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UNIT 1

A. Fill in the blank


I ___wonder_________ how many accidents I’ve had in my life. I’ve had a few serious ones where
I’ve ended up in ______hospital______ . Traffic accidents are the worst. They’re always painful. I
___haven’t_________ had too many work-related accidents. I suppose that’s because I do
___office_________ work and that’s not so dangerous. Most of my accidents are those around the
house. I’ve lost count of the ___number_________ of times I’ve hit my thumb with a hammer. I’m
also really good at standing up and ____hitting________ my head on something. I’m not as bad as
my friend ___though_________ . He’s a real accident looking for somewhere to happen. Almost
every time we meet, he has some story to tell about his ____latest________ accident. He’s
_____quite_______ unbelievable. I think I’d be very ___worried_________ if I were his mother.

WARM UP QUESTIONS

1. Sunny

2. Rain jacket, Thin long sleeved shirt, Thick jacket, Hoodie

VOCABULARY

1. Breezy

3. Temperature

4. Humid

5. Shower

6. Reach

7. Occasional

8. Chance

9. Weather forecast

LISTENING PRACTICE 1
1. A

10. B

11. D

LISTENING PRACTICE 2

1. Hot and sunny, sunglasses

12. Rain/ thunderstorm, umbrella, raincoat

13. Snowing, Warm coat

14. Cool and breezy, jacket

LISTENING PRACTICE 3

1.WEATHER NETWORK, HOT AND HUMID, 31 DEGREES, SUNNY WARM,


TEMPERATURE, 25 DEGREES, OCCASIONAL SHOWER

LISTENING PRACTICE 4

TASK 1

1. TO FIND OUT WHAT TO TAKE

TASK 2

1.C

2.B

3.C
UNIT 2
Part B
Being an actor ______must______ be great. I really wish I could act. I’d love to
have the confidence to act in _______front_____ of people. Being a member of
the audience at the ____theatre________ is great, but acting on stage is better. I
wonder what it’s like to be a movie star. I think you need to be beautiful or
handsome to be a ___successful_________ Hollywood or Bollywood actor. They
all look great. Actors are very lucky. They get paid _____huge_______ amounts
of money to do what they ______love______ doing. My favorite actors are all
dead now. I really like the actors _____in the old_______ black and white movies.
They all looked so cool. Actors in the old days ____seemed________ to be more
____glamorous________ than today’s actors. The best thing about being an actor
is that all of your friends are ____famous________ too.

Answer Part B
Vocabulary
1. field
2. cozy
3. countryside
4. harvest
5. scarecrow
6. bloom
7. chubby
8. catch a cold

Listening Practice 1
1. A
9. D
10. C
11. C

Listening Practice 2
1. True
12. False
13. True
14. True

Listening Practice 3
1. Fall
15. Leaves
16. Breeze
17. Visit
18. Countryside
19. Harvest
20. Delicious
21. Chubby
Listening Practice 4
Task 1
The weather

Task 2
1. Skiing, snowboarding, ice skating.
22. Winter
23. Hot and sunny
24. Ask her parents to buy her a plane ticket for Christmas.

UNIT 3
A. WARM UP
1. Swim, play in the park, jog.
25. sunblock, sunglasses.

B. VOCABULARY
1. put on
26. popsicles
27. life jacket
28. sunset
29. firefly
30. paddle boating
31. canoe
32. involve

LISTENING 1
1. B
33. D
34. C
35. C

LISTENING 2
1. Picnics, Under a big tree, Homemade Cookies and sandwiches
36. Water fights, backyard, water balloons and water guns
37. Catch fire flies, countryside, flashlight and clean glass jar
38. Paddle boating, river, life jacket and sunglasses.

LISTENING 3
1. Favourite Season
39. Summer
40. Sunny weather, fun things
41. Ride bike, hang out with friends in the park
42. Movie theatre to watch horror movies, eat popsicles

LISTENING 4
TASK 1
1. Tomorrow’s plans

TASK 2
1. C
43. C
44. A

UNIT 4

Warm up questions
1. Ski, snowball fight
45. Winter clothes, jacket, non slippery shoes

Vocabulary
1. Caravanning
46. Once in a while
47. break
48. puck
49. roast
50. assign
51. popular
52. soft

Listening 1
1. A
53. C
54. B
55. b

Listening 2
1. False
56. True
57. True
58. False

Listening 3
Cold weather countries
1.Canada
2.Russia
3.Czech
Frozen ponds and rivers
1.Hockey skates
2.Sticks
3.pucks
Great winter sport

Listening 4
Task 1: Things done
Task 2:
1.Skiing and snowboarding with family, stayed in hotel for 3 nights, ski everyday
2.Big snowball fight, made Christmas decoration with his brother
3.Sledding at grandparents’ house
4.Ice fishing with his dad

UNIT 5, The hottest places in the world

Warm up questions
1. A rainforest
59. Tropical plants, maybe snakes, monkeys

Vocabulary
1. Rescue
60. Tropical rainforests
61. Viper
62. Coral reefs
63. Orchid
64. Curiosity
65. Equator
66. Marine
Listening 1
1. a
67. b
68. C
69. C

Listening 2
1. Amazon, Piranhas, meat eating fish
70. Egypt, pyramids, thousands of years old
71. Hawaii, bottle nosed dolphins, smart animals
72. Thailand, coral reefs, colourful and full of life

Listening 3
1. Deserts, rainforests
73. Deserts
74. Large, dry areas of rain
75. Very little rain
76. Tropical rainforests
77. Receive lots of rain
78. Largest forest is amazon

Listening 4
Task 1: Tim’s trip to the Philippines

Task 2
1. B
79. c
80. A

UNIT 6

Warm up questions
1.Artic, Norway, Australia
2.pinguins, polar bears

vocabular
1.exhausted
2.residents
3.documentary
4.habitable
5.permanent
6.culture
7.cruel
8.coast

Listening 1
1.a
2.b
3.b

Listening 2
1.1.Eastern siberia 2.B 3.Habitable
2.Northern 2.A 3.Habitable
3.1.Northern 2.A 3.Habitable
4.1.Highlands 2.B 3. Inhabitable

Listening 3
1.coldest
2.-89 degrees
3.snow
4.residence
5.researchers
6.there
7.research
8.summer

Listening 4
task 1 Joe’s trip to Sweden
task 2
1.Sweden, ice hotel
2.walls, beds, cups
3.sleeping bags, animal furs
4.saw a dog sleigh race, skiing, snow mobile

UNIT 7

Warm up questions
1. My friend has a dog and hamster
81. I think that all animals can be good pets as long as we are a good owner.

Vocabulary
1.pet
2.fuzzy
3.snack
4.leftovers
5.bark
6.aquarium
7.scales
8.allergy

1.B
2.C
3.B
4.D

1.Cat, long white hair, licking paws and climbing to high places
2.parrot, small and has red yellow feathers, repeat what he said
3.dog, small and has short round and white fur bruno, playing frisbee and going for walks
4.goldfish, orange scales name is cleopatra, loves swimming in its ball and looking for food.

1.silky
2.droopy
3.treats
4.special
5.newspaper
6.bark
7.comforts
8.cry

Task 1 Cathy and Andrew’s pets


Task 2
1.B
2.A
3.C

UNIT 8

Warm Up Questions
1.Reptiles
2.Flying squirrels, because they are small and can’t really hurt us.

Vocabulary
1.Unusual
2.Miniature
3.Belly
4.Active
5.Spikes
6.Frightened
7.Feed
8.Character

Listening practice 1
1.A
2.D
3.D
4.A

Listening practice 2
1.Gentle and quiet, everything, 14 years old
2.Beautiful colour patterns, mice, frogs insects, 15 years old
3.b,a,b
4.a,a,a
Listening practice 3
great pets
1.intelligent
2.curious
3.active
4.playful
5.friendly
scare a skunk, they will leave a smell you will never forget.

Listening practice 4
Task 1: A
1.Attacked
2.a box/ aquarium, small flower pot
3.hide
4.bugs

UNIT 9

Vocabulary
1.amphibians
2.Reptiles
3.gills
4.Feelers
5.Belong to
6.vary
7.sprint
5.fins

1.C
2.C
3.B
4.A

LAATIHAN 2
1.Fish
2.Insects
3.Mammals
4.reptiles

Latihan 3
A thousand different kinds
1.Ostrich 2.Pinguins, 3.Emu

Latihan 4
Task 1: B
Task 2
1.c
2.b
3.c

UNIT 10

Vocabulary
1.Protect
2.Arctic
3.Pouch
4.Adapt
5.Throughout
6.Endangered
7.Hump
8.Layer

Listening Practice 1
1.B
2.C
3.B
4.C

Listening 2
1.False
2.False
3.True
4.True

Listening 3
Polar bears: 1.North America 2.Largest, great swimmers, white furs
Andean Bears:1.South America 2. Dark brown fur, strong paws to climb trees
Black asian bears: 1.Asia 2.Smaller, slimmer that other bears, very shy and cautious

Listening 4
Task 1 B
Task 2
1.Animals that live in cold countries
2.They have layers of fat, thick skin, that protect them from artic climate
3.Stay with each other in groups, stay near with each other
UNIT 11

Vocabulary
1.Nocturnal
2.breed
3.sting
4.destroy
5.infectious
6.venom
7.muscle
8.paralyse

Listening 1
1.C
2.D
3.D

Listening 2
1.Pacific ocean, Deadly poison that can kill people instantly
2.Tropical areas, Sting can paralyse/ kill
3.Tropical areas, Contain poison in skin, organ that can cause diff in breathing
4.every ocean in the world, sharp teeth deadly

Listening 3
1.Deadly, scorpions
2.cold blooded, nocturnal
3. sting, pain
4.venom, 2000

Listening 4
Task 1 B
Task 2
1.A
2.C
3.C
UNIT 12

Vocabulary
1.Disappear
2.Kill off
3.meteor
4.antlers
5.extinct
6.skeleton
7.happen
8.hunt

Listening 1
1.A
2.B
3.D
4.B

Listening 2
1.False
2.False
3.True
4.True

Listening 3
Extinct animal
Dodo Bird, 300 years ago, People hunted it
Moa, 500 years ago, People hunted it for meats, bones, feathers.

Listening 4
Task 1 A
Task 2
1.North America
2.People hunted it, destroyed their environment
3.Bali, Indonesia
4.Hunt, destroyed its home.
UNIT 13
Vocabulary
1.Traffic jam
2.Bike rack
3.Caught
4.Adventurer
5.Kick scooter
6.Portable
7.On foot
8.Ultimate

Practice 1
1.B
2.D
3.B
4.A

Practice 2
1.Subway, Don’t have to worry about traffic jam, 20 minutes
2.Kick scooter, Fun, portable and fast, 10 minutes
3.Car, Dangerous to walk, 5 minutes
4.Skateboard, exciting, 15 minutes

Practice 3
1.Kids who love to exercise, Spring loaded shoes that makes you jump high
2.Adventurer, A type of high speed skateboard you lie down on
3.Kids who like speed, gas powered scooters

Practice 4
Task 1 Skate shoes
Task 2
1.B
2.C
3.B
UNIT 14

Vocabulary
1.Status
2.Invent
3.Couch
4.Cattle
5.Means
6.Wagon
7.Obelisk
8.Make a bet

Practice 1
1.D
2.B
3.A
4.B

Practice 2
1.False
2.True
3.True
4.False

Practice 3
Rich, fancy cars, litters, bed, room, societies, status, Eastern.

Practice 4
Task 1, Transportation before cars and planes
Task 2
1.An old photo of grandmother’s grandfather.
2.By horse, donkey, cattle and other animals.
3.Use wagons.
4.They took trains or ships.

UNIT 15

Vocabulary
1.Goods
2.Flammable
3.Prohibit
4.Carry
5.Round-trip ticket
6.Passenger
7.Sightseeing
8.Explosives

Practice 1
1.B
2.C
3.A
4.C

Practice 2
1.2 floor buses, can hold a lot of people, London, Hong Kong, Singapore, Mumbai
2.Take up very little space, Cambodia, Thailand, Indonesia, India
3.Useful to carry goods and people in cities built on or around water, Venice, Amsterdam, Chicago,
Bangkok
4.Bicycles with coaches attached for passengers, East and South East Asian countries.

Practice 3
1.Please do not drink beverages without lid.
2.Give up seats for elderly and pregnant women.
3.Turn down volume when using any kind of audio devices.
4.Do not get on the train with explosives or flammable substances.

Practice 4
Task 1, B
Task 2
1.c
2.b
3.c

UNIT 16

Vocabulary
1.Award
2.Trick
3.Runner up
4.Exhibition
5.Operate
6.Destination
7.Distance
8.Automatic

Practice 1
1.C
2.A
3.D
4.B

Practice 2
1.False
2.True
3.False
4.True

Practice 3
Event: 50th Annual Science Exhibition
Location: London, England
Invention: An oxygen powered car
Description: Uses oxygen instead of gasoline
Bicycle powered cell
Lets people charge cell and other devices while bicycling to work
Solar powered boat
use sun energy to power small passenger boats

Practice 4
Task 1: Fly, big TV, it has computer that drives it.
Task 2:
1.An idea for a new type of transportation.
2.An automatic flying car.
3.Get in, close the door, tell the computer where to go.

UNIT 17

Vocabulary
1.Haunted house
2.Spooky
3.Wicked
4.Throw a party
5.Noisemakers
6.Sleepover party
7.Predict
8.Groundhog
Practice 1
1.D
2.C
3.B
4.A

Practice 2
1.1.December 31st 2.Throw parties, stay up until midnight, use noisemakers, light fireworks
2.1.March 17, Wear green clothes, celebrate anything Irish
3.Last Friday of April, celebrate the importance of trees by planting them
4.15th of August, hang national flags

Practice 3
A special day, gather to watch a groundhog, predict, weather, shadow, 6 more weeks, early.

Practice 4
Task 1: Turkey, stuffing, Mashed potatoes, corns, Other vegetables
Task 2
1.C
2.B
3.C

UNIT REVIEW 1
Word Puzzle
1.Weather forecast
2.Sunset
3.Temperature
4.Countryside
5.Vipers
6.Humid
7.Coast
8.Tropical rainforest

Fill in the blanks


1.humid
2.rainforest
3.orchids
4.amphibians
5.nocturnal
6.paddle boating
7.marine

Listening 1, True or False


1.True
2.False
3.False
4.True

Listening 2
1.Greenland.
2.They stayed in the mountains and snowboarded, ice skated and played ice hockey.
3.Watching sled dog races and went ice fishing.
4.A puppy.

Listening 3
1.C
2.B

Listening 4
1.B
2.D
3.D

Listening 5
Thousands of months ago (millions of years ago)
Small, friendly reptiles (huge, dangerous reptiles)
Paws (teeth)
Bird species (dinosaur species)
Hot and tropical areas (cold and tropical areas)
Dry off (die off)
Bones (fossils)

UNIT REVIEW 2

Word Puzzle
1.Round-Trip Ticket
2.Distance
3.Spices
4.Invent
5.Make a bet
6.Rude
7.Conserve
8.Automatic
9.Prohibit
10.Portable

Exercise 2
1.Festival
2.Hometown
3.Traffic jam
4.Cuisine
5.Exhibition
6.Spices
7.Skewer
8.Unforgettable

Listening 1
1.A
2.B
3.C

Listening 2
1.(Kick scooter), (Quick, portable also a great way to exercise), (The cold weather in winter so have
to wear big coat and hat).
2.(Bus), (Safe, easy and the bus comes right by his house), (It takes 15 minutes longer than by car,
so get up earlier).
3.(Mom’s car), (fast and easy), (She gets mad if Lisa takes too long getting ready and make her late
to work).
4.(Subway), (the quickest), (In the morning, it is too crowded, so it is uncomfortable).

Listening 3
1.Italian.
2.2 layers of pasta filled with meat and cheese, covered with tomato sauce.
3.4 cheese pizza in Italian.

Listening 4
1.False
2.True
3.False
4.False
Listening 5
Sisters (parents)
Terrible (great)
Pool (park)
Friends (family)
Do (go)
Water skiing (jet skiing)
UNIT 18

Vocabulary
1.Commemorate
2.Deceased
3.Hometown
4.Ancestors
5.Festival
6.Separated
7.Patriotic
8.Temple

Listening 1
1.d
2.b
3.a
4.b

Listening 2
1.false
2.true
3.false
4.true

Listening 3
Valentine’s, China, lovers, heaven, July 7th, Double, different, wishes

Listening 4
TASK 1 Spring Festival
TASK 2
1.India.
2.Festival of Colours.
3.People throw coloured powder at each other.
4.At the end of February or at the end of March.

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