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Workbook Upper intermediate
Answer Key
1  Impressions 6 Vocabulary
a) doesn’t she
1
b) did I
Grammar c) aren’t I Usually positive characteristics:
d) haven’t you warm, charming, hearty, sparkling
1
e) was it Usually negative characteristics:
a) 1 b) 6 c) 4 d) 8 f) does she abrasive, fake, harsh, shrill, strident
e) 3 f) 2 g) 7 h) 5 g) do they
2
2 7
a) 6 b) 5 c) 2 d) 4
1 just bought a) ✓ e) 1 f) 7 g) 3
2 was walking b) Do you mind telling me how you
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3 saw met him or her?
4 had been looking c) Could you tell me what your first a) charming e) staring
5 was selling thoughts were? b) firm f) spiky
6 used to have d) ✓ c) impassive g) husky
7 always feel e) Do you think that you made a d) forced h) designer
8 ’m wearing good impression on him or her? 4
f) Do you know what he or she is
3 a) rediscover e) relocate
doing now?
a) So does Venice. g) I’d like to know if/whether you b) reunite f) reconsider
b) So is Titanic. still have the same opinion about c) rebuild g) rewrite
c) Neither has Jodie Foster. this person. d) reinvent h) reschedule
d) So did Daniel Day-Lewis. 5
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e) So does Keifer Sutherland.
a) rearrange e) remake
f) Neither has Antonio Banderas. a) Do you know know what kind of
b) reconstruct f) redo
g) Neither was Schwarzenegger. salary you are looking for?
c) rethink g) repackage
h) So did Tom Hanks. b) Could you tell me which political
d) reword h) re-examine
party you vote for?
Sentences c, f, and h are completely
c) Do you think that you work well 6
untrue.
under stress? a) buckle e) sleeve
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d) Do you mind telling me if/ b) zipper f) belt
a) So do I. / I don’t! whether you have ever been in c) button g) hem
b) So have I. / I haven’t! trouble with the police? d) cuff h) collar
c) So would I. / I wouldn’t! e) I’d like to know what is more
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d) Neither do I. / I do! important for you: money or job
e) Neither do I. / I do! satisfaction. a) cuff d) sleeve
f) So am I. / I’m not! f) Would you say that you are b) button e) buckle
g) So did I. / I didn’t! a “morning person” or an c) belt
h) Neither have I. / I have! “afternoon person”? 8
i) Neither could I. / I could! g) I’d like to know whether you
1 c 2 d 3 a 4 e 5 b
believe in God.
5
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a) weren’t you R Pronunciation
1 guess 4 up
b) aren’t you F
2 can’t 5 annoying
c) are you F a) Speaker A
3 down
d) do you R b) Speaker A
e) don’t you R c) Speaker B 10
f) didn’t you F d) Speaker B
1 that 7 resemblance
g) can you R e) Speaker A
2 over 8 same
h) have you F f) Speaker B
3 one 9 recognize
i) did you F
4 with 10 looks
5 image 11 like
6 bears 12 looking
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reading 2 b) Blood is thicker than water.
c) Home is where the heart is.
a) making f) arrange
1 / 2 d) Birds of a feather flock together.
b) Let g) attempt
The second and the third ads will c) force h) mind e) Two’s company, three’s a crowd.
probably get the most replies. d) allow i) ask f) One good turn deserves another.
3 e) get 4
a) 3 b) 2 c) not needed d) 5 3 1 a) 2 f) 3 e) 4 d) 5 c) 6 b)
e) 1 f) 4 g) 6 a) to understand e) spending 5
4 b) talking f) to leave a) impressed e) optimistic
c) going g) know
appeal / appealing b) fed up f) allergic
d) to help h) to give
attract / attractive c) irritating g) amazed
entice 4 d) terrible
tempt a) They couldn’t afford to buy lots of 6
new clothes.
a) terrible e) optimistic
writing
b) They encouraged me to go to
b) allergic f) irritating
church every week.
1 c) amazed g) fed up
c) They never let me bring friends
d) impressed
c) A voice and a life home.
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2 d) They made me come home at ten
o’clock every night. 1 take 5 make
1 b 2 c 3 a
e) They warned me not to go to 2 call 6 show
3 nightclubs (because they were 3 have 7 help
dangerous). 4 welcome 8 holler
I first discovered her music because
f) My father expected me to work in
my mother used to like it and listen
his factory. Pronunciation
to it when she was cooking. About
g) My parents taught me to respect
ten years ago, Marianne Faithfull
authority. 1
was in concert here, and we went
together. She was superb. I love the h) I was dreading telling my parents a) gray, say, chase, fake
way she sings, and she has had such a that I had a boyfriend. b) buy, try, flight, wild
fascinating life. I don’t like everything i) I managed to run away from home c) boy, toy, annoy, join
that she has done, but she’s always when I was 15. d) go, know, clothes, host
interesting. j) I tried to live on my own, but it e) how, now, clown, ground
was very hard.
4 2
5
appeared a) lost d) low
beautiful 1 at 2 to 3 in 4 at 5 for b) wear e) have
concert 6 about 7 to 8 of 9 with c) give
10 with
different
extremely 6 Listening
fascinating
a) Do you find it difficult to get up in
favorite
the morning?
including 1
b) Is it embarrassing for you to speak
interesting
English? Speaker 1: Picture c
recently
c) Do you find it irritating to get Speaker 2: Picture b
serious ✓
spam email? Speaker 3: Picture a
d) Is it easy for you to keep a secret?
2
2  Generations e) Do you find it boring to watch
commercials on TV? Speaker
f) Do you find it amusing to look at
old family pictures? topic 1 2 3
Grammar
1 Vocabulary boyfriends ✓
a) Lidia decided to study in the USA. entertainment ✓ ✓
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b) She wanted her parents to pay for
fashion ✓
her studies. 1 infancy 4 adulthood
c) Unfortunately, they could not 2 childhood 5 middle age marriage ✓
afford to help her. 3 adolescence 6 old age
d) ✓ money ✓ ✓
2
e) ✓
a) dreading e) urged music ✓
f) The family friends didn’t ask her
b) aiming f) warned
to pay any rent. politics ✓
c) avoid g) mind
g) She loved going to classes and she
made lots of friends. d) manage h) encourage studies ✓ ✓
h) She spent her free time taking care 3
work ✓ ✓
of the friends’ children.
a) Charity begins at home.
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would have stopped a long time
a) a bad job a) a steady stream of people
ago.
b) not as good as people claim b) digest the information
e) If I didn’t have to go to work
c) caused things to go wrong c) use your time more profitably
tomorrow, I would stay at home.
d) made very easy for them d) food for thought
f) If I had been good at math, I
e) survive financially e) a half-baked idea
would have studied it at college.
f) a situation where you have two f) spare a couple of minutes
g) If I had done more exercise when
very different advantages g) spent the evening
I was younger, I would be a lot
h) trickling slowly
healthier now.
writing i) wasting your time
h) If I’d been born with very rich
j) worth your while
1 parents, I wouldn’t be doing this
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job.
1 d 2 e 3 m 4 n 5 i 6 k
7 c 8 l 9 f 10 g 11 a 12 j 5 A
1 loaded 5 breadwinner
13 b 14 h a) 8 b) 2 c) 7 d) 3 e) 6
2 splash out 6 peanuts
2 f) 5 g) 4 h) 1
3 blow 7 a rainy day
a) P b) H c) H d) H e) P 6 4 living 8 debt
f) H g) P h) P a) If I’d studied harder at school, I’d B
have a better job. 1 worth 5 range
3  Gold b) If it was/were made of real gold, it 2 made 6 budget
would be worth a lot. 3 pricey 7 stretch
c) If they hadn’t cornered the market, 4 hard
Grammar they wouldn’t have put up the 8
price.
a) I was looking for something a little
d) If he didn’t have a talent for seeing
1
more colorful.
a gap in the market, he wouldn’t
a) was going b) I was wondering if you might have
have made millions.
b) would see something a little less formal.
e) If she had realized it was valuable,
c) they had had c) I was thinking of something a little
she wouldn’t have given it away.
d) the next day more exciting.
f) If my time wasn’t /weren’t so
e) wasn’t finished d) I was hoping for something a little
precious, I would have spoken to
f) would love less expensive.
them.
g) ‘d gone e) I’d like something that looks a little
g) If I hadn’t been working late, I
h) we were going older.
wouldn’t have missed the movie.
f) I’d prefer something a little more
2 h) If I had known you were coming, I
fun.
would have come to meet you.
a) he had just won
b) he had won; he was going to do Pronunciation
Vocabulary
c) he didn’t know; he would buy
d) would use up 1 1
e) he wanted
a) wealthy d) special
a) office d) action
f) she wanted
b) whether e) stretch
b) a trash e) a risk
g) they were going
c) treasure f) deluge
c) a fortune f) way
h) she was doing
2
2
3
a) took e) have / take a) tʃ b) dʒ c) ʒ d) θ e) ʃ f) ð
a) “I got the tickets.”
b) make f) having
b) “Can/Could I see them?”
reading
c) take g) take
c) “When are we leaving?”
d) make; take h) make
d) “You have (got) two days to get 1
ready.” 3
a) by inventing a meatball-making
e) “Do I need to bring any money?”
a) dinner e) loss machine
f) “I’ll pay for everything.”
b) action f) exam b) ten years
g) “I’m going to buy some new
c) fortune g) difficulty c) that they can also be successful if
clothes.”
d) way h) duty they take a few risks and believe in
h) “Do you want to come/go with
4 their dreams
me?”
i) “I’ll wait for you at home.” a) 5 b) 9 c) 7 d) 6 e) 1 f) 8 2
4 g) 10 h) 4 i) 3 j) 2 a) 5 b) 4 c) 6 d) 2 e) 1 f) 3
a) If I was/were the president of my 5 3
country, I’d spend more money on a) Expressions a/5, c/7, d/6 a) F b) F c) T d) T e) F f) F
the environment. b) Expressions b/9, g/10 g) F h) F i) T
b) If I ever had the chance, I’d take a c) Expressions e/1, f/8, h/4, i/3,
4
year off and go traveling. j/2
c) If I could live anywhere in the a) entrepreneur d) perseverance
world, I’d probably buy a beach b) expert e) aired
villa in the Caribbean. c) prototype
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writing off at the elbow in order to save his 2
life. Once he had cut off his arm, he
a) self-conscious
1 managed to climb to the floor of the
b) enjoyable
1 when canyon. As he was walking out of c) reasonable
2 as soon as the canyon, he met a group of people d) self-discipline
3 While / As who had been hiking in the area. e) self-esteem
4 then They called for help and a helicopter f) accessible
5 after / as soon as soon arrived to take him to a nearby g) self-employed
6 While hospital. h) unbearable
7 during 4 i) achievable
8 As soon as / When j) doable
a) What had Aron been doing when
9 until
the accident happened? 3
2 b) Why hadn’t anyone come to look
a) self-conscious
totally – completely for him? b) self-esteem
Apparently – it seemed c) Why hadn’t he called for help? c) enjoyable
Suddenly – just then d) How long had he waited in the d) doable; achievable
frantically – desperately canyon? e) unbearable
finally – at last e) What had he done to get away? f) reasonable
f) What had he been doing when he
g) accessible
met the hikers?
4  Challenge h) self-discipline
5 i) self-employed
a) He had been climbing in a remote 4
Grammar canyon. a) of e) slow
b) Because he hadn’t told anyone
1 b) jammed f) load
where he was going.
c) no g) into
a) had always wanted; saw c) Because he hadn’t brought his cell
d) out h) undo
b) came; just closed; jumped phone with him.
c) had been preparing; canceled d) He had waited in the canyon for
d) had never done five days. 5
e) had been waiting; had finally e) He had cut his arm off. 1 figure out
arrived; didn’t know f) He had been walking out of the 2 undid the zipper
f) were getting; rang; told; had stolen canyon. 3 loaded the gun
2 6 4 in charge of
5 no way
a) ✓ a) have finished
6 swung into action
b) He heard a strange noise behind b) be going
7 it / the gun jammed
him. c) be working
8 go into slow motion
c) It sounded as if someone was d) have had
following him. e) have gotten 6
d) ✓ f) be going 1 c 2 f 3 d 4 i 5 e 6 g 7 a
e) ✓ g) be playing 8 h 9 b 10 j
f) He had never felt so scared in his h) have gotten; had
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life.
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g) ✓ a) feel e) Look
h) John didn’t know what to do. 1 will/’ll be doing b) picks f) keep
i) He took one last look over his 2 will/’ll have started c) give g) come
shoulder. 3 will/’ll have made d) lit h) taking
j) ✓ 4 will/’ll have fallen 8
5 will/’ll have given up
3
6 will/’ll be living a) coming down with
Aron Ralston had been climbing in 7 will/’ll have changed b) put me off
a remote canyon in Arizona when 8 will be running c) shake it off
disaster struck. He was climbing d) takes after him
down a particularly narrow part Pronunciation e) let you down
when a huge rock fell and trapped f) get over it
his arm. As he had been climbing on 1 g) look into it
his own, there was no one to help a) up d) out h) do without it
him. And he knew that no one would b) off e) off 9
think of looking for him there because c) down f) after
a) it’s horrible when that happens.
he hadn’t told anyone where he was
b) It serves you right.
going. He hadn’t brought his cell Vocabulary
c) You’ve only got yourself to blame.
phone with him, so he couldn’t call
for help. He waited for five long days, 1 d) I’d go home if I were you.
e) You look like death warmed over.
but no one came to find him. By the a) imminent e) genuine
fifth day, he had lost all sensation in b) shambolic f) obscenely
his arm. He realized that he had no c) interest g) particularly
choice. He would have to cut his arm d) deal
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1 It’s horrible when that happens. 1 not possible 5 would a) cozy e) first
2 You’ve only got yourself to blame. 2 wouldn’t 6 would b) urge f) domestic
3 You look like death warmed over. 3 wouldn’t 7 wouldn’t c) slammed g) Force
4 I’d go home if I were you. 4 would 8 not possible d) matches h) breakneck
5 It serves you right.
5 3
Listening Suggested answers 1 apt 5 service
a) He used to / would drink beer. 2 run through 6 happy couple
1 b) He used to have a beard. 3 gone for 7 pronounced
c) He used to be a hippie. 4 walked 8 sunglasses
a) To raise the media profile of the
d) He’d / would / used to go to
wildlife park. 4
nightclubs.
b) The confined space of the cage.
a) ceremony g) aisle
e) He didn’t use to drink champagne.
c) No, she doesn’t.
b) reception h) vow
f) He didn’t use to be a businessman.
d) Yes, she does.
c) honeymoon i) confetti
g) He’d / would / used to smoke
2 d) best man j) rice
cigarettes.
e) groom k) cake
a) T b) F c) T d) F e) F f) F h) He’d / would / used to wear his
f) speech l) bridesmaid
g) T h) T hair in a ponytail. / He used to
have a ponytail. 5
3
i) He didn’t use to have a cell phone.
a) to do f) being
a) do some exercise
6 b) to get g) flying
b) give someone an idea
c) to go h) to get
c) go for a walk 1 used to be
d) visiting /to visit i) to do
d) stay in shape 2 would chase
e) to go
e) raise money 3 found
f) set a new record 4 tried 6
5 would smoke
1 complaining 4 keeps
writing 6 would always get
2 insist 5 mad
7 would have to
3 go 6 telling
1 8 saw
b) Marathons for beginners 9 had 7
10 ’ll/will always pay a) I hate it when people tell me what
2
11 ’ll/will play to do.
a) 3 b) 5 c) 1 d) 4 e) 6 f) 2 7 b) It really annoys me when people
3 shout.
a) Could you remember to lock
c) The thing that annoys me most is a
Start by the door on your way out this
messy desk.
Try morning, please?
d) I can’t stand it when people keep
It’s important to b) Do you remember telling me that I
me waiting.
really think was the only person in your life?
e) I find it irritating when nobody
Next, you should c) ✓
listens to me.
It’s a good idea to d) It’s so long ago that I’ve
f) Bad manners really get on my
Remember to completely forgotten saying that.
nerves.
you definitely ought to consider Did I really?
g) It’s so annoying when it rains on
it’s definitely worth trying out e) ✓
the weekend.
Or maybe you could f) They stopped for a minute to get
h) The way some people drive makes
Think about some money out at the bank on the
me crazy.
Why not way to the movies.
You just need to g) This season, I’m going to try to
reading
you could always win both the 100 and 200 meters.
h) Try cooking it in oil – it’ll taste a lot 1
better.
5  Ritual b) 27 Dresses
Pronunciation 2
a) Rachel Getting Married, 27 Dresses
Grammar 2
b) Mamma Mia!
a) two d) mind
1 c) Mamma Mia!, Rachel Getting Married
b) nerves e) understand
d) 27 Dresses
1 find 5 not possible c) irritating f) crazy
e) Mamma Mia!, 27 Dresses
2 decide 6 do
f) 27 Dresses
3 clear 7 spend Vocabulary
3
4 not possible 8 not possible
1
3 a) 7 b) 2 c) 5 d) 6 e) 3 f) 8
1 jinxed 6 renowned g) 1 h) 4
1 used to 5 used to
2 striding 7 rituals
2 didn’t use to 6 used to
3 outfit 8 immune
3 didn’t use to 7 didn’t use to
4 derive 9 came across
4 used to 8 used to
5 upper hand 10 crazy
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1 is eaten 1 menu 5 extensive
1
2 eats 2 dishes 6 flavor
1 a) 2 c) 3 b) 4 f) 5 d) 3 is usually covered 3 light 7 three-course
6 e) 7 g) 4 washed down 4 fresh
2 5 is used 5
6 means
a) Further to; in connection with 1 The first and most obvious reason
7 contains
b) caused directly by 2 In fact
8 needs
c) over the agreed price 3 As a result
d) in due course 6 4 What is more
e) furthermore 1 became 5 Secondly
f) unsuitable for this type of work 2 rose / had risen 6 In other words
3 3 was made 7 To sum up
4 was discovered
a legal advice 6
5 was greeted
b a full refund a) 7 b) 6 c) 3 d) 2 e) 5
6 were made / had been made
c the matter f) 4 g) 1
7 was used
d apology
8 also ate 7
e I will expect
9 bought
1 so
4
7 2 Although / Even though
Suggested answer 3 Furthermore
a) I am being helped with this
From most threatening to least 4 even though / although
exercise by a friend.
threatening: a e b d c 5 Consequently
b) My homework will be graded by
6 to sum up
my teacher.
6  Eat c) My dinner is being cooked by my 7 However
sister this evening. 8
d) I’ve never been given a ring.
a) 1959 d) 23,302
Grammar e) I will not / won’t be forced to take b) 0.999 e) 1-800-446-5447
an English examination.
c) 1/100th f) 21st
1 f) My dictionary hasn’t been opened
today. 9
a) ✓
g) I was invited to a friend’s house a) love d) zero
b) I’ve always hated
last weekend. b) oh e) zero
c) I’ve been a vegetarian
d) ✓ c) oh
Pronunciation
e) I’ve done 10
f) I’ve had 1 dark customers, chilled menu,
g) ✓
overcooked customers,
h) ✓ /s/ /z/ unhelpful wine
2
ask always 11
a) have/’ve finished beliefs cheese
a) beet e) cookie
b) have/’ve been cooking extensive dessert
b) pie f) cheese
c) have/’ve had fussy invisible
c) beans g) butter
d) has been eating loose noisy
d) peanuts h) salt
e) have /’ve probably received restaurant please
f) have been smoking this these
Listening
g) have/’ve been talking
3 1
Vocabulary
a) She has got the job c) Chestnut Wins Hamburger
b) Callum hasn’t been studying 1 Olympics
c) She hasn’t tell told her parents yet. a) 4 b) 6 c) 5 d) 2 e) 3 f) 1 2
d) Alyson has been painting
2 a) 24
e) he has only saw seen
b) $20,000
f) Dan and Ursula have been getting a) raised d) held
c) eight minutes
ready b) shook e) bending
d) 85
c) stick f) clenched
4 e) 66
3
1 ’ve been working f) peanut butter and toasted cheese
2 ’ve been doing 1 set 5 organic g) hundreds
3 started 2 à la carte 6 dishes h) 10,000
4 got paid 3 vegetarian 7 paper 3
5 ’ve been promoted / was promoted 4 regional 8 flavors
a) wolfed down d) stuff himself
6 made
b) swallow e) gorging on
7 ’ve accepted
c) get down f) scarfing down
8 ’ve given
9 ’ve moved
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a) have to travel / need to travel
1 1
b) could only
For c) had to book a) surveying d) boat
it is better for the future of our planet. d) not/n’t allowed to b) nibbling e) sunburned
organic food is almost certainly better e) were allowed to use / could use c) towel f) shovel
for your health and the health of your f) couldn’t park
1 surveying 4 nibbling
children g) didn’t have / need
2 sunburned 5 towel
Against 4 3 boat 6 shovel
It is more expensive and more difficult to
a) I should have known better. 2
find
b) I shouldn’t have trusted you.
you can’t always be sure that it’s organic a) suggest e) convince
c) I shouldn’t have said that.
b) advise f) persuade
2
d) I’m sorry, I should have told you.
c) assure g) mention
a) to d) of e) It shouldn’t have ended like that. d) reassure h) claim
b) of e) against f) I should have stayed at home.
3
c) for f) about 5
1 b 2 a 3 a 4 c 5 d 6 b
3
a) –; the e) a; –
7 b 8 d
a) There are many good reasons b) a; a f) the; a
4
b) some people may disagree c) –; – g) –
c) We know d) a; the a) ✓ b) ✓ c) ✓ d) ✓ e) –
d) be a better way of helping the 6 f) ✓ g) – h) – i) ✓ j) –
planet
5
1 the 11 the 21 The
e) What is more
2 – 12 the 22 a a) endless e) relentless
f) It is understandable to
3 a 13 – 23 – b) careful f) doubtful
4
4 the 14 The 24 the c) helpful g) childless
a) for d) against 5 the 15 a 25 – d) tasteless h) stressful
b) for e) against 6 the 16 a 26 the
6
c) against 7 a 17 the 27 the
8 the 18 a 28 a a) illegal e) unwilling
9 a 19 the 29 the b) illiterate f) illogical
7  Escape 10 the 20 – 30 the c) impolite g) undivided
d) immature
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Grammar The Holiday
Starring Cameron Diaz, Kate Winslet, 1 should 7 were
1 Jude Law 2 well 8 Whatever
3 views 9 must
a) The travel agent suggested us that Synopsis
4 recommend 10 sure
we go to the Florida Keys for our A British woman, Iris Simpkins, and
5 won’t 11 place
next vacation. an American woman, Amanda Woods,
6 avoid
b) He assured to us that we would are both at the end of a relationship.
have a wonderful time. They decide to take a two-week
reading
c) He explained us that it had won an vacation and go to live in the other
1
award for its clean beaches. person’s home. They want to forget
d) He also mentioned us that it had a about men. In a small English village, a) for women
fantastic nightlife. Amanda meets and falls in love with b) to entertain
e) He convinced to us that it was this Iris’s brother. Meanwhile, in sunny
2
year’s top destination. California, Iris meets a musician and
f) Finally, he persuaded to us to book love is in the air there, too. 1 b 2 d 3 a 4 g 5 e 6 f 7 c
it by offering a discount. 8 3
g) The company confirmed us that
a) You can’t measure the happiness. a) 2 b) 1 c) 2 d) 2 e) 1
there would be no price increases.
b) There never was the a good war or f) 1 g) 2
h) One week before departure, the
bad peace.
company announced us that there
c) Friendship is love with the writing
was a 5% price increase.
intelligence.
i) correct 1
d) Men never remember, but the
2
women never forget. Topics mentioned: cost, entertainment,
a) doing e) The Money is power. history, language, scenery
b) him to be f) Nothing is certain in the life except 2
c) me that the death and taxes.
a) 3 b) 5 c) 4 d) 1 e) 2
d) that it g) A Time waits for no one.
e) that she was h) Proverbs rarely contain the wisdom.
f) her to
g) them to
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a) How often do you get your hair 1 big 6 high
cut? 2 white 7 dimples
Grammar b) Have you ever considered having 3 full 8 eyebrows
a tattoo done? 4 smooth 9 eyes
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c) When was the last time you had 5 bone
a) It is thought (that) they have had a your eyes tested?
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fight. d) Where do you usually get your
a) self-centered d) level-headed
b) It is said (that) they are getting pictures printed?
b) grown-up e) open-minded
divorced. e) Have you ever thought about
c) laid-back f) down-to-earth
c) It is believed (that) an getting your name changed?
announcement will be made f) How often do you have your nails 6
tomorrow. done?
1 self-centered 4 open-minded
d) It has been suggested that Frances g) Where do you usually get your
2 laid-back 5 down-to-earth
has taken the children to Los pants hemmed?
3 level-headed 6 grown-up
Angeles. h) When was the last time you got a
e) It has been said (that) William key cut? 7
wants custody of the children. 6 a) self-centered d) down-to-earth
f) It is believed (that) Frances has b) open-minded e) level-headed
a) If you were to find some money
fallen in love with a younger man. c) grown-up f) laid-back
on the street, what would you do
g) It is thought (that) they will be
with it? 8
getting married in the spring.
b) Would you have cosmetic surgery, a) selfish d) unpretentious
2
assuming you had the money to b) tolerant e) sensible
a) Chocolate is thought to relieve pay for it? c) mature f) relaxed
stress. c) Imagine you could make a radical
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b) Blondes are believed to have more change to your lifestyle; what
fun. change would you make? 1 sensitive 6 conventional
c) Gray hair is thought to be d) Suppose someone were to give 2 caring 7 enigmatic
attractive in men. you three wishes, what would you 3 sensible 8 unfriendly
d) Pale skin was said to be a sign of wish for? 4 practical 9 dependable
great beauty. e) Supposing you were to get the 5 trustworthy
e) Cosmetic surgery was once chance to spend an evening with 10
considered to be an expensive the celebrity of your choice, who
a) caring
luxury. would you choose?
b) stand-offish / unfriendly
f) Brown eyes are believed to be f) What job would you like to do,
c) experienced / mature
stronger than blue eyes. assuming money, time, and talent
d) trustworthy / dependable
g) Working in front of a computer were no object?
e) mysterious
screen is known to be bad for your
f) straight
eyes. Pronunciation
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3
2
a) foot e) eyes
a) Get your eyes examined!
a) absent-minded b) ear f) neck
b) She is having her portrait painted.
b) big-headed c) shoulder g) mind
c) We had a spare key made.
c) easy-going d) chest h) arm; leg
d) I have to get the car washed.
d) good-looking
e) Have you had your pictures 12
e) level-headed
printed yet?
f) open-minded 1 e 2 a 3 f 4 g 5 b 6 d
f) It’s time we had the windows
g) self-centered 7 c 8 h
cleaned.
h) laid-back 13
g) Could you have my bags sent up
to my room? Vocabulary a) did I put my foot in my mouth?
b) get it off my chest
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1 c) made up his mind
a) I had my eyes tested last week.
d) aren’t from this neck of the woods
b) You need to get your bike fixed. a) eye d) dimple
e) a shoulder to cry on
c) You should get your hair cut. b) eyebrow e) jaw
f) I’m up to my eyes (in work)
d) We’re going to have this wall c) cheekbone
g) play it by ear
knocked down. 2 h) cost an arm and a leg
e) The company is going to get its
a) skin f) nose
logo changed. b) teeth g) cheekbones Listening
f) We had the car checked last week.
c) eyes h) eyebrows
g) I want to get my nose straightened. 1
d) jaw i) lips
h) You should get your homework
e) smile hobbies, family, tattoos, jewelry
checked.
3 2
square jaw, upturned nose a) F b) F c) F d) T e) F f) F
g) T h) T
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a) 1 I’m only kidding a) I may have made a mistake. a) captivating d) incentive
2 I’m pulling your leg b) You must have been very b) drizzling e) enigmatic
b) You’re pulling my leg again, aren’t surprised. c) endured f) mere
you? c) I might have seen this movie
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c) I bet before.
1 When 6 During
d) The same goes for d) She couldn’t have told the truth.
2 soon 7 On
e) Hold on e) I may (not) have paid.
3 at 8 Just
f) Time’s up f) He could have already left.
4 From 9 after
5
writing 5 Over 10 while
a) –
5
1 b) like
a) 3 b) 1 c) 4 d) 6 e) 2 f) 5
c) –
George Clooney
d) as if / as though 6
2
e) as if / as though
1 genetics 7 mathematical
a) 4 b) 6 c) 7 d) 5 e) 1 f) like
2 biology 8 economics
f) 3 g) 2 g) –
3 scientist 9 physicist
h) like
3 4 science 10 mathematician
6 5 economist 11 technological
a) He looks just like
b) Judging from the way he looks, a) ✓ 6 economic
c) What strikes me most about him is b) He appears to be asleep. 7
d) There is something about him that c) It seems as if we’ve been here
Arrow labels (from top to bottom):
e) He looks like a typical before.
2, 3, 1
f) At first glance, he appears to d) They look like rain clouds.
1 Insert, Ensure, click
g) He gives an impression of being e) The local people all seemed very
2 Place, clockwise
friendly.
3 spout, remove, press
f) ✓
9  Genius g) The bar looked cool, so we went in. 8
h) You look as if you’ve seen a ghost. a) He turned the dial on the
7 thermostat to zero.
Grammar
b) You can’t turn it on until you’ve
a) It looks as though it’ll rain today.
plugged it in.
1 b) When he is angry, he looks bright
c) How did people change channels
red.
a) must d) could before they invented remote
c) My classmates all seem very
b) couldn’t e) must controls?
friendly.
c) might f) may d) Make sure the lid’s on tight before
d) I often look a little tired on
3 you turn it on.
Saturday mornings.
e) Put a cup under the place where
Some people think that the CIA may e) My kitchen looks as if a tornado
the water comes out and push the
have kill killed President Kennedy. hit it.
blue button, OK?
They say that Lee Harvey Oswald f) I often appear to be calm when I’m
f) Take the filter out of the holder
couldn’t have been responsible for the not.
and replace it after every cup of
shooting and the CIA may be have g) People say that I look like a
coffee that you make.
murdered him in prison as a way of famous movie star.
stopping the investigation. h) It seems as if my English is
reading
improving very fast.
A survey in the US found that one
1
in five people think that the Apollo
Pronunciation
astronauts must may never have Leonardo painted the Mona Lisa,
landed on the moon. They think that a) 1 ii) 2 i) designed tanks and parachutes, and
the film of the event must have being b) 1 i) 2 ii) studied birds.
been done with trick photography. c) 1 ii) 2 i) 2
Some people even believe that the d) 1 i) 2 ii)
a) 3 b) 2 c) 4 d) 1
government might have faked all the e) 1 i) 2 ii)
Apollo missions. 3
It has been suggested by some people Vocabulary Suggested answers
that the US government could has a) Whose workshop did he spend ten
1
have made secret contact with aliens. years in?
A mysterious crash at the Roswell a) shiny e) eccentric b) Who was Florence at war with?
military airport in 1947 may have be b) run-down f) hideous c) How long did Leonardo spend in
been an alien spacecraft. Since then, it c) contemporary g) derelict Milan (working for Sforza)?
is thought that the government may d) tough h) sprawling d) When did he become fascinated
have kept another 11 similar incidents 2 with flight?
secret. e) How did he spend most of his time
a) sprawling d) run-down
at Amboise?
b) hideous e) contemporary
f) How many paintings did he do?
c) derelict f) eccentric
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g) The longest advertising poster ever
a) What I wouldn’t want is to be
1 produced, which was made by
written about in the popular press.
a) O’Canada Gear© in Alberta, was b) It’s only in the north of Canada
over 332 m long.
2 that he’s well known.
h) ✓
c) What I really hate is the way that
California truck driver, Larry Walters, i) Guy Ritchie, who used to be
celebrities always sound so sure of
has / had always wanted to be a pilot. Madonna’s husband, has directed
themselves.
… from a local store and filled them / a soccer ad for Nike™. d) The only thing that matters to
had them filled with helium gas. j) Nike, which is one of the best some people is being on TV.
known brands worldwide,
By now, he was panicking. e) What I don’t understand is why
spent more than $1.7 billion on
people take her so seriously.
An airport helicopter eventually
advertising in one year.
f) It isn’t the soundtrack I don’t like,
succeeded in bringing him back to
2 it’s the movie. / It isn’t the movie
earth.
I like, it’s the soundtrack.
a) that
3
g) It wasn’t John McCain who beat
b) who/that
a) plan d) seat Barack Obama in the presidential
c) who/that
b) (epic) journey e) pistol election, but (it was) Obama who
d) that/which
c) purchased beat McCain.
e) that/which
4 f) whose
Vocabulary
g) that/which
a) Larry Walters
h) that/which
b) be a pilot 1
i) whose
c) join the US Air Force
a) 4 b) 3 c) 2 d) 1 e) 8 f) 7
d) weather balloons In d), e), and h) the relative pronoun g) 6 h) 5
e) weather balloons can be omitted.
2
f) garden chair
3
g) seat a) I caught sight of his face for a split
5 a) Quantum of Solace, which is the 22nd second as he walked past
Bond movie, was first released in b) ✓
Suggested answer the UK. c) I couldn’t make out the details in
At the end of his act, the Argentinian b) Many Bond fans who enjoyed the picture because the quality was
magician, Professor Marvo, asked a Daniel Craig’s performance in so bad.
male member of the audience who Casino Royale are glad to see him d) ✓
was sitting near the front to come on back in the role of 007™. e) I gazed at the rain through the
stage. The magician handed the man c) Olga Kurylenko plays the role of a window for ages, thinking about
a gun and asked him to shoot him in Russian-Bolivian agent who helps what I’d say to her.
the face. The man fired the gun and Bond in his search for revenge. f) ✓
the magician then pulled the bullet d) Mathieu Almaric plays the role of g) ✓
from between his teeth. the villain who Bond has to try to h) Shh! They won’t notice us if we
The man was so impressed that he stop. just stand here and keep quiet.
took another gun out of his pocket. e) The title of the movie is based on
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While Professor Marvo was preparing a short story which/that appeared
to leave the stage, he said to him, in a collection called For Your Eyes a) confidence d) conference
“Catch this!” and shot him. He was Only. b) tag e) image
killed instantly. Even during the f) The movie is directed by Marc c) cut f) sector
subsequent trial, the man could still Forster, who also directed the 4
not understand why Professor Marvo Oscar®-winning Monster’s Ball.
a) spending d) team
(had) failed to catch the bullet. 4
b) list e) name
Suggested answer c) revenue f) value
10  Sell
One day, Philip K. Wrigley, who was
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the founder of the famous chewing
a) stripped
gum company, was sitting on a plane
b) fussy
Grammar that was going to Chicago. During the
c) care less
flight, the man who was sitting next
1 to him asked, “Why do you continue d) fiercely
e) epitomize
a) The most expensive advertisement to advertise a chewing gum which
f) rugged; heart-throb
of all time, which was for the drink is already the most popular in the
g) nostalgically
Guinness™, cost $20 million. world?” Wrigley, who was known for
h) haunting; conjuring up
b) It was made by Nicolai Fuglsig, his wit, quickly replied, “For the same
whose other advertisements include reason that the pilot of this plane, 6
the Sony Bravia advertisement. which is flying at 30,000 feet in the air, 1 cow 6 office
c) ✓ keeps the engine running.” 2 back 7 privilege
d) ✓ 5 3 far 8 strike
e) Castlemaine XXXX, which is a 4 raking 9 clear
a) 3 b) 1 c) 2 d) 6 e) 5 f) 4
kind of beer, once showed 17 5 placement 10 condition
different TV ads on one channel in
one evening.
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