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STUDENT’S BOOK ANSWER KEY Level 2

Unit 2 2
Could some of those things actually be invented at
some point in the future?
Unit opener These are just two examples of science fiction items that
A may be developed …
1 4.5 billion years 3
2 14 billion years Could some of those things actually be invented
3 384,000 kilometers and may be developed refer to future possibilities. Will be
4 150 million kilometers activated and will be spent are more definite predictions.
5 1969 B
6 6,000
The future passive is formed with …
7 1,670 kilometers per hour a …will/may/might/could + be + past participle
8 1948
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1 Reading
1 Personal spaceships will be invented (by them) in
A the next century.
The connection between space, science fiction, and 2 A lot could be learned (by us) from future science
cell phones is that the inventor of the cell phone was fiction movies.
inspired by a device used in the science fiction TV series 3 Other planets will be studied by robots in my lifetime.
Star Trek, which was set in space. 4 Astronauts might be trained by NASA at a lunar base.
5 Do you think other planets will ever be colonized
B (by people)?
1 inspire 6 gain a lead
2 public relations 7 infrastructure 3 Listening
3 lobby 8 press conference A
4 prototype 9 rival Speaker 1 — Speaker 5
5 giant 10 launch Speaker 2 — Speaker 4
Speaker 3 — Speaker 6
2 Grammar
A B
c Some science fiction inventions can be used as ideas 1 India: Speakers 3 and 6
for real inventions. 2 U.S.A.: Speakers 1 and 5
3 Australia: Speakers 2 and 4
Notice!
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Some really cool things have been created for science Speaker 1: Against Reason: We should spend money
fiction movies. to solve problems on Earth.
Could some of those things actually be invented Speaker 2: For Reason: We need natural
at some point in the future? resources from other planets.
Short bursts of electrical energy will be activated around Speaker 3: For Reason: Space programs create
the vehicles … jobs.
Apparently, millions of dollars will be spent by the U.S. Speaker 4: Against Reason: We should concentrate
Department of Defense … on caring for our own planet.
These are just two examples of science fiction items that Speaker 5: For  Reason: Space programs give us
may be developed … useful inventions.
Speaker 6: Against Reason: We should spend money
on improving life for people
on Earth. E
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D B
Negative adjectives with –im 1 With the large number of planets and other bodies
immeasurable, impatient, imperfect, impractical, in the universe, it is probable that at least one other
improbable would have life on it.
Negative adjectives with –in 2 There is evidence that some other planets have
inaccurate, incapable, insignificant some of the same conditions as Earth.
Negative adjectives with –un 3 There are so many reports of UFOs that at least
unacceptable, unavailable, unaware, unbelievable, some must be true.
uncertain
7 Writing
4 Grammar
A
A
Outline 1 is better. It is clearly organized so that each
The writer believes that there might be intelligent life point relates to the topic of the section.
on other planets, but we have to be careful because it Problems with outline 2:
might be dangerous to us. Introduction: The history of the space program isn’t
related to the general topic about whether countries
Notice!
should have space programs. It’s better to have a
b We might be putting the human race in danger if general statement that there are pros and cons, as in
we protect ourselves. outline 1, if the essay is going to contain both pros
and cons.
B
Paragraph 2: The first point is simply a statement of how
Function much money is spent on the U.S. space program every
a 4
year. It is not an argument against the space program.
b 2, 5 Paragraph 3: The first point is an argument against, not
c 3 for, space programs. The third point is just an opinion,
d 1, 6 not an argument for the programs.
Conclusion: This seems to be just a statement of the
Form writer’s opinion rather than a strong conclusion that
Conditional conjunctions are followed by … shows why the writer is in favour of space programs.
a a clause (subject + verb)
lifeSkills
C A
1 unless
Correlation is when things happen together. Causation
2 (just) in case is when things happen together because one thing
3 provided that / as long as causes another.
4 (just) in case
5 since D
6 provided that / as long as Possible answers:
Key fact 1: We haven’t heard anything.
6 Speaking Explanation: There’s nothing to hear because there’s
A no one out there.
Alternative explanations: We might have been looking
1 If there were other intelligent life, our technology
and listening in the wrong places; there might be
would have detected it.
intelligent civilizations who are not sending signals
2 There is no real proof that aliens or UFOs exist. into space; we might not be looking for the right kind
3 We haven’t found other planets capable of of signal.
supporting life. Key fact 2: We haven’t yet found a planet capable of
sustaining life.
Explanation: They don’t exist; the Earth is unique.
Alternative explanations: We don’t have strong enough
equipment to detect similar planets; we might not be
looking for them in the right places; intelligent life might
be able to develop on planets very different from Earth.

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Language wrap-up

1 Vocabulary
1 unknown 6 launched
2 inspired 7 insufficient
3 impossible 8 impractical
4 unavailable 9 uncertain
5 gained a lead 10 improbable

2 Grammar
1 in case 7 be fought
2 will be 8 send
3 be designed 9 be established
4 be charged 10 provided that
5 if 11 survive
6 as long as 12 be invented

Speaking workshop

A
4 — Details about the types of buildings
2 — The shape of the colony (round, oval, etc.)
5 — The speaker’s opinions of life in a space colony
1 — Information printed on the picture
3 — Details about transportation

B
1 says that 5 type of
2 shape of 6 appears to be
3 look like 7 as long as
4 similar to

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