English FileUpper-intermediate SB AnswerKey
English FileUpper-intermediate SB AnswerKey
English FileUpper-intermediate SB AnswerKey
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Page 4 Exercise 1b
Page 4 Exercise 1c
Page 5 Exercise 2a
2 The question becomes What do you think you would change? It becomes an
indirect question and there is no inversion of you and would (the subject and
auxiliary).
Page 5 Exercise 3a
1 a
2 b
3 b
4 a
5 B
Page 5 Exercise 3c
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5 Oh really? I can’t think of anything worse!
Page 7 Exercise 4d
1 demanding
2 flustered
3 bizarre
4 think on your feet
5 approach
6 rather than
7 crush
8 recruitment agency
9 job seekers
10 flapping
Page 7 Exercise 5b
1B
Page 9 Exercise 1d
Page 9 Exercise 1e
1 spot on
2
2 laid-back
3 weird
4 spooky coincidence
5 sceptical
Page 9 Exercise 3a
Page 9 Exercise 3b
A to add emphasis 3
B to say that you are different 5
C to check information 2
D to show surprise 1
E to say that you are the same 4
Page 9 Exercise 4e
Page 10 Exercise 6d
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Your surname = your public self
You use only initials either for your first name or your surname = you are more secretive
and protective about that part of your personality (i.e. private or public).
There is a space between your name and surname = the bigger the space, the more you
want to keep the two parts of your personality separate.
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Your first name is bigger than your surname = your private self is more important.
Your surname is bigger than your first name = your public self is more important.
Your whole signature is big = you are probably quite self-confident.
You sign in capital letters = you may be big-headed or even arrogant.
Your signature is small = you may be insecure and have low self-esteem.
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Your signature is legible = you have clear ideas and objectives.
Your signature is illegible = you don’t think clearly. You may be disorganized and
indecisive. You may also be quite secretive.
The more illegible your signature is…the less assertive you are.
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A rising signature = you work hard to overcome problems. You are determined,
optimistic, and ambitious.
A descending signature = you get depressed when you have problems. You are not very
self-confident.
A horizontal signature = you are well-balanced, emotionally stable, and generally
satisfied with life.
The angle of a signature may change depending on… how you are feeling.
Page 11 Exercise 7a
Page 11 Exercise 8a
1 Some people actually sign in capital letters, which suggests that they may be big-
headed or even arrogant.
2 A descending signature…suggests that you are the kind of person who gets
disheartened or depressed when you are faced with problems, perhaps because you
are not very self-confident.
3 A horizontal signature usually indicates a person who is well-balanced and
emotionally stable.
Page 11 Exercise 8b
Page 11 Exercise 8c
1 Colloquial English
Page 12 Exercise Part 1 b
1 Be enthusiastic about the job ✓
2 Call the interviewer by their first name
3 Ask questions about the job ✓
4 Ask questions about the salary ✓
5 Include a photograph on your CV
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6 Write a good cover letter ✓
7 Check everything is correct on your CV ✓
8 Dress appropriately
9 Be prepared for the interview ✓
10 Arrive on time ✓
Page 12 Part 1 c
1 He asks some general questions about their journey to the interview, the
weather, or if they have been to Oxford before.
2 He asks some general questions about the candidate, their CV, their
background.
3 information which shows how the candidate meets the criteria for the post,
including specific skills and experience they have that is relevant
Page 12 Part 2 a
One candidate thought they were being interviewed for a very different job. One
candidate started eating a chocolate bar during the interview. One candidate arrived
in their tennis clothes.
Page 12 Part 2 b
1 He could have stopped the interview or carried on.
2 She was diabetic and needed to eat something to calm down.
3 clothes that are appropriate for the role that they are applying for
4 He had forgotten that he had the interview and had come directly from the
tennis court in his tennis clothes. He didn’t get the job.
Page 12 Part 3 a
1 How would you describe Facebook to your grandmother?
2 Would you rather fight a horse-sized duck or a hundred duck-sized horses?
Page 12 Part 3 b
1 T
2 F (‘It’s not something that I have direct experience of…’)
3 T
4 F (It was to see if candidates had the ability to multitask.)
5 F (He would have had to have asked for the question to be repeated and he
probably wouldn’t have been able to answer immediately.)
6 T
2A
Page 14 Exercise 1a
choke (v) to be unable to breathe because the passage to your lungs is blocked
lean (v) to bend or move from a vertical position
burn (n) an injury or a mark caused by fire, heat or acid
bleed (v) to lose blood, especially from a wound or an injury
press (v) to push something closely and firmly against something
wound (n) a general word for an injury on the body, especially when there is a cut or
hole
treat (v) to give medical care or attention to a person, an illness, an injury, etc.
pinch (v) to hold something tightly between the thumb and finger
collapse (n) to fall down (and usually become unconscious), especially because you are
very ill / sick
bandage (n) a strip of cloth used for tying around a part of the body that has been hurt
in order to protect or support it
Page 15 Exercise 2a
Page 15 Exercise 2e
Page 15 Exercise 3a
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His symptoms are headaches, a cough, and a temperature.
The doctor suggests he should wait a few days to see how his symptoms develop.
Page 15 Exercise 3b
Page 15 Exercise 3c
Page 15 Exercise 3d
Page 16 Exercise 5b
Paragraph 1 B Sadly, the problem with Dr Google is that he isn’t exactly a comfort in
times of crisis.
Paragraph 2 E Four hours later I got a diagnosis.
Page 17 Exercise 5C
1 life-threatening
2 mouth ulcer
3 alternative remedies
4 under the weather
5 cancer
6 infection
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7 heart rate
8 surgery
9 pulse
10 tumour
11 miracle cures
Page 17 Exercise 5e
1 c
2 b
3 a
4 c
Page 17 Exercise 6a
In general, she thinks it is OK to look up symptoms on health websites, but only if they
give reliable information.
Page 17 Exercise 6b
2B
Page 18 Exercise 1a
Page 18 Exercise 2a
Karoline Bell and Nick Sydney have been made to look old, so that they could
experience life as an old person for one month.
Page 19 Exercise 2d
Page 19 Exercise 2e
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1 B
2 B
3 K
4 N
5 K
6 K
7 K
8 N
9 K
Page 19 Exercise 2f
Page 19 Exercise 3a
Page 20 Exercise 4b
Liza: Wear whatever you think suits you and makes you feel good.
Adrian: Dress for the age you are, not for the age you wish you were.
Page 20 Exercise 4c
Liza
a warm cardigan and slippers: If you give your granny a warm cardigan and some
slippers for her birthday, she will probably want to change them for something more
exciting.
a leather miniskirt: Jane Fonda, who is in her late 70s, wore one and looked great.
teenagers: They try to dress older than they are (maybe to get into pubs and bars).
women of 30+: Most try to dress younger than they are.
very short shorts: Older women can look a bit ridiculous in very short shorts.
Adrian
men in their 20s who wear blazers and chinos or suits: Maybe they’ve just started work
and they want their bosses to take them more seriously.
men in their 30s: They realize that they can’t dress like a teenager any more, but they
go to the opposite extreme and buy clothes that their fathers wear.
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Page 20 Exercise 5a
on your hands and arms: gloves, rings, a watch, bracelets
round your neck: a scarf, a tie, a necklace, a pendant
on your feet: shoes, boots, socks, trainers, ankle bracelets
on your head: a hat, a cap, a (head)scarf
Page 20 Exercise 5c
Page 21 Exercise 6a
Page 21 Exercise 6b
1 about
2 did
3 does
4 Have
5 been
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Page 22 Grammar b
Page 22 Vocabulary a
1 bad-tempered
2 absent-minded
3 tight-fisted
4 self-confident
5 old-fashioned
Page 22 Vocabulary b
1 bleed
2 swollen
3 bandage
4 toothache
5 rash
Page 22 Vocabulary c
1 feel
2 sprained
3 fainted
4 fit
5 getting changed
Page 22 Vocabulary d
Page 22 Vocabulary e
1 over
2 down
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3 throw
4 up
5 hang
Page 22 Pronunciation a
1 ache
2 suede
3 striped
4 wear
5 cough
Page 22 Pronunciation b
1 incredibly
2 big-headed
3 antibiotics
4 swimsuit
5 fashionable
Shamans go into a trance and then try to find solutions for people’s problems.
1 T
2 F
3 T
4 F
5 T
6 F
7 F
8 T
9 T
10 F
3A
Page 24 Exercise 1a
A 4
B 2
C 3
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D 1
Page 24 Exercise 1b
1 hand luggage
2 overhead compartments
3 fasten /ˈfɑːsn/
4 personal electronic devices
5 emergency exits
6 life jacket
7 inflate
Page 24 Exercise 2b
Is it really worth listening to the safety demonstration telling you how to put your life jacket
on?
Yes, it is. In 1996 when a plane landed in the Indian Ocean some passengers inflated
their life jackets when they were in the plane and then they couldn’t get out.
Why is there usually a big mirror when you are going through Customs?
So that customs officers can look at you from behind the glass and watch your
reactions as you walk past.
Why can you sometimes smell roast chicken in a plane when they are serving you fish?
Because a bird has crashed into the plane and been burnt in the engine.
Why do airport staff get annoyed with some passengers who ask for a wheelchair??
Because some people who don’t really need a wheelchair ask for one.
Page 24 Exercise 2c
1 F
2 T
3 T
4 T
5 F
6 T
7 T
8 T
Page 25 Exercise 3b
1 so
2 such a
3 so
4 so
5 such
6 so many
7 so much
8 such
Page 26 Exercise 5b
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2 no
3 Take-off is slightly more dangerous.
4 yes, some are
5 confidence
6 not as stressful as people think
7 because it’s the official language of air traffic control
8 not many female pilots, but plenty of women air traffic controllers
Page 26 Exercise 5c
Page 26 Exercise 6a
Page 26 Exercise 6b
At 11.35 on January 13th 2012 British Airways flight BA 0206 1took off from Miami to
London. It had been flying for about three hours, and was over the Atlantic, when suddenly
a voice 2came out of the loudspeakers: ‘This is an emergency announcement. We may
shortly have to make an emergency landing on water.’
Immediately panic 3broke out. One passenger on the flight said, ‘My wife and I looked at
each other and we feared the worst. We imagined that we were about to crash into the
Atlantic. It was awful. Everybody 4was screaming.’
But about 30 seconds later the cabin crew started to run up and down the aisle saying that
the message 5had been played by accident, and that everything was OK. By this time a lot
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of the passengers were in tears, and 6were trying to get their life jackets out from under
their seats.
Another passenger said, ‘The captain didn’t even say anything about it until just before we
started to land and even then he didn’t explain what 7had happened. It was very traumatic.
Everybody was terrified. I can’t think of anything worse than being told your plane’s about
to crash. It 8was the worst experience of my life.’
Later a British Airways spokesman 9said, ‘A pre-recorded emergency announcement was
activated by error on our flight from Miami to Heathrow. We would like to apologize to
passengers on this flight.’
Page 26 Exercise 6c
had flown (The pilot flew this route many times before this particular flight.)
had been flying (The flight started three hours before the announcement was made.)
Page 26 Exercise 6e
Possible answers
1 The police stopped the driver because he…
…was drunk.
…wasn’t wearing a seat belt.
…had gone through a red traffic light.
…had been using his mobile phone.
2 I couldn’t sleep last night because…
…it was very hot.
…I was feeling stressed.
…I had drunk too much coffee after dinner.
…I had been watching a scary film.
Page 27 Exercise 7a
/uː/ boot /ɪ/ fish /ɔː/ horse /ɜː/ bird /əʊ/ /ʌ/ up /e/ egg /eɪ/ train
phone
flew hid caught heard drove become fell became
threw driven fought hurt rode cut held lay
hidden thought told kept lain
ridden fallen wrote left
written flown read
thrown said
slept
3B
Page 28 Exercise 1a
A Hooligans
B Revenge is sweet
C Generation gap
D The story of my life
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Page 29 Exercise 1b
Page 29 Exercise 1c
Page 29 Exercise 1e
Page 29 Exercise 2a
Page 29 Exercise 2b
Page 29 Exercise 3a
Page 30 Exercise 6a
1 She wants Stan to take her to a shooting range. She wants to learn to shoot a
gun to protect herself.
2 Because he had been trying to persuade her for a week to learn how to protect
herself.
3 She had been robbed in the (Mulberry Street Shopping Center) car park.
4 Why does the writer say about Susan ‘She was right, of course, except about the
hard earned part.’?
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5 Because Susan was very lazy and didn’t work hard.
Page 31 Exercise 6b
Page 31 Exercise 6c
Warrior Scarlet was her favourite book when she was a child.
Her mother read Little House on the Prairie to her brother.
Her father read Mouse House to her when she was a child.
Northern Lights is a classic book by Philip Pullman, who is her favourite children’s
writer.
1 C
2 A
3 B
Page 32 The Interview Exercise 2 b
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1 finding the right book
2 often
3 should
4 children; parents
5 shouldn’t
1 both
2 no
3 yes
2 actually
3 I mean
4 all right
5 sort of
6 you know
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5 dive
4A
Page 34 Exercise 1b
Eco-guilt is what people feel when they do something that they know they shouldn’t do
because it is bad for the environment.
Page 35 Exercise 2c
a will have installed, will have been banned, will have disappeared, will have
risen, will have closed, will have disappeared
b will be recycling, will be driving, will be running out, will be getting, will be
having
Page 36 Exercise 3b
The article was written in the autumn, in the first week of October.
An Indian summer is warm weather in October or November.
Page 36 Exercise 3c
1 F (Line 1: …in 1758…when two Englishmen meet, their first talk is of the
weather…Not much has changed.)
2 T (Line 10: …there was a sense of both delight at the lovely hot weather and
worry about the threat of global warming.)
3 T (Line 14: …the Met Office ruled that it couldn’t be properly called an Indian
summer, which only occurs…in October and November.)
4 F (Line 19: In Britain, until around the end of the First World War, late
heatwaves were known as ‘St Martin’s summers’…)
5 T (Line 26: ‘Britons need weather-talk to help us overcome our reserve,’
explains Kate Fox.)
6 T (Line 32: ‘There’s nothing personal about it,’ he wrote. ‘It gives away no
secrets...’)
Page 37 Exercise 4b
1 showers
2 heat
3 mild
4 warm
5 flood
6 drought
7 humid
8 world
Page 37 Exercise 5a
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Page 37 Exercise 5b
When did it on New Year’s Eve in the summer of 2003 in October 1987
happen? 2010
4B
Page 38 Exercise 1b
Three people see themselves as risk takers (two women and one man).
Page 38 Exercise 1c
1 Speaker 2
2 Speaker 1
3 Speaker 3
4 Speaker 6
5 Speaker 4
6 Speaker 5
Page 38 Exercise 1d
Speaker 1 would risk changing her appearance, e.g. her hairstyle, and she’d take
risks when travelling.
Speaker 2 takes risks doing things he enjoys, e.g. skiing or cycling. He wouldn’t
take a risk if he didn’t get any pleasure out of it.
Speaker 3 wouldn’t risk going to a restaurant without having booked in advance.
She would never risk buying clothes online.
Speaker 4 wouldn’t risk walking home or get a taxi alone at night. She would risk
bungee jumping or paragliding.
Speaker 5 goes mountain climbing, but he doesn’t think it is risky. His biggest risk
was leaving a job after 20 years and setting up his own company.
Speaker 6 drives fast, takes risks with money, and went on a balloon ride.
Page 39 Exercise 2a
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1 B he’ll be furious.
2 D make sure you look right and then left.
3 C I’m going to buy a car.
4 G we’re calling off the match.
5 F we can start looking for hotels.
6 E she’ll have forgotten she borrowed it.
7 H I won’t be going to work.
8 A you’ll have lost ten kilos by Christmas.
Page 39 Exercise 2b
a) any present tense, i.e. present simple, present continuous, or present perfect
b) any future form, e.g. will, going to, present continuous (with future meaning),
future perfect, future continuous, or an imperative
Page 39 Exercise 2c
Page 39 Exercise 3a
1 A If we rent a house in the mountains, will you come skiing with us?
B I’ll tell you as soon as I know my plans. How much do you think it’ll cost?
A If six of us go, it won’t be too expensive.
B Well, I’ll have to check my dates first.
A OK, but we’ll have to book soon if we want to get somewhere nice.
2 A How will I find you at the theatre?
B I’ll be waiting by the ticket office when you get there.
A What will you do if I’m late? I don’t finish work until 7.00.
B I’ll wait for you until 7.20 and then I’ll go to my seat.
A Well, give me my ticket in case I get there at the last minute.
Page 39 Exercise 3b
A If we rent a flat in the mountains, will you come skiing with us?
B I’ll tell you as soon as I know my plans. How much do you think it’ll cost?
A If six of us go, it won’t be too expensive.
B Well, I’ll have to check my dates first.
A OK, but we’ll have to book soon if we want to get somewhere nice.
Page 40 Exercise 4b
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Page 40 Exercise 4c
Page 41 Exercise 5b
1 a a pedestrian
2 c drive too fast
3 b four times
4 b Friday afternoon
5 c very near your house
6 c country roads
7 a minor accidents
8 c under 25
Page 41 Exercise 5c
Page 41 Exercise 6a
take out insurance to pay for a service (here to be insured when you’re on holiday)
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taking risks… to do something dangerous even though you know that something bad
could happen as a result
very seriously to think that something is important and needs your attention
Page 41 Exercise 6b
Page 41 Exercise 6c
1 after
2 care of
3 your time
4 advantage of
5 part in
6 up
7 place
8 into account?
Page 42 Grammar b
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1 ’ll / will be lying
2 will (already) have started
3 has landed / lands.
4 drink
5 finish / ’ve finished
Page 42 Vocabulary a
1 gate
2 baggage reclaim
3 aisle
4 turbulence
5 jet lag
Page 42 Vocabulary b
Page 42 Vocabulary c
1 blew
2 dropped
3 poured
4 got
5 took
Page 42 Vocabulary d
Page 42 Vocabulary e
Page 43 Pronunciation a
1 hardly
2 clear
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3 lounge
4 humid
5 trolley
Page 43 Pronunciation b
1 eventually
2 gradually
3 especially
4 passenger
5 hurricane
No. There are a dozen professionals and a handful of people who have ever tried it.
1 D
2 E
3 A
4 F
5 C
Sentence B is not needed
1 quarter
2 more extreme.
3 wettest
4 mild
5 economy; politics.
6 cold weather.
7 spring; summer.
8 revolution.
9 artists
10 storm
5A
Page 44 Exercise 1b
1 The key to survival is to slow down and divide the challenges into small tasks,
one goal at a time, one decision at a time.
2 When faced with an emergency 80% of people freeze, 10% lose control, and
10% keep calm.
3 The other important factor is knowing the right thing to do in a crisis.
Page 44 Exercise 1c
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2 stunned
3 challenge
4 bewildered
5 rational
6 overcome
7 keep calm
8 manageable tasks
Page 44 Exercise 1e
2 c pay attention and also read the safety information in the seat pocket
3 a I’d stay where I was and wait to be rescued.
4 c I’d lock myself in a room and call the police.
Page 45 Exercise 2a
Page 45 Exercise 3a
Page 46 Exercise 4b
1 Their plan was to go into the rainforest for seven days and visit an
undiscovered Indian village, then raft (= travel on a small boat usually made of wood)
back down the river. After seven days they still hadn’t found the village and there
were tensions in the group, so they decided to turn around and go back to Apolo, their
starting point.
2 a the three men and the guide
Karl (the guide) didn’t seem to know where the village was.
b Kevin and Marcus
Marcus was complaining about everything, especially his feet.
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3 Because Kevin still wanted to raft, as they had originally planned, but didn’t
want Marcus to come. He persuaded Yossi to join him.
4 Which pair would you have chosen to go with? Why?
Students’ own answers
5 How would you have felt if you had been in Marcus’s situation?
Students’ own answers
Page 46 Exercise 4c Part 1
1 They went faster and faster, and then hit a rock. Kevin swam to land, but Yossi
was swept away.
2 He swam to the river bank and found their backpack with a lot of important
and useful things in it, e.g. the map.
3 Kevin – desperate, responsible for what had happened to Yossi. Yossi – quite
optimistic, sure he would find Kevin.
4 Yossi woke up and found a jaguar looking at him, but he managed to scare it
away (by setting fire to insect repellent with a cigarette lighter).
12 For nearly three weeks. He was starving, exhausted, and slowly losing his mind.
13 He thought it was a bee, but in fact it was the engine of the boat Kevin was in.
Page 47 Exercise 5a
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Page 47 Exercise 5b
5B
Page 49 Exercise 2a
1 infuriates
2 frustrated
3 embarrassing
4 exhausting
5 disappointed
6 amazes
7 terrifying
8 inspired
9 confuse
10 thrilled
Page 49 Exercise 2c
2 stressful.
3 scary.
4 delightful
5 offensive
Page 50 Exercise 3b
1 T
2 T
3 F
4 F
5 T
Page 50 Exercise 3c
1 three quarters
2 two thirds
3 a quarter
Page 50 Exercise 3e
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1 I wish I’d travelled more when I had the time.
2 There’s nothing that I wish was different about my life.
3 I wish I’d stayed on at university.
4 I wish I’d married my ex.
5 I really wish I hadn’t wasted all that money on cigarettes.
6 I wish there was a song called Je regrette tout.
Sentences 1, 3, 4, and 5 are the past perfect and refer to the past.
Sentences 2 and 6 are the past simple and refer to the present.
Page 51 Exercise 5c
1 D
2 C
3 F
4 B
5 A
6 E
Page 51 Exercise 6a
Speaker 1 E
Speaker 2 F
Speaker 3 B
Speaker 4 C
Speaker 5 A
Sentence D is not needed
Page 51 Exercise 6b
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3 the Russian Revolution – Her (Polish) grandmother was in Russia during the
revolution and met many interesting people (painters, writers). Her
granddaughter wishes she could have talked to her about this time.
old letters – By reading her old letters the granddaughter is finding out about
her life.
4 ‘It was a crazy idea and totally out of character’ – The man was normally very
honest.
‘in the long run it was probably a good thing’ – He realizes now that in the end it
probably had a positive effect on his life because he never stole anything again.
5 ‘My parents were really keen for me to change’ – Her parents wanted her to go to
a better school.
‘but I was totally against the idea’ – At the time she didn’t want to change
schools.
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1 They have four different bins and signs on the wall of what goes into each bin,
so it’s very easy to recycle.
2 She spent a lot of time with her grandparents when she was growing up. They
taught her not to waste anything as they had lived through the war.
3 She still rides the bike she got when she was 15.
6A
Page 54 Exercise 1a
1 a cello
2 drums
3 a soprano
4 a bass guitar
5 an orchestra
6 a saxophone
7 a flute
8 a conductor
9 a choir
10 a keyboard
11 a violin
Page 54 Exercise 1d
cello concerto mezzo-soprano
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orchestra choir chorus microphone rhythm symphony
ballet encore genre
Page 54 Exercise 1e
From Italian barista, cappuccino, graffiti, macchiato, paparazzi, villa
From Greek architecture, hypochondriac, philosophy, photograph, psychic,
psychologist
From French bouquet, chauffeur, chef, chic, croissant
Page 55 Exercise 3b
Before getting his new hearing aid, Austin Chapman had never heard music. He went
on the internet and asked for suggestions of what to listen to. Someone on the site
reddit.com wrote that introducing Austin to music is like introducing music to an alien
since we imagine that aliens would never have heard any music either.
Page 55 Exercise 3c
1 profoundly (line 1)
2 make a fool of themselves (line 2)
3 moved to tears (line 4)
4 with no great expectations (line 7)
5 a cacophony (line 9)
Page 55 Exercise 3d
whir = a continuous low sound, for example the sound made by the regular movement
of a machine or the wings of a bird
hum =a low continuous sound, for example which people can make when they sing a
tune with their mouths almost shut
clacking = if two hard objects clack, they make a short loud sound when they hit each
other
Page 55 Exercise 3e
1 The Lacrimosa is the first piece of music Austin listened to. It made him cry.
2 After Lacrimosa his friends played all these bands and singers.
3 Someone on the reddit.com website told Austin to start with classical music and
then move on to music from the fifties.
4 Austin decided to listen to music from each decade and he started with
Guillaume de Machaut’s Agnus Dei.
5 Austin isn’t keen on country music as he thinks it is too depressing.
6 This is his favourite piece for the time being.
7 These are two pieces of music he is also keen on.
8 He hasn’t listened to them yet.
9 This is still his favourite sound. It makes him feel peaceful.
Page 56 Exercise 4b
1 to make us remember important moments in the past, e.g. when we met someone
for the first time
2 to help us to change activities, e.g. we play a certain kind of music to prepare us
to go out in the evening (another kind to relax us when we get home from work)
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3 to intensify the emotion that we are feeling, e.g. if we are sad, we play sad music
to make us even sadder (if we are feeling angry, we play angry music to make
us angrier; we play romantic music to make a romantic dinner more romantic)
Page 56 Exercise 4c
Three important human emotions
2 sadness
3 anger
Page 57 Exercise 5b
1 remember
2 hearing
3 to go; to make
Page 57 Exercise 5c
1 Remembering the past
2 Something for the future
6B
Page 58 Exercise 1b
Speaker 1: He is a Spanish man living in the UK. He has problems getting to sleep and
wakes up when he is asleep because his bedroom isn’t dark enough. He prefers to sleep
in complete darkness with closed blinds (which he always used to do in Spain), but his
English wife doesn’t. Their room has thin curtains, which don’t keep out all the light.
His wife would feel claustrophobic with thicker curtains.
Speaker 2: He is a police officer and has to work shifts (one week nights, the next week
days). When he works at night he feels tired, but then he can’t get to sleep when he
gets home because it’s too noisy and everybody else is getting up. Just when his body
gets used to working nights, it’s time to change to working during the day.
Speaker 3: She travels to New York very often for work and suffers from jet lag
because of the time difference. When she arrives it’s evening for her, but it’s one
o’clock local time, so when it is her bed time, she still has to work and go out for
dinner. When she finally gets to bed, she wakes up in the night because her body clock
is still on UK time. So she feels tired the next day. By the time she gets used to New
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York time, it’s time to go home, but flying home (West to East) is worse – she arrives
home in the morning UK time, but it is night for her body.
Page 58 Exercise 2a
1 I usually did this in the past.
3 It’s a problem for me because it hasn’t become a habit yet.
2 It’s not a problem for me because it is now a habit.
a) After used to the verb which follows is in the infinitive without to.
b) After be / get used to the verb which follows is in the -ing form (because to is a
preposition here, not an infinitive).
Page 58 Exercise 3b
1 I’m not used to sleeping on such a hard bed.
2 I’ll never get used to living alone.
3 Did you use to sleep a lot when you were a teenager?
Page 59 Exercise 4b
1 T (Line 6: A lucid dream is one in which we are aware that we are dreaming.)
2 F (Line 7: In a lucid dream, the dreamer is sometimes able to control or
influence what is happening to them…)
3 T (Line 12: Gamers spend hours a day in a virtual reality and they are used to
controlling their game environments, and this seems to help them to do the
same when they are dreaming.)
4 T (Line 17: Some experts believe that we have nightmares to help us practise
for life-threatening situations in a safe environment.)
5 F (Line 19: Since video gamers already practise those (life-threatening)
situations regularly in games...video gamers may have less need of nightmares.)
6 T (Line 25: When they – a gamer – have a frightening experience in a dream
they don’t run away like most of us do, they turn round and fight back.)
Page 59 Exercise 4d
1 syndrome
2 loyal
3 deep
4 century
5 nightfall
6 pray
7 gamer
8 lucid
9 turn round
Page 60 Exercise 5b
Robert cooks in the middle of the night because he cooks when sleepwalking.
He cooks all sorts of things, e.g. omelettes, spaghetti bolognese, chips, etc.
It is a problem because he doesn’t know he is doing it and it could be dangerous.
Page 60 Exercise 5c
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Mr Wood, who is 155 years old and a retired 2chef, has been a sleepwalker for more than 40
years.
‘The first time it happened I was 314’, he said. ‘My parents heard me wandering downstairs
in the middle of the night. Now I get up 4four or five times a week and these days I usually
head for the kitchen, although on other occasions I have also turned on the television very
loudly and even filled 5the bath with water.’
His wife Eleanor says that she often wakes up in the night when she hears her husband
cooking downstairs. She has seen him laying the table and caught him making 6omelettes
and spaghetti bolognese and even frying 7chips. The couple say that because of Mr Wood’s
sleepwalking they only get a few hours’ sleep a night and are getting worried that Robert
could start a 8fire without realizing. ‘I really am asleep and have no idea I am getting up,’
said Mr Wood.
Mrs Wood says that although the food her husband cooks when asleep looks lovely, she has
never eaten it. ‘Every night, I think “Is Rob going to cook tonight?”. The last time he was in
the kitchen, he spilt milk all over the place.’
Page 60 Exercise 5e
1 T
2 F (It isn’t easy to know if someone is sleepwalking as sleepwalkers usually have
their eyes open.)
3 F (About 18% of the population have a tendency to sleepwalk.)
4 T
5 T
6 F (You can wake a sleepwalker up without any problem.)
7 F (Sleepwalkers can hurt themselves – if a sleepwalker is walking around the
house, they might trip or fall over a chair, or even fall down stairs.)
8 T
9 T
10 F (Sleepwalking is an excuse if you commit a crime – a man killed his mother-
in-law whilst sleepwalking. The man was charged with murder, but he was
found not guilty.)
Page 61 Exercise 6a
2 yawn.
3 set; alarm
4 pillow
5 duvet; sheets; blankets
6 fall asleep
7 snore
8 nightmares
9 oversleep
10 keep you awake
11 insomnia
12 sleeping tablets
13 siesta; nap
14 log
15 jet-lagged
16 fast asleep
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Page 62 Grammar a
1 hadn’t found
2 didn’t work
3 wouldn’t have gone
4 wouldn’t be
5 used to driving
6 to have
7 to getting up
8 I could speak
9 I’d learnt to play
10 you wouldn’t leave
Page 62 Grammar b
1 meeting
2 cleaning
3 to get
4 not to be
5 living
Page 62 vocabulary a
1 proud
2 homesick
3 grateful
4 guilty
5 stunned
Page 62 vocabulary b
1 exhausting
2 shocked
3 embarrassed
4 stressful
5 annoys
6 disappointing
7 amazes
8 horrified
9 offensive
10 scary
Page 62 vocabulary c
1 a conductor
2 a band / a choir
3 a cello
4 a soprano
5 a keyboard
Page 62 vocabulary d
1 pillow
2 snore
3 nap
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4 nightmare
5 set
Page 63 Pronunciation a
1 really
2 alarm
3 chauffeur
4 architect
5 guilty
Page 63 Pronunciation b
1 upset
2 devastated
3 orchestra
4 insomnia
5 sleepwalk
7A
Page 64 Exercise 1a
1 The two people are flatmates and they are arguing because the man has drunk
and finished the woman’s milk.
2 They are arguing about how to get to the woman’s cousin’s house.
Page 64 Exercise 1b
Conversation 1
1 You must have finished it.
2 You might have given it to the cat last night.
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3 I can’t have given it to the cat.
Conversation 2
4 Oh no! We must have gone wrong.
5 We should have taken the second exit at the roundabout.
6 OK, I may have made a mistake.
Page 64 Exercise 1c
A it’s very probable (or almost certain) that something happened or somebody did
something
B it’s possible that something happened or somebody did something
C it’s impossible that something happened or somebody did something
D somebody did something wrong
1 A
2 B
3 C
4 A
5 D
6 B
Page 64 Exercise 2a
1 You must have finished it.
2 You might have given it to the cat last night.
3 I can’t have given it to the cat.
4 Oh no! We must have gone wrong.
5 We should have taken the second exit at the roundabout.
6 OK, I may have made a mistake.
/əv/
Page 64 Exercise 2b
2 You must have left it at home.
3 They may have got lost.
4 You shouldn’t have gone to bed so late.
5 You can’t have worked very hard. / You should have practised more.
6 One of them might have met someone else. / One of them might have cheated.
7 He might have been ill. / He should have come – it was a really good class.
8 We should have left earlier. / We shouldn’t have driven.
Page 65 Exercise 3c
1 T (Line 4: …she blamed her husband.)
2 F (Line 13: The fury can last up to 45 minutes, during which time the husband
is expected to keep quiet.)
3 F (Line 20: ‘…men prefer not to argue at all, wherever possible.’)
4 T (Line 28: …I can only argue properly when I have all the evidence to back up
my argument ready to use…)
5 T (Line 35: …the younger men that I see tend to be much more willing to
understand their own feelings and talk about them. Older men find it more
difficult.)
6 F (Line 40: Crying is a good tactic.)
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7 T (Line 45: When I finally come out after half an hour, he’s just watching TV
as if nothing has happened.)
8 F (Line 50: The way you deal with emotion is learnt in your family. To
understand this, and then make a conscious decision that you will do it
differently requires a lot of maturity.)
Page 66 Exercise 4a
1 Think carefully what to say when you begin a discussion. ✓
2 Try to ‘win’ the argument as quickly as you can.
3 Say sorry if something really is your fault. ✓
4 Never avoid an argument by refusing to talk.
5 Don’t say things that aren’t completely true. ✓
6 Don’t shout. ✓
7 Don’t talk about things that aren’t relevant to the argument. ✓
8 Use another person to mediate.
9 Postpone the argument until later when you have both calmed down. ✓
10 It’s a bad thing for a couple to argue.
Page 66 Exercise 4b
1 The way you begin the conversation is very important.
3 If you’re in the wrong, admit it. This is the easiest and best way to avoid an
argument. Apologize and move on. The other person will have more much respect for
you.
5 Don’t exaggerate. This will just make the other person get very defensive.
6 Do not raise your voice. Raising your voice will just make the other person lose
their temper, too. If you find yourself raising your voice, stop and take a deep breath,
and continue calmly. If you can talk calmly and quietly, you’ll find the other person
will be more ready to think about what you are saying.
7 Stick to the point. Try to keep to the topic you are talking about. Don’t bring up
old arguments, or try to bring in other issues. Just concentrate on solving the one
problem you are having and leave the other things for another time.
9 If necessary, call ‘Time out’. You can then continue talking about it the next
day when perhaps both of you are feeling less tense and angry. That way there’s much
more chance that you’ll be able to reach an agreement.
Page 66 Exercise 4c
1 But of course it’s easier said than done.
2 If you’re the person who’s in the wrong, just admit it!
3 …it’s important to keep things under control…
4 Raising your voice will just make the other person lose their temper, too.
5 …stop for a moment and take a deep breath.
6 It’s also very important stick to the point.
7 There’s much more chance that you’ll be able to reach an agreement.
8 … dealing with conflict is an important part of any relationship…
Page 67 Exercise 5a
1 I’d rather go to the cinema than to a club.
2 I’d rather not go to the party…
3 Would you rather meet on Thursday…?
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4 My wife would rather not fly.
5 My husband would rather get a train to Manchester…
6 I’d rather come on Sunday…
Page 67 Exercise 6a
1 Try not to say…you never remember to buy the toothpaste.
2 If you follow these tips, you may often be able to avoid an argument.
3 The most important thing is not to raise your voice.
Page 67 Exercise 6c
1 mind; matter
2 remember; to remind
3 robbed; stolen
4 advise; warn
5 prevent; avoid
7B
Page 68, Grammar, Exercise 1b
1 a scared
2 b a young mother
3 c has just heard a noise
looks + adjective
looks like + noun
looks as if + subject and verb
1 Jason Schwartzman
2 Steve Guttenberg
3 Ellen Burstyn
4 Dan Hedaya
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5 Jane Lynch
6 Cheryl Hines
1 She was playing a wife who’s opening the door to her husband at one o’clock in
the morning. Her husband forgot that she was giving a dinner party and he went to
play poker with his friends and turned his phone off.
2 He was playing a five-year-old boy who is quietly putting his pet rat into his
seven-year-old sister’s clothes drawer.
3 She was playing the role of a high school drama teacher, who is in the audience
at the Oscar ceremony and one of the winners is an ex-student of hers. Her ex-student
mentions her name when she makes her winner’s speech.
4 He was playing the part of a long-distance truck driver who was tired and
closed his eyes for a few moments. He opens them to see that he’s on the wrong side of
the road, with cars racing towards him.
5 She was playing the role of a child who’s swallowing a spoonful of medicine that
her mom promised would taste good.
6 He was playing the role of a married man who’s begging his wife to give him
one more chance.
The main way in which radio acting is different is that you can’t use your body, only your
voice.
Page 69, Speaking and listening, Exercise 2g
Page 69 Exercise 3b
A 2
B 3
C 1
D 4
E 5
F 3
G 5
H 1
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2 wrinkles
The w in words beginning with wr is silent as is the k in words beginning with kn.
The b is silent in words ending in mb.
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Page 71, Reading & Listening, Exercise 6f
4 dominant
6 friendly and interested
2 in a good mood
5 insecure
1 nervous
3 relaxed
7 stressed
6&7Colloquial English
Page 72, The Interview Part 1, Exercise 1b
1 F
2 T
3 T
4 T
5 F
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3 ‘…its fame, almost from the moment it was announced, was overwhelmingly
greater than anything I had ever done…’
4 ‘They’re absolutely different media, they require different things from you as an
actor…’
5 ‘…you bring completely different things to them.’
6 ‘The beauty of the theatre is that every single performance is utterly different from
every other one.’
7 ‘As a young man, and a boy, I was extraordinarily lucky to see that fabled
generation of actors, of, of Gielgud and Richardson, Olivier,…’
8A
Page 74, Reading & listening, Exercise 1b
1 twenty minutes
2 laptops or tablets
3 a dog
4 It looks expensive, there are good places to hide around the house, and no one is
at home.
5 so they won’t get surprised in the house when the owners come home
6 during the day
7 by removing a door or window
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8 a child’s bedroom
1 burglar
2 robber
3 shoplifter
4 pickpocket
5 mugger
6 thief
Page 75 Exercise 4a
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Page 76, Grammar, Exercise 5a
The story advises the readers to be careful with deals that are too good to be true.
The woman paid $400 for an iPad, which was in fact just a piece of wood with some
glass stuck to the front.
1 in houses shared by students / (in the area between Broadway and 9th Street) in
New York
2 drugs, electronics, and other gadgets
3 He helped himself to food and had a shower.
4 He pretended to know someone there.
5 Two students saw him in the area with a laptop and a backpack which he had
just stolen from their house.
6 hiding behind some bushes
1 to have committed
2 that he was
3 to have made
4 that he would pretend
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He wears a mask and washing-up gloves during robberies. It 3is thought that he has
robbed at least four shops in Stockport in recent weeks.
A police officer said, ‘He 4is reported to be polite to his victims, but there is nothing polite
about armed robbery. Last week this man used a knife to threaten shop staff. They were
terrified. Saying “please” and “thank you” cannot change that.’
C Illegally downloading music is the same as stealing it from a shop and it will
ultimately harm the people who are committing the crime.
8B
Page 78, Speaking and listening, Exercise 1c
The story is about a tiger who ate a tiny video camera keepers had put in a snowman.
Two chefs got into a fight about a dish which they both said they had invented.
The newspaper invited both chefs to prepare the dish at a restaurant. Newspaper staff
ate both dishes and voted for Andrew’s dish.
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A 6
B 2
C 5
D 3
E 4
F 1
2 He refused to go.
3 He agreed to help me.
4 He promised to call me.
5 He reminded me to lock the door.
6 He advised me to buy a new car.
7 He invited me to have dinner.
8 He denied breaking the window.
9 He admitted stealing the money.
10 He regretted marrying Susan.
11 He suggested going to a club.
12 The police accused him of killing his boss.
1 a readers
2 c glamorous
3 b headlines
4 a report
5 a assignment
6 a go off
7 b recognizes
8 a makes
9 b scrolls
10 c turns on
11 c runs
12 b checks
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1 Brad Pitt doesn’t like the paparazzi.
2 and 3 Britney Spears and Lindsay Lohan call the paparazzi to tell them where
they are going and then get money from the photos taken.
4 and 5 Julia Roberts and Kate Bosworth hate being photographed by
paparazzi.
6 Jennifer Buhl got the most money from a photo she took of Paris Hilton going
into jail, carrying a Bible.
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Page 82, Vocabulary, b
1 calf (The other things relate to hands.)
2 hip (The others are organs.)
3 wink (The others are things you do with your hand.)
4 vandal (The others are all kinds of thieves.)
5 smuggler (The others are crimes.)
6 evidence (The others are people.)
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7 F
8 T
9 T
10 F
9A
Page 84, Reading & vocabulary, Exercise 1b
A 3 and 4
B 1 and 4
C 2
D 3
E 2
F 3
2 commercials
3 advert, ads
4 claiming
5 celebrity endorsers
6 airbrushed
7 brands
8 sued
9 misleading
10 consumers
11 an advertising campaign
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Page 85, Listening & speaking, Exercise 2b
free gifts: consumers are attracted to the word ‘free’, but nothing is free. The price of
the ‘free gift’ is included in the price of the product.
limited supplies of the product: companies don’t run out of products. They could easily
produce more.
crowds of people: advertisers say ‘everyone is using it’; this might not be true, plus
everyone could have made a bad choice.
attractive models: advertisers say we can look like models, but we can’t because we
aren’t models and also because the photos have been airbrushed.
doctors and celebrities: the celebrity advertising the product might not be using it. The
‘doctor’ advertising a product might not even be a doctor.
recent studies: these might have been done or paid for by the advertising company
themselves.
The bagel test showed how honest his customers were –what type of people /
companies stole compared to those who didn’t. It also looked at whether certain
circumstances made people less honest.
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4 People from other departments wanted bagels, too. Finally, he was bringing in
so many bagels that he needed to charge to cover his costs. 95% of people paid.
5 His friends thought he was mad (‘lost his mind’). His wife supported him.
6 Within a few years he was delivering thousands of bagels (8,400) a week to
many companies (140).
7 He discovered how honest his customers were and what kind of people and
companies stole more or less.
1 b (80–90%)
2 Smaller offices were more honest.
3 The cash box has hardly ever been stolen.
4 They cheated more during bad weather.
5 They cheated more before Christmas because many people often feel anxious
and stressed before this holiday and don’t look forward it.
6 Executives cheated more than lower status employees.
1 wherever
2 whoever
3 Whenever
4 however
5 Whatever
6 whichever
1 A customer is normally used for someone who buys a product (e.g. in a shop) or
a service (e.g. a meal in a restaurant). A client is normally used for someone who pays a
professional for a service, e.g. a lawyer or accountant.
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2 A boom is a sudden increase in trade and economic activity. A recession is a
difficult time for the economy of a country, when there is less trade and industrial
activity than usual and more people are unemployed.
3 Increase means to become or to make something greater in amount, number,
value, etc. This can be a verb or noun. Improve is a verb and means to become better
than before.
4 Rise is both a verb and a noun. The verb means to come or go upwards, to
reach a higher level or position. Fall is also both a verb and a noun. The verb means to
drop down from a higher level to a lower level.
5 Export a product means to sell it to another country whereas import a product
means to buy it from another country.
6 A manager is a person who is in charge of running a business, a shop, or a
similar organization. An owner is the person who owns, e.g. the shop or the business.
1 progress.
2 progressing
3 export
4 exports
5 refund; refunds.
6 increased; increase
7 produce
8 produced
9 transport
10 transport
9B
Page 88, Reading & speaking, Exercise 1a
Tokyo
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taco stands The city is full of them and people meet there to socialize.
Mariachi bands They walk through the streets and squares playing songs
for money.
two-and-a-half hours This is how long it can take commuters to drive to and
from work during rush hour.
social imbalance There is great wealth and extreme poverty. Because of this
it can be a dangerous city.
kidnapping This is quite common.
Kevlar In some shops you can buy men’s clothes which are made
of Kevlar (a bulletproof material).
Tokyo
1 automated
2 unthinkable
3 unemployment
4 overcrowded
5 alienation
6 loneliness
Mexico City
7 pollution
8 wealth
9 poverty
10 homeless
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1 it is a waterfront city with the sea all around it; there’s wonderful surfing and
plenty of bays for sunbathing and swimming. It’s also a very cosmopolitan city, so
there’s a wonderful choice of restaurants.
2 it is especially exciting every August during the festival, when there’s a
programme of music, dance, and the arts. There is also ‘the Fringe’, a massive
alternative festival, which has hundreds of events – comedy, theatre, amateur student
groups, street entertainers. And the pubs stay open until much later than usual during
the Festival, which adds to the atmosphere.
3 The pyramids are amazing, but the best thing about Cairo is the museums,
which are absolutely fantastic.
4 It isn’t as crowded as nearby Florence and Pisa. You can explore Lucca on foot
in about an hour. It is surrounded by Renaissance town walls, which are amazing –
they are completely intact and you can peer into people’s living rooms as you walk
past. Or you can walk from one end of the town to the other along Via Fillungo.
Nearby there’s a wonderful open-air festival every year, where they perform Puccini’s
operas.
5 The Laotians are lovely people. They showed him how it is possible to be happy
with very little money. The scenery is spectacular. The Mekong River is impressive; it
flows far away over the sands in the dry season and speeds by the city like a torrent
when the rainy season begins.
1 bay (= a part of the sea, or of a large lake, partly surrounded by a wide curve of
the land)
2 (= very large in size or amount and seeming to have no end)
3 (= to be full of excitement, activity, etc.)
4 (= extremely beautiful or carefully made)
5 jam-packed (= very full or crowded)
6 peer (= to look closely or carefully at something, especially when you cannot see
it clearly)
7 gentle (= calm and kind; doing things in a quiet and careful way)
8 sweeping away (= to get rid of something completely)
1 advice
2 some bad weather
3 accommodation was
4 too much luggage
5 the outskirts are
6 the staff was / the staff were✓
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3 talk when the commercials were on
4 because they get into your head and you can’t get them out, and you sometimes
hear them several times a day
5 animated cartoons advertising cereal for children
6 Willie trips over a rock every day, so one day Wilhelmina tells him to move it.
When he says he can’t as it is too big, she says she will do it. Willie says she isn’t strong
enough, but he is wrong – Wilhelmina eats H. O. Farina, so she is strong.
1 1 impact
2 communication
3 persuasion
2 A Attention
I Interest
D Desire
A Action
3 getting impact; (giant) fan
4 incredibly important
1 remain important.
2 both good and bad adverts
3 because they make people feel good about themselves
4 innovative
5 honest and clear
1 ear worms
2 get into your head
3 word for word
4 their ears perk up
5 had their day
6 a captive audience
7 hit a false note
four of them
I is against adverts which can make smoking seem attractive to young people
Y prefers to do their own research before they buy a product
J and I say that they are concerned about young people’s health
D is not sure we should ban the advertising of unhealthy products
El thinks that women are sometimes exploited in advertising
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1 susceptible
2 subconsciously
3 comes to mind
4 pretty much
5 issues
10A
Page 94 exercise 1b
1 M
2 M
3 F
4 M
5 M
6 F
7 M
8 M
Page 94 exercise 1c
1 Coins are not aerodynamic and they are relatively small and light, so although
a person on the ground would feel the impact, the coin wouldn’t kill him. It wouldn’t
even hurt very much.
2 Neurologists haven’t been able to find any area of our brains which isn’t being
used for something.
3 The sun illuminates every part of the moon at some point during the 24-hour
cycle. It is true that there is a side of the moon that we never see, but the other side
isn’t always dark.
4 If you are caught in a thunderstorm, it is much safer to be inside a car than
outside. But the tyres have nothing to do with it. When lightning strikes a car, it is the
car’s metal body that protects the passengers. It acts as a conductor and passes the
electrical current down to the ground.
5 Records show that young Albert got very high marks in maths and science.
Antibiotics can help your body kill bacteria, not viruses. You can’t actually ‘kill’ a
virus since a virus is not really alive to begin with.
6 In spite of a lot of scientific research, nobody has found any link at all between
the full moon and insanity or crime.
7 Bats can see just as well as humans. Like dogs, bats rely heavily on other senses
like hearing and smell. They have a very advanced sound-based system called
echolocation, which allows them to know where they are when they are flying at night.
Page 95 exercise 2c
person adjective subject
scientist scientific science
chemist chemical chemistry
biologist biological biology
physicist physical physics
geneticist genetic genetics
The adjectives from science and biology have the stress on a different syllable from the
base word.
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Page 95 exercise 2f
1 laboratory
2 discovery
3 theory
4 drugs
5 research; side effects
6 guinea pigs
Page 96 exercise 4a
Three (Alexander Bogdanov, Thomas Midgley, and Louis Slotin) died as a result of
their experiments or inventions.
Page 96 exercise 4b
1 C
2 B, D
3 B
4 D
5 A, C
6 B
7 C
8 A
Page 97 exercise 4c
anaesthetic /anəsˈθetɪk/
nitrogen /ˈnaɪtrədʒən/
blood transfusion /blʌd transˈfjuːʒn/
donors /ˈdəʊnəz/
malaria /məˈleərɪə/
tuberculosis /tjuːbɜːkjuˈləʊsɪs/
lead /led/
additive /ˈadətɪv/
polio /ˈpəʊliəʊ/
nuclear /ˈnjuːklɪə/
lethal dose /ˈliːθl dəʊs/
Page 97 exercise 5a
1 Both
2 Neither
3 all
4 All the
5 everything
Page 97 exercise 5d
1 move only in one direction. (a)
2 in both liquid and solid form. (c)
3 all day (b)
4 hardly any of it (a)
5 either other animals or eggs (b)
6 only by instance heat (c)
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7 nearly six minutes (b)
8 Pluto is no longer considered to be a planet (c)
9 some of that air is oxygen (c)
10 nearly sixty seconds (a)
10B
Page 98 exercise 1a
The first man to land on the moon was Neil Armstrong in 1969.
Page 98 exercise 1b
That’s one small step for man, one giant leap for mankind.
1 A step = the act of lifting your foot and putting it down in order to walk or
move somewhere. A leap = a long or high jump; a sudden large change or increase in
something.
2 Mankind = all humans, thought about as one large group; the human race.
Page 98 exercise 1c
The controversy is whether he said ‘one small step for man’ or ‘one small step for a
man’. The version without a doesn’t really make sense.
‘One small step for a man’ means one small step for an individual human being.
‘One small step for man’ means one small step for all men, i.e. the human race (which
is the same as mankind).
Page 98 exercise 1d
1 During the time (nearly seven hours) between landing on the moon and actually
stepping out of the capsule onto the moon.
2 He says he wrote ‘That’s one small step for a man…’.
3 Because that sentence means ‘one small step for people in general, one giant
leap for people in general.’
3 He thought he said ‘One small step for a man…’.
4 He is an Australian computer expert, who used very high-tech sound techniques
to analyse Armstrong’s sentence. He discovered in fact that did say a man, but he said
it so quickly you can only hear it with special sound equipment.
5 He felt relieved.
Page 98 exercise 1e
1 Neil Armstrong was born in the USA.
2 He was a shy boy, who loved books and music.
3 He studied aeronautical engineering at university
4 He was the first man who set foot on the moon.
5 His famous words were heard by people all over the world.
6 Before becoming an astronaut, he worked for the US navy.
7 After 1994 he refused to give autographs.
8 In 2005 he was involved in a lawsuit with an ex-barber, who tried to sell some of
Armstrong’s hair.
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Page 98 exercise 2a
1 BO
2 EP
3 WC
4 NM
Page 98 exercise 2b
Emmeline Pankhurst
1 hunger strike
2 (you are) at death’s door
3 the authorities
4 sacred
Winston Churchill
1 go on
2 growing
3 surrender
Nelson Mandela
1 cherished
2 if needs be
Barack Obama
1 stand in the way
2 a cynic
3 a reality check
4 hope
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late. He went into the on them in Hungarian, but no
women’s toilet by signs. He didn’t speak Hungarian,
mistake and had to wait so he looked at the words and
a while to get out. He decided that one of them was the
was nearly late for the men’s toilet and he went in.
talk.
3 The equipment she She wanted to show the audience Tip 6
needed – a video player some good ideas for using video in
– wouldn’t work at first. the classroom, but the video player
wouldn’t work. She hasn’t checked
the equipment before the talk.
4 Her skirt fell down as When she was getting dressed, she Tip 4
she was speaking. put on a silk skirt and as she was
doing it up, the button at the waist
broke. She didn’t bother to change
because the skirt had a zip and she
was in a hurry. As she walked
backwards and forwards across the
stage, her skirt fell down.
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1 now and then
2 now or never
3 black and white
4 safe and sound
5 peace and quiet
6 Sooner or later
7 More or less
8 law and order
9 sick and tired
10 thunder and lightning
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5 underpaid
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Page 103 Can you understand this film?
1 radio waves
2 biologists
3 blackboard; Oxford / 1931.
4 1925; scientific instruments; astronomy
5 sun; moon; stars.
6 time; angles.
7 world/stars.
8 silver;George III.
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Writing
Page 113 Writing 1 exercise a
Hi Sue,
Sorry that I haven’t been in touch for a while, but I’ve been ill. I got flu last week and I had
a temperature of 39°C, so I’ve been in bed for four days. I’m feeling a bit better today, so
I’ve been catching up on my emails. Luckily my classes at university don’t start till next
week.
How are you? What have you been doing? Anything exciting? Here everyone is fine (apart
from me and my flu!). My brother Ian has just started his new job with a software company
– I think I told you about it when I last wrote – anyway, he’s really enjoying it. How are
your family? I hope they’re well.
I have some good news – I’m going to a conference in your town in May, from 16th to 20th.
Could you recommend hotel where I could stay in the centre of town? It needs to be
somewhere not too expensive because the university is paying. I’ll have a free half-day for
sightseeing. Do you think you’ll be able to show me around? That would be great.
Well, that’s all for now. Please give my regards to your family.
Take care,
Anna
Page 113 Writing 1 exercise b
I haven’t written or phoned. = I haven’t been in touch.
I’ve been reading and replying to my emails. = I’ve been catching up on my emails.
Have you been doing anything lately? = What have you been doing? Anything exciting?
.
Page 113 Writing 1 exercise c
Opening expressions:
Thanks for your email / letter.
It was great to hear from you.
Sorry for not writing earlier / sorry that I haven’t been in touch for a while.
I hope you and your family are well.
Responding to news:
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Sorry to hear about your exam results.
Glad to hear that you’re all well.
Good luck with the new job.
Hope you feel better soon.
Closing expressions:
Anyway, / Well, that’s all for now.
Hope to hear from you soon. / Looking forward to hearing from you soon.
Send my regards (love) to…
Take care / best wishes / regards / (lots of) love from.
PS (= something you forgot and want to add) Please send me the photos you promised.
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Page 114 Writing 2 exercise a
He wrote an email which had a negative comment about his boss’s wife in it and he
accidentally sent it to his boss. He was sacked.
One afternoon Mrs Simpson came in while I was finishing writing a report. She looked at
me and said, ‘If I were you, I wouldn’t wear that colour. It doesn’t suit you at all.’ I was
wearing a 6new pink shirt that I was very 7fond of, and her comment really annoyed me. I
typed a 8quick email to Alan Simmonds in Sales. ‘Watch out! The old witch is here!’ and
pressed ‘send’. A couple of minutes later I was surprised to receive an email from Mr
Simpson asking me to come to his office 9immediately. When I opened the door I saw his
wife glaring at the computer screen. I realised, to my horror, what I had done. I had clicked
on Simpson instead of Simmonds. 10An hour later I was packing my things. I had been
sacked.
Spending your holiday being active and enjoying the outdoors has a lot of advantages. 1The
main advantage is that adventure sports, like many other physical activities, offer health
benefits. 2For example, when you practise extreme sports your brain releases endorphins
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because of the adrenalin rush and that makes you feel happy. 3Another advantage is the
self-confidence that you gain from doing these activities. 4Furthermore the lessons learnt
from facing the difficulties and the risks of these extreme sports may be very valuable in
everyday life.
5
On the other hand, there are also some important disadvantages. 6Although they make
you feel good, risky sports can be extremely dangerous. The possibility of getting seriously
injured while performing these activities is quite high, and some adventure sports, 7for
example, skydiving or cliff jumping can even have fatal consequences. 8Because of these
risks you need to be extremely fit to practise these sports during a holiday, which means
they are not for everyone. 9In addition, they are likely to be expensive because they require
a lot of equipment, safety measures, and well-trained and qualified instructors.
10
To sum up, adventure sports holidays have both advantages and disadvantages. Whether
they suit you or not depends on your level of fitness, your personality, and how much you
can afford.
To introduce an example:
For example
To give a reason:
Because of
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I think this is a family photo, although none of the family members is actually looking are
the camera. 1In the foreground we see the inside of a room with a glass door leading into a
garden. 2In the centre of the photo there is a girl sitting at the table, resting her head on one
hand, with an open book 3in front of her. There are two other empty chairs around the table.
The girl is smiling; she looks as if she is daydreaming, maybe about something she’s read in
the book. 4To her right, there is another woman, who looks older than the girl, perhaps her
mother. She’s standing with her arms folded, looking out of the glass doors into the garden.
She seems to be watching what’s happening 5outside, and she looks a bit worried.
6
In the background, we can see a terrace, and 7behind that a beautiful garden. Outside the
glass door son the right you can see a bot and a man who may be father and son. The boy is
standing looking at the man who is crouching 8opposite him. It looks as though they’re
having a serious conversation. Maybe the boy has been naughty because it seems as if he’s
looking at the ground. This photo reminds me of a David Hockney or Edward Hopper
painting, and it immediately makes you speculate about who the people are what they are
thinking.
Grammar Bank
1A
Page 132 Exercise a
1 Should I tell her how I feel?
2 How long have you known your best friend?
3 Could you tell me when the next train leaves?
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4 Who does the housework in your family?
5 What are you thinking about?
6 What don’t you like doing at the weekend?
7 What kind of music does Jane like listening to?
8 Do you know what time the film finishes?
9 How many students came to class yesterday?
10 Do you remember where the restaurant is?
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B Do you? I can’t afford to go out every weekend.
A I didn’t see you at Tom’s birthday party last Saturday. Why didn't you go?
B I did go but I arrived really late because my car broke down.
A Oh, that’s why I didn’t see you. I left early.
B I fancy a drink. I’m really thirsty after all that dancing.
A So am I. Let’s go to the bar.
2A
Page 134 Exercise a
1 ✓
2 Your mother has phoned three times this morning!
3 The kids are exhausted because they’ve been running around all day.
4 Tim and Lucy haven’t seen our new house.
5 I’ve never met her boyfriend. Have you?
6 It’s been raining all morning.
7 Bill has just gone to work. He won’t be back till this evening.
8 ✓
Page 134 Exercise b
1 We've known Jack and Ann for years.
2 You look really hot. Have you been working out at the gym?
3 Emily hasn't done her homework yet, so I’m afraid she can’t go out.
4 They don’t live in London, they've moved.
5 I haven't had time to cook anything.
6 We've been walking for hours. Is this the right way?
7 Have you been reading my diary again?
8 Oh no! I've cut my finger on this knife.
2B
Page 135 Exercise a
1 The Dutch tend to be good at languages.
2 Florence Nightingale looked after the ill / the sick during the Crimean war.
3 The system of reading for the blind is called Braille.
4 The French think that their cuisine is the best in the world.
5 Ambulances arrived to take the injured to hospital.
6 The Swiss are usually very punctual.
7 The worst season for the homeless is winter.
8 There is a discount for students and the unemployed.
9 The monument was erected to honour the dead from the Second World War.
10 There are special TV programmes for the deaf which use sign language.
Page 135 Exercise b
1 an attractive young man
2 dirty old shoes
3 a beautiful black velvet jacket
4 a short fat American woman
5 a long sandy beach
6 a lovely old country house
7 a stylish Italian leather bag
8 huge dark eyes
9 a friendly old black dog
10 a striped cotton T-shirt
3A
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Page 136 Exercise a
Meg and Liam McGowan got a nasty surprise when they were checking in at Heathrow
airport yesterday with their baby Shaun. They had won three free plane tickets to Rome in a
competition, and they had been looking forward to their trip for months. But,
unfortunately, they had forgotten to get a passport for their son, so Shaun couldn’t fly.
Luckily, they had arrived very early for their flight, so they still had time to do something
about it. They ran to the police station in the airport to apply for an emergency passport.
Meg went with Shaun to the photo machine while Liam was filling in the forms. The
passport was ready in an hour, so they hurried to the gate and got on the plane.
Page 136 Exercise b
1 I was really fed up because we'd / had been queuing for hours.
2 She went to the police to report that someone had stolen her bag.
3 It'd / had been raining all morning. The streets were wet, and there were puddles
everywhere.
4 She got to work late because she'd / had left her phone at home and had had to go
back and get it.
5 I almost didn’t recognize Tony at the party. He'd / had changed a lot since I last
saw him.
6 The tourists’ faces were very red. They'd / had been sitting in the sun all morning
and they hadn't put on any sun cream.
7 I could see from their expressions that my parents had been arguing.
8 Jess had a bandage on her arm because she'd / had fallen off her bike that morning.
9 I was amazed because I'd / had never seen such an enormous plane before.
10 How long had you been walking before you realized that you were lost?
3B
Page 137 Exercise a
1 ✗She liked the present very much.
2 ✗Mark came home very late last night.
3 ✓The ambulance arrived at the scene of the accident after a few minutes.
4 ✗A young man was badly injured and was taken to hospital.
5 ✓I was extremely tired last night.
6 ✗She’s a bit lazy about doing her homework.
7 ✗✓I almost forgot your birthday, but fortunately my sister reminded me.
8 ✗✓Luckily, we had taken an umbrella, because it started to rain just after
we’d left.
9 ✓✓✓Mary doesn’t always eat healthily, because she often has snacks between
meals.
10 ✗Apparently, Jack has been sacked.
Page 137 Exercise b
1 Their house was badly damaged in the fire last week.
2 Ben is often at his friend’s house in the evening.
3 My father usually has a nap in the afternoon.
4 Julia left early and she didn’t even say goodbye.
5 Martin always talks incredibly fast.
6 Apparently, his brother nearly died in a skiing accident.
7 We’re probably going to the cinema tonight.
8 I rarely send emails nowadays.
9 I’ve just bought a really beautiful new coat.
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10 Eventually, Karen realized that she was never going to learn to drive.
4A
Page 138 Exercise a
1 At 10.00 they'll / will be flying to Geneva.
2 By the end of the year, I'll / will have saved €2,400.
3 At 7.00 tomorrow she'll / will be driving to work.
4 Don’t call me at 2.30 because we'll / will be having a meeting.
5 By June he'll / will have paid for his car.
6 By the end of May they'll / will have finished their exams.
7 By the end of this week she'll / will have written five chapters.
8 There’s no point phoning Sonia now. It’s 7.00 and she'll / will be working out at the
gym.
9 The film will have downloaded at 8.30.
Page 138 Exercise b
A Well, it looks like we’ll be having very different weather in the future if climate
change continues.
B What do you mean?
A Well, they say 1we’ll be having much higher temperatures here in London, as high as
30º. And remember, we 2won't be lying on the beach, we3'll / will be working in 30º,
which is quite different. And islands like the Maldives 4will have disappeared by 2150
because of the rise in the sea level. They say the number of storms and tsunamis 5will have
doubled by the middle of the century too, so even more people 6will have moved by then to
the cities looking for work. Big cities 7will have grown even bigger by then. Can you
imagine the traffic?
B I don’t think there will be a problem with the traffic. Petrol 8will have run out
completely by then anyway, so nobody will have a car. Someone 9will have invented a new
method of transport, so we10'll / will be flying around in air cars or something.
4B
Page 139 Exercise a
1 If you’re not feeling better tomorrow, you should go to the doctor’s.
2 If we’re lucky, we’ll have sold our house by Christmas.
3 I’ll pay for dinner – if I have enough money!
4 If we carry on playing like this, we’ll have scored ten goals by half time.
5 Don’t call Sophie now. If it’s 8 o’clock, she’ll be bathing the baby.
6 If you don’t hurry up, you won’t get to school on time.
7 You can be fined if you aren’t wearing a seat belt in your car.
8 If you go out with wet hair, you’ll catch a cold.
9 My suitcase always gets lost if I have a connecting flight.
10 I won’t go to work on Monday if my daughter is still ill.
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6 If I’m late tomorrow, start the meeting without me.
7 Lily will have packed some sandwiches in case we get hungry.
8 The children will be playing in the park until it gets dark.
9 After we’ve had lunch we could go for a walk.
10 Don’t call the emergency number unless it’s a real emergency.
5A
Page 140 Exercise a
1 I wouldn't have made so much food if you’d told me you weren’t hungry.
2 If I were you, I wouldn't lend money to members of your family.
3 I'd / would ask Jack to help me if he wasn’t so busy.
4 Joe wouldn't have had an accident if he hadn’t been driving so fast.
5 I’d run the marathon if I were / was a bit fitter.
6 If you'd / had looked (or had been looking) where you were going, you wouldn’t
have fallen over.
7 I’m sure you would enjoy dancing if you came to the classes with me.
8 We’d go to the local restaurant if they changed the menu from time to time.
9 Nina wouldn’t have gone abroad if she'd / had been able to find a job here.
10 If you'd / had asked for a discount in the shop, they might have given you one.
Page 140 Exercise b
1 If Luke hadn’t missed the train, he wouldn’t have been late for the interview.
2 Millie would have bought the top if she’d had / had had some money.
3 If it hadn’t started snowing, we’d have reached / we would have reached the top.
4 If Rebecca didn’t drink so much coffee, she wouldn’t sleep (so) badly.
5 I’d drive/ I would drive to work if there weren’t / wasn’t so much traffic.
6 If Matt treated his girlfriend better, she’d stay / she would stay with him.
7 You’d feel / You would feel a lot healthier if you did some exercise.
8 The driver wouldn’t have found the street if he hadn’t had satnav.
9 If Jim had bought the right size, I wouldn’t have had to change the sweater.
10 If you got up earlier, you wouldn’t waste half the morning.
5B
Page 141 Exercise a
1 I wish shop assistants would be more polite.
2 I wish you wouldn’t turn the heating up all the time.
3 I wish my sister would tidy our room.
4 I wish the neighbour’s dog wouldn’t bark at night.
5 I wish it would stop raining.
6 I wish Jane wouldn’t talk about her boyfriend so much.
7 I wish my dad wouldn’t sing in front of my friends.
8 I wish you wouldn’t drive so fast!
9 I wish my husband would do the washing-up.
10 I wish the bus would come.
Page 141 Exercise b
1 I wish I had naturally blonde hair!
2 Suzanne wishes her parents didn't live so far away.
3 I wish I'd / had started learning English when I was a child!
4 This flat’s so cold! I wish it had central heating.
5 I wish we'd / had bought more expensive seats. I can’t see a thing.
6 The party sounds as if it was great fun. I wish I'd / had been there.
7 Is it only five o’clock? I wish it didn't get dark so early in winter.
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8 I wish I could speak French. It would be useful in this job.
9 This suitcase is too heavy. I wish I hadn’t packed so many clothes!
10 I’m really tired. I wish we had gone / were going by car instead of deciding to walk.
11 I wish I weren't / wasn't an only child. I’d love to have brothers and sisters.
12 I’d love to be able to play the piano. I wish I'd / had learnt when I was a child.
6A
Page 142 Exercise a
1 I suggest taking a taxi to the airport tomorrow. It’ll be much quicker.
2 Even though the snow was really deep, we managed to drive to the local shop and
back.
3 We’d better do some shopping – there isn’t much food for the weekend.
4 I’m very impatient. I can’t stand waiting in queues.
5 I wasn’t well and a young man offered to carry my bags.
6 My parents used to make me tidy my room.
7 We threatened to call the police if the boys didn’t stop throwing stones.
8 Do you feel like coming to the gym with me?
9 I’d prefer to eat out / eating out instead of getting a takeaway.
10 I don’t mind working late tonight if you want me to.
Page 142 Exercise b
1 I’ll never forget seeing the Grand Canyon for the first time.
2 I need to call the helpline. My computer has crashed.
3 Have you tried taking a tablet to help you sleep?
4 I must have my keys somewhere. I can remember locking the door this morning.
5 I had to run home because I had forgotten to turn the oven off.
6 Our house needs painting. Do you know any good house painters?
7 Did you remember to send your sister a card? It’s her birthday today.
8 We tried to learn / learning to ski last winter, but we weren’t very good at it.
6B
Page 143 Exercise a
1 ✗ used to play
2 ✗ couldn’t get used to drinking
3 ✗ Have you got used to living
4 ✓
5 ✓
6 ✗ used to have
7 ✗ I’m used to it
8 ✓
9 ✗ to get used to living
10 ✓
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7 Amelia is an only child. She isn't used to sharing her things.
8 Although I’ve lived in Spain for years, I’ve never got used to having dinner at 9 or 10
o’clock at night.
9 I didn't use to like spinach, but now I love it.
10 If you want to lose weight, then you’ll have to get used to eating less.
7A
Page 144 Exercise a
1 She might have had an argument with her boyfriend.
2 Ben must have read my email.
3 Sam and Ginny can’t have got lost.
4 You can’t have seen Ellie yesterday.
5 John might not have seen you.
6 Lucy must have bought a new car.
7 Alex can’t have been very ill.
8 They might not have received the invitation.
9 You must have used too much sugar.
10 It can’t have been my phone.
Page 144 Exercise b
1 You should have / ought to have written it down.
2 You shouldn’t have / oughtn’t to have gone by car.
3 You shouldn’t have / oughtn’t to have invited her.
4 You shouldn’t have / oughtn’t to have bought so many shoes.
5 I should have / ought to have gone to bed earlier last night.
6 You should have / ought to have taken it out of the freezer earlier.
7 You shouldn’t have / oughtn’t to have sat in the sun all afternoon without any
sunscreen.
7B
Page 145 Exercise a
1 F
2 G
3 A
4 B
5 K
6 J
7 C
8 E
9 D
10 I
11 H
Page 145 Exercise b
1 You’ve gone completely white. You look as if you’ve seen a ghost!
2 What’s for dinner? It smells delicious!
3 I think John and Megan have arrived. That sounds like their car.
4 Have you ever tried frogs’ legs? Apparently they taste like chicken.
5 Are you OK? You sound as if you’ve got a cold.
6 Can you put the heating on? It feels really cold in here.
7 You look really happy. Does that mean you got the job?
8 Your new bag feels like real leather. Is it?
9 Let’s throw this milk away. It tastes a bit off.
10 Can you close the window? It smells as if someone is having a barbecue.
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8A
Page 146 Exercise a
1 The road was closed after the accident.
2 My handbag has been stolen.
3 My house is being painted.
4 A meeting will be held / is being held tomorrow to discuss the problem.
5 If the bomb hadn’t been found in time, it would have exploded.
6 You can be arrested for driving without a licence.
7 Miranda thinks she was followed / was being followed last night.
8 I hate being / to be woken up when I’m fast asleep.
9 The local police station is going to be closed.
Page 146 Exercise b
1 It is believed that the burglar is a local man.
The burglar is believed to be a local man.
2 It is said that the muggers are very dangerous.
The muggers are said to be very dangerous.
3 It is thought that the robber entered through an open window.
The robber is thought to have entered through an open window.
4 It is said that the murderer has disappeared.
The murderer is said to have disappeared.
5 It is expected that the trial will last three weeks.
The trial is expected to last three weeks.
8B
Page 147 Exercise a
1 Jamie insisted on paying for the meal.
2 Lauren has agreed to work late next week.
3 I warned Jane not to walk through the park at night.
4 The man admitted stealing the woman’s handbag.
5 The doctor advised Lily to give up drinking coffee.
6 The boss persuaded Megan not to leave the company.
7 Freya accused me of trying /having tried to steal her boyfriend.
8 I apologized to Evie for not remembering her birthday.
9 Did you manage to convince your parents to come tonight instead of tomorrow?
10 My neighbour denies damaging my car, but I’m sure it was him.
Page 147 Exercise b
1 Ryan suggested going for a walk.
2 The teacher accused him of copying Anna’s exam.
3 Sam’s neighbour threatened to call the police if he had any more parties.
4 The children refused to go to bed.
5 Simon invited me to have dinner with him.
6 Molly reminded Jack to phone the electrician.
7 Ricky promised never to do it again.
8 Sarah recommended trying Giacobazzi’s. She said it was fantastic.
9A
Page 148 Exercise a
1 We loved the film despite the fact that it was nearly three hours long!
2 Carl doesn’t like spending money even though he’s very well off.
3 They went down to the harbour to see if they had fresh fish.
4 I’ll put your number straight into my phone so as not to forget it.
5 My mother called the doctor’s in order to make an appointment.
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6 The cake tasted good in spite of not looking like the photo in the recipe book.
7 I’ve put the heating on quite high so that the house will warm up quickly.
8 I must say that although the service was poor, the meal was delicious.
9 I stopped at a motorway café for a quick meal before continuing on my journey.
10 Despite not being very fit, he managed to walk the three miles to the village.
Page 148 Exercise b
1 We stayed at a bed and breakfast so that we wouldn’t spend too much money on
accommodation.
2 Although she earns a fortune, she drives a very old car.
3 Everyone enjoyed the film in spite of the sad ending. / the ending being sad. / the
fact that the ending was sad.
4 The plane managed to land even though the weather conditions were terrible.
5 I told her I enjoyed the meal she had cooked me so as not to offend her.
6 The manager called a meeting in order to explain the new policy.
9B
Page 149 Exercise a
1 ✗ We had beautiful weather
2 ✗ some lovely furniture
3 ✓
4 ✗ a pair of scissors
5 ✗ some new trousers / a new pair of trousers
6 ✓
7 ✓
8 ✗ The homework was
9 ✓
10 ✗ The police are sure
Page 149 Exercise b
1 Athletics is my favourite sport.
2 ✓
3 Harvey’s clothes look really expensive.
4 ✓
5 ✓
6 Could I have a piece of paper to write down the new words?
7 I think I’ll have some time after lunch to help you with that report.
8 I’ve got some good news for you about your job application.
9 We’ve made a lot of progress this term.
10 Hello, Reception? Do you have an iron I could use?
10A
Page 150 Exercise a
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9 I’ve got two very close friends, but unfortunately neither of them lives near me.
10 I’d like to have a bigger table, but there’s no room in my kitchen.
Page 150 Exercise b
1 Both the kitchen and the bathroom need cleaning.
2 The food wasn’t cheap or tasty. / The food was neither cheap nor tasty.
3 ✓
4 The journey was both long and boring.
5 It’s either Jane’s or Karen’s birthday today.
6 ✓
7 Both her aunt and her cousin came to visit. / Her aunt and her cousin both
came to visit.
8 We can either walk or take the bus.
9 ✓ (Or I have two children, but neither of them looks like me.)
10 My parents love horses, and both of them ride every day.
10B
Page 151 Exercise a
1 The weather was awful, so we stayed at (–) home.
2 The dishwasher we bought last week has stopped working already.
3 I love reading (–) historical novels.
4 Sarah had had an exhausting day, so she went to (–) bed early.
5 I saw a man walking with a woman in the park. The woman was crying.
6 The teachers are on strike, so the children aren’t going to (–) school.
7 Turn left immediately after the church and go up the hill.
8 My neighbour’s in (–) prison because he didn’t pay his taxes.
9 People are complaining because the council have refused to build a new hospital.
10 Visitors will not be allowed to enter the hospital after 7 p.m.
Vocabulary Bank
Illnesses and injuries
Page 152 Exercise 1b
9 a cough
6 a headache
1 a rash
4 a temperature
2 sunburn
8 She’s being sick. / She’s vomiting.
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10 She’s sneezing.
3 Her ankle is swollen.
7 Her back hurts. / Her back aches.
5 Her finger is bleeding.
Page 152 Exercise 1d
1 B He has a sore throat. It hurts when he talks or swallows food.
2 D He has diarrhoea. He’s been to the toilet five times this morning.
3 E He feels sick. He feels that he’s going to vomit.
4 C He’s fainted. It’s so hot in the room that he’s lost consciousness.
5 H He has a blister on his foot. He’s been walking in uncomfortable shoes.
6 F He has a cold. He’s sneezing a lot and he has a cough.
7 A He has flu. He has a temperature and he aches all over.
8 G He feels dizzy. He feels that everything is spinning round.
9 I He’s cut himself. He’s bleeding.
Page 152 Exercise 2b
1 C He’s unconscious. He’s breathing, but his eyes are closed and he can’t hear or feel
anything.
2 G He’s had an allergic reaction. He was stung by a wasp and now he has a rash and has
difficulty breathing.
3 B He’s twisted his ankle. / He’s sprained his ankle. He fell badly and now it’s
swollen.
4 D He has high blood pressure. It’s 18 over 14.
5 E He has food poisoning. He ate some prawns that were off.
6 F He’s choking. He was eating a steak and a piece got stuck in his throat.
7 A He’s burnt himself. He spilt some boiling water on himself.
Page 152 Exercise 3b
1 pass out means faint
2 lie down means put your body in a horizontal position
3 throw up means vomit, be sick
4 get over means get better / recover from something
5 come round means become conscious again
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8 striped
Page 153 Exercise 1d
4 a cotton vest
9 a denim waistcoat
5 a fur collar
3 a lace top
1 a linen suit
7 a lycra swimsuit
8 a silk scarf
6 a velvet bow tie
2 a wool(len) cardigan
11 leather sandals
10 suede boots
Page 153 Exercise 2b
1 Long skirts are really fashionable now.
2 She’s very trendy. She always wears the latest fashions.
3 The Italians have a reputation for being very stylish – they wear fashionable and
attractive clothes.
4 He looks really scruffy. His clothes are old and a bit dirty.
5 Jane looked very smart in her new suit. She wanted to make a good impression.
6 That tie’s a bit old-fashioned! Is it your dad’s?
Page 153 Exercise 3b
1 C I’m going to dress up tonight.
2 A Please hang up your coat.
3 F These jeans don’t fit me.
4 H That skirt really suits you.
5 G Your bag matches your shoes.
6 B I need to get changed.
7 E Hurry up and get undressed.
8 I Get up and get dressed.
9 D That tie doesn’t really go with your shirt.
Air travel
Page 154 Exercise 1b
1 A Airport terminal
2 D Baggage drop off
3 I Baggage reclaim
4 C Check-in desk
5 J Customs
6 B Departures board
7 G Gate
8 H Runway
9 E Security
10 F VIP lounge
Page 154 Exercise 2b
I often fly to Chile on business. I always choose an aisle seat, so that I can get up and walk
around more easily.
Sometimes there is turbulence when the plane flies over the Andes, which I don’t enjoy,
and the cabin crew tell the passengers to put their seat belts on.
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There aren’t any direct flights to Chile from London, so I usually have to get a connecting
flight in Madrid. Whenever I take long-haul flights I always suffer from jet lag because of
the time difference and I feel tired for several days.
Page 154 Exercise 3b
1 We’re going on a five-day trip to the mountains.
2 A Did you have a good journey here?
B No, my flight was delayed for six hours.
3 Do you have to travel much in your job?
4 Have a good trip. See you when you get back.
Page 154 Exercise 3c
Travel
Travel is normally used as a verb. However, it can be used as an uncountable noun.
Trip
The noun trip means to go somewhere and come back, including the time you stay
there.
Journey
Journey is also normally used as a noun. It means the time when you travel from one
place to another, but does not include the time you stay there.
Page 154 Exercise 4b
1 My husband dropped me off at the airport two hours before the flight.
2 I checked in online the day before I was going to fly.
3 As soon as I got on the plane I sat down in the first empty seat.
4 The plane took off late because of the bad weather.
5 I filled in the immigration form for the US, which the cabin crew gave me shortly
before landing.
6 When I got off the plane I felt exhausted after the long flight.
7 When I picked up my luggage at baggage reclaim I bumped into an old friend who
had been on the same flight.
Adverbs and adverbial phrases
Page 155 Exercise 1b
1 He trains very hard – at least three hours a day.
It’s incredibly foggy. I can hardly see anything.
2 I hate it when people arrive late for meetings.
I haven’t heard from Mike lately. He must be very busy.
3 At the end of a film I always stay and watch the credits roll.
I didn’t want to go, but in the end they persuaded me.
4 I love most kinds of music, but especially jazz.
My wedding dress was specially made for me by a dressmaker.
5 She looks younger than me, but actually she’s two years older.
A t the moment they’re renting a flat, but they’re hoping to buy one soon.
6 I’ve nearly finished my book. I’m on the last chapter.
Excuse me, is there a bank near here?
7 Have you found a job yet?
He’s 35, but he still lives with his parents.
8 Have you ever been to the USA?
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I’ve been all over the USA – I’ve even been to Alaska!
Page 155 Exercise 2b
1 ideally
2 in fact
3 basically
4 obviously
5 gradually
6 apparently
7 anyway
8 eventually
Weather
Page 156 Exercise 1c
1 It’s cool.
2 It’s chilly.
3 It’s freezing.
4 It’s below zero.
5 It’s mild.
6 It’s warm.
7 It’s boiling. / It’s scorching.
8 It’s humid.
9 It’s damp.
10 It’s drizzling.
11 There are showers.
12 It’s pouring.
13 There’s a breeze.
Mist isn’t usually very thick and it often occurs in the mountains or near the sea.
Fog is thicker and can be found in towns and in the country.
Smog is caused by pollution and usually occurs in big cities.
Page 156 Exercise 2b
1 heatwave
2 drought
3 hail
4 lightning
5 thunder
6 blizzard
7 flood
8 hurricane
9 monsoon
Page 156 Exercise 3b
In the north of England and Scotland it will be very cold, with strong winds and heavy rain.
There will also be thick fog in the hills and near the coast, though it should clear by midday.
Driving will be dangerous as the roads will be icy. However, the south of England and the
Midlands will have clear skies and it will be bright and sunny, though the temperature will
still be quite low. Over the next few days the weather will be changeable, with some
showers, but occasional sunny periods. It should become more settled over the weekend.
Feelings
Page 157 Exercise 1b
1 J ‘I’m very offended.’
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2 F ‘I feel a bit homesick.’
3 E ‘I’m a bit disappointed.’
4 G ‘I’m very lonely.’
5 I ‘I’m incredibly proud.’
6 H ‘I’m really nervous.’
7 C ‘I’m very grateful.’
8 A ‘I’m shocked.’
9 D ‘I’m so relieved.’
10 B ‘I feel a bit guilty.’
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19 Tom always refuses to discuss the problem.
20 Tom always denies that he has a problem.
21 The cost of living is going to rise again this month.
22 It’s hard not to raise your voice when you’re arguing with someone.
23 Last night I came home and lay on the sofa and went to sleep.
24 I laid the baby on the bed and changed his nappy.
25 The men had been planning to rob the bank.
26 If you leave your bike unlocked, somebody might steal it.
27 I think I should warn you that Liam doesn’t always tell the truth.
28 My teachers are going to advise me what subjects to study next year.
The body
Page 159 Exercise 1b
3 ankle
1 calf (pl calves)
2 heel
6 elbow
5 fist
8 nails
4 palm
7 wrist
12 bottom
9 chest
13 hip
11 thigh
10 waist
14 brain
17 heart
16 kidneys
15 liver
18 lungs
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2 The steak was tough and difficult to chew. teeth
3 When we met, we were so happy we hugged each other. arms
4 Don’t scratch the mosquito bite. You’ll only make it worse. nails
5 She waved goodbye sadly to her boyfriend as the train left the station. hand
6 Some women think a man should kneel down when he proposes marriage. knee
7 The teacher frowned when she saw all the mistakes I had made. forehead
8 The painting was so strange I stared at it for a long time. eyes
9 She got out of bed, and yawned and stretched. mouth / arms
10 If you don’t know the word for something, just point at what you want. finger
Crime and punishment
Page 160 Exercise 1b
Crime Criminal Verb
1 blackmail blackmailer blackmail J
2 bribery – bribe M
3 burglary burglar break in / burgle E
4 drug dealing drug dealer sell drugs G
5 fraud fraudster commit fraud L
6 hacking hacker hack (into) F
7 hijacking hijacker hijack C
8 kidnapping kidnapper kidnap A
9 mugging mugger mug P
10 murder murderer murder B
11 rape rapist rape D
12 robbery robber rob K
13 smuggling smuggler smuggle H
14 stalking stalker stalk Q
15 terrorism terrorist set off bombs, etc. N
16 theft thief steal O
17 vandalism vandal vandalize I
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15 There was no proof that Adam had committed the crime.
16 He was acquitted and allowed to go free.
The media
Page 161 Exercise 1b
1 critic
2 commentator
3 reporter
4 editor
5 presenter
6 freelance journalist
7 newsreader
8 paparazzi
9 agony aunt
Page 161 Exercise 2b
1 D The reporting in the paper was very sensational.
2 E The news on Channel 12 is really biased.
3 B I think The Observer is the most objective of the Sunday papers.
4 A The film review was quite accurate.
5 C I think the report was censored.
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1 A Famous actress in restaurant bill row
2 E United boss to quit after shock cup defeat
3 G Prince to wed 18-year-old TV soap star
4 L Prime Minister backs his Chancellor in latest scandal
5 I Tarantino tipped to win Best Director
6 B Thousands of jobs axed by UK firms
7 K Stock market hit by oil fears
8 C Police quiz witness in murder trial
9 D Astronaut bids to be first man on Mars
10 J Ministers clash over new car tax proposal
11 H Bayern Munich boss vows to avenge defeat
12 F Footballer and wife split over affair with cleaner
Business
Page 162 Exercise 1b
1 Although GAP stands for Genuine American Product, most of its clothes are
manufactured in Asia.
2 In 1989 Pepsi-Cola launched a new product called Pepsi A.M., which was aimed at
the ‘breakfast cola drinker’. It was an immediate flop.
3 The Spanish airline Iberia merged with British Airways in 2011.
4 Apple is considered one of the best companies in the world for the way they market
their products.
5 Prosciutto is a kind of Italian ham. Two of the best known kinds are San Daniele and
Parma, which are produced in the Friuli and Emilia regions of Italy, and are exported all
over the world.
6 The Royal Bank of Scotland took over NatWest Bank in 2000 even though it was in
fact a smaller rival.
7 The supermarket chain Tesco became the market leader in 1995 and is still the UK’s
biggest-selling chain.
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8 Zara shops were opened in Spain in 1975, but the company soon expanded
internationally.
9 Nowadays it is quite a risk to set up a new business. In the UK, 20% of businesses
fail in their first year.
10 The cost of living in Iceland is so high because so many food products have to be
imported.
11 During a boom period, the economy grows quickly and living standards improve.
12 During a recession, many companies close down and living standards drop.
Page 162 Exercise 1d
do make
business (with) a deal
a job a decision
market research a loss
well money
badly somebody redundant
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3 C The police usually wear bullet-proof vests. My watch is waterproof.
4 B Their new laptops are completely unbreakable. I don’t think the tap water here is
drinkable.
Page 163 Exercise 2b
-ion / -(a)tion -ment -ness -ence / - -ism -hood
ance
accommodation entertainme coldness absence alcoholis brotherhoo
intention nt friendlines convenienc m d
pollution excitement s e racism childhood
reduction government ugliness distance
improveme weakness ignorance
nt
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