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English File 4e Pre Int Culture Reading Comp Answer Key
English File 4e Pre Int Culture Reading Comp Answer Key
8 1 my cup of tea
2 cry over spilt milk
3 tea and sympathy
4 as much use as a chocolate teapot
5 all the tea in China
6 born with a silver spoon in his mouth
7 a storm in a teacup
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3 GETTING AN EDUCATION 4 VISITING THE USA
2 1 uniform 2 Clockwise, from top: Niagara Falls, Autumn colours,
2 curriculum The Statue of Liberty, National Mall, The rodeo, The
3 Comprehensive Grand Canyon, Las Vegas, Hollywood Studios, Golden
4 qualifications Gate Bridge, Mount Rushmore
5 grade
6 state 3 1 F
7 public 2 F
8 boarding 3 T
4 T
4 1 Kindergarten is the first year of elementary 5 T
school. 6 F
2 Students don’t normally wear the same clothes 7 T
to school. 8 T
3 Students normally move schools at the age of 11. 9 T
4 Students join high school in the freshman year. 10 T
5 Senior high school students are the oldest.
6 An excellent student has a grade point average of 4 a Niagara Falls were created about 12,000 years
4. ago.
7 Students take their SATs in the last year of high b Around 3 million people visit Mount Rushmore
school / the senior year. every year.
8 The high school prom happens at the end of the c There are 130,000 kilometres of wire in the
senior year. Golden Gate Bridge.
9 A ‘college fund’ is money that parents save to pay d The Grand Canyon is 446 kilometres long.
for their child’s bachelor’s degree at college. e Around 28 million people visit Niagara Falls every
10 Around 30 per cent of US presidents went to an year.
Ivy League college. f The French gave the Statue of Liberty to the USA
in 1886.
5 1 later g The Statue of Liberty has seven spikes on her
2 Fewer crown.
3 English h The Golden Gate Bridge is around 2.7 kilometres
4 Year 6 long.
5 secondary i Around 6 million people visit the Grand Canyon
6 England National Park every year.
7 grades j The Golden Gate Bridge opened in 1937.
k Couples can get married 24 hours a day in Las
6 Vegas.
ENGLISH AMERICAN l The Grand Canyon was formed by the Colorado
Year 4 pupil SATs River over a period of 3 to 6 million years.
GCSE 5th grade student
undergraduate High School Diploma 5 1 immigrant
A* grade freshman 2 pedestrians
homecoming 3 stunning
4 carve
1 SATs are American college entrance tests.
5 survive
2 A Year 4 pupil is an English student in the fourth
6 surround
year of primary school.
7 daredevils
3 A 5th grade student is an American student in the
8 show off
fifth year of elementary school.
9 make your name
4 A GCSE is an exam that English students take
10 couple
after five years of secondary education.
5 A High School Diploma is a qualification that 6 1 Immigrants
American students get when they finish high 2 show off
school. 3 stunning
6 An undergraduate is an English student who is 4 made his name
studying for a bachelor’s degree at university. 5 daredevils
7 Freshman is the name for the first year of high 6 surrounds
school in the USA. 7 couple
8 An A* grade is the highest grade that English 8 survive
students can get in A level exams.
9 Homecoming is a dance at the end of high school
in the USA.
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5 BRITISH SPORT 6 1 a licence
2 hire
2 1 soccer, ‘the beautiful game’
3 passengers
2 June and July
4 recognize
3 The Championship
5 a shift
4 Because they were violent and dangerous.
6 immigrant
5 They played with one school’s rules, and then
7 originate
changed to the other’s at half-time.
8 ban
6 Because tickets are very expensive.
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