Unit 1
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1 The photo is of Seattle,Washington, in the USA2-3 Answers will vary.
Exercises 1-2 page16
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Exercise 3 page 17
1Asia 2megacity/popular destination/capital city3an old town/a harbour
Exercise 4 page 17
1a 2b 3b 4b 5a 6b
Exercise 5page 17
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1Because two million people travel into the city to work there every day.
2Because it had an important international harbour.
3Because Europeans(the Dutch) used to work in the harbour.
4Probably 15 million years.You can learn about this at the National Museum.
5Tourists, because it shows things that tourists are interested in such as old buildings street food and firework displays.
Exercises 6-7 page 17
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Exercise1page 18
a traffic b countryside c modern d population e pollution f capital g expert h opportunity
Exercises 2-3 page 18
c
Exercise 4 page 20
1T 2T 3T 4F; More than 35 cities in the world are megacities.
5F:Most megacities are in Asia South America and Africa 6F; Finding a nice place to live is difficult in megacities.
Exercise 5 page20
Exercise 6 page 21
Paragraph1:1950 Paragraph2:12;eight billion2025;40 Paragraph 3:35:75 Paragraph 6:37.8 million;20;8.7 million Paragraph 7:25million;four Paragraph 818.3million:1200
Exercise 7page21
1 two 2 40 3 12 4 eight 5 87 6 20 7 25 8 four 9 1,200
Exercise 8 page 21
a
Exercise 9 page 21
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Exercise 1 page 22
1quiet 2area 3 local 4cheap 5citycentre 6expensive 7noisy
Exercises 2-3page22
b
Exercise 4 page 22
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homestays, hotels places to stay guests,another country
Exercise 5 page 24
a A mountain village b A house near the forest c A big city
Exercise 6 page 24
1 The Atal family live in a village. It is a friendly place
The mountains are very beautiful.
2 Kate and Julian Foxton live in the southwest of England
The area is great for sport.The houses are quite expensive
3 Chafic and Aline Halwany live in a large city.People
learn Arabic and French in the city centre There is a lot of traffic during the day
Exercise 7 page 24
1 The Atal family and the Foxton family
2 Chafic and Aline Halwany's homestay because it is
noisy at night and there is a lot of traffic during the day
Exercise 8 page 24
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Exercise1page 25
noun-1,adjective-2
Exercise 2page 25
1b 2a 3c 4e 5d
Exercise 3 page 25
1polluted 2 expensive 3quiet 4interesting 5ugly
Exercise 4 page 26
countable: beach,building,hotel museum village
uncountable: air,food,rain,traffic,transport water work
Exercise 5 page 26
1x 2a 3x 4a 5an 6a 7X
Exercise 6page 27
a a lot of, lots of many b a few;a little not much; not many
Exercise 7 page 27
1a lot of 2a few 3A lot of 4Many 5Some 6Much
Exercise 8 page 27
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Exercise 1page 28
Reading 1is about megacities.Reading 2 is about smaller parts of cities towns and villages.
Exercise 2 page 28
1+ 2+ 3- 4- 5+
Exercise 3page 28
Positive: lots of cafes and restaurants;places stay open late at night; lots of jobs and businesses
Negative: a lot of traffic; it can be noisy
Exercise 4 page 29
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Positive: good public transport;museums and art galleries good schools and universities
Negative: more expensive crime possibly unfriendly
Exercise 5 page 29
Answers will vary Possible answers:
Positive:quiet;friendly Negative:boring:no jobs
Exercises 6-7 page 29
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Exercise 1 page 30
1subject-Paris;verb-is
2subject-The town verb-does not have
3subject-Iverb-live
4subject-Istanbul;verb-has
5subject-Many students;verb-live
6subject-The village verb-is not
7subject-The shops;verb-are
8subject-Thehouses(in the town);verb-are not
Exercise 2 page 30
1l(S)am(V)Mexican 2He(S)is(M)an engineer 3The people(S)are(M)nice 4We(S)are(M)happy 5Kyoto(S)is(M)beautiful 6It(S)is(M)a small town
Exercise 3 page 31
1aren't 2is 3aren't 4are 5is 6aren't
Exercise 4 page32
2There is a famous museum in my city.
3There is not /isn't a lake in my town.
4There are a lot of cars in my city.
5There are many expensive shops in my city.
6There are a few big hotels in my town.
7There are not/aren't many people in my town
Exercise 5 page 31
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Exercise 6 page 32
2 There are lots of/a lot of museums.
3There are many universities.
4There are 11 ports.
5 There is one airport./There are not/aren't many airports.
6There are lots of/a lot of five-star hotels.
7There is a palace.
Exercise 1page 33
I live in Montreal.It is a city in Canada.It is a beautiful city. There are many shops and restaurants.The people are friendly.There is an art festival in June.People in Montreal speak both French and English. It is very crowded with tourists in the summer.In the winter people like to ice skate,cross-country ski and play ice hockey.
Exercises 1-7 pages 33-34
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Exercises 1-2
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Exercise 3
1capital 2area 3local 4opportunity 5quiet 6modern 7traffc 8population
Exercise 4
1The children were very noisy during the long car ride
2The seafood in this restaurant is always cheap.
3The National Museum has a lot of interesting paintings.
4The sunset over the mountains is beautiful
5There are many expensive restaurants in Athens
6Left the cinema because the film was boring.
7The city is polluted so I stayed inside my hotel.8 The countryside is quiet in the morning
Exercise 5
1ahotel 2tworings 3abicycle 4traffc5anisland6information7food 8acar
Exercise 6
1South America 2spaghetti salad and bread 3tomorro We 4mother and I 5May or June 6 a horror a comedy and a romance 7week She
Unit 2
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1The photo is in Tokyo, Japan.There is a fireworks display
2Two people are getting married;People are enjoying a special meal Students are graduating
3(left to right) South Korea, Saudi Arabia, the USA
Exercises 1-2 page 38
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Exercise 3page 39
1B 2L 3E 4L 5E
Exercise 4 page 39
1d 2c 3e 4b 5f 6a
Exercise 5 page 39
1F:It was a clear night in London 2T 3T 4F In Edinburgh,people carried torches in the streets.5T
Exercise 6 page 39
Possible answers:
1thinking about what has happened in the past year
2thinking about what you want to do in the year ahead
3watching the fireworks
Exercise 7 page 39
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Exercise 1 page 40
1celebrate 2gift 3culture 4traditional 5lucky 6fireworks
Exercises 2-3 page 40
Exercise 4 page 42
1Mexico 2China 3the UK 4Japan 5the UK
Exercise 5 page 42
1F: Pinatas have sweets inside them
2F;Long noodles are lucky in Chinese culture.3 F:Mother's Day in the UK is in March or April 4T 5T
Exercise 6 page 42
a
Exercise 7 page 42
Possible answers:
colour and design of the article,length of paragraphs photos, title
Exercise 8 page 42
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Exercise 1page 43
1a 2b 3a 4b 5a 6b
Exercise 2 page 43
Oman; Muscat Festival; February
Exercise 3 page 44
a 5:Brazil Cuba Italy India Russia,South Korea.Spain
Tunisia, Turkey and many other countries
b 1 about one month
c 4 Other highlights of the Muscat Festival include d 2and international history and traditions
e 3:six-day Tour of Oman cycle race
Exercise 4 page 45
1February 2visit/attend/enjoy 3Green Mountain 4Muscat Art Festival 5popular 6Possible answers:food music the mix of different cultures
Exercise 5page 45
a
Exercise 6 page 45
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Possible answers.
language,family,art,literature, film,sport,TV
Exercise 7 page 45
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Exercise 1 page 46
Exercise 2 page 46
1at 2on 3in4on 5at 6in 7at 8at 9at
Exercises 3-4page 47
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Exercise 5 page 47
1 The dinner usually starts at eight o’clock in the evening 2I always eat chocolates at festivals.3She never forgets to call her family.4The children sometimes get money instead of toys 5We often go skiing for our winter holiday.
Exercise 1 page 48
Possible answers:
Name: Muscat Festival
When: February, every year Where: Oman
Food &drinks:different types of food
Activities: look at new products, watch the cycle race,go to the Muscat Art Festival
Clothes:traditional clothes (inferred from photos; no information in text)
Exercises 2-5 page 49
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Exercise 1 page 50
1subject-The children verb-wear
2subject-MyfamilyandIverb-watch
3subject-Iverb-visit
4subiect-People in the UK verb-celebrate
5subject-My parents and I;verb-go
Exercise 2page 50
1at home P 2beautiful;A 3presents;N 4in the evening;P 5traditional;A
Exercise 3 page 51
1People in Wales celebrate New Year.
2My parents and I cook together at the weekend.
3Everybody in my town is excited about the festival.
4My family eat in the morning.
5We do not visit my grandparents.
Exercise 4 page 51
1P-atnight;O-films
2P-InIndia:O-the Magh Bihu festival
3P-in the morning;o-their homes
4P-atschool;o-parties
5P-On Saturday;O-the parade
Exercise 1page 52
c2 d1 e2 f1 g1 h2 i1
Exercise 2 page 52
1T:When I was a child,my classmates and I always celebrated International Teacher's Day.
2S:It was my favourite day of the year.We brought gifts for our teacher.We ate special food and we usually
played games.The teachers loved Teacher's Day and the students loved it too
3C:To summarize,I have very special memories of Teacher's Day.
Exercise 3page 53
aS bS cT dc eS
Exercise 4 page 53
Students should circle the following.
a lasts two days;people laugh,have fun,forget their troubles.
b ancient; celebrates the beginning of spring
e friends and family get together and throw coloured water and powder at each other celebrates the beautiful colours that come with spring
Exercise 5 page 53
India celebrates the Festival of Colours,also known as Holi. Holi is an ancient festival that celebrates the beginning of spring.During this festival friends and family get together and throw coloured water and powder at each other -this activity celebrates the beautiful colours that come with spring. Holi usually lasts for two days and people laugh have fun and forget their troubles.In conclusion, this festival is an interesting Indian celebration
Exercise 1page 54
1March 217th 3parade4beach 5paella 6rice 7red 8clothes
Exercises 2-10 pages 55-56
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Exercise 2
1fireworks 2celebrate 3activity 4visitors 5popular 6culture 7take part 8Traditional
Exercise 3
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Exercise 4
1on 2at 3in 4at 5on 6in
Exercise 5
1The Mardi Gras festival always happens in February
2People usually celebrate the end of Ramadan with a special meal.
3During Chuseok in Korea,women often wear traditional clothing called hanbok.
4We sometimes travel to another country during the holidays.
5I never buy expensive gifts.
Exercise 6
1supporting sentence1 2concludingsentence 3topic sentence 4supporting sentence 2 5supporting sentence3
Unit 3
page 59
1A farmer 2Checking the weather or checking the crop 3-4 Answers will vary
Exercises1-2 page 60
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Exercise 3 page 61
1texting 2talking 3walking looking 4taking 5showing
Exercise 4 page 61
1billion 2 money 3advertising 4buy 5quickly 6customers
Exercise 5 page 61
1c 2b 3a 4d
Exercises 6-7 page 61
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Exercise 1 page 62
a advert b interest c collect d free e security f record g software h secret
Exercise 2 page 62
Title:Someone's always watching you online….
Subtitle: How companies buy and sell your personal information
Exercises 3-4 page 62
b
Exercise 5 page 64
1take information without asking you
2different adverts to different people
Exercise 6 page 64
A your address, your online habits, the websites you visit
B your address, your online habits the websites you visit
C other websites you might like
your social media page a data broker
Exercise 7 page 65
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Possible answers
1 The users are probably in their early-to-mid 205
The users are probably interested in finding information on technology and careers after university
Exercise 8 page 65
a.c.d
Exercises 9-11 page 65
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Exercise1 page 66
1download 2educational 3improve 4imagination 5creative 6affect
Exercise 2page 66
advantage,benefit positive-disadvantage negative
Exercise 3 page 66
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plus, strength,good(for)-difficulty weakness,bad (for)
Exercise 4 page 66
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Exercise 5 page 68
1 3;However, a recent study suggests that video games
can also be bad for children.
2 2;For many people,video games are fun and educational.
Optional activity
Ask students to choose one of the video game advantages in
Exercise 6 page 68
(+)cross outs: 3 teach children about money; 5 can help children exercise.
(-)cross outs:7are boring:10 can cause problems between parents and children.
Exercise 7 page 68
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Exercise 8 page 68
1a 2c
Exercise 9page 68
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Exercise1 page71
1b 2a
Exercise2 page71
Advantages:read newspapers from all over the world: read news from home lean new words;have fun with video games:helps with homework:email connect with people; watching educational videos;learning about new cultures and traditions
Disadvantages:can get addicted can lose a lot of information if computer breaks down
Exercise 3 page71
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Exercise 4 page72
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Exercises 5-6page 72
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Help: Lots of information from different sources is available. You can check facts with different sources.
Information is available quickly.
Waste time: You can be distracted by irrelevant but interesting information.You get interrupted by emails and social messages.
Exercise 1page 76
Paragraph 2: For many people,video games are fun and educational.
Paragraph 3: However,a recent study suggests that video games can also be bad for children.
Exercise 2 page 76
1 topic: social media sites;controlling idea: make it easy to keep in touch with your friends
2 topic:smartphones;controlling idea:can be expensive
3 topic: information on the internet;controlling idea: is
not reliable
4 topic: information online controlling idea: You can access [it]from all over the world.
Exercise 3 page 76
a Smartphones can be expensive
b You can access information online from all over the world.
c Social media sites make it easy to keep in touch with your friends.
d Information on the internet is not reliable
Exercises 1-9 pages 77-78
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Exercise 1
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Exercise 2
1 security 2 download 3interest 4advert 5improve 6creative 7affect 8record
Exercise 3
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Exercise 4
1video 2paper 3screen 4smart 5shopping6 pass 7 media 8computer
Exercise 5
1 In my opinion, smartphones are too expensive.
2 l believe that websites collect too much information about people.
3 It seems to me that video games are very popular.4| don't think that social media is a good way to make friends.
5 In my opinion people should change their passwords every month.
6It seems to me that people waste too much time on the internet
Exercise 6
1 Smartphones are useful in many ways.
2 Social media is very popular in the European Union.
3 New technology played an important role at the 2018 Winter Olympics.
Unit 4
page 81
1a sun b wind c rain d snow
2-3 Answers will vary4a sandstorm
Exercises 1-2 page 82
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Exercise 3 page 82
1Alley 22011 3160 4cannot 5weather 6twenty-five 7difficult Exercise 4 page 83
1b 2c 3a 4e 5d
Exercise 5 page 83
b
Exercise 6 page 83
Yes, they enjoy their work They sound very excited when they find the right tornado.
Exercises 7-8 page 83
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Exercise 1 page 84
1cover 2lightning 3Almost4 last 5thunder 6huge 7dangerous Exercise 2 page 84
1 Answers will vary.
2 Extreme means the worst or the most serious possible3 Possible answers: tornado, hurricane, drought, sandstorm,flood
Exercise 3 page 86
1a 2b 3a 4b 5a
Exercise 4 page 86
1b 2a 3a 4b
Exercise 5 page 86
1b 2b 3a
Exercise 6 page 87
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Exercise 1 page 90
1high 2 low 3maximum 4minimum
Exercise 2 page 90
1A 2B 3A 4B 5B 6A
Exercise 3 page 91
1rise(s),reach(es) 2 fall(s),drop(s)
Exercise 4 page 91
la an increase 1b reaches 2a a decrease 2b drops
3a a decrease 3bfalls to 4a anincrease4b rises
Exercise 1 page 92
1temperatures 2 times 3 maximum temperature in the day 4minimum temperature at night
Exercise 2 page 92
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The graphs show information an temperature and
precipitation in Svalbard and Amman throughout the year.
Exercise 3 page 93
1 precipitation in millimetres
2 temperature in Celsius
3 Amman
4average temperatures
5 bar charts
6 line graphs
Exercise 4 page 93
Note: a small margin of error either way is acceptable. Svalbard, Norway.
Exercise 5 page 94
1Svalbard:July:Amman:July and August
2 Svalbard:February;Amman:January
3 Svalbard:February, March and August;Amman: January
4 Svalbard: April and May Amman:June--September
5 Possible answers:Svalbard: heavy snow; Amman:drought
6 Possible answers:Svalbard: problems with travel and transportation: Amman: limited growing of food
7 Answers will vary
Exercise 1page 95
Exercise 2 page 95
1the driest 2colder 3the most extreme 4lower 5the biggest
Exercise 3 page96
1 higher 2 colder 3 lowest 4wetter 5 drier 6rainiest 7sunny
Exercise 1page 96
1precipitation;yearSvalbardNorway2temperature;year;Svalbard, Norway
Exercise 2 page 97
1 Main idea: The hottest time is between 2 pm and 4 pm.
Data: Temperatures rise to 33C.
2 Main idea: The coldest time is at 4 am.
Data: Temperatures fall to-1C
Exercise 3 page 97
1a 2b
Exercise 4 page 97
1c 2b 3a 4d
Exercise 5 page 97
a,b.d.f
Exercise 6 page98
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2 It is too hot to snow in some Central American cities. like Managua and Guadalajara.
It is too hot to snow in some Central American cities. such as Managua and Guadalajara.
It is too hot to snow in some Central American cities. for example Managua and Guadalajara.
3 There are a lot of tornadoes in certain US states.like
Oklahoma and Texas.
There are a lot of tomatoes in certain US states such as Oklahoma and Texas.
There are a lot of tornadoes in certain US states,for example Oklahoma and Texas.
4 When you go camping bring important items, like water and sunscreen.
When you go camping bring important items,such as water and sunscreen.
When you go camping bring important items,for example water and sunscreen.
5 You can do a lot of outdoor activities in warm weather. like swimming and walking
You can do a lot of outdoor activities in warm weather such as swimming and walking
You can do a lot of outdoor activities in warm weather for example swimming and walking
6 Some cities are very wet and rainy like Hong Kong and Mumbai.
Some cities are very wet and rainy,such as Hong Kong and Mumbai.
Some cities are very wet and rainy, for example Hong Kong and Mumbai.
Exercises 1-9 pages 99-100
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Exercise 2
1precipitation 2 rises 3 dangerous 4 shock5 covered 6decide 7lasted 8almost
Exercise 3
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Exercise 4
1maximum 2minimum 3high 4low
Exercise 5
1 n March, the temperature reaches 10°C.
2 At about 130,the temperature drops to -1'C.
3 On Sunday the temperature decreases to 40C.
4 In November. the temperature rises to 4C.
5 The temperature falls every hour.
6 The temperature increases every month.
Exercise 6
1The graph shows precipitation in millimetres (mm) over a year in Svalbard Norway
2 From January to February precipitation increases from20 mm to 30 mm.
3 Between August and September the amount of precipitation decreases by about 5 mm.
4 Some months have around the same amount of precipitation,for example, February and March.
