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The global

teenager

4

2

Visions

of the futur e

3

The truth is

out there

6

4

Sunny days 22

5

The secrets of science 28

6

Looking goodfeeling good

34

7

g oo d s to ry

4

8

Wonders of th e

world 46

9

Star players 52

Fun and games 58

From Columbus to Concorde 64

2

akingmoney spending money 7

3

Smart kids 76

4

The

world s

best

th e

world s

worst

82

5

Work and

play 88

Irregular verbs

94

3


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Reading

e p

ractice art

o Read the article. Six sentences have been removed from the text. Choose from the sentences

A G

the

one which best fits each gap 1-5 .There is one e

xtra

sentence which you do not need

to

use . There is an example 0 at

the

beginning.

A Because of this,

cotton

T-shirts

are not

a particularly good idea.

B But

each

year, hundreds of people get i

nto troub

le and

the

reason is always

the same

.

C Everybody knows w

hat

it

means

D He

repeated

th is

un t

il he reac

hed

th e village.

E How

had

he

manage

d to get do

wn

off t

he

mo

un t

ain ?

F

f

you visit

almos

t

any tow

n in Brit

ain

, you will be st ruck by the

num

b

er

of shops selling

outdoor

equi

pment.

G The greatest t

hreat

to you r survival comes from hyp

oth

ermia.

On 4

January last year

it was

Richard

Antrim, I computer programmer from

me time this winter, you can be sure

th t yau will

see it on

The News: Hope

is

fading for a missing climber. 2

Somewhere,

in some frozen corner of

Scotland,

a mountain rescue

te m

is

looking

for someone -

n they

know,

the

chances

are,

it s

already too late.

o F It

seems

th t the popularity

of

out

o r

sports is growing. Britons are taking

to

the hills

in increasing

numbers

in

their

free time,

perhaps

influenced

by the growing

interest in the environment. The fact that

there

are

more n more

of these shops is

evidence f this trend. Going for a walk in

the

mountains of Scotland

m y

seem a safe

and gentle w y to spend your time th

highest

pe k

is just over 1300 m . I

e

surviv

o

w


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he

glo l

teen ger

Vocabulary

o Find

words

in

the

text on pages 8 and 9 of

the

Students Boo k that mean the follow ing:

I

more

influential or common th a n

something

else d _

2

attraction

a _

3

something that

causes

you

to believe

that

som e t hing is

true

or

something

has

happened

e _

4 to t al k in an informal way with someone c _

5 something

tha t has become very

fashionable

o Co

mplete th ese se nt e nce s using an appropriate for m of t he wo rd in brackets.

I All

over

the

world

.

took

place

to mark

the

new millennium.

celebrate)

2

Greenpeace

is

one

of the best known groups. env ironment

3 Your homework is

very

. You

shou

ld do well in the

exam

.

encourage

4 His

parents have been

very

in his c hoic e of c ar eer . i nf luence )

5

How

do

you

expla in t

he

growing of th e I

nt

ernet?

popu

lar)

6

The

objects we re placed on th e tab les. ra

ndom

o

who

did

not

return

to

his car

a walking weekend Weather conditians

re terrible and

the search

team trying

to

him

feared

the

worst. However

three

ys later Antrim walked into the ski resort

Glenshee.

Trapped by strong winds

and

deep snow

had made a hole in the snow and

into

a survival bag. The

next

day

he

two km before digging another hole.

He

celebrated his arrival in British

e with

a

hot cup

of

tea.

But his story

is

4 The blood gets thicker as it loses

the body s ability

to keep

so it s important

to

drink a lot. You

need to

keep up your body temperature

eating high-energy food like chocolate

d Antrim was lucky because he

had

some

available.

He

also

had

a small kettle which

meant

he could bail water.

Protecting yourself against the cold will

also b a key

to

survival. The wind

can

lower

temperatures

by

more

than

20 C so

wind

and water proof clothing is essential.

Underneath this

you need at

least

two

la ers

0

clothing

that

do not absorb

5


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he

glo

l

teen ger

rammar

o

Co

rrect

th e mistakes in these sentences.

1 W ha t a re yo u

usually do in

your

spare time?

2 In

th e evenings

, 1play often computer

games

.

3 But 1beginning to get bored of

them.

4 Do

yo u

got

any

hobbies?

5 es bu t 1 h av e n ot any time at th e moment.

6 I ve got

exams

soon, so am I stud ying very hard.

7 My

teacher is always tell me 1 sho u ld study even mo re

8 He

doesn t

knows h

ow bor

ing it is

o

Co

mplete this conversation using th e

correct

form (present simple

or

present con tinuous) of

the verb in brackets.

A Jane? Hi, it s M

artin

here. 1 ( I ) (finish) some homework tha t

I ve got to do, so 1

wo n

t b e able to come out tonight.

B Pardon? My sister (2) (ma ke) a lot of no ise and 1

didn t hear

yo u

.

A I said I (3) (do) an English compositio n . I

can t

come ou t

tonight.

B But yo u (4) never/study) on a Friday night.

A

es

bu t

with th e exam

and everything. we (5) (get)

m or e a nd

more

homework

. I told yo u that.

B What s that noise?

A Oh,

that.

That s my

brothe

r. He (6) (play)

compute

r games.

B Martin, I (7) (not/believe) yo u . You ve gone round to Alan s

h ou se a nd

yo u

(8) not/want) to tell me.

A No, Jane. that s no t true.

B You (9) (lie). You (10) _

(always/tell) lies th ese days. I m not stupid, you kn ow.

A Jane, I ve got to go. Ill

ne v

er get th is

work

finished . See you to

morro

w maybe?


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The glo l teen ger

o Make sentences by putting th e verbs into th e present simple or present continuous.

Add any

othe r

w

or

ds that you need.

my

parents

/always/tell/me/clean/my

room

2 turtles/u suallyllay/eggs /beach

3

population /Europe/grow/o

l

de r

4 Rivaldo/go pas t/defender/shoot

5

why/you/wear

/fu

nny/hat/today?

6

yo u

/ever/suffer

/hay

fever?

7 he

/often/watch /MTV/evening

8 at

th e moment/I1share

/a flat

/m y

brot

her

Use

of

nglish

Fe practice Part

o

Read

th e

te

xt

below and think of the w

or

d which b

es t

ts each space.

Use only one word in each space . There is an example (0)

at

th e beginning.

Internet gam ing

Computer games

ar e

a multi-million dollar industry,

bu t

people O)

- w= o

_

really enjoy games ar e no t satisfied I) playing against th e computer.

The y want to play agai nst real (2) an d most computer games allow you

to (3)

ju

st that by joining up (4) ot he r players on

the Internet.

Regu

la r

players say

that

th is is (5)

th e

real enjoyment of games can

(6) found. With some games. up (7) 60 people can

take part. (8) get a little

crowded

, bu t

that s

all part of

th e

fun . It s a

good wa y to

m ee t p eo pl e

an d it gives

yo u

(9) to talk about.

The only real problem is technical.

sometimes

(10) a long

time

for

messages to be sent (11) o ne c om pu te r to another. However. th e

technology is getting better all (12)

time

an d it

won t

be

(13) before th e problems

ar e

sorted

out.

When (14) _

happ

en

s. the whole

wor

ld can play with each other


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The

glo l

teen ger

Fe practice Part

e Complete the second sentence so that it has a similar meaning to the first sentence, using the

word given. Do no t change th e word given. ou must use between two and fiv words. including

the word given.

I Companies have a greater awareness of yo

uth

cu lture than they used to . (aware)

Companies are yout

h

culture

than

th

ey used to be.

2 The language

y ou l ea rn

in

th e

classroom is differen t from t

he

English on the In ter net. (same)

The English

on

th e In ternet is the language you learn

in

th e

classroom.

3 How

many

lan guages do

yo u

k

now?

(can)

How many languages ?

4 She s no t very interested in sport . (kee n)

She sport.

5 Harry keeps creeping d

ow

nstairs at nigh t. (always)

Harry downstairs at n ight.

6

Greenpeace

wants

to

be certa in tha t there is a fut

ure

for all of us. (

make

Greenpeace wants a future for all of us.

7 I am writing with rega rd to yo

ur

advertisement in

th

e newspap er. (conne ction)

I

am wr

iting your a

dv e

rtisement in t

he

newspaper.

8

Wh

y do

n

t you do some work and stop watching t

he

TV all

th e

time? (ins tea d)

Wh y don t yo u do some wo rk th e TV all th e time?

Vocabulary

o Complete these sentences using words in the box.

around off on up

I Bonni e and Clyde were fam ou s for holding banks.

2 What do

yo u

want to be when you grow ?

3 Carry working unt il I tell you to stop

4 He used to hang

with

people

wh o

took

dr u

gs.

5 I d

on

t

think

t

ha t th

at

kind

of music will ever catch _

6 Can you

hold

for a

minut

e?

I m

alm ost ready.

7

Sh e

missed two weeks of school an d had

to

catch by doing

extra

homework.

8 I didn t think th at roller-blading

would

catch _


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h glo l teen ger

C sameconnectioncommon

o Choose th e correct answer B C

or

D to complete these sentences

I He his bag and ran out of th e house

A caught B grabbed C held D held up

2 I think that I have a lot in with you

D similar

3 In many countries

there

is a towards getting married later in life

A fashi

on

B popularity C preference 0

trend

4 Many people believe that we need to do

more

to protect the _

A ecology B environment C globa l D nature

5 Scientists h av e f ou nd a lot of of increasing global

warm

ing

A evidence B fact C prove 0 solutions

6 The baby across the room to its mother

A carried B cr

aw

led C crept 0 lied

7 They their children as strict Catholics

A brought up B grew C

grew

up D rose

8 I don t

have

any of office

work

A practice B tra ining C experienc e D taste

8 Match th e

words

in list A with

th e

words in list Complete

th e

sentences below with

th e

pairs

of words

that

you have made

_ _ _ _ _ _ to find exactly what you

ar e

looking for

A B

I magnifying

countries

2

developing

culture

3 yo

uth en g

ine

4

hum

an plant s

5 medicinal glass

6

random rights

7 search select ion

I You

need

a very good

on the

Internet

2

Pop music is t

he

mos t significant part of

3 Rainforests ar e particularly im portant becau se of th e the y

contain

4 Some companies are n

ow

showing a

mu

ch grea te r awareness of

_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _

and working co nditions

5 The population increase in some can be a problem

6 This writ ing is so sm all you need a to read it

7 This i s just a of t

he

letters we have received

9


11/106

eading

Fe

practice

Part

o Read thi s magazine article about science fiction and scientific reality and choose the most

suitable heading from the list A F for each part 1-5 of the ar ticle. T he re is one extra heading

which you do

not

need to use.

A

Accurate predictions

Failed projects

B

But what of th e fut ure

E

New developm

en

ts

C

hanging attitudes

F Think twice

1

If w e go back in t ime over a hundred years

ago the fantasies of science-fiction writers

like Jules Verne were laughed at.

Now

we

take

their

predictions a lo t more seriously.

Feature

films and TV series not only

entertain the public they also inspire serious

novelists.

2

The exploration

of

outer space

or

astronauts

landing

on th e

moon

is already old

history

.

Spaceships circle the earth and other

missions have gone

to

Mars. Robots are no

longer

a new phenomenon and the arrival of

replicants - genetically engineered humans

is

almost

with us. Whether these

developments represent our best hope

of

a

br ight

future

or a

terrifying nightmare

is a

matter

of

opinion. What they all have in

common is the fact that

they

first appeared

on the cinema screen .

f t ion

3

Does all this mean that th e planet

will

soon

be under threat from an evil empire of

deadly aliens or

that

robots will want to

destroy

their

masters?

Most

scientists think

not. But even

if we h av en t yet matched the

dreams

of

some science fiction writers

progress is fast and we can expect to see a

incredible

number

of exciting new th ings in

th e next 20 years.

4

Remember the transporter machine in Star

Trek

Scientists at Stanford University in

California have succeeded in transporting a

small object to the other si de of town Wha

they

actually made was a three-dimensiona

copy but it is st il l a g re at achi eve me nt. We

often

thin

k

that

time travel as in the

film

Back to the Futureis just a fantasy. Howeve

this could be a reality in the not too distan

future.


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isions

o

th utur

ocabulary

o Find words in th e text on pages 16 and 17 of th e Student s Book that mean th e following.

Th e

paragraph is given to help you.

I arrived at paragraph A)

2 an available amount of

something

paragraph A)

3 a set of

programmes

which

have

th e s ame title paragraph B)

4 a

group

of people wh o wo rk on a ship, aircraft

or spacecraft para graph B)

5 very bad by natur e pa ragraph

C)

6 able to kill paragraph

C)

7 tried to

persuade

paragraph D)

8 damage something so th at it is rui ned paragraph D)

3 Star Wars has be en see n by pe ople all

_ the world.

4 The ma in character falls _

love wit h a replicant .

5 He dreams becoming an

astro na ut wh en h e is o lder.

around of back in

Captain Kirk was command

of th e starsh ip Enterprise

2 In many films people travel _

in tim e .

8

Complete these

sentences using words in

th e box.

when

you re

next

at th e

cinema

t r Wars pisode 9

or

t r rek

enjoy

th e

latest battle

between the

evil

k knight a nd th e f ar m b oy her o. Enjoy th e

against time to s av e t he crew of th e

spaceship. But remember: life

itates art

as

much as ar t imitates life.


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Visions of

the

future

r mm r

2

s, [

3

4

[

never/still

5

How lon g go

/bef

ore

6

7

ever/never

8

ever/still

o Complete each sentence using th e correct form past simple or present perfect simple) of the

verb in brackets. Then choose

th e

mo st suitable time expression.

I you/ see)

th e

new

Star Wars

film

still/yet?

_ _ _ _ _ _ _ se e) it a couple of days go

/before.

_ _ _

read) books like that before

/ever

an d I find them rea lly scary.

_ _ _

not/finish) reading it, bu t I ve on ly got a few pages left.

_ you/visit) th e Cape Canaveral space centre?

_ _

not/be)

there ever/yet

- I m going next week.

_ _ _ _ _ like) science fiction films un ti l last year.

not/seen) a really good science fiction film .

o Look at

th e

pict ure s and choose the best tense present perfect simple o r continuous) in these

sentences.

He s sat/been sitting th ere all day.

He hasn t caught

been

catching anything yet.

She s trained/been training

for th e last te n

months

She s

already

won/been winning

four race s thi s sea son.

His team h as already scored/been scoring six goa ls.

Hes so b or ed

he

s

hoped

been

hoping

th e o th er te am will improve.

She s

just broken/been breaking

th e world record.

She s

waited/been waiting

for th is m om ent since she wa s a child.


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lthou h

pollo

Visions o th utur

o Correct th e mistakes in

these

sentences.

1 I m surprised you

didn t

do

better

in th e test because

yo u

been studying so

hard

this year.

2 We ve been s tu di ed this for t wo w ee ks an d still don t

understand

it.

3 1 d on t t hi nk have pass th e test because

didn t

w or ke d v er y h ar d.

4 have spoke to him about his

work

because

he

hasn t been making an eIIort recently.

5 Have you ever

learnt

a list of w or ds an d then found that you have been forgetting them

th e

next day?

6 He s been feeling tired all day because he has g on e ou t late last night.

7 haven t told y ou that

yo u

can start because

y ou d id n t

finish talking yet.

8 haven t been accepting your work because can see that

someone

helped you

with

it.

Use o English

Fe

practice

art

4

o Read th e

text

below and look carefully at each line. Some of

th e

lines are correct, and

some

have a word which should not be th er e. If a line is c or rec t, p ut a tick v ). If a line has a word

which should no t be there write

th e

word.

There

are

tw o

examples 0) 00) at th e beginning.

o True stories are often th e best an d the story of po o 13 is no

00 e xc ep tion . A ltho ug h th e

story of

th e unlucky

thirteenth Apollo

1 mission was made into a successful Hollywood feature film. t

2 is

th e

tale of a mission

that

it

went

horribly

wrong

a fter jus t two

3 days in th e space. The crew ha d just finished a TV broadcast

4 when

th e

pilot pressed a button for a routine exercise. There was

5 a loud explosion an d th e spacecraft has went out of control. For

6 t he n ex t six

hours

th e crew desperately tried to work ou t what

7 ha d g on e w ro ng . The y would had to work fast because they

8 knew i they ran out of oxygen and for electricity, they were

9 f inished . They also

needed

water,

no t

even for themselves,

bu t

to

10 cool th e spaceship s electronic systems. With th e h elp of th e

11 eng ine er s at NASA,

they

got

over

th e

ship back

under

control

12 an d

were

gui ded it back to e ar th .

When

th e parachutes finally

13 brought t he

module

back, nobody could to believe t ha t t he y ha d

14 really

done

it. t was a tale of incredible imagination and

15 intellig ence - a bs olutely ve ry p er fe ct for a film.

1


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Visions o th utur

o Match a word in list A with a word in list B and complete th e sentences with t he c om pound

nouns you have formed.

A

best deser t feature head

operating oxygen pen tr i c

B

friend ilm island lights

nes seller supply system

I Have

yo u

read

th e

latest by

John

Gris

ham?

2 I

write

to my by e mail.

3 yo u were stranded on a ho w wo u ld you pass the time ?

4 Microsoft Windows is a we ll

know

n _

5 Rainforests ar e very impo rtant for the of our planet.

6

Sh e ha d

a small

part

in

the n ew with

Leonardo DiCaprio.

7 The of English newspapers often us e

a special voca bu lary.

8

There

was a serious cras h because t

he

weren t

work

ing.

o

Solve th e anagrams to find eight

words connected

with

compute

rs .

nume

2 lief

3

kilcc

4

crenes

5 furs

6

onic

7 su o

8 wo o ldand


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Reading

e practice: art

o Read

the

texts and for questions 1

, choose from the texts A-D. Some of the texts may be

chosen more than once. henmore than one answer is required, these may be given in any

order. There is an example 0 at the beginning.

Which text s :

o says how

an

alien moves

1

does not desc

ribe a s

upernat

ural p

henome

non

2 is about UFOs?

3 describes so

me

thing which has happened more th an

on

ce?

4 describes some thing tha t

nob

ody believed?

5 is about a crime

6 refers to events tha t were investiga ted by

the

aut

hor

ities?

I

A River

of

flames

Each October during the full moon on the

Mekong River near Nongkai in Thailand

mysterious lights float to the surface of the

water

before

going up into the sky like

rockets The Thai name for them

is

the Nekha

Lights The nekha

is a

large fish which lives

in

the local

waters

and

is

seen on the r iver

surface

at

certain times

of

the year

Many Thai people

travel

to the area because

they

want

to see the lights which have also

been shown on local television

It

is

a

complete

mystery

why

they

appear

only

during full ~ o o ~

B A IS ing trip

In

October 1973, two

men were fishing

on the

Pascagoula River

in

Mississippi when they

heard a strange sound behind them Turning

round they saw

a

large spaceship w ith two

flashing

lights

on top Three creatures came

out and floated towards

them

They pulled

the fishermen into the spaceship

Inside one of the men was taken into a room

where

a kind of

scanner

moved

backwards

and

forwards over his body flashing brightly

Twenty minutes

later

the men

found

themselves

on

the bank

of the

river It

took

thirty years

fo r

the

men to

make

anyone

believe that

they

had told

the truth abou

t

their

experience

Sweet

dreams

etween

pril and September 1997, 13

healthy villagers

in

Camigliano Italy fell

asleep for periods

of

between

15 and

36

hours Doctors were unable

to

g

ive a

scientif

explanation

of

what

had happened and

it

was suggested

at the

time

that the

village

had

been visited

by U Os

ft er

a

long

investigation

when evidence wa

found

in

their home

Mariano

and Claudia


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he

trut

is out t r

Vocabulary

o Look at these groups of words. For each group.

wr

ite the word tha t does no t belong. There is

an example 0) at

the

beginning.

0

age nt

alie n detective in vestigator

li n

episode file location ser ies

2 talented

clever rebellious gifted

3

academy

stu

dy

team

trai ning

4 basement case cr

ime

in vestigati on

e Look at pages 24 and 25 of the Student s Book and complete these sentences with an

app ropriate form of

the word

in brackets.

1 When I was young I was

quite

a child. rebel)

2 Why are you both abo u t it? Its not import a nt. a rg ue )

3 He is

an

extreme

ly football pla yer. talent)

4 He is with Hono

urs

from Oxford University. gradua te)

5 Are

they hav

ing a , or

are

t

hey

j u st goo d friends? relation)

6

Everyone

agreed that Los Angeles was a good for the new ser ies. locate)

Rocchi

were

arrested nd

were

charged

with

poisoning the

villagers

food nd

drink. The

couple

h d

hoped

to

become rich

by

being

employed

to look fter

the

victims.

D Fast

forw rd

On

the

night

of

March 1990 both

the

Belgian police nd NATO picked up a UFO on

their

r d r

screens. Two fighter

jets were sent

to investigate. The planes followed

the object

on

their

radar but it

moved

w y

at

incredible speed.

fter

a

75 minute

chase

the

UFO disappeared

completely

.

The

event

was seen

by m ny

people. They ll

greed

th t

they h d

seen a

tri ngle of

coloured

lights

on

the bottom

of

a

huge space

ship. The Belgian

government

dmitted th t it

h d

no idea wh t it was. Research teams in

Europe have

still

found

no

logical

expl n tion

fo r wh t happened

nd m ny

people are

sure th t it was

an

alien ship.

1


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he trut is

out

t r

rammar

o C omplete this

verb

chart Be careful with

the

spel ling.

Infinitive Past tense

Past participle n form

become

convinced

kidnapped

ly n

panic

shone

stud ied

t ravel

wrot

e

Read th is

story

.

It was a day of bright sunshine and Angela and John

Hunter were skiing in the mountains of Colorado. They

had got married just the day before and had flown to

America for their honeymoon. The

sk ng con ditions were

perfect but t hey decided t o stop to admire t he view and

take some photos. They

took

off their skis and had

started taking photos when Angela suddenly notice d

another

skier dressed all in blue coming down t he

mountain towards them. He was completely out of

control.

Angela tr ied to get out of the way but could not move

fast without her skis. The next th ing she felt was a rush of

air and a sensation of the blue skier passing right through

her.

Immediately afterwards the skier disappeared from view.

Angela found she could not move. She looked around her

but John was nowhere

to

be seen. Then in the distance

t hrough

the

tree

s she saw the blue skier and called

out

to him. He called back and she felt another rush of air

pass through her body. The sky seemed suddenly black

but behind her a bright blue light lit up the forest. Come

with me he called again. I have waited six moons for

you.

Angela has never been seen again. And now 20 years

later John is still in the mountains of Colorado waiting

for the return of t he blue skie r and t he only woman he

has ever loved.


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The truth is

out

th r

H Th e sky

turn

ed black.

B Angela

and John

got

married

.

I Th e skier started

waitin

g for Ang ela.

C Angela a n d John flew to A me ri ca.

D Angel a saw a blu e skier.

E The blue sk ie r pa ssed through An gela.

F

T

hey took

so me ph otos.

G Th e skier called out

to

Angel a.

o

Afte r re ading

the

story.

put the

following events into

the order

in w hich they to ok place .

A An gel a a nd John we nt skiing . 0

o

o

o

o

o

o

o

o

o For questions 1-4 . complete the se cond se ntence so t hat it has a similar meaning to the first

se ntence.

I An gela

and

John

got

marr

ied

one

da y before

the

y

went

to

Colorado.

Angela a n d John

went

to Colorado; they th e

prev

ious da y.

2 was a

day

of bright sunsh

ine

when they went skiing.

Th e su n

when they went

skiing.

3 After taking off their skis, th ey

took some

ph otos.

Whe n they , they took some photos .

4 He had be

en

wa tching the blu e ligh t a l

on

g tim e b ef or e h e rea lized tha t Angela ha d g on e.

was o n ly a ft er wa tching

the

blue light for a long time that _

Use

o

nglish

Fe practice Part

o Complete the second

sentence

so that it has a similar meaning

to

the firs t sen t e nce. using the

word

given. Do

no t

change

the

wo rd given. You m ust use

betwee

n two and five wo rds. including

the

word

given.

I Scully did

not

often agree with Mulder. unusual)

agree

with

Mulder.

2 Mulder does not usually go

without

h is gun . like)

is

not

without hi s gun .

3 Th e b

ar

was pra ctically empty. hardly)

There the ba r.

4 Pro fessor Jones wa s looking for Mapondo . find)

Prof essor Jones wanted Mapondo.

5

She

wa s convinced that

she

would fail th e exam . sure)

She wa s going

to

fail the exam .

6 The sh ip was so far

y

that they

couldn

t see its

name.

too)

The sh ip was to see its name.

7 The cap tains had pla

nne

d

th

e accide

nt

be cause

they wanted

to

make some

mo

ney

. order)

The capta ins had plann ed th e acci d e n t

some

mo ney.


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The trut is out t r

e practice

art

e Read t his text. Use t he word in given capitals at th e end of each line t o fo rm a

word

t hat fits in

th e space in th e sa me line.

Unusual beliefs

Despite

th

e fa ct th at th is is

no

w th e 21 st cent

ur y

. an

I ) number of English people ap p

ea r

to 2) in th e paranormal. What is

th e 3) for t his?

4)

ha v

e found th e an swers

to man

y of

o ur qu estions . bu t th e mo re S) we

make

.

th e mo re we wan t to know. Th e 6 ) n eed

for 7) that we hav e ap p ea rs to be very

strong . Fo r th is reason, a belief in th e 8) _

of alien s, an d especially, th e 9) of

cont

act

with alien life for ms is 10) com m o n .

Vocabulary

INCREASE

BELIEF

EXPLAIN

SCIENCE

DISCOVER

YCHOLOGY

SECURE

EXIST

POSSIBLE

EXTREME

0

o omplete these

senten

ces using an appropriate preposition from t he box.

for from in of out to under

I You can t u se that m achine - its order.

2 Its madness in there - nobod y is con tr ol of th e situation .

3 Ou r sea rch gold wa s completely unsu ccessful.

4 Ill pa y yo u good mon ey return your help .

S He had no idea wh a t to say an swer th e qu estion.

6 I hat e th at film - I

think

its a load rubbish.

7 They set sail England and arrived in Ame rica four weeks later.

8 Inter Milan was th e stronger team th e st art of th e match.

9 Ever y th in g is control -

ther

e s

nothing

to

worry

about.

10 Th ey had no chance when the y c am e attack th e m issiles.


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The trut is out t r

o Match th e words in list A with th e wo rds in list B

to

make compound nouns.

Ignore list C for now.

A B

health and safe ty check

language

murder

control

panel

pa ssport inspection

team

radio investigat ion up

security sign

star

signal

Complete the sentences 1

using on e of th e expressions you have made .

What s your

?

Mine s Aquarius .

2 After th e discovery of

th e

body th e police started a _

3 Youll

have

to

s ho w y ou r

visa at _

4 The factory was closed

when

it failed

th e

_

5 It is a ve ry weak but it is just possible to hear th e BBC World

Service.

6 Following th e lat e st bo mb at the airport th ere w ill be an extra _

for a ll passengers.

o

No w match an appropriate word in list B with

th e words

in list C

to

make compound nouns.

Complete th e sen te nc es 7 10 w ith on e of th e expressions you have made.

7 T he United Nations will visit th e nuclear site tomorrow.

8 I m not

feeling v er y well at

th e moment

- 1

must

go to

th e

d oc to r for a

9 It s

important that

we

keep

abso

lute

ly silent - we ll

have

to use _

IO The o n th e car was so com plicate d tha t h e d

idn t

u nd

er

stand how to

start

th e

engine.


23/106

eading

Fe practice Part

o

Read this magazine article about the problems of global warming Four paragraphs have been

removed from

the text

Choose from

the

paragraphs A E

the

one which best fits each gap 1 4

There is one extra paragraph which you do

no t

need to use

Even optimistic people cannot hide from the

fact that the

planet

is warming up. One

of

the

signs of this greenhouse effect is an increase

in the number of natural disasters: hurricanes

an d

tornadoes, snowstorms

an d

extremely

heavy rain, and, everywhere yo u go, record

temperatures. The cost

of

such disasters,

both

economically an d in terms of human

lives, is already enormous.

Disagreements o f this kind cannot be

avoided. We simply do no t understand

enough

about

ou r climate to predict

accurately

what

will happen next.

Bu t

if

countries cannot agree, we

ma y

be foolish

enough to miss the opportuni ty to do

something about it now. The

gods o f

nature

ma y

no t

be happy to wait fo r us to make a

decision.

Nowadays, we

should

all know

what

this

means. We should all be aware of the

benefits

of recycling.

void

wasting natural

resources. If driving isn t totally necessary,

don t

take the car. It s the lit tle things that

matter. When yo u learn that six

pe r

cent of

the pollution in Los Angeles is caused

by

cigarettes

an d

barbecue smoke,

y ou m ay

decide to change your habits.

3

There may also be positive side-effects to a

lowering of temperatures. High temperatures

change the way we behave. When the

temperature rises, the FBI expect more

cases of murder

an d

other crimes than in

cooler months. One boiling month in Ne w

York, the number

of

murders

went

up

75 per

cent. It appears

that

the

cooler

we are, the

calmer we are.

4

Whichever way we look at it, it is clear that

we cannot

si t back an d

do nothing. Even if

the future of ou r planet is

no t

at risk, it is

important

that we all

play a

part.

We

may

no t

understand all

of

what is taking place,

but

we

know enough


24/106


25/106

unny d ys

r mm r

o Cho os e the m

ost

appropriate answer A

or

B to answer

these qu e

stions.

I Would

yo u

like to come to my party on Saturday?

A I m afraid I m going to visit my grandparents this weekend .

B I m afraid [ will visit my grandparents this weekend .

2 What do you

think t he weather

will be like at

the weekend?

A I th

in k

it s probably raining .

B I think it ll probably rain .

3 How is

th e

baby?

A I

think s he

s falling asleep soon .

B It [oaks as though she s going to fall asleep soon .

4 Have yo u decided

what

present to get for your brother?

A es I ll get him a pa ir of bin oculars.

B

es

I m going to get

him

a pair of binoculars.

5 Do yo u want to go to the cinema tonight?

A Sorry, I ca n t. I m having dinner w it h S ue .

B

Sorry

, I

can t

I ll have

dinner

with Sue.

6 Did you see w ha t t ha t player did?

A Yes, th e refe ree will give him a red card.

B Yes, the refe ree is going to give him a red card.

o Complete th is te

xt

using th e words in th e box.

are dont going see tak

ing

to w

wont

We have decided that we ar e (1) to Tenerife for our holidays this winter. My

holidays (2) start until tw o days before Christmas and th e last fligh t is on the

same day, so we (3) have to leave work a little early. We (4) going to

stay in a little hotel in a small village, so there (5) be too

many

other tourists. I m

going (6) take a pile of books because Andrew is (7) a windsurfing

course while we re there - f do n t think I ll (8) mu ch of him It shou ld be th e

perfect holiday.

o

Complete this dialogue by choosing t he be st form of th e future for each sentence.

A I ve just h ad s om e amazing news. I won a competi tion in

th e

newspaper and I (1) will go m

going togo

to Chile for tw o weeks in November.

B It s more than amazing I (2)

m oin wil go

to Chile then for a conference

A When

exac

tly (3)

does wil

th e conference start?

B On the ten th of November, but we (4)

re le ving will le ve

a week before that. T

here s

a c

he a

p

fligh t,

appare

ntly. We

booked

it a few

we e

ks ago .

A Well, it says here t

ha t

my flight (5)

le ves isgoing to le ve on the

fifth .

B Brilliant I (6) m definitely beingwilldefinitely be there at t he s am e time as yo u .

A Do you th ink yo u (7) re will beable to tak e s om e time off to spend with me ?

B Yes, I thi

nk

t

he y

(8)

re giving wil give

us a few days off for sig

htsee

ing.


26/106

unny d ys

Use

nglish

Fe practice

Part

o Read the text below and look carefu at each line. Some of t he lines are co rrect and som e

have a word which should not be the re . If a line is co rrect put a t ick

.f .

If a

ne has a wo rd

which sho uld not be there. write the word .

Strange

weather

1 Alt ho ug h people re ve ry wo rried bout the e rth s clim te

2 t

hese

days

hum

an s hav e

lw

a ys b ee n had p roblem s with the

3 we a the r. In th e win te r of 14 35 in Britain it was so too cold

th

at

4

the

River Tha mes froze

nd

in Sco tland all t

he

w

ine

was

ruined

5 beca use t

h t

froze to o . Th ere were sim ilar

to cond

itions in 1684

6

when m ny

people

were

died b eca us e of

the

cold.

7 At t he ot

her

end of

the

scale records will

show

th t in 194 3 in

8

outh

Dakota the temper ture rose by 27 C in just tw o

9 minutes . Six years much late r in Coimbra Portugal th e

_ _ _ _ _ _ 10 temper t

ure

ro se by n in credible 32 C. This also ha s

I I

lasted

ju

st two

minut

es b

ut

in t

h t time

several of farm

nim l

s

_

_ 12 we re killed a nd the Mo ndego River wa s said

to

h ve d ried up in

_

13 several places. At its

hott

est the te

mper t

ure

was 70

C.


27/106

unny

d ys

Fe practice

Part

e

Read

th e

te

xt

below and decide which answer A B.C

or

D

best

fits each space. There is an

example (0) at th e beginning.

El Nino

El Nifio is a

weat

he r

phe

nomenon

of

th e

Pacific Ocea n wh ich is

O ~

by an a

bnormal

( I l

of w at er o n the s

ur

face of

th

e ocean . It has the (2)

to influen ce global wea the r

patterns as

t

br ings

dr o

ug ht to

some

contine nts an d (3)

r

ai n

to

oth

ers.

It

was first (4) by fish

er m

en in Span ish ports in the Pacific in the 17th century.

It

got its

name (Span ish for boy ch ild ) becau se it usually takes (5) nea r Christmas time. t can

cause catastro phic (6)

. The 1982 El Nifio resulted in 1,500 deaths,

bu t

it can be a lot

worse tha n th at. Sea an ima ls, (7 ) fish an d birds, also die in large numbers. t is (8)

that sailo rs in th e Pacific can smell the dead sea -life during El Nifio.

0

A happened

B caused C origin D done

A increase B extra

C he ate r D

warm

2

A proficiency

B power C practice

D perfor mance

3

A wet

B s

howe

r C plent y D heavy

4

A sa w B noticed

C caught D tim e

5

A away

B care C par t

D place

6

A damage

B difficulty C

hur

t D problem

7

A

contain ing B ho lding

C including D involving

8

A said B felt

C told D mistaken

Vocabulary

o Match the sentences in list A with th e co rrect responses in list B

to

make complete dialogues.

A

1 Didn t time pass quickly at school today?

2 A packet of Marlboro Lights, please.

3 I ve heard that the tra ffic is very heavy on the

motorway.

4

t

looks like it s going to ra in for the barbecue.

5 Why did yo u stop do ing th e ch arity work?

6

Where s

Ralph? We re late

B

I m sorry, we ve

ru n

ou t.

I t

hought

it went by slowly.

t

took

up too much of

my

time.

Sha ll we

pu t

it off?

He hasn t got up yet.

Yes? Well, le t s set off later,

then


28/106

unny d ys

o Match the prepositions in bo x A with t he words or

phrases

in bo x B.

One

ph rase

does

not ne ed

a p

reposition For

this

phrase

pu t - .

A

at in on

Christmas

rid y lunch-time

the first day of spring

t he year I was born

Christmas Day

my birthday

the 19th century

this evening

Febru ary

night

the s ta rt of the week

Tuesday morning

29 February

the autumn

the weekend

two weeks

o

Complete these

sentences

us ing

one

of the expressions in the box.

a goo d time a short time in good time the time the wo rst time time times yo ur time

I I th

ink has come when

we s

hould

do someth ing

about these

problems.

2 In

anc

ien t people prayed

the go ds for goo d w eather.

3 Summer is of th e year

visit ma ny cities beca use of the po llution.

4 The rain is

only

going

to

last

and then

we can go

out

5 There s no hurry you can take _

6 We d better make

sure

we a rr iv e if we want to get a good seat.

7 We had last ni ght a n d we ju st wanted

say th an k yo u.

27


29/106

e ding

e

practice: Part

o Read the article and for questions

1 6

choose the correct answer A

B

C or D

eo r

bout 90

years ago the American naturalist

and fur

trader Clarence Birdseye observed

Indians fishing in sub-zero temperatures. He

noticed

that

the frozen fish were fresh enough

to eat

many days later when they were thawed.

t was in this way that a whole new industry

began which many

of

us

would now find

hard

to live without. He could never have imagined

that

the

next

stage in the scienceand industry

he started would be the freezing no t

of

food

bu t of

human beings.

t

minus 130

l ife comes

to a

complete stop

and a l iving cell can be stored and preserved fo r

a thousandyears. Thisnew science

of

deep

freezing or cryogenics as it is called is

already turning into big business People are

queuing up to have their bodies frozen after

death in the hope that future generations

will

have developed the technology

to bring

them

back

to

life.

When

a

person ispronounced dead the

blood

circulation isrestarted artificially and the body

is gradually cooled in liquid nitrogen taking

the temperature down as

low

asminus 200

TheAlcor Foundation in Arizona has been

carrying

out

research

fo r

over

20

years and the

techniques they have developed have

now

become routine.

However suggestions in some newspaper

articles

that

cryogenics already provides the

secret

of

eternal life are misleading. The main

problem with cryogenic preservation is

that

when cells are frozen water turns

to

ice and

this forms crystalswhich can damage the

cells

Even i f the brain can be preserved

at

the

moment

it

is impossible

to

keep the body in

good

condition.

In spite

of

these problems people are prepared

to

pay up

to

120 000

to

be

put

into cold

storage in Alcor laboratories. New

developments in the science

of

cloning mean

that

it

may soon be possible to make identical

copies

of

cells that have been damaged by ice.

lf

this happens the high cost

of

cryogenic

storage may seemworth it.

Of

course there has been some debate

about

the ethics of cryogenics but generally there is

less

anxiety

about

this than there is

about

cloning. t has

not

provoked the samesort

of

reaction asDolly the sheep and there have

been few suggestions

that

the processshould

be banned. Cryogenics looks like it

will

remain

a

cool science


30/106

h

s r ts of s i n

1 How did Clarence Birdseye get

th e

idea to fre eze food?

A He watched Ind ians fishing in cold

temperatures

B He noticed that

th e

fish

were

fresher in cold w ater.

C He saw that the fish could still be eaten several da ys later.

D He knew

that

we wouldn t be able to live withou t frozen food .

2

Wh y

has cryogenics

become

so

popular?

A Because it is big bu s

in e

ss.

B Beca

us e

pe op le can live for a tho usand years.

C Becau se futur e gen e ra tio ns will n eed it.

D Because

peop

le wa nt to return to life late r.

3 Wh

en

a re bod ies frozen?

A Just before they d ie.

B When the Alcor Foundation ha s

done

its research .

C

W he n th e

temperature is m

inus 20 0

0

C.

D After

they

die .

4

Why

ma y

peop

le

need

new bod ies?

A Because

th e

newspapers

ar e

wr ong.

B Beca us e the cells

ar e

fro zen

C Because th e bra in is no t in good condition .

D Becau se ice cry stals destroy

th e

cells.

5 Wh at doe s

t s

paragraph 5, line 7 ) refer to ?

A Th e h igh cost of cry ogenic storage.

B Progress in clo n ing tech n iques.

C Payi ng a lot for cold storage.

D Ice damaging cells.

ocabulary

o Look at pages 42 and 43 of

th e

Student s Book and

complete

these sentences using a word from

box A and a preposition from box B.

A

research

debate

m n g

identical

threaten

choose

B

to into

over with

1 Tom was his tw in brother. You cou ldn t tell them

apart

.

2 [ won t eat my din ne r - I feel sick.

3 There ha s been a lot of specific clo ning techniques .

4 The th e e

th

ics of cloning is still a s eri ous issue.

5 He told her to give hi m

th e

m oney and h er a large knife.

6 Would yo u h av e a bab y bo y or a bab y girl?

2


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The secrets

science

rammar

o Match th e

sentence

beginnings in list A with th e

correct

end ings in list B.

A B

1 We ll be

study

ing for our

exams

2 We ll be t

hinking

of you

3 We ll be wa iting for you

4 We ll hav e alrea dy left

5 We ll have forgo

tten all about it

6 We ll soo n have be

en

toget

her

two years

7 We wo n t have done our h

omewor

k

8 We won t be living here

because

we re

going ou t tonight .

for

mu c

h longer.

you arrive that lat e .

in the last weeks of the term.

ou tside th e cinema.

so we shou ld have a part y.

unless so

meo

ne reminds us.

when you have th e operation .

Depart London Heathrow

Arrive Bilbao

Pick up hire car, drive to

Santander

(approximately) Arrive

Santander

Sales meeting

Drinks with local

representatives

Dinner with

managing

director

1 .00

15.00

18.00

13.30

onday

06.30

09 .30

He (4) (see)

th e

local represe

nt a

tives for drinks at six o clock. Perhaps you

cou ld see

him just

before that.

A Six o clock? I m afra id I have to take my daughter to English classes an d

sh e

(5) not/finish) by t

he n

. (6)

he /

finish) with

th e

local

representat ives by half eight?

B He (7) (have) dinner with the MD at n ine o clock. so I shou ldn t think

he ll have eno ug h time.

A Oh dear (8) (he/come) back to Spain in the next few weeks?

A I m afraid I ( I )

:-:- _

(work) at th e factory all day on Tuesday.

Wha t

ab o

ut Monday morning?

B He (2) (travel) all

Monday morn ing.

A Perhaps

after lunch,

t

hen?

B Well, he (3) (arrive)

by then,

bu t

I imagine he l l be very tired.

A Oh dear.

B

e

Look at

th e

itin

erary

for a business trip

and complete th e conve rsation using

th e

correct form (future perfect simple or

futu re continuous) of

th e

verb in brackets.

A Good morning. I d like to make an

appointmen t with Mr Reid d

ur

ing his trip

to Spain, please.

B Certa inly. How

ab o

ut Tuesday morning of

next week?


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The secrets

science

Complete the

se sentences using

the

co rrect form futu re continuous, future perfect simple o r

future perfect continuous of the verb in brackets.

1 Within five years, scientists think they made significant advances in the

science of cryogenics.

2 In 2015, some

bodies wait

over

20 years to be

brought

back to life.

3 It is pro

bab

le that

more

and

more

st

udents

take courses in cryogenics .

4 By

the

end of next year, Dr Singh work on

the

project non-stop for 15

years.

5 He hopes that by then he find a way to stop ice crystals destroying cells.

6 After that. he spend mor e time with his family.

7

When

he gets old, he notput his

own

body in cold storage.

8 He says

that

by

the time

he is 80 he live long

enough

.

..

/ ..

Use

English

Fe practice Part

o Read the text below and decide

which

answer A

B, C

or

D

best

fits each space.

Virtual reality

Most of us

have

1 of v

inua

l rea lity or VR because of compu ter games, and you

may

have

seen

films like

h

trix

which 2

their

plot

on

YR. But fewer people

are

3 of

how

VR 4 our lives in more serious ways.

One

of

the commonest

5

of VR is in medicine. Scientists have 6 to build VR machines which can 7 to

train

doctors in surgical techniques,

but

VR is also used in

the operating theatre

itself.

For

ch ildren who are 8 ill in hospital, there is now a VR game network that links seven

hos pita ls. The chi ldren have a lot of f

un but

, 9 from th a t, research has 10 that

the system helps to reduce th eir pa in and lon elin ess. We can expect VR to become more an d

more a

pan

of

our

lives.

I A though t B heard C f

ound

D information

2 A inspire B follow

C base D stand

3

A taught B k

now

ing C awa re D sensible

4

A regards B effec ts C connects D affects

5

A ways B sigh ts

C uses D works

6

A managed B succeeded C wanted D got

7

A help

Bass

ist

Cbe D try

8

A ha rdly B completely C seriously D tota lly

9

A also B apart C besides

D beside

IQ

A done B made C see n D s

how

n


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he secrets of science

o Complete these sentences using

t

on in o r to

I The train got the station tw o hours late

2 You have 10 get off Time s Squa re an d change o nt o a no ther lin e

3 I oft

en

fall asleep

th e

tr ain

4 Let s m ee t th e cin em a : I ll see you outside th e main door

5 wa s so dark th e cinema that I couldn t find my frien ds

6 There was so me chewing

gu m

my seat

7 We ll be arriving London late on Sunda y night

8 Well hav e 10 get a taxi th e hotel

9 My hotel ro

om

was

th e

fifte

enth

floor

o Match th e words in list A w ith the words in list B Then

complete

th e sentences with t he

ph r

ases you have formed

A B

quit e age

2 OrT lT On attention

3

eterna l copy

4

ex ct

deg ree

5

fre e life

6

first class sight

7

media

soo n

8

old time

I I do n t

have

a lot of at t

he moment

because I

have

so

mu

ch work

2 I would like to live near the sea when I reach _

3 People

h av e b ee n

try ing

10

discov

er

t

he

secret of for centuries

4 Police officers

w ith g un s ar e

still

no t

a

on the

streets of L on do n

5 Scientists

ca n

now make an of human cells in th e

laborator

y

6 Sh e got a in philosophy from

th e

Un iversity of Oxford

7 The new political

party

at tracted a lot of when a famou s film sta r

joined

8 We haven t fin is

hed

it yet bu t we hope 10 do so _


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Reading

e practice art

o

Read this magazine article

about

ways of looking good and choose

the most

suitable heading

from the list A G for each part 5 of the art icle There are two extra headings which you do

no t need to use

A An English rose E Which tattoo

B Beauty and

the

beach

F

Supporting evidence

C

Black and white G Think twice

Facing

th e

facts

mprove

your

ppe r n e

nd yourselfh rm

For

those

of

us

who

lead busy

lives it s very

tempting

to

take a short

cut to

looking

good

Why bother

to

keep

t

and havea

balanced

diet

when you can

look

good the easy way? But

before you

decide that

looking

after yourself is

all

too much effort

think again.

There s nothing like

a

suntan to

make

you feel

good

. Spend

all

day

doing nothing on

a beautiful

beach and

you ll look

better at the end

of

it

light

tan

will

make

you

look

younger

and

healthier but there is increasing evidence that

sunbathing and

using sunbeds

are

directly linked

to

skin

cancer.

the long term it

also ages

the

skin.

If you want a tan you may

do

better

getting

it out

of

a

bottle

.

3

If you want

to change

the

colour of your

hair

why not just

do it?A quick visit to

the

hairdresse

can make you

sunnier

more

attractive

and

improve your

self-image a great

deal.

The

problem is how long it

will

lastWhen the dark

roots

start

to

show

again

it s back

to

the

salon.

One visit

too

many and you can seriously

damage

your hair

. In the end there is a danger

that it

will

even fall

out


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37/106

ookin

good

feeling good

rammar

o The follow ing sentences each contain on e word that should no t be there . C ro ss it ou t.

I

you take physical exercise,

yo u

sho ul d to

warm

up first.

2 yo u will want to i mp ro ve

your

appearance, a brisk

walk

in th e fresh air will c er ta in ly h el p.

3

t

is po ssible

that

you will

have

skin problems

i

yo u

will cut

down

on

your

sleep.

4 Unless yo u a re no t careful. you will hurt yourself.

5 You may en d up sleepless at night unless yo u

don t

get enough exercise during th e day.

6 You should will injure yo

ur

feet and knees if you do n t exercise on soft ground .

7 You will be able to burn up a lot of fat i you w on t ru n regularly.

8 You won t get fat

y ou m ay be eat c ho co la te in moderation.

e Complete

th e

second sentence so that it has a similar meaning

to

th e first sentence. using an

appropriate form of th e verb s) given.

I Because yo u live in th e city, your body is exposed to a lot of p ollution .

Your

body

be) e xpos ed to a lot less pollutio n if

yo u

_ _ _ _ move) to th e country.

2 You re always hungry because you

don t

ea t proper meals.

You be) less hungry if you eat) proper meals.

3 You

r e

stressed

ou t

b ec au se you t ak e your job too seriously.

you relax) a bit more at work , you not/be) so

stressed.

4 You

do n

t exercise

enough

so you

do n

t

have

good blood circulation.

you exercise) more often ,

yo u

have) better

blood circulation.

5 You go to bed so late

that

you re always tired .

You

not/be)

so tired

i yo u

go) to

be d

earlier.

6 You look fat because your jeans

ar e

too tight.

You look)

better your

jeans be) larger.

7 You won t get fit u nl ess yo u go to th e gym regularly.

yo u

go) to th e

gy m

more regularly,

yo u

be)

able to sta rt g et ti ng fit.

8 You skin doesn t look healthy b eca us e you s mo ke t oo much.

Your skin look) better

you smoke) less.


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Looking goo

feeling

goo

e In th e following sentences choose the tense in th e first clause th at is most appropriate fo r you.

Then

complete th e

sentences.

f the we a ther is were warm to mor row. 1 _

2 f

my

fam ily

h ve

h d to move to another city. [ _

3 f someone

sks sked

me to m ar ry the m

later today

. 1 _

4

1

ever

decidedecided

to live in an English -speaking country. 1 _

5 1 h ve

h d

th e cha nce to meet someone rea lly famous. 1 _

6 1 c n could speak perfect English by thi s time n ext year. 1 _

Use of English

FeE

practice

Part

o Read this te

xt

and look carefully at each line. S om e of th e lines are

correct

and s ome have a

word

which should

no t

be

there

.

If

a line is c or re ct

pu t

a t ick

of .

If a line has a word which

should

no t

be

there wr

ite

th e

word.

Do suntans look good

1 Most

peop

le

seem

to believe tha t

ha v

ing a

suntan makes

you

2

to

look better. but thi s h as

no t

always be

en

tru e . Less th an a

3 hu nd r ed yea rs ago. rich fashi onabl e wo me n did everything the y

4 could be to stop t

heir

skin going

brown.

A woman s place then

5 was in th e h om e a nd s om e b ro w n skin was a sign of someone

6

who

had

to

work

at

outside

an d could not avoid

th e sun.

Th is

7 re mained

true

fro m the tim e of classical Gre ece a nd Ro m e up to

8 th e be gi nn in g of th e

20th

century.

t

wa s onl y in th e 1920s

9 wh

en

a gro up of fashionable Ame rican writers have started

_

10 spending on th e winter in the south of France th a t the fashion

c ha ng ed . By th is time. th e world ha d changed too . Most of

_ 12

working

people wo rke d in fac tories no t o n farms. so having

_ _ 13 da rk skin

it

wa s n o lon ger a sign of be ing poor. A good su

nta

n

_ 14 showe d that

yo u

didn t n

ee d

to go to th e work. Now fashions

15 ar e chang ing on ce aga in. Alt ho ug h holidays o n a su nn y beach

_ 16

ar e

no t as e xp en si ve as they use d to be

and

doctors could warn

17 us of

the connection

between sunbath ing and ski n cancer.


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Looking

goo

feeling

goo

e practice: Part 5

e Read this text . Use the wo rd given in capitals at the end of each line to for m a wo rd that fits the

space in

the

sam e line.

The importance of beards for men and women )

For

man

y ad olesc

ent

boys .

the

I) to

grow

a beard is an

important moment

in

their

lives .

t change

s

their

2) _

dramaticall y, but more 3) , it shows they have become men.

A

beard

, of

cour

se, is

something that

women

,

with

few 4) _

cannot have. One

such

woman, St Wilgefortis, wa s 5) _

to discover

that

she had 6) a bea rd, a nd

that

God h ad

answered her 7)

to

be delivered fro m m en.

Even t

houg

h a be

ard

ca n be 8 ) , it is a ba dge of status .

In Ancie n t Egypt ,

import

ant peo ple, 9) women, tied m et al

beards to the ir chins . A be ard can suggest a man h as b

oth

10) _

a nd power.

t

is not 11) that ado lescent boys wa it so

12) for the first hairs

to

start gro wing o n their face

or fee l

such

13)

the

first

time

t

hey

s

tand

in front of

the mirror, abou t

to

beg in their first 14 )

shave

,

Vocabulary 2

ABLE

APPEAR

IMPORTANT

EXCEPT

DELIGHT

GROW

PRAY

COMFORT

INCLUDE

KNOW

SURPRISE

ANXIOUS

S TIS Y

PAIN

o Comp

lete t hes e se ntences using an ap

pr

opriate form of one of

the

ve rbs in t he box.

burn come cut drink end keep sum warm

I Cou ld

you

up ple ase - th e bar is closing in five m inutes.

2 Hes work ing rea lly ha rd at th e m om ent but I d on t know h ow lon g he can it u p.

3

you

can up w ith a be tter idea , let s do th at; if not , le t s follow

my

pla n .

4 yo

u

re

not

careful, youll up making yourself

il l

5 up p ro pe rl y be fo re do ing hard physical exercise is very important .

6 You could up his approach to life in one phrase : ev erything in moderat ion .

7 That car up an incredible amount of petrol - is there something wrong with it?

8 Until children learn to use a knif e a nd fork, th ey h av e to hav e their food up by

th eir par

en t

s.


40/106

Looking goo , f l ing goo

e

omplete

these sentences using an appropri

ate

form of

one

of

the

verbs in

the

box.

I

do l go get keep lose make put take

I

Many people 1) guilty about their lifesty le and this can be made worse by family or

friends 2 pressure on

them

to 3 weight or to 4 more

exercise. With

the

best of

intentions they enrol

at

the

local gym

and

immediately

5 themselves an injury. Often

they

would 6

better

simply by eating

less or

7

for a gent le stroll on a regular basis. Simpler still, t

hey

should

8 sure tha t they regularly 9 a good night s sleep. The art of

10

fit is

not

just

about pumping

iron at

the

gym .

e Look in the wo rd square and nd:

seven things you can ea t

eight adjectives to describe food

P PET Z E R

K Y P A 0 S WEE T

E

E

P

L IT

A

STY

3

C E E

N G X R

IOU S T

E D S E Z T S

f . l 1 : ~ ~ a

.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.: ,

-,

:.:.:.:.} } q I f 1 :

: ; ;

: ; : : :

~ f ~ .

ri

f f i r

F R

E 0 S K D E

DEL

o P U D D

S R Y L L U H D

A W K N K S V E S S

A E E S B A L U N G

o Q N EMU S C L E

D

ET

LEO A C J


41/106

eading

e practice Part

o

Read this

story

about a strange experience. Five sentences have been removed from the text .

hoose from the sentences A-F the one wh ich b est fits each gap 1-5. There is one extra

sentence which you do

no t

need

to

use .

A He

showed

McW hale a bu sh w he re h e co u ld hid e a nd tol d him to

wai

t unt il he returned.

B He was part icularly int e re st ed in circus anima ls.

C

However

he

knew

tha t

th i

s m ight be his on ly o

pportu

nity to go on safari.

D The next

day

he gave his p resen ta ti on to the confe rence.

E To

cheer him

self up h e took a little bottle o f w hisky

ou t

of h is pocket

an

d began to dr ink .

F To ge t a b ette r lo ok he stu ck hi s h ead out of

the

bus h an d had the biggest sur pr ise of his life.

r ss

kill

octor

McWhale was a famou s

zoologist from Canada who specialize

in

the

psychological problems of

animals that

were

kept in locked cage

I Within the circus world he

had become quite famous for solving

the problems

that

many of these

animals faced. However despite

McWhale s understanding of animal

behaviour he had never actually seen

any wild animals in their natural

environment.

One

day he was invited

to speak at a conference in Kampala.

Uganda. with the possibility of spendi

some time on safari afterwards. It wa

an offer he couldn t refuse .


42/106

oo story

Vocabulary

o

Find words in

the te

xt on pages 60 and 61 of

the

Student s Book

that

have a simil

ar

meaning

to

the

following.

he

first letter of each word is given to help you.

I closed

with

a

key

1 _

2 ran really quickly d _

3 clever or skilful actions tha t are don e to enterta in people t _

4 the opposite of accept r _

5 a person that you do not know s _

6 come nearer a _

y

the time

the

conference finished

McWhale only had a few days left before

he had to

l

y back to Montreal. For a while.

he was te mpted to enjoy himself in

Kampala chatting with colleagues strolling

round

the town

and enjoying his temporary

fame. 2 With a certain regret he

left the

city

and

se t

off fo r the game

re se rve with a Ugandan he had met at

the

conference w ho happened to be a guide.

After eight hou rs of walking through the

forest they still hadn t seen any wild

animals. In fact the only animal they had

seen was an old grey donkey which

followed them and

started

to bray so

loudly

that

no

other

animals would

come

near. The guide suggested that he went on

ahead to see w ha t he could find and

to

see

if he could get rid of the donkey. 3

Two hours later. the guide had st

ill

not

come back the sun was beginning to se t

and McWhale was beginning to get

worried. 4 Ten minutes later he

had fallen asleep. He wo ke up suddenly

whe n he heard a deep growl which seemed

to be coming from very nearby

He put on his glasses and glanced around

him to see what was making the strange

noise. He could

see

nothing. 5

50 m in front of him. was the biggest gorilla

he had ever seen. ot only that but

the

gorilla was dressed up in a clown s costume.

When he saw McW hale the gorilla began

striding towards the bush where he was

hiding McWhale frightened

ou t

of his skin

jumped out of

the

bush and ran for his life.

McWhale later learnt

that

this was the sixth

gorilla

to

be seen wearing clown clothes.

The authorities have still

not

found

the

strange individual responsible for dressing

the gorillas up in this way Psychologists are

unable to explain why this individual might

do this. McWhale will never forget

the

experience but is sure of one thing. A polar

b ea r locked in a cage is very normal

compared to some human beings.

4


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good story

r mm r

o Rewrite

th e

following sentences using th e th ird conditional.

Goldilocks

didn t

know it was

th e

bears house so she ate the porridge.

Goldilocks _

2 Hansel

an d

Gretel

didn t

know

th e

old

woman

was a witch; o

therw

ise

they

wo u

ld

have ru n

away.

Hansel an d Gretel _

3 Red Riding Hood didn t recog n ize th e wo lf becau se it was in disguise.

If th e wolf _

4 RumpelstiItskin d

idn t

take

th e

ch ild because th e pr inc ess fou nd out h is name

th e princess _

5 The house was made of bricks so th e wolf couldn t b low it down

th e

house _

6 The magic finished at midnight so Cinderella had to l ea ve

th e

ball.

th e

magic _

7 The princess cou ldn t slee p beca use the re was a pea in her bed.

If there _

8 Th e p rincess didn t kiss

th e

frog becau se it was so ugly.

If

the frog _

e

Look at th e pi ct ur e and write eight sentences

beginning T he

wolf wishes

I

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

I CW1 t

esc

ace

I don t have good lawye

Ive been se stupi .

I m hUrlClry .

I

went to

Red Ridio jl oodS

house

Red RidingHood didn t believe me.

h

judge

is pi9 .

The pori

arrested me .


44/106

goo story

8 Complete these sentences using an appropriate form of th e ve rbs in brac kets. S om e of t he

sentences refer

to

th e

present

and some refer

to

th e past.

1 weren t for my parents, 1 join) a circus

when

I was younger.

I wish I train) to become an acrobat.

2 I wouldnt feel so jealous all th e time if sh e spend) more time w it h me.

on ly

sh e not/spen

d) so

mu c

h time w ith he r fri

en

d s e ve ry

weeke

nd.

3 I wouldn t

h av e b ee n

arrested

i

I buy) a t icket.

I wish I get) on

th e

train without a ticket.

4 only I not/have) so m uc h w or k at th e moment.

I not/be) so ove rwo rke d, I wo u ld be able to re lax .

Use

o English

Fe

practice

Part

o

Read this

te xt

and th ink of

t he w or d

which

best

fits each space. Use only

on e w or d

in each

space .

Killer pets

Some pets

ca n

I) ex tr e me ly dan g e rou s. A m iddle-aged woman in Fra nce was

deligh ted 2) rece ive a Tamagotchi - a Ja panese electro nic pet - from her daughter,

3)

ha d

got

bored

w ith it. Th e girl expla ined to

her mother

4)

th e

toy

worked: W h e n

th e

Tamagotchi 5) a noise,

yo u

have to feed it or play a little

game

until the electronic pet 6) h

ap p

y aga

in :

The

woman

became

qu ite addicted

to 7) with th e toy an d took

e veryw here she w e nt. 8) da y, she was

in her car o n the busy mo to rwa y 9) goes ar o un d Paris. The Tamagotchi started

beeping so sh e got it 10) of he r pocket

an d began

to feed it. Unfortunately, sh e

11) he r eyes off the road. A car in f ro nt of he r 12) to s top suddenly

an d th e wo

man

crashed int o th e back of it. Her car 13) totally destroyed an d th e

wo ma n was ta ke n to ho spital. suffering 14) se rious injuries. Wh en her daughter

came

to visit her, he r first q uestion was 15)

th e

Tamagotchi was all right.

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A oo st y

e

practice

art

e C om pl et e t he second sentence so that it has a similar meaning to the

rs t

sentence. using the

word given. Do no t change the word given. ou must use between two and fiv words. including

t he w ord given.

I Its a pity that I have

to

work overtime

later

t hi s w ee k. w ish)

I

to

work overtime

la

te r

this

week

.

2 They telephoned for help as soon as the y h ea rd th e avalanche . on)

The y te lephoned for he lp

th e

ava lanche .

3 Th ey sa id that we ha d

to

slow do wn in a built up area . us)

They down in a b uilt-up area .

4 That was th e best t ric k I v e ever seen . better)

I trick .

5 I really regret

admitting that

I did it. only)

that I did it.

6 I think we m ay h av e ru n o ut of ice-cream in th e fridge. left)

I m

no t

sure

we in

th e

fridge .

7

Sh e

a rr iv ed so l at e

that

all th e foo d ha d gone. too)

She t

urned

for

th e

food .

8 He didn t w a nt to be recognized so h e w e nt in disguise. case)

He we n t in disguise recognized.

Vocabulary

o Complete these sentences using wor ds from t he box.

chat complaint deal look noise offer row stroll

I Come an d ha ve a at th is strange insect I v e fou nd.

2

yo u wa nt to

make

a ,

yo u

sho u l d pu t it in w ri ti ng.

3 I m going

to

ma ke yo u a n you ca

n

t re fuse: said

th e

gangster.

4 Let s go for a in th e pa rk after lu nch .

5 The children we re ma king s

uc h

a lot of th at we could

n t

h ea r the TV.

6 Theres no

need

for us to

have

a abo ut this - let s tal k ca lmly.

7 The y ha d a long

a bo ut t he peop

le the y used to

know

.

8 We decided

to

make a ,

an d

s ha re the

pr

ize

mo n

ey

between

us.

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