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IELTS
ADVANCED
TEXTBOOK
ANSWER KEY
(Audio scripts are at the end of each unit)
UNIT 1: A GLOBAL VILLAGE
LISTENING
PRIMER
a. Brazil (Christ the Redeemer) b. USA (Old Faithful)
c. USA (Times Square) d. Vietnam (Ha Long Bay)
e. China (Bird’s Nest) f. UAE (the Palm Islands)
PRACTICE
a. Applying for a course
b. 2 words and/or a number
c. 3: age; 5 (partially): street number; 6: phone number
d. 1: last name; 2: first name; 3: country; 5 (partially): road name
Answers:
1. Turnball 3. Australia 5. 32 Broadway
2. Gill 4. 23 6. 2073346
INTEGRATE
1. a first degree
2. 7
3. ten hours
4. second semester
5. 27
6. international organizations
7. 5
8. Economics
9. First
10. Urdu and English
SPEAKING
PRACTICE
1. a-v b - iii c - ii d - iv e-i
3.
i. market, on a river, the mountains, ten thousand, sugar factory
ii. friendly, knows, safe and comfortable
iii. the traffic, worse, cross the road, parking, car parks, all over the place
iv. an ancient church, town hall, four hundred
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UNIT 1 – IELTS ADVANCED TEXTBOOK
v. catch the train, old cinema, football pitches
BEYOND SCORE
1. c 3. b 5. c
2. a 4. c 6. b
READING
PRACTICE
Suggested underlining and predictions:
1. study of happiness, domain; noun (a group of people)
2. Ruut Veenhoven, identify, threaten happiness; noun (something that is bad for happiness)
3. Suh, tendency, western countries; verb (something westerners do in terms of happiness)
4. Tim Kasser, advertisements, desires, things… don’t need; adjective (something negative)
Answers:
1. philosophers, therapists and gurus
2. behaviors
3. over-report
4. toxic
INTEGRATE
1. where you live(line 6) 6. cultural standard (line 67)
2. politicians (line 23) 7. average incomes (line 76)
3. money and inequality (line 31) 8. happiness suppressant (line 79)
4. personal achievement (line 57) 9. young adults (line 80)
5. inferior or guilty (line 64) 10. personal development (line 94)
BEYOND SCORE
1. c 5. a 9. a
2. b 6. c 10. c
3. a 7. a OR b 11. b
4. c 8. b 12. c
WRITING
PRACTICE
1.
a. i-line graph; ii-bar chart; iii-pie chart; iv- table
b. The statement refers to illustration ii.
Possible introductory statements:
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i. The graph shows the total number of kilometers per year travelled in Britain by three modes of
transport – train, bus, and car – during the period 1952-2002.
iii. The chart indicates the proportion of UK household consisting of differing numbers of people
from one to six or more in 2003.
iv. The table shows the percentage of British adults who had used
the Internet for 3 months prior to the interview between October 2000 and October 2005.
2. Possible answers:
a. The line graph compares the number of car thefts per thousand of the population in four
countries from 1990 to 1999.
b. Overall, it can be seen that car thefts were far higher in Great Britain than in the other three
counties throughout the whole time frame.
c. Great Britain: fluctuate; Sweden: increase steadily; France: gradual fall; Canada: slight decline
then rise modestly
INTEGRATE
1. Graph 1: increase; graph 2: decrease
2. Graph 1: visits overseas by UK residents were consistently higher and also increased more
sharply than visits to the UK by overseas residents.
Graph 2: average length of stays by UK residents was also consistently higher and fell
slightly less quickly than that by overseas residents.
3. Similarities: figures for UK residents were higher in both
Differences: figures increase in graph 1 but decrease in graph 2. This means that while visits
by both groups became more frequent, the travelers did not stay as long as before.
BEYOND SCORE
1. Acceptable: some countries in Asia; not acceptable: New York
3. The English finish the food. The Chinese might take this to mean that there is not enough
food.
5. Because he has to buy expensive equipment for other people if he succeeds again.
VOCABULARY REVIEW
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AUDIO SCRIPTS
LISTENING – PRACTICE - Q.1-6
Secretary: Good morning. Can I help you?
Student: Yes. I’d like to enroll for the course.
Secretary: Certainly. What’s your surname, please?
Student: Turnball.
Secretary: Could you spell that for me?
Student: Yes. It’s T-U-R-N-B-A-L-L
Secretary: Thank you … and what’s your first name?
Student: Gill. That’s spelled G-I-L-L.
Secretary: Thanks. Where do you come from, Miss Turnball?
Student: I come from Australia.
Secretary: I see. Where do you live now?
Student: Now I live with my sister. Her address is 32 Broadway SE32. The telephone
number is 2073346.
Secretary: Thank you. And how old are you?
Student: 23.
Secretary: Thank you.
LISTENING – INTEGRATE - Q1-6
Adviser: Hello, Admissions Guidance, how can I help?
Student: Hello, I’d like some information about studying at your university. Can you help
me?
Adviser: Yes, of course. What course are you interested in applying for?
Student: International Business. I already have a first degree from a university in my
country.
Adviser: Fine, so you’d want to do a Master’s level course?
Student: Yes, that’s right.
Adviser: OK, we often an MIB course – that’s a twelve-month full-time course. I can send
you details of that course or you can download a pdf file from our website.
Student: Could you put it in the post, please – I don’t have access to the internet at the
moment. Could you tell me what qualifications I need for that course?
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Adviser: Yes, for the MIB, you need a first degree. The minimum qualification is a “two
one” or a “first”
Student: OK
Adviser: And in English language you need a score of 7 or above in IELTS.
Student: That’s not a problem. I have a 9.
Adviser: That’s fine.
Student: Could you tell me the course hours and the semester dates, please?
Adviser: Yes, there’s a total of ten hours of lectures, seminars, and tutorials a week, and
there’s an extended stay abroad at the beginning of the second semester. That
involves spending a month at the national head office of a multinational
corporation.
Student: OK.
Adviser: And the semester dates are, just a moment, OK – the first semester starts on the
27th of September and ends on the 22nd of January, and the second semester runs
from the 7th of February to the 27th of May.
Student: Can you tell me a bit more about the actual course content?
Adviser: Well, I don’t know much about the course personally – I’m an admissions officer,
but I can read the course description for you if you like. If you need to know more
about the academic side, you’ll need to speak to the course tutor.
Student: Thanks – I’d be very grateful if you could tell me as much as possible now.
Adviser: I’ll just read the main points: “it involves the advanced study of international
organizations, their management and their changing external context. Students
develop their ability to apply knowledge and understanding of international
business to complex issues, both systematically and creatively, to improve
business practice.”
Student: Thank you very much.
Adviser: You’re welcome. Now if you could give me your name and address, I’ll have full
details of postgraduate courses sent to you.
Student: OK, my name is…..(fade out)
LISTENING – INTEGRATE - Q7-10
Student: OK, my name is Javed Iqbal. That’s J-A-V-E-D….. I-Q-B-A-L
Adviser: Thank you. And your home address Mr. Iqbal?
Student: It’s Aga Khan Road, Shalimar 5, Islamabad, Pakistan.
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Adviser: Thank you, and could I ask you one or two more questions for our records?
Student: Yes, of course.
Adviser: What was your first degree in?
Student: I did Economics. I got a first class degree.
Adviser: And where did you study?
Student: At the university here in Islamabad.
Adviser: OK. Now you said you had an IELTS level 9. Could I ask what your first
language is?
Student: Actually, I’m bilingual in Urdu and English.
Adviser: Thank you very much. I’ll put full details in the post today.
Student: Thank you – and thanks for all the information.
Adviser: Not at all, Mr. Iqbal. Thank you for calling.
SPEAKING – PRACTICE - Q.3
Speaker 1: My home town is a medium-sized market town. It’s about a hundred kilometers
from the capital city. It’s on a river and quite near the mountains. About ten
thousand people live there. A lot of people from the town work in a sugar factory.
Speaker 2: What I really like most about my village is the people. They’re so friendly.
Everyone knows everyone else and that makes you feel very safe and
comfortable.
Speaker 3: The main thing I dislike is the traffic – it’s getting worse every year. It’s almost
impossible to cross the road in the town centre during the day. And the parking is
terrible. There aren’t enough car parks and people park all over the place.
Speaker 4: I think they’d find its old buildings very interesting. There’s an ancient church
with beautiful paintings on the walls inside. Visitors come from quite long
distances to see those. Also the town hall is very impressive – it’s over four
hundred years old and they still use it everyday.
Speaker 5: The main improvement would be more sports and entertainment facilities. There’s
not much for young people to do, which means they have to catch the train to the
nearest town if they want a good night out. We’ve got an old cinema and a couple
of football pitches at the moment – that’s all.
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UNIT 2: CONFLICTING INTERESTS
LISTENING
PRIMER
1. The first photo shows a very busy city scene with chaotic, slow-moving traffic. Photo 2
shows a city where there is much less traffic and it flows smoothly.
2. Photo 1: Vietnam; Photo 2: UK
3. In the first city, there are no measures in place to control traffic such as traffic lanes, and the
road system is very basic. In the second city, traffic control measures have been introduced
and the road system is modern and well-developed.
4. Possible answers: vehicles with odd or even-numbered registration plates can only enter
cities on designated days; making motorists pay charges for using certain areas at certain
times; establishing priority lanes for buses, taxis, and bicycles; car sharing/pooling.
PRACTICE
Suggested underlining and predictions:
1. three factors, contributing, success of plastics, safety; two other factors
2. food products, wrapped, contamination; something that is wrapped in plastics
3. major appliances, corrosion; an action done to corrosion
4. experts, packaging, reduction, wasted food; some number
5. air conditioners, more efficient, 1970s; some number
Answers:
1. performance, value 4. 3.74 kg/kilograms/kilos
2. Meat 5. 50/fifty per cent/%
3. resist
INTEGRATE
1. 6.30/half past six 6. ring road
2. 10 7. red background
3. (automatic) penalty charge 8. registration plates
4. text message 9. (the) underground
5. 200 10. private vehicles
SPEAKING
PRACTICE
1. b 3. a 5. e
2. c 4. f 6. d
BEYOND SCORE
1. b 2. c 3. b
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4. a 5. b 6. b
READING
PRIMER
1. c 3. a 5. d
2. a 4. c 6. d
PRACTICE
1. A: first sentence; B: second sentence; C: first sentence
2. Why has the rise in world populations started to die out so dramatically? And what will be
the consequences of this decline? The answer to the first question can be found in D and E.
The answer to the second question can be found in F.
3. The conclusion can be found in the first two sentences of G. It’s ambivalent, both negative
and positive.
4. iv, v, x because this article is about falling birthrates.
INTEGRATE
1. vii (line 10-13) 8. D
2. iii (line 20-21) 9. A
3. vi (line 38-40) 10. C
4. ix (line 53-54) 11. A
5. viii (line 86-87) 12. pensions (and) incomes (line 91)
6. ii (line 95-98) 13. mainstream economists (line 95)
7. B
BEYOND SCORE
Before Viewing
1–d 2–f 3–a 4–e 5–c 6–b
While Viewing
1–B 2–C 3–A 4–B
1 – generation farmer 2 – the creek 3 – (another) 5 years
4 – cover for animals 5 – music 6 - happier
WRITING
PRACTICE
1. introduce topic
2. thesis statement
3. topic sentence in support of first idea from thesis
4. examples of actions that can be taken
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5. topic sentence in support of first idea from thesis
6. reason for action
7. topic sentence in support of second idea from thesis
8. reason for action
9. topic sentence in support of second idea from thesis
10. examples of actions that can be taken
11. summarise ideas from body
INTEGRATE
This question asks you to present your own opinions on whether smoking should be banned.
BEYOND SCORE
1. a 4. b
2. a 5. d
3. d
VOCABULARY REVIEW
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AUDIO SCRIPTS
LISTENING – PRACTICE - Q.1-5
There are so many different types of plastic, and it's such a versatile material, that it's now used
in thousands of ways, and we find it difficult to imagine living without it. Plastics are the choice
for so many products featuring in different areas of our lives at the moment, from car parts to toy
parts, from soft drink bottles to the refrigerators they're stored in. I believe that there are three
main reasons why plastics have scored over other materials in satisfying the consumer's needs.
These are - safety, performance and, last but not least, value.
Just consider the changes we've seen in the food retail business in recent years. The introduction
of plastic bottles has meant that even an economy-size bottle of juice can easily be lifted - glass
is much heavier, of course. And should you accidentally drop that bottle, it's far less likely to
break. Plastic wrap helps keep food fresh and free from contamination, which is particularly
important with meat. In each case, plastics help to make your life easier, healthier and, of course,
... safer.
Plastics also help you get maximum value from some of the high-cost items you need to buy.
They ensure that cell phones and laptop computers really are light and easy to carry. They help
to make sure that major appliances like refrigerators and dishwashers will resist the corrosive
effects of moisture and certain chemicals, which guarantees they'll last longer. These appliances
also operate more efficiently thanks to the use of plastics.
Food safety is of key importance to the consumer, and packaging such as heat-sealed plastic
pouches and wraps means the resources that went into producing the food in the first place aren't
wasted. It's the same thing once you get the food home, where resealable plastic containers keep
your leftovers protected. In fact packaging experts have estimated that every kilo of plastic
packaging can cut food waste by 3.74 kilos. That's a statistic that very few people are aware of.
Plastics also help to conserve energy in your home, lowering your heating - and cooling - bills by
cutting electricity consumption. Indeed, plastic parts and insulation have helped to improve the
energy efficiency of air conditioners by up to 50 per cent since the 1970s. And these appliances
run more quietly than earlier designs that used other materials.
In short, I believe plastics are a very good thing for the human race!
LISTENING – INTEGRATE – Q.1-5
Presenter: … For more practical details, I’ll pass you over to Jon Ward, from the London
Tourist Agency.
Jon Ward: Thanks. So, that was a brief introduction to the congestion charging scheme, but if
you’re actually going to be driving your car in London on weekdays, there a few
more details you will need to know. Firstly, you don’t need to worry about paying
all the time. The charge applies between seven in the morning and half past six in
the evening, Monday to Friday. You’ll be pleased to hear however that, because
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the scheme is intended to reduce traffic during busy working hours, evenings and
weekends are free. If you enter the zone during the charging times, you’ll be
eligible to pay the standard charge of eight pounds, which you can pay until ten
o’clock of that day. After ten o’clock this charge rises to ten pounds. But be
warned, if you fail to pay before midnight, you will have to pay an automatic
penalty charge. In other words, there’s no escape. Let’s move on to paying. The
charge, as I’ve said, is eight pounds a day, and the authorities have set up a
number of systems to make it easy for you to pay, or rather to ensure that nobody
has a good excuse for not paying. So, using your credit card, you can pay by
phone, by text message or on the Internet. The other option is to go to one of the
200 Pay Points inside the zone or the 9500 Pay Points elsewhere in the country. If
you know you’re going to be driving in and out of London on a regular basis, you
can buy weekly, monthly or annual passes, rather like a railway season ticket.
LISTENING – INTEGRATE – Q.6-10
Jon Ward: OK, on to the area itself. The congestion charging zone is everywhere inside
London's inner ring road. For those of you not familiar with London 's road
system, this includes the City of London, that's the main financial district, and the
West End, the commercial and entertainment centre. If you're still not sure, there
are very clear signs on all roads which indicate when you are entering the area.
These are round and have a white letter 'C' on a red background. The scheme is
policed by cameras which photograph all cars entering the area and send them to
a computer which can recognize all British and European car registration plates. If
you pay the eight pound charge, you'll find London a little easier to drive round
than it was before the charge was introduced. But if it's all too much trouble, and
you decide to leave your car at home, then you are left with public transport: that's
trains, buses, taxis or the underground. Some of the money from the congestion
charging scheme is being used to upgrade public transport, so you should see
improvements there. And because of reductions in the number of private vehicles
on London's roads brought about by congestion charging, buses and taxis are
providing a quicker, more efficient service than they did in the past. OK, I've
covered the main details that you need to know.
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UNIT 3: QUARTER FINAL
LISTENING
PRIMER
Picture 1: Fjords, Norway Picture 2: Andes, South America
Picture 3: El Caminito del Rey. Spain Picture 4: Ayers Rock, Australia
Picture 5: Alps, Europe Picture 6: Himalaya, Nepal
PRACTICE
B.
1. 20-23 May 4. Hermica
2. 18 5. University of Technology
3. floor space 6. www.sellgames.com
INTEGRATE
1. tutoring sessions 11. A
2. Sunday 12. D
3. teens, adults 13. E
4. Yoga 14. F
5. adults 15. I
6. 75 16. sweep / rear leader
7. 225 17. intersection
8. Eliot 18. rocks
9. across the street/ in a garage 19. feed
10. Monday 20. water
BEYOND SCORE
1–C 2–D 3–D 4-D
READING
PRACTICE
1. wildlife (line 4) 4. internal obstruction (lines 36-37)
2. blown away (lines 5-6) 5. plastic bottles (lines 42-43)
3. aesthetics (lines 26-27) 6. consumption (lines 46-47)
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7. disposal (lines 47-48) 8. symbolic (lines 59-62)
INTEGRATE
1. 793 10. B 19. Yes
2. 980 11. O 20. No
3. 841 12. C 21. A
4. 911 13. K 22. B
5. 1066 14. No 23. D
6. D 15. Yes 24. B
7. H 16. Yes 25. E
8. F 17. Not Given 26. F
9. G 18. Not Given
BEYOND SCORE
1–D 2–B 3–C 4–C
WRITING
PRACTICE
Task 1
1. stay in hotels 6. the Scots and the Welsh
2. 55% 7. self-catering apartments
3. 27% 8. twice
4. stayed in campsites 9. Northern Ireland
5. caravans 10. 12%
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Task 2
Model Essay
Every country, every group of people has a unique culture which people often feel a strong need
to protect, to prevent it from changing or being damaged. However, that seems to be a very
boring idea of culture; culture is not like an endangered animal we need to keep in zoos, but
rather like a wild animal that we cannot control.
Culture is not dead but something alive and changing, and as we move forward and as our
culture changes, it is also good to look back to see where we have come from, and it would be
good if all society, not just the government, took an interest in preserving parts of our history and
culture. But does preserving mean we should stop doing new things? No, it does not; new
culture, new ways of doing things are important to have in a society. New buildings should be
built in the old styles, but built using new designs to match the new technology, new functions
and new locations of buildings. What type of Vietnamese traditional style should be used to build
a stadium that can seat 40,000 people? Good architecture is a product of thinking about the
function, the location and the technology available.
We also need to question whether the things that were done in the past are the best that we can
do. Why were the buildings in the past seen as the best examples of Vietnamese ideas, design
and architecture? Why do we have to stop our own creativity while the creativity of past builders
is to be boringly followed? It sounds like a way to kill culture, to kill ideas, to kill the talent of
new people working in a new time.
Of course it is good to keep some things from the past, to protect some buildings, to remember
our history, but not at the expense of our future.
INTEGRATE
Writing Task 1
The bar graph shows that in a certain country, Internet access in the home increased dramatically
between the years 1999 and 2004. By the end of that time, over one half of urban and suburban
households and one third of rural households had Internet access.
In 1999, relatively few households in the region had Internet access, Only 15 percent of homes in
urban and suburban areas had access to the Internet, while less than 5 percent of rural homes had
it. The following year, Internet access in urban and suburban households had doubled, and 30
percent of households had it. During that same time, Internet access in rural households
increased only slightly, to around 5 percent.
Over the next few years, Internet access continued to increase in both urban and suburban and in
rural households. Then, between 2002 and 2004, the percentage of households with Internet
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access remained more or less steady at close to 50 percent. Meanwhile, the percentage of rural
households with Internet access continued to grow steadily and reached 35 percent by 2004.
While the percentage of households with Internet access increased in both urban and suburban as
well as rural areas during the years shown on the graph, the percentage in urban and suburban
areas continued to remain higher than the percentage in rural areas.
Writing Task 2
In my opinion, it is extremely important for children to learn to understand and appreciate

nature. Without balance in the natural world, we would not survive. When people understand
this, they are less likely to cause harm to our natural environment. If children have opportunities
to enjoy and learn about the natural environment, they will grow up to appreciate and care for it.
We depend on nature for the food we eat, the air we breathe and the materials we use to build our
houses and make our clothing. Everything in the natural world is interdependent. If something
goes wrong with one thing, it affects everything else in the environment. When nature is out of
balance, animals start losing their food sources and habitat. This eventually affects our food
sources and other natural resources that we depend on.
When we understand that air and water pollution destroy parts of the natural environment, we
may be more careful about our actions. We may look for ways to drive cars less frequently. We
may try to create less garbage. We might support laws that require industries to reduce the
amount of pollution they create.
Parents and schools have the important task of helping children learn to understand and
appreciate nature. Parents should encourage their children to play outside. They should
encourage them to notice the wild plants and animals around them. Schools should devote part of
the curriculum to environmental studies, starting with the earliest grades.
Adults need to show children that caring for our natural environment is important. Our future
survival depends on it.
BEYOND SCORE
1–D 2–B 3–C 4-B
VOCABULARY REVIEW
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AUDIO SCRIPTS
PRACTICE
John: Hello, Pirkko. I’m phoning to let you know that my college basketball team are very
keen to come over to Finland to take part in the Tampere Student Games.
Pirkko: Well, that’s great. We’re hoping to make it a really special event this year, as it’s the
80th anniversary of Finnish Student Sport!
John: Fantastic! We’re all looking forward to coming. Let me just check – the games start
on May 19th, right?
Pirkko: Oh, that was the provisional plan when you first contacted me, that they’d run from
the 19th to the 23rd. But we’ve cut the programme by a day, so now it’ll begin on the
20th, still ending on the 23rd. There’s going to be an opening ceremony on the first
evening.
John: We don’t want to miss that, do we! And how much is the entry fee for the Games?
Pirkko: This year it’s gone up from 16 to 18 euros a day per person, I’m afraid, but you get a
lot for that.
John: How do you mean?
Pirkko: Well, of course it covers the competition entrance, but you also get three meals a day
and even floor space if you want it – we can’t manage beds for everyone!
John: Sounds a bit basic to me. Can you recommend a hotel?
Pirkko: Well, Tampere is quite a big city, so there are a lot of hotels. The Homeland would be
convenient if you come by train, or maybe you’d prefer the Hermica, as it’s offering a
reduced rate for participants in the games. It’s spelt H-E-R-M-I-C-A. It’s a very nice
hotel.
John: And where is it exactly?
Pirkko: Well, that’s the other good thing from your point of view. It’s in the Hervanta district
of Tampere, near the University of Technology.
John: And why is that good for us?
Pirkko: Because all the basketball matches are taking place near there.
John: Oh, I see.
Pirkko: Look, why don’t I give you the website address, and then you can look up the
programme and find out anything else you need to know.
John: Good idea. So, what is it?
Pirkko: OK, it’s www dot sellgames – that’s S-E-double L-G-A-M-E-S dot com.
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John: Brilliant, I’ll have a look now. Thanks, Pirkko.
Pirkko: See you soon, then. Bye, John.
INTEGRATE
Example
Man: Good afternoon. Plainfield Community Center.
Woman: Yes, hi. I'm new in town, and I was curious about the services the Community Center
has to offer.
Narrator: The man answers the phone, "Plainfield Community Center," so the words
"Community Center" have been written at the top of the form. Now we shall begin.
You should answer the questions as you listen, because you will not hear the
recording a second time. Listen carefully and answer Questions 1 to 5.
Questions 1 to 5
Man: Good afternoon. Plainfield Community Center.
Woman: Yes, hi. I'm new in town, and I was curious about the services the Community Center
has to offer.
Man: We offer a variety of recreational activities. What were you interested in, in
particular?
Woman: Well, everything, I guess. OK, let's start with kids. I have a teenage son. What
activities do you have for teens?
Man: Right now, during the school year, we have tutoring sessions for children and teens,
in all subjects.
Woman: That would be good. He needs help with algebra.
Man: We can certainly help with that. Just have him come by any Wednesday or Saturday
afternoon. That's when the tutoring sessions are scheduled.
Woman: Fantastic. What about sports? Do you have sports activities for teens?
Man: We have tennis lessons on Sunday mornings for teens and Sunday afternoons for
adults.
Woman: Hmmm, I don't think my son would like that, but my husband might. For myself, I'd
be more interested in yoga. Do you offer yoga classes?
Man: We do. Our yoga classes take place on Tuesday and Thursday evenings. We divide it
up into several groups, so there's one class for younger children, one for teens, and
one for adults.
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Woman: Really? I doubt my husband and son would be interested, but I'd like to sign up for
yoga. I also like reading. Do you have any book clubs?
Man: We have one just about to start. The first meeting will be next Friday morning. It will
focus on early twentieth-century novels.
Woman: Too bad it's Friday morning. I think my son would enjoy it, but of course he's in
school at that time.
Man: Well, actually, that book club is for adults only. We may start one up for teens next
summer, but we have nothing for that age group right now.
Woman; Oh, well. I suppose he has enough to keep him busy for now. Now, what about fees?
Do these classes and activities cost anything?
Narrator: Before you hear the rest of the conversation, you have some time to look at Questions
6 to 10 on page 45. Now listen and answer Questions 6 to 10.
Questions 6-10
Man: There's a small charge for non-members for each class. However, they're all free to
members. Would you be interested in becoming a member?
Woman: How much does the membership cost?
Man: Not much at all. The yearly fee is $75 for individuals and $225 for families.
Woman: What do I get with the membership?
Man: You get free access to all classes and activities, and you can use our facilities, like
the tennis court, the exercise room, and the meeting room.
Woman: It's not a bad deal, really. Could you tell me exactly where the center is located?
Man: It's at 107 [one-oh-seven] Eliot Street.
Woman: Is that Eliot with two Ls or one L?
Man: One L. E-L-I-0-T. It's right downtown.
Woman: I think I know where it is. Do you have free parking?
Man: Yes. You can park just across the street. There's a garage there.
Woman: That sounds easy enough. Maybe I'll come in one day next week and sign up for some
classes.
Man: That would be fine, but don't come on Monday because we're closed that day. We're
open Tuesday through Sunday.
Woman: Oh. Thanks for telling me. Maybe I'll stop in on Tuesday then. Can I pay for the
classes with a personal check?
Man: We accept checks and credit cards.
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Woman: OK. Thank you very much. You've been very helpful.
Questions 11 to 15
Hike leader: Good evening, everyone. As you know, this is our last meeting before we set off
on our annual week-long hiking trip, so tonight I'll be telling you everything
you'll need to know to be ready for the trip. Let's talk about equipment first.
Having the right equipment is essential for your comfort and safety. First, you'll
need a warm and comfortable sleeping bag. However, you won't need to worry
about carrying a tent since we'll be sleeping in shelters along the way. Also, part
of the fee you've paid for the trip goes toward food, so you won't need to put that
on your packing list either. We've found, though, that it's more efficient for
each person to bring his or her own dishes, so be sure to pack a plastic bowl, a
cup, and a fork, knife, and spoon. That's all you'll need in the way of dishes.
Perhaps the most important item to put on your list is a comfortable pair of
hiking boots. Nothing ruins a hike more than getting blisters and sores from ill-
fitting boots. So make sure your boots fit you right. Shoes and sneakers aren't
adequate for the type of hiking we'll be doing. Of course, a backpack is necessary
for carrying your equipment. Make sure you have one that's lightweight and
comfortable to carry. Walking poles have become popular among hikers
recently, but we don't recommend them. They can get in the way when too many
hikers are using them at once, and some serious injuries have been caused, so it's
best to leave those at home.
Let's see...What else? Oh, yes. Some people have asked me about trail maps.
They're available, but you really don't need them, as your hike leaders have
scouted out the trail and will be guiding you along the way. And don't forget to
bring a warm jacket. You may think you won't need one in this warm summer
weather, but remember that evenings in the mountains can get quite cold. Is there
anything else I need to tell you? Oh, yes, your guides will each be carrying a first
aid kit, so that's one less thing for you to pack yourself. Remember, you'll be
carrying your backpack all day, so keep your load light and don't over pack.
Questions 16 to 20
I know you're all experienced hikers, but it's always worth repeating the rules of the trail since
they're so important. These rules are in place for the safety of everyone on the trip. As you know,
there'll be a hike leader walking at the head of the line, who will show the group the way. At the
end of the line will be the rear leader, or sweep. It's important to always stay ahead of this person
while we're on the trail. There are several different trails on the mountain where we'll be hiking,
and they cross each other at some points. When you come to any intersection of trails, stop and
wait for the rest of the group to catch up. This way we can be sure that no one goes off on the
wrong trail. Let me emphasize here how important it is to stay on the trail. We'll be climbing
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through some steep and rocky areas. Don't be tempted to go off on your own and try to climb
some rocks. That can be quite dangerous. Also, it's not likely, but it is possible that we'll
encounter some large wild animals along the way. The last thing you want to do is try to feed any
of them. That will just encourage them to follow us, which could lead to some dangerous
situations. One last thing: Before we set off hiking each morning, be sure to fill up your water
bottle. This is perhaps the most important safety rule. Dehydration can be a serious problem
when you're out in the wilderness, so you must always be sure to carry an adequate supply of
water with you. I think that covers just about everything. Are there any questions?
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UNIT 4: AN APPLE A DAY
LISTENING
PRIMER
a. cure d. explore g. cloning
b. vaccination e. transplant h. regrows
c. implants f. repair
PRACTICE
1. D 2. A 3. C
INTEGRATE
Exercise A
(1-3 in any order)
1. B 2. E 3. F
(4-6 in any order)
4. B 5. C 6. E
Exercise B
7. B 9. A
8. C 10. B
BEYOND SCORE
1–C 2–E 3–B 4–C
READING
PRIMER
1 – The color of berries comes from an antioxidant that can help prevent chronic diseases,
including cancer and heart disease.
2 – Dairy foods are among the best sources of dietary calcium, protein, vitamins and minerals.
They can help us decrease belly fat, keep bones strong and enhance weight loss in case of
obesity.
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3 – Eating at least two servings of fatty fish can help reduce the risk of cardiovascular disease.
4 – Enjoy at least three servings of whole grains a week will lower blood cholesterol levels and
reduce the risk of diabetes.
5 – Sweet potatoes contain a wealth of antioxidants and fiber which play a role in preventing
heart disease and cancer.
6 – These red-hot fruits of summer are busting with lycopene – an antioxidant that may help
protect against some cancers.
7 – Eggs are packed with dietary nutrients which are essential for pregnant women and prevent
age-related macular degeneration, the leading cause of blindness in older people.
PRACTICE
1. TRUE 3. NOT GIVEN 5. TRUE
2. TRUE 4. FALSE 6. NOT GIVEN
INTEGRATE
1 – Yes 2 – No 3 – No 4 – NG 5 - Yes
6 – True 7 – False 8 – NG 9 – False 10 – NG
WRITING
PRIMER
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PRACTICE
To begin with – First of all, In the first place
Secondly, Also, To make matters worse – Furthermore, Moreover, As well as that, For another
thing
Finally – Lastly
To sum up – In conclusion
BEYOND SCORE
1–C 2–B 3–C 4–D
5–E
VOCABULARY REVIEW
Exercise A
1. unrivalled 2. immerse 3. stimulant 4. tantamount

5. euphoria 6. exhilarate 7. ambulatory 8. paralyze
9. snuggle 10. adjacent
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Exercise B
1. placebo 2. meditate 3. abstinence 4. luminary
5. physiology 6. ergonomics 7. altruism 8. molecule
9. aroma therapist 10. intravenous
Exercise C
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AUDIO SCRIPTS
PRACTICE
Good morning and welcome, everybody. I'm Jenny Stewart and I'm the Staff Manager here at
the exhibition centre. We're expecting this year's International Travel Exhibition to attract over
10,000 visitors a day, ladies and gentlemen, and you are among the two hundred extra staff
recruited to help look after them. Now, to help things run smoothly, we have divided you into
four teams - the blue team, the green team, the red team, and the yellow team. So first I'll explain
how the teams are divided up, and then we'll be giving you color-coded T-shirts so we can
identify you more easily. First of all, those who will be looking after the phones and handling all
calls regarding the exhibition, you will be on the red team. Now, we've also put the entrance staff
on the red team and you'll be stamping the entrance tickets and giving out publicity leaflets, OK?
Those of you involved in distributing entrance tickets will be on the yellow team and we've also
put those of you who'll be staffing the information booths around the conference centre on the
yellow team, so you'll be getting a yellow T-shirt. Now, most of the hospitality staff have been
put in the blue team, so the chefs among you and the kitchen hands will all need a blue T-shirt,
but, because of the sheer numbers, all waiting staff will be on the yellow team, and this includes
the bar staff among you. Those who will be monitoring and directing the traffic in the car parks
are on the green team, so you'll need to get a green T-shirt. This year we've also employed a
considerable number of attendants to direct the human traffic around the conference centre.
Now, you'll be working in the exhibition hall at all times, giving directions and generally helping
people whenever you can, and you will be in the red team, so please collect a red T-shirt.
INTEGRATE
Questions 1-6
Adam: Before we go on to look at specific sports, let’s think for a moment about the non-
sports facilities we really need here. Things like better changing rooms and
showers.
Emma: Yes, if this really is going to be a state-of-the-art building it’ll need to have hi-
tech amenities but also places for people to chill out after all the exercise they’ve
been doing. Somewhere they can meet up for a drink or whatever afterwards is
essential in a place like this, but what else?
Adam: How about a sauna? Those who use them say it’s the perfect way to relax after
you’ve trained.
Emma: The trouble is, though, that there's a debate going on about how safe they are.
Some say it's risky to be exposed to all that heat before or after strenuous exercise
- which of course is exactly when people in sports centers want to use them. There
have also been problems with people overusing them to sweat off weight. So to
avoid any possible dangers I don't think I'd include them on my list.
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Adam: Talking of dangers, I wonder whether we ought to have some sort of facility
where minor injuries like cuts and bruises and sprains can be treated?
Emma: Maybe. It would seem to make sense with all the mishaps that are bound to occur
when you have so many people running and jumping about and so on. Ah. Hold
on though: isn't the new medical centre going to be built right opposite?
Adam: Yes, it is. It should be finished by the end of next year.
Emma: Then there's no point, is there? Anyone who gets hurt can go over there, where
there'll be much better treatment than anything we could offer on-site.
Adam: Yes, I can see that.
Emma: What we should provide, though, is a facility with fulltime physiotherapists, for
everybody on the campus that is. As well as treating people, they could work on
prevention of things like muscle tears and strains.
Adam: Right.
Emma: And something else the new place ought to have, also as a way of preventing
injuries, is somewhere to test just how fit people are before they start lifting
weights or running long distances and so on.
Adam: Yes, I was going to suggest that. When I was at the Newport centre they put me
on a static bike to check out my cardiovascular system, then they worked out how
much body fat I had ... all of it valuable information, telling you exactly what
shape you're in.
Emma: Another thing I've heard some universities do, especially some of the newer
ones, is provide rooms and equipment for lectures to take place actually inside
their sports centers. How do you feel about that?
Adam: Well as it happens I've got first-hand experience of that too. We used to have
some of our Sports Science lectures right next to the main sports hall, and I
think it made what we were hearing about seem much more relevant to the real
world. So in that respect I definitely think it's a good idea, yes.
Emma: Hmm. I can see that, though my own feeling is that we need to have more
concrete reasons. The problem is that we won't have unlimited space, and
somehow I don't think providing more lecture halls is going to be one of our
priorities. So I'd be against that one, I'm afraid. Anything else?
Adam: Well just that I agree about the need to have a place where people can go for a
chat and maybe have a coffee or a bite to eat together. That was something I
always thought was one of the strong points of the centre in London. It was a
great place to find out about new activities from the people who actually did
them.
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Questions 7-10
Adam: So what about the main sports facilities themselves? What do we need?
Emma: Well we don't need a rugby pitch because there's already one on the campus. The
same is true of table tennis, really - most of the halls of residence for students
have their own tables, so there's no point in using precious space here for any
more.
Adam: Agreed. Something none of them have, though, is any sort of pool. A lot of
students have complained about this, saying they have to take a bus downtown if
they want to go for a swim.
Emma: Yes, that's definitely one for this place. Perhaps a jacuzzi, too. That would be
nice, wouldn't it?
Adam: It would. Perhaps next to the squash courts, just down there to the right. They're
very popular, by the way. I think we should have a couple more here, don't you?
Emma: Absolutely. And another sport that's been growing in popularity is volleyball,
especially since we did so well at the last Olympics.
Adam: Don't you mean basketball?
Emma: Yes, I do, sorry. Anyway, the point is that there is a court in the old gym next to
the Students Union building, but it always seems to be fully booked up, even
though it's not very good. And there's nowhere else on campus to play.
Adam: OK, let's have one of those, too. How much space have we got left, by the way?
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UNIT 5: UNDER THE SAME SUN
LISTENING
PRIMER
1. whatever 2. spirit 3. footsteps 4. corn 5. grinning
6. voices 7. trails 8. wonder 9. otter 10. circle
11. grow 12. corn 13. copper 14. voices
PRACTICE
A.
a. They are all multiple choice questions. Questions 1-4 belong to type 1 while Questions 3 is
type 2. In these three questions, you only need to choose one option. Questions 2-5-7 are type 3
and you have to pick two options for Question 2 as well as three options for Questions 5-7.
b. Question 1 – Lectures in a university – a female student and her friends.
Question 2 – a hiking or similar activities – hikers and their instructor.
Question 3 – sharks – a biologist or a student.
Question 4 – Tjibaou building – a lecturer talking about architecture.
Questions 5-7 – planes – a woman with her companions / partners.
B.
2–B/D 5-7 – A / D / F
For the reasons why other choices are wrong, please refer to the scripts at the end of this unit.
INTEGRATE
1- 39,000 6 – 2,000
2 – four hours 7 - £25
3 – 280 8 – 23 July
4 – A82 9–C
5 – 18 10 – D
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SPEAKING
PRACTICE
A. Suggested answers:
1. Although it was windy, I walked out to the end of the pier.
2. We built a huge snowman while the snow was falling.
3. Because I want to help to protect the environment, I’m going to encourage everyone I know to
start recycling.
4. Whenever the sun shines, I make the most of it by going to the park.
5. Whatever the weather, our party will go ahead.
6. Rather than driving to work, I’ve started cycling.
7. I’ll go and post the letter as soon as it stops raining.
B.
Adjectives Synonyms used
beautiful gorgeous
big huge, large, giant
strong powerful
graceful elegant
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C.
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BEYOND SCORE
1–B 2–B 3–D 4–E 5-C
READING
PRIMER
a – basking sharks (photo 2) b – platypus (photo 1), centipede (photo 5)
c – blue-ringed octopus (photo 3), crocodile (photo 6)
d – mosquito (photo 4)
………..
a – photo 6 b – photo 3 c – photo 2
d – photo 5 e – photo 4 f – photo 1
PRACTICE
Questions Student’s answers Short answers
1. Which factor made Geothermal Engineering has its geology
Geothermal Engineering chosen this part of Cornwall
choose this area? because of its geology.
2. According to the plan, how Three are enough to produce three
many wells will be set up at 10MW of electricity and
the plan? 55MW of thermal energy.
3. What is Law going to use to Months of precise drilling and drilling and maps
overcome the challenge of the maps from the Hot Dry Rock
bedrock here? Research Project are what he
needs.
4. Where was the first Geothermal stations can be Tuscany
geothermal power station found in Iceland, Australia,
located? Germany, but everything
started 100 years ago in
Tuscany.
5. Where can we find Conventional geothermal steam pockets
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conventional geothermal power relies on naturally
power, besides the territories occurring steam pockets near
surrounding fault lines? the earth's surface.
6. How much has been Despite billions of pounds in billions of pounds
invested into the industry so public and private investment,
far? he industry has so far failed.
7. In the future, how many Law refuses to let such doubts 25 plants
plants does Geothermal dampen his ambitions of 24-
Engineering plan to develop? hour supply
INTEGRATE
1 – ix 2 – vii 3 – vi 4–i 5 – viii 6 – ii 7 – iv
8–D 9–G 10 – F 11 – B
12 – 543 million years 13 – tiny ultrasonic transmitters 14 – a brain
WRITING
PRIMER
What is it? What animal is it from? What can it tell us?
a track deer how fast the deer was
walking/running, where it was
going, how big it is
scats elephant or big animals the species, food it consumes,
its health condition
footprints a cat-like predator the species, its weight, where it
was going
a feather a bird the species, its age, genetic
materials
footprints a bird the species, its weight, where it
was going
a fur tiger genetic materials, its gender,
its age
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PRACTICE
A.
1 – This would not really fulfill the requirements of the task as it would not compare data.
2 – This would provide a good framework for comparing across the seasons, as well as
organizing the data in terms of trends (bigger variation in the first paragraph, smaller in the
second).
3 – Organizationally, this might be confusing and unclear. It is also unnecessary to describe all
the data. In fact, you probably do not have time to do so. You need to pick out the most
important features only.
B.
1 – Both rephrase the topic to some extent.
2 – Both. Note that this is given here in the introductory paragraph, but is also perfectly
acceptable in the position of a final paragraph.
3 – Response A: Paragraph 2: North and West cities, Paragraph 3: East and South cities.
Response B: Paragraph 2: winter, Paragraph 3: summer.
4 – Response A has a good variety of simple and compound sentence structures, while Response
B includes mainly simple sentence constructions.
5 – Response B
6 – Response A, because it has a variety of sentence structures, is coherent and mentions the
main points. It also has a slightly higher level of vocabulary.
BEYOND SCORE
1–T 2–T 3–F 4–T
VOCABULARY REVIEW
microscopic – perennial – EF-scale – chlorophyll – trait – desertification – sanctuary – scat –
indigenous – devour – pristine – evolution tree – calamity – altitude – climax community.
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AUDIO SCRIPTS
PRRACTICE – B
Question 2:
Now we recommend that you get yourself a small bag to carry your supplies in. But, please, not
a heavy rucksack, the lighter the better. Make sure you wear a good pair of hiking boots with
thick socks. You'll need a decent-sized plastic water bottle that can be easily refilled. Do not
bring cans of soft drink as they don't quench your thirst! And we'll be stopping for a picnic lunch,
so please bring sandwiches or fruit, that sort of thing. And we recommend a wide-brimmed hat to
protect you from the flies which can be pretty irritating at this time of year. You may need suntan
lotion too, and of course, don't forget your binoculars, because the view from the top of the
mountain is fantastic but you won't get the full benefit if you're just wearing sunglasses.
Questions 5-7:
I've always been interested in plane spotting, ever since I was a little kid growing u p in Holland.
I think I just like the look of them, you know... how each airline has a different tail to identify it,
like a flag. I used to go to the international airport with my dad and we'd try to see every plane in
an airline's fleet. They each have a serial number though it's quite a job to see them all. And I
love seeing planes from unusual places, even though I don't really want to go there myself. I also
like souvenirs from planes and I get my friend s to bring me things whenever they fly anywhere.
I've got tray tables and knives and forks. And I've even got a seatbelt. I take about 7,000 photos
of planes a year, and I'm often down here at five in the morning to catch a shot of the planes
landing. You're not actually supposed to get too near the airfield; you should be three meters
away from the fence. Quite often the patrol cars come round and tell you to move away. But I
love the sound of the jet planes, the louder the better for me! I've never flown in a plane, you
know. I'm actually scared stiff of flying.
INTEGRATE
Questions 1-8
Presenter: Today I have with me Moira Mackenzie, the author of several books in a well-
known series of travel guides, and she’ll be talking about what is probably the
most fascinating wildlife area in Europe: the Scottish Highlands. Moira.
Moira: Yes, that’s right, and it’s a wonderful place to visit with lots to do in an area that
makes up over half of Scotland. Including the seven hundred and ninety islands
that lie scattered around the coast, it covers thirty-nine thousand square
kilometers. Getting there is easy. From here in Glasgow a good starting point is
Fort William on the west coast, with regular bus and rail services linking the two.
I’d recommend the train, which takes four hours to get there. Alternatively, you
can take the Highland Line which takes the more easterly route up to Inverness.
That in fact is a bit quicker, taking around three and a half hours to cover the two
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hundred and eighty kilometers from here. There are also two main options by
road. You can take either the A9 up through Stirling and Perth and then on to
Inverness, or else on the west there's the A82, which runs up to Fort William and
then, if you want, on to Inverness. Now a lot of people associate the Highlands
with bitterly cold weather, but in fact the region has a generally mild climate as a
result of being surrounded on three sides by sea, particularly the warm waters of
the Atlantic. At sea level in the west, for instance, the temperature ranges on
average from a minimum of one degree Centigrade in January up to eighteen in
July, and you can actually see palm trees growing there. Obviously, though, the
temperatures will be lower inland and on higher ground. You can expect it to rain
a lot, too, particularly in the west where annually as much as two thousand
millimeters regularly falls, though this helps account for the rich variety of
vegetation and wildlife. When you get there, you'll find there are plenty of
reasonably-priced places to stay. In Fort William, for instance, you can find a
room for the night in a small hotel or a bed and breakfast for just twenty-five
pounds, or for twenty-eight to thirty pounds in Inverness. It's probably a good
idea to book ahead, though, especially in the summer months. With all the
leisure, sports and cultural activities on offer, the towns are becoming
increasingly popular with visitors. For example, accommodation in Inverness
won't be at all easy to find this year around the twenty-third of July, as that's
when the local Highland Games will take place. So if your aim is to see the
countryside, it may be best to stay in a small village.
Questions 9 and 10
Moira: As I mentioned, there's a huge range of wildlife in the Highlands, but for those
visiting the area there are some basic ground rules that are essential if we are to
protect it. Firstly, you should make every effort not to disturb birds and animals,
and one way of doing this is to blend in with your surroundings, for instance by
avoiding brightly colored garments such as orange anoraks. To see wildlife
clearly, it's best to use binoculars, keeping your distance. This is particularly
important during the breeding season. Wherever possible, use a hide so that they
are less likely to detect your presence. Surprising though it may seem, visitors are
advised to use their cars where no purpose-built hides are available, as people are
apparently less likely to startle animals if they stay inside their vehicles. You may
even find that creatures come up close to where you're parked, in which case wait
until they've gone before you move off. It should really go without saying that it's
essential to be as quiet as possible, though sadly some people need reminding of
this. Oh, and one other thing: wild animals and pets don't mix, so please leave
your dog at home, or at least somewhere he or she can't chase the wildlife or
damage their habitat.
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UNIT 6: SEMI-FINAL
LISTENING
PRACTICE
1, 2, 3. B, F, C (in any order) 4. C 5. C 6. A
7. D 8. A 9. B 10. E
INTEGRATE
1. Kramer 8. Internet 15. Clown
2. 58 9. Friday 16. Concert
3. Residential 10. Morning 17. singing
4. Office manager 11. B 18. International
5. 637 555 9014 12. C 19. Games
6. 9 years 13. B 20. Crafts
7. Long distance 14. A
READING
PRIMER
2. Tokyo Skytree (Tokyo, Japan) – height: 634m
3. (Guangzhou, China) – height: 600m
4. CN Tower – height: 553.3m
5. (Moscow, Russia) – height: 540.1m
6. Oriental Pearl Tower (Shanghai, China) – height: 468m
7. Milad – height: 435m
8. KL Tower (Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia) – height: 421m
PRACTICE
1. Job shop 2. Interview techniques 3. (particular) skills 4. Self-employment
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INTEGRATE
1. B 10. D 19. A
2. C 11. F 20. C
3. A 12. E 21. B
4. B 13. I 22. A
5. A 14. False 23. A
6. A 15. True 24. B
7. C 16. False 25. B
8. J 17. True 26. C
9. A 18. Not given 27. B
BEYOND SCORE
1. A 2. C 3. D 4. D 5. A
WRITING
PRIMER
1–C 2–D 3–B 4–C 5–D
PRACTICE
1. B 2. C 3. D 4. A 5. E 6. H
7. G 8. F
BEYOND SCORE
1–D 2–E 3–D 4-B
VOCABULARY REVIEW
Part A
1. D 2. C
3. In the book, the four options should be
A. too much B. nearly enough C. hardly any D. plenty of
3. D 4. D 5. A 6. D
Part B
1. Camaraderie 2. Compromise 3. Ephemeral 4. Taciturn
5. Ostentatious 6. pernicious 7. Tentative 8. Shirk
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9. Diligent 10. Inane
AUDIO SCRIPTS
PRACTICE
Thank you for coming along to the Cultural Sydney talk. I’m going to start by telling you about
the Yellow Plaque scheme, which has been running in Sydney for over forty years, and has been
incredibly successful. When you are walking around the city, you’ll see some buildings with a
small round yellow plaque on them. If you take a closer look, you’ll see the name and details of a
famous person who lived in that very place. We have, at present, 130 plaques up in the city. The
scheme has been great for tourism, but it was really started to raise awareness of the rich history
of Sydney, both locally and nationally, and we think we’ve managed to do this. We also wanted
to make people aware of the impressive list of important people who have lived in this city, and
we’ve certainly achieved that. But that’s not all. Although not part of our original aims, the
scheme has also helped preserve some of the older and more important buildings in Sydney
because people now know that these buildings are a link to our past; some of the buildings are
actually over 180 years old, which, for Australia, is ancient! We actually think that this is where
the scheme has achieved the most success; in raising the profile of our rich history. Of course, it
has helped tourism, but not only that, locals also walk around looking at the plaques. It has been
really wonderful in highlighting our past. Some people are quite surprised to see who has lived
here; take Errol Flynn for example. He was married in Sydney.
We are planning on putting more plaques up, and a common question is how can people
nominate a figure to be put on a plaque. It’s quite a simple process. Applications can be
downloaded from our website. If you want to nominate someone for a plaque, you just need the
person’s name, where they lived, and you need three signatures to approve your application. Our
panel then checks that all the data you have submitted is correct and hopefully, within a year a
new plaque will be erected. But you can’t nominate just anyone! A plaque can only be given to a
person who is famous and has achieved something out of the ordinary, like an important
politician or world-record-breaking sportsman, for example. We aim to have fifty new plaques
up within the next three years, and we have plenty of funding to do so. Our funding comes from
three sources: the local council, community donations, and the tourist board. Whereas in the past
the tourist board put in the majority of funding, now public donations count for sixty-five per
cent of all total funds! In fact, our funding is so healthy now; there are plans to expand the
scheme.
At the moment, we only have yellow plaques for all the famous people, but we are aiming to
produce different colored plaques so that people can do specific walks. For example, if they are
interested in famous sports personalities, they can do a tour following the red plaques – the color
we are aiming to use for these people. We are looking at introducing grey, white and green
plaques as well. We are thinking of using grey plaques to signify people who have done
important work within the government, and white plaques for those who have done good works
in the community. Lastly, our green plaques we think will be very popular, these will be for
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painters and sculptors, leaving our yellow ones for writers, actors and other people of note. We
do hope you enjoy looking at the plaques around the city. We gave guide books on sale in the
gift shop where you can find all the plaques. These are priced at $11.99.
INTEGRATE
SECTION 1
Woman: This is the ClearPoint Telephone Company customer service office. My name is
Ms. Jones. How may I help you?
Man: Yes, I’m moving, and I’d like to arrange to have a phone line installed.
Woman: Of course. Let me get some information from you first. May I have your name,
please?
Man: It’s Kramer. Harold Kramer.
Woman: And would you spell your last name for me, please?
Man: K-R-A-M-E-R.
Woman: M-E-R. Got it. OK, could I have the address where you’d like to have the
telephone connected?
Man: That would be number 58 Fulton Avenue, apartment 12.
Woman: Is that a business or a residence?
Man: A residence. It's my new home address.
Woman: Then the type of phone service you want is residential, not business?
Man: Yes, yes. It's for my home.
Woman: All right. Fine. Now let me get your employment information. Who is your
current employer?
Man: I work at the Wrightsville Medical Group. Then your occupation is doctor?
Woman: No, I work for the doctors. I'm the office manager.
Woman: OK. And could I have your work phone number?

Man: It's 637-555-9014.
Woman: 9014. Great. Just one more thing, I need to know how long you've been at your
current job.
Man: I've been working there for quite a while now, let me see, eight, no, nine, that's
right, nine years.
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Woman: OK, good. You've been there long enough, so I don't need to ask about any other
work history. Now, in addition to our basic phone service, we have several special
services available.
Man: Could you explain them to me?
Woman: Most customers opt for unlimited long-distance service. It really saves you money
if you make a lot of long-distance calls.
Man: That sounds like a good idea.
Woman: Then I'll put you down for long-distance service. Another popular service is
voicemail. Voicemail takes all your messages electronically, and all it takes is one
simple phone call to retrieve them.
Man: Hmmm, voicemail. No, I don't think so. I have an answering machine to take my
messages. It's old, but it still works fine.
Woman: We also provide Internet service if you're interested in that.
Man: I am. Please put me down for Internet as well as phone service.
Woman: Right. OK, I think we're almost finished. I just need to schedule a time for the
technician to go to your apartment and do the installation. Let me see.... What
about next Tuesday? Would that work for you?
Man: No, not Tuesday. I'll be at a conference all day. Wednesday would work, though.
Woman: I'm afraid I won't have any technicians in your area on Wednesday. I could send
someone on Friday.
Man: That would be fine.
Woman: What time of day works best for you? Morning or afternoon?
Man: Morning would be best.
Woman: All right then. It's on the schedule. Do you have any questions?
Man: No, I don't think so.
Woman: Thank you for calling ClearPoint.
SECTION 2
Man: Good afternoon, and welcome to City Hour, the radio show that brings you all
the latest information about event in and around our city. Today we have with us
Cynthia Smith, who is heading up this year's City Fair. Cynthia, would you start
by giving us some of the basic information about the fair? Where will it take
place this year?
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Woman: I'm glad you asked that question, because I know most people will be expecting
the fair to be at the fairgrounds as usual, but we've had to change the location this
year due to some construction work. You know, they're building the new high
school in that neighborhood, and they've been using the fairgrounds as a place
to store construction materials. So we've moved the fair to City Park, which I
think is a wonderful location.
Man: Yes, that will be a great place for the fair. I understand that the fair begins on
Friday morning with a special opening event.
Woman: Actually, it won't begin until that evening, but you're right about the special
event. Traditionally, we've begun with a parade, but this year our opening event
will be a special dance performance, and the most exciting part is that the mayor
will be one of the dancers.
Man: The mayor is a woman of many talents. Cynthia, could you tell our listeners
about the price of admission? What will it cost to attend the fair?
Woman: We're trying to keep the price down as much as possible. A three-day pass is just
$25. Or you can buy a Saturday- or Sunday-only pass for $15. The opening event
on Friday, the dance performance, doesn't cost any thing to attend, and we're
hoping a lot of people will come watch that.
Man: Could you tell us about some of the events planned for Saturday and Sunday, the
main days of the fair?
Woman: We have a lot of exciting things planned. There are a number of events
especially for children, including a clown show on Saturday afternoon. On
Saturday evening, we've got an event that can be enjoyed by the whole family - a
concert by the lake.
Man: I'm sure that will be a popular event. Is there anything special planned for
Sunday?
Woman: Yes, a really fun event, and we hope a lot of people will participate. There will be
a singing contest in the afternoon. It's open to everyone, at no charge. It doesn't
matter whether you're an experienced singer or not. If you've always dreamed of
singing on stage, this is your chance.
Man: That sounds like a lot of fun.
Woman: I think it will be. I'd also like your listeners to know that besides the special events
I've mentioned, there will be things taking place all weekend. For example, at the
food court, international food will be served. You'll be able to sample dishes
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from all around the world. There will also be special games for children at
different locations around the fair.
Man: Will there be things people can buy, souvenirs, anything like that?
Woman: We have a large area set aside where there will be crafts for sale. This will be an
opportunity to buy many lovely handmade things, and to get to know some of our
local artists and craftspeople, as well.
Man: It sounds like there will be a lot of fun for everyone at this year's fair. Thank you
for sharing the information with us, Cynthia.
Woman: Thank you for inviting me.
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UNIT 7: HARNESSING NATURE
LISTENING
PRACTICE
A.
1. accuracy 3. vandalism
2. reputations 4. neutrality
B.
1. individual 3. options
2. core group 4. final decision
INTEGRATE
A. 1. an encyclopedia 2. unpaid volunteers
B. 1. input 2. summarize 3. preview (option) 4. (click on) save
BEYOND SCORE
1–B 2–D 3–C 4–B 5-A
READING
PRIMER
a. False. The Olympus Mons on Mars, at 24 km in height, is three times as tall as Everest.
b. True. Carbon dioxide is heavier than air, so it stays on top of the burning material, thus
preventing oxygen reaching it.
c. True. The water, unlike air, will completely absorb the heat of the flame.
d. False. They are filled with nitrogen, an inert gas which does not corrode the metal used in
aeroplane tyres. It runs cooler than other gases and is virtually non-combustible.
e. False. The heat exchanger at the back of the fridge will heat up the room more than it cools the
inside of the fridge, as it takes more energy to cool something down than warm it up.
f. True. There is generally more life in cold, moving waters, partly because cold water has a
higher oxygen content.
g. False. Each whole number on the Ritcher Scale represents a 32-fold increase in energy, so an 8
is 32x32 times stronger than a 6. The correct answer is therefore 1024 times stronger.
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h. True. Light travelling at very high speed towards the eye is perceived by the brain as being
blue. Conversely, if it is moving away very fast it will appear to be red. This is one example of
the “Doppler Effect”.
PRACTICE
1. E 3. A 5. B
2. C 4. D
INTEGRATE
A. 1. dish 2. sub-reflector
3. rotating structure 4. (steel) base
B. 5-7 (in any order) B – C – E
8-9 (in any order) A - D
10-11 (in any order) C – E
C. 12. TRUE 13. TRUE 14. TRUE
BEYOND SCORE
1–D 2–C 3–C 4–D 5-D
WRITING
PRACTICE
A.
FIRST STAGE: first of all, in the first place
LATER STAGE: secondly, subsequently, after this
SAME STAGE: at the same time, simultaneously, meanwhile, alternatively
FINAL STAGE: in the end, lastly, ultimately
B.
1. A new plant can be grown from a cutting taken from a healthy plant.
2. A sharp knife is used to cut away a non-flowering shoot from the body of the plant.
3. The lower leaves of the shoot are removed so that only one or two pairs of leaves remain.
4. The bottom centimeter of the cutting is dipped in rooting powder.
5. This is used in order to prevent rotting and to encourage the roots to grow.
6. The cutting is placed in a pot containing soil and watered thoroughly.
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VOCABULARY REVIEW
A. (correct order) invisible- artificial- elevate- supersonic-mesmerize- lucrative- disgruntled-
desolate- bulky- retaliation
B. (correct order ) convulsive – germinate – epoch – demure – sentient – belittle – panorama –
aerial – indiscreet – teleportation
C. 1. It's an authentic replica of an ancient Greek urn. I can’t believe that they look the same.
2. Depending upon your perception, the earth, solar system, or our known galaxy, could look
minuscule from far away.
3. The drink was first concocted by a bartender in New York. It tastes so good that everyone
loves it.
4. The bank robbery was recorded by surveillance video cameras.
5. She revealed her innermost feelings which she had never told anyone. You must have been
very special to her.
6. The waste is incinerated in a large furnace. That is the simple way that many cities choose to
handle with pollution.
7. A surrogate mother became the answer to the couple's desire for a child.
8. When I eat a cappuccino muffin at my desk, it never fails that I get cascaded by the crumbs
and the powdered sugar.
9. Miley Cyrus got a subpoena in the mail the other day, she almost messed herself.
10. The morning sun dissipated the fog.
AUDIO SCRIPTS
PRACTICE – EXERCISE A
A question that might already be forming in your mind if you are not familiar with Wikipedia is
this: 'How can I tell whether information is accurate?' This particular point has led to criticism
from some people, especially academics and professionals. The short answer is that you can't
tell, but, if you think about it, how can you check the accuracy of information you read in a
conventional encyclopedia, or in a newspaper or on other Internet websites. Besides, it's possible
for contributors to Wikipedia to register with the organization, and, as named contributors
gradually build up a reputation for themselves as reliable sources of information. The other point
to be aware of is that there are administrators who monitor contributions that are added by
anonymous sources and check for biased , out of date, or incorrect information. One of the
problems that arises from the openness of Wikipedia is that vandals have gone into the site to
change and damage pages of information, so the administrators have a role in policing this too.
Lastly, Wikipedia encourages editors to stick to certain rules, which help ensure the quality of
entries. For example, contributors are expected to maintain a neutral tone in their writing,
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although perhaps it's impossible to be completely neutral. Also, entries are not allowed to include
original research, which is intended to prevent contributors from simply submitting their own
views. It’s unlikely that the more conventional information sources will ever be completely
replaced by Wikipedia or similar projects which may be developed in the future, but this is an
ambitious experiment to democratize information, using modern technology to enable anyone
and everyone to contribute to and access a common body of knowledge. And because it’s free, it
doesn’t restrict access to those with the ability to pay.
PRACTICE – EXERCISE B
Now, another useful way to generate radical ideas or creative solutions to a problem is
brainstorming. You're all familiar with the term 'brainstorming' and I'm sure you've all done it
from time to time, but even in well-managed groups, sometimes big egos intimidate less
confident participants who, in turn, may feel pressured to conform or are inhibited because of
their respect for authority. What I would suggest in this case is a system called the Stepladder
Technique. If you follow the flow chart on the board, you'll see there are just five basic steps.
Firstly, members contribute on an individual level. The task is presented to them; they are given
time to think and form their own opinions about how to solve the problem. You do this before
you get them together as a group.
Secondly, you form a core group of just two people and allow them time to discuss the topic of
concern. In the third step, a third member is added to the core group but, and this is most
important, that third person presents his or her thoughts before having a chance to hear the
proposals that have already been put forward. When all three have explained their ideas, then
they can consider their options collectively.
In step four, the same process is repeated. A word of advice here: keep the group small to
maximize effectiveness - you can limit the numbers to four, or add more, but I wouldn't go
above seven - not if you want a good quality decision. The last step in the process is to get a
final decision, but only after all members have been included and had the opportunity to
communicate their ideas.
The main benefit of this step-by-step method is to give even the most diffident and quietest
people the chance to share their ideas before they can be influenced by others.
INTEGRATE – EXERCISE A
Jenny: Good afternoon. I'm Jenny Iron bridge and today I'm going be continuing my
series of talks on information technology, by looking at an innovative information
source available on the Internet. I'm sure you're all familiar with the strengths and
weaknesses of the popular search engines like Google or Yahoo. Sometimes you
can find what you're looking for instantly. At other times searching for something
which may or may not exist can be a frustrating and time-consuming experience.
So, where can you go to get the information you want? The information source I
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want to talk about is called Wikipedia. As its name suggests it's a form of
encyclopedia. It's already the largest information source in history both in terms
of its breadth and its depth. But what makes Wikipedia really unique is that it's a
democratic project. The content is completely free to access, and it's written
entirely by unpaid volunteers. Changes and additions are being made all the time
to articles which exist already, but it's also possible to contribute whole new
articles. And basically, anyone can contribute, once they've grasped the basics of
editing the pages.
INTEGRATE – EXERCISE B
Let's look at how someone goes about editing Wikipedia articles. It's a very straightforward
procedure which has been made deliberately easy so that people who have contributions to make
are not discouraged from participating because of their limited understanding of information
technology. Let's start by imagining that we are reading an article and we come across
information that we consider to be incorrect or incomplete on a page of Wikipedia. First of all,
we decide we'd like to change it. To do this, we click on the Edit button at the top of the page.
This takes us to another page with a text box containing all the editable text on that page. It's at
this point that we can input our changes in exactly the same way as we would if we were writing
or editing a document we had created on our own computer. In other words, we can type, cut and
paste, delete and use all the normal word-processing functions. When this has been done and
we've finished editing, we are then asked to summarize the changes we have made. This doesn't
go into the main text box but into a separate area below it. That's the main part of the process
over with, but we need to make sure that the changes we've made are going to appear as we
want them. A last check, if you like. In order to do this we select the preview option. If we're still
not satisfied, we have the option of returning to the edit stage and working through the same
procedure again. Finally, if we're satisfied with the result, we simply click on save, and our
changes will take immediate effect.
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UNIT 8: BACK IN TIME
LISTENING
PRIMER
1. Sumerian culture (an ancient civilization in southern Mesopotamia [modern-day Iraq]). This
culture went down due to the rise of Babylonia under Hammurabi c. 1700 BC.
2. Mayan culture (Mesoamerican civilization). Some scholars proposed that probably a 200-year
drought ended Maya civilization.
3. Egyptian hieroglyphs. During the Plotemaic era, the complexity of the text (perhaps due to
regionalism, national pride, or nationalism), some neighbors vied for a more complicated writing
system to show they were more educated. This probably led to the decline in the number of
users.
4. Samurai Culture. In 1873, Emperor Meiji abolished the samurai’s right to be the only armed
force in favor of a modern, western style army. This brought about many conflicts and the last
samurai was terminated in 1877. (See ‘The last samurai’ to have a greater insight into this)
5. Ancient Greek culture. The Roman Empire took over to rule Greece around 146 BC after the
battle of Corinth. Around 88 BC, there were revolts, but were crushed by the Roman.
6. Byzantine empire (Byzantium). A series of in-fighting (civil wars) weakened the empire’s
power, severely damaging the Byzantine’s military capabilities. This in turn gave way to foreign
invasion.
PRACTICE
1. Negative 2. Pleasure 3. Poverty 4. Active 5. Success
INTEGRATE
1. free 6. 14
2. 12 – 5 7. 50 minutes
3. Flash or lights 8. 1.15
4. 100 years 9. Workshops
5. £4 10. £5
SPEAKING
PRACTICE
Below are several samples of collocation:
Dominant aspect financial factor detailed evaluation anecdotal evidence
Widely accepted appropriate information
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BEYOND SCORE
1–D 2–B 3–C 4–D
READING
PRIMER
Photo 1: the fall of the Berlin wall
Photo 2: Lenin, probably addressing a crowd
Photo 3: the Beatles, waving to fans, probably at an airport
Photo 4: the first man on the Moon – American astronaut, Neil Armstrong
Order: 2-3-4-1
PRACTICE
1. 23 2. 803 3. 1996 4. 6 more 5. Australian / an Australian team

6. Dutch 7. Solar
INTEGRATE
1. True 2. True 3. Not given 4. False 5. False
6. Rain 7. (huge) sand (dunes) 8. Climate 9. AD 650 10. Fortresses
11, 12, 13. B, C, F (in any order)
BEYOND SCORE
1–A 2–C 3–D 4-C
WRITING
PRIMER
a. Thomas Edison – 2
b. Albert Einstein – 4
c. Socrates – 3
d. Genghis Khan – 6
e. Napoleon Bonaparte – 8
f. Mahatma Gandhi – 7
g. Charles Darwin – 1
h. Louis Pasteur – 5
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1. Darwin: Theory of evolution
2. Edison: the light bulb and other inventions
3. Socrates: founder of western philosophy
4. Einstein: theory of relativity
5. Pasteur: discoverer of the principles of vaccination
6. Khan: founder of the Mongol Empire
7. Gandhi: leader of Indian nationalism, employing civil disobedience.
8. Napoleon: Emperor of the French
BEYOND SCORE
1. The alphabet 4. Exploding powder (gun powder)
2. Days of the week 5. airplane
3. Number 0
VOCABULARY REVIEW
A.
a. emancipation b. Secular c. Depreciate d. Inflation
e. matriarch f. boycott g. civilian
B.
a. lenient b. excavation c. luminary d. dictator
e. despotism f. embargo g. assumption
C.
a. disenfranchise b. incumbent c. pacifist d. siege
e. annex f. twilight zone g. territory h. chronological
i. usurp j. compendium
D.
a. almshouse b. tenant farmer c. envoy d. confiscate
e. stratification
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AUDIO SCRIPTS
PRACTICE
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INTEGRATE
Questions 1-4:
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Questions 5-10:
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UNIT 9: FINALE
LISTENING
PRIMER
1. The Palm Islands Dubai adds about 520 kilometers of shoreline to the mainland of Dubai.
2. Palm Jumeirah alone is made from over 3 billion cubic feet of ocean sand vibro-compacted
into place.
3. It is among the manmade sites that can be visible from outer space with bare eyes.
4. Upon completion, Palm Deira will be 25 times larger than Monaco – the second smallest
country in the world.
5. The planning of the popular Palm Island had taken more than one hundred studies simply to
determine about the feasibility of the project.
6. Each beautiful island is connected with the mainland simply by a bridge.
7. The crescent that surrounds the Palm Island acts as a breakwater to protect the island from
high waves in case of a typhoon or storms.
PRACTICE
A.
1 – decide what you need to listen for 4 – count
5 – make a guess
2 – listen for key ideas in the questions. 6 – will
3 – matters
B.
1 – beside 5 – links
2 – next 6 – north-east
3 – opposite 7 – southern
4 – closer 8 – before
INTEGRATE
Section 1
1 – February 2 – one 3 – Wilson 4 – 2336 1898 72
5–C 6–F 7–G
8–C 9–A 10 – C
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Section 2
11 – 18 16 – view
12 – 9 17 – boats
13 – Hill Park 18 – eat
14 – Bay Bridge 19 – baskets
15 – Green Street 20 – theatre
SPEAKING
PRACTICE
A.
a. Keywords: Question 1 – kind of music / like
Question 2 – best way / learn / new mobile phone
b. This is the “topic vocabulary”. You need to produce a range of accurate vocabulary related to
the topic to get a good mark.
B.
Main information Additional information Fillers, linking
words
Name of place Melbourne capital of Victoria; beautiful, which, because, for
wide streets, grand buildings example
Good points style / fashion more elegant, smarter because, you know
conscious clothes, better restaurants that sort of thing, but
than Sydney
Famous for its trams European feel Well, I suppose, even

though, which
BEYOND SCORE
1–D 2–C 3–C 4–A
READING
PRIMER
Example: BIOLOGY AND ASTRONOMY - when dung beetles get lost, they can navigate their
way home by looking at the Milky Way.
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1. PEACE PRIZE - Alexander Lukashenko, president of Belarus, for making it illegal to applaud
in public
2. ECONOMICS – Presented to Karl Schwärzler and the nation of Liechtenstein, for making it
possible to rent the entire country for corporate conventions, weddings, bar mitzvahs, and other
gatherings
3. PROBABILITY - Bert Tolkamp and Marie Haskell for making two related discoveries: First,
that the longer a cow has been lying down, the more likely that cow will soon stand up; and
second, that once a cow stands up, you cannot easily predict how soon that cow will lie down
again.
4. LINGUISTICS - Juan Manuel Toro and Josep B. Trobalon for determining that rats
sometimes can't distinguish between recordings of Japanese and Dutch played backward
5 - LITERATURE: The US Government General Accountability Office, for issuing a report
about reports about reports that recommends the preparation of a report about the report about
reports about reports.
PRACTICE
A.
1–D 3–B 5–E 7–F
2–E 4–A 6–C 8–C
INTEGRATE
Passage 1
1 – iii 5 – viii 9–D 13 – F
2 – vii 6–x 10 – E
3 – ix 7–v 11 – B
4 – ii 8–B 12 – D
Passage 2
14 – B 15 – A 16 – A 17 – C 18 – B 19 – C
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EVENTS
A. The first dime novel was published in the United States.
B. Lord Shaftsbury warned people about the dangers of penny bloods.
C. Elementary education became compulsory for all kids.
D. A law was passed requiring children to attend school.
E. A law about copyrights was passed.
F. The first Sweeny Todd was published.
20 – C 21 – F 22 – A 23 – E
24 – Yes 25 – No 26 – No 27 – Yes
WRITING
PRIMER
Albania - Algeria - Andorra - Angola - Antigua and Barbuda - Argentina - Armenia - Aruba -
Australia - Austria
PRACTICE
A.
The pie charts show the changes in the proportions of pkm for a range of different forms of
transport every thirty years between 1990 and 2050 along with the total number of passenger
kilometers.
The most striking feature of the chart is the rise in traffic volume from high-speed transport. It is
expected to see a dramatic increase, climbing from just 9% of traffic volume in 1990 to 25%, and
then 41% in 2020 and 2050 respectively. By contrast, it is predicted that there will be fewer
automobile pkm, which will shrink from 53% of market share to 43%, and to 35% in 2050.
While railways will see the most significant fall in traffic volume percentage-wise, it is
anticipated that buses will fare better. The former represented 9% of total traffic volume in 1990,
but the projected figure for 2050 is just 4%, a drop of more than 50%. This compares with traffic
volume for buses in 2050 of 20% against 26% in 2020, and 29% in 1990.
It is clear that high speed transport is expected to increasingly dominate the market.
It  traffic volume from high-speed transport
This  the whole sentence “The former represented….”
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The former  railways
B.
1 – by contrast / by 3 – but / whereas 5 – whereas / whilst
comparison
2 – by contrast / 4 – meanwhile / by
meanwhile contrast
C.
1 – High-speed transport accounted for 9% of traffic volume in 1990 while in 2050 it is forecast
to represent 41%.
2 – It is estimated that the proportion of the traffic volume of automobiles will fall to 35% in
2050 in contrast to 53% in 1990.
3 – In 1990 automobiles made up the bulk of passenger kilometers (53%), but by 2050, this is
forecast to drop to 35%.
4 – In 1990 out of a total traffic volume f 23.4 trillion pkm, automobiles accounted for 53%
compared to buses, railways and high-speed transport, 29%, 9% and 9% respectively. By
comparison, by 2020 it is anticipated that high-speed transport will jump to 41% with
automobiles, buses, railways making up 35%, 20% and 4% respectively.
INTEGRATE
Task 1 – Sample answer:
The three pie charts show the different kinds of degrees granted by the National University in
three different years. The fields of study shown are Medicine, Law, Business and Computer
Science. The percentage of the total degrees granted for each field changes over the three years
shown.
In 1990, Business and Computer Science were the most popular fields of study. Thirty percent of
the degrees granted were in Business and another 30 percent were in Computer Science.
Medicine accounted for 25 percent of the degrees, and Law accounted for only 15 percent.
The figures changed somewhat in 2000. Computer Science had gained popularity, with 40
percent of the degrees granted in this field. Business had dropped to 20 percent, and Law had
dropped to 10 percent. Medicine accounted for 30 percent of the degrees.
In 2010, an even greater percentage of students had earned Computer Science degrees, with 45
percent of the total degrees in this field. Business and Medicine had both lost popularity,
dropping to 15 percent and 25 percent of the total degrees granted, respectively. Law, on the
other hand, had gone back up to 15 percent of the total degrees granted. The only field that
consistently grew in popularity in the time period shown was Computer Science.
Task 2 – Sample answer:
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I strongly agree that all children should study a foreign language in school, starting from their
first day of school. Learning how to communicate with people in other countries in very
important in the modern world, and we need to speak different languages in order to do this.
Childhood is the best time to learn foreign languages.
Modern technology has made the world smaller. By airplane, we can travel to faraway countries
in just a few hours. With the Internet, we can communicate instantly with people on the other
side of the world. People do business with people in other countries, buy products from other
countries, and, unfortunately, have wars with foreign countries. None of these activities are new,
but they have become easier to do and more common because of modern technology. Therefore,
it is now more important than ever to know how to speak one, two or more foreign languages.
To learn a foreign language well, it is best to start in childhood. Children’s brains are made for
learning. Children are eager to absorb new information. Children can learn to speak foreign
languages as well as their native language. It is difficult to learn a foreign language quite as well
if you start studying it at a later age. Therefore, the best way to learn a foreign language is to start
studying it during the first years of school.
The healthy future of our planet depends on people everywhere being able to communicate well.
Teaching children to speak foreign languages from the first years of school will go a long way
toward achieving this goal.
AUDIO SCRIPTS
LISTENING - INTEGRATE
Questions 1-4
Questions 5-10
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Questions 11-15:
Questions 16-20:
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SPEAKING – PRACTICE
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UNIT 10: DEFYING LIMITS
LISTENING
PRIMER
1 – The Call of the Wild (Jack London)
2 – The Old Man and the Sea (Ernest Hemingway)
3 – Harry Potter (J.K. Rowling)
4 – Life on the Mississippi (Mark Twain)
5 – Kafka on the Shore (Haruki Murakami)
PRACTICE
Incorrect answers: 1 (b) – 3 (e) – 4 (d) – 5 (c) – 6 (a) – 8 (f)
Suggested answers:
1 – twice a week 5 – yoga, aerobics
3 – 9.30 6 – Wednesday
4 – Tom, Barbara, Jenny 8 – staff evening off
INTEGRATE
1 – over one hundred 6 – a film evening
2 – a music club 7 – Lakeside Theater
3 – twice a week 8 – the University Gallery
4 – during the vacation 9 – the Workshop Studio
5 – Scottish dancing 10 – an audition
SPEAKING
PRACTICE
A. A – Topic 1 B – Topic 5
B.
A–5 D–1 G–4 J – 10
B–2 E–7 H–3
C–9 F–8 I–6
READING
PRIMER
The coffee drinker – He put some sugar in the original cup. The new one was a plain one.
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The mysterious room – We need 5 people to play this game.
PRACTICE
1–A 2–F 3–D 4–B 5–E 6–C
INTEGRATE
1–C 6 – Sicilian 11 – an interview
2–B 7 – grandfather 12 – runs in families
3–E 8 – 70 13 – A
4–A 9 – over twenty countries 14 – E
5–D 10 – three languages
BEYOND SCORE
Challenge 1
A – talatakki D – lalalabang
B – pirak E – balabakbakat
C – talatalobag
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Challenge 2
WRITING
PRIMER
Possible answers
Photo 1 shows university education. Students go to lectures or study in smaller seminar groups,
do lengthy assignments, and get degrees. They usually study a single project. Universities
usually try to foster independent learning.
Photo 2 shows a high school, the last phase of compulsory education in most countries. Classes
are often large, and teaching for the older children tends to be focused on passing of exams.
Children specialize as they get older. There may be behavior problems e.g. unmotivated children
or bullying.
Photo 3 shows a primary school class. These are smaller schools for children between the ages of
approximately 5 and 11. School is usually more fun at this age, with plenty of opportunity for
play and creativity. A wide variety of subjects are taught. Children are usually keen to learn
because of their natural curiosity.
Possible answers
Testing and its effects on the motivation of students
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Who should pay for higher education / Financial hardship suffered by students in higher
education
The gender divide, especially in reading and writing
The place of religion in schools
How to deal with bullying in schools
The problem of truancy
Lack of childcare facilities for working mothers
Parental choice in education
Technology in the classroom
PRACTICE
PARAGRAPH 1
One reason people over 75 should not be allowed to drive is that they are a hazard on the road.
By that age, most people’s vision and hearing have deteriorated; thus, they cannot see cars,
pedestrians, and traffic signs as well as they could in their youth. In addition, they have slower
reaction times. This is particularly problematic because while driving, one must be constantly on
the alert to the need to stop or swerve suddenly to avoid a collision. These physical and mental
impairments lead to a lot of accidents. In fact, if we compare on a per-mile basis the elderly with
other age groups of drivers, it turns out that the elderly are involved in 25 accidents per 100
drivers. This is second only to the group aged 24 and under.
PARAGRAPH 2
The opponents argue that people over 75 should not be allowed to drive because they are a
hazard on the road. While it is true that the accident rate per mile driven is high for the elderly,
the fact is that the elderly simply do not drive as much as those in other age groups;
consequently, the actual number of accidents in this age group is the lowest among all the
younger age groups. Moreover, while it is also true that their abilities to see, hear and react are
not as sharp as they were when they were younger, this does not necessarily have to make them
hazardous on the road. In reality, elderly drivers can be trained to compensate for their
deficiencies by taking special driver’s education courses designed for them.
BEYOND SCORE
1 - Princeton 4 – Columbia 7 – Duke
2 - Harvard 5 – Stanford 8 – MIT
3 – Yale 6 – University of Chicago
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9 – University of Pennsylvania
VOCABULARY REVIEW
A.
1 – impromptu 6 – embraces
2 – annotates 7 – demeanor
3 – thesis 8 – astonish
4 – simile 9 – insights
5 – grasp 10 – implicit
B.
1 – renowned 5 - immaculate
2 – appease 6 – stance
3 – melancholy 7 – nostalgia
4 – congruence
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AUDIO SCRIPTS
INTEGRATE – Questions 1-6
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INTEGRATE – Questions 7-10
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UNIT 11: FOR A RAINY DAY
LISTENING
PRACTICE
1. C 3. E 5. F
2. D 4. G 6. B
INTEGRATE
1. B
2. C
3. A
4. A
5. B
6. Petrol station
7. shopping center
8. Insurance offices
9. Hotel 10. Call center
READING
PRIMER
1. Lineman & power worker
2. Metal crafter
3. Miners
4. Lumberjack
5. Firefighter
6. Sanitation worker
PRACTICE
1. trade 2. Components 3. Container ships 4. Tariffs
INTEGRATE
1. L (pick up any newspaper… and you’ll read about how work is killing our marriages…)
2. J (more than in France, Germany, Italy, or Spain)
3. D (two-thirds of staff being allowed to work from home some of the time)
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4. I (the working day has increased in length over the last two decades but by just one minute and
forty-two seconds)
5. G (work modifies body)
6. C (relentless negativity about work… if we accept that work is dull and demeaning… we are
allowing alienation to remain)
7. F (two-thirds of us have dated someone at work)
8. B 9. F 10. E 11. H 12. A
WRITING
PRIMER
1. Facebook 2. Dropbox 3. Google
VOCABULARY REVIEW
A.
1. frugal 2. Impeccable 3. Inconspicuous 4. Sophisticated 5. Stable
B.
1. C 2. D 3. D 4. B 5. C
C.
1. strike 2. Debacle 3. Impaired 4. Exempted 5. Terse 6. Spry
7. wary 8. Pensive 9. treadmill 10. Sedate
AUDIO SCRIPTS
PRACTICE
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INTEGRATE
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UNIT 12: A NEW CHAPTER
LISTENING
PRIMER
1. United States: The Revis family of North Carolina. Food expenditure for one week: $341.98.
2. Japan: The Ukita family of Kodaira City. Food expenditure for one week: 37,699 Yen or
$317.25.
3. Mali: The Natomos of Kouakourou - Food expenditure for one week: 17,670 francs or
$26.39.
4. Ecuador: The Ayme family of Tingo. Food expenditure for one week: $31.55.
5. Italy: The Manzo family of Sicily. Food expenditure for one week: 214.36 Euros or $260.11.
6. China: The Cui family of Weitaiwu village. Food expenditure for one week: $65.
PRACTICE
a. A, C, F, G, I would probably be used.
b. 1: on the top; 2: on the right hand corner, on the top; 4: in the lower right hand corner, below
the buttons
1. C 4. F
2. G 5. I
3. A
INTEGRATE
Section 1
1. babies 6. E or B
2. Eshcol 7. heart
3. evening 8. primary school
4. Gormley 9. 4.30
5. B or E 10. ages
Section 2
11. B 16. D
12. C 17. A
13. E 18. C
14. B 19. 732281
15. E 20. Thursday(s)
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SPEAKING
PRACTICE
1.
a. opinion/changes d. description
b. solution/evaluation e. opinion
c. opinion f. effect
2.
a. Main idea: First sentence. Examples: recycling, more fashionable to be ‘green.’
b. Main idea: First sentence. Detail: Second and fourth sentences. Examples: third sentence.
c. Main idea: First sentence. Detail: Next 3 sentences.
BEYOND SCORE
1. d 3. d
2. a 4. d
READING
PRIMER
1. 9000-6000 6. 118 11. 1920s
2. 3000 7. 806 12. 1950
3. 1200 8. 1535 13. 1971
4. 1000-600 9. 1816 14. 1994
5. 700 10. 1913 15. 1997
PRACTICE
a. Suggested underlining:
1. time of his voyage, Mau, unique 4. grandfather, teacher
navigational skills 5. stones, star, situated
2. Mau, familiar, sea around Tahiti 6. first inhabitant, Hawaii, read and write
3. difficult, compass and charts 7. students, memorise, positions of the stars
b.
1. first paragraph 5. third paragraph
2. second paragraph 6. last paragraph
3. second paragraph 7. last paragraph
4. third paragraph
Answers:
1. True 4. Not Given
2. False 5. True
3. Not Given 6. Not Given
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7. False
INTEGRATE
Reading 1
1. FALSE 6. NOT GIVEN 11. illness
2. NOT GIVEN 7. thorium 12. neutron
3. TRUE 8. pitchblende 13. leuk(a)emia
4. FALSE 9. radium
5. TRUE 10. soldiers
Reading 2
14. G 19. E 24. mirror
15. C 20. D 25. communication
16. G 21. B 26. ownership
17. D 22. E
18. H 23. C
BEYOND SCORE
1–C 2–C 3–D
WRITING
PRIMER
1. d 4. b
2. a 5. a
3. c
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PRACTICE
A.
1. line graph
2. vertical: number of vehicles sold in millions; horizontal: year
3. past and future
4. The graph illustrates changes in the five types of vehicles sold in County A since 1990 and
predictions until 2020.
5. Overall, except for smaller cars which are becoming more popular, sales of other types of
vehicles are either on a downward trend or remain stable.
6. Smaller cars have gained in popularity while larger cars and station wagons are becoming
less popular.
7. larger cars + station wagons, commercial vans + motorbikes
B.
1. Species loss
2. Cause and solution
3. No. The question asks about the causes and solutions, not effects.
4. Yes
5.
a. Both have clear thesis statements with slightly different styles. Either style is acceptable
in the IELTS.
b. A has a clear topic sentence signaling that the second body paragraph is about causes and
the third about solutions. In B. the first body paragraph has a clear topic sentence but the
second is not so clear. IT needs to be slightly more general to introduce the topic of
solutions rather than going straight into an example.
c. Both
d. Both
e. A shows a better development of ideas than B.
f. B
g. A has more, while B also has several complex sentence structures.
h. B
i. Both, although B is very close to the minimum.
j. A (for the reasons above)
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INTEGRATE
Task 1
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Task 2
BEYOND SCORE
1–C 2–B 3–C 4–A 5-C
VOCABULARY REVIEW
1. DWELLING 3. BRAZEN 5. UNDERGO
2. COMPENSATION 4. ABBERATION 6. INAUGURATION
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7. VULGAR 15. SUPERFLUOUS 23. INFALLIBLE
8. GRATUITOUS 16. EARNEST 24. INCORPORATE
9. AUTHENTICITY 17. MIMIC 25. SYNTHETIC
10. PLETHORA 18. CONTEMPORARY 26. ARISE
11. VERACITY 19. CANDOR 27. SOLIDIFY
12. PANACEA 20. PRODIGIOUS 28. DISPUTE
13. ACQUIRE 21. OUTRAGEOUS 29. LONGITUDINAL
14. CONTINGENT 22. INEXTRICABLY 30. MILESTONE
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AUDIO SCRIPTS
LISTENING-PRACTICE-Q.1-5
This portable television is nearly twenty years old. It has a handle on the top for carrying it.
There is a silver dial on the front at the top; I think it turns the television on and off. The screen
is on the front, that’s still the same! There is a speaker under the dials. The television comes with
a small remote
LISTENING-INTEGRATE-SECTION 1
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LISTENING-INTEGRATE-SECTION 2
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SPEAKING-PRACTICE-Q.1
a. Do you think there is more environmental awareness among people in your country than
a decade ago? Why?
b. What measures are being taken to protect the environment in your country? How
successful have these been?
c. Is protecting and preserving the environment the responsibility of individual citizens or
national governments? Why?
d. What type of outdoor places do people in your country visit and enjoy?
e. How important do you think it is for people to spend time outdoors enjoying nature?
Why?
f. What are some of the effects of urbanization in your country?
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WORKBOOK
ANSWER KEY
(Audio scripts are at the end of each unit)
UNIT 1: A GLOBAL VILLAGE
LISTENING
1. Malaysian
2. 13 Anglesea
3. 040 422 9160
4. economist
5. dancing
6. C (you might find some of our Australian slang more difficult to understand)
7. B (currently about 50 members)
8. B (every second Thursday)
9. A (usually one of the members gives a little presentation)
10. A (the main point of the club is to give people like you the change to mix in more with people from
this country)
SPEAKING
1. Svetlana: c Huan: i Reva: d Mateusz: b
2. 1 - 2√ 3√ 4√ 5- 6√
3. They all do b, c, d, f.
READING
1. B 6. FALSE 11. better off

2. D 7. TRUE 12. highly controversial
3. A 8. TRUE 13. C
4. C 9. NOT GIVEN
5. F 10. their lot
WRITING
a. increasing trend
b. Suggested answers: 1940-2000 (USA and Sweden: mostly increase, Japan: gradual decrease then
increase); 2000-2030 (Japan: faster increase); 2030-2040 (USA and Sweden: rapid increase, Japan:
even more dramatic jump)
c. USA and Sweden’s trends are similar and can be grouped together. Japan has a different trend
compared to these two.
d. Sample answer:
The line graph compares the percentage of people aged 65 or more in three countries over a period of
100 years. It is clear that the proportion of elderly people increases in each country between 1940 and
2040. Japan is expected to see the most dramatic changes in its elderly population.
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UNIT 1 – IELTS ADVANCED WORKBOOK
In 1940, around 9% of Americans were aged 65 or over, compared to about 7% of Swedish people and
5% of Japanese people. The proportions of elderly people in the USA and Sweden rose gradually over
the next 50 years, reaching just under 15% in 1990. By contrast, the figures for Japan remained below
5% until the early 2000s.
Looking into the future, a sudden increase in the percentage of elderly people is predicted for Japan,
with a jump of over 15% in just 10 years from 2030 to 2040. By 2040, it is thought that around 27% of
the Japanese population will be 65 years old or more, while the figures for Sweden and the USA will be
slightly lower, at about 25% and 23% respectively.
(178 words, band 9)
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AUDIOSCRIPTS
LISTENING-Q.1-10
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SPEAKING-Q.1
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UNIT 2: CONFLICTING INTERESTS
LISTENING
1. coal, firewood (in any order, both required 6. Gift Shop

for 1 mark) 7. (main) Workshop
2. local craftsmen 8. Showroom
3. 160 9. Café
4. Woodside 10. cottages
5. Ticket Office
SPEAKING
2.
b. fantastic e. warm h. fresh
c. wonderful f. spectacular
d. lovely g. unspoilt
READING
1. e 6. G 11. B
2. g 7. C 12. D
3. b 8. F 13. C
4. d 9. B 14. A
5. a 10. C 15. A
WRITING
1. There are two parts of the statement: Recycling is now an essential measure and it is time for
everyone in society to become more responsible towards the environment. While you may agree with the
latter part, you may not agree with the first part. While it’s good to be more responsible toward the
environment, recycling may not be the best or only option. Therefore, it’s important to fully address the
statement.
3. Sample answer:
It is hard to deny the importance of recycling in the modern world. One has only to visit the nearest
landfill site to understand the scale of the problem. Yet at the same time, recycling is not always the
cheapest option. Nor is it the only issue with respect to the environment.
On the one hand, there is a lot that can be done in terms of household recycling. Kerbside collections of
newspapers, bottles and cans trim the amount of rubbish that has to be consigned to landfill. Some
councils even collect plastic bottles and recycle them, although it is commonly believed that the
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recycling of plastic is too costly a process.
Many people are lazy when it comes to recycling and opt to throw everything away instead of
separating out materials to be recycled. To counteract this, fines or taxes may have to be introduced. A
new tax has also been suggested on non-returnable bottles.
At the same time, there are other pollutants of our planet that have nothing to do with waste disposal.
Air travel is now widely seen as the biggest threat to the environment and, unless higher taxes are put
on aviation fuel, the situation will get worse. However, this kind of decision should be taken in an
international forum and it is vital that the world's largest nations (and heaviest users of fossil fuels) join
this discussion.
It is hoped that our politicians will come together and agree upon a viable strategy for the world which
will allow future generations to enjoy the beauty and diversity of our planet.
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AUDIOSCRIPTS
LISTENING-Q1-10
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SPEAKING-Q2
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UNIT 3: QUARTER-FINAL
LISTENING
Questions 21-40
21. A 28. student teacher 34. B

conference
22. B 35. C
29. term paper
23. D 36. spend money
30. semester review
24. F 37. leave faster
31. A
25. B 38. security
32. C
26. term paper topic 39. younger people
33. A
27. first evaluation 40. older people
READING
Questions 27-40
27. K 32. D 37. E
28. F 33. E 38. C
29. A 34. D 39. E
30. G 35. B 40. C
31. B 36. D
WRITING
A.
This bar chart shows how second language proficiency varies between males and females in 6 different
countries. It is immediately apparent that while there is significant regional variation in second language
ability, typically a higher percentage of females than males speak a second language well.
If we look at males we can see that India has much the greatest proportion of proficient second
language speakers at around 55% and China has the least at fewer than 18%. There is only a 10%
difference in competency ranging from around 40% to around 30% between Romania, Vietnam, Russia
and Thailand in second to fourth places respectively. There are, however, notably more female than
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male second language speakers in every country with the exception of Thailand. So, India once again
leads the way with around 65%, closely followed by Romania and then Vietnam and Russia at 56 and
42% in turn. The two countries with fewest proficient second language speakers are China and Thailand
at around 30%. The final point to note is that of the countries in the report, India would appear to have
the highest overall proportion of proficient second language speakers and China the least.
B.
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AUDIO SCRIPTS
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UNIT 4: AN APPLE A DAY
LISTENING
A.
1. 4/four-month certificate/cert (course) 6. C
2. (current) employment // job 7. F
3. 1/one-year diploma ACCEPT diploma 8. B
4. none // no (prior) qualifications/quals 9. G
5. 6/six-month certificate/cert (course) 10. D
11 – A, C 12 – B, D
13 – 28th August 14 – People at Work 15 – careers advice
16 – Land from Air 17 – balloon trip
18 – B 19 – E 20 - C
READING
A.
1. h 3. d 5. g
2. b 4. i
B.
6. 1946 8. social, economic, environmental
7. (the) wealthy (members) (of) (society) 9. (the) 1970s
C.
10. NOT GIVEN 13. NO
11. YES 14. NOT GIVEN
12. NO
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WRITING
Suggested Essay
AUDIO SCRIPTS
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UNIT 5: UNDER THE SAME SUN
LISTENING
21 – B 27 – uphill / on hillsides
22 – C 28 – lots of water
23 – D 29 – plastic bags
24 – B 30 – bananas / ones (to) ripen
25 – one bunch 31 – C
26 – 15 months 32 – D
READING
1 – taste buds 7 – bowhead – humpback
2 – baleen whales 8 – sense of touch
3 – forward – downward 9 – fresh water dolphin(s
4 – fresh water dolphin(s) 10 – airborne flying fish
5 – water 11 – clear open water
6 – lower frequencies 12 – acoustic sense
AUDIO SCRIPTS
F = Fiona M = Martin
F: Hi there, Martin. How are you going with your Australian studies tutorial paper?
M: Oh good. I’ve finished it actually.
F: Lucky you. What did you do it on? I’m still trying to find an interesting topic.
M: Well ... after some consideration I decided to look at the history of banana growing in Australia.
F: (surprised) Banana growing!
M: Yes, banana growing.
F: (sarcastically) Fascinating, I'm sure!
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M: Well... it's not as boring as you'd think. And I wanted to tie it in to the work I’ve been doing on
primary industries and the economy. Anyway I bet there are a few things you didn't know about
bananas!
F: Such as?
M: Such as the fact that bananas were among the first plants ever to be domesticated.
F: Oh, really?
M: Yes, they're an extremely nourishing food.
F: I suppose you're going to tell me the whole history of banana growing now, aren't you?
M: Well, it'd be a good practice run for my tutorial next week. I'll do the same for you some time.
F: OK. Fire away. So where were these bananas first domesticated?
M: According to my research, the Cavendish banana, which is a type of banana and the first type to
be cultivated here, actually originated in China but they bad a fairly roundabout route before
they got to Australia.
F: You mean they didn't go straight from China to Australia?
M: No. they didn't. It seems that in 1826, bananas were taken from South China to England.
F: I suppose they would have made a welcome addition to the English diet.
M: Yes, I’m sure. Well apparently there was an English Duke who was particularly fond of bananas
and he used to cultivate them in his hothouse, which is where you have to grow them in
England, of course, because of the cool climate and they became quite popular in the UK. So he
was the one responsible for cultivating the Cavendish banana which was then introduced into
Australia.
F: I see. And we've been growing them ever since?
M: Yes.
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F: Are they hard to grow?
M: Well, yes and no. To grow them in your garden, no, not really. But to grow them commercially
you need to know what you're doing. You see, you only get one bunch of bananas per tree and it
can take up to three years for a tree to bear fruit, if you don't do anything special to it. But this
period is greatly reduced with modem growing methods, particularly in plantations where you
have perfect tropical conditions.
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F: Right! So what are you looking at? One year? Two years?
M: No, no, around 15 months in good conditions for a tree to produce a bunch of bananas. And
once you've got your bunch you cut the bunch and the plant down.
F: So how do the trees reproduce then?
M: Well, bananas are normally grown from suckers which spring up around the parent plant,
usually just above the plant. They tend to like to grow uphill or at least that's the common
wisdom.
F: So that's why banana plantations are usually on hillsides, is it?
M: Yes. They grow best like that.
F: That's interesting!
M: If you plant them in rich soil and give them plenty of water at the beginning of summer, then
they should be well advanced by the beginning of winter when growth virtually stops. But in a
country like England, they're hard to grow, although you can grow them in a hothouse.
F: But in Australia, it's not difficult?
M: No, though even here, the growers put plastic bags around the bunches to protect them and
keep them warm. If you go up to the banana growing districts, you'll see all these banana trees
with plastic bags on them.
F: But how do they stop the bananas going bad before they reach the shops?
M: Well, the banana bunches are picked well before the fruit is ripe. Once you cut the bunch, the
bananas stop growing but they do continue to ripen. The interesting thing is that once one
banana ripens, it gives off a gas which then helps all the others to ripen so they pretty much all
ripen within a few hours of each other.
F: Amazing! So do we export lots of bananas overseas, to Europe and Asia for instance?
M: Well, oddly enough, no. I believe New Zealand takes a small proportion of the crop but
otherwise they're mostly grown for the domestic market, which is surprising when you think
about it because we grow an enormous number of bananas each year.
F: Yes, well - thank you for all that information. I'm sure the tutorial paper will go really well -you
certainly seem to have done your research on the subject.
M: Let's hope so.
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UNIT 6: SEMI FINAL
LISTENING
Section 3 – Questions 21-30
21. university catalog 26. B
22. a summary 27. A
23. Work supervisor 28. C
24. C 29. B
25. A 30. A
31. forested area 36. A
32. plant foods 37. B
33. insects / fish 38. B
34. The winter 39. A
35. twenty-five years 40. A
READING
Reading passage 1
1. C 6. D 11. D
2. L 7. B 12. B
3. A 8. A 13. E
4. H 9. A
5. M 10. A
Reading passage 2
14. B 16. D 18. B
15. A 17. A 19. D
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20. A 23. Heat 26. fresh water
21. B 24. Denser
22. C 25. Great Ocean Conveyor
AUDIO SCRIPTS
Questions 21-23:
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Questions 24-30:
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Questions 31-35:
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UNIT 7: HARNESSING NATURE
LISTENING
1-2 Candidate must have two (one for each 6. B

question) in any order: sun, atmosphere /
troposphere, vapour, wind. 7. D
3. A 8. large(r) droplets
4. E 9. rain(drops)
5. C 10. expansion
READING
1. sunlight 6. receiver module 10. lighting fixture
2. retail sales 7. tracker / tracking 11. depression

mechanism / solar tracker
3. attention spans 12. merchandise
8. exact position
4. primary mirror 13. solar collector
9. photo sensor
5. secondary mirror
WRITING
A.
1. The objects are in chronological order, covering a century.
2. The common design features are: wings for lift, power source(s) for thrust, tail, space for crew /
passengers.
3. Douglas DC-3: This plane has two engines, instead of the one in the Wright Flyer, to provide more
power. The engines are located on the wings, not inboard, to provide more stability. Boeing Airbus A30:
This plane has four engines instead of two, to provide yet more power. There are two passenger decks
instead of one, to provide more space for passengers.
4. Practical effects: Planes fly at higher altitudes, and at faster speeds, and more people travel by plane
than before.
Trends: planes get longer, wingspans wider, engines more numerous and powerful.
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AUDIO SCRIPTS
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UNIT 8: BACK IN TIME
LISTENING
31. 1768 36. 1822
32. First (ever) 37. Inventor
33. Warmth 38. Manuscript
34. Staircase Group 39. bicycle
35. daughter 40. Exhibit
READING
Reading Passage 1
1. I 8. I
2. D 9. F
3. I 10. Metal
4. E 11. Cardboard
5. B 12. Wire
6. E 13. current
7. C 14. water
Reading Passage 2
15. (trans-Atlantic) slave trade 21. K
16. Their captors 22. F
17. (Southern) dialect 23. D
18. (African-America) components 24. I
19. H 25. A
20. C 26, 27, 28. B D F
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AUDIO SCRIPTS
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UNIT 9: FINALE
LISTENING
A.
11 – City Bridge 16 – view(s)
12 – Newtown 17 – history
13 – 6.30 18 – 7 screen
14 – (formal) garden 19 – every 20 minutes
15 – Restaurant 20 – Central Station
B.
Section 3
21 – in three weeks 26 – professor’s approval
22 – a shopping mall 27 – conduct interviews
23 – thirty 28 – analyze the results
24 – a government study 29 – charts
25 – design the questionnaire 30 – class presentation
Section 4
31 – Alcott was born 36 – 1866
32 – support her family 37 – 1868
33 – her first novel / The Inheritance 38 – May died
34 – 1862 39 – 1882
35 – after the war 40 – Alcott died
READING
Passage 1
1 – Yes 3 – Not Given 5–B
2 – No 4 – Yes 6–A
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7–B 10 – C 13 – C
8–C 11 – D
9–A 12 – C
Passage 3
14 – I 19 – D 24 – True
15 – B 20 – C 25 – False
16 – F 21 – B 26 – False
17 – A 22 – A
18 – L 23 – Not Given
AUDIO SCRIPTS
A – Questions 11-20
Thank you for calling the Tourist Line. There are many different ways of getting round the city and we'd
like to suggest some you may not have thought of.
How about a city trip by boat? There are four main stopping points from west to east: stop A Green
Banks, stop B City Bridge, stop C Roman Landing and stop D Newtown.
You can find the main booking office at stop A.
The first boat leaves at 8 a.m. and the last one at 6.30 p.m. There are also many attractions you can sit
along the river. At Stop A, if you have time, you can visit the fine 16th century palace here built for the
king with its beautiful formal gardens. It's very near the booking office. Now you can enjoy every corner
of this superb residence.
Stop B Why don't you visit Tower Restaurant with its wide range of refreshments? This is a place where
you can sit and enjoy the wonderful views over the old commercial and banking centre of the city.
Stop C is the area where, in the first century AD, invading soldiers crossed the river; this was much
shallower than it is now. That's why this area is called Roman Landing. There's an interactive Museum to
visit here with a large shop which has a good range of local history books.
At the furthest point of the trip, stop D, the most exciting place to visit is the new Entertainment
Complex with seven-screen cinema, bowling alley and video games arcade.
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Besides the boat tours, there are city buses. Two companies offer special services:
The Top Bus Company runs all its tours with a live commentary in English. Tours leave from 8.30 a.m.,
every 20 minutes. There are departures from Central Station, Castle Hill and Long Walk. This is a bop-on
hop-off service and tickets are valid for 24 hours. For further details call Top Bus on 0208 9447810.
The Number One Sightseeing Tour is available with a commentary in eight languages. Buses depart from
Central Station every five to six minutes from about 9 a.m. with the last bus at around 7 p.m. There are
also Number One services with an English-speaking...
Student 1: We’d better start planning our research project, because we don’t have much time left
before it’s due.
Student 2: I know, only three more weeks.
Student 1: Is that all? I thought we had more time than that. Well, let’s get to work, then.
Student 2: OK, so we agreed we’re going to interview shoppers about their spending habits. Did we
decide to conduct our interviews at the department store?
Student 1: We haven’t decided anything definitely yet, but I think the shopping mall would be a
better place. We’d get more of a variety of shoppers there.
Student 2: Yes, that's a good point. So, let's do that. How many interviews did the professor say we
had to complete?
Student 1: She said at least thirty. That sounds like a lot, doesn't it?
Student 2: Yes, but if we divide it up between the two of us, that's just fifteen each. That's not so
bad.
Questions 24-30
Student 1: OK, so I guess we'd better start designing our questionnaire.
Student 2: Well, we have to do some reading first, don't we? Didn't we say we were going to
compare our results to the results of a government study?
Student 1: Right, the government study about how the economic crisis has changed people's
spending habits. We want to see if we get similar results.
Student 2: Yes, so we'd better read that first and then design our questionnaire. Then I guess we'll
be ready to go out and interview shoppers.
Student 1: No. Don't you remember? The professor said she had to approve our questionnaire first,
before we actually conducted the interviews.
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Student 2: Oh, right. So we'll get her approval and then conduct the interviews. I think a Saturday
would be the best day for the interviews, because everyone's out shopping then.
Student 1: Right. We'll do it on a Saturday, then.
Student 2: And let's also plan to get together the next day to analyze the results. It's best to do that
while everything's fresh in our minds. Don't you think?
Student 1: Sure. That sounds like a good ide.1. OK, so then we're going to have to present our
results to the class. Do you have any ideas for that? It's an important part of our grade,
so I think we should plan it well.
Student 2: Well, I think the obvious thing is to prepare some charts showing our results and how
they compare with the government study. That will help make the information a lot
clearer to the class.
Student 1: Right. OK, so we'll draw up some charts of the results. And then that's it. All that will be
left to do is give the class presentation Do you think we can be ready on time?
Student 2: I sure hope so. Let’s get started now.
Good afternoon. Today, I'd like to continue our discussion of me lives of prominent American writers by
talking about Louisa May Alcott, one of the best-known nineteen-century writers. Alcott is known for
her moralistic girl's novels, but she was a much more serious individual than those novels might lead one
to believe. She was born in 1832, the daughter of Bronson Alcott, who was one of the founders of the
Transcendentalist Movement. Bronson Alcott was a philosopher but not a provider, and the family lived
close to poverty. From an early age, Louisa was determined to find a way to improve her family's
economic situation. As a teenager, she worked to support her family by taking on a variety of low-paying
jobs, including teacher, seamstress, and household servant. Alcott also started writing when she was
young. She wrote her first novel when she was just seventeen years old; although it wasn't published
until many years after her death. It was called The Inheritance.
In 1861, the Civil War broke out. Alcott worked as a volunteer, sewing uniforms and bandages for
soldiers. The following year, she enlisted as an army nurse. She spent the war years in Washington,
nursing wounded soldiers at a military hospital. While working at the hospital, she wrote many letters to
her family at home in Massachusetts. After the war, she turned the letters into a book, which was
published under the title Hospital Sketches. She also wrote numerous romantic stories, which she sold
to magazines.
Around this same time, she was offered the opportunity to travel to Europe as the companion to an
invalid. When she returned home from Europe in 1866, she found her family still in financial difficulty
and in need of money, so she went back to writing. Her big break came in 1868 with the publication of
her first novel for girls, Little Women. The novel achieved instant success, and the public wanted more.
From then on, Alcott supported herself and her family by writing novels for girls. It wasn't the writing
she had dreamed of doing, but it earned her a good income.
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Alcott took care of her family for the rest of her life. In 1878, her youngest sister, May, got married. A
year later, May died after giving birth to a daughter. Louisa Alcott raised her sister's orphaned child. In
1882, Bronson Alcott suffered a stroke. Soon after that, Louisa Alcott set up a house for him, her niece,
her sister Anna, and Anna's two sons in Boston. Her mother was no longer living by this time. Alcott was
still writing novels for girls, including two sequels to Little Women: Little Men and Jo’s Boys. The latter
was published in 1886.
Louisa Alcott had suffered poor health ever since she contracted typhoid fever while working as a war
nurse. She died in March of 1888 at the age of 55. She was buried in Concord, Massachusetts.
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UNIT 10: DEFYING LIMITS
LISTENING
A.
1 – Black 6–B
2 – 2085 7–D
3 – 9456 1309 8–F
4 – 2020BD 9 - $25
5 – July 10 – in a week / next week
B.
21 – Friday 26 – she records them
22 – Biology 27 – skimming
23 – 57 28 – French Revolution
24 – 43 29 – why study history(?)
25 – Wednesday 30 – animal language
READING
1–A 7 – absenteeism
2–C 8 – False
3–B 9 – False
4 – disappeared 10 – Not Given
5 – dropping 11 - True
6 – interpersonal relationships
WRITING
Sample answer:
People have different views about the role of arts subjects in secondary-school timetables. Some people
believe that they have a beneficial impact on students’ learning, while others feel they are simply a form
of creative relaxation. I agree with the former statement because I believe that they play a vital part in
educational development.
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It is generally thought that activities in the arts can help students learn how to work in a team. A student
who takes part in a theatrical production has to co-operate with other members of the cast, with the
aim of producing a successful final show. The same is true of musicians who play in an orchestra. They
also have to work together to produce the best sound. I would suggest that experiences like these can
enhance a student’s ability to work with different types of people and participate successfully in a group
project.
Another way in which I feel the arts can help students is that they can improve self-confidence. This is
because art is often about making a product. It might be something concrete like a painting or object, or
it might be something abstract like a piece of music. Both types of product need plenty of time and
creativity and, as a result, can make someone feel very proud of the outcome. I believe that this sense of
achievement may then stimulate someone to achieve more in other subjects.
In my view, all students would benefit from the creative experience that art can offer. Improved
confidence and interpersonal skills are lasting qualities that can help students do better throughout
their academic lives.
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AUDIO SCRIPTS
A – Questions 1-10
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B – Questions 21-30
128
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UNIT 11: FOR A RAINY DAY
LISTENING
Questions 1-2:
1. E 2. G
Questions 3-7:
3. D 5. E 7. C
4. H 6. F
Questions 11-20
11. C 16. Rose garden
12. B 17. café
13. A 18. Cycling
14. B 19. Biology lesson
15. Car park 20. Viewing shelter
READING
Reading Passage 1
1. B 6. N 11. E
2. I 7. K 12. H
3. F 8. G 13. C
4. M 9. A
5. J 10. G
Reading Passage 2
14. change 2. Qualified 3. In the world 14. Job seekers
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AUDIO SCRIPTS
Questions 1-2:
131
Questions 3-7:
132
Questions 11-20:
133
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UNIT 12: A NEW CHAPTER
LISTENING
Section 3
21. A 26. groups

22. C 27. every 2 days
23. approach 28. 2 weeks
24. mature 29. confident
25. interest 30. education system
Section 4
31. C 36. C
32. A 37. frog/frogs
33. B 38. predators
34. B 39. count
35. A 40. seed/seeds
READING
Reading 1
1. FALSE 6. TRUE 11. (Robert) Pullar

2. NOT GIVEN 7. NOT GIVEN 12. (in) France
3. FALSE 8. (the / only) rich 13. malaria (is)
4. TRUE 9. commercial (possibilities)
5. NOT GIVEN 10. mauve (was/is)
Reading 2
14. b 19. A 24. FALSE

15. f 20. D 25. NOT GIVEN
16. a 21. D 26. FALSE
17. c 22. C 27. TRUE
18. B 23. B
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WRITING
Task 1
Task 2
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137
AUDIO SCRIPTS
LISTENING-SECTION 3
138
139
LISTENING-SECTION 4
140
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In my opinion, it is extremely important for children to learn to understand and appreciate

6 – True 7 – False 8 – NG 9 – False 10 – NG

1. unrivalled 2. immerse 3. stimulant 4. tantamount

Woman: OK. And could I have your work phone number?

Photo 1: the fall of the Berlin wall

Photo 2: Lenin, probably addressing a crowd

Photo 3: the Beatles, waving to fans, probably at an airport

1. 23 2. 803 3. 1996 4. 6 more 5. Australian / an Australian team

6. Each beautiful island is connected with the mainland simply by a bridge.

Famous for its trams European feel Well, I suppose, even

A. The first dime novel was published in the United States.

B. Lord Shaftsbury warned people about the dangers of penny bloods.

C. Elementary education became compulsory for all kids.

D. A law was passed requiring children to attend school.

E. A law about copyrights was passed.

F. The first Sweeny Todd was published.

Testing and its effects on the motivation of students

The gender divide, especially in reading and writing

The place of religion in schools

How to deal with bullying in schools

The problem of truancy

Lack of childcare facilities for working mothers

Parental choice in education

Technology in the classroom

INTEGRATE – Questions 1-6

1. Svetlana: c Huan: i Reva: d Mateusz: b

1. B 6. FALSE 11. better off

(178 words, band 9)

1. coal, firewood (in any order, both required 6. Gift Shop

21. A 28. student teacher 34. B

27. K 32. D 37. E

28. F 33. E 38. C

29. A 34. D 39. E

30. G 35. B 40. C

1. 4/four-month certificate/cert (course) 6. C

2. (current) employment // job 7. F

3. 1/one-year diploma ACCEPT diploma 8. B

4. none // no (prior) qualifications/quals 9. G

5. 6/six-month certificate/cert (course) 10. D

13 – 28th August 14 – People at Work 15 – careers advice

16 – Land from Air 17 – balloon trip

6. 1946 8. social, economic, environmental

7. (the) wealthy (members) (of) (society) 9. (the) 1970s

10. NOT GIVEN 13. NO

11. YES 14. NOT GIVEN

24 – B 30 – bananas / ones (to) ripen

1 – taste buds 7 – bowhead – humpback

2 – baleen whales 8 – sense of touch

3 – forward – downward 9 – fresh water dolphin(s

4 – fresh water dolphin(s) 10 – airborne flying fish

5 – water 11 – clear open water

6 – lower frequencies 12 – acoustic sense

M: Oh good. I’ve finished it actually.

F: (surprised) Banana growing!

M: Yes, banana growing.

F: (sarcastically) Fascinating, I'm sure!

M: Yes, they're an extremely nourishing food.

F: OK. Fire away. So where were these bananas first domesticated?

F: You mean they didn't go straight from China to Australia?

F: I see. And we've been growing them ever since?

F: Are they hard to grow?

F: So how do the trees reproduce then?