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Read the Exam Reminder, ls it a good idea to
read the questions or the article {irst?
B
Nod comolete the Exam Task
I
ldentifying key information
. With mu tiple'choicequestions,remember
to readthe mainpart ofthe question{irstand
underlinethe keywords.
:: . Thenreadthe articleand find the corresponding
sectionsof text to helpchoosethe correctanswer
SUmer
Thewoid ofthe consumer
k becoming
a morecolourfuI place,asmanufacturcrs
thoughifullyusecoloursto encourage
shoppeEto buyiheirproducts.
A
supermarket
selkthousand5of products
packaged
andeachoneiscarefully
in
particular
coloursto catchtheshopper3
gives
eye.Thecolourofthe package
the consumer
information
aboutthe
productinside.
ofproductsaimedat menandwomen.
Men! toiletries,
for example,oftencome
in blackorgreypackaging,
whereas
those
aimedatwomenaremorelikelytobe in
softershades
likeblueorpink.
It isimportantthatthe colourson a
particular
productstaythe same,lfa
packetofourfavouritesnackisnot the
rightcolour,
we mightnot buyit.Also,
the colourof the packaging
canhelp
Different
colourscreatedifferent
the consumer
in a hurrytopickouthis
impressions.
Forexample,
a dessertaimed or herfavourite
blandfromamongst
atanadultmarketmaybe packaged
in
all the otherson the shelves.
However,
blacktosuggestthat
it issophisticated thereisa dangerthatcornpeting
brands
and expensive,
whereas
a yoghurt which couldcopythecoloursand
designon
appeals
to ch;ldrenwill prcbablybe in
the packet,
sothatwhentwo brandsare
a brightlycolourcd
carton.Sweets
sideby sideon the shelvettheconsumer
and
chocolate
arealsooftensoldin brightred couldbetrickedintoselecting
the
andpinkwappertwhichareihought
wrongone.
to showsweetness.
Pehapsbrightly
TheleastcolourfuI productsin
colouredwlappersarealsoan attempt
the supermarket
areprobably
to appealtothe (hild in everyoneof us.
products,
the
supermarkets'own
A purpleandgoldboxofchocolates,
Sophisticated,
brightpackaging
costs
howevetsuggests
thatthecontentsare
productsare
money,
so
these
normally
top qualityandexpensive.There
isalso
soldin veryplainpackaging,which
quiteanobviousdifference
in the colours
makesthemeasjlyrecognjsableas
the moreeconomical
alternative,
AsSupermarkets
savemoneyon
packaging,
thissavingcanbe passed
on to the customer
Thecolourof the foodisasimportant
asihe colourofthepackaging.
Whenwe opena tin orcarton,we
havecertainexpectations,
Fresh
food k very attractive.Marketsfu ll
offreshfruitandvegetables
are
incredibly
colourfulplaces,
sowe
thinkofs!rongcolourswith fiesh,
tastyfood.When
foodisprocessed,
though,some
of thesenaturalcolours
arelost.Thi5
iswhythefoodindustry
hasalwaysaddedcoloursto a lange
offood.Experiments
haveshown
ihai whena foodlooksmorelikethe
peoplethinkittastes
freshversion,
betterSometimes
thefoodindustry
creates
an unnatura
llystiongcolour
in a food.Forexample,
bananaice
creamisusuallyyellow
andstrawberry
yoghurtlook quitepink.lfyoumade
theseitemsin yourkitchen,the
wouldbe verymuch,ightef,
colou15
but consumers
havecometoexpect
brightercolours.Inthe past,thecolou|s
thatwe.eaddedto foodwerecreatedin
a laboratoryNowadays,
howevef,
there
isa trendtowardsnaturalfoodcolourt
asconsumers
aregettingworriedabout
theeffuctsof artificial
colou|5on health.
Yourbrightpinkstrawberry
yoghuft
mayb€ colouredwith beetrooi,a dark
pinkvegetable,
for example.
ThereS
no doubtthatcolourimprcves
our exp€rience
asconsumers.
Butwe
sl|ouldbe awarethat manufaciurcrs
o{ien useit to createa false
impression,
andremernberthat
it!
earyto be fooledby the colourofthe
padageorthefooditselt
Youaregoing to readan articleabout howthe useof colourcanattractconsumers.
For questions1-5, choosethe answer(a, b, c or d) whichyou thinkfits bestaccordingto the text.
Coloursare usedin packagingof consumergoods
a to attractconsumerstothe product,
b to makethe supermarketattractive.
c to tell customershow to usethe product.
d to makemost productslook similar.
Brightcoloursparticularly
appealio
h
tr
c children.
d adults.
Purpleand gold packagingafe
a for food produas only.
b for productsaimedat children.
c usedto showbetter quality.
d for productsaimedonly at men.
Attractivecoloursin packaging
a are meantto encourageshoppeFto choosea
favouritebrand.
b makeit difficultto copythe design.
c makethe food insidetastebetter.
d makethe consumerthinkcarefullyaboutthe product.
own products
Supermarkets'
a aresold in bdghtlycolouredpackaging.
b arecheaperthanotherbrands.
c aredi{ficultto recognise.
d are moreattractivethan otherbrands.
Added food colours
a makethe food taste better
b are alwaysbad for our health.
c are mostlysyntheticnowadays.
d makethe food look mo.e attractive.
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Complete the words in the sentences.
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3
4
5
6
7
8
Annais a g
__personwhowouldgiveyouherlasteuro.
l{ Jim sayshe'l helpyou, he will; he'sveryt _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _.
Evaisthinnow,but shewasa veryp____ babyl
Thatactorisn'ttalented,
but he'spopularbecause
he'sh ___ ____.
Don t panicin a cris's.ltt besrto stayc _ _ _.
Shefeltvery d -,
whenshelost hefjob.
qLite
Matthewis
f- - becausel-ejogs everyno|r rg.
He becameangryand a _,,
whenthe policemanquestionedhim.
,
B Complete the sentenceswith the correct form of the words. Remember that creating
word families when you learn a new word is a useful way of improving your vocabulary.
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5
6
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All peopleneedto have
lwasterfibly
in their l;ves
whenI fell overin the streetl
herein the evenings;youcan reallyrelax.
a(n)
lifestylewill hejpyou to ive longer
lVartl^aa waysrhinksabor,rorrrerpeople;shes so
ldon'tthinkrhatoutfitis
at all!lt! horrible!
playstennisandswims hes so
Thom.sjogs,
You can't believe the
I feli whenmy dog died.
STABLE
EMBARRASS
PEACE
HEALTH
CONSIDER
ATTRACT
ATHLETE
SAD
Read the text and ckcle the correct words.
NapoleonDynamite
Oneofthe funniest
filmsl'veeverseeniscalledNapoleon
DynaniE.lt'saboutanawkward
teenager
livingin
a smallfarmins
townwhotriesto lit in witnnisttt LCp$:7jfi&,6,
but heisn'tconfident
andisnt popularwith
es
the
his(2)ff5ffi{-6.Stffi4
athishschool.
Hebgot a crazyfamily
life,too. Hel;veswithhisgrandmother,
whohasa pet llama,andhis(S)S&ffff$lm€"ffi,
compureFcrazy
brotherwhospendsarlhisline orline.The'et alsoJrc e Ricowhoistotally
(1)ME Er*i-ndVqfrGe!ari whoNapoleordoesn'twantto be€ssociated
with.
Napoleon!lifeisuneventrul
untilPedroshowsup.He'sa (5)!bli#n1!g.ilji{A$64}(fromvexico)andhet
- they'reboth
theonlykidin schoolwitha moustache,
but heandNapoLeon
havesomething
in common
outsidersWhenPedrodecides
to runfor classpresident
against
the mostpopulargn in school,Napoieon
usestrisunique(O)Sffiffiajto helphimwin.Whatdoeshedo?You'llhaveto watchto findoutl
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QravnVnar
PresentSimple& presentContinuous
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Circle the correct words.
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2
3
4
5
6
7
8
I usuallyvisit/ am visitingmy cousinsin the
summer.
No,don,ttetmet tknow/ am knowingthe
answer
Tinafeeds/ is feedingthe cat atthe moment.
Teenagers
don,t like/ aren,tlikjngbeingrotd what to do_
About oncea month,my brothergoes/ is going
to the cinema.
Do you understand/Areyou understanding
ihis anicle?
Jim doesnl want / ;sn,twantingto watcha comedy.
Are they ptaying/ Do they playrennisnextweekend?
B complete the sentenceswith the present
simpre or present continuous form of these
verbs.
belong fly notseem nolwant run see
stay taste
1 Mirandais shy.She
ro 9o to the partytonight.
2 The bis houseon the corner
-_
to the Smiths.
3 Mike
at hometoday becausehe,sill.
4 I m excited because I
bestfriendat the weekend.
5
strange.tsyoursOK?
crandma
to enjoylivinsalone.tthinkshe,slonety.
7 Lucy
to ltaty at one o,clock tomorrow
8 My brotherBiliy
aroundthe houseagain.tt,sso annoyingt
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prepareberoreyou iistenin an exam.
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the EI:m R:mindef.what shoutoyou oo
l::d
oerore
you listen?
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details
Deroreyou listen.
Listen and complete the Exam Task.
Exam Task
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Find and circle the ten mistakes in the text below.
The people ovevisitingforeign countries.Did you knowthat in 2009,880
mi lion peop e traveled abroad?A most populardestinationwasthe France,
with74.2milionvisitorslSecond
wasUnitedStates
with54.9million.
O{the top
ten destinations,
fve werein the Europe,makingitthe mostvisitedcontinentin
world. In secondplacewasAsiaand PaciJic
Oceanregion.
A UnitedNationsWorldTourismOrganisation(UNWTO)releases
the figures
thfee timesthe year.Thefiguresare importantsoufceof in{ormationabout
international
uendsforthosenvolvedin rourism.
Complete each gap with a, an or the.
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
I
l donl lle
sl'adeor b ue youve cl ose.to pailt
bedroor.
My co .s r woi,c as parients-ealy li(e her
docto-ard
Thatwas_
amazingdishlMay haverecipe,please?
AmazonRiver{owsinto
At anticOcean.
We had
relaxingday at
beachyesterday.
Let'sgo to.
c rera i1 SoLthStreet.I d likero war(l
coredy.
most experiencedmusicianin that group is a so
youngestn'rember
Tonris very good ffiend of mine.In fact,het
best friend 've everhadl
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For questions l-8, read the text below and decide which answer (a, b, c or d) best fits each gap.
Canyour dog read your mind?
Whenwe first(1)
someoneour eyesgo to the left and look at (2)- risht sideof the
person'sface.The rightside of our faceexpresses
emotionsbetter thanihe left.Thisis cailed
'left gazebias'and lt only happenswith h!man faces;it
doesn'ihappenwhenwe ook at
animalsof (3) . lt enabes Lrsto 'read'the {acefor emotions.
Research
now suggeststhat pet dogs,too, canseeat a g anceif we aretickledpink,
angryorfeeling (4) . Theyon y displaythis le{t gazebiaswhenthey (5)- at
humanfaces,and arethe only animalknownto do so. Duringthe research
that was
conducted,dogs wereshownpicturesof human,dog and monkeyfacesas well as
oblects.The dogs' eyesand headsmovedto the left whenthey wereshownhuman
faces.However,this didn't occurwhenthey were shownother imases.As dogs have
(6)
beenassociated
humansfor a longtime, they may havedevelopedthe eft gaze
biasas (7)- way to readour emotions,suchas happiness
and (8)-.
thrng
d are ooking
8 a an9ry
b anger
B For questionsl-8, readthetext b€low.Usethe word given in capitalsat the
end of someof the linesto form a word that fits in the gap in th€ sameline.
Sameor different?
How diffefentare malesand females?ln termsof (1)
is ittrue that womentend to be more(2)
than menor that men are
than women?ls it alsotrue that whilemen have
9enerallymore(3)
greaterphysical(4)
than women,womencan handlepainbetter rhan
men?To answerihesequestions,we needto look firstat the wayyoungchitdrendevetop.
Girlsoften learnto (5)
earlierthan boys,and at the age of s;r they
are g€nerallyableto sit stillfor muchlongerperiodsof time than boys.
Thisis some'th'ng
thatschoolsand (6)
often don't understandand
(7)
is often givento boysfor being 'naughty'whenthey arejust
behaving nat!rally.
Duringtheirschoolyears,
girs rendto be more(8)
spelli'1gand langJages,bur boysgereratlydo better in marhsand science.The chaltenoe
for schoolsis to find a ba ancedapo.oachthat witl surtall studenG.
PERSON
THOUGHT
AGGRESSION
STRONG
SPEECH
TEACH
PUNISH
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C Readthe ExamReminderand compl€tethe ExamIesk
For questions1-8, completethe secondsentenceso that it hasa
similarmeaningto the flrstsentence,usingthe wofd g;ven.
Do not changethe word given.Youmustusebetweentwo and
fiv€ words,includingthe word given.
1 \{/illCathyandJoanjoin us at the beachtomorrow?
joining
Checkingthe tenseyou ne€d
. Whenyou are givena differentrenseto
transforma sentence,remembertouse
the wordsaroundthe gap to help.
. Thinkaboutwhichtenseyou needto use.
. Remembertocheckyou haveusedthe
correctnumberofwords in eachgap.
us at the beachtomorrow?
2 Freddieneverremembershiswife! bjrthdayl
Fredd;e
hiswife'sbifthdayl
3 | enjoydramaricfirms,bur I lir e comediesmo,e.
dramaticfilms.
4 sam won't be atthe matchthisweekend.
gorng
Sam
the matchthisweekend.
We'vegot the radioon
the radio.
Tanyamay becomea magazineeditor.
thinking
Tanya
becoming a magazine edho.,
7 Tombiteshisnajls;it'sannoying.
habit
Tom'sgot
I
; he bites his n:jb"
Thisgreenshin is nice,but the blueone is nrcen
lik€
shirt more rhan t E gt€.n qE
Wrifinrl:aq \qforvnallelter
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lJsingidioms& phtasalverbs
. By usingidiomsand phfasalverbs,
you can makean informaletter sound
friendlierand morenatural.Just make
surethat you usethem correctYand
checkwhetherthey arefollowed
by a noun,an infinitive,a gerundor
Find and correct the mistakes in these questions.
'1 What haveyou been up with lateLy?
2
3
4
5
what! lt like ive in the countryside?
Are you interestedfor music?
What doesyour dad do for a job?
what breaksyour nerves?
B Read the writing task betow and then decide if the statements are true (l) or false (F)'
Your Englishteachet at schoal hasarranged for all the students in vour classto write lo
f ends.Writea letterta your nevtftiend intrcducingvautselfandvour
English-speaking
talking
abautyaur favouritefiims (140-190words)
fanily and
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2
3
4
C
Youhavewrittento the personbefore
Yourletterwill be friendlyin tone.
youenjoy
Youwilwrlte aboutsomething
a
reply.
Youdon't expect
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n
n
Read the model letter and circle the correct words.
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D Readand completethe Examlask below.Don't forget to use
on Page15 of your Student'sBook.
the UsefulExpressions
Exam Task
i YourEnglishteacherat schoolhasarrangedfor all the studentsin your c assto write to
'riends.
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readingthe comPletetext first?
':, ldentifyinsparagraphtopl<s
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n'issing
serrelces,
to
rrarcf
Wl^en
asl,ed
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rememberto readthe completearticle.
B Now completethe ExamTa5k
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.:7:-.'::!jar::,ni::4!i:.t :r ,:rtt!:!!ixqi:n;f,:)
Manypeopledreamofdlscoveringburledtreasure,but
timelookng for it Thev
a fewactualyspendtheirfree
headio fie ds and beachesholdlnsa devicecalleda meta
deteaorwh ch makesa nolsewhenit ocatesmetalunder
v
the ground.ltt a hobbywhlchhasbecomeincreasing
popurar
overrreyears.
The objectsdaie fromthe seventhcenturybut we
haveveryfewwrittenrecordsto te I us aboutllfeatthis
historans
t].". lS*I l With this impoirantdiscovery,
I
earn
a
theywi
arehopingthat
and archaeologlsts
greatdealmoreaboutthisperiod,a lowlngthem to
throw ight on whatis often ca led the DarkAges
lvlostofthe thlngsthesem,"ta detectorsfind arent
a manca led TerryHerberl
valuable.n July2009,however,
foundthe UKI largesteverhoardofabandonedAnglothe
Saxontreasurein a fie d ln Stafiordshirelnltlally,
Herbert
to
discourage
had
tried
FredJohnson,
landowner,
been
searched
from detecrlngthereas
- the
_l field hadalready
He manasedto persuadethe
ry so-eone else.iTT
lmaglnethe
Mr.lohnson
to givehimpermlsslon
hesitant
retLrrned
to report
when
Herbeit
then,
farmert surprise,
hoardl
that he hadfoundan Anglo-Saxon
Onething we havea ready earntfromthe treasure
s thatsomemembersofAngio Saxonsocietym'rst
havebeenverywealthy,and somewereveryskiled
we knowLlttleelse
Unfortunatey,
c'"tu."n.lZ-l I
people.N/aybeone daywe'll
aboutthesemysterlous
discovermoreobjecrsorwrittenrecordsthat willthrow
al we cando s
morelighton theirsocietyUntilthen,
important
dlscoveryof its
gazein worder at the most
kindlor manyyears.
Soonafterthefind wasmade,a securiqrguardwasput l
pr".^.ro",.l".ologisrs
E
, s'+
huse hoardhad neverbeenfoL,ndbefore ln tora , they dr9
up 1,500objects,almostal o{whichweremadeofsold
otherpreclousmetals.To findiust one ofthese abandon
objectswoLrd be exciting,so to ind thisnumberwas
absolutelyunbelievabe.
- r l l e a d n , o r l - e ' A i qo - S . r o r' , d . r h ' t e a 5 L Fi s
mostlyconnectedwithwar Thereareweaponsand parts
isthe precous
a lrhatremains
but surprlslngly,
ofhelmets,
madeofwood or hornappearto have
metaworkithe parts_
be.n renroved.
lil
l Butwhydidtheyburysomuch
Onetheoryis that it wasburledas an otferingto
treasure?
chestthat
sthatitwasa treasure
a god.Anotheriheory
tup A
retumed
to
dig
never
butthe
owners
wasburied,
beautitulpleces
thirdtheoryfocuseson the factthatthese
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so.
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"tt"'.
-fei' er
. ro"s r ") r.!" -a'el tl "'' o eces' on
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buriedthem to collectlaterandthen nevercameback
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Exam Task
Youaregoing to readan articleabout buriedtreasure.Sixsentenceshavebeen renrovedfrom
rhe artice. Choosefrom the sentences
A G the one whichfiis eachgap (1-6).Thereis one extra
sentencewhichyou do not needto use.
A
B
C
D
E
F
G
n the past,the winningsidewolld often takethe treasureofthe defeatedarmy.
Theyusedsophisticated
methodsto makebeau'tifulobjects.
But H€rbertwas not goingto give up that easily.
The{nstthing that struckthe researchers
wasthe largesizeofthe hoardNoneof the piecesJoundarefrom women! clothingorjewellery.
Thisis why we mustrelyon objectsto understandthe historyo{the perlod.
So,whoeverownedthesethingsdid nottry to keepthe objectswho e; they were on y
interestedin the va uableparts.
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Complete the text with these words. Remember to read the whole
text {irst, before deciding which type of word is missingfrom each gap.
ctue conctude evid€nc€ hoax investigate phenomenon reports soLve
9squatch
r'Ju'veheardofthe Yetiandthe LochNessMonster,but haveyou everheardo{
sasquatch?
ltt alsoknownas Bigfoot,and itt supposedto ive ln the forestso{the
-oirhwestUSAand resembe a bio hairvhuman.
n e r e h a v e b e e n m a n y( 1 )
-ave attempted to (2)
3r
o{ oeoo e seelnothe creature.Researchers
r h e s es 9 l . r : n g sb, L r r o o ' r e h a sy e r m a l a g e d ! o
e(israr a L or is rjJsr a(1)
therysref. Doesthec,earL'e'.ally
? Investigatorshave very little (5)
-.ere
in the form of a famousb urryphoto ofthe
is one interesiing (6)
=eature, blrt ii looks like a man in an ape suitl None ofthe evidence is very convincing,whicn
-as ed most researchersto (7)
that the Sasquatch
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B
c
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isjustsomeone'sideao+a jokel
Circle the correct words.
'1 How do you explainthisvery strangeinddent/ resident?
2 The cemetery/tomb is actualya peacefuand beautifuI placeto walk.
3 Thetrick / legendo{ RobinHoodstiLlinterestsflmmakers.
4 The detective'sillusion/ theorywasprovedto be corred.
5 A lot of peoplesti I bellevethereare aliens/ detectiveslivingon Mars.
6 Theyhadto abandon/weaken the ship becauseit wassinking.
7 Thewitness/ archaeologist
uncoveredan arcientstatuein the ruins.
I Most peoplebelievethatthe existenceofthe LochNessMonsteris a report/ myth.
Completethe sentenceswith these words.
w
t
#
t
w
abandoned ceve detective disappeardncemagician odd practicat reason
,I A(n)
willquestion
allofthewltnesses
latertoday.
of the o d maf.
2 Thereis no logicalexp anatlonforthe
*
shouldnevefrevealhow he doeshistricks.
3 a(n)
wasdark,co d and veryfrishtenins.
house;theysayit's haunted.
5 People are too scared to visit the
why hisexperimentdidn't work.
6 The professorcouldn'tunderstandthe
jokeon their{riend.
7 Thechidrendecidedto playa(n)
thatthe policeman
waspuzzed.
8 The man'sstorywasso -
firavnvnar
PastSimple& PastContinuous
A
Completethe sentenceswith the Past Simple or the Past Continuous form of the verbs in brackets.
3 Thewindowsuddeny
(scream)when
the shostappeared.
(lock)ihedoorand eft.
(brea|()whrle
I waswatching
a horrorfiml
r r e a d ta d e . e c , i v er o v e l w l e r t l e s L o r ns t a n e u .
5
(explore)
the hauntedhouse.
l v l e a n w h i eJ, e s s l c a
6 Suddenly,
we
( h e a r )a o u d c r a s ha n d t h e c e , . 9 c o l l a p s e d l
Find and correct the mistakes in the s€ntences.
1
2
3
4
5
6
Thechildrenwerethinkingthatthe f lm wastoo scary
WhileI was ookingfor a horrorDVD,Lwaslosingnrywa let.
lvlirandawatcheda documeniarywhen her motherca led.
We oo\ed fo' I'easJ . ^l e'] h" po icenai appeaed
Nerbertreached
for the phoneandwasdialinsthe nlmber.
We tried to rescuethe cat whensuddenlythe tree branchbroke.
L\stenlnq
A
Read the Exam Reminder. What should vou trv not to do?
B
llf. .I Listenand completethe Exam Task.
Exam Task
Youwil hearan intervlewwlth a r.an caled BertAtkinson,
who'sta king about hlsnew showMysteriesofthe Art World.
For questions1 6, choosethe bestanswer(a, b or c).
I
Why is the firstshowbasedon the lvlonaLisapalnting?
a Because
the serles
is aboutLeonardo
da Vlncl.
b Becalrsehe thinksthe identityof da Vincis Mona Lisais a
{asci.atingsubject.
c Becausehe considersit to be da Virci s best painting.
2 Whardoesrhe". e'oet row abourd-e porra r by
VanGogh?
a t wasthe fnst of a seriesoJportraltsby VanGogh.
b VanGogh paintedoverit becausehe had madea mistake.
c He actualyknowsvery little at present.
3 Why did ,"xpertsinitaly be ievethat da Vincihad painteda
argepaintlng?
a Becauseofthe numbero{ peoplewho saidthey knewa
sroryaoourir.
b Becausea etter in whichda Vinciwrote about it wasfound.
c Because
theyhadfounddrawings
da Vincihaddoneto
planwhatthepaintingwoud ook ike.
C
IL
l Listen again and check your answers.
Exam
Listeningandmakingnoter
. Renrember
to makesureyou understand
a lofthe questionsand
|]nderineany
lmponantdetai be{oreyou listen.
. MakinsnoteswhileyoLrlistenwil help.
. Don'tleaveary questions
unansweredl
Whathappened
in March2012?
a An art historianfound part ofthe lost
painting.
b An investigatordamagedan inrpo.tant
parntng.
c An ai( historiannoticedsomethingwritten
What haveresearchers
found behindthe Vasari
palnting?
a lhey have{ound coloursusedby da Virci in
hispainting.
b Theyhavefoundanothermessage.
c Theyhavefound a destroyedpainting.
Whataresomepeopleconcerned
about?
a The air affectingthe da Vincipainting.
b The possibe damageto the Vasaripainting.
c Thprd.- c' cerred!tar rodays recl-rolo9_
is nol acve.cedenoughto fnd the painting.
hravnvn6r
rusedto, would, be used to, get ssed to
A Circlethe correctwords.
1 i would/ usedto beieveln ghosts,but I don'tanymore.
2
3
4
5
6
He isnt usedto / didn't useto be so aoverturous,you Know
got usedto / wouldtellusallaboutthe mysterious
Grandpa
Druids.
The detectiveis usedto / gets usedto peop e tel ing him liesl
The chidren didn't useto / arenl usedto stayingup so ate.
Didn,t.youuseto / Weren'tyou usedto reada lot of mysteryrovels?
B Complete the text by writing one word in each gap.
--.
wor dt mostfamousoctopus,Paul,who (1)
to ive in a tankat the SeaLifeCentrein
:.€rhausen, Gefmany,correctlypredictedthe outcomeof Germany's
sevenWor d Cup matchesand
-e WorldCupFinaln 2010.
-cw did he do it? (2)
Paul'ssuccessjust
a nrattero{ luck?Forthe selectionprocess,Paul'skeepers
3 marktwo 9 assboxeswith the flassof two competinscountries.Theyp aced{oodin both, and
^:ichevercountryPaulchose(a)_
wir the game.Hischancesof predictinga I sevenof cermary,s
-:tches aswel astheoutcomeo{thefinal(5)
256-l.HowcanweexplainPau'samazingaccuracy?
r,as he choosingboxeson the basisof hisattractionto the countries'flags?Or (6)
he havespeciai
we'l neverknow Pau died jn October2010.
rychic powers?Unfortunately,
Usovlour{na1l\sh
A
For questions 1-8, read the text below and decide
which answer (a, b. c or d) best fits each gap.
TheTowerof London
ne Towerof Londonis one ofthe most hauntedplacesin the wof d
.ecauseofthe manypeope who (1)
to be killedthereby orderofthe
ans or queen.Manyofthe Towerprisoners(2)
havetheir headscut
c{f, and therehavebeen many(3)
of headlessshostsin and around
$e Tower.One storysaysthat one winterday in 1957,at threeo'clock
in the morning,
a guard(4)
in hisguardhouse
whenhe wasdisturbed
by a strangesound.(5)- he steppedoutsideto investigate,he saldhe
could(6)
out a shapeless
whiteligure on top ofthe tower.lr wasthen
:hat he (7)
that on that verysarne date, February12, in I 554,Lady
.JaneGreysheadhad been cut off.
Cne of the most wel -.1osn g.rosts ot lhe fowe. is rf a. or Ar.e Bolev'r.
.1eofd-e\rvesoJK' g -erryVlll.Sl^e,8
ileo n 1536aropeope
iave reported seeing her ghost manyrimes since then, sometimes
-rrying her own head.
:rng.
logv
ting.
2 a could
wassnrng
b
b
b
b
5 a
c During
let
wasrealising
8 a
d
d srl|ng
d
d
d
d
Read the Exam Reminder and complete
the Exam Task.
Exam Task
For questions1-8, readthe text below Usethe word
givenin capitals
atthe endof someofthe inesto
forma wordthatfitsin the gap in the sameline.
I
:T*:,.Tr:!:::,
",.",",
incorrectlyspeltwordswil not gainmarks.
Google Earth becomeshistory deteqtive
For nearly500years,the legendofan ancient,ost city deep in the Amazonrainforested
hundreds
ofexp ore,sand11)
to the area in seafch of it. But, after
for manyyears,no one haseverreturnedfrom the Anrazonwith
any(3)
that such a place existed. Unti now With the he p of coog e
Earth sate iite inrages,{4)
be leve they have found the ruilrso{a
sophisticated
civiisation,whichexistedfrom 200AD to 1283.No one candoubt the inroortance
o{ this{5)
. F o c e r . r ' e s ,s c e r r i s r s- h o J g l I r l e _ u 1 g e s a s
(6)
a place where only small, primitive tribes existed. Now, it seems
that the Arnazon was, in fact, home to a sophisticated society that developed before the ncas.
(7)
estimatethat,so {ar,only 10%ofthe ruinsthat are
(8)
therehavebeenfound.lt wi I take yearsfor expertsto uncover
the ful extentofthis and otherancientAmazoniancu tures.
For questions1-8, completethe secondsentenceso that it hasa similar
meaning to the fkst sentence, using the word 9iven. Do not change the word
given. You must use between two and five words, including the word given.
1 | don'tminddrivinga oneat right,asI do it onen.
2 Dino watched a ot o{ mystery serieswhen he was younger.
l-o
g
. 4 .' =
a ot ot mysteryserieswhenhe
--
...
, ' " : k c € s i i h e h a u n t e dh o l s e , b u t n o w I c a n
90r
4
past the haunted house
Helen saw a headlessghost, so she screamed.
let
when she saw a headless
ghost.
s W h e n I k n e w h i m , J o h n u s e dt o g o c l i m b i n se v e r ym o n t h .
everymonthwhen I knew
6 Thereweren'tanycarsin the vilage fifty years ago.
a n y c a r si n t h e v i l a g e
7 Thetownwasabandoned
by the peoplein 1890.
left
in 1890.
b e l i e v e di n m a r y g o d s i n t h e p a s t .
m a n yg o d s i n t h e p a s t .
ARCHAEOLOGY
INVESTIGATE
EVIDENT
SCIENCE
DISCOVER
SIMPLE
RESEARCH
ACTUAL
Wrifivr4:a story
d
A
Write the words in the correct order to make sentences.
1 with a moustache/the detectives / tal /
were looking / man / forl a
]GY
E
wasshocked/ whenthe / Mike/ wooden/ started/ door/
Usingadjectivesandadverbs
. To makeyourstorymoreinteresting,
usedescriptiveadjectivesand adverbs
to add dramaand suspense,
andto
help your reader create a menta image
of the eventsyoute describing.
. Makesureyou usedescriptive
adjectivesand adverbscorrectly,
especially
whenit comesto word order.
. Rememberthat -ed adjectivesdescribe
how someoneis affectedby something
and -ins adjectivesdescribehow
someoneor somethingaffectsothers.
3 couldsee/ shinins/ in the room/ blue/ | / stranse/ ight / a
4 from behind/ a / emerged/the curtain/ figure/ white/ ghosty
B
Read the writing task below and circle the correct words.
Writea storywhichbeginswith thissentence:MaNin cauldn'tbelievehiseyes.(140-190words)
1 Marvinwasshy/shocked.
2 Youcanl cannotchangethe firstsentence.
3 Yourstorywi I be aboutsomethingLhusual/nomal.
C
Read the model story and circle the correct words.
St6+ w\l+t.the 'eh+er&.
i
/^n) in+rtduae
inlr )u.z +he
lrtc
+{.n ^nd
'[ai\l ahdraa+ef.
l
tn{..
t\4arvincouldn'tbelievehiseyes.The (1)glasssmall/ smallglassjar in front of
him wasslowlydisappearingl
Marvinwasa scientistin a laboratory,and he had
(2)finally/ carefullyd;scoveredhowto makethinssinvisiblel
It waslateat night and Matuinwasin the laboratory(3)on hisown / lonely.This
experimentwashjs personalsecret,and he didn't want anyoneelseto find out.
J ntrl,toi"
HB
..Vi,+*a+ t
sagpey6. to l*te s+or{ )
(4)Suddenly/ LatelyI\/aruinheardfootstepson the stairsoutside.Someone
wascominglHe panicked.How could he exp ainwhy he wasin the lab at this
iate hour?And how couldhe hide hisexoeriment?
Then,he rememberedthat he had discoveredhowto makethinosinvisible.
Fe (5)quicklyput / put quicklya linle of .1e magicI quid orto l-isscierce
' le{t my bas here,'he said
equipmentand everrahingdisappeared.
to the
sciencestudentas sheenteredthe lab.
f--;fiw:iin,"
D
.
Marvinwonderedwhythe studentwasin the lab atthat time of ni9ht,roo.
Buthe didn'tmind.Nobodyknewaboutthe incredib
e secretthat
he had
Read and complete the Exam Taskbelow. Dont forget to use
the Usetui Expressionson page 27 of your Student's Book.
Exam Task
Writea storywhichbeeinswith thissentence:Suddenly,the doat flew apenl (140-190words)
c
YooaVularq
A
Choose the correct answers.
1 The referee sent the footbal player offthe pitch tor
2
a aggressive
c
b attractive
d ambiiious
Patricia{e t very
when her c assmatesread her
adventurous
9 My memoryis tetrible; 'm afraidI don't .
a torget
't0 It waswith great
a punishrnent
b embarrassed d jealous
3 ' W h a t s w r o n g ? W h y a f e y o u s o? '
'Everythlngis going wrong
for me atthe moment.'
a ashamed
c imaginatlve
b depressed
d easy-going
4 'Who is lookingafteryour baby?'
'Nlye der daughter;shet
totaly
a emonona
c trustworthy
b thoughtless d sLrspicious
5 i s e s s . ' . : f o ra d o c r o r l o ' e - d i " o i - 1 9 a r
b thin
7 'Tomrealyhurtmyfeelings.'
'l know he'snevertactfulor
b considerate
8 A strong -
d
hea thy
that we saidgoodbyeto our
c aggression
1 1 Thewritingwasvery o d and unclear,blt you coutd
just
the words'Victoryto the King'.
a lookinto
c makeout
1 2 Religiousobjects fronr the site are
a
incidence
b evidence
d witness
T h e a n c i e n tc o i n sw e r e f o u n d i n a n u n u s u apl l a c e ,a n d
experts are stil tryirg to find an
investigation
c
appearance
b explanation
d
ilusion
1 4 n the objects thatthey find, archaeologjstslook for
-
about the mysteriesofthe past.
15 The teachers were discusslngtheir essonswith their
in the siaffroom.
a
co leges
c
flatmates
b c assmates
d
colleagues
16 The de{eated army fled from the
ln his own abiiities helped Mike become
c
stability
d
luck
thatthis
nronumenw
t a so n c ea t e m p l e .
a
6 'Litt e Mandyis gettingquite
'Yes,her parentsareforever
feedingher snacks.'
your
(nravnVnar
Circle the correct words.
'l We'rehaving have party
/
a
on Frlday.
2 Thiscoffeeis smelling/ smellsdelicio'rs.
3 Didyouerjoythe /-food theygaveyou?
4 l'm goingto be a /the {irefighter
whenl growup.
5 Steveneverwas/ got usedto havirga car in the house.
6 What did you do / wereyou doing whenthe earthquakehappenec?
7 usedto prefer/ preferfingbasketbalto footba L
8 Johnwasreadinsdur;ng/ whilethe kidswereplaytng.
d stranger
C
Find the mistakes and correct the Eenrences.
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
]'m ovinga colourb ue.
Thesescissors
doesn'twork.
Londonisthe capitalo{iheEngand.
Dan is slowlybeing usedto new teacher.
We were runningin the parkwhena dog wasbiting my Leg.
DavewatchedneverTV
| got t\4P3p ayerfor my bidhday.
My parentswouldto drive me to schoolin the mornings.
D choosethe correctanswers.
1 WhenDadwasyoung,he
go fishlngevery
Whenthe archaeologists the remairsofthe
ancientcity,they were realy thriled.
c werefinding
b
2
What
o{ my new car?'
'l reallyikethe colour'
a areyou thinking c wereyou thinking
b do youthink
d wouldyouthink
'Do
3
you believethat oppositesattract?'
'No, I
peoplewhoaresimilar
to me.'
a usualylike
c usualyliked
b am |.]sually
likins d ikeusualy
4 'Why areyou studyingthe Pyrarnids?'
'l
Egyptin a few weeks.'
c
heir
am visiting
b wasvisiting
d wou d visit
5 Al
anrazingtreasuresin this museumdate back
to the 7th century-
6 'Goodness,thisareanextto ihe airportis very noisyl'
'We llvehere,so we
it.'
a are lsed to
c aet used
b were usedto
d usedto
7 Chrisis veryexcitedbecausehe
hisnewjob next
Monday.
a is starting
d wasstarting
I lt stil remainsa mysteryinobody
what realy
a
's knowing
used to find
d found
1 0 The detective
ihe man's car when he noticed
s o m e t h i n go d d .
a
was searching
c
used to seafch
1 1 'Thegirl seemednervous.'
'That'sbecauseshe
talkingto the police.'
a didn'tuseto
c wouldn't
b wasn'tusedto
d got used
1 2 'Yourcolleagueooksverycalm.'
'Het
experienceddetective,so he'susedto
dealingwith mysteries.'
c the
o
We
thistheoryls true becausethere'sno evidence
b aren'tbe ieving d usedto believe
1 4 The man
the treasurewhilehe waswa king on the
a wasfindi'rg
c
is finding
1 5 'The psychologycoursehasrecordnunrbersof
'Va<
ir
m^ro
^^h'
lrr A!a^,
c
-6..'
is used to becoming
b wasbecomirs
d is becoming
1 6 Ai first I hatedthe co our of thls room,but
a
l'm iking
c
l'm getting used to
b l'm beingusedto d lget usedto
it now
Poad\nq
Exam
ldentifyingkeywordsin questions
Rememberthat with multlple'matching
tasks,it
is a good ldeato underine the importantwordsin
A Readthe ExamReminder.what woulo
underline
in eachquestion?
B
Thenreadthe text quickly,beforegoing backand
scanningeachparagraphto find the important
in{ormaiionyou underlinedin the questions.
Now complete the Exam lask.
Runningfor their lives
Vt
PuAn;rqis a qreotwoy Io keepfL. we askedJov, p"opleta tell v. ababttheirexperie\ces.
A
Suehasbeenrunning for as
long as shecan remember.
Shehas alwaysbeensporty,
but now shefinds that
runningis her main exercise.
'There'sno needto pay for a
gym,and the only equipment
you needis a goodpair of
running shoes.Thereareno
excuses youjust Put on your
tracksuit,warm up and off
you go.Youcan go runningwheneverit suitsyou, even
in the dark if you havesomereflectiveclothing.Thebad
weatherputs somepeopleoff,but norme.I can run m
snowwith specialspikeson my sho€s.'Su€is always
pusningnerse.fnaroerard nassrarr"dhil.running
recently.'It's reallydifficull at first,but running up hjlls
is excellen!training.lt makesyour legsvery strong.Even
goingdownhill is not as easyas it might seem;you hav€
to keepyour bodyupright and not go too fast orbraketoo
mu-h - ve .akenDa,Lrn hjl- runningracesand - m reallv
nlp,c.n
u,iih mv nr nacc'
A (
but I love it.There are quit€ a lot
of barefoot runners here and
they have ev€n organised
c
simon saysthat running
has chaneedhis life.He
can run a distanceof
400meuesfasterthan
most ofhis friendsa! the
runningtrack,although
he only took up the spo{ a
few yearsago.He is hoping
to improve his speed enough to
enter intemational competitions
and has ambitions to break records.
This wouldbe an achievementfor any youngperson,
but the amazingthing aboutsimon is that he has
neverhadlegs.'Iwear artificiallegswhich w€re
speciallydesignedfor running.Theyarelighter than
rne onesI wear for wdlkingand I -an run a' fast ds
many able-bodiedathletes.Runningis my life;it's such
a great feelingl'
B
lacktook up runnins two yearsago,but sufferedinjurjes
until he tn€d runningbarefoot.'lt'ssurprisinghow
easyit is to run barefootonceyou get usedto it.The
humanbodywasbuilt to run without shoes,and you
run in a differentway when you arebarefoot.Theball
ofyour foot,the paitjust behindyour big toe,hits the
groundfirst,whe.easif you haveshoeson, the heeioften
absorbsa lot ofthe shock.I
stadedrunningalonglhe
beachandvent on to tun
through fields and on soft
ground. Now I can even
run barefoot on concrete,
which is good because
I live in New York City.
You have to watch
D
clare hasjust returnedfrom a thirty
kjlometrerun. she'sbeentraining
forthe AthensMarathonfor about
five months.'Youhaveto build
up the distances siowly. My
trainer's advice is to increase
the distance by no more than
ten pe.cent each week. I slait€d
offrunningjusl a few kilom€tres a
week and now I'm running about
5 4 k i l o m e l r e sa w € € k . I h a d a l o t o f
difficulty at first \!ith sore ieet, and I
need to buy new runrirg shoes every
and wjll be ead.g a:.: ofcarbohydrates
whereyou arest€pping in th€ week b.:..E r.:ace. as rhis is
of coursebecauseyou
rhis q.ll b. -i. r:: -i:
sre has run
don't haveshoeslo
protect you.I get
som€ strange looks
:!:::::
::::.
: r.:i
:: i':l be the most
,$;
;a
Exam Task
':- aregoingto readar artlce abo{rtfourpeoplewho enjoy.unning.Forquestions
1-10,
-3cse from the parasraphs(A-D).The paragraphsmaybe chosenmorethanonce.
- whjch paragraph(s) do you read about
: : : r s o n w i ' t ha d i s a b i i t y ?
--- eo-e dho h.s b--:
rurr r 9 for ra"; years^
E-i _
m p o r t a n c eo i a t r a l n i n gp r o g r a m m e ?
v-a
: ' . r e n i t e c h n i q u e sn e e d e df o r r u n n l n g ?
;::.ia diet requirements?
: - : c l e m s t h a t r u n n i n gc a n c a u s e ?
- : r c o n v e n i e n t a n di n e x p e n s i v reu n n i n gl s ?
*
4'*"
1
',= 'i4'
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YooaValary
A Complete the sentenceswith these words in the correct form.
a
examine forbid have lose presc.ibe recover treal lwist
Albert is very unheathy and needsto
we ght.
,
h e r a n k l ew h l e s h e w a s p a y i n gt e n n i s .
an X-rayto seeifthe bone sbrolen.
somell resseswith naturalrenrediessuch
Youcan
Maryis sti
from her coldi evenaftertwo weeks.
antibloticsfor my chestlnfection.
smoking
anywhere
in the hospltal.
The doctor declded to
b
The n!rsewil
me today, but I can't start the treatment
3 Completeeachsentencewith the words given.
2 F r e s hf o o d i s h i g h i n
3 Beforethe
talf n9 to hispatientlsurgeon,
ward)
andusuay contains
no
. (additives, vitamins)
(injection,
operation)
, wasgivenan
g a v e m e a n e a t i n gp l a n .
checkedmy eyesandthen the
dietician, optician)
i
rliar
rfo
r..
.la^r
T^1.\! A,.l
>
a r o u n dh i s h e a d a n d h a d t o w a k w i t h a
bandage, crutch)
helpsto re:x the mind,whie
t
-
isverygoodfor lmprovlng
fitness.
I
gymnastics, meditation)
-he
pharmacistcouldn't read the doctor's writing on the
medi€ation, prescription)
:
',4yhomemade
flu
wo 1,.s-l . bL. n i da ,s rer,ay, lJ or d havea
:. protectmyselfagainstflu in the Juture.(remedy,vaccination)
-re
for my
words in bold are in the wrong sentences.
Write eachword next to the corred sentence.
'iithegym,
p r e f e r wkai n go n t h e t r a i n e r t rou n n i r g .
, a m i e i s s t a y l n ga t h o m e t o d a y b e c a u s eh e h a sa h i g h w o u n d .
i . d ' o p p e d t " e t a b l e t o r h . o o a d b o e r ' e 'b 9 L o e .
-re
b e s tt h i r g a b o u t m e a t i s t h a t i t i s h j g h i n p r e s e r v a t i v e s .
:3:tunately, the treadmill wasn't too big to swa low
/ : u s h o u l da v o l df o o d t h a t h a sa l o t o f w e i g h t s l n i t .
'./y temperature
advlsed me to drink nrore water.
^ e n u r s ed r e s s e dt h e p r o t e i n w i t h a b a n d a g e .
(ar^vnvnar
Present Perfect Simple & Present Perfe€t Continuousi for, since, latety, atready, yet, stitl
A Completethe sentenceswith the PresentP€rfectSimpleand the preaentperfectContinuousform of
the verbs in brackets.
1
2 Sheila
8"tty
Gordon
already.({ilm)
Thechildren
7
terrible!(try)
I
lan
overone hundfedpagesso far! (read)
nearly20 kmsbecauseshe
(walk)
ror hou15.
TVsincenineo'clockthismorning;he
fourfilms.
to the gym for a few months;in faci,she
hisnewcookingshowfor weeks;he
allmofninga
, nd I
the entirecake;they
to makethisrecipefourtimes;jn Jact,I
sincehewassix,and he
very unhealthilylately.(eat)
aljweek,but it'sstill
L\stenivol
A Readthe ExamRemidder,What canhelp you think
of wordswhichcouldfit the gaps?
Youwill heara womancalledJuneWyatttalkjngabout how
sheand herfamilykeepfit and healthy.For questions1-6,
completethe sentences
with a word orshort ohrase.
The reportsaysthat peoplewho liveto an old age have de (1)
June'sfatheragreeswith the report,but alsosaysthat (2)
you healthy.
Shedescribesher fatheras alwaysappearing(3)
Beforehurt;ngher knee,Junewoulddo (4)
Shehasdecidedto sign up for (5)
Sheis teachingher daughtersthar eatingmore(6)
appearanceand health.
C Xlll
Listenagainand checkyour answers,
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a
7
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1 Haveyou been goingto the gym
Brucehasbeenwatchinghisweight
August.
Timmyand I haven'tbeeneatingmuchchocolate
4 Daisyhas
finishedher projecton healthyfood.
5 lMnnie hasn'tseenthe doctorabout her cough
6
haven'thad ourvaccjnations
for ourtripl
Listen and complete the Exam lask.
!
in threeOlympiccames.(swim)
B Completethe sentenceswith theseworos.
B DlIl
I
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Thinklngaboutthe missingwords
. Rememberto tryto think ofa word or
phrasethat goes in eachgap beforeyou listen.
. Usethe wordsaroundthe gap to help.
. Tryto arsothink aboul rhetopic ofthe l;stening
and listthe wordswhichyou might hear
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Countable& UncountableNouns;Ouantifiers
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Findand correctthe mistakesin the sentences.
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3
4
5
6
7
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ow (so)
ly. (eat)
itt sti I
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Do you haveanyinformatlons
on loca dairyfarms?
we haven'tgot manymoneyle{tto buynewgym equipment
Thereis a few medlclnein this bottle.
We realy ought to get newfurnituresfor the c inlc.
Flowmanyflourdo I reed for thiscakerecipe?
Tharksto healthyeating,rny hanare realy shinynow
knowyou lkelemonade,
but youshouldon y drinka few.
The doctor'sadvicehavebeenvery helpfu.
circle the correct words.
1 Many / Much peop e enjoy pancakesfor breakfast.They are very fi ling and
:1,e yo! (2) lots ofl many energy.
Yi,favourite pancake reclpe is a bit unusua becauseyou have to add a
3 lot / few of cottage cheeseto the mlxture, but thatt what gives it a
: + i c i o L s l yc ' e a r , r e . r L ' e k s e a s yt o n a l . e . t o o . v o L o - y ' e e d c o r . a g e
: . e e s e , ( a ) - / a { e w e g g s ,s o m e m i k , a b i t o f o l l , a ( 5 ) f e w / l i f t l e{ o u r , a n d j u s t
= r e a s p o o no f v a n i l a . l v l i xe v e r i t h i n gu p i n a b l e n d e ra n d t h e n p o u r a
5; piece / liftle ofthe riixture at a tlme into a pan and cook. You can serve
:-: pancakeswith a (7)few / little fresh strawberriesor raspbenies and some
- . ' e y . B e c a u s eo f t h e e g g s a n d t h e c h e e s et,h e s ep a n c a k e sa r e h j g h i n p r o t e i n .
-^-.y're
certain y betterthan a borlng (8)slice/ bar oftoast for breakfastl
Useuonr{vtql\sh
atr'&
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For questions 1-8, read the text below and decide which answer (a, b, c or d) best fits each gap.
Firstaid kit - every home shouldhave one
rg
::.idents happenandthey often happenat home.Kidsfall over and hud themselves
:'yo|] cancutyourselfwhilechoppinsfood.
l{youhaven'tdoneso('1) ,youshould
essentiaitemsare ail you need.
=.: a nrsi aid kit for your home.(2)
!':ie sureyour kit contalnsa thermometerto checkbody temperature,p asticgloves,
:31
ofsoap,an antiseptic
creamto preventscratches
andcutsfrombecomlng
!
to dealwith palnandfever,(6)
to cov-Ar
, someaspirinand other (5)
^:!nds
pair
and
keep
them
clean,
adhesive
tape,
tweezers
and
a
of
sclssors.
.
i{you'regolngon
:3 alsoa good ideato keepanotherklt in youfcar,pairiculary
-::day andmoreso ifyou'regoingcamping.
There's
nothingworsethanbelngin
-: countryside
or on an lsolatedbeach,(7)
milesfrom the nearesttown, whenan
-"::'denthappens.Just (8)
preparationcansaveyou a lot oftrouble.
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d
3 a
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sllce
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For questions 1-8. read the text below and think o{ the word which best fits each gap.
use only one word in eachgap.
B
A:.
Steroids
News stories abolt athletes and steroids have (1)
hitting the head ines for years,with
(2)
professional
gymnasts,weight liftersand trackathtetesbeing
ryclists,swimmers,
accusedot uslngsteroldsto givetherna competitlveadvantage.
Steroldsboostperformarceby increasing
the bodyl abilityto producemuscle.N,4ore
musctemeansmore
strength,so steroidsenabe athletesto run,ride and swinrfaster,ift heavierwejghtsandjurnphigher
Whatt wrongwith that?Wel , for a starr,itt cheating- it meansthat steroidusershave
(3)-.
unfa;radvantaseoverath eteswho work (4)
perforrianceonly by exercisinghard,eatingproperlyand takingcareoftheir bodies.
8:.
Another concern is that steroid Lrsersare (5)
riskof harmingthen bodiesbecausetoo
many steroids can contriblte (6) -a variety of health pfobtems. Atso, the proorems
caused by sterolds often don't appear until years after the steroids have been taken.
Drugtestingfor ath etes(7)
become quite common ir recent years, and those
who havefaileddrug testsface seriousconsequences
suchas goingto prison,beirg bannedrrom
competitions,and beingforcedto give backanymedas they (8)
won.With such
seriousconsequences,
whv do ath etescontinueto cheat?
Read the Exam Reminder and complete the Exam Task.
L
Exam
Exam Task
Checkingyour sentences
make sense
. After completingyoursentences,
remernberto re-readthem.
. Checkthattheya I makesenseandmean
the sameasthe sentences
given.Check
they arespeled correctly.
For questions 1-8, comp ete the second sentence so that it has
a simi ar meaning to the i.si sentence, using the word given.
Do not change the word given. You must use betw-.en two
and five words, ircluding the word 9iven.
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This is my second check up this year.
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ljoined a gym.
Not many athletes get away with cheating.
who 9et away
with cheating.
Theymovedto live in the countrysidea yearago.
living
They
in the countrysidefor a yeaf.
6 There'son y a little oransejlice left for breakfast.
7 She started p aying tennis when she was five years old
She
i
she was five years old.
\{ri+iqlr:aq arhole
Choosethe best adviceto give to a {ellow teenager.
CircleA or B.
1 A
B
2 A
B
3 A
B
Don'tworryifyou aren'tasslimasyourfriends.
t's stupidto carewhat othersthlnk aboutyourweight.
Youmustdo somethingto get ft.
w y do1 LloJ !d e rp a l"obbrtl-arwil I elpyo r 9- 'i(
Tryto giveup sweetssLowy;
a few essaday.
Stop eatingsweetsrlght nowl
Givingadvi(e
. Whensivinsadvice,
yournustbe
encouraging
andnot critical.
. Keepyourwritins lighi heartedand
givehelpfuadvicewithouisounding
like a strictparentor teacher
. Makesureyou knowthe right structures
and expressions
for givingadvice.
Readthe writing task below and then answerthe questions.
-^ese
days,teenagetsare busietthanevet and saythat they often feelverytned.Da you
-.te anygoad adviceto helpyour fellowstudentshavenore energy?Then,write us an
.-:tcle.we willpublishthe bestonesnext month.(140-190words)
1 '"vhowll readyour article?
2 Whyareteenagers
tired?
3 '"!hatwi I you advisethem on?
Readthe model articleand circlethe most appropriatewaysto give advice
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Are you so busywith schoolandfriendsihat you {eeltired a I the time?
('1)Hereafe somesreattips /This is whatyou shouldbe doins to he p you
beatthat tired fee ing and giveyou loadsof energyl
(2)Youalwaystry to do too rnuchl/ Makesureyou get enoughrest.Tryto go
hourand get at eastelght hoursof sleepa night.A so,
to bed at a reasonable
duringthe day nake surethat you find tinrefor re axation,by listenlngto mLrsic
for e>ampe vo- r e-d .o 9 ve yoL trodyriTe o -cl'a'geirsb.ne ..
(3)A balanceddiet will do wondersfor youf energylevels./ Obviously,you'll
feelbadifyou eat unheathyJoodallthetime.We al knowthatjunkfood
is bad for you;it doesn'tcontainmLrchnutrltionor giveyou enoughenergy.
Fresh,heathy {ood, on the otherhand,givesyou an energyboost.
Finaly,don't {orgetto exerciselt wi I get your heartpumpingand makeyou
{ee sreatl (4)Youcouldrideyour bike to school/ Everyoneshouldride their
bike to schoolor take !p a sport.As ong asyou do it fegulary, you'l fee
youcanbulldupyourenergyleves
Justbyfo owingthesethreeeasytips,
againlYou
llfee greatl
lead and completethe ExamTaskbelow.Don't forget to use
a,.eUsefulExprcssions
on page 41 of your Student! Book.
Exam Task
Y o uh a v er e e n t h i s a n n o u n c e m ei n ty o u r s . h o o l '(su d e n t m a g a z i n e .
Ihete days,teenagets,pend toa nuch tineplayingvidea game' Dayau have any goad advice
fat feilawstudenttwhowantto brcakthithabit?Then,wite usan afticle.Wewillpublishthe
bestanesnextmonth.\14A-19Awads)
?ead\no1
A
Read the Exam Reminder. What should you
do to be left with the correct answer?
B Now completethe ExamTask
ldentifyingwh.t isn'tin the text
lf a multiple-choice
questionasksyou to find
what is NOT in the texl:
. Crossout answeroptionswhenyou find a piece
of informationwhichmatchesit in the text.
. Thiswill leaveyou with one answefoption,
whichmustbe correct.
o
TheannualConsumer
Etectronics
5how,whichis heLd
in It took time for 3Dvideoto be introduced,but
LasVegas,alwayscreatesa lot of excitement.
Around
row threedimensionat
contentis avaiLable
on Btu110,000peopteattendthe eventto find out aboutthe
raydiscs.uniorrunatety,
mostrelevisions
require
jn everythingfromsmartphones
latestdeveLopments
vjewersto sti[[ wearspecialgtasses
to enjoythe 3D
to tetevisions.
effect.Thisis particuLarly
annoyjngfor shortsighted '
whowill needto weart\4opairsof qtasses.
Firstly,big monitorsarestitt gettingbigger:the targest peopte,
plasma
yet is on show.At 152inchesacross,
screen
it is Anothermajortrendin newtechnotogy
is that, as
the giant of homecinema.However,
screensizeis not
consumers
showmoreinterestin energy-saving
the majordevelopment
here;the reaLLy
newtrendjs 3D devices,
A powersocketthat
it js becominggreener.
television,Afterthe success
you cancontrolfromthe Internetwon an award
of 3D movies,manufacturers
havemade3Dtetevisions
whichdon'tcosta fortunefor for greentechnotogyandtherearea tot of gadgets
peopleto haveat home.fhere weresomeprobtems
yourdevices
with to recharge
usingwindandsoLar
3Dat first.Forexample.
it usedto mal.esomeviewers power,atthoughthey witt probabtybe stowertlran
feeLa bit sick,but that probtemhasbeencorrected.
conventionaI
methods.A solar-powered
smartphone
wilt certaintybe veryusefuL
in countrieswherenot
everyonehasetectricjty.
SmartphoneswiLLkeepgettingsmarter.fhereis now
a phonethat witl writeyouremajGfor you ifyou
just speakinto it. It usestechnotogycatledvojce
recognjtionto do this. Thisis goingto saveusers
a tot of time andenergy,and wjtt be especiatly
Co
welcomefor peoptewho haveneverlearntto text!
Yetanotherdevicedoesthe opposite.
-i
onceit hasscanneda text, it wiLtreadjt
F
out. Thisis greatfor anyonewith sight
.g
prob[ems,
for instance,or for peopLe
who
o!
havedifficuttyreading.
Forthosewhofind a Laptopscreentoo
smatt,anotherinventionwit[ be usefu[.
Whenyou run out of screenspaceon
your laptop,you wiLLsimptyclip on extra
monitorsthat wiLLattowyou to watcha
fiLmon onewhitechecking
youremaits
on
another.
Youwitlalsobeableto useyourTV
as a computerwith the heLpof a boxthat
you ptuginto yourTV.Thismeansyou'tlbe
abteto havethe Interneton yourW. This
hasbeenpossibte
for a while,butit usedto
beexLremelV
compticated
Losetup.The1ew
devicewitl makeit avaitabLe
to everyone
at
a reasonabLe
Price.
Generatty,
technoLogy
is gettingcteverer,
faster,greenerand cheaper.
Thegadgets
at the Consumer
ELectronics
Showwit[ not
bein the shopsfor sonetime,but when
ihevdo go on sate,theymaybesurprisingly
tr a.e goingto readan articleaboutthe progressin technology.For questions'1 6, choosethe answer(a, b, c or d)
Jich you think fits bestaccordingto the text.
1 The ConsumerElectronics
Show
4 Whatdoesthe word it in paragraph3 referto?
:
<alq rho
rrad
drn^Arc
b is he d everytwo years.
c is for computerexperts.
d attractslafse numbeBo{ peop e.
2 What is NOT a currenttrend in newtechnology?
a very larsescreens.
b speciag assesfor shortsightedpeople.
c 3D ielevisions.
d energysavingtechnology.
3 Creengadgetsare becomingmorepopularbecause
a they havewon awards.
b you canrechargethem easily.
c they cansavenroney.
d they saveenergy.
nd
,tuI3D
hted
b new technology
c consurirer
interest
d the Powersocket
5 A mobilephonewith voicerecognitiortechnologycan
a cnangeyourvorcero rext.
b readyouremailsout loudc acceptspokenorders.
d helpyou learnto readandwrite.
6 lfyou want to useyourTVto surfthe Internet,you
wil need
c a laptopcomputer.
d a lot of money.
oo6vAl6rV
that
Ca.nplete the text with these words.
nt improvem€ntsinnovationinventionsprocess lechnology
ot
rfteel
and whai it means,we tend to associateit
'rDd€m (2)
suchasthe cornouter.Thefact is. however.that
havebeendevelopinstechnoosy for millenniaand evenpfe,historicpeop e
devicesthat drasticalychangedtheir everydaylives.
lcrthe wheel.Who inventedit is stili a mysterybut archaeologists
believeit
tobably inventedin around8,000BC in Asia.lt went througha numberofstages
e3.
from a simple,flat, found pieceofwood to the ruooer
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textl
rrt
t
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t
lat
tbe
his
eat
Ingty
I
to us,but at the time it musthavebeen a real(6)-.
Cr.nplete the words in the sentenc€s.
I \^rhatt wrongwith the m
? | can'i moveit acrossthe pad.
2 or€fe.t _ _ __ _ to laprops:d^ey
a.e rore ponable.
3 Doesyour k__ _ __ __ havethe creek alphabetaswe l?
4 \ re need morepaperfor the p _ _ _ _ _ _.
5 ft€re are picruresofalLthe new phonesin this b, 5lreednewe
_j theseoneshurtmy ears.
7 !'vegot a 2o,inchs
_formycomputer
I il|e music'stoo loudlTufnthe volumeon the s _ _ _ _ _ _ down,please.
(ar vnvnar
Futureforms
A
Complete each sentence with one word.
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
I
| carl sore ol tl-osel-ealysc erce oookslo' yoL?
l will finlshednry researchby the end of the week.
Thisdevicegoing to revolutionise
our telecommunications.
One day,the technologywe are usingtodaybe out ofdate.
Next Fridaymofning,we
be visitingthe technologymuseunr
The scientisthavepublishedher reportby next month.
Oh,nolThoseboxesfullofCDsare
ioJalll
Theywil bringingout a newvideo gamenextweek.
_
B Choosethe correctanswers.
I Thestudents enterthetechnology
competition.
a willbe
b are goingto
c shall
4
I helpyouwth yourlabeiperiment?
b Shal
c
2 We
replacingthe old computersnext Monday.
a wilbe
b wll
c aregoingto
5 Ithinkpeoplea are go,ng
3 Lookatthe smokelYourexperiment explodel
a willbe
b shall
c is golng to
6 By 2050,we
a will have
wor( essin the luture
run out of petrolfor our cars
b aregorng
L\stenlnq
A
Read th€ Exam Reminder.What shoulo you
remember to do?
Predictingtoplcvo(abulary
. Rememberto readthe questionsandtry to predict
the wordsyou might hearin eachsltuation.
. Tryto thjnk o{ nouns,verbs,adjecrives,
etc. whichare
felatedto the topic.
: ' . . ' : . . . . . ' ! . . . . . |
B &E3I Listenand completethe ExamIask
,n
bxam tasKt
. Youwil hearpeopletalkingin sixdlfferentsituations.For questions1-6, choosethe bestanswer(a, b or c).
4 Youhear a boy ta king about mp3 ptayers.Whendoes
: 1 Youheara ladytalkingabout phones.Whend id she
:
firstseea mobilephone?
he ikero isrento hismp3 player?
a
whilst
sitting
in
I
a caf6
a whenhe s at the beacn
|.
b
whilst
watching
film
a
b whenhe goesrunning
;
tE
c whilstwalkingdown the street
i
c whenhe goesto work
Youheara girltalkingabouttablets.What doesshe
5 Yo! heara mantalkingabout computercfor work.
think is the bestthing aboutthem?
Whatdoeshe sayis neededin ajob?
|]E
. she car usethem with her brother.
b Theyhavea touch-screen.
b beingableto usea computer
ilr
c Theyare poftable.
Youheara mothertalkingabout her children.What is
6 Youheara doctortalk aboutthe effectoftechnotogy I€I
shemostworied about?
on our brains.What is he sureofl
a that they will forget the skillsneededto interact
a Technologyis affectinsour brainsproperlywith people
b Our mindsare behavinglike corilputers.
b thattheywillony usetechnologyto
do
c We readlessoften,and learnmoreinformation
trom our compdrers.
c that theywi I spendmoretime readingand
F
tr
Ir.
F
i
,
C ffii
Listenagainand checkyour answers.
- .4t
raYnwar
expressions
-.1plete the sentenceswith thesewords.
'
:
:
I
:
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before by soon lh6 time unlil when
,.e wll sendyouthe CDs
monrentwe recelve
yourpayment.
nextweek,Jennywll havecompletedher report.
-:
asyoLrfinlsh,pleaseturn offthe computer
wait
youget home,andthen 'l leave.
l. rLe
yor ha\ef.ed rhe TV.ny'a!oJ'!e progra.rres I be o\e1
I sendyouan emai assoon
arrlvein Londor.
'Jendingthe cor.puteris my secondproject- ' I do it
l'vemendedtheTVI
I'cle
the correct words.
' = , : " : s e d m e d c i n e l s t h e n r e d i c i n eo { t h e J u t u r e A
. a b o r a t o r yw l l ' m a p ' y o u r u n l q u ep a t t e r no f g e n e s
: : ? m p e o f y o u r D N A . ( 1 )W h e n / U n t i iy o ! h a v et h i s i n J o r m a t i o nk,n o w na s a g e n o m em a p , d o c t o r s
: t a l , / w i l l o o k a t i t t o s e e i J y o u h a v ea n y o f t h e s p e c i i c g e n e st h a t a r e k n o w nt o c a u s ec e r t a i nd i s e a s e s
, - : ! : : . c e r , A z h e i m e r ' sh, e a d d i s e a s ea n d d i a b e t e sT
. h e y ( 3 ) w i l lb e w o & i n g o u t /
d dk out how high the rjsk of getting a particu ar d sease is and then create a speciJichealth plan to
: = : - : : . e d i s e a s eM
. e d i c a lc a r ei n t h e f u t u r e( 4 )w i l l i o c u so n / w i l l h . v e f o c l s e d o n w h a t c a n m a k ey o u
- r : : b e f o r e/ b y t h e t i m e y o u b e c o m es i c k .l t w l l a i n rt o p r e v e n t d i s e a s e
r a t h e r t h a nd e a l w r t h t
: I
after the patient has become i L Scientistsbelieve they (7) will be developing / will have developed
- : - : : - - o o g y t o m a p i n d i v i d u agl e n o m e sa n d m a k et h e m a v a ia b e t o t h e p u b l c b y 2 0 2 5 .
I !6 soon as / Until then, they (9)will be working / will have worked on ways to improve hea th care, so
- : : . : - . b e c o m ea t h i n g o f t h e p a s t .T h e f u t u r e( 1 0 )i s c e r t a i n l yg o i n g l o b e / s h a l lc e r E i n l yb e
r:
:: -c one ln the fie d of medicineL
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A :or ouestions1-8. read the text below and decidewhich
:-swer (a, b, c or d) best fits eachgap.
Iaking predictions
:::--:ihetrendsofthefuturelsveryinrporiantforbusiness.Aloftheworld'smajorcompaiiesspend
: :::':.eamountsoftimeandmoneytryingtoworkoutwhatwil(1)
necessary
or popularin the future,
r: -:,.. :rey can(2)
theirldeasandmakethenravaiabe to the pubic {3)
otherconrpanies
do.Theytry
ro with ideasfor productsor seNlcesthat no one e se canofter n business,
there is nothingbetter
-:::-gthemarketleader,andnewprod{rctsthatselwel arewhateverycompany
wants.
, ' - - : ' : . a p r o b e m w l t h p r e d i c t i o n sf y. o L r g e t t h e rml g h ty, o u o o k i k e a g e n i u sf y. o u g e t t h e n r w r o n g ,
)v
-: ::::-e horse;yet,herewe areover100years(6)
withmorethan600milloncarson roadsaroundthe
':-: - '943,the chairman
of BM -today,oneof(7)
word! blggestconrputer
companlessaidthat
-:-,:::worldmarketforonyfivecomputersl He hadno ideathatcomputers
(8)
becomesmaler,more
-- ::-: :-a moreafiordabe, or that they wou d be as widespreadand popularasthey aretoday.
>--c while
c O n
B For questions1-8, readthe text below and think of the word
whichbest fits eachgaP. Useonly one word in eachgap'
Readmy face
l,
Gesturerecognitionisaveryexcitingtopicincompute.science.Asthenamesuggests,gestule-thatis'amovem
lt'sthe same
.espondsappropriately.
by a compLre.which(1)
of the booy - is recog,riseo
play
a computerby
tennis
against
can
ptaystation
whefe
users
games,
example,
for
Move
technotogythat is usld in
physically
wavjng(2)
therewillbe
be a thingofthe past.Instead,
But in the very nearfutute,gestuterecognjtion(3)
Machines
resPond.
then
feeling
and
emotionrecognition,wheremachinessensehow people(4)
yourface'
on
the wordsyou use,yourtone ofvoice, andthe look
will be ableto assess
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C Readthe ExamReminderand completethe ExamTask
For ouestionsl-8, readthe text below Usethe
word sivenin capitalsatthe end of someofthe lines
to form a word thatfits in the gap in the sameline
Robocars
Whatwill carsofthe future be like?Forget
about newfuels,dootsthat open upwafds,
POWER
more(1)
all sortso{JamesBond-stylegadgets.The
carsofthe futufewillstretchyour
IMAGINE
t2)
{or the new
oeneration of cars will come ftom tobotics:
;obGars will be carsrhat drivethemselves
Scientistsinvolved in researchand
developmentsaythar it isn'tsciencefiction.
At leastone majorcar
(4)
driverlesscarsby 2015,and couldhave
them on the foad by 2018.N4ostofthe
exist
technological(5)
already.For example,thereare carsthat
and othersthat are
brakeautomatically
system.
connectedto a centralinformation
required,
testjng
is
More resear.hand
but then allthat couldbe neededis for
the
companiesto (6)
y. Robocarswill
produclssuccessful
(7)
drivingand bring
on the
about many(8)
roads-there willbe fewertrafficjamsand
will
accidentsbecausea computer-driver
a
mobile
neverspilla drinkon itself,use
phonewhiledrivingor go througha
fed light.
INSPIRE
MANUFACTURE
REOUIRE
COMMERCIAL
REVOLUTION
IMPROVE
Wordfamilie5
. Rememberto createword familytablesto
learnthe verb. noun,adjectiveand adverb
form ofwords atthe sametime.Thiswill help
you completeexamtaskslikethis.
nhnal:a forvnalovna{
Clauses
ofreason& <ontrast
. Youmay needto justiryyouropinion
whenyouwrite.ln ordertojusiit lt
we l, usec auseso{ reasonand contrast
to exp alnthe reason{or somethingand
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dause the following words introduce.
,y
1
2
3
1
in spiteaf/despite+ raun/the factthat/-ing
howevet/nevertheless,
+ subjed + verb
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althaush/eventhoush/but/while/whercas/yet
+ subject+ verb --
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in6.
. Don't forget that thesetwo typesof
c ausesare introducedwith different
wordsand structures.Makes!re you
know how to usethem correcily.
Read the writing task below and then choose the correct words.
'z; have received an email {ron the manager a{ the technology nuseun \//here yau wotk pad-tine. Read the nanager's
=-ailand the notes you have made. Then wtite an enai! to the manager,usinga/iyour notes. (140-190 words)
fear Zachary,
I
Museumfor two months,I wou d likeyourfeedback
on our
: \ youhavenow beenworf,ingat the Technology
; iuseurn anditsfacilities.
lwouldverymuchappreciat€
it if youcoud takethe timeto reply.
a na yt i v e .
; : i r s t l y , l w o u l d l i k e t o l n o w i f p e o p l e o f y o u r a g e f i n d t h e e x h i b i t i o n s i n t e r e s t j n g a n dl si tnhf eo r em
l^?ytheycouldbemademoreappeaIngtoteenagers?+lrareorhirt+ealnolern+eafulbloql
+tt€hie+,rqa{
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inally,
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afe
considering
invlting
video
dev€lopers
to
talks.
I
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or comments.> hrkg.tj4€ sxhiuitg
I rieasedo not hesitateto let us know ifyou haveany other suggestions
,curssrncerelv.
|
I lrenrinPonsonby
Director
L\.anacinc
Youknow/ don't knowthe personwho sentyou the email.
vcJrviewsare importantbecauseyou'rea manager/teenager.
v.J mustgiveyour opinionand makesuggestions/discussthe advantages
and disadvantages
ofth€ museum.
Ce3dthe model email and comDlete each qao with one word.
aln writing in responseto your requ€stfor feedbackon the TechnologyMuseum.
=.stly,regardingthe exhibitions,mostteenagersfind them very interestingand informatjve
(2)
theyarewellpfesented
andcontaindetailedexplanations.
=€nagerswoud liketoseemoreexh;bits
ofmoderntechnologythat th eyth emselves
use,
- :ry opinion,the exhibition
to
showingthe historyof computers
is the mostpopular(3)
:e iactthat manyteellgersareveryinrerested
ir corpLte's,
--e
ofthe factthat
talksyou suggestprobablywouldn't be very interestingfor teenagers(4)
=€.agers often find talksquite boringand they preferto be doingsomething.
(5)
f,.€Gll,mostteenagevisitors
enjoythemuseumandlearna lot frornthe exhibitions,
leiievethat rnaking
the exhibits
interactive
wouldmakethe museumevenmoreappealing
to youngpeople.
-tarySrnith
Lsd and complete the Exam lask below. Don't forget to us€ the
..E€fir,E\pressionson page 53 of your student'sBook.
EXam
&--. an emai to Mr Ponsonbyusingthe followinsnotes.(140-190words)
. -ore demonstrationsof robotics
. not al teenage6 are into video games
. :e exhibits on mobi e phone technology . lntroduce a competition for the best invention
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A
choose the correct answers.
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chemistto be filled.
I
pleasetake itto the
b prescription d nreditation
2 The patienthasbeentakingthe -{or
and fee s muchbetter now
9 Oncepeopledecldeto -
in shape'thev ottenjoln
a svm.
d 9 0
two weeks
performedan operationto savethe
3 Thetop
accidentvictiril'slife
the children's ison
4 As youenterthehospital,
gadgets have become popuLarbecausepeoPle
10
can take them with them wherever thev go.
b Touch-screen d InsPirational
1 l The latest- in the nrotorindustryis a carwhich
12
a appllance
c
innovation
b
d
consumptron
inspiration
Dieiicians believe that a good diet can contribute a rapid recovery
b a t
5 The doctof examined the paiient and diagnosed
a(n)
c vaccrnatron
a nredicaiion
6 Freshfruit is verygood for you becauseit is fu I o{
a preseNatrves c neros
d
7 A s irpLe romemade
r o : e y a n c lL e m o n .
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8
b a !
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fype
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the computer to be a(n) consider
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b
1 3 O l d e r p e o p l ea r e m o r e a t r i s k
cenarn orseases
protein
1 5 Inventorsoften comeup with very
c imaginary
a imagined
b imagination d irfaginauve
'What's
thisfunny ittle gadget?'
16
'ltt a -{or fechargingbatteries.'
c stage
(aravnvnar
B Circle the correct words.
1 | haveslept/ sleptwell lastnight.
2 Greg hasbeen playlnggamesall morning/ yesterdaymorning'
3 WouLdyou likea / somemilk?
4 Shall/Willlwalkwithyouto the busstop?
5 Youcango oui when/ untilyou havedone the dishes
6 We'llhaveknown/ be knowingeachotherfor two vearsnextweek'
7 Don'tcal hernow Shesleeps/willbe sleeping
I l've madesome/ anycakes1oryour partv.
solutionsto
t
+d the mistakes and correct the sentences.
' ,',buldyou
like a he p with your homework?
:e! beenrunin the park.
'e takenjustsomecoughmedicine.
L
time are you going deliverthe pizza?
".-.at
:-es beendoing gymnastics
sincethreeyears.
3honeyouafterl'll makethe dinner.
--.y
yet won't havefinished.
I =: ie give you an advice.
:bs€
the correct answers,
' :,r::or, 'd like
adviceon my diet,
9 'l'm feelingveryhot. thinkl'm gettinga
'
2
Haveyou- shopping?'
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to the sportsshopand boughtthls
yogamat.'
brlngyoua glassofwater?'
c D o
d Shal
1 0 'Haveyou heardthat new song?'
'Yes,'ve downloadedit
,.t ^^
peop e are readingnewspapers
thesedaysnow
ihat so muchnewsis availableon ine.
c
Little
d
N/uch
4 -l ey'vec osedrfe road for tl"e rararhor .ace.
'
it by 2 o'c ock?'
a Are they opening c Wil they haveopened
b Do lheyope.l
d Wirlrl ey be operilg
5 Youwon't drivemy car
you'vepassedyour
'11 tt onlythe endofJanuary
andalready
thtsyear
peope
milionsoftext rnessages.
1 2 Yo|.]mustn'tstarttakingthe secondmedicine
havefinishedthe firstone.
you
driving test-
13 l've
'/o!r
b stil
1 4 Thistlme nextyear,- 3D television?
a wil we be watching c do we watch
b are we watching
d arewe goingto watch
1 5 Bythe end o{the decadewe - what llfewas ike
withoutcomputers.
a wilfofget
c wil be {orgetting
b will haveforgotten d areforgetting
you haveinstaledan up to dateantivirus
16
program,it wil be safeto usethe computer.
a
cough is getting worse. I think you should go to
g o t h l se v e n i n g . '
a r ng o n g t o
b wil be
c
am gorng
d
being
7 lwon'tturnoffthecomputeruntill upmywork.
c
will back
b havebacked
d am backins
'How's
3
your les? Canyou walkyet?'
well, I canwa k on it, but don't think
footba I for
boughtthis new gadget,but l'm not sure
c
b l'llbe playins
c
lam playing
d
lwould play
ljnti
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A
Read the Exam Reminder. Why will the
words you have underlined help when you
read the article?
B
Now complete the Exam Task.
Aimingforthe top
Preparingfor matchingt65ks
r: . After readinsand underLinins
the importantwords
in eachquestion,readthe artice to get a gereral
.
1
understanding.
' . Thenrememberto go backand scanthe articleto
I
find a sectionwhichmatchesthe importantwordsyou
:
underined in the first question.
:t . Repeatthisfor eachquestion.
I lovesnowboarding ith my family,and havedonefor aslong asI can
rememberMy fatheris very athleticandso I think he is my biggest
influence.Welike to go snowboardingtogetherwheneverwe canasit
givesyou the sensationofbeing freewith natrue.I lovethe risk involved
whendoingjumps andtricks - the feelingyou getis just so exciting.My
lovefor this sport makesme very motivatedand determinedto succeed,
and althoughI getto do what I love,asajob it cangeta bit stressful:
you haveto remaincalmand givea flawlessperformanceat every
competition.I'm working tol,6rds the next Winter Olympicsfor now thefeelingofhavinga medalput aroundyourneckisjustthebest,andi
would be incrediblyproud to representmy county.
As a child, I would alwaysknow ifsomeonewasnot telling the truth!
l've alwayshad a fascinationwith what is right and whatis wrong,even
asa youngchild.I think thingsshouldbefair and I like to know that I
canmakea differencein peopletlives.Peopleusedto sayto me that I
would ne\er achievemy goalsto becomea lafiyet asit takesso much
effort and time to passall of the exams.I just thoughtto myself,'You
mustnt listento theml' And, hercI aml My family sayI've achievedmy
dreamssimplybecauseof my ambition,but it's thefusuppodwhich has
beenmostimportantto me,Tome,themoneyisnt asimportantasthe
law itself,but I guessit doeshelp makinga fortunewith this job!
rBecE
My parentstaughtme that I shouldalrvaysaim for the top. For this
reason,I've beentlinLing aboutmy future lately- andthat'swhy t m
openingmy own businessassoonasI've linishedschool.I've already
got my plansfinalisedand I evenhavefunding.I'm prettysurehaving
my own businesswill increasemy wealthquickly!I alsoknow that
my learningwont stoponceI've 6nishedmy studies,astherewill be
somuchto learnrvhilstI experience
theworldoflvork.I mightmake
mistakes,but I'11learnftom my erf)edences.
Nevertheless,
I know that I
mustmaintainmv drive and ambitionto achievethe success
I dreamfor
I go to a dramaschool,whereI work on my actingskillsandlearnhow
to presentmyself.I aisofrequentlygoto film auditions,and havedone
eversinceI wassmall.Youoftenhaveto improvisein manyauditions,
which I oughtto find enjoyablebut it is very difficult. AlthoughI'm not
alwayssuccessful
at the auditions,I am ableto overcomethesefailures.
I ve evenhadthe chanceto appearin a fewwell-krown fi1ms.My father
sayshelovesseeingmy faceup on the big screenin the cinemalI even
getto go to big e\cnts$'ith lots offamor:speople,just becauseofmy
job. I am oftengivendesignerclothesandexpensivejewelleryto wearto
them - I'm living my dreaml
3
1
Exam Task
te going,toreadan ariicleaboutfour teenagersand theirjobs.For questions.l_10,
6e trom the teenagers(A-D).The teenagersmaybe chosenmorethan once.
teenager
inspirat;onin their father?
their work is moreimportantthanthe moneytheyeam?
EtrJ
m.'l
m_-l
rh€ benefitsthat comewith thejob?
rhat theywiJlbecomerichsoon?
ffi-_.l
to improvepeople! situations?
rFT I
dEirjob for the excitementand pteasurethey feet?
*ork experiences
are educational?
d in hit movies?
fistento what peoptearoundthem said?
tenseabout performingperfectly?
ffin
W---1
ffir-t
w-l
ffiT l
vularvl
the correct answers.
Don't boastaboutyour,successj
be _
a arrogant
b modest
othelw/seyou
c self_confident
lp:lly - peopJewhoseworkinvotves
doinowhat
iey love.
b idolise
Tanyat-
hasincreased
steadilysince
shestartedher
a possessionsb jewellery
bu can'ta benefit
c weatth
success
unlessyou arepreparedto work
b achieve
c boost
the words in the sentences.
5 Thecompany's
onlyconcernjs makinsa _.
a profit
b tand
c goal
BernieMadoff,who is now in prison,;sa(n)_cr;minal
a besi-seljing b infamous
Jtwasa(n)
children.
a dream
c fauity
of hersto estabtish
a schoojfororpnaneo
b drive
c expedition
Thereare moreimponantthingsin lifethanmaking_.
a Jortune
b rnoney
c loss
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Modals& Semi-modals
A
Match the first half of the sentences(l-6) to the second half (a-0.
I
2
3
4
5
5
Shewasable
Youdon't haveto
Louiseshouldn't
Theyweren't
lthinkheought
He cant
n
n
n
n
n
n
b
b
c
d
e
f
come if you dont wantto.
be happywith histeam-they're alwaysarguing.
to set a new world record yesterday.
to applyfor that job he wantstomorrow.
throw 6waythe chanceshe'sbeensjven.
t
B Circle the correc-twords.
1
2
3
a
5
O
7
I
tb
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b
L
L
l'm sorrybutthecollegeis not3$laffi.vii to siveyoua scholarship.
.leffcriii'rihiiiiidspeakltalianandSpanish,
but notverywell.
you
matter,please?
Wou,idTbiiilid
lspeakto
aboutanimportant
vv advlceis voul}b4p:Tiijn!-ii talk to an expertaboutit.
| coiilil/&.Tt thinka lot fasterwhenI wasyounserl
go to seethat newb]ockbuster,
we tL9'yglblL:ii{,i1i[i
but wete not sure.
willy arilfiii;i4 helpyouwiihmaths heisn'tgoodat it.
Youiiiillfiri.lt finishallyourassignments
of youwillfailthecourse.
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!d
at
A Readthe ExamReminder.what shouldvou do the first
time vou listen?
B &$
Listen and complete the Exam Task.
Exam Task
Youwill hearfiveshortextradsin whichpeopiearetalkins
people.Forquestjons1-5, choosefrom the
about successful
listA-H what eachspeakersaysabout success.
Usethe lettersonly
once.Therearethreeextra letterswhichyou do not needto use.
ldentifyingkeywordsand
lakingnotes
. Rememberto readthe statementsfirst
and underlinethe impoftantwords.
. Remembertousethe firsttime you
lisiento identit the mainpointseach
speakermakesandtake notes.
. Usethe secondtime you iisten
to compareyour noteswith the
statementsto find the correctmatch.
SpeakerI n
A The Internetcanhelp peoplesucceedbecausethey
canshowtheirwork diredlyto a largeaudience.
speaker
2n
speaker
3n
4n
Speaker
speaker
s n
B Accidentscanbe part ofsuccess.
C Youcanbe successful
but notfamous.
D Successful
peoplehaveo{tenmanagedto overcomefailure.
E Beingsuccessful
meansbeingfamous.
peopleare usuallyveryyoungwhenthey beginiheir career.
F Successful
quickly.
G TVtalentcontentscanmakepeopLesuccessfulvery
H Famouspeopleonly get noticedthroughrecordcompaniesand art galleries.
C Elll
Listenagainand checkyour answers.
mhar
Modals
and correct the mistakes in the sentences.
Youreallymustn'thaveshoutedat the custonrerl;kethatl
Danielcant haveworkedvery hard.He was promotedto managerl
Thevolunteersmusthadspenta lot of time fixjngthe well in the viltage.
Jeremyisn'there.He musthaveleavefor work already.
Youcouldnl havemadea coffeeforthe boss;she,satreadygot one.
The doctorcouldhastreatedmofe people,butthere wasn,rany medicine.
lhat can'thavebeing Rosemary
you saw;she'sin Australia.
Yourassistantrnustn'thavebeen morehelpful;you'reluckyto haveher
the text with these words.
could must needn't should shouldn
t woutd
waitingfor my firsteverjob interview.Nervously,
I lookedat my reflection
aEwindow lthoughtthat| (1)
haveworn a darkersu;t,
I didn't have one. | (2)
r, and l'm surehe {3)
bonowingthings.'Oh well,I (a)_
do anythinsabout it
' lthought.
Next,I iookedat my hair Althoughl'd beento the hairdresser,s
had had it cut for the inte.view | (5)_
haveqone to ihe
-;t wasalreadyshortenoughwithoutthe cut.
door openedand a manwith long hair,wearingshortsand a T-shitt,walked
Tre (6)
be the cleaner,'I thoughtas I continuedto Wait.I
haveignoredhim as he turned oui to be the boss!'Well,
'he said
all of a sudden.^/ou needto be clean,friendlvand on time
atYummyBurser.Do yo! thinkyou (S)
do that?'
I nodded... and| got the jobl
Your{nqlish
lfie Exam Reminderand complete the E{am Task
Exam Task
1-8, readthe rert belowandthinkot rle word
b€st fiG eachgap. Useonly one word in eachgap.
Learningrollocatlonsandexpresslons
. Rememberthat collocations
and
expressions
areoften includedin these
typesol examtasks.
. Keepa ist to helpyou learnthem.
the worst!
awardsfor everlthing,from the MTV MusicAwardsandthe AcademyAwardsfo.
Nobel Prizesin a rangeoffields includingliteratureand the
Youcould,;nfact,saythat we havelotsofawardsthat recognisethe achievements
who set their (2)
on becomingthe best in the world,and
Butwhat aboutlops? Don,tthey deserve(3)
(4)
the GoldenRaspberryAwards,
alsoknown(5)
Awards.In a remarkableachievement,
SandraBullockwon (7)
Golden
for WorstActressin 2010for her role in the fi m 'All About Steve',andthen won the
Awardfo' BestAcress lhe !o lowing1 ghr fo he. pe.formancein 'The BtindSioe. The
r*tht havebroushther luckiBullock(8)
havea greatsenseof humour
r|ot only did shehappi.yacceotner Razziein person.oJt shealsohandedout DVDSof,Atl
geve'to membersofthe audienceatthe ceremonyl
B
For questions1-8, read the text below Use the word given in caPitalsat the
end of someof the lines to form a word that {its in the gap in the salne llne.
C For questions1+, completethe secondsentenceso that it hasa similarmeeningto the {irst sent€nce,
usingthe word giv€n.Do not changethe word given Youmust use betweentwo and five words,
includingthe word given.
1 Do you think Minasentthe packageyesterday?
could
Do youthjnk Mina
yesterday?
2 Martinwassillynot to do what the careersadviser
told himto do.
should
Martin
the careeFadvisertoldhimto do.
3 Anne'scar is here,so perhapssheiook the tfain to
5 Nigel realisadit would havebeen betterlo stayat
should
Nigel realisedhe
Youboughta new computer,but I couldhavegiven
bought
7 | wishI hadn'tspokenso rudelyto the inteNiewer.
shouldn't
might
4 Obviously,the pro{essordidnt lockthe laboratory
lock€d
to ihe interviewer.
hes in
8 l'm sufejtwasn't Leoyou sawyesterday;
couldn't
saw yesterday;h€'s in ltaly.
trrifin/r: 6vt bp\qlonossaq
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A
When presentlng your arguments l. a formal
. s . a y .y o r - l o r e s h o L l d b e r e r l ' a d d o b i e c ! ; ' e
the kind of languagethat is informal.
n
n
Be caref!l not to exaggeraie, generallse,or
b e t o o e m o t i o n a lb e c a u s ey o u w i l w e a k e n
=
AvoidLrsing
i n f o r m a l a n g ! a g e s u c ha s c o l o q u l a L
expressions,phrasalverbs and convactions
l
::.q!ra
expressrors
argumentsin formalessays
Pres€nting
rl
i-=* the newspaper extract and writing task below and then circle the correct words
I
a-Id
old Henry Bigglesworth, a retired
r*oolteach€r wlll ieceive an award from the mavor
s L r . \ L B r g g i e . q o r l \u. h o . e D e q ( . o nr v e r y l o $ .
&.ided to set up a youth dub for teenagersin his area
rri hrs own money. It has becone very successfuland
'The
kids had nowherc else to
Ftars are very gratetul.
fall
lnto
a
life ofcrimeahen you
so
easy
to
!D.ndits
-E boredi explainedM! Bigglesworth.
C
Youwillwrltean essay/article.
Youwi I answerone question/ tlvo questions.
Youwil useforrial / infofmallanguage.
Youwill/ won't write about HenryBiggesworth
O u r c u l t u r et e n d st o p u t t h e i n d i v i d u aal n d p e r s o n aa c h i e v e m e ntti r s t
However,there is also great value in he ping other peop e
',6v.r +he ^ra+ auesho\1
al disarct+ie \99Aa.
T h e r ea r e m a n y p e o p l ew h o c a n n o tn r a n a g ea o n e b e c a l s et h e y a r e t o o s i c k ,
too old or too poor. We should al try to he p others, and this can be very
rewarding. We often fee more motivated ir our own ives lf we are doing
something good for someone e se as wel as ourseLves
A6vrer +he tacottl
&csnon v\ v^ak\44
3arye:,notta.
_
We can he p other people in many different ways. Firstly,we can offer help
l ct of
t o t h o s ew h o c a n n o tl e a v ei h e n h o m e s , i k e s i c ko r o d p e o p L eA s n r a l a
difference
to
their
an
enormous
shopping
makes
kindress such as doing their
we no
household
items
toys
and
p
poor,
we
can
donate
cLothes,
To
he
the
ives.
o n g e r n e e d .T h e y w i l b e g r e a t y a p p r e c i a t e d
st , up ^rtd s+ate \.tb^r
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I
2
3
4
i€=d the model essayand underline the words in the essaythat mean the same a5 these
ria.rnalsentences.
' ::.ple onlythinkofthemselves
thesedays
--e
:
old stuffwe don't want could be reallygreatlor someonee se
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we help atherpeople?Wtitean essaydiscussing
(140-190
wordt
apinionsusingspecificexamples.
In conc usion, it is important to realisethat we are not alone in this wor d
Consequently,working with others to overcome dlfficu ties shou d be
-ed and completethe Examlask below.Don't {orget to usethe
-setul Expressions
on page 67 of your Student'sBook.
Exam Task
Do youngpeopletodayonlythink
Whatcan
abolt themseves?
:--p^;'oup,'NicefNeighbourrihasjustbeenstartedbyteenaqersatSpringtown
teensdo to helpthe community?
_
-:i:ool.ThealmofthegroupistoprovidefriendshiptotheareaSeldedycitiz€ns.
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your
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190
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good
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A Readthe Eram Reminder.Whereshouldvou
ldentltying what a word relers to
. Rememberthat whenyou are askedwhat
a word refersto, the answerusuallycomes
beforethe word in the text.
. Findlhe words r the te\1 you think it refers
to, rhenrereadthe sentencewith rhe word:.
to seeif it makessense.
look in a text when you are askedwhat a'word
ref€rs to?
B
Now complete the Exam Task
'i
The MaryRosewasa greatwarshipofTudor Engand (the
periodtrom 1485to 1603).Shewasbuittin po'1smouth,
a
historicEnglishport.The MaryRosehadservedKingHenry
V llwel andhadtakenpartin allthreeof hiswarswiththe
French.On July 19th,15,45,
the MaryRosewasjustabourto
go into battleagalnwith the restofthe Enqtishfteetwhen
shesankjLrst
off the coastof Porrsmouth.
Nobodyreaiy knowswhyshesank.tt mishthavebeen
becauseof Frenchgunfire,asthe Frenchctaimedat the
time, or maybethe shipwasoverloadedwith menand
gunsandwassimplytoo heavy.A populartheoryis that the
weatherwas
verycalm,and,allof a sudden,a freakgust
ofwind blewthe ship over Today,new evidenqesuggesrs
thatthe crewwereperhapsto blamefor leavingthe gun
pofts open and lettingwaterin. N4osto{the crewdied and
the MaryRoselayundiscovered
atthe bottom o{the sea
tor 300yearsunti 19thcenturydiversfoundthe wreckand
recoveredsomegunsfrom the ship.
In the 1960s,with better divingequipment,diverswere
ableto bring around20,000objectsto the surface.The
greatdreamof raisingthe Ma,y Roseofithe seabednnally
cametruein 1982,andherrematns
wereput on showin
PortsrnouthlHistoricDockyard.On y halfofthe shipwas
recoveed becaLsetfe res had been desroveo oy rio^5
and saltwaterThe halfthat had sunkinto the seaoeoano
laincoveredln mud for centurieswaswe I preserved.This
partwasraisedand sprayedcontinuouslywith chemicats
to
preserve
it. A newmultimilionpoundmuseum,
whtchis
bullt aroundthe ship,wasopenedin the summerof 2OT
3.
Thepublicis ableio learnthe historyofwhytheship
wasbuilt,aswellasheErthetheories
aboutwhyshe
sankand alsoseethousandsofthe recoveredobjects.
tu),oJ wall .ro rndthemJseun yoLa.elool.iig
at a Tudortimecaosulernuch ike steppingback
in time to TudorEngland.Youcansee not onlythe
gunsandweaponsof a warship,but all sortsor rtems
thatte lyou howpeopleat thattimelived.There
arefascinating
personalbelongings
suchascombs,
whichevenhavesomeTudor ice in theml A nrancure
set,whichprobablybelongedto an officer,is atso
on displayand showsthat personalhygienewas
important,at eastto someofthose on boafd.Possiby
theoldestviolin
in Europeis alsoon display,
showing
thatthe men probablyenjoyedrnusicin theirfreetime
Somematerialssuchas leatherbagsand shoeshave
'arai.ed i1 o1aoiecea,rdare n good conorion
whereasmetalitemsare missingbecausethey have
rLrstedaway.Thereare leatherflasksthatthe men used
to drinkfrom and woodenspoonsusedfor eating
meals.Someremainsofwhat theyate alsoexistin the
form of bonesfrom pigs and cows.The skeeton ofa
dog, whosepurposewasto killthe ratson boardship,
is alsoon disp ay,a ong with the bonesofsucl, a rar,
whichp.obaby drownedalorigwith the crew Allthis
isjust an excitingtasteofihings to come.The new
MaryRoselvluseumwil displayevenmorefascinating
examplesof life on a ship over450yeaa ago.
Exam Task
Rose For questions1-5,
b- are goingto readan articleabout a warshipcalLedthe 1,4ary
cE6e the answer(a, b, c or d)whichyou thinkfits bestaccordingto the text
4 Whatdoesthe expressionTudort;me capsule
r when the Mary Rosesank,
(para4,line2)mean?
a itwas her first battlea objectswhi.h representTudorli{e
b shehad alreadyfought battlesagainsttheFrench.
b objectsfound on shipwrecks
c shewas{ar from the shore.
c objectsconnededwith war
d shewasaboutto win a battle.
d objectson displayin muse'rms
2 WhichtheoryhasNOT been put {orwardto exPain
5 Whichnate'ial:sNOT fould in the exl-ibrs
whythe MaryRosesank?
on disp ay in the museum?
a The shipwascarryingtoo muchweight
I
b The weatherwasverystormy.
c lhe Trencl-feel sl'ot a! rhe M"ry Rose
d The crewwere irresponsible.
What preservedhalfofthe MaryRosefor centuries?
. the saty water
b specialchemicalsprays
c the mud on the seabed
d the movementofthe waves
ohavAlarv
Complete the words in the text.
rlv
B Circlethe odd one out.
build
past war
mostfamous(1)b
- - in Ensljshhistorytook
near
the town o{ Hastings.lt
on
14
October
1066,
rb
fromnofthern
a t2)f---- betweenthe Nofmans
who won, andthe Anglo Saxons.To remernber
€!ent, it is recreatedeveryfive or sixyearson the
(3)h -- site.The paiticipantswho nrake
t€ two armiescome{rom manydifferent
b----s o m e a r e 1 5 )-l -' - .
b o'ihersarejustinterestedin historywithout
ly beins(6)e --get the opportunitynot onLyto seethe war,but
bexperience what life in the 11thcenturywaslike.
(?n wanderthrougha marketwhere
----- - - craftsfrom the nredieval
andsoldandwatch
r--- - - aredemonstrated
of entertainmentand everydayactivities.lt! a
lopportunityto seehistorycomealive.
2 depiction
3 infection
5 control
plot
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Marcus
a LatincoursewhenI sawhimrastweek.
$;idlli,66'ilj'-:2{iaj}bti}elEalfiilfiij
Hectorfiigiii{ib.bi?-El,t.
thebookbeforethehistorycoursestarted.
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a documentary
whentheriehtswentout.
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ai thearchaeo
osicalsiteallday.
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theexhibition
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of hisdiscove,,.
ithe importance
B Complete
the text withthe PastPerfector the PastPerfectContinuous
of the verbsin brackets.
Professor
ArizonaBoneswasconfused.He scratchedhisheadand lookedatthe faded old mao aoain.
He(1)
iwalk)throushthe rainforest{orweeksin searchofthe legendary
goldenthroneofthe Anecs.A cluejn an ancientdocument(2)
{brin9)
him to this spot. But something was wfong. According to the map, there was a cave next to the waterfa l,
but all he could see was a wall covered in plants. Could the document and the map be fakes?
(3)
(he/be)srJp
d eroJghto be fooledby a hoax,ll,e an arateur
(buy)them{rom a fellow professorjn a restaurant
treasurehunter?He (4)
in MexicoCity-Lookingbacknow,he wonderedifthe man(5)
{pretend)
to be an academic.lf so, he had only himselfto blame.He wasso eagerto believethe egendthat he
(6)
(not bother)to asktoo rnanyquestions.Likea {oo, he
(7)
(give)theman hismoneyandthe clever'professor'
(8)
(vanish).
Justthen,veryslowly,the plantsbeganto moveand an old
manwith a long,white beardcameout from what appearedto be solidrock ...
L\stenlnq
A
Read the Exam Reminder. How can your knowledge of a topic help you choose the correct answer?
B lflll
Listenand completethe ExamTask
Youwill heara radio presenterinterviewinspeop e.
Fof questjons1-5, listenand choosethe bestanswer(a, b, c or d).
1 What is a polymath?
a h is the nane givento describearc:enrscience
b
lt is a topic in maths.
c lt is a namefor someonewho knowsa lot about
manydifferentsubjects.
d lt is a namefor someonewho is influentiai.
2 Who isthe mostwell-knownphilosopher?
a Plthagoras
Ma,ry people would not have received medrcal
treatment withoutthe actions ofwhich pe6on?
a Julie
b lbn Sin;
C IDIII Listenagainand checkyour answers.
Usingyourknowledg€
Remembertouseyour knowedge ofa
topic to helpyou choosethe correctanswer.
Beforeyou listen,readthe examquestion
andthinkaboutwhatpeopleusuallytalk
aboLrtin that situadon.
. Thenreadthe answeroptionsandtryto
identi{ywhichyou th;nkcould be co(ecL
4 lsaacNeMon wasborn in whichyeaf?
a 1942
. 1640
b 1624
d 1642
5 What did lsaacNeMon seefall from a tree?
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invented
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isffiEi?
Oh, dearl l'm wrong,@
Lels waitchthe documentaryaboutthe Mayas.
TiT and Jim w llfinishtheir histo./ projeds today,
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bRffi%i?
MsDinarityourhistoryteacherEWj
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ete each sentencewith one pronoun.
The authorwasupsetbecause
at all boughthisbook.
Mariahurt
while she was excavatingatthe site.
LF and Sueshouldhavewon the awafdsincethe best projectwas
Marthaand I introduced
to the new historyteacher
aboutthe problem,but ldon't knowwho.
Of coursethe bool is
; look,it'sgot my nameon it.
Judy,you needto express
better in yourwrittenwork.
Thiscivilisat;on
is a completemystery- we donl know
Your{no1|\sh
the Exam Reminderand comDlete the E{am Task.
Exam Task
ons 1_8,readthe text belowand decidewhichanswer
cor d) best fits eachgap.
r€re the Etruscans?
Choo5ingthe cofiectword
Rememberto readthe wholetext first
for a generalunderstanding.
Thenfeadeachsentencecarefullyand
makesureyou knowwhattype ofword is
missing.
Readthe sentencecarefuliywith the word
you choosefrom the optionsto makesure
lovesa mystery!N4ysteries
areexcitingandthey drive
to discoveryWe ask(1)
questionsand we ookfor
That'swhythe Etruscans
are so fascinating.
Thereis very little infomation aboutthismysterious
civilisation.
they?Wheredid they comefrom?
we do knowis that the Etruscans
inhabjteda regionknownas Etruria,in modern-dayltaly,and (2)
there long
the Romans.Some(3)
believethey were nativeto halywh;leothershaveput forwardthe theorythatthey
from AsiaN4jnor.
As{ortheir language,althoughthe Etruscans
usedan alphabetmuchlikethat ofthe creeks,
wasverydiffefenifrom anyotherthat is known,and the survifingEtruscaninscriptions
do not providemuch
fion aboutthe Etruscans
l5l
believetheir civilisation
datesbackto 900 BC,andthat itwas (6)
in the sixthcenturyBC.Duringthattime,
kingstook (7)- Rome,bui in about 509 BC,the Romansdef€atedthe lasrEtruscanking.At the sametime
becamelesspowerful,and in the third centuryBC it becamepart ofthe RomanRepublic.Beforelong,the
ion had(8)
out. What happenedto the Etruscans?
Wheredid they go? Perhapsone day we will know
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B
For questions1-8, readthe text below and think
of the word whichbest fits 6achgap. Useonly one
word in eachgap.
The Great Fire of London
Disastrous
eventscancausegreatchangeandthe
GreatFireof Londonwasno exception.On the night of
September2, 1666,a smallfirebrokeout in a bakeryon
PuddinsLane.(1)
happened
untiloneo'clockin the morning,
by whichtime
the whoe buidingwason!ne.Q) _
thattime, most Londonhouseswere madeofwood. Atso,
tl^erewasa strongwind that night t3l
helpedthe fire to spreadquickly.By eight o'clockthe
followingmornins,it (4)
halfwayacrossLondonBridge.Bythe time itfinallyburnt
itselfout, the catastrophic
fte had (5)
burninsout ofcontrol(6)
Althoughfew peopledied,the fire had destroyed
approximatey 8070o{the city.Thousands
o{ peoptehad
lost (7)-they
owned;manywere
homeless.
The king ordefeda massiverebuildingproject,
whichresultedin widersveetsand buildingsmadeof
brickrather(8)
wood. Sir Christophef
Wren,the famousarchitect,designedmanynew buitdinSs,
incudinga newSt.PaulsCathedral-thesameonethat
we associate
with the citytoday.The creat Firechanged
the faceoJLondonforever
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For questions1+, readthe text below.use the word given in capitalsat the end of someofthe linesto
form a word that fits in the gap in the 5ameline.
Uncoveringhistory
Accordingto an Africanproverb,'Untillionshavetheir own (i )_.
tatesof the
huntw;ll alwayssupportthe hunters.'An Americanauthorstatedthat ,Historyis writtenby the
winners.'lf true, lt would meanthat thosewho write down eventsat the time thev occur;re not
being(2)
,But what couldpossiblybe gainedby wfiting (3)
accountsof events?
Lots,apparently.In ancienttimes,if a (4)
wrotesomethlngunpleasant
about a k;ng,he wasofter put to death.
Cleaflythen,therewasoften no advantagein producingan honest,(5)
pieceofwriting. Howthen canwe be surethatthe historicatevents
we readabout aretrue?
Firstly,we needto considerthe(6)
Who was he?What did he peFonallyhaveto gain from a (7)
events?Washe a friendor an enemyofthe personhe wrote about?Secondly,is there
(8)
anywhereelseto supportwhatthe authorclaims?By comparing
differentauthors,you canusuallywork outthe truth.
HISTORY
OBJECT
ACCURATE
WRITE
ANALYsE
IDENTIFY
SUBJECT
PROVE
r\hnq:an ovna\l
Grcle the correct words.
1
2
3
4
5
6
Thesoldierswereabsolutelytired / exhaustedafterthe batt e.
Thishistoriantclaimsare enrirely/ a littte untruet
WowlThismap is slightly/ pretty o d.
We were utterlyannoyed/ disgustedby hisbehaviour.
The detectivenovellread wasreally/ extremetyfantastic.
Emiliawasa bit hungry/starving,so shehad a snack.
Usingqualifiers
. Oua ifiersthat are usedwith adjectives
and adverbscanmakeyourwriting
moreinterestingand exciting.
. However,you needto makesurethat
you usethe correctqualifierswith
certainadjectivesand adverbs.
Read this extract from an email you recently received from your cousin and answer the questions.
Youmust be backfrom your
holidayinEgyptby now Howwas
it? Writeandtell me allaboutitl
Writean enailta your cousinansweringhis questjon.(140-190wofds)
1 Willyouremai be formalorirforma?
2 Whatwill you write about?
3 Whatsortofthingswillyoudescribe?
Readthe model email and complete the gaps with these words.
a bil absolut€ly crazy incredible massive terrified very warm
R e sl yF € p r y a L t F ol ol ed rd
.
.......
HiAbigail,
avoa+lhe rcaler ^qd
V,y yb,.t re \.'( t+\4q.
PowareyoJ? fhanksfor yoL email.l'vegor roadsto tpltVoLaboLrtgypt.
Thewholetripwas(1)
amazrngl
As you know,Dad'stotally (2)
abouthistory,
so it wasno surprise
whel he decidedw-"weregoingto Egypt.orour hotioay.
ML-nwaspleared
becauseit's quite (3)
ihereand l'm always(4)
happyto seecreepythingslikemummiesandromosl
We visitedthe pyramidsfirst.
tcouldn'tbelievethe
sizeofthem;they,reabsolutely
I Thehighlight
for me,though,wasridinga camet.I tovedit,
butMumwasutterly(6)
YoushouldhaveseenherfacelThe
archaeologicai
museunr
in Cairowassensationall
I foundthe exhibiisreajly
(7)
. Someof them were(8)
scary,but I
didnt mindl
la/
your anair atd ada
Well,that'saboutit. Whenyouvisit,t'llshowyouthe photoswe took.td liketo go
backoneday- maybeyoucouldcome,too!
Byefor now,
L__?n cllt\ qot pe 6 oAat.
Read and complete the Exam lask below. Don,t forget to
use the Usefu, Expressionson page 79 of your Student! Book.
Exam Task
Inyour astemailyouwerelookingforward
to a schooltripto a reallyinteresting
history
museum.
Writeandtell me all aboutitl
Witeanemailtoyourfriend.
(140tg0words)
YooaVulart4
A
Choose the correct answers.
'1 As a
, he isthriledto be workingatthe
.L
t
The 1960swere perhapsthe mostexcitingrecenttimesin London.
of
d timeline
d historical
b historian
2'That starjustcan'tavoidthe pressphotographers.' 10 Whenthe kingheafdofthe - to kil him,he fled
'lt mustbe awful. don't
himat all.'
c f;ght
b en4,
rockstaris still
3 lt's a
thatthis seventy-yearold
doingworld tours.
a fortune
c profit
d mnacle
b passion
in
4 That neckaceis the mostexpensivepieceof
d jewellery
5 Youhaveto take a few- in life if you wantto
GordonSumner,who ls bener known-'Sting',
hashad a long andsuccessful
musicacareer.
d stage
are studyingthe coinsto flnd out
1 1 Afchaeologists
whetherthey are
12 We mustchecktheinformationbecausel'm a{raidit
d analytical
1 3 Oncethe archaeologicatearnhad-the
1 4 The ador - hispopularityby appearingin
severalblockbusters.
d
d with
The dancer's performancewasthe bestthat the
judgeshad everseen.
'There'sno way l'm going to entera talentcontestl'
'Oh,don'tbe so-l'
16 Duringa(n)
(aravnwar
Find the mistakes and correct the sentences.
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
eliminated
1 5 K e vr t , a s t ' ; l mw a sa c o - n p r e r-ea r d L h e ' l m
a devoted
c tireless
b accomplished d stubborn
B
treasure,
they startedto cleanit.
c dug up
Yourealy ought exercisemore.
shouldltold you earlier?
We had beenstandingin linesinceten minutes.
Don't blameyou abolt it.
We forgottento do our homework.
| wouldaskedher if I hadthe courage.
Couldyou beinga bit quieter,p ease?
Thatmusthavebeingexcitingdayl
nl-
companyost a fortune.
a blockbLrsier c fantasy
, greatchangestakep acein a coun
d
depiction
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Choosethe correct answers.
I
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get tickets to the opening o{the museum
2 .le
secausethey had al sold out
3 The restaurantwill a most certainly be full.'
. know, we * a table weeks ago.'
a
needn't have booked
c
should have booked
d may have booked
b can't have booked
,1 -',e
extrerneLyhard for injured sailors on 16th
:.ntury warships.
c can't be
a shouLdhave been
must be
5 lora
a successfuldancer,but her parents didn't
. l o w h e r t o s t u d yd a n c e .
c had to become
a must have become
b
t
'r
must have been
c mustn'thavewon
d shouldhavewon
=ta
smal ro es for years when she finally became
l.cessful in HoLl)&ood.
c c o u l dP l a Y
a had beenplaying
d
11
has managed to discoverthe secret location of
the ce ebrities' wedding
c Nothing
d
Nobody
1 2 'l'll haveto go hometo look up that pefiod ot history'
'You- go home,my mobile
Phonehasgot
lingauthorand
13 He ls a best-se
wantstoreadhis
'14 'Thisis everyone's
favouriteprogramme.'
'lt sureis;- canbeat ltl'
c everything
a anlthrng
d something
b nothing
15 C aire- cometo the historymuseumwith us ifshe
had to Pla)i
never passthe test!'
-'rr e i o r g o 1 9 t o g i v e u p s o e a s i,
a wilyou
d shalwe
1 0 In the 16thcenturykingsand queenscouLdnot dress
to helpthem.
;they hadservants
d
d was able to become
b cou d have become
-^at
fim an Oscar; itwas an absolute fLop.
b were playing
I
'Look.Theres JohnnyDePPI'
'Let,stake hisphoto,-?'
the book threetimesbeforeI took the
a
16 Not everybodywantsto be {amous,-?
a willthey
d
do they
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A
Read the Exam Reminder.What should you always check?
:
B Now completethe ExamTask
Checkingyour answers
. Rememberto checkthatyouhave
writtendown the paragraphletteryou
tasks.
meantto in multiple-matching
. After completingthe task,don't forget
allofyouranswers
to double-check
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Disasters
Natural
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cruJrie.
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dasified as a q?e I wildfire, and so far it has aheadydesrroyed
a largeareaof parklandand sone proper+ A pa* mngersaid
rhar rhere de strons winds in rhe areaof rhe 6r€, which are
nakins ir dilii.ult r;get the 6re underconrrol.Oficial warnings
sraterhe concernthar rhese
fron envircnmentalorganisations
powedn winds will make rhe 6re spin, which could then t$n
inro a fire tornado. As a result, people in several towns hav€
alreadyleft rhe areaand nany nore will leavetoday.
Floodingin England
M J n y p J , . o t t r e l a n d - r e F o o d e d" r d u n d e r" , r e r r o d " y .
follo*insMo day' o'"iolenIhundraro,r. and h.ilrorms
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this is rhesecondline dlis
towns.Accordineto sone residents,
ver that thei. hines have flooded, but rhesefash floods were
unupected. One locale'plains,"The weatheris jut biarc at
the noment. Im surestotns and floodingaie haPpeningnole
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weather
naruraldisdrers."Expenssay ar ihe unPredictable
wiil continue for this week and thar many more lowns vix
sufler fiash llooding. Peopleshould prepaie ihemselvesand
Volcanointerestin Sicily D
in
Avalanche
the Alps
Vulcanologists or people *ho study volcanoes - fron all
overrhe world wlll arrivejn Sicily today ro study the volenic
e L p r i o l o f M o u r r t r n " . \ , I o u n rt t n a F ' L 1 F' e . o n d b j g g e {
\ o l o n o i n I u r o p eJ n d i ' o " g r e r ri n , r r c . ra r r h e r o n e n r . \ e
volcano
i . r r : ' u a l l y a . r i v ea n d n r n y e x p e r ir' r e . o m i a Sr o r e
what is happeningfor thenselves.TheI wili sPendd much
here,and they wllL researchthe volcanodd
time as necessary
the destrucrion in nore detail. The volcano is playing havoc in
the areaand affecting many locals in va.ious ways.Lava and ash
have destroyed se"eral housesar rhe bde of the volcano, and
smokeis visiblefo! miies.The alrporr ar Calaniais closedfbr
Yesterday
afternoon,rescuen
found a group of skiers
who were mjssing afte! an
avalanche occured in the
French A-lps on Tuesday.
the skies werc enjoying
thenselveswhen it suddenly
srarted snowing. They were
found in an atea of forgt
near the ski reso!!, where
rhry were rryiDg ro escape
fron the se.'ereblizard. Tlere wu still heae,snow on Tuesday
ro locatethe
niehr,which madeir nore dificult for the rescuers
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polie say that all de skiers ue now safeand have been taken to
hospitalto be *anined. F.rpenssayyou should not go skiing
thk jdcresesthe
when the tenperaruresuddenlyrisesbecause
possibilit/ of avalanchs.
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from paragfaphsA-D. The paragraphsmay be chosenmorethan once.
ijr paragraphmentions
iit_-
e,,€ntwhichwill continueoverthe folowing few days?
rt--t
ing that happens in coid conditions?
-Ething
iil
out of the ordinaryhappening?
rb.rmber of peoplewho died in a specificevent?
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- e,i€ntwhichis attractingpeop e to investigateit?
lf._
ing whichis thoughtto be occurringmore{requenty?
Gi'..^t
.€nanding searchexpedition?
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-dassification of the event?
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Complete the words in the sentences.
I
the groundshookand buildingscollapsed
duringthe e
2 Dueto the strongwind,the w_ _ _ ____
spreadquicklythroughthe forest.
Thet _____ toredowntreesandblew
Healy rain,whichmadethe ground
unstable,
caused
the l5 After monthswlth no rain,a teriible
d_-ruinedthe locafarming
a
i witl
Fourskiersweretrappedon the mountain
dope by the a
Manypeopledied ofstarvadondue to the
f
___.
Thet
____was the hugestwave
yonenad everseen.
B
Complet€ the sentenceswith these words.
faultlines flashfloods heitstones hurricane
rangers Richterscale lidalwave volcaniceruption
1 The biggesteafthquakeeverrecordedrneas!red9.5 on the
2 Healy fainffom stornrsin owlying areasoften produces
3 Enoanous
windowsand destroycrops.
is a huge w.l of
seawaterwhichcrashesonto the shore.
5 Aviolent
city of Pompeiiin 79 AD.
6 Eafthquakes
frequentlyoccurin areasthat arealong
7 A violentstormwith very heavyrainis knownas a
8 Sometimesforestfifescanbe preventedbythe actionsof
Gomolete the text with these words.
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casuattiescrust disaster hevoc magoitudeorganisations
Waming
drortened by earthquake
Lfor
sty hoursof February27,2010,without(1)
in Chilein SouthAmerica.lt wasa massiveearthouakewith ain)
of 8.8.Buildinsscollapsed,thousandso{ peoplewere left homeess
:lse were hundredsof (3)
It p ayed14)
but help
to,iled by severalaid(s)
In the followingweek,therewere 180
-i
eventhoughthey were lesspowerfulthanthe mainquake,they caused
damagein an alreadyweakenedarea.But Chilewasn'tthe only placeto be affectedby
Ukeall earthquakes,
it had been causedby the movementofsectionsofrhe Earths
Scientjstsdiscoveredthat this huge movem€nt made the Earth spin
rhich hasnradethe Earthday 1.26microseconds
shorter,so in fact everlvhere on rhe
ias been affectedbv the 18)
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Gerunds& infinitives
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,A circle the correctwords.
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r vouwere'ervtuct<y
thatearthquakel
z r woutdnt riskFEii:/lSlliii*tj out in thisweather
3 rhe powerof natureneverfailsr'fr?.F1,&-r*-hii6
mez
c wnvdrdvourefuse
Efi,6iFJl:r.q-lliiiliai
wentonFSiy/iiieii i
s rhe performers
throughthe rain.
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Doyouthinkwe'llbe allowed
whv aon't voutrv ti1.l!6.f;#;6it&fl6on the Internetfor
we wefen'tableto avoidiflLfffiffi illon ourtrip
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B
Find and correct the mistakes in the sentences'
gasleak'
1 The authoritiesmadeeveryoneto leavethe areaa{terthe
whenwe go to the UsA
2 Wete reallylookingforwardto visitthe Grandcanyon
prolecrthe envirorment'
3 Sadly,mostDeoplearenl interesledto do alything to
a tornadowascomrng
4 The inhabitantsweremadeabandonthe villagebecause
I
was'ost
as
5 | hadto stop to otive ir orderto checl the map again
slope
6 Tneyweretoo scaredgo sli:ng on lhe sleepestmounrai'1
itwas unsa{e
7 The policewouldn'tlet anyoneto enterthe buildingbecause
umbrellawith me
8 lt wasa rcinyday,but luckilv,I remembefedtakingan
Lrsten\nq
A Readthe Eram Reminder.will you haveto
chanoethe form of the answersyou hear?
B EID Listenand comPleteth€ ExamTask'
JoannaHarvevlallingabout
YouwJl nea'a qirrcalled
the recentflooJingin her area For quesl:onsl-1o
comoletethe sentlnceswjth a word or shortphrase'
Joannausesthe word (1)
her recentexPenence.
Joannaexplainsthesituationwasmadeworsewiththe
of rhe rai, andtl'e (2) -.ombinaLion
how the (3)
Joannadiscusses
help keeptheir housessa{e
On the eveningthattheir houseflooded,all of the family
felt (4) --.
came
Joannawasgratefulthatthe (5)
to advise the famlly on what to do
C QUI Listenagainand checkyour answers'
. Remembe.that for taskswhereyou complete
notes,you will hearthe answe6given!nthe
correctform (noun,adjective,tense,etc ) so yo'l
won t needto makeanychanges'
. Don'tforgetto readthe gappedsentencebefore
vou ';teriro 'denrifotne typeof word vou need'
lnd tl^enreadit aqainoncecorpleLedto checl it
Peoplewere offefedrooms
they had nowhereto stay.
The faarily we'e lrost sad aboutthe ?l
they coLrldfeel disappearing with the floodwatef'
Despitethe difficultsituationof livingin a hotel,everyone
was(8)
JoannaexPlainedthat (9)
removing the water from theif house
Joannais enjoyinghavingthe opportuniiyto help
(10)
ravnvnar
parison of adiectives & adverbs; too, enough, Eo & such
Complete the sentenceswith the correct comparativo or suPerlativeform of the word given.
planetsin our solarsystem.(large)
1 Jupiterand Saturnare
Mt Evefest,wh;chis 8,840metres.(high)
Mt Fuji,at 3,776metres.is
I feel.(bad)
I don't like winter;thecoldertheweather,
il lhe'e ;s a wird blowingrhaTif it s caLrr.(quick)
4
a rainyone.(good)
a sunnyday is much
5 For holidaymakers,
eachother.(cold)
6 Greenlandand Sibe.iahaves;milarwintersand are
in the world is flooding.(common)
The naturaldisasterthat occurs
anythingelsein the unjverse.(fast)
8 Liohttravelsat 300.000kilometresa second,whichis
Circlethe correctwords.
t t'msorrv,
butltt &f€flEtr@ffiS!-6Jformetoso hikinswithvou.
2 Thetornadowasffi/ffi
catastrophic
that it desttoyedwholevillages.
3lf youwatertheplant.f0.ffiF-g.F&.hffi
idf{ddfi,theywillsrowwell.
inserious
flooding.
lea\yrainfellthatit resulted
I Le./ir5$.4fi
(tffffiE{mffiff&
to putoutthe{ire
arrived
5 rhe firefishters
to reachEarth
and19seconds
takes8 minutes
e rle sunisiii.jl.Sli(h
farawaythatsunlight
z tt wasli.17.i&in
a co d daythatwe decidedto remainindoors
jdlldn6$ifftri^dd.. fjjelj to be seenwith the nakedeye.
a et"a'"""
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Read the Exam Reminder and complete the Exam lask.
Exam Task
For o uestionsl -a. readthe text belowandthink of the word which
bestfits eachgap. Useonlyone word in eachgap-
Are you SAD?
it
Seasona
I AfiectiveDisorder(SAD)isa kind ofdepressionthat affeds
+pro,(iTately 7% ofthe UK populaton everywinter.Anod-er
seriousas SADaffectsa
{orm that isnt (1)
A chemicalimbalancein the b.ain
ftrthef 17%ofthe ooDUlation.
daylightand
bcausedwhenthereisn't(2)
in the northern
$nshine, asjs the casein winter,particularly
hemisphere.
The imbalancethen leads(3)
rangeof physicalandmentalsymptoms.
The mostcommonsymptomsarefeelingdown and depressed,
doingthings,
beins lesslnterested(4)
eatingtoo much,wakingup in the night,wakjngup eariier
you should,beingmote tned than
feeLing
stornachprobLems,
usual,experiencingheadaches,
snowedunderand unableto cope,and worryingtoo
about little things.
For manypeoplesAD is (7)
llnessthat it preventsthem from functioningnormaly.
effective{orm of treatment
Ihe (8)
b lighttherapy.Duringthe wintermonths,an average
ofone to two hoursper day ofexposureto very bdght
Ight is enoughto help mostsuffereF.Oncespring
arrives,andwith itthe sunshine,life graduallyreturns
to normalfor SADsufferers.
B For questions1-8, readthe text below.Usethe word given in capitalsat the end o{
som€of the linesto form a word that fits in the gap in the sameline.
The end of Pompeii
- a (1)
On a hot Augustday in 79 AD, the peoPleof Herculaneum
(2)
column
oJ
in
horror
as
a
seasidetown nearNaples watched
gasand stonewassent highinto the skyby the {3)
ihe peopleof nearbyPompeiiwere bufiedunderthis huge boilinghot lavaflow.The people
and it is believedthat manymanagedto
had some(4)
of Herculaneum
were not so lucky.
escape,but severalhundred
Whenthe mud and rockcooled,it becamesolidand preseNedthe structuresit hadcovered
are in muchbetter conditionthan
Manyofthe ruinsofthe housesand streetsof Herculaneum
are stillexacrlyasthey
of(5)
ofthe
upper
storeys
of
Pompeii.
Many
those
werethen and mucho{the ofiginalwoodremains,eventhough it is,of course,badly
(6)
Thereis evena woodenRomanbed stillasitwasthen.
Theyare somethingthat
are(7)
Althoughsad,the ruinsof Herculaneum
(8)
should
miss.
to the area
no
WEALTH
VOLCANO
ERUPT
WARN
BUILD
BURN
FASCINATE
VISIT
C For questions1-8, completethe secondsentenceso that it hasa similar
meaningto the first sentence,usingthe word given.Do not changethe word
given.Youmust usebetweentwo and five words,includingthe word given.
1 Theymadeeveryoneleavethe{loodedarea.
Everyone
2 The rocksare too hot to touchl
i
p wasso interestingthat lwill neverforgetit.
that lwill neverforget it.
4 Greeksummersare hotier
in Greece.
In Gemany,the summers
ruined
beaches
were
of
Mexico
that
5 Sucha lot of oil wasspilt in the Gul{
Beacheswere ruinedbecause
asthe onesfound in that valley.
6 No fossilsare as impressive
wasspjlt in the Gulf o{ Mexjco.
havebeenfound in that valley.
The
The photographerwasableto take excellentphotosof the hurricane.
manageo
excellentphotosof the hurricane.
The photogmpher
Theywant to explorespacelo find out the originsofthe universe
by
Theyhopeto find outthe originsofthe unive6e
$rrifivrrl:a stor\ (L)
A Complete each phrase with these words.
after at few just same the
1 A(n)2 n1
3
It -that
5 -then,...
6 At the
I
minuteslater,...
beginning,
...
a while,...
moment,...
Sequ€n<lng
events
. Astory is a sequenceof events.Whenyou tella
story it's importantthat the readeris ableto fol ow
. Sequencinscanbe achievedby usingcertain
phrasesthat helpto showhow one eventfollowson
. Thesephrasescanalsohelpto add dramato
time, .-.
Read the writing task below and circle the correct options.
Wntea starythat beginswith thissentence:Mayahadalwayshoped thisnoment wouidcome.(140-190wofds)
1 The chafacterwas/ wasnl lookingforwardto something.
2 YoLwi I w-ire aboJt a negative/ positiveevpe.ieice.
3 Therewill/wont be backgroundinformationabout'this moment'.
Read the model story and complete it with these words.
I a minutelater at last althat moment in the beoinnino
Mayahadalways
l'opedtl is ro.nert woLldcome.rl)
whenshe had beguntrainingwith ihe other astronauts,
she had neverbel;eved
theywouldchooseher forthe spacemissjon.And yet, hereshewas,on
Hermeslil. almostreadvto b astoff.
everyth rg was .eady. She double-checked ll'e
t2)
controlsin front of her and caughtthe eye of her co,pilot.He wasas excitedas
shewas.The commandcentreinformedthem that conditionswefe perfect.
The countdown beganl
+he+eatirqt
(3)
time stood stillfof Maya.Shetried to concentrate
on the numbersasthey werecounteddown: ... 5, 4, 3, 2, 1 ... Blastoffl she felt a
massivejoltasthe spacecraftwas ifted intotheair.The ong journeyinto space
(4)
the crafrenre'eddeep space.Fa' below.Maya
gazeddown at planetEarth,smalland blue.Shehopedshewouldseeit againj
shewason her wayto Mars.
l€d and complete the Exam Taskbelow. Don't forget to use the Useful Expressionson page 93
JFur Student's Book.
Exam Task
*ite a storythat beginswith thissentenceiTheyhadnever
*n anylhing nare anazing in thei whale lives.
1a0-190 words)
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A
Read the Exam Reminder. lf there are words
which you don't understand in a text, which
three thingscan help you?
B
Now complete the Exam Task
:1 using@ntextto helpyou
I . Rememberthatthinkingaboutthe text type
beforeyou startreadingcanhelp
.:
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andthinkaboutwhat
ldentirythetexttyPe
:!
:j
couldbe included.
information
i . Useihe text type to he p you find the meaningof
anywordsyou do not understand' . Don't forget to think aboutwhat similartextsin
incLude.
yourown languase
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. Finally,think aboutwhat the wholesentencewith
'
ihe difficultword in means.
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Are your doughnutsto die for?
your hiry cakesfantastica
hntastica
Are vour
Are you agedI2-16?
This is the showlor you ifyou canmake
withouihelP:
anyofthe following
.
. cakes. biscuits meringues
In thk new cookeryshow 20 YounS
chefsget creativewith cakes.lf you think
you canb.l.e,Ihu is the p'.o8.ammelor
you.W,nnerswillbe fearuredon borh our
famousPastry
cookerynetworkalongside
. nfting.
. qurvivalskills mdalhole
All rou needis a srons chancteranddeterninadonI Ifyou re
ru'uktelling
roushenouqhem,ilu' r. nr'd<n@m'ertrure
\ou.ould
forthc' hJJenge:
u. 'ihy yor .\orld be<on.idered
walk aways'it,\ alargecashprizeI
(Parenrs'
pernission
is reqnned)
ALaughandaHalf
CdUing comics ol aII qgesl
. Cdn you moke people laush?
. would you like to be on
. Winne$ willdppeor ina
special ldmily TV shovl
Wel€ looking lor sidnd-up
comedicns who ve sot ihe lalent, but h@en'i yei been
recognised.Contest@ts vho pass the audition will be
given odvice dnd cooching by ioP critics on:
. ho.^'io make their jokes wo!k.
. how to interoci with on oudience.
The show is open io omoteur comedians ol dny oge
To dudition, justcome olong to the ciiy hdll on Solurdav
Nov 81h,ond mdke ihe judses loushl (A1l oudition
matelial must be written by ihe coniestont.)
ffiufr
lsyour familytalented?
Ou. newtalenrshowis
looking for at leat mo
and even qrandmotners,
cone andshow us what 1ou re made ofl
l f y o u l h i r . r o ' r i a , n i | '} " 1 b c( i . f o r , d i n l oa r r P P r n g
rl
< n . r i o . . g e r p i . c n . . B . n d r h e n (unP l o r l h e r L dor n
When? Dec 3rd 10amto 5pm
Where ?New ]lr€atre, Tunpike Lane, Manch€ster
Vinners will sera recordinqcontracrl
More idorn":tio" .an be f6und at: wvrappingfmilies.cotn
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A
Exam Task
Youare goingto readfour advertisements.
For questions1-6, choosethe answef(a, b, c or d) whichyou thinkfits best
eording to the text.
I
Yourbrotheris often told that he is funny.
which programmeshouldhe applyfor?
d 4
2 Whichprogrammesrequirecontestants
to
havethe abilityto creaiesomething?
c 2,3 and4
a 1 , 2 a n d3
d 1 , 3a n d4
b 1 , 2 a n d4
3 which prosrammesdo you haveto auditionfor?
< 2and4
b 3and4
d 4 and2
4 In whichprogrammeswjll contestantsreceiveprofessional
help?
a 1and2
b 1and3
d 3and4
on anol\er
5 lr whicl' programmesis the prire an appearance
c 2and3
a 1and2
b 1and3
d 3and4
Youwould loveto win somemoney.Whichprogrammeshould
you applyfor?
a 1
c 3
d 4
b 2
oo6vAlarv
(hoose the correct answers.
1 Do you followany ? l'd ratherreadan onlinenewspapermyself.
a orogs
b strikes
2 l'vejLst boughtmy fir$ -l l think l pre{erit to the pape' versionl
b article
B
Circlethe correctwords.
1 JackhasbeenstLldyingmffi
lffi&@fi
2 The
inv;tedlotsofguestsonto hisshow
rhenewsffiw
planecrashwere
ffilaboutthe
verydisturbing.
rheWwasverv
in the
woffiedaboutthe mistake
morningnewspaper
why arethereso manyWffi
3 Someofrhe spods on theradiocanget quitea'rnoyingl
a cornmentary b critic
a ThisSunday's
newspapefcontainsa great€ookery-.
a ffgure
b measurementc supplement
5 Thesales showthat the magazineis gettingmorepopular.
a commentary
b figures
War
often riskiheir livesto get theif storiesout.
a correspondentsb media
7 In theJanuarv-. thereare loadsoJwinterfashionideas.
I
Celebritieshavea veryharddmewhenthey arefollowed
everla,vhereby the
. b host
a critic
for threeyears.
ffiau'ing
the soapoperawasunusuallypositive
tonightcomparedwith most o{
the timei
7 AnselAdamswasone ofthe most
I
I alwaysswitchchanne{s
whenthe
the text with theseworda.
decideswhat book he or she
It couldbe a brandnew book
to produce.Thisis discussed
and agreedon with a(n)(2)
ofan existjngone.The writer'smanuscriptthen goesto a(n)
who checksthe (5)
o{the text. Thispersoncheckswhetherit is
(6)
for the
that is,the peoplewho will readit, and correctsary e'roi.s.A(n)
is chosen.somerinesf.oma lo,rglistof optiors; it'sgot to be a catchynameso that
will rememberit. Then,the editedtext goesto a designerwho anangesit on pagesand makesit look attractive.
the designedbook is printedand deliveredto your localbookshopot (8i
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Passivetenses;The Passive:Gerunds,Infinitives& Modal Verbs
c
,/q Complete the sentenceswith the correct form of the activevoice or the passivevoice of the verbs in bra
1
2
3
5
6
7
I
B
(send)thephotosby email,butthey
(not receive)them untilthreedavslater.
(watch)Maste/Cook,but he doesn'tthin( t\e dishes
Gordonoften
(make)very
well.
(invent)over400yearsago and it completely
The printingpress
(change)theway peoplegot information.
Oh, nol [4y Internetservjce
(not pay)my billsincelvlay!
(publish)tomorrow so I
A specialeditionofthe newspaper
{get) a copy for sure.
(tell)to buy fewermagazines,
Marcia
but she
(not listen)to her motherand spentallher money.
(interrupt)by commercials
l hateitwhen myfavoufiteprogramme
promotjng
thingsthat 1
(show)live lastnightwhenthe powersuddenly
The game
(go out)!
l
1
2
3
a
5
5
7
I
Rewrite the words in bold in the Dassivevoice.
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
I
Filmslarshatecriti.s giving them bad reviews.
Whencanthey fix your TV?
He was supposedto finishthe manuscriptyesterday.
Don't you thinkyou shouldrecyclebooks?
You must send your CV tomorrow, or it wjll be too late.
The actoE like people askingthem for autographs.
No one couldview the website lastnight.
Theypronisedthey would deliver the CDstoday.
rr
L\stenlnq
A Readthe ExamReminder.What technroue
will h6lp you noticethe differences
betweenanswerootions?
B EIII
u
understandingansw€roptions
. Rememberthat it is importantto look at the answer
optionscarefullyto understandthe differences
berweenther, and to circleary (ey detais.
. Focuson detailswhenlistening,and don'tforgetthat
you couldhearthe answefat the beginning,middle
or end ofthe recording.
Listenand completeth6 Examlask
Exam Task
Youwill hearsixshortconversationsAfter you heareachconveFation,you will be askeda questionabout whatyou
heatd.The answerchoicesareshownas pictures(a,b and c). Cnclethe letrerofthe cofrectanswer.Youwill heareach
conversat|on
ony once.
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A Circleth€ correctwords.
I
rubbish.
realityshowsareusually
h ffiffiffiffi
losjnspopularity.
Printnewspapers
@ffiWffi,4
raisemanvquestions.
thedocumentarywill
ft ffiffiffiffiffiffi
the bestcartoonistin the country
would
cancelthe
radioshow.
they
would be madelive on TV
the announcement
4 DutchMasters
6
celebrity
onTV!
the mostannoying
RomaRiv ffi$Sffi
50 millioneuros.
8
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Completethe t€xt by writing one word in eachgap.
usuallylimitedby space.A headlinemustdo
who wite newspaperheadlines(1)
supposedto grabthe reader'sattentionand,secondly,jt mustallow
bthings; firstly,it (2)
be statedin asfew wordsas possible.For example,the
G rheme of the newsstory {3)
Isdline 'RainCancelledPlay'letsus knowin just threewordsthat a sportingevent(4)
madeand headlinesbecome
however,mistakes(5)
led due to bad weather.Sometimes,
readin two ways.Canyou seeboth meanings?
escan(8)
v)/.r <|4qlish
For questions 1-8, r€ad the text below and decide which answer (a, b, c or d) best fits each gap.
for 24 hoursa day,sevendaysa week,
Itte launchof MTVin 1981,musicandTV becameone.(1)(videojockeys).
tor musichad a massiveimpacton
(2)
presented
This
new
outlet
videos
byVJs
one channel{or
(3)-,
fans
could(4)-to
artists
and
music
popular
usicindustryand on
culture.
on musicnews,eventsand promotions.
noffially inrewiewedbv a hostand
|5€,therehad been musicprogrammesbeforeMTV Artists(5)
presented.
With a 24-hourformat,
then performliveon the show.But therewasa limitto what couldbe
(6)
the opportunityto
artists
were
: moreand moremusiccouldbe shown,and lesswell-known
the
showwas
availablefound
gotstafted,
in
areaswhere
music
shops
publicity.Indeed,when MTVfirst
playedbythe popularradiostatjons.
publicwere buyingmusicthatwasn't(7)d up doorsthat had previouslybeenclosedto newtalent.MTVfuledthe musicTVaiMavesfor
Seeing
Listening
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ring in
b bern9
b Once
pick up
gave
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b
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giving
Broadcasting
d Extremely
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berng
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For questions1-8, readthe text below Usethe word givenin capitalsatthe end of
someofthe linesto form a word that fits in the qap in the sameline.
A C
Whistleblowers
Whistleblowerc
are peoplewho revealthat somethingillesalis happeningin a
(1)
Theirmost
departmentor a comPanY.
ofeurosto
(2)
tool is the massmedia,whlchpaysthousands
pubiishtheir stories.Whistleblowers
musthavestrongevidenceto supporttheir
claims.After they havecontacteda (3)
(4)
their claimsarecheckedto makesurethey aretrue.
The decisionjs then madewhetherto printthe storyor not. O{ten,the revelations
of leadins
are aboutwell'knownpublicnguressuchas (5)
namesare not revealed
businesspeople.
Becauseii is very risky,the whistleblowers'
activities,threatsto public
Typeso,fwfons-doin9include(6)
and muchmore.By reportingon the story the
healthand (7)
(inthe caseof newspapers)or
ratings(inthe
of
money
and a storyo{
The
whistleblower
receives
a
large
sum
caseof a W statjon).
wrong-doingjs revealedto the public.
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a
JOURNAL
EDIT
6
POLIT|CS
CRIME
READER
For questions 1-8, complete the second sentence so that it has a similar meaning to the first sentence,
using the word given. Do not change the word given. You must use between two and five words,
including the word given.
1 They'rebringingouts immerand slimmerlaptopsand tabletsthesedays.
S immerand slimmerlaptopsand iab ets
2 Manypeoplebelievethat newsreportsare not objective.
manypeoplethat newsrePoftsare not objective.
Canthey broadcastthe programmelive?
live?
Can
needs help with the acto6.
helped
5 Theydestroya lot oftrees {or book paper.
wildeliverthe newspaper
to yourdoor
The
for the information.
Theythink a whistlebloweris responsible
thought
Theysaythat the storywasa hoax.
said
the storywasa hoax.
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Circle the correct words.
1
2
3
4
5
6
lt is believe/ believedthatthe pollticianwaslving
There/ Theiraren'tanyinterestingstoriesin the papertoday.
Celebriiiesenjoyto have/ havingtheir Photostaken
lts / lt's difficultto get a good Internetconnectionhere'
Whenis the new issue/the new issueis comingout?
The reporteris veryexcitedfor / about hislateststory'
. You should set into the habit of
editing your woft carefullyonce you
have finished writlng, so as to avold
. The most common mlstakesafe made
in word order, spelling, punctuation,
vocabularyand grammar'
questions'
B Read the extract from a TV review website and the writing tark below and then answer the
'sww.welovewatchingtvcamhasaskedviewerstopastreviewsonthefirctepisodeolth;snewrysetiesTheMedi
(140-190words)
wottd. Readthe ext;actftomthe websiteabout the seiesand thenwite your eriew to the editor'
1 What is the websiteextractabout?
2 What hasthe websiteeditor askedreadersto do?
3 Whatshouldthe revlewbe about?
The Media world
news headlines
This is a new seriesfollowing the fast changing world of media Nowadavs,we can read the
magazrnes
and
iablets'
on social media sitesor on news apps We can read huge e-bool's on I thtlveight
these
changes
-axactly"re
Sohow
appear online. And that's before we even start discussingsmadphones
4
channel
at
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in
on
Mondavs
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iuture?
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C Read the model review and circle five mistakes.
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abouthow the worldof mediais quicklychanging'
documentary
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andlnformsusofimportantdetails Forthisreason,l will watchthlsentneseries'
be suppo.tedbv moreproof Witholt do!bt' whist
someofthe claimsshould
However,
is declininglbelleve
of newspapers
readership
is
rislng,
news
ofonline
readership
personalopinion,
lenjoyhearpersonaL
In
mv
further
investigated
be
thatthisshould
orthe reporters,go to talkto editorsand
the presenters,
stories.lthereforerecommend
filmingthe discusslons'
publishers
aboutthelrproblems,with the cameramen
thatth'" publicwishestobe informedof howtheirworld
To surnup, it is understandlng
I am sureevenmorepeoPlewi ltune on l look
commeniaries,
is changing.Wlth extra
programme.
next
foMard to the
on
D Readand completethe ExamTaskbelow.Don't {orget to usethe UsefulExpressions
page 105o{ your Student'sBook.
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or world
!s' and
:ow muchdo vouknowaboutvourwond?Thisisa newsenese/p oringtheenvronmenr2ro!'d
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:R.welovewatchinqtv.comhasaskedviewerstopostrevlewsonthefirstepisodeofihisnewTVseries'
ieeatneextract{romthewebsiteaboutthesefiesandthenwritevourreview(140-190words)
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A
1
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ofthe
1 Reporterswereshockedbythe
danasewlicl'tf e eanhqrae hadcaused.
a {igure
b quantity
2
-\e
JlfoftJnate s( e'. we'e kil ed by alr) -
As a(n)
for a nationalnewschanne, he is often sent
a presenter
2
3
c eonor
'10 The politiciantried to keepthe storysecretfrom the
a drought
Dcfi
3 Peopleweretold to stayindoorsafterthe
governmentrss'reda
warnrng.
c havoc
a hurricane
b destruction
d wlnd
4 Manypeop e were expectedto die of hungerln
the
whichfollowedthe long drousht.
b print
1'1 Thisis the s00thepisodeofthe well-knownlife in an Englishvillage.
a documentary c chatshow
5 Tre !,asr 'oods we-e tl^e res.:t o! a h.avy
b faultLine
{or the caris expeqtedto lncreaseits sales.
1 3 Thec photojournalism
a supplement
b advertlsement d subscriptlon
-here
s a f-eegit w Ih JJ'y's o{ trre'nagazile
14
a faultline
6 John has got a job as a -
at a local radio
b
about
repoding
becauseit is
1 2 Thiscity hassufferedseriousearihquakes
builton a(n)
c ranger
b cameraman
d s o u n de n g i n e e f
15 Did yo! seethe news-
7 O n e m e t r e o f s n o wf e l L d u r i n gt h e - -
I
Thispopularnewry seriesis a(n)-
of a classic
b f ash
'Can
lhelp you?
16
'Yes,l'm ookingfor a book, but I can't rememberthe
a commentary c crlrque
d critic
b adaptation
hraYnvnar
B Circle the correct words.
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
58
aboutthe tsunami?
lt! ha.dto avoidmaking/to makemistakes.
Sherefusedsaying/to sayanlthlng aboutthe test.
What is the better/ bestbook you haveeverread?
Thiscakeis not astastyas/ like the lastone you made
The complter lab wasequip/ equippedwith the latesttechnology
It / He is tholght that the universeis 14 bi lionyearso d.
Why did he denyto be / being paidthe money?
Marthais sajdto have/ havingthe loudestvoicein the class.
1
C
Rewrite the sentencesin the passive.
'|
Sorneoneneedsto washthe car.
5 Youhaveto feed it twicea day.
2 Peoplewillneverforgethim.
6 Theyshouldsend herto a differentschool
3 Theyarecatchinga lot offish.
Someone gave me directions.
Theyteachcomputerscience
at this college.
Computerscience-.
Nobodysaidanythingaboutthe problem.
Nothing-.
Choose the correct answers.
I
Thereareso manyadvertisements
in thai magazine
1 0 The earthquakewas
strongthat nearlyallrhe o d
buildingswere destroyed.
c enough
b such
that itl not worth
b bousht
c
buying
d
to buying
2 In a realityshow,the contestants
were maae
1'l
c live
b to living
d lived
3 Whenhe heardthe cfash,he stopped
hisbook
and rushedoutside.
c reading
d to reading
il Whenthe policequestionedthem,the coupledenied
the forestfire.
c
wefe starting
b starting
5 Whenthe snowfinalystopped-, peoplehadto
dig themselves
olt oftheir homes.
a falling
c havingfallen
b fall
d to fall
6 He doesn'tfollowthe news,so he'salwaysthe tast
'We mustdo something
to helpthe flood victims.'
'Yes,we
can't
them sufferany longer'
The longerthe tsunamivictimshaveto wait for hetp,
their situationbecomes.
as lasr
to escapethe tidal wave.
c luckily
enough
d luckyenough
12'That videoof the planelandingisverypoorquality.'
'Yes,it
by an eye-witness.'
a mustbe made
b must be making
c musthavebeen making d musthavebeen
made
13 Presently,
this rarespecies- in the Amazon
a coud only be found
b canonly be found
d couldonlyfind
14'Who do youthinkwillbe the newgameshowhost?'
'Well,KateJones-to be the best person
for
thejob.'
1 5 Thousandsoftrees
a findingout
9 Becauseof the d-o.rgn1.rle cropsare 1ot
Some people were not -
on this mountainsince
a are beingplanted
d
have been planted
1 6 'Hasthat programmestartedyet?'
'No, and it was
ten minutesago-'
a supposedto start
c supposedto starting
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