancy 2 state pension 3 elderly
5What would you do in my situation? relative, nursing home 4 retirement age 5
life span 6 old age
6How should I cook these potatoes?
Exercise 2 page 23
7Why do you want to know?
Audioscript$ Listening 12 page 23
8How old are you?
Presenter Hello, and welcome to Our
Exercise 3 page 22 World. The world’s population has
recently passed the seven billion mark. In
2Which sandwich did Ed eat? the studio to discuss this with me is
Professor Teresa Jenkins from the
3Who made Eve cry? University of Manchester. Professor
Jenkins, our record population can be
4Who did George meet at Sam’s party? viewed as a success, can’t it? We’re living
longer, healthier lives?
5Who was flirting with Sara?
Prof Jenkins Yes, there is much to They have lots of young people who can
celebrate. In the last 60 years, the average work and make the countries richer.
life expectancy has gone up from about 48
years – that’s what it was in the early Prof Jenkins Unfortunately, it isn’t as
1950s – to about 68 in the first decade of simple as that. The problems that a young
this century. Deaths of babies and very population bring are different. Poor
young children dropped dramatically from countries are struggling to provide basic
about 133 in every 1,000 births in the healthcare, education and jobs for all these
1950s to 46 per 1,000 births now. It’s all young people. Families are poor, children
the result of immunisation campaigns that are malnourished, few of them complete
have reduced deaths from childhood secondary education – some do not have
diseases, and general improvements in access to any education at all. And there
healthcare. It seems that this trend is set to are few secure, well-paid jobs. So it’s
continue in future years. difficult for young people to contribute to
economic growth. Presenter And the world
Presenter So why are some people population is set to rise even further, so
concerned about the population figures? these problems may get worse.
Prof Jenkins Many people are worried
about the effect that the increased Prof Jenkins Yes, it’s possible. The world
population will have on global warming population is expected to rise to 9.3 billion
and climate change. We will burn more by the middle of this century and to more
coal, oil and gas, causing more pollution. than 10 billion by the end of it. Much of
And then, of course, these natural the increase is expected to come from poor
resources will run out. Another problem is countries in Africa and Asia.
simply feeding so many people, and
providing jobs and education for them all. Presenter So how can we stabilise the
Because, you see, most of the people in the population, slow it down, stop it getting
world are very young … out of control?
Presenter Yes, I heard that people under 25 Prof Jenkins Above all, reducing poverty
actually make up 43 per cent of the world’s will help to slow population growth.
population. Is that right? Presenter How will it do that?
Prof Jenkins Yes, and the figure is as high Prof Jenkins In the poorest countries,
as 60 per cent in some countries. Presenter extreme poverty, high death rates among
That’s rather different from Europe and children, and high birth rates are all linked.
other developed countries. Prof Jenkins If poverty is reduced and living conditions
Indeed. Countries like ours are facing the improve, parents can feel more confident
problem of ageing populations – where not that most of their children will survive.
many babies are being born – so they are Many people then choose to have smaller
looking for ways to increase their families. The other way to slow population
population. There are too few young growth is to educate and empower women.
people entering the job market, so it’s When women have equal rights and
becoming increasingly difficult for opportUNITies in their societies and when
governments to pay the state pension to so girls are educated and healthy, they have
many elderly people. fewer babies.
Presenter Developing countries with young Presenter That’s very interesting, Professor
populations don’t have this problem, then. Jenkins. Unfortunately, we’re running out
of time. Thank you very much for coming 4the percentage of teenagers who don’t
in today. know where to get help or information
3D Reading Comparison
1 ended up 2 turned (it) into 3 get on with 4This winter is even colder than last
4 grew up 5 comes down to 6 stormed out winter.
of 7 answer back
5Too much coffee is nothing like as bad
8 brings out for you as too much alcohol.
2the number of teenagers who were 2 more and more expensive 3 better and
consulted by researchers for the enquiry better 4 harder and harder 5 more and more
dangerous 6 further / farther and further /
3the percentage of teenagers who belong to farther
a gang
Exercise 4 page 26
2argumentative (now) than I used to be 2Jake’s coming to the cinema with us.
3not as confident as people think (I am) / Jake’s coming to the cinema with us, isn’t
less confident than people think (I am) he? Jake’s coming to the cinema with us,
isn’t he?
4easier than I thought it would be / less
difficult than I thought it would be 3We should leave now.
5arrive as early as you said you would We should leave now, shouldn’t we? We
should leave now, shouldn’t we?
Exercise 5 page 26
4She didn’t have a lot in common with
2My brother has a lot in common with my Mike.
dad, as do I.
She didn’t have a lot in common with
3It’s sunny today, as it was yesterday. Mike, did she? She didn’t have a lot in
common with Mike, did she?
4Harry would like to study maths at
university, as would I. 5There isn’t any milk in the fridge.
5My mum is calm and reasonable most of There isn’t any milk in the fridge, is there?
the time, as is my dad. There isn’t any milk in the fridge, is there?
6Kate can concentrate for long periods of 6He never gets up early.
time, as can Liam.
He never gets up early, does he? He never
Challenge! page 26 gets up early, does he?
Examiner Well, there are youth hostels and I don’t think that’s a great idea.
there are B and Bs. Student What do you
mean by B and Bs? Let’s put that idea aside for a moment.
Exercise 4 page 8
Students’ own answers
Exercise 5 page 8
Exercise 6 page 28
Future continuous and future perfect 4But the big advantage of the rally is …
And people can rally support for causes Interviewer Gosh, that’s a lot of public
through media like Google, Facebook and support!
Twitter. Twitter, for example, is used a lot
to get like-minded people together and Tanya Yes, it shows that the support is out
organise protests. And the website there if you can get the information to
Change.org has had some incredible enough people. It also shows that ordinary
successes. people have the power to change policy if
they join together to make their voices
Interviewer Can you explain a bit more heard. Young people today realise this
about Change.org for our listeners? Tanya better than anybody, and they also have the
desire and the information to change
things.
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1They want to start a fight. 1The lakes in our region have been
polluted.
2Because he had received hate mail on
Facebook. 2The house next door has been sold.
3the suicide of several people after being 3You will be told when to start the exam.
targeted by trolls
4The kids should have been picked up
4Because they think they can remain before four o’clock.
anonymous and no one will discover who
they are. 5I was not informed about the change of
venue.
5disclose the identity of the trolls who
were attacking Nicola Brookes 6I hope I won’t be blamed for the accident.
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Exercise 4 page 46
Exercise 5 page 46
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1to control the blood sugar levels of people 3I think this pill is a good thing.
with type 2 diabetes Personally, I’ve never tried to lose weight
– if anything, I’d like to be a bit bigger!
2Exenatide is artificially produced. But I don’t blame people for trying it.
Exendin-4 occurs naturally.
I know how hard it can be to diet. I
3the saliva suppose the only worry would be if people
go too far. You know, if they take the pill
4the reward centres to lose weight when they’re already quite
thin. That could be dangerous, especially
5all kinds of addictions, including drug for teenagers. They might, you know,
dependency and alcoholism overdose on them – trying to get as thin as
possible. I blame all those adverts in
Exercise 4 page 49 magazines; they put so much pressure on
young girls to be skinny, don’t they?
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1I’ve been on lots of diets in my life – the
grapefruit diet, the low-carb diet, the pasta Exercise 5 page 49
diet. None of them has worked for me –
and most people fail on diets. So I think a Audioscript$ Listening 20 page 49 a 2 b 1
pill for losing weight is a great idea. Some c3d1e2f3
people might think it’s cheating – you
know, being lazy because you can’t be 6D Reading
bothered to diet or exercise. Like a short
cut to being slim. But what they don’t Trade secrets
Exercise 4 page 50 1 – 2 of 3 – 4 of 5 – 6 of
Choice: b 1C2D3G4H5B6I7A
Reason 2: It’s indoors, so you can go in the Speaker 1 They say that crash dieting only
evening and you don’t need good weather. leads to putting the weight back on and
then some. Well, I can attest to this,
Exercise 2 page 53 because I followed some stupid fruit diet
last year and the weight fell off – I lost
1 c 2 e 3 a 4 b 5 d 6 i 7 h 8 f 9 g 10 k 11 m eight kilos in four weeks. I was thrilled and
bought a whole new wardrobe. But as soon
12 l 13 j as I started eating normally again, the
weight piled back on. Now I’m counting
Exercise 3 page 53 calories so I can get back into my new
clothes!
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Speaker 2 Weight gain is a simple
Exercise 4 page 53 equation. If you consume more calories
than the body expends in energy, then the
Students’ own answers excess will be stored as fat. I’m lucky in
that I’ve always played a lot of sport, so
6G Writing weight has never really been an issue,
except for once when I broke my hip and
Description of a place couldn’t move for eight weeks. The
numbers on the scales started creeping up
Exercise 1 page 54 and for the first time I had to watch what I
was eating!
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Speaker 3 I’ve been on a diet for as long as
Exercise 2 page 54 I can remember. Now I automatically
calculate the calories of every single item
Students’ own answers of food I consume, and I know the calorie
count of everything. I can’t help it – I just
Exercise 3 page 54 do it. Calorie counting is the best way. I’ve
tried every diet there is, including crash
Students’ own answers diets, but I’m always a couple of kilos
overweight. I’d like to lose a bit more, then
Exercise 4 page 54 I could splash out on some new clothes!
1crash dieting
3by counting
5(to) recover
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UNIT 7 to Dan as soon as we can re-establish
contact. Now, let’s have a look at the
stories on tomorrow’s front pages. Here to
7A Vocabulary and listening discuss the first editions of tomorrow’s
newspapers with me is Mervin Ball of The
News Times. Welcome, Mervin. Mervin Thank
you.
Exercise 1 page 57
Anchor So, shall we look at the tabloids
flash 2 rolling news 3 first?
1 broadsheet
breaking 4
editorial 6 tabloid 7 eyewitness Mervin Yes, well, most of the tabloids lead
5
censorship 8 with the story of England’s 5–0 defeat at
the hands of Germany earlier this evening.
9 news blog 10 correspondent 11 column So in one tabloid the headline is ‘Don’t
12 front 13 citizen mention the score’ and we have ‘England
surrender to the Germans’in another.
Exercise 2 page 57
Anchor They always manage to refer to the
Audioscript$ Listening 23 page 57 war, don’t they?
Anchor We’re interrupting the programme Mervin Yes, typical tabloid headlines. The
for a news flash. Let’s go direct to our joke’s wearing a bit thin now, though, over
correspondent in Abalomu, Daniel Jenkins. 60 years on. And The Mirror leads with a
Dan, what have you got for us? Dan I have human-interest story – an account of a
some important breaking news. There are lottery winner’s journey from riches to
reports that the government has been rags.
overthrown and the army has taken over
the country. Eyewitness accounts speak of Anchor What about the broadsheets?
tanks on the streets, and troops are reported
to have surrounded the presidential palace Mervin The Times leads with the
and government buildings. You can government’s latest education reforms, and
probably hear the sound of gunfire behind is very critical of them in an editorial on
me. the inside pages. The Guardian leads with
the same story, but welcomes the reforms
Anchor Yes, and we can see smoke rising in its editorial.
in the distance. Any news of the
president’s whereabouts? Anchor And The Independent has a front-
page article on the latest banking scandal
Dan We’ve heard nothing from his press …
office but there’ve been unconfirmed
sightings of government vehicles leaving Mervin Yes, that’s right: ‘Government to
the palace. The last we heard … seen regulate banking’. And finally, The
travelling west … the mountains … Telegraph has an interesting article about
another unconfirmed sighting … leaked plans to introduce Internet
censorship laws. They’re worried about the
Anchor We seem to be having technical amount of racist material on the Internet.
problems with Dan’s satellite phone, I
think. Apologies for that … it’s one of the
hazards of live broadcasts. We’ll get back
Anchor OK. Thank you, Mervin. Now I 4(that) it was about crime rates in our town
think we are able to rejoin Dan Jenkins in
Abalomu … Dan, can you hear me? 5there should be more police
3(that) she hates watching the news on TV Man Sure. Fire away.
1 told 2 said 3 said 4 told 5 says Woman Why do you like it?
2he was writing a letter to the newspaper Man There should be more sport.
6Dave suggested that we (should) go and 8I had a … what’s it called? It’s something
see a film. that you have when you are ill. The doctor
or nurse puts a needle into your arm. It
7Robert apologised for losing his temper. usually stings a bit.
Exercise 1 page 63
4 must have been crying, might have been
Audioscript$ Listening 26 page 63 chopping 5 must have dropped
1You do this when you’re using a phone 6 might have been working, might have
with a touch screen. It means ‘move your gone
finger across the screen’.
Exercise 4 page 63
2I’m not sure how to say it in English. It’s
a person who works for a newspaper or TV Students’ own answers
channel and they report the news from a
particular place. Exercise 5 page 63
Exercise 1 page 64
1 A, D 2 C 3 B
Exercise 2 page 64
Exercise 3 page 64
Exercise 4 page 64
Exercise 5 page 64
8C Culture 1F2T3T4F5F
EXAM TASK – Listening page 73 Animal welfare has been my passion for
the last ten years and I am a highly active
Audioscript$ Listening 31 page 73 member of the organisation Compassion in
World Farming. We frequently campaign
I’ve been a vegetarian since I was eighteen for the better treatment of animals, and
and first travelled round Europe with a with some success. Those pig pens are no
friend. It was the meat and fish markets on longer used, for example. Much higher
the Continent that brought me to the standards of animal welfare now have to be
conclusion that I could no longer justify met and farms are routinely inspected. We
eating meat. I realised then that the have campaigned to get rid of battery hens
supermarkets in Britain that I was used to – and finally a law is being passed in Britain
with their plastic slices of meat in their to ban them. I’m now particularly involved
plastic containers – had shielded me from in protesting against animal testing, a lot of
the unwelcome truth of where meat which I think is wasteful and unnecessary
actually came from. In the meat markets of torture. I think as humans we can only be
Italy, for example, the vendors were judged by how well we treat the dumb
unashamed about the origins of their animals in our care.
wares. Deer, pig, and lamb carcasses hung
above their stalls in the sunshine, and live 1B2A3C4A
rabbits and chickens sat in boxes, waiting
to be bought and killed for the dinner table. EXAM TASK – Use of English page 74
It occurred
tracking 2 didn’t is / was usually
1
to me with sudden clarity that I would not think 3 reserved
be able to kill an animal for food, and if I would be fully would be tracking 6
4
couldn’t do that, then I personally integrated 5 have
shouldn’t eat meat at all. I ordered an
omelette and salad that evening in a café, caught 7 had vanished 8 not to disturb 9
and when I went home I looked further had never experienced 10 hadn’t / had not
into the production of meat for human had
consumption.
3A few years ago I had to sack a number 3It was cynical / ruthless of him to foul the
of people at work. Business wasn’t going centre forward when he was about to score.
well and to be honest, they weren’t
particularly good at their jobs. What I 4It was disloyal of him to spread gossip
should have done is called them into my about his best friend.
office and explained the situation. But I
just sent them emails on Friday afternoon 5It was courageous / heroic of her to save a
so that I wouldn’t have to tell them face-to- child from a burning building.
face.
6It’s altruistic / generous of him to give
4At the supermarket the other day, there fifteen per cent of his salary to charity.
were really long queues at all the
checkouts and people were getting very Exercise 4 page 75
irritable. I realised that they would have to
bring more staff onto the tills, so instead of 1 yearly 2 in a leisurely way / fashion /
joining a queue and then getting stuck, I manner 3 daily 4 in a jolly way / fashion /
hung back and kept an eye out for shop manner 5 early
Exercise 5 page 75 Students’ own answers
9B Family histories
5had stopped, would have heard When people find out that I have been
researching my family history, they usually
Exercise 4 page 6 ask, ‘Have you found out anything
interesting?’The answer is, of course, yes.
2If the sun had been shining, we’d have But the most fascinating part of my hobby
gone to the beach. is solving historical puzzles.
3If Harry hadn’t been driving recklessly, I first became interested in my family’s
he wouldn’t have been involved in a car history when I was a teenager and my
crash. grandmother Patricia died. She had saved
everything. My mother spent weeks going
4If Sam hadn’t been short of money, he’d through old papers, letters, photos, toys
have bought the jeans. and all sorts. I helped her. We went
through all the photos and identified
5I wouldn’t have eaten the sandwich if I people and started to draw up a family tree.
hadn’t been hungry.
The first puzzle I needed to solve emerged
Challenge! page 76 fairly soon. There was no documentation
about my mother’s grandfather at all. He
would be my greatgrandfather. My mother after Mildred’s wedding to Warren. Eva
remembers her mother – my grandmother wrote about how worried she was. She
Patricia thought that Mildred had made a big
mistake, that she had married too quickly
14 and was too young. Eva thought that
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6 Warren wouldn’t make a good husband for
Mildred, as he came from a much poorer
– saying that no one ever talked about her family.
father at all, but Patricia never knew why
this was. Had he done something terrible? So that was Warren’s crime. He wasn’t
What if he’d been a criminal, a murderer or considered good enough for Mildred! I
something? I had to find out. tried to find out what Mildred thought
about this. Did she come to regret
First of all, I researched my great-
grandmother’s marriage. For all the papers having married Warren? Eventually, after a
that had been saved by the family, this great deal of reading and re-reading of old
marriage certificate was not among them. letters, I found a letter written to Mildred,
So I wrote to request a copy. My great- and signed ‘Mother’. But, of course,
grandmother’s name was Mildred and she Mildred’s own mother – her name was
married a young man called Warren Hill, Nancy – had died when Mildred was only
my grandmother’s father. They had three. I looked at the letter again. It was
married very young. Mildred was 18 and kind and affectionate and asked about
Warren was 22. Then I requested a copy of young Patricia. I researched the address on
Warren Hill’s death certificate. He had the envelope and found out that it was
died very young, when my grandmother Warren’s mother, Johanna Hill, who had
was only five years old. Warren had joined written the letter. And the date on the letter
the army and fought in the First World was two years after Warren’s death. This
War. It was no wonder that my meant that Mildred had kept in touch with
grandmother didn’t remember her father. her mother-in-law, but Patricia never knew
But I couldn’t find out any more she had a grandmother and never met her.
information about him. It was puzzling and Johanna died a year after the date of the
really annoying. letter.
I continued going through the papers, This is what I think: I think that Mildred
photos and letters, and I eventually found a was devoted to Warren and was
photo tucked away in an old envelope. It heartbroken when he died. However, she
was of Mildred, Warren and baby Patricia. knew that her family didn’t approve of
They looked happy. I was thrilled. I looked him, and so she never talked about him
hard at Warren’s face. He didn’t seem like after his death and she kept her continuing
a murderer or anything – just an ordinary, contact with his mother a secret. What I do
pleasant-looking sort of man. I showed it know for sure is that after Warren’s death
to my mother. She was amazed. She had Mildred never married again. I hope it was
never seen a picture of her grandfather because she never found anybody that she
before. loved as much as she had loved Warren.
Months later, I found a letter written by Nancy 2 Johanna 3 Ross 4 Eva 5 Mildred
1
Mildred’s much older sister, Eva. Eva had 6 Warren
looked after Mildred ever since their 7Patricia
mother had died. Eva was writing to her
fiancé Ross, and the date was three weeks Exercise 5 page 77
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1 Wilf 2 Harriet 3 Wilf 4 Harriet 1If I hadn’t failed my piano exam last
summer, I wouldn’t be taking it again.
Exercise 4 page 78
2I would have gone to the theatre if I
1c2b3d4d5a6c wasn’t / weren’t broke.
5whole; Students’ own answers 6If Ollie hadn’t lost his iPad, he wouldn’t
be looking miserable.
6truth; Students’ own answers
7If Carol was well, she would have gone
Challenge! page 78 out last night.
3I really wish my pet rat hadn’t died! Examiner We just had some food and drink
and listened to music. Student A Well, I’m
4I wish I had been able to go to the sorry I missed it. Shall we go out together
Wimbledon final, but it wasn’t possible. this Friday? Examiner I’m afraid I can’t
make Friday. I’ve got something else on.
Exercise 2 page 81 Student A How about Saturday night?
1My mum suggested skiing. 5No sooner had I found my phone than it
rang.
2We chose a resort in the Alps.
6Never again will I spend £400 on a
3We needed to buy a permit. camera.
1The reason I went home was that I felt ill. Students’ own answers
1They were from mountain lions that he 1I’d rather Dad didn’t see my diary.
had hunted.
2It’s high time we started work.
2He had bought the shirt in a shop in
Sweden. 3You’d better not text her after midnight.
3She always ties her shoelaces in the same 4We might as well start again.
way.
5I’d sooner the guests didn’t bring gifts.
4He says that the grass there has the best
flavour. 6Imagine if we had a Ferrari! / Imagine
having a Ferrari!
5taping his bat to the ceiling; his
teammates 7Suppose everyone waited outside.
1 C 2 C 3 D 4 A 5 D 6 D 7 A 8 B 9 A 10 B 10 to get on
11 B 12 D 13 C 14 A
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