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Exam inform ation

The Cam bridge First C ertificate Examination in English is

made up o f five papers, each testing a diffe re nt area o f

ability in English Each paper is w o rth 20 % o f the total

mark There are five grades A, B and C are pass grades;

D and E are fail grades

Paper 1 Reading ( i hour)

The Reading paper has three parts Each pa rt tests a

d iffe re nt reading skill o r skills There are 30 questions

altogether You w rite your answers on an answer sheet

during th e exam

P a rt 1 M u ltip ie -c h o ic e q u e s tio n s

Focus: Detail, opinion, gist, attitude, deducing meaning,

te xt organisation features (exem plification, comparison,

reference), tone, purpose and main idea

Task: There are eight fo ur-op tio n m ultiple-choice

questions You have to choose th e correct op tio n (A, B,

C o r D) based on th e inform ation in the text

► Exam fo cu s p.44

P a rt 2 G a p p e d t e x t

Focus: Understanding te x t structure, cohesion and

coherence

Task: You read a te xt fro m w hich seven sentences have

been removed and placed in ju m bled order after the

text You have to decide w here they f i t in th e text There

is one extra sentence th a t you do n o t need to use

► Exam fo cu s p.148

P a rt 3 M u lt ip le m a tc h in g

Focus: Specific inform ation, detail, opinion and attitude

Task: You read 15 questions o r statements about a te xt

w hich has been divided into sections, o r several short

texts You have to decide w hich section o r te xt contains '

th e inform ation relating to each question o r statem ent

► Exam fo cu s p.24

Paper 2 Writing o h o u r 2 0 minutes)

The W riting paper is divided in to tw o parts, and you

have to com plete one task fro m each part Each answer

carries equal marks, so you should n o t spend longer on

one th an another

P a rt 1 is compulsory, and there is no choice o f

questions You have to w rite a letter o r email based on

given inform ation and prom pts It may be inform al or

sem i-form al, and you have to w rite 12 0 -1 5 0 words

The background reading texts change regularly, so you should check th e current regulations to find ou t w h a t

th e texts are For Part 2, you have to w rite 120-180

w ords ► W r itin g re fe re n ce p.206

Paper 3 Use of English ( 4 5 minutes)

There are fo u r parts in th e Use o f English paper, w ith 42 questions altogether You w rite your answers on-an answer sheet during th e exam There is always an example at th e beginning o f each task to help you

P a rt 1 M u ltip le -c h o ic e clo ze

Focus: Vocabulary Task: You read a te x t w ith 12 gaps You choose th e best

w o rd 'to fit each gaf5 fro m a choice o f fo u r options (A, B ,'

stems o f th e missing words in capitals a t th e end of the lines You have to change th e fo rm o f each w ord to fit

th e context ► Exam fo cu s p 1 10

P a rt 4 K e y w o r d t r a n s fo r m a tio n s

Focus: G ram m ar and vocabulary

Task: There are eight items You are given a sentence

and a 'key w o rd ' You have to com plete a second,

gapped sentence using th e key w ord The second

sentence has a diffe re nt gram m atical structure b u t must

have a sim ilar meaning to th e original

► Exam fo cu s p.61

Paper 4 Listening (approxim ately

4 0 m inutes)

There are fo u r parts in th e Listening paper, w ith a to ta l

o f 3.0 questions You w rite your answers on th e question

paper and th en you have five m inutes a t th e end o f th e

exam to transfer them to an answer sheet In each part

you w ill hear th e text(s) tw ice The texts may be

monologues or exchanges between interacting speakers

There w ill be a variety o f accents

P a rt 1 E x tra c ts w it h m u ltip le -c h o ic e q u e s tio n s

Focus: Each extract w ill have a d iffe re nt focus, w hich

could: be: main point, detail, purpose o r location o f

speech, relationship between th e speakers, attitu de or

opinion o f th e speakers

Task: You hear eight short, unrelated extracts o f about

30 seconds each They may be monologues or

conversations You have to answer one three-option

m ultiple-choice question (A, B or C) fo r each extract

P a rt 2 S e n te n c e c o m p le tio n

Focus: Specific inform ation, detail, stated opinion

Task: You hear a m onologue o r conversation lasting

ab ou t three minutes You com plete ten sentences w ith

w ords fro m th e text ► Exam fo cu s p.98

P a rt 3 M u lt ip le m a tc h in g

Focus: As fo r Part 1

Task: You hear a series o f five m onologues o r exchanges,

lasting ab ou t 30 seconds each The speaker/s in each

extract are different, b u t the situations or topics are all

related to each other You have to match each speaker

to one o f six statements or questions (A-F) There is one

extra option th a t you do n o t need to use

P a rt 4 M u ltip le -c h o ic e q u e s tio n s

Focus: Specific inform ation, opinion, attitude, gist, main

idea

Task: You hear a m onologue o r conversation w hich lasts

about three minutes There are seven questions You

have to choose th e correct option (A, B o r C)

► Exam fo cu s p 109

Paper 5 Speaking

(approxim ately 14 m inutes)

You take th e Speaking te st w ith a partner There are tw o examiners One is th e 'interlo cu tor', w h o speaks to you, and th e other is th e 'assessor', w h o ju st listens There are

fo u r different parts in th e test

Task: The interlocuto r gives you a pair o f photographs to

compare, and to give a personal reaction to: You speak

by yourself fo r about a m inute w hile your partner listens Then the interlocutor asks your partner a question about

w h a t you have said, Only a short answer is expected.You then change roles ► Exam fo cu s p.77

P a r t 3 C o lla b o r a tiv e ta s k (3 m inutes)

Focus: Interacting w ith your partner, exchanging ideas,

expressing and justifying opinions, agreeing and/or disagreeing, suggesting, speculating, evaluating?, reaching a decision throug h negotiation

Task: You are given a task to discuss together, based on

a set o f pictures You should try to reach a conclusion together, b u t there is no rig h t or w ro n g answer to the , task,- and you d o n it have to agree w ith each other It is

th e interaction between you th a t is im portant

► Exam fo cu s p.125

P a rt 4 D isc u ss io n (4 m inutes)

Focus: Expressing and justifying opinions, agreeing and

disagreeing

Task: The in terlocutor asks you both general questions ,

related to th e to p ic o f Part 3, and gives you th e chance

to give your opinions on other aspects o f th e same topic,

► Exam fo cu s p.125

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1 Can you name the films?

2 W hat kind o f film s are they? Choose from the words in the box

3 W hat type o f film do you like best? Why?action anim ation/cartoon comedy horror musical romance science fiction/fantasy Western thriller

recently

1 W hat was it called?

2 W ho was in it?

3 Where was it set?

4 W hat was it about?

5 How many stars w ou ld you give it?

The setting w a s

The acting w a s

exciting realistic terrible frightening unusual boring sad funny excellent averageExam ple:

I gave it three stars - 1 th oug ht it was all right The p lo t was quite exciting, b u t the setting w asn't very realistic, and the acting was only average.

A n s w e r th ese qu estio ns and g ive y o u r reasons

1 W hat kind o f film w ould you like to make?

2 Where w ill it be set?

3 W ho w ill you choose to star in it?

Listening 1: sentence com pletion

(Part 2)

1 You w ill hear a ra d io in te rv ie w a b o u t a

survey o f p o p u la r film s First, read th ro u g h th e

sentences be lo w W h a t w e re th e m ain areas

covered by th e survey? Can y ou suggest w h a t any

There w ere tw o popular themes:

( 3 ) and good versus evil

As regards location, people liked

( 4 ) places such as jungles

The m ost po pular setting in term s o f tim e was the

( 5 )

The male stars chosen, like Robert de N iro, were

m ore ( 6 ) than the fem ale stars

Popular fem ale stars had ( 7 ) as

w ell as glam our

Titles o f the m ost popular film s often consisted of

Q 1 N ow liste n and c o m p le te th e sentences W rite

a w o rd o r s h o rt phrase fo r each answer.TIP! C om ple te th e gaps w ith th e exact w ord s used in th e re c o rd in g - d o n 't tr y to use

y o u r o w n w ords

(T) 2 Listen a g ain to check and co m p le te y o u r answers

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1 C arry o u t a s im ila r survey to fin d o u t w h a t

y o u r class th in k s are th e best film s o f th e 21st

c e n tu ry so far W o rk in g ro up s Ask and an sw e r

qu estio ns a b o u t:

• types o f film s^w ith examples)

• best plots (w ith examples)

• most popular settings (place and time)

• most popular actors (male and female)

• most popular titles

2 Find o u t th e results o f th e o th e r groups

3 W rite an em ail th a t could be sent to th e

p re se nte r o f th e ra d io p ro g ra m m e sum m arisin g th e fin d in g s o f y o u r class

Vocabulary 1: recording

vocabulary

1 Read th e s ta te m e n ts b e lo w W h ic h ones d o

y o u a g re e w ith ?

1 I like sitting rig h t in the fro n t row at the cinema

2 I prefer film s th a t have a happy ending

3 I th in k the special effects in m odern film s are much

4 I admire film stars w h o do th e ir ow n stunts instead

o f getting someone else to do them

5 I fin d film s w ith lots o f flashbacks very confusing -

it's hard to fo llo w th e plot

6 I prefer film s to plays because you can have

close-up shots o f the actors

7 I th in k Steven Spielberg is th e greatest director alive

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1 W ha t other ways o f recording vocabulary have you used?

2 W hich have you fo u n d m ost effective?

5 Lo ok ba ck a t th e firs t tw o pages o f th e u n it

A re th e re a n y o th e r w o rd s y o u w o u ld lik e to record ?

h ig h lig h te d tim e expressions to h e lp y o u

E xam p le : All my life, I loved going to th e cinema

W rong A ll m y life, I've loved go in g to the cinema.

1 I've m et Carrie fiftee n years ago

2 I usually sit in th e back row w hen I go to the cinema w ith my friends

3 I've belonged to this club fro m 2001 to 2003

4 I've already seen th a t film - let's go to som ething different

5 He goes to th e cinema at least tw ice every

w eekend I haven't understood h o w he can do

th at!

6 I saw the video o f The G odfather six tim es so far.

7 Have you ever been on television?

8 Have you seen Steven Spielberg's latest film yet?

9 W hen I was young I've been to see mygrandm other nearly every day

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2 C o m p le te th e ta b le u s in g th e h ig h lig h te d

tim e expressions fr o m Exercise 1.1

past simple

— W a tc h O u t! B ritish a n d A m e rican English

1 1 didn't have breakfast yet this morning

2 1 haven't had breakfast yet this morning

The first sentence is acceptable in American English, but

might sound strange to a British person True or false?

G ra m m a r re fe re n c e p.203 (19)

usin g w o rd s fr o m th e bo x Each p a ir o f sentences

1 a) M y fa the r last w e n t on holiday ten y e a rs

b) It's been ten y e a rs my fa the r last w e n t

on holiday

2 a) I've had this c a r I passed my driving test

b) I b o ug ht this c a r I passed my driving test

3 a) I've know n S te v e fo u r years

6 a) He's never appeared in a f i l m

b) This is th e first tim e h e 's appeared in a

love w ith th e O ld V ic a fter visiting it as a child.

M O VIE M A G A Z IN E DATELINE 10 February 2003

First Oscars for black actors

Actress Halle Beny (I) (become) the first black

woman to win an Oscar for her part in the film Monster's Ball.

She (2 ) (make) an emotional speech when she

0 ) (accept) the award at yesterday's Oscar

ceremony in Hollywood Berry ( 4 )

(also/appear) in the popular James Bond movie, Die Another

Day Another black actor, Denzel Washington, also

(5 ) (win) the Oscar for best male actor for his

role in Training Day.

M O VIE MAGAZINE DATELINE 25 A^trch 2002

1 M a k e q u e s tio n s fr o m th ese p ro m p ts

H o w m a n y can y o u an sw e r?

1 H ow many tim es / Brad Pitt / marry?

2 W ho / direct / Titanic?

3 W hich fo otb all team / w in / W orld Cup / five times?

4 In w hich country / Lord o f the Rings / film ?

5 Mel Gibson / ever w in / an Oscar?

6 Can you name any musicals / w in Oscars / last ten years?

7 W hich fam ous English fo otb aller / call / child /Romeo?

8 W h o / usually present / evening news program m e / television / your country?

2 N o w ask a n o th e r s tu d e n t y o u r q u e stio n s

W h ic h o f y o u can a n s w e r m o st qu e s tio n s ?

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Reality TV

contestants w h o agreed to live fo r a year on a desert island, w ith cameras fo llo w in g their attempts to survive together He left the island after five months, and later accused the producers o f the show o f misrepresenting him, claim ing they had edited the film to make it look as if he w as

th row ing a c h a ir in the face o f one o f the w om en

'I'm not an argum entative, aggressive, 1nasty

piece o f work It w as shocking,' he told a

journalist later 'The producers led the public to believe that the other contestants w ere g la d to 2 * * *see

the back o f me but it w asn't true.' A fter returning

home from the island, M r C opsey said he was unable to continue w ith his college course as other students w o u ld n 't talk to him, and he had to take antidepressant pills The television com pany has

agreed to pa y him £ 1 6 ,0 0 0 3com pensation.

first Reality TV program m es to be shown in

England, called Big Brother C ra ig w as o rig in a lly

a builder, and comes from Liverpool A fter the series ended he adm itted:

'I d o n 't know w h y I w on - yo u 'll have to ask all

those people that voted fo r m e.' C ra ig 4donated

his £ 7 0 ,0 0 0 prize money to teenage friend Jo

H arris, to help pa y fo r a heart and lung operation

in A m erica 'She is a unique young lady and it is

w onderful to be in the position to help her,' he said at the time C ra ig later had a five-album

5d e a l w ith a record com pany but he 6was

d ro p p e d after his first single However, he has

continued to raise money fo r 7charities as w ell as

ap pe arin g regularly on daytim e television shows

contest called O peratunity, in w hich o rd in a ry

people had the chance to be transform ed into opera singers But there is nothing o rd in a ry

ab ou t Denise She is a blind w om an o f am azing

determ ination w h o has succeeded aa g ainst all

the odds.

She had alw ays dream ed o f a musical career, but this w as prevented b y the births o f her children Being a blind mother o f three is a challenge 'It's the hardest jo b in the w o rld ,' she says 'Keeping them safe is definitely more w o rry in g than anything that can happen to you on stage.'

N o w the children are all a t school, she is free to

Reading: m u ltip le m atching

(Part 3) "

1 L o o k a t th e d e s c rip tio n b e lo w H ave y o u

seen an y te le v is io n p ro g ra m m e s lik e th is?

Reality TV is a term for television shows based on

a group of real people who are put in an unusual

or dangerous situation, or given the chance to

achieve an ambition Their experiences are shown

live on television as entertainment Reality TV

often takes the form of a game, in which the

viewers vote for people to leave the show until

there is only one left This person is the winner

and receives a prize

2 You a re g o in g to rea d a m a g a z in e a rtic le

the road to success?

pursue her dream s, and after O pe ra tu nity she

'N o w I have sung on stage at the London

Coliseum I am a different person,' she said the

m orning after her 9triumph 'W in n in g the contest

has changed my life '

the TV com petition Pop Id ol out o f over a

thousand contenders, and w as offered a contract

w ith a m ajor record com pany He is modest

about his success 'I d o n 't think it's me myself

that context I feel very '°fla tte re d b y it a l l/ he

said His first single, Evergreen, became the

fastest-selling single o f all time It sold over a

m illion copies in its first w eek W ill thinks that

go od voice - there are generally other " factors

involved 'Performers over the ages have alw ays

given o ff a kind o f energy I think it's ab ou t a

w ho le im age - the look, the clothes, the music -

pe op le.'

3 L o o k a t th e q u e s tio n s b e lo w For each

q u e s tio n , y o u have to choose o n e o f th e p e o p le

A - D

TIP! B e fo re y o u s ta rt, h ig h lig h t th e key w o rd s

in each q u e s tio n T h e n read q u ic k ly th ro u g h

th e te x ts fo r w o rd s o r phrases w ith a s im ila r

m e a n in g

To h e lp y o u , th e 'p a ra lle l expressions' have

be e n h ig h lig h te d fo r th e fir s t six q u e s tio n s

W hich person

1 is doing som ething they always w an ted to do?

2 gave away the m oney they w o n on th e show?

3 received money to make up fo r th e harm done by

9 has done w ell in spite o f a physical problem?

10 had a musical career th a t tu rned o u t to be disappointing?

11 feels they are d iffe re nt fro m the general public?

12 finds fam ily life m ore stressful than giving a public perform ance?

13 feels th e other participants w ere sorry he/she left?

14 feels th e ir success is n o t ju st due to personal

qualities?

15 had no t expected to be in such a good situation

at this stage in life?

Thousands o f people apply to go on these shows

W ould you apply to go on a Reality TV program m e o f any sort? W hy?/W hy not?

CLUE: This is a colloquial expression Look back a t

the subject o f the sentence to fin d w h o o r w h a t it refers to.

2 a) meet meb) see me leave

CLUE: A no the r/colloqu ia l expression In w hich

situation w o u ld y ou see someone's b a c k ?

3 a) paym ent fo r w o rkb) paym ent fo r som ething th a t w e n t w rong

CLUE: Does the previous sentence refer to w o rk o r

to a pro ble m ?

Grammar 2: present perfect

sim ple and continuous

is th e d iffe re n c e in m e a n in g b e tw e e n a) a n d b) in

each case?

b) He's been running th e m arathon fo r charity

In a) he ran the m arathon a t some tim e in the past

In b) he has ju s t finished run nin g the m arathon and

y ou can s till see the effects - he is o u t o f breath.

a) He's appeared on a daytim e television show.

b) He's been appearing on daytim e television

shows

a) They've lived on th e island all th eir lives

b) They've been living on th e island fo r th e last six

months

a) I've sent 20 emails this m orning

b) I've been sending emails all m orning

a) She's read Lord o f the Rings and says it's very

good

b) She's been reading Lord o f the Rings and says

it's very good

I— W a tc h O u t ! stative and dynamic verbs

Which sentence is NOT possible? Why not?

1 I've been knowing him for years

2 I've known him fo r years

G ra m m a r re fe re n c e p.203 (19 3 -4 )

2 C hoose th e be st fo r m o f th e v e rb in th e

fo llo w in g e x tra c t fr o m a h e a lth a n d fitn e ss

m a g a zin e B o th fo rm s m ay be possible in som e

cases

Last m o n th actress Stella Glass g a v e b irth to h er seco n d child

- y e t n o w she is b a c k on screen a n d looks m o re attractive

th a n ever M a n y p e o p le (1) have w o n d e re d / have b e e n

w o n d e r in g a b o u t h er secret a n d h o w she (2) has g o t b a c k / has b e e n g e t t in g b a c k h e r n e a r p e rfe c t fig u re so quickly She

claim s th a t th e secret is a m ixtu re o f d ie t an d exercise 'I

(3) have n e v e r s m o k e d / have n e v e r b e e n s m o k in g a n d I (4) h a v e g o n e / have b e e n g o in g to th e gym regularly fo r

years To lose w e ig h t I (5) have h a d / have b e e n h aving five

p o rtio n s o f fresh fru it an d v e g e ta b le s every d ay a n d I (6) have

e a te n / have b e e n e a tin g p o p c o rn as it's low in calories

R ecently I (7) have a ls o d ru n k / have a ls o b e e n d rin k in g a lot

o f m in e ral w ate r M y a p p e a ra n c e has alw ays b e e n im p o rta n t

to m e - I (8) h a v e always w a n te d / have always b e e n w a n tin g

A: W here have you been? I've w a ited fo r ages.B: It's no t my fa ult I've been stuck in a tra ffic jam

4 A: Have you.spoken to Mrs Craven yet about themeeting?

B: No I've tried to contact her fo r ages, bu t she's -never in w he n I p h o n e

5 A: Laurie has ju st gone to spend six monthstravelling in Canada

B: Yes, I know He's saved up to go there fo r years

6 A: H aven't you finished th a t book yet? You've read

A: Hi! I haven't seen you fo r ages

B: No - w h a t have you been doing?

A: I've ju st come back

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Use of English: key w ord

3 She planted some flow ers in th e garden,

b u t they are nearly all dead now have

The flow ers she planted in the garden

S u e her first child

10-11 U n d e rlin e th e s u ffix o f each w o rd W h ic h g ro u p

o f w o rd s a re all a) no u n s b) ad ve rb s c) ad je ctive s?

1 shocking d iffe re nt flattered

3 C o m p le te th ese sentences using th e c o rre c t fo r m o f

th e w o r d in c a pitals

1 The show was re a lly ENJOY

2 The w in n e r gave an e x c e lle n t PERFORM

3 It was a b i g to me th a t I c o u ld n 't accept the

invitation DISAPPOINT

4 I have to do a lo t o f fo r my exam PREPARE

5 The actress gave a lo n g o f all the problems she’d

6 The volunteers had to live on a desert island as a test o f

SURVIVE

7 The w inn er gave a b i g to charity DONATE

8 M any o f th e contestants have bu ilt on th e ir fa m e

and become very rich FINANCE

4 A n s w e r th e s e q u e s tio n s E xplain y o u r answ ers

1 W hich lesson do/did you do m ost preparation fo r a t school?

2 Are there any rules and regulations in your school, college

or w orkplace th a t you th in k are unnecessary?

3 Have you ever given a public perform ance?

M P f

Listening 2: extracts (Part 1)

You w ill h e a r p e o p le ta lk in g in six d iffe r e n t

s itu a tio n s For q u e s tio n s 1-6 , choo se th e best

answ er A , B o r C You w ill h e a r each e x tra c t

tw ic e

TIP! The in fo r m a tio n in th e re c o rd in g is n o t

alw a ys g iv e n in th e sam e o rd e r as th e o p tio n s

1 You hear a man talking ab ou t a film

W ha t does he say ab ou t th e film ?

A The story is d iffic u lt to follow

B The film is better than th e book

C The setting is unusual

CLUE: You w ill hear his opinion a b o u t the setting

first (C), then the story (A), then the comparison

w ith th e b o o k (B).

2 You overhear tw o people talking in th e street

W h a t are th ey talking about?

3 You hear an actress being interviewed on the

radio W h a t is the actress doing?

A giving an explanation

B making a comparison

C offering advice

CLUE: In this type o f question, y o u have to th ink

a b o u t the m ain p o in t o f w h a t the speaker says.

4 You tu rn on the radio in the m iddle o f a

program m e

W h a t is th e relationship betw een th e speakers?

A m o the r and son

B boss and employee

C teacher and pupil

CLUE: Listen carefully to w h a t the w om an says

tow ards the end o f the conversation.

5 You hear a w om an on a phone-in radio

program m e com plaining ab ou t a problem

W h o is responsible fo r her problem?

A some w orkm en

B th e local to w n council

C a m obile phone company

CLUE: A t the end, the w om an says,:'That's n o t

rig h t' W hat is she referring to?

W ha t has th e man ju st taken part in?

A a com petition on th e radio

B an oral exam ination

C a jo b interview

CLUE: A ll three answers m ay involve answ ering

questions a n d feeling nervous Listen fo r additional

in form ation to give y ou the correct answer.

2 There w ere a lo t o f critics fro m th e newspapers at

th e theatre I w a n t to read th e ir r _ to see

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3 I like very m uch playing com puter games and doing sport, especially swim

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w r ite a b o u t:

• w h a t you saw

• w h a t it was about

• w h a t you th o u g h t o f it and why

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th e fo llo w in g q u e stio n s

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2 W hy are you w riting?

3 W h a t tells you w h a t you m ust p u t in your reply?

4 H ow can you begin and end th e email?

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t o g o o u t t o th e th e a tre fo r th e e v e n in g w ith

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I h o pe e verything is O K w ith you W h a t have youbeen d o in g ( 2 ) th e last year? A re you still

w orking fo r y o u r father?

A lo t o f th in g s have h a p p e n e d in m y life ( 3 )

w e w ere a t c o lle g e in E dinburgh ( 4 ) I le ftuniversity, I g o t a jo b in Lo ndon w o rkin g in a bank Itwas O K ( 5 ) th e firs t six m onths, b u t th e n Ibegan to g e t a b it b o re d , and I d id n 't really like living

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on a p ro je c t in N am ibia I've ( 7 ) been to

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m ade any plans fo r th e sum m er holidays ( 8 ) ?I've g o t th re e w eeks' ho lid ay - m aybe w e could m e et

u p som ew here?

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1 P ut th e w o rd s in th e r ig h t o rd e r to m a ke

q u e stio n s

1 long is since English started it studying how you ?

2 you have w hen last a did holiday ?

3 many have lived to w n years this you h o w in ?

4 book you long had h o w fo r have this ?

5 leave hom e did this you m orning w hen ?

6 have film s m onth seen ho w you this many ?

3 th e place in a cinema w here tickets are sold

4 the place o r tim e w here a film o r television

program m e is shot

5 th e story o f a film or book

6 th e technique o f starting a story in the present,

then m oving to the past

2 C hoose fiv e m o re w o rd s c o n n e c te d w ith th is

to p ic fr o m th e u n it an d w r ite a d e fin itio n

fo r each Th en see if y o u r p a rtn e r can guess

2 D id y ou ever g o / Have y o u ever been to Milan?

3 I've had / I've been having a TV in m y bedroom

ever since I was small

4 / have never seen / / never saw an opera before.

5 She has done / She has been do in g her

hom ew ork fo r th e last tw o hours

6 / have kn o w n / / have been k n o w in g him fo r

three years

7 Tom asked me fo r your email address, b u t /

h a ve n't kn o w n / 1 d id n 't k n o w it.

4 C o m p le te th e e m a il a b o v e usin g a p p ro p ria tetim e expressions

■ i

1 C o m p le te th e h ig h lig h te d expressions w ith a

s u ita b le p re p o s itio n

1 I th in k everyone should have a chance to v o t e

th eir favourite stars in th e Oscars

2 If I w o n a lo t o f money, I w ou ld donate at least half charity

3 I like w atching film s s e t the future

4 Being a film star isn't ju st a m a tte r looking good

5 A p p e a rin g stage is much more d iffic u lt than acting a film

6 I w o u ld n 't w a n t to take p a r t a Reality TV show

2 W h ic h sentences a b o v e d o y o u a g re e w ith ?

always o ften occasionally n<

D o you enjoy taking risks?

last^m^nute?yS leave th in 9 s until the

W o u ld you like to drive a fa s t c a r?

Do you ta k e c h an ces even w hen you think you m a y not s u cceed ? V

Do you think ab o u t w h a t m ig h t oo

w rong b efo re you try a n y t h in new ?

n n = ° U c ^ e c ^ a m a P b efo re you s e t off

on a jo urney to a n e w place?y

If so m e o n e d a re s you to do som eth ing, do you a c c e p t th e d a re ?

W ould you find life boring if th e re w as

1 Is it always a good th in g to take risks?

2 W hy do you th in k some people m ight

Listening: m ultiple-choice (Part 4)

| T h e w o m a n in th e p h o to o p p o s ite is Tanya

S treeter, w h o b ro k e a w o r ld re co rd f o r fre e

d iv in g o n 17 A u g u s t, 2002 You w ill h e a r an

in te rv ie w w ith her

TIP! B e fo re y o u liste n, re a d th r o u g h th e firs t

p a rt o f each q u e s tio n (th e 's te m ') an d h ig h lig h t

th e key w o rd s Th en rea d th r o u g h th e o p tio n s

(A -C )

To help you, th e key w ords have been highlighted fo r

th e first tw o questions

1 Tanya says th a t w hen she was very young, she

A was a t ease in th e water.

2 In the free diving class, Tanya fo u n d that, compared

w ith th e men,

A she was less com petitive.

3 Tanya says she w an ted to set diving records

because

A she knew th a t she could do it.

B she w an ted her parents' approval

4 H ow does Tanya ge t back to th e surface a fter a

dive?

A in stages

A the size o f her body changes.

B she can th in k very clearly

6 Tanya says th a t if there was an em ergency during a

dive, she w ou ld

A give up th e dive immediately.

B receive expert support

7 W hen she broke the w o rld record, Tanya fe lt

pleased she had shown

A ho w anyone can fu lfil th e ir am bition.

B th a t w om en can equal men

( £ ) 2 | Listen t o th e in te rv ie w a n d choose th e be st

a n s w e r (A, B o r C)

1 Do you th in k th a t w h a t Tanya does is w o rth the risk she is taking? W hy?/W hy not?

2 Describe to a partner th e m ost dangerous and/or exciting th in g you have ever done W ould your partner like to do the same thing?

Vocabulary 1: adjectives o f fee lin g

■ 1 C o m p le te th e a d je ctive s in th e fo llo w in g

sentences by a d d in g -e d o r -in g

Example: Tanya was amaz and th rill w hen she

beat th e w orld record

1 A lo t o f people are excit by the idea o f doing dangerous sports

2 Top athletes m ust fin d all th e media atten tio n very flatter

3 I th in k I'd find hang gliding rather frig h te n

4 I'm really un fit! It's so depress !

5 I can't understand w hy some people are interest in trying to beat records

6 I th o u g h t th e w ay th e coach explained things wasrather confus

7 People w h o a tte m p t to beat records often feel very frustrat w hen they fail

8 M y instructor yvas very encourag ab ou t my chances o f w inning

9 I was annoy w ith myself w hen I lost the game

10 Please stop w histling It's really irrita t

► G ram m ar reference p.191 (1)

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1 H o w w o u ld y o u fe e l if:

• your friend gave you an unexpected present?

• you th o u g h t a stranger was fo llo w in g you?

• your brother or sister borrow ed your CD player

w ith o u t asking you?

2 W r ite som e m o re q u e s tio n s lik e th e ones

a b o v e a n d ask a p a rtn e r

Reading 1: m ultiple-choice

questions

1 You are g o in g t o rea d a m a g a z in e a rtic le

a b o u t an un usua l w a y o f tra v e llin g L o o k a t

th e p h o to a n d th e t it le o f th e te x t

1 W h a t is th e young man doing?

2 W hy do you th in k he is doing it?

3 W h a t do you th in k th e title means?

2 Look th r o u g h th e te x t q u ic k ly t o fin d

th e answ ers to th e s e q u e stio n s

1 W ho is th e young man in the photo?

2 W ha t is th e im portance o f the cable to

a) the young man? b) th e local schoolteacher?

c) th e village w here th e man lives?

T h e c a b le ra c e r

Robinson Diaz lives in a small cottage high in the

Andes Mountains of South America Diaz is a

‘cable racer’, and every morning he faces the

difficult task of taking the local teacher to her school

To do this, he first walks for an hour up to a place the

locals call Los Pinos (the Pine Trees), right at the edge

of the 120-metre deep 1 gorge of the Negro valley Here,

one end of a thick metal cable has been fixed to a

wooden post The cable stretches right across the deep

valley to the other side, a kilometre away

A metal hook is fixed to the cable, with leather

straps hanging from it Diaz fastens the straps around

his shoulders and waist, does a quick safety check and

then, without hesitating, throws himself off the edge of

the mountain Attached to the cable by only the metal

hook, he rapidly picks up speed and soon he is racing

through the air Crossing the valley by wire takes him

30 seconds, instead of the two hours it would take him

to walk down through the 2snake-infested rain forest

and climb up the steep muddy slopes on the other side

As Diaz begins his trip, Diana Rios, a 23-year-old

elementary teacher, is waiting on the other side of the

gorge for the moment when he will come racing

through the 3mist towards her at 160 kph She will then

return with him, hanging on to him as he goes back

along a second cable Diana had no idea when she took

the teaching job that just getting to work in the village

school would be so dangerous ‘At first I wanted to

cry,’ she says,4clutching her books as the metal cable

starts to 5rattle violently at Diaz’s approach ‘But I soon

got used to it.’ She still prefers to go with Diaz, though,

rather than making the frightening and hazardous

crossing on her own

For the inhabitants of Los Pinos, the wire cable is a

35 lifeline For more than 50 years, it has served thecommunity as a form of transport to and from the rest of the world Everything that comes arrives via the cable - bricks and wood for building, sacks of rice and com Puppies are held between the knees of young men like

40 Diaz who act as ‘cable-racers’, and go flying over the gorge Pregnant mothers, who must get to the nearest clinic, cross the wire during the darkness of the night, returning with their newborn babies It is dangerous, but

45 This time Robinson Diaz makes a perfect landing on Diana’s side of the gorge For him, the dangers of his daily journey are 6insignificant. ‘What T’m really scared

of is snakes,’ he says ‘This is nothing in comparison.’ Then Diana straps herself into her harness and hooks

so herself up to the wire behind Diaz, holding on to him tightly He turns, 1 flashes her a smile, releases the brake and kicks away Within seconds, teacher and cable-racer have disappeared back into the mist

3 Read th e te x t a g a in a n d choo se th e a n sw e r

(A, B, C o r D) w h ic h y o u th in k fits be st a c co rd in g

to th e te x t T h e re are som e clues to h e lp y o u

TIP! You w ill fin d it easier to d o th is ta sk if y ou

read th e stem s fir s t w ith o u t re a d in g a ll th e

o p tio n s A -D T h e n fin d th e p a rt o f th e te x t

w h ic h th e stem relate s to , a n d see if y o u can

fin d th e a n sw e r y o u rs e lf A fte r th is , g o back

a n d check y o u r o w n a n sw e r w ith all th e

o p tio n s T h e q u e s tio n s a re alw a ys in th e sam e

o rd e r as th e in fo r m a tio n in th e te x t

1 Robinson Diaz has a d iffic u lt task every m orning

because he has to

A clim b a long w ay up a m ountain

B get to th e edge o f a valley

C help someone ge t to w ork

D w alk th roug h a dangerous area

CLUE: W hat is his m ain task?

2 In th e second paragraph, th e w rite r suggests th a t

Diaz is

A confident ab ou t w h a t he is doing

B unaware o f th e danger he faces

C neglectful o f his ow n safety

A w hen she was a student

B w hen she saw the cable

C after she had m et Diaz

D after she to o k th e job

CLUE: Look fo r a tim e expression in the text 4

4 W h a t is Diana's opinion ab ou t the journey now?

A She enjoys it

B She no longer finds it a problem

C It makes her feel very frightened

D It w ou ld be impossible w ith o u t Diaz

CLUE: Her opinion has changed - th ink a b o u t h o w

she feels n o w

5 The cable is im p o rta n t to th e people o f Los Pinos

because

A it allow s contact w ith oth e r com m unities

B it provides entertainm ent fo r th e young people

C it enables th e d o ctor to visit th e village

D it gives th e inhabitants th e chance to sell their produce

CLUE: Think a b o u t the m ain purpose o f the cable.

6 W h a t does Diaz say ab ou t using th e cable?

A He does no t th in k there is any risk

B He is w orrie d ab ou t th e danger o f snakes

C He is happy th a t he can help th e teacher

D He does no t find it as frig hte ning as other things

CLUE: You need to check w h a t a p ro no un in the

last paragraph refers to.

34

th e cable

th e teacher

th e crossing the mothers

J jjP I Discuss th ese q u e stio n s

1 H ow do you travel to school or w o rk every day?

2 H ow enjoyable do you find the journey? Does it involve any problems?

3 Have you ever had to use a dangerous o r risky fo rm

o f tra nsp ort w h ile travelling? W hen? Why?

Grammar 1: making comparisons

t m

w ith co m p a riso n s Find th e m istakes a n d c o rre c t

th e m

The Andes M ountains are am ong the moot high in

th e w orld

1 Life in the country is not as busy than life in the city

2 Transport is more easier fo r people w h o live in cities

3 There are th e most people living in th e w o rld today

than ever before

4 Teachers today are less stricter than th ey w ere in

th e past

5 Antarctica is th e less populated contine nt in the

w orld

6 I th in k w indsurfing is th e more exciting than sailing

7 I am more good a t sport than my brother

8 I w ou ld rather to travel by car than by train

2 I suppose it was a lo t cheaper

3 It's rather harder to

hold on to th oug h

4 I suppose it's no worse than

the old one

5 Maybe th e bo tto m o f th e m our

isn't qu ite as far as it looks

Ben:

a) M m m , perhaps it's a b it nearer

b) Yes, it is slightly more difficult

c) No, I expect it's ju st as good

d) You're right, it was far

(not) nearly

a s im ila r m e a n in g to th e f ir s t s e -te ^ c e , using th e

1 I’ve never seen s u e a - z ~ s z ~ g s h iv , th e

This i s t f ia ir v e ever seen

2 Sam isn’t nearly as o rs e as C no e lot

year, b itLast year th e show w a s -

expensive than th is jrear

4 I th in k p la y " t e " : : - - a r i a far

old, fit, talented

Example:

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J K R ow ling c r ~sr a 5 R H F

Vocabulary 2: w ord fo rm atio n

1 You should tru st / distrust anyone w h o says it's easy

to have a career in sport

2 Having skill and ta len t is in su fficie nt / s u fficie n t fo r

a career in sport nowadays

3 You need to be quite unlucky / lucky to succeed in

such a com petitive area

4 Some people th in k th a t if you believe in yourself

then it is impossible t possible to fail.

5 Because you are pushing your body so hard, a

career in sport can actually be quite healthy /

unhealthy, so you need to look a fter yourself.

6 Please d o n 't m isunderstand / understand me - 1

th in k it’s a w on derful career!

2 If the w ord is a noun, should it be singular or plural?

Do you need to add a negative suffix?

3 If it is a verb, w h a t ending does it need?

Exam ple: 0 - adjective

4 Use th e w o r d g iv e n in c a p ita ls b e lo w th e

te x t t o fo r m a w o rd th a t fits in th e g a p in th a t lin e T h e re is an e x a m p le a t th e b e g in n in g (0)

fo r m o f th e w o r d in c a pitals A d d a n e g a tiv e

p re fix w h e re necessary T h e re a re th re e sentences

w h e re y o u d o n 't ne ed t o ch a n g e th e w o rd

1 M any people fe e l w hen they m ove to a

new to w n and d o n 't know anyone SECURE

2 I th in k it 's ho w brave she is CREDIBLE

3 A nything i s if you have a positive mental

attitude POSSIBLE

4 She spoke very quickly, so it's possible I

w h a t she said UNDERSTAND

5 M ost people a r e o f learning several

languages given th e chance CAPABLE

6 Steve was s t ill even th oug h he had h it his

head as he fell CONSCIOUS

7 The new player was v e r y - he had never

played at th a t level before EXPERIENCE

8 I w anted to learn scuba diving, b u t there

w ere no instructors available FORTUNATE

f C o m p le te th ese sentences G ive tr u e

W H Y DO PEOPLE TAKE RISKS?

W hy are some people risk-takers? W h a t makes them

take part in (0) dangerous o r even life-threatening

activities? There are diffe re nt ( 1 ) fo r this

Car racers love th e ( 2 ) o f speed, w hile climbers get th e ir thrills fro m ( 3 ) the

challenge o f high m ountains M illions o f years ago,

w hen people faced danger daily, risk-taking was

essential fo r ( 4 ) , A lthou gh living in

today's w o rld is ( 5 ) than it w as in thosedays, perhaps th a t ( 6 ) instinct stillremains However, taking risks can become a very( 7 ) obsession Some people can evenbecome addicted to danger, and are unable to stoplooking fo r it It is also ( 8 ) th a t the

m ajority o f risk-takers seem to be men Is this becausemen have more ( 9 ) ? Or do w om en th ink

tw ice ab ou t taking risks because they are more ( 1 0 ) ?

23

q u e s tio n U n d e rlin e possible

answ ers in p e n c il Be c a re fu l -

th e re m ay be sim ila r in fo rm a tio n

1 W h a t o u td o o r activity does each ph oto show?

2 Look th roug h th e w ho le article quickly and match th e photos to the appropriate texts

2 For q u e s tio n s 1-1 5, choose fro m th e p e o p le A -E S om e o f

th e p e o p le m a y be chosen m o re th a n on ce W h e n m o re th a n one

a n sw e r is re q u ire d , th ese m ay be g iv e n in a n y ord er

W hich person

fo und o u t ab ou t th eir activity from

says th a t public interest in th eir activity is grow ing?

says th ey are d iffe re nt from m ost other

likes th e w ay people o f d iffe re nt abilities can

The Great Outdoors

A Anna Collins

My twin sister, Lucy, and I have an identical interest in

BMX racing We got into riding competitions by accident

really, when Lucy entered a cross-country cycle race and

came second She came home full of the thrill of it all,

5 and started going regularly I was bored staying at home

while she was getting all the excitement, so 1 decided to

take it up too It didn’t take long before I found the speed

and element of danger it involved as exciting as she did

There are only about twenty girls who race in the UK

10 compared to over 300 boys, but we like being treated the

same as the boys We’re not stupid, but we do like taking

risks - and we both want to be BMX champions one day!

B Jenny McCormack

In adventure racing, you’re in a team covering vast

distances out in the wild, doing different things -

is swimming, canoeing, running and so on I had a very

lucky introduction to it - 1 was a last-minute replacement

for someone in a team going to Nepal I’d never been in

an adventure race before, but I’d lived in Nepal for two

years and done a lot of mountain climbing there as well

20 as mountain biking and white water rafting In the race,

we covered 900 km and the winning team finished in just

under five days Our team did it in seven, which wasn’t

bad, although of course it would have been great to come

first What I love about adventure racing is that you often

25 compete in exotic places that you might never get the

chance to visit otherwise I also love the fact that it is a

very friendly world - even the top athletes mix with the

beginners

C David Bellamy

My lifelong addiction to walking began when I was a

30 child I used to meet up with my friends and go on long

walks I remember standing in the country one day with

everything covered in frost Then the sun suddenly came

out and all the frost melted off the trees in a matter of

seconds It was the sort of thing you’d never see from a

35 motor car That kind of experience made me the person I

am I still walk whenever I can, although I’m often too

busy for day-long walks now My main concern now is

encouraging people to take greater care of the world’s

most important and popular sites of natural beauty

D Laura Jeans

My dad and I wanted to do something different one 40weekend so we decided to try hang gliding, and my first lesson was brilliant! The more 1 did, the more I enjoyed it and I soon forgot to be scared I started by taking off from small hills but now I can go as high as 100 metres and I’m getting more adventurous and confident all the time 4sIt’s not as dangerous as people think and I’ve never hurt myself doing it My friends think I’m crazy but I love the sense of freedom I get when I’m gliding up there in the air Unfortunately, it isn’t great for meeting people of my own age as most people I glide with are older than me, so so

I wouldn’t recommend it for anyone who wants to find a boyfriend!

E Peter Beaumont

My brother had started mountain climbing and when I heard about it from him it seemed to me that it was something I simply had to do So he arranged to take me ss when he next went climbing locally It was raining, so we tried climbing in the rain, slipping about on wet, polished stone It was hardly the best start, but I loved it When the winter came, we went to the mountains in North Wales to try climbing on ice I climbed by instinct, just picking it so

up as I went along, but these days most people start safely indoors, and learn the/basics there You’ll find a lot of sports centres nowadays have indoor climbing walls so newcomers can get a feel for the sport and build up their confidence before they tackle a real mountain As a result, ss climbing is becoming an increasingly popular activity - but it remains one of one of the most dramatic sports on the planet

Grammar 2: articles

m istake s w ith a rticles Find a n d c o rre c t th e

m istakes

1 I've never crossed th e A tlantic Ocean in a ship

2 I d id n 't go o u t yesterday because it was a terrible

weather

3 W hen he grow s up, he w ants to be footballer

4 I can't get o u t because a fro n t door's locked

5 The London M arathon takes place every year near

River Thames

6 It's over 50 years since Hillary and Tensing clim bed

th e M o u n t Everest

7 I live at the home w ith my parents b u t I'm going

to get my ow n place soon

8 It happened by an accident - I d id n 't mean to do

an, th e o r (-) w h e n n o a rtic le is n e ed ed.

1 It is possible t h a t w hale m igh t become

extinct in the future

2 People say th a t you always meet someone you

kn o w in th e m iddle o f Times Square in

N ew York

3 best w ay o f carrying things w hen you're

o n w alking holiday is in a rucksack

4 Belgium is fam ous fo r its chocolate

5 E a tin g bananas is a good w ay o f getting

energy quickly

6 Some people w ish t h a t m obile phone had

never been invented

7 W hy do you t h in k Spanish are so good at

10 Some o f th e m ost im p o rta n t scientific discoveries

w ere made b y chance

m

1 H ere is som e in fo r m a tio n a b o u t a n e w s p o rt

L o o k a t th e h ig h lig h te d sections an d m a ke any

necessary c o rre c tio n s w ith a rticle s (a la n /th e o r

z e ro a rtic le ) N o t all th e h ig h lig h te d sections

- the latest adventure experience

A z o rb is (1) hollow plastic ball, a b o u t th ree

m etres in height You clim b into the ball and then roll dow n (2) th e hill inside it (3) A firs t zorb w as built by (4) an org an jsa tio n called

(5) A D angerous S p o rts Club T h e idea w as developed in (6) the N ew Zealand in (7) late 1990s, and is now spreading rapidly throug ho ut (8) w orld

T h ere are tw o d iffe re nt types o f zorb, a dry zorb and a w et zorb W ith (9) the d ry zorb, you are strapped into (10) the harness inside th e ball

T h e zorb can reach spee ds o f 50 to 60 kph

T h e w et zorb is to tally different W ith th is one, you are not strapped in and you are encouraged

to stand up and try to run as (11) a ball rolls dow n the hill (12) T h e challen ge is to rem ain upright all th e w ay to (13) bottom T h is sounds easy, so to m ake things (14) a little harder, they

th row som e w arm soapy w ate r inside, so things

ge t ve ry slippery People say it fe els a bit like being in (15) w ashing m achine!

2 Im a g in e th a t y o u have tr ie d e ith e r th e w e t zorb

o r th e d ry z o rb W rite a s h o rt e m a il t o a frie n d

te llin g th e m w h a t it w as lik e an d h o w y o u fe lt.26

A b o u t th e e x a m : In Paper 5, P art 2, y o u speak on

y o u r o w n f o r a b o u t a m in u te Y ou have to

c o m p a re tw o p h o to g ra p h s , an d a n sw e r a fu r th e r

q u e s tio n a b o u t th e m For th is p a rt, y o u ne ed to

use th e la n g u a g e o f c o m p a ris o n , an d t o lin k

c o n tra s tin g ideas to g e th e r

1 Read th e s e sentences c o m p a rin g th e ph o to s,

a n d u n d e rlin e th e c o m p a ra tiv e stru c tu re s

1 The man looks much older than th e w om an

2 There are fe w e r people in the firs t photo

3 The wom an's clothes are more brightly-coloured

than the man's

4 The man looks more nervous than th e w om an

5 The man is taking a bigger physical risk

6 The man seems to be enjoying him self m ore than

to de scrib e b o th s im ila ritie s a n d d iffe re n c e s

1 C hoose th e c o rre c t lin k in g expre ssion in each

o f th e fo llo w in g sentences

1 W hile / On the o th e r ha nd th e first p h o to shows a

man w ho's ab ou t to perform in public, th e w om an

in th e other p h o to is on her ow n

2 The man is inside b u t / also the w om an is o u t in

the open air

3 In th e firs t photo, the man looks quite nervous,

whereas / altho ug h in the other one th e w om an

looks quite relaxed

4 That's fu nny because th e w om an is taking a risk In

ad dition / w hile the man is no t in danger.

5 I th in k the w om an has practised a lo t and is an

expert an d as w ell as this / b u t on the oth e r hand

th e man m igh t be doing this fo r th e first tim e

Listen a n d check y o u r answ ers

✓Listen a g a in a n d m a rk th e stressed w o rd s

Practise saying th e sentences w ith th e sam e stress a n d in to n a tio n

27

Writing: letter or em ail (sem i-form al)

(P a rt 1)

A b o u t th e e x a m : P art 1 o f P aper 2 is c o m p u lso ry

Y ou ha ve t o w r ite a le tte r o r e m a il u s in g in fo r m a tio n

s u p p lie d It m ay be s e m i-fo rm a l o r in fo rm a l

DO read th e question carefully

DO include all th e necessary inform ation

D O use an appropriate style fo r the reader

DO rem em ber to use paragraphs

1 Read th e ta sk b e lo w A re th e s e s ta te m e n ts

tr u e o r false?

1 You are w ritin g to th e com p etitio n organiser

2 You have to choose one aftern oon activity

3 You have to w rite ab ou t 100 w ords

4 You should w rite your email in an inform al style

Y ou re c e n tly e n te re d a c o m p e titio n a n d y o u have

ju s t receive d th is e m a il fr o m th e o rg a n is e r o f th e

c o m p e titio n Read th e e m a il a n d th e n o te s y o u

ha ve m a de T h e n w r ite an e m a il re p ly in g to Tom

Spiller, usin g a ll y o u r no tes

Congratulations! You have won first prize In our competition

- two weeks on the English Adventure Course in Australia!

This Includes your air ticket and all expenses To help us

make the arrangements for your trip, please give us the

following information:

We have courses in August and September Which month is

better for y o u ? - August (say why)

You will have English olasses in the morning You can join a

grammar and vocabulary class, or a speaking and listening

class.

Which would you prefer? _ s a y which and why

There is a choice of activities In the afternoon Please choose

two from the list and tell us why you would like to do them.

making a radio programme

-making a class website - tell t hem!

learning to play a musical instrument

doing a scuba diving course

visiting an Australian secondary school

Please let us know If you need any further information.

Best wishes accommodation? clothes?

Tom Spiller

Competition organiser

W r ite an e m a il (1 2 0 -1 5 0 w o rd s ) Y ou m u s t use

g ra m m a tic a lly c o rre c t sentences w ith a c cu ra te

s p e llin g a n d p u n c tu a tio n in a s tyle a p p ro p ria te

w hich m o nth you w a n t to travel

3 In y o u r e m a il, y o u ha ve t o e x p a n d th e

n o te s in th e ta s k in to sentences a n d a d d y o u r

o w n ideas C o m p le te th e fo llo w in g sentences

1 I w o u ld like to do th e course in A ugust because

2 In th e m orning, I w o u ld like to jo in a gram m ar and vocabulary class because

3 In th e aftern oon , I w o u ld like to try because

4 I w o u ld also be interested in trying because

5 C ould you tell me w h a t type o f is provided and w h a t kind o f I should bring w ith me?

m W r ite y o u r e m a il T h e firs t p a ra g ra p h

a n d c lo s in g re m a rk have be e n d o n e f o r y o u

TIP! M r o r M rs a re alw a ys fo llo w e d by a

s u rn a m e - e.g e s e m i-fo rm a l le tte r to P eter

S m ith w o u ld b e g in D e a r M r S m ith NOT

D e a r M r P e te r o r D e a r M r P e te r S m ith

Dear M r Spiller Thank you very much for your email Informing me that I have won first prize in the competition I am looking forward to going to Australia and attending the course.

I look forward to hearing from you Best wishes

5 W h e n y o u ha ve fin is h e d , check y o u r

w o rk

W r itin g re fe re n c e p p 2 0 6 -2 0 7

U N I T ^

Review

■ I

1 C hoose tw o ad je ctive s fr o m th e b o x b e lo w to

de scrib e y o u r fe e lin g s a b o u t each o f th ese

sports D o n 't use an y ad je ctive m o re th a n once

cycling / fo o tb a ll / free diving / w ind su rfin g /

w alking

enjoyable exciting frig hte ning frustrating

2 Tell y o u r p a rtn e r th e ad je ctive s y o u have

chosen Can he/she guess th e sports?

E xam p le : It's d iffic u lt a n d dangerous.

3 Hang gliding is lo t more popular th an fishing

4 Footballers are no t tall as basketball players

5 M ost people I kn o w are m ore interested in sport I

1 It's n o t a good idea to .unnecessary risks

w he n you are doing dangerous sports

A make B have C take D give

2 W hen Irene was injured, Janet was chosen as a

la s t-m in u te fo r th e hockey team

A preference B change C alternative D replacement

3 The Boston M a ra th o n every year

A gets on B takes place C goes through

D takes part

4 A prize o f $25,000 is offered to w hoever

th e one-hour cycling record o f 90 kilometres

A breaks B tears C rips D splits

5 If someone w ants to do som ething dangerous, I

always advise them to t h in k I

A once B tw ic e C o ften D double

6 I cycling by accident, b u t once I hadstarted, I loved it

A g o t by B g o t over C g o t th roug h D g o t into

7 You can ge t a m uch b e tte r fo r a new to w n

if you explore it on fo o t

A w ay B understanding C know ledge D feel

8 W hen you're riding on th e back o f a m otorbike,you need t o tightly

4 C o rre c t th e m istakes w ith th e use o f a rticle s

in th e fo llo w in g sentences

1 A next bus to a country do esn't leave fo r six more hours

2 I m et my English teacher in Andes M ountains

3 Best w ay o f carrying your things is in th e rucksack

4 I'm planning to visit th e Nepal in a June

5 He said th a t he w anted to do a course in the diving

6 I th in k th a t a activity like m ountain biking is healthy and fun

7 W hy do you th in k Italians are so good at the football?

8 Some people are afraid o f taking the risks in life

c o rre c t fo r m o f th e w o r d in c a pitals

fam ous fo r his g o a l-k ic k in g ABLE

2 The record o f 47 hours fo r w atching TV w ith o u t

stopping was se$ last year and is s till BREAK

3 The David C oulthard victory over Michael Schumacher in th e Australian Grand Prix was

EXPECT

4 That bridge looks ra th e r ; I d o n 't th in k w e

should drive the car across SAFE

5 I fo und th e drive over th e m ountains v e r y

FRIGHT

6 A lthou gh I w a s in th e com petition, I was

still glad I'd taken part SUCCESS

7 I th o u g h t it w o u ld b e fo r me to clim b th a t

m ountain, b u t som ehow I managed it POSSIBLE

8 People say th a t you need to take regular exercise

in order to b e HEALTH

9 I can swim , bu t I d o n 't have m u c h in the

water CONFIDENT

10 I'm really r a th e r - I'm happiest ju st staying

at hom e w ith a good book ADVENTURE

6 W r ite a p a ra g ra p h a b o u t a s p o rt th a t y o u

w o u ld lik e t o be g o o d a t, e x p la in in g w h y

G o to w w w iT e s ts c o m o r y o u r C D -R O M fo r in te ra c tiv e e x a m practice.

3 Fact or fiction?

1 Y ou a re g o in g to rea d an e x tra c t fro m a

4 Seven sentences have be e n re m o v e d fro m

th e te x t You ha ve t o choo se fr o m th e sentences

A -H th e o n e w h ic h be st fits each g a p (1 -7 ) 1 2 3

TIP! To d o th is ty p e o f ta sk, y o u o fte n need to

check links b e tw e e n p ro n o u n s (e.g som e, this,

3 W h e n y o u have fin is h e d , rea d th e w h o le te x t

a g a in w ith y o u r answ ers t o check it m akes

sense

The force o f his landing made Julian gasp He lay

stunned and 1 disoriented fo r a long moment, then rose

2unsteadily to his feet 'This is not a t all rig ht,' he

thought There w as no sign o f the lecture room , the college, the w ho le pa rt o f N orth London that he had just been in In fact, there w as no feature he could

recognise a t all in the landscape before him Even its

shape w as w rong

He rem ained perfectly still fo r a moment, ga zing around His surroundings seemed strange, almost dream like Then he turned in a slow circle, trying to

distance ahead o f him, the land rose up steeply tow ards something that made a straight horizontal line A road, perhaps? He de cided that, dream or not, there w as no po in t in staying w here he w as He

w o u ld w a lk to the top o f the hill

He picked up the bag o f books he had dropped

w hen he hit the ground and started to make his w a y through the tall grass 12 1 I H alfw a y up, he paused to take his jacket off In London it had been

w inter, but here it felt like M a y o r June He looked behind him Here and there w ere other lone figures

m oving about, leaving 3trails o f flattened grass like his

ow n behind them as they w alked 'W h a t's happening?' Julian w on dere d 'It looks as if w e all just dro pp ed out o f somewhere But never mind rig ht now Just get up the hill, and take it from there.'

He fin a lly reached the top o f the slope, and pulling himself up the last few feet, found that he had been

as fa r as he could see into the distance There w as no sign o f an y traffic

He looked back a g a in a t the other people

4scattered through the m eadow I 4 I I Then 35

just ahead o f him, a g irl clim bed onto the

roadway, w earing shorts and a sleeveless T-shirt

She smiled at him and said: 'Excuse me, but are

you from around here? I w as w on dering if you

w ou ld direct me .' Her w ords trailed o ff as he «

shook his head

'Sorry I cam e from out there, to o ' He

pointed a t the field behind her 15 1 I 'W h e re

d id they all com e from ?' she 5m urm ured softly.

accent He shrugged 'N o idea I know as much

as you I w as just com ing out o f a lecture I

trip pe d over something and landed here.'

'I w as out jo g g in g I slipped and fe ll.' 16

th e ir different clothes, his th ick jacket, her T-shirt and shorts

w ere w andering about in seem ingly random directions

w as not the explanation

fo r the firs t tim e as she saw the oth e r people

surface w ith the fam iliar w hite lines dow n the middle

seeds sticking to his clothes

endless field o f grass, tall, yellow ing and waving gently in the w arm breeze

asked

'In Irvine Just outside Los A ngeles,' she said

'I w as in London It w as snow ing.'

1 W h a t do you th in k is a t th e end o f th e road?

2 H ow do you th in k th e story continues? W ill Julian and th e girl return to th e ir o w n tim es and places?

She stared a t him, then looked aw ay 'It must

be a dre am ,' she said 'M a y b e I hit my head «>

w hen I fell I expect I'll w ake up in a minute

know how o r w h y they w ere here, but the

reality w as starting to sink in

7 Find th e n u m b e re d w o rd s 1 -5 in th e te x t

W ith a p a rtn e r, tr y to w o r k o u t th e ir m e a n in g

T h in k a b o u t:

• th e w ord class (noun, verb, adjective, etc.)

• th e fo rm : is th e w o rd form ed fro m one you know?

• clues fro m th e context

Check y o u r ideas w ith a d ic tio n a ry

Vocabulary 1: using a d ictionary

A b o u t th e e x a m : Papers 2, 3 a n d 5 te s t y o u r

a c tiv e k n o w le d g e o f v o ca b u la ry To e x p a n d y o u r

v o c a b u la ry d u rin g y o u r course, it's a g o o d id ea to

re c o rd a n d le a rn an y u s e fu l n e w w o rd s y o u m e e t

in R ea din g, L iste n in g a n d P aper 3 te x ts Use a

d ic tio n a ry such as th e L o n g m a n A c tiv e S tu d y

D ic tio n a ry o r th e L o n g m a n Exams D ic tio n a ry to

• He tu rned in a slow circle, trying to catch a

glimpse o f anything familiar.

• She stared at him, then lo oked away.

N o w lo o k a t th e e n trie s fo r th e s e w o rd s D ecide

w h e th e r s ta te m e n ts 1 -8 b e lo w a re tr u e (T) o r

fa ls e (F)

gaze Ige izJ v[I] to look at someone or some­

thing for a long time: + at/into etc She sat

engine opt o f the window.- cage n fsipeujprl „

J u d ith tried to avoid h is gaze.

glimpse1 /glimps/ n [C] 1 when you see

someone or something very quickly for a

short time: get/catch a glimpse of Dad only

caught a glim pse o f the gu y who stole our car

2 a short experience of something that helps

you to understand it: a glim pse into the

fu tu r e

glimpse2 v [T] to see someone or something

very quickly for a short time: For a second I

glim psed her face, then she was gone.

— y

-RTTH/steallster/ v[I] to look at someone or

something for a long time without moving

your eyes: + at Stop staring a t me! - stare n [C]

She gave h im a long h a rd stare 1 2

1 Glimpse, gaze and stare can all be used as either

nouns o r verbs T

2 The noun form s o f all three w ords are countable

3 The vow el a is pronounced th e same in gaze and

stare.

4 The p in glim pse is silent.

5 The verbs gaze and stare can both be fo llo w e d by

th e preposition at.

6 Gaze and stare mean exactly th e same thing.

7 The noun glim pse is o ften used w ith th e verbs g e t

o r catch.

8 You can have an object after th e verbs stare and

gaze.

th e use o f vo ca b u la ry Find th e m istakes and

e x p la in w h y each is w ro n g , usin g th e d ic tio n a ry

e x tra c ts a b o v e t o h e lp y o u T h e n c o rre c t th e sentences

E xam p le : The hunter glim psed at th e tiger in th e long grass

W rong - w e use an ob je ct a fte r 'glimpse', n o t a preposition.

It should be ‘The h u n te r glim psed the tig e r in the

lo n g grass '

1 I saw a glim pse o f them as they escaped

2 I stared her fo r a long tim e

3 She gave him a quick gaze

4 I made her a stare and she looked away

5 He was unaware o f her gazes

6 W hy does th a t man keep staring at me?

S Paper 3, P a rt 3 te sts v o c a b u la ry as w e ll as

g ra m m a r O n e area te s te d is ph rasal verbs The

In n n rya n F xa m s.D ictio n a ry.p iye s-V ciiL e xa m n lp

sentences w h ic h s h o w th e m e a n in g s o f phrasal verbs in c o n te x t

slook after sb/sth phr v especially BrE

1 to take care of someone by helping them, giving them what they need, or keeping them safe E M l take care of: Don’t worry I ’ll look after the kids tomorrow \ S u san looked

1 C o m p le te th e second s e n tence so th a t it has a

s im ila r m e a n in g t o th e fir s t sentence, usin g th e

w o r d g iv e n D o n o t c h a n g e th e w o r d g iv e n

Y ou m u st use b e tw e e n tw o a n d fiv e w o rd s,

in c lu d in g th e w o r d g iv e n A ll th e sentences

re q u ire a ph rasal v e rb w ith lo o k

1 The authorities are investigating th e cause o f the

3 If you d o n 't k n o w th e w ord , check it in a

dictionary, it

If you d o n 't know th e w o r d , in

a dictionary

4 He had a lo t o f respect fo r his grandfather, to

He re a lly his grandfather

5 You should keep your eyes open fo r Steve a t th e

dance, o u t

You s h o u ld Steve a t th e dance

6 Keith thinks he is m uch better than everyone else,

d o w n

K e ith everyone else

2 Check y o u r answ ers in y o u r d ic tio n a ry

Grammar 1: like, as, as if/th o u g h

1 C hoose th e c o rre c t a lte rn a tiv e in each o f

th e s e sentences

1 You look ju st like / as your brother.

2 W hat's / H ow 's th e fo o d like? Is it OK?

3 That man seems like / seems very fa m iliar - 1

w o n d e r if I've m et him before

4 You should do as / like your parents say.

5 My cousin started like / as a secretary, and now

she's th e manager

6 That sounds as / like th e train com ing now.

7 You look as thoug h / like you're w orried.

8 A: Do you feel like / as going fo r a swim?

B: No, it looks like / as i f it's going to rain.

9 Let's m eet at 7 o'clock, like / as w e agreed.

10 I've always regarded Sue as / like my best friend.

11 Let's do som ething fu n , as i f / like th ro w in g a

The forecast said it's going to be ho t and sunny

1 M y m other's very funny, b u t m y fa th e r is a b it strict

2 No, he's g o t dark hair, b u t I'm fair-haired

3 Yes, w h y not, b u t I'm n o t very good a t dancing!

4 It's quite small There isn't m uch to do in th e

evenings But th e people are friendly

5 Yes, I do The best th ing ab ou t a pool attendant's

jo b is th a t you meet lots o f people

m

1 L o o k a t th e p ic tu re a n d c o m p le te th e te x t

using like las/as if/a s th o u g h

There's a man standing next to an insect w hich isalm ost as big ( 1 ) he is The man has one eye

w hich looks ( 2 ) an insect's M aybe he uses it( 3 ) a sort o f m agnifying glass to im prove hisvision W e can only see his rig h t hand - it's amechanical hand, rather ( 4 ) a robot's hand Itseems ( 5 ) th e insect may be under his power

O rm a yb e th e insect is acting ( 6 ) his protector

o r helper In th e background there are curved blacklines They look a b it ( 7 ) th e lines on a record

or CD Further away there are some buildings - it looks ( 8 ) there's a big city there

2 D o y o u a g re e w ith th e d e s c rip tio n o f th e

p ic tu re ?

4 W o rk w ith a p a rtn e r

1 S tu d e n t A look a t th e picture on page 187

S tu d e n t B look a t the picture on page 189.

D escribe y o u r p ic tu re t o y o u r p a rtn e r Use expressions fr o m Exercises 1 an d 2

2 L o o k a t each o th e r's p ictu re s W e re th e y th e sam e as y o u im a g in e d th e m fr o m y o u r

p a rtn e r's d e s c rip tio n ? If n o t, h o w w e re th e y

d iffe re n t?

m m

1 W hich statem ent, A or B, accurately

reflects w h a t th e speaker says?

2 W hich phrases in th e extract tell you?

A I try no t to be pu t o ff by books th a t

seem hard to read,

B I th in k th a t some o f w h a t I read is a w aste o f tim e

1 w h a t each person is reading and w hy

2 ho w useful o r im p o te n t it is to be able to read in these situations

1 W h a t kind o f things do you like to read?

2 W ha t was th e last th in g you read fo r pleasure?

_ j 2 You w ill h e a r fiv e p e o p le ta lk in g a b o u t

w h a t th e y rea d Y ou ha ve to choose o n e

s ta te m e n t th a t m a tches w h a t each sp e a ke r

says To p ra ctise th is , re a d th e s ta te m e n ts

A a n d B b e lo w a n d liste n t o w h a t th e firs t

sp e a ke r says Y ou w ill h e a r th e e x tra c t tw ic e

1 Lo ok a t th e p ictu re s a b ove, w h ic h s h o w

p e o p le re a d in g in v a rio u s s itu a tio n s T h in k a b o u t:TIP! T h e s ta te m e n ts a re n o t in th e sam e o rd e r

as th e in fo r m a tio n y o u hear As y o u liste n , y o u

need t o check all six sta te m e n ts

A I am prepared to try reading books th a t seem

difficult

B I th in k th a t some o f w h a t I read is a w aste o f tim e

C I like reading books th a t are part o f a series

D I fin d th a t reading is a w ay o f relaxing

E I enjoy reading books th a t have been made into

1 W hich tw o pictures do they ta lk about?

2 H ow do they answer question 2 in Exercise 1 ?

(~ J 2 Listen a g a in Tick th e phrases th e s tu d e n ts use

t o in te ra c t w ith each o th e r

But on th e oth e r hand I suppose so

Yes, and as w ell as t h a t Yes, that's true

2 Listen a g a in t o check y o u r answ ers

4 W h ic h spea ke rs' v ie w s d o y o u a g re e w ith ?

3 P ractise saying th e phrases w ith th e same

in to n a tio n as th e re c o rd in g

3 W o rk w ith a p a rtn e r First, ta lk t o each

Try to use som e o f th e phrases fr o m Exercise 2

1 Do you o ften read articles or emails on a

com puter?

2 Do you use the Internet to fin d inform ation fo r

your studies or w ork?

3 H ow fa r do you th in k television and th e Internet

have changed people's reading habits?

4 Do you th in k th a t people w ill still read books in

th irty years' tim e? W hy?/W hy not?

G ra m m a r re fe re n c e p 191 (2.1)

2 C hoose th e c o rre c t fo r m o f th e a d v e rb in each p a ir o f sentences

1 a) No m atter ho w hard / hardly she tried, she

c o u ld n 't find th e answer

b) She had hard / hardly noticed him in th e crow d

until he came up to her

2 a) I haven't seen you late / lately - have you been

ill?

b) I have to w o rk late / lately to n ig h t so I w o n 't be

able to go o u t w ith you

3 a) His teacher speaks very high / high ly o f his

abilities

b) He kicked the ball high / highly up in to th e air.

4 a) I d id n 't pay fo r th e concert - 1 managed to get in

free / freely.

b) W ear loose, com fortable clothes fo r yoga so th a t

you can m ove free / freely.

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1 Read th e s e sentences U n d e rlin e th e a d ve rb s /

a d v e rb ia l phrases a n d circle th e a d je ctive s

Example: I read th e book quickly because it was so

<jffferesting>

1 The exam was harder than w e expected I did

badly, b u t my brother did worse

2 If you w a n t to do w ell and get good grades, you'll

have to study more

3 Please d o n 't drive so fast on this dangerous road

4 W hy was he behaving in th a t silly, unfriendly way?

5 Stand still and look straight at th e camera

6 She w orks harder than anyone I know

7 If you order a new book over th e Internet, they

send you a receipt automatically

8 W e'll have to make an early start if w e w a n t to get

there by lunchtim e W e d o n 't w a n t to arrive late

1 Does she get th e bus to college? (usually)

2 He's n o t late, (often)

3 She's been happy there, (never)

4 You'd be tte r go to th e house (straight)

5 I'll be seeing her tom orrow , (certainly)

6 I d id n 't make it on tim e (nearly)

7 She's missed her flig h t, (perhaps)

8 I managed to ge t his num ber fro m Judy, (luckily)

9 You are right, (probably)

G ra m m a r re fe re n c e p 1 91 (2 4 -5 )

w ith s im ila r m e an ing s,

c o llo c a tio n s , fix e d phrases,

ph rasal verbs a n d p re p o s itio n s

D O N 'T choose m ore than one

op tio n fo r any one question

D O N T leave any answers

blank If you're still no t sure

w hen you read th e w ho le text

fo r th e last tim e, then guess

1 T h e fo llo w in g te x t is a b o u t tw o coin ciden ce s Read th e te x t

th r o u g h q u ic kly W h a t w e re th e tw o coin ciden ce s?

2 For q u e s tio n s 1 -1 2 , rea d th e te x t b e lo w a n d d e cid e w h ic h

a n s w e r (A, B, C o r D) be st fits each g a p T h e re is an e x a m p le a t th e

b e g in n in g (0)

Example:

Coincidence - or fate?

w ritin g an im po rtan t book ab ou t the Earth's atm osphere The book (1) .$>•■• many aspects o f the topic, (2) /.Y th e clim ate One day,

as Flammarion was sitting near th e open w in d o w o f his study w o rkin g

on th e ( 3 ) Q ab o u t th e weather, a sudden gust o f w in d blew in,lifted th e pages he had ju st w ritte n o ff his desk, and carried them

com puters, he had no (6) J o f w h a t he had w ritte n (7) &

he knew th a t he w o u ld have to rew rite th e missing pages, he decided

passed, and he was ab ou t to start w o rk w hen to his am azem ent he received a m anuscript o f his book fro m his publisher - including th e lost

on his publisher and (10) .ATT., w h a t had happened By (11) 0 ,

a delivery boy w o rk in g fo r th e same publisher had been passing his house ju st as th e w in d carried th e pag^s o u t o f th e w ind ow The boy

3 D o y o u b e lie ve in c o in c id e n c e o r fa te ? Tell a p a rtn e r a b o u t a tim e w h e n s o m e th in g h a p p e n e d t o y o u th a t seem ed t o be a b ig

c o in cid e n ce a t th e tim e

3 In Brendon's story, w h a t was special

ab ou t th e music he chose to play?

A It was w ritte n fo r tru m p e t only

B It was by a little -kn ow n composer

C It was very d iffic u lt to play

4 H ow was Brendon feeling w hen he arrived a t the concert hall?

A nervous ab o u t th e com petition

B stressed because he'd been delayed

C ill because th e jo urne y had been uncom fortable

W here did Brendon find a copy o f the music he needed?

A in a w aste paper basket

B in another bag

C in a cupboard

unsure

A ho w the baby was saved

B w here th e baby fell from

C w h e th e r th e baby was hu rt or not

(Part 4)

1 You w ill h e a r tw o frie n d s , A n n a an d B re n d o n ,

ta lk in g a b o u t coin ciden ce s First, rea d th r o u g h th e

q u e s tio n s in Exercise 2 (n o t th e o p tio n s ) a n d m a tc h each

TIP! B e fo re y o u liste n, lo o k th r o u g h th e q u e s tio n s o r

s e n te n c e o p e n in g s on ly, n o t th e o p tio n s These w ill g iv e

y o u a g e n e ra l id e a o f w h a t th e re c o rd in g is a b o u t

T h e n rea d th r o u g h th e o p tio n s

2 Read th r o u g h th e o p tio n s f o r each q u e s tio n Th en

liste n an d choo se th e be st answ er A, B o r C

1 W hy did Anna's A u n t Carrie go to Paris?

1 W ere th e questions in th e same order as

th e inform ation on th e recording?

2 W ere th e options (A, B, C) in the same order as th e related inform ation on th e recording?

3 W h a t should you do if you d o n 't hear the answer to a question?

a) Keep looking at th a t question inr-ase it comes later

b) Look at th e next question

2 H ow did A u n t Carrie feel about th e book she found?

A surprised someone had pu t her name in it

B curious ab o u t h o w it had go t to Paris

C confused because she had one the same at hom e

5 Discuss th ese q u e s tio n s

1 W hich o f th e stories you have ju st heard

do you th in k is most/least believable?

2 Have you heard any oth e r stories o f strange coincidences like this?

9

Vocabulary 2: m odifiers/

intensifiers

1 A d v e rb s a re o fte n used to in te n s ify th e

m e a n in g o f a d je ctive s In each o f th e fo llo w in g

sentences, tw o a d ve rb s a re possible an d o n e is

in c o rre c t Cross o u t th e in c o rre c t a d ve rb

E xam p le : I've ju st heard an absolutely / a-ver? /

a really am azing story.

1 W e had a very / an extrem ely i an absolutely

narrow escape

2 The film o f W uthering H eights was absolutely /

qu ite / fa irly good, b u t th e book was better.

3 It m ust be p re tty / utte rly / fairly hard to w rite a

book

4 I th in k tim e travel is extrem ely / absolutely t

com pletely impossible.

5 The special effects in th e film w ere to ta lly t utte rly /

terribly amazing.

6 I w e n t to a concert last w eekend I fo u n d it a b it /

rather / com pletely boring b u t my frie nd enjoyed it.

7 Your English is absolutely / fairly t ju s t fantastic!

You m ust have lived in an English-speaking country

8 The m atch on TV this afternoon was incredibly i

very / to tally good.

E xam p le : I th o u g h t th e film was quite good (brilliant)

D id you? I th o u g h t it was absolutely b rilliant!

1 I th o u g h t th e book w as all right (w on derful)

2 I th o u g h t th e gram m ar was fairly easy (d iffic u lt)

3 David said th e film was qu ite good (superb)

4 I th in k it's pretty cool outside today (freezing)

5 I th in k John's ideas are absolutely right, (w rong)

6 She said the concert was qu ite impressive, (great)

Q 2 Listen a n d c o m p a re y o u r answ ers.

3 W h ic h o f th e fo llo w in g

th in g s w o u ld y o u fin d :a) really easy?

b) rather difficult?

c) to tally impossible?

E xa m p le : raising one eyebrow

/ can raise one eyeb row -

it's really easy Look!

1 standing on one leg w ith your eyes closed

2 w alking on your hands

3 separating th e w h ite o f an egg fro m the yolk

4 coun tin g fro m 20 to 1 backwards in English

5 reading a w ho le book in one day (in your ow n language)

6 having a telephone conversation in English

1 T h in k a b o u t a re a lly g o o d tim e y o u had

re c e n tly w ith y o u r frie n d s o r fa m ily M a k e a

n o te o f som e key p o in ts , f o r e x a m p le w h e re

y o u w e n t, w h a t y o u d id , a n d w h y it w as so

g o o d

2 Tell a p a rtn e r a b o u t it Be ve ry e n th u sia s tic ,

a n d use som e o f th e in te n s ifie rs a n d a d je ctive s

1 W hen and w here does the story begin?

2 W h a t was th e w rite r doing w hen she decided to take Perky outside?

3 W hy d id n 't she th in k Perky w ou ld fly awc'T?

4 W h a t happened w hen th e w rite r g o t outside w ith Perky?

3 [ue Sfces

When I was a child, I lived in

Arizona One day in 1956,

I was walking around the house with

my sister Kathy’s new parakeet,

on my finger Suddenly, I had the ii

of showing Perky what the sky

looked like His wings had

been clipped, so I felt it was

safe to take him outside

I took him into the garden,

and then, to my horror, Perky

suddenly flew off One

minute he was there, and

the next minute he was

gone, clipped wings

and all

Perky

idea

2 Lo ok a t th e h ig h lig h te d verbs in th e te x t a b ove

1 W ha t tense are they in?

2 W hich tense form

a) refers to som ething th a t had already happened to

the bird before this story began?

b) sets the scene fo r the story?

G ra m m a r re fe re n c e p.204 (1 9 6 -7 )

m

1 Read th e n e x t p a rt o f th e story D id th e w r ite r

fin d th e p a r r o t a g a in ?

Kathy managed to forgive me, and told me that Perky

had certainly found a new home, but I did not believe

her For a long time, I was inconsolable Time passed,

however, and eventually my guilt lessened and we all

grew up

2 Discuss th e s e q u e stio n s

1 Does the paragraph describe a short o r long period

o f tim e?

2 W h a t tense are the highlighted verbs? Do they

describe events in th e same order they happened, or

a d iffe re nt order?

3 Find one more verb and underline it W ha t tense is

it? W h a t tim e does it refer to?

a) before th e beginning o f th e story

b) before the other events described in this paragraph

G ra m m a r re fe re n c e p 2 0 4 (19.5,19.7)

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1 Read th e e n d o f th e story, a n d c o m p le te th e

te x t w ith th e verbs in b ra ck e ts in th e c o rre c t

fo rm : p a st sim p le, pa st c o n tin u o u s o r pa st

p e rfe c t D o n 't use th e pa st p e rfe c t unless it is

a b s o lu te ly necessary t o m a ke th e o rd e r o f

e ve n ts clear

Many years later I was living with my own family in a different city My husband and I had become very friendly with another family who had children of the same age as ours One summer evening, we (lXkiAl.Jil.tilOlj (sit)together in the garden tellingstories about pets we (2) , Knave)in thepast Then Barry, the father of the other family,(3) ©Oto£LtJX'Jp(announce)that the Greatest Pet of All Time was his blue parakeet, Sweetie Pic

‘The best thing about Sweetie Pie,’ he(4) (explain),‘was the way we got him

(stand)outside my house Then, out of a clear blue sky,

a little blue parakeet just (6) Vji (fly) downand (7) i&dvtfw.u' (land)on my finger.’

I was astounded When I was finally able tospeak, we (8) MikVi::(t\iimine)the evidence Thedates and the locations and the description of the bird all (9) .cC!\Cl}XiXJ (match)up Apparently forty years before we had actually met, our two families (10) .XL:.: (be)linked by Perky

That night 1(11) Jf.!ijSJ)±tJ.u(phone)my sister and said to her, ‘You were right! Perky did find a new

From TRUE TALES OF AMERICAN LIFE

2 A n s w e r th e s e q u e stio n s

1 W h a t w ere th e tw o families doing in th e garden?

2 H ow had Barry fo u n d Sweetie Pie?

3 H ow did they kn o w th a t Sweetie Pie was th e same bird as Perky?

1 W o rk w ith a p a rtn e r L o o k a t th e p ic tu re on

p a ge 188 M a k e u p a s to ry t o e x p la in th e even ts th a t led u p to th e s itu a tio n s h o w n in

th e p ic tu re

2 C o m p a re y o u r s to ry w ith th e class

Writing: story (Part 2)

A b o u t th e e x a m : In Paper 2 o f th e exam y o u m a y

be asked to w r ite a s h o rt story Y ou m ay be g iv e n

th e firs t o r last sentence

I uueited outside th e house, feeling v e ry nervous.

r e d M r drevu iip in f r o n t o f fh e

house (Z> / » o r e g o t o u t, tu f

(■$) the d riv e r’s d oo r opened end e

women ste p p e d a r t o n to th e roed. ( 4 ) .

1 sew h e r , X rem em bered h er Sh e hed been in fh e

re s te u re h f wh ere X hed fast seen Temes th re e

m onths CS) .

"Die w omen seethed up f o th e f r o n t doo r o f th e

house, m ehjrg no e ff e m p t t o hide X thought ebout

fol/ow irg h e r , but X derided t h e t i f should be U t t e r

n o t f o c o n f r o n t h er ( U . hed gone

in to th e house nothing heppened f o r e f e w m inutes,

th e n I h eerd e sh o t end som eone s c re e n e d

X g o t out mg mobile end phoned th e police.

(7) X sues- suerhihg f o r them f o e rriu e , X

vuefehed th e house, but no one e n te r e d o r l e f t if.

(Q) .th e police e rriu e d end s t e n t in to th e

house T he y see rch ed ell o v e r end C9> .

found I ernes tie d up in th e re !fa r, ediue endw e //

T)>c 2 ~e vv*s ho +r*ce o f fte. worn*').

2 A s to ry s h o u ld have th re e o r fo u r

p a ra g ra p h s a n d in c lu d e th e fo llo w in g fo u r stages

□ background inform ation

□ first events and/or a problem

□ final outcom e

□ later actions o r results

Read th e s to ry a g a in a n d n u m b e r th e stages in

o rd e r

SSf: Read th e ta sk b e lo w T h in k o f som e ideas

fo r th e story A sk a n d a n sw e r q u e s tio n s lik e these

■finishing her history exam Then suddenly, -feeling that something in her surroundings was not right, she had raised her eyes from the exam paper The classroom had completely disappeared .

Emma knew th at a fte r what she had been through, her life would never be the same again.

Two weeks later, Emma heard th at she had passed her history exam and she fe lt very pleased with

1 A n s w e r th e fo llo w in g q u e s tio n s usin g a

3 W h a t is the noun from nervous?

4 W h a t is the adverb th a t pieans n o t in a steady

way?

5 W h a t adjective beginning w ith s is used to describe

a headache th a t is very bad?

6 W ha t verb has th e same meaning as to lo o k in to

the cause o f som ething?

7 W h a t verb is used in th e phrase to som eone a

stare?

8 W ha t verb means to fa ll over som ething?

2 C o m p le te th e second s e ntence so th a t it has

a s im ila r m e a n in g t o th e fir s t sentence, usin g n o

It's very noisy - w h a t's in here?

5 I never discovered w h o had w ritte n th e book,

1 C o m p le te th e fo llo w in g te x t Y ou have been

g iv e n th e fir s t le tte r o f each w o rd

A dictionary w ill give you inform ation ab ou t ho w to

w rite a w ord d o w n - the (1) s - and h o w tosay it - th e (2) p It tells you w h e th e r the

w ord is a (3) n , a (4) v o r an adjective,and may also give you inform ation ab ou t com m on(5) p th a t the w o rd appears in And, o f course,

it also tells you w h a t the w o rd (6) m

1 M y brother has th e same colour hair like me

2 You look like unhappy - w hat's the m atter?

3 How's the w eather like w here you are? Is it raining?

4 That o u tfit suits you - you look as a m odel o r a film star!

5 I'm studying very hardly fo r th e exams

6 She spoke to him friendlily, and he fe lt better at

7 It was very freezing on th e m ountain top

8 Your exam result was absolutely good

5 R eplace th e in c o rre c t lin k in g expre ssion in ita lics w ith a c o rre c t on e

1 He fe lt m uch better w hile he had solved the

problem

2 The weeks w e n t by and as soon as I started to feel

better

3 He p u t dow n his suitcase fo r a m inute and

secondly he picked it up again and w alked on.

4 W hile I phoned my sister, she was having a shower.

5 Eventually you ge t there, please phone and let me

know

6 I used my dictionary a lo t la te r b u t no w I try to

guess w h a t th e w ords mean

7 A t last I g o t home, I fo u n d my friends had arrived.

8 D uring you w ere sleeping, som ething really exciting

happened

G o to w w w iT e s ts c o m o r y o u r C D -R O M fo r in te ra c tiv e e x a m practice. J

U N I T I

4 Food for thought

2 W h a t s o rt o f fo o d s h o u ld th e fo llo w in g p e o p l-

e a t? W h a t s h o u ld th e y a v o id ? W h y ?a) a pregnant w om an

b) an Arctic explorerc) someone w ith a coldd) a model

2 Potatoes, carrots and beetroot

3 Cheese, b u tte r and oil

4 Fresh fru it and vegetables

5 Eggs and red m eat

6 Rice, potatoes and bread

7 Nuts and dried beans

8 Proteins, fats and carbohydrates

a) are rich in vitam in C

b) are high in cholesterol

c) are roo t vegetables

d) are good sources o f protein fo r vegetarians

e) are all high in carbohydrates

f) are dairy products

g) are needed in a balanced diet

h) have a high pro po rtion o f fa t