UNIT 11 READING

LISTENING

1 Listen to a radio interview about a job. Are the sentences true (T) or false (F)?

1 Alex works in movies and TV. _______

2 He works in Manchester. _______

3 He’s a musician. _______

4 He can’t see very well. _______

5 He has a degree. _______

2 Listen to a radio interview about a job. Complete the sentences with an adjective, a
comparative, or a superlative.

1 He has a very ________________________ job.

2 He stops in front of a tall, ________________________ building.
3 She has long, ________________________ hair and glasses.
4 You need to choose the ________________________ parts of the picture.
5 I worked on a ________________________ TV show last month.
6 One of the actors was a lot ________________________ than the other one.

GRAMMAR

Put the words in the correct order to make questions.

1 decide / gym / join / a / Why / you / did / to / ?

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2 a / Did / library / have / school / your / ?

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3 How / did / you / exams / take / often / ?

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4 in / you / new / make / Did / friends / college / ?

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5 trip / long / the / was / How / ?

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6 were / U.S. / the / in / When / you / ?

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7 today / have / Did / Simon / interview / an / ?

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8 cost / did / much / car / How / your / ?

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Complete the text with the correct form of the words in parentheses.

London and Athens are very different cities. In general, Athens is much 1 ________________________ (hot)

than London. Both cities are large, but London is 2 ________________________ (big), and is therefore
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________________________ (crowded) than Athens. Perhaps this means that Athens is a bit
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________________________ (friendly), too. London has some old parts, but many of the monuments and
buildings in Athens are a lot 5 ________________________ (old) than in London. And what about

transportation? You have to travel 6 ________________________ (far) from Athens to reach the airport
than in London. It’s difficult to say if London’s traffic problem is 7 ________________________ (bad) than it

is in Athens, and it’s difficult to say if one place is 8 ________________________ (dangerous) than the other.
Both cities are worth visiting.

Choose the correct options to complete the sentences.

1 She is the happiest / happiest / most happy person I know.

2 This is most terrible / the terrible / the most terrible hotel in the world.
3 How far is most close / the closest / closer subway station?
4 He was always the cleverest / the most clever / cleverer boy in the class.
5 We walked down the narrowest / most narrow / narrowest street in the city.
6 Which of these hotels is the furthest / the most far / most further from Main Street?
7 A train station is one of noisier / most noisy / the noisiest places to read.
8 I had the worst / worst / bad meal of my life there.

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Complete the text with the correct form of have to / don’t have to.

The Brooklyn Free School in New York is a very different type of school. U.S. law says that
children 1 __________________________________________ be in school for five and a half hours a day, but at the

Brooklyn Free School the students 2 __________________________________________ go to classes. Instead, they

can do other things, such as reading or watching a video. They
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__________________________________________ do homework or take exams, either. And, of course, nobody
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__________________________________________ wear a uniform. The idea is that a child learns more when he or

she 5 __________________________________________ study a subject, but can choose activities they find
interesting instead. But 6 __________________________________________ you __________________________________________ be
interested in something to learn from it? Is this a good lesson for children? Many people argue
that we all 7 __________________________________________ do things we don’t like. When a child
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__________________________________________ learn about something in school, he or she may never have
another chance.

READING

The Ghan: the longest north-south train trip in the world

Time: 3 days, 2 nights

Distance: 2,979 km

The Ghan is probably one of the most amazing train trip in the world and it is definitely one of
the longest! The train travels almost 3,000 km from Adelaide in the south of Australia to
Darwin in the north. Perhaps you’re thinking that “Ghan” is a strange name for a train. Some
of the first people to make this trip through the center of Australia were from Afghanistan, so
the word comes from the name of their home country. That was in the 19th century –
traveling was certainly a lot more difficult then! Now it’s much easier to see this beautiful part
of Australia.

When you travel on the Ghan, you don’t have to worry about anything – we are famous for
taking care of our passengers. We are also famous for our food! You can enjoy great meals
in the train restaurant while you travel, and try foods like kangaroo meat, or quandong, an

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Australian fruit. The rooms on the train are very comfortable, too. Most rooms have two beds,
closets, a table, and a small bathroom, and some rooms also include armchairs and a DVD
player.

During the trip, you can get off the train and see more of the Australian countryside. When
we arrive in Alice Springs on the second day of the trip, you can visit the Alice Springs Desert
Park and learn more about the animals of this area. Or how about having a barbecue under
the stars in the evening? On the third day, in Katherine, you can take a boat trip on the river,
or take a helicopter to see the beautiful Nitmiluk National Park from the sky.

Search online for “The Ghan Australia” and start your adventure today!

Read the text about a long train trip. Number the topics in the order they are mentioned.

a things you can see and do during the trip _______

b the train’s restaurant _______

c the history of the train’s name _______

d information about rooms on the train _______

e how far the train travels _______

Complete the sentences with the words in the box. There are three words you do not need.

armchairs beds first food fruit north second south three two

1 The trip from Adelaide to Darwin takes ________________________ days.

2 Darwin is in the ________________________ of Australia.
3 The ________________________ on the Ghan train is famous.
4 Quandong is a ________________________ from Australia.
5 There are two ________________________ in most of the rooms on the train.
6 Some rooms on the train have ________________________ .
7 The train stops at Alice Springs on the ________________________ day.

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