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UK 7 There is only one royal throne. (False – There are

9 royal thrones.)
1 The United Kingdom
8 No one knows when people started living in
1 Suggested Answer Key England. (False – We know that people first came
I know that the United Kingdom is in north-western to live in England 30,000 years ago.)
Europe and its capital city is London. The people 9 A little over one tenth of the people living in the
there speak English and like drinking lots of tea! The UK were born in another country. (True)
Royal Family, whose head is Queen Elizabeth II, is 10 French was once the official language of the UK.
very famous. They live in Buckingham Palace in (True)
London.
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2 Suggested Answer Key
Questions I have about the UK: 2 London
• How big is it? 1 Suggested Answer Key
• How many people live there?
I come from Odessa, where there are lots of things
• What are the British famous for?
for visitors to see and do. Visitors can enjoy fantastic
• What does the Queen do?
local dishes in the city’s many restaurants, go
shopping in markets or see a performance in the
3 a) 1 30,000 4 74 times smaller
beautiful Opera House. Visitors can also spend the
2 French 5 Buckingham Palace,
day exploring nature at the Dniester Delta national
3 polite police station
park.

b) 120 kilometres is the greatest distance a place is

2 b) 1 DS 3 DS 5 F 7 T
from the sea in the UK.
2 T 4 DS 6 F
There are 9 royal thrones.
The UK has 1,000 islands.
3 destination = place to visit
The UK is 74 times smaller than the US.
It’s no wonder = it isn’t surprising
It is 30,000 years ago that people first started
fascinating = very interesting
living in the UK.
up close = standing very near
13% of the people living in the UK were born
comes along = arrives
outside the country.
giant = huge
More than 300 languages are spoken in England.
ancient = really old
The UK has a population of 64,100,000.
venue = place for events
in the open air = outdoors
4 1 official language 4 goes back
2 populated 5 Head of State
4 1 destination 5 Ferris 9 view
3 polite
2 double-decker 6 world 10 share
3 bus 7 ancient
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4 guided 8 venue
2 Fewer than 60 million people live in the UK. (False
– The UK has a population of just over 64 million.) 5 (Ss’ own answers)
3 Great Britain is another name for England. (False
– Great Britain is what we call England, Wales and
6 (Ss’ own answers)
Scotland together.)
4 Britain is one of the most populated islands on
Earth. (True) 3 Sports
5 The Queen works from her home in London. 1 Suggested Answer Key
(True) I like watching as well as playing basketball and
6 The Royal Family also has a home in Berkshire. football because they’re fast and exciting sports.
(True) Popular sports in Ukraine are football, basketball,
hockey and boxing. My favourite football player is
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Andriy Yarmolenko. He plays for Dynamo Kyiv as well 3 1 trilogy 3 charming 5 role
as Ukraine’s national team, and he’s the best and 2 fictional 4 imaginary 6 novel
fastest footballer I’ve seen. My favourite basketballer
is Alex Len. He is an amazing player who started out 4 a) Suggested Answer Key
in BC Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk and is now playing in 2 A: Christie published her first book during
an American NBA team, the Phoenix Suns. WWI.
B: No, she didn’t. Her first book was
2 b) 1 B 2 B 3 A 4 A 5 B published just after the end of WWI.
3 A: Christie worked as a hospital nurse.
3 1 national 3 skilled 5 joined B: No, she didn’t. She worked at a hospital’s
2 public 4 signed 6 professionally dispensary, giving out medicines to
patients.
4 (Ss’ own answers) 4 A: J.R.R. parents were South African.
B: No, they weren’t. They were English.
5 (Ss’ own answers) 5 A: New Zealand is the country were Tolkien
wrote The Lord of the Rings trilogy.
4 Schools in the UK B: No, it isn’t. New Zealand is the place
where all The Lord of the Rings films were
1 Suggested Answer Key shot.
Schools in Ukraine are pretty similar to the schools
that we find in most European countries. There are 5 (Ss’ own answers)
state, private and boarding schools. There are also
international schools, where children that were not 6 Shopping
born in Ukraine can go; Ukrainian students can
attend these schools too. Students start school at 1 Suggested Answer Key
the age of 6 and can leave at the age of 16. Students I live in Kyiv and my favourite place to shop is the
who wish to do so, can continue their secondary Dream Town mall. This is a huge mal where I can find
education for two more years. The school year lasts anything I want. After I do my shopping, I can watch
from September to June. Among other things, a film, go bowling or even go swimming at the
Ukrainian school students study maths, sciences, waterpark; and all that under one roof!
language, literature and music.
2 b) 1 F 3 T 5 F 7 F
2 b) 1 private school 4 twenty-minute break 2 DS 4 T 6 F
2 wear a uniform 5 at the end of Year 11
3 two weeks 6 three subjects 3 1 customers 6 stores
2 shopper’s 7 market
3 1 private 4 packed 3 second-hand 8 discount
2 break 5 take 4 bustling 9 produce
3 extracurricular 6 get into, grades 5 designer 10 displays

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5 Famous Authors 7 Currency

1 Suggested Answer Key 1 b) 1 F 2 DS 3 F 4 T 5 T 6 F
I really love reading books and I always read when I
have spare time. What I like most are science-fiction 2 1 official 3 portrait 5 features
as well as horror and fantasy stories. My favourite 2 celebrates 4 monarchy
authors are Arthur C. Clark and Stephen King.

2 b) 1 B 2 A 3 C 4 B 5 C
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3 Suggested Answer Key Rivers/Lakes: rivers: Dnieper, Dniester, Southern
What I remember from the text is that the pound is Bah rivers; lakes: Shatsky Lakes
called a quid in everyday language, and that all Climate: continental
banknotes and coins have a portrait of the Queen on Products: sunflower oil, grain, sugar beets,
one side. I also remember that the £50 note isn’t vegetables, beef, milk
used very often, and that the designs on the £1 and Famous for: agriculture, aircraft industry,
£2 coins change every now and then to celebrate engineering industry
different things.
4 1 Agriculture 3 continental 5 cargo
4 (Ss’ own answers) 2 talented 4 folk 6 enormous

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8 The Channel Tunnel
1 a) Suggested Answer Key 6 (Ss’ own answers)
I know that the Channel Tunnel is an underwater
railway tunnel that connects the English and the 2 Kyiv
French coasts. Really fast trains carry thousands
of cars and passengers through the Tunnel every 1 Suggested Answer Key
day. I always go sightseeing when I travel. I like visiting
museums, especially ones with unusual exhibitions,
2 1 the Chunnel 3 1988 5 two hours and historical sights.
2 45 minutes 4 six years
2 b) 1 B 2 A 3 C
3 1 cooperated 3 connects 5 passengers
2 transport 4 made history 3 1 D 2 A 3 B 4 C 5 C

4 1988: construction on the Channel Tunnel began 4 1 fellow 4 great

1990: a French and an English worker shook hands 2 underground 5 magnifying
through a hole connecting the two ends of the tunnel 3 stunning 6 entertainment
1994: opening of the Tunnel
1996: the Tunnel became one of the Seven Engineering 5 Suggested Answer Key
Wonders of the Modern World From the text, I learned that Kyiv has a very wide
variety of attractions. There are big parks where you
UKRAINE can enjoy nature but also deep underground caves.
1 UKRAINE There is also the extremely interesting Microminiatures
Museum, where you can see microscopic works of
1 Suggested Answer Key art.
I would say that Ukraine is a perfect holiday
destination. The people are friendly and welcoming 6 (Ss’ own answers)
and visitors have a huge choice of things to see and
do. There is beautiful countryside, interesting 3 Combat Hopak
historical and architectural sights but also modern
cities that offer lots of fun and entertainment. 1 Suggested Answer Key
A martial art is a way of fighting and defending
2 b) 1 tradition 4 songwriting yourself. Karate and judo are two of the most popular
2 snowy 5 spacecraft martial arts. I don’t practise any martial arts but I’d
3 sunflower oil 6 longest really like to take up combat hopak. It is not only a
Ukrainian tradition but it is also something that
3 Country: Ukraine combines fighting with dancing, which I think is really
People: Ukrainians interesting.
Where it is: Eastern Europe
Capital city: Kyiv 2 b) 1 F 2 D 3 A 4 E 5 B

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3 1 techniques 3 version 5 skills 5 Travelling
2 brainchild 4 train
1 Suggested Answer Key
4 Suggested Answer Key I travel around the city daily, as I use public transport
to go to school and football practice. I prefer taking
2 Hopak is an ancient fighting technique. (False –
the metro because it’s really fast. For longer
Hopak is a traditional Ukrainian Cossack dance.)
distances I prefer travelling by train because it’s
3 There are different names for combat hopak.
cheap and comfortable.
(True)
4 Volodymyr Pylat used to be an expert in another
3 1 petrol, insurance and repair
martial art. (True)
2 meet new people
5 Pylat realised that some hopak moves looked like
3 discount
some fighting moves. (True)
4 long distances
6 Combat hopak became Ukraine’s national sport
5 midnight
in the early 1990s. (False. – Combat hopak
6 offer money
became Ukraine’s national sport in the early
1990s, in 1997.)
4 1 control 4 resorts
7 There are ten official levels of difficulty in combat
2 discount 5 cable
hopak. (False – There are seven official levels of
3 duty-free 6 check-in
difficulty in combat hopak.)
8 It takes two years to get through the first level of
5 (Ss’ own answers)
difficulty. (True)
9 Combat hopak is only practised in Ukraine. (False
– There are combat hopak clubs in Canada, the 6 (Ss’ own answers)
USA and other countries.)
10 Woman and children can practise combat hopak 6 Intercity Transport
as well. (True)
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5 (Ss’ own answers) I really like travelling by train, especially when I have
to cover long distances. Train travel is fast,
comfortable and cheap. I also like looking out the
4 Malls
window and enjoy the passing scenery while I’m on
1 Suggested Answer Key the train.
I don’t go shopping very often; maybe once or twice
a month. When I do go shopping though, I like 4 1 F 2 F 3 T 4 T 5 DS 6 T
visiting large shopping malls. I can find everything I
want, have something to eat and also have fun 5 1 steward 3 Intercity 5 connect
without having to go all round the city. Everything is 2 carriage 4 collect
there, under one roof!
6 (Ss’ own answers)
2 b) 1 inside mall internationally
2 quite different 7 (Ss’ own answers)
3 something to wear
4 two 7 Staying at a Hotel
5 size
6 aquariums 1 Suggested Answer Key
I stayed at a hotel last year when my family and I
3 1 shopaholic 3 heart 5 way went to Odessa on a summer holiday. The hotel was
2 bite 4 heart 6 roof nice and close to the beach. The rooms were big and
had comfortable beds. The only thing I didn’t like
4 (Ss’ own answers) about it was that it was too noisy. For me, the perfect
hotel is clean, quiet and close to the major tourist
5 (Ss’ own answers) attractions of the area that I’m visiting.

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3 1 F (The hotel is between the village Charivne and 8 Favourite School Subjects
the railway station)
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2 T
3 T For me, a lesson is interesting if the teacher uses
4 F (There is wi-fi Internet access at the reception different ways to present the material and all the
and swimming pool bar areas only.) students work on it together. I like it when we watch
5 F (Breakfast is served at 7:00-11:00 am.) videos, or when we have to do a group project using
6 F (Pets are not allowed at the hotel.) the Internet. If all the teacher does is talk for most of
the lesson, ask and answer questions and just check
4 1 free of charge 4 required homework it can make me lose interest in the lesson.
2 ideal 5 pleasant
3 take a dip 2 b) 1 B 2 C 3 C 4 A 5 B 6 A

5 (Ss’ own answers) 3 1 explore 4 invited

2 attitude 5 communicate
3 connect 6 finalists
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