total english workbook with key upper intermediate phần 5 pot

but his
clothes
b Complete
the sentences
using the
prompts
in brackets
and infornation
from the text.
Grammar
I otthough
lbut lhowevel
nevertheless
5 comptete
the
sentences using
a
linking
word
from
the box. ljse
each linking word
once onty.
Lizzie
has a lot of money.
5he lives in
a small flat.
Allhough
Lizzie hos o
lot ol money, she Iives
in a

even
though however
nevertheless
but
although
1 | love
vegetables
_
| hate fruit.
2
Your bank
account is in credit.
_,
we are
unable
to authorise the Loaf,
f -there
was a lotof rain,
a lot of the
ptants
died.
4
We spent
two hours atthe
museum,
_,
we
Forgot
to look at the
impressionlst

paintings.
5
He's
going
ba[d,
he's only nineteer.
Each
sentence
has a mistake
with
punctuation
and/or word
order. Rewrite
the sentences
coriectly.
1
The children
we mei were healthy. But,
very
badly educated.
l've
been to New
York although,
I've never seen
ihe Statu€
ofLibeny.
(dressed/soaking
wei)
2 Although
he

the missing man
(speak/pLay
piano)
3
ne was
How€ver,
the
(suit/labels)
He had
no
he
. Nevertheless,
(rrjuries/conlused)
6 lle may
However, the
he
(words/plctures)
[illegalimm]g
ant/
musician)
c Find
the following
words
and
phrases
in
the
text/extracts
and match
them with the

meanings
a-i.
r appealed
!
z warderirg
!
3
disor;ented
n
a
chapel
!
5
non-stop
n
5
Though he
can't
d
g
h
I
hdl td/ Itl
6 dubbed
n
Z
virtuoso
n
s amnesia
!

9
traLrmatic
n
rc con artist
n
a
gave
someone
a special
name
b s0rne0ne
who makes
money from tricking
an illness
in which
you
lose
your
mernory
asked for
asststance
extremely
stressfuL
confused
about where
you
are/what
you
are
d0rng

walking
around without
a
purpose
showing
the hrghest
levelofsl(illand
talent
a room for religious
ceremontes
Yourvisa
has
expired, nevertheless,
We are
p.epared
to allow
you
to stay for
a iunher
three months-
I hearAustria
is
great
Forskiing
holidays
thoLrgh.
I've never been
there myselI
Pronunciation
@

How
do we
pronounce
the
-ed
endings
of
the following
ad,ectives?
Tick
(/)
the
correct
column.
Then
listen
and check.
I ve lived
Fven
.ho-gh in -o don
o, four
]ears
I
stillget Lost on
the underground
system.
5 My
grandparents
were
poor,

but, happy.
Although
we enjoy
long walks We
do fird
them
quite
tiring.
Pets are not
usually
permitted
ir the hotel
however. In
this case !./e
can make an
exception.
Vocabulary
1 Choose the co(ect words to
comptete the text.
1
As
he
gets
older,
he\
geLting
mole and more

It's so
sad.

A
'o.gelablF
B b-g"l'Ll
(
'o'gel
ng
2
get
really_when llookatthese
old
photos.
A nostalgic B remembering
C nostalgia
3 -
me, whatwas the name
oFyourflrst boyfriend?
A Remember B Remind C Reminisce
4
Do
you
when we used to
go
to the
beach?
A remind B memory c rernember
5
IVly
grandparents
love to about the
old days.

A reminisce B nostalgic C remind
6 The fantastic atmosphere made the trip
really
A mernory B memorable c nostalgia
used tol
get
used. tolwould
2 Rewrite the sentences using
ihe words in brackets.
He doesn't swim in the sea
any more.
(used)
He used to swim in the sea,
1 Are
you
becoming accustomed to life
in
the
big city?
Gettins)
SaUy didn't
have any
lriends when she was a
child.
(use)
went to the library every
rnorning when was a
student.
(would)
The

company doesn't
export cars to Asia any longer
(used
)
Did he become farniliar
with
the 50ftware
fairly
quickly?
(get)
6 When I was
young
I didn't watch
much televisjon.
(use)
7
How ofter did
you get
the bus to
school?
(would)
I
_
've
become accustomed to staying
trp Late.
Got)
It was easy to become Familiar with the
new computer.
(used)

David
_
(repair)
his computer
after he had
spoken to the
technician.
When lwas
a
young
child
-
(play)
football for hours without
getting
dred.
The children
(not
come) on
holiday with us next summer,
l\4y husband is really
(cook)
but
he's hopeLess at cleaning.
(you/find)
their website on the
Internet
yesterday?
By the end ofthe courseyou
(type)

thLrty words a minute.
3
Vocabulary
Replace the words
in
brackets
with
a suitable word to complete the
sentenceS.
1 Derek is
(he
doesn't have a
beard) and has dark blond
hair
z Mrs Arkwright is ejghty-five
and her
fuce is covered in
(Lines)
3
When he was
young
iason
had a full
head ofhair but now
'm
afraid he's
_
Got
no hair on his head).
4

Although her
parents
have straight
hair,
lo's
hair is rather
(shaped
like the Letter'S').
My brother started doing bodybuilding
a few
years
ago and now he's very
_
(has
Lots of muscles).
Even
when he wears suits Henry
manages to look
quite
-
(untidy).
Everyone in my family has
-
(lighi
brown) hair.
To be successfulin Hollywood
you
usually have to
be
-

(handsome
or
pretty).
I thought Daniela's hair
was naturally
blonde but in fact it's
(artiflcialLy
coloured).
She has a smaLl_
(shaped
like
the
letter'O') face and thick dark hair.
Expresshrg ability
Complete the sentences using
expressions olability and the verbs in
brackets,
Jane
(not
eat
or
drink) for
two
hours afterthe operation,
)ane
won't be able
to eat ot dtink
lot lwo
hours after
the operation.

10 Pepe lives rf a big house now
(didn't)
5
Vocabulary
ljse
the clues
to complete
the crosswoTd
with adjectives.
Across
2 when
youte
not
sure
you
beLiev€
that
something
is true
5
the opposite
of
pessimlsti.
6 when something you
were wofiied
about
turns out
to be
0K
7

when
you
want
to fird out what's
happening
and why
9
the way children
feel before
a holiday or
birthday
10
slightly worried,
not relaxed
Down
1 the
oppos te
of/rferesred
2 when
you
think
sonrebody is hiding
something
bad
3
not
certain,
not sur€, not
clear
4

angry
8 wher
you
see or hear
sonrething
you
weren t expecting
or
prepared
for
6 Choose the
bes{ way
to corlinue ea.f
se-tence.
1 Although
she had
llown many t mes,
A Lucy
flew
quite
often.
B Lucy
was
stiLlscared of flying.
2 You
failed to
pass
the entrance
test,
A Nevertheless,

we are
prepared
to offer
you
a
place
on the
course.
B Even
though we
are
prepared
to offer
you
a
place
of
the course,
3
| wanted
to buy
a new Laptop
A
but all
the modeLs I
looked at were
too
expenstve.
B
-ev"rt'elecs

d
Lhe nodF.s !\,"-e too
".p" ive.
4
The
shop
wouldn't
give
us a refund,
A
ahhoLgL
treV dio
L agrFe
ro
o"v'or
rFpairc.
B
aLtiougl-
lrev did deree
ro pdv
tor repairs.
5
Even
though
I iound hrm
boring,
A
ltried
to make conversation
with

h m.
B
L d dn'i
bother
to make conversaiion
with him.
Buylng
ilrst class
tickets was more
expensive.
A
How€ver,
w€ thought
it was worth
it.
B But
we
thought it
was wofih it
Teresa
decided
to
go
to
work,
A however
she
had a headache
B even
though

she had
a headache
We
realis€
that the
parceL
was rn
good
condition
when
you
sent lt
A Nevertheless,
it was damaged
when rt arrived
B Even
though it
was darnag€d
when rt arrived
Vocabulary
Six ofthe
sentences
contain mistakes.
Find
rne
mistakes
and correct
them.
1 A|son
can be

very irritating;
she's a real
pain
of th€
2
lo€
may be
a bit boring
but h s heart
is in the right
position
I
Lp
doec.l
L
find
:f
Fd<,v
to na?e
.p.ros:
.
td, I, he,5
rather
a cold
fish
4
Karen
often
says things
that hurt

people
but she
doesn't
care
-
she's
as hard as a
nail.
5
lvlike
rs
such a loow,everythrng;
he always th
nks he
knows
the answ€r
to every
question.
6 When
lwas
young
lwas a bitola
loner;
didn't
have
many friends.
7
l\,ly colleague's
not very
ambitious

and she certainLy
isr't a
high-ftying.
8 Kurt can
be sllch
an awl(ward custom,
he,s always
creating
problems
for us
although
I but / however
I
lrevertheless
Reading
a, Read the newspaper article
quickty
and choose
the
best titte.
1 Chinese IVlotorways
2 Speed Tourists
3
Europe's New Destination
b Read the text again. Write the
questions
for these answers.
3
speed
lo the

castlcs of Scotland,
Exrope
has somelhing
for
every kind of
hokdaymaker
to enjoy. Now
travel agents
(2)
-
a new
ard rather
mexp€cted attraction
lo the
list
-
the German
motorsay
sysr€m.
Ior
the last tfuee
years
Favel
companies
(3)
-
Chinese
rourists
to
Germany

to
experience
the
thill of &ivtug on
iLs
' 'a{toba}ns'-
Thrs
year
more
tbm 120000 are
expected
to
@
wrrat
;s it auout
GemaDy's
autobahns
that
tempts tounsts
to travel fiom
hal$ ay across
the world?
The answer is sinple
-
speed
More
than 8000 kilomehes
of German
motomays
bave

tro speed limit
-
somethrng
which is
virtually unique
in the
modem world
lcw
Europeans
realise
that
G€.many's superb
roads
have
an alnost m),thcal
reputation
in Asia, where
hghways
are
often
overcrowde4
poorty
maintained
and
full of
O
rour opentors
(a)
-
that otrerins

a Mercedes,
Audi or
BMW capable
of
240 kilometes
per
hou
to
holidalmakers
is the
besi
way of bringing
in much-
needed foreign
exchange.
4
8ooo
5
Mercedes, Audior BMW
Fo. the
lL< ftw
Y€zrs
the
chines€
€ffnoEy
(s)
-
rapidly
and as
a rcsult

&erE are
pledy
of
Chinese
tmve ers
wealthy
enough
to
afiod the
€3000 chfiged
for
a six-day
'autobahlou'.
The
prices they are
chaqing may
se€m hjgh,
but
the
'sPe€d
toudsts'
clam
that rhe thrill
of driving
at speeds
which
would
almost certa$ly
lead
to

prison sertences
back
ar home
far ouhveighs
the
@
But tbis
new folln
of
tounsn
(6)
-
so
popular wlth
the locals
Geman
road safeb,
$oups
(7)
-
negatively
to the
a ival
of the Chmese
speed
tourisrs
Figues
Pubiished
bY
the World

Healtb Organisation
showthatmore
tban
600
PeoPle
die on Chinat
roads
every daY
Even
rating into
cotrsideratron
the huge
populaiion of
China,
this
rs shl1 a horifying
statistic
But
the Chinese
dnven
are
undeterre4
Pohijng
ort
that
smce
they fist
slarted
coming
tbree

years
ago
there
(8)
-
no na:or
accltents
nvolv
jng
speed
tourists
c Find these words or
phrases
in the
rext.
1 tWO more nouns that mean rourisfs
5
24o
8 600
2 three more nouns that mean rodd5
another expresslon that means frcvel
4
ar adverb that
m€ans
difiosl
an
adjective
that
means /ike
sonething

flon
a
story
or Legend
an
"ed
adiectiv€ that means the
opposile of
put
aff/discouraged
Gfamfnaf
I
present perfect
simple and
Continuou5
2 Complete
the newspaper
article in Ex. 1
ustng
Present
Perlect
Simple or Continuous forms
ofthe verbs
in the
box. You may need
to use
negative
or
passive
forms.

add be
bring discover
expand
flock
ptove
react
Write responses
using the
prompts
and
appropriate
forms
of the Present Perfect
Simpte
or
Continuous.
Add any otherwords
that are
necesSaty.
Why ore
you
so red?
l/lie/sun/atlmorning
I.ve been
lying in
the sun oll morning.
1 Can
we
go
back

to the car now?
no/l/not
pay/shopping/yet
Vocabulary
I
adjectives wirh
-edl-n
s
endings
4
Complete
the summaries usingsuitable
dor
-rr9
adjectives
from the tist on
page
8/ oflh€
Students'Book.
1
Miranda: Dafiel's
behaviour made
mevery
angry
lvliranda
Feels
Daniel's behaviour
was
Why
are the

children soaking wet?
they/swim/the
lake
Have
you
tried
that new French restaurant
yet?
lMichael looks
tanned.
yes/he/just/€ome
back/f,,liami
Beach
Why
aren't
you
having any
pudding?
l/follow/strict
d iet/forllast two months
Shalll feed
the cats?
no/l/already/do/it
ls Maria
siillworkihg
on that report?
yes/she/type/lunchtime
You're a
good
teacher and

you
seem very
expenence0,
yes/teach/karate/more
than/ten
years
You
look exhausted.
l/wash/the
fl oors/all
afternoon
10 Do
you
stil[
go
to
the tennis club?
no/l/not
be/member/2oo4
David:
After listeningto
her speech, I decided
to become
a doctor.
Het
speech was
_,
David
lelt_ by
the speech.

Mary: lthought
the exhibiiion
was incredibly
interesting.
The exhibition
was
_.
IVlary
was
_
bythe exhibition.
jos6:
That was
the scariest film
I've everseen.
l've never been
so scaredl
Jos6
was
_
by the film.
The film was_.
Eloise:
I knowthe
iob
is
quite
difficult, butthar
hasn't
put

me offdoing
it.
Eloise
doesn't
think the
job
is
She isn't
_
by ihe
job.
Writing
5
You
are about to finish
a three-month
holiday
in Kenya.
As
part
ofthe
holidayyou
have been
helping
a
charity
project
which teaches
Engtish
to

young
chitdren. Complete
this
emaiI to
your
friend Sara.
Fotlowthis
paragraph
plan
and
took
at
page
162
ofthe Students'
Book to hetp
Paragraph
1
where
you
are/why
you
are
there/how
you
leel
about it
Paragraph
2
what

you
do in
the morning/in
the afternoon/in
yourfree
time
Paragraph
3
howyou Feel
abouttheexperience/howfeelabout
frnishing
and coming
home
b Read the web
page
again and decide ifthe
statements
are true
(T)
or fatse
(F).
1 The ce Hotel isnl
ihe sort of building
people
expect to find
in a northern country.
n
2
PeopLe in
Jukkasjaryi

don't speak Swedish
n
I
t takes two days
to build the hotel
n
4
The hotetis
mainly buiLt
ofice
n
5
A French
artrst built
the firsi lce Hotel
n
6 Guests sometimes
worry aboLrt
the cold temperatures
n
7
Guests can
waich fllms.
n
8 Visitors can
hunt reindeer ln
the daytime
n
c We often use
particularadverb

and adjective
combinations, e.g.
heaylly insuloted
(patagtaph
i.
Find
five
more examples
of this type of collocation
in the text.
l *
unusuar Desrnauons
-
numper zz
re
s:rrlger
t-3n ihe lce
HLle il S\'rele_. ,ah:. h t
Z Vffiffii :
visileo
oy a n'osr
3/000
peop
e eac wntelBJrl
- f I !!ltt
IMW*h
:lllii,llJf?l;i,,Xllii:;ii:.i$:n$;;11,",
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buildings we
normally associate wih northern

counhjes. Ralher
than ifsulaie itself from the
co d
(t
fte story
of ihe ce Hote
beqan in the winter
of
subzero environmeni
all arolrnd ii, the hotel
1989-90.
There was
an exhibition of ice
art in the
embraces the wintry
surfoundings and makes
ocalvilage
and a cylinder-shaped
igloo made
of ice
them
nto
part
of its
atiractlof
was built
for an exhibition
by Frcnch artist Janoot
Derid Some
ol the visitors

decided to sleeD of
I

re ndeer
sk ns in ihe igloo and
found il a surprisingly
:
9
The lce Hotel is
situated
jn
lh€ small viiage
of
relaxing anclstimulaiina
environment
yngve
:
Jukkasjarv, nell
to the river Tornealven.
Beruqvist, the
ownef ofthe smalltoca
inn, reatised
Jukkasiarvr ljes
200 kilometres north
of theArctic
thaioiheE
mightwani io share
thrs ul|rque experence
Circle in Saamiland (formerly
known

as Lapland),
and ihe
conc€;t oiihe Jce
Hotelwas trorn
the most northefly
part
of
Sweden. Before the
the]oca|peopespeaksaami,notsWedish,andaboUtstayinginap|acewheretheoUtside
there is ro industry
or
pollution lemperature
in winter
is often minus forty
degrees
CFrlig'aoe
B
.t
of cour)e
ocal
peop
"
rrve
been
ai\
-
lr' ng in
r_is e1v'onre't
b- rl o.\dnds o'yedts.
\l/

Ine lce Fotel
rs not a
permanert
building but is
and cond
t ons inside the
ce Hotelarc reasonably
rebu lt each
wifier Construction of the 5000
.
conrfortable
The temperaturc
is usua
ry
arouno
square
meke building
starts
jn
late October when
m nus
fouf degrees,
and
guesis
are
prov
ded wth
affiva/ of
the lce Holel there
werc a most no

tourists rn
this spafsely
populated
region, wherc
(')
Visitors
io the lce
Hotel are sometimes
nervous
speclz
snow cannons
shoot tons of snow onto
steer
secrions Aner
rwo days rhe sreer seciions are
;:il',|[fl,iff
*::llHJlT;:iilili:t',''j:,,
removed
leaving so id
snow arches live or six
metres wide
Ovef the fo towing
weeks the section<
rn
the elen ngs
the hotel inc udes
an
'ice
cinema'
arc reused

to make moTe arches
Huge ice blocks
and
a wel stoc[ed
ice bal During
the day the
are carved trorn
the lrozen river to
make wal s and
hotel
company orgal
ses spods actjvities
such as
p
I ars About
30000 tons of snow and
4000 tons
wnlte
'tatel
lafting'
dogsledding and fishing
and
of ce are used
to build the hoie
therc
are tours
ol local vil/ages and
,safaris,to
observe
reindeer

in their natural habitat.
Reading
a, Read the
web
page quickly
and
match the headings
A-G with the
paragraphs
l-5, Two
headings are
not
needed.
A Facilities
n
B Reseruations
!
c Location
n
D
Lapland
n
L
nrsrory
L l
F
The ce Hot€l
n
c constfuction
n

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I weatner
2
Use the ctues
to complete
the crossword.
1
very hot
5
Light rain
6
no clouds
9
rain lrom
time to
iime
11
ltol warm
0rvety
coLd
Down

2
grey
sky
3
never
the sarne
4
a light
wind
7
adjective
frorn clue
4
E
quite
coLd
10
move ltquid
Grammar
I
questions
3 Match
the
questions
and
answers. Then
complele rhe questions
w:tf'one word.
1 nave
you_a

holiday
this
yearl
Put
the words in
the co ect order to make
questions.
get
when
a refund me can
you
tetl I'lt
Con
you
tell ne when
l'll
get
a rcfund?
1 to
was who
ialking she
4
2
ilmy do knowyou
this
seat is
3
much
costs it can
tellyou me how

4
they car where
the did
take
5
asktothe
open coLlld lyou
window
6
the how
you
computer do
t!rn off
7
correct are
the answers
these
I been
how
you
here
long have working
5 Rewrite
the
direct
questions
as indirect
questions.
Staft
wiih

the words
given.
Where
are
you
from?
(an
you
tell ne where
you
are
ftom?
Brighton?
1 What's your
emaiL address?
Can
you
?
2 Does
Grdham
Randalllive
here?
Could
I
3
ls
this the
correct
platform
forthe

tlain to
Do
you
Where
_
you
go?
Wher
_you
go?
or0
you get
_you
go
0n
your
-
went wrth
you?
How
_
did
you go
for?
What_it
like?
_
it
expensrve?
_

you goifg
to
go
aga n?
Dubai.
b Faftasticr
c fhree
weeks
d Yes,
probably.
e To
Thailand
f
Yes, it was
s
No, I didn't.
h
Yes, I have.
i lMy
boyffiend.
j
LastJanuary-
s the
doctor
available now?
Can
Which
seats in
the
ld

like to
plane
have the most
legroom?
3
5
7
a
9
Where
exactly
does she
live?
Can
yoLr
explain
How much
do the tickets
cost?
Do
you
Who
is in charge?
Would
you
tell
Listening
a,
@
coverthe tapescript. Listen

to five
peopletalkingto
a researchet Match
them to
the statements A-E.
A used to live abroad
n
B has
seen TV
programmes
about emigrants
n
C
definitely isn't interested in Livingabroad
!
D
is
planningto
live abroad
at some
point
n
E
would like to live abroad but
hasn't
got
an,
deRnite
plans
n

b Listen again and match these descriptions
to
the
people.
1 is a university studert
n
2 had
problems
with traveldocuments
!
:
isinahurry
n
4
is woried about beins identified
n
5
has family responsibilit;es
f]
c Now read the tapescript. Find
words and
phrases
that mean:
1 thought about
(r)
2
make someone leave their home
(v)
3
interested in/lascinatedby

(-ed
adj+
prep)
5
depressing
(odl)
givingyou
a feeLingyou want to do something
I'in9
odj)
this is my true Feeling/opirion
(phrase)
7
8
clearly
(odv)
chances
(n)
TAPESCRIPT
R:
R:
R: Have
you
evercofsid€red nrov ngto a foreign
W Not reatly. Im
quite
happywith my life
as it islAnd
Ive
got

four kids, so ii would be a bit
difficult to
uproot them from their schools and things,
wouldn't it?
Excuseme- Can askyou somequestions
about
livins abroad?
HelLo. l'm doingsome research
on emigration- Can I
lalk to
you
for a minuie?
ll: Oh. ll il
< quir
k. l n d billa
F
"oran
appoir
-
ent.
Rr Tharks. Er Have
you
everthoughtabout
rnoving
l\l: Yes.I'm
qu
ie intrigued bythe
idea oflivlrg
R:
Anyparticularreason?

M: Theweather, lsuppose.lt'sso
grim
here in
the
50
you'd preter
somewhere hotter?
: Probably. But I'm not reallysure where.
Excuse me. can laskyou some
questions
about
living In a foreisn country?
R:
1
R:
M: Alright. You don't need my name orarything, do
you?
R: No, nothrng like that I'd
jusl
trkeio askyou howyou
feelabout the idea ofmovinsabroad
lvl:
Oh,
yes.I've
seen thoseTV
programrnes
about
people
moving toAustralia lt always looks iempting.
R: Have

you
ever considered
doing
ityourselP
lvl:
rMy plP
Iv" not
pa
ly
.horgh.
aboLr i
Lo
bp holec .
Rr Excuse me. Hello. Could ljusttake a few ninutes
of
your
time?'m doingsome research or
people
emigrating for my colLege course.
W: Really? | lived in Canada fora
year
wher lwas
Rr oh. But obviously
you
came back
W: well, I had this canadran boyfrrend But t didnt realLy
woft out. And rtwas really difficult
getnng
the
ght

visas
and things .
5
R: Hi. Would
you
mind
answeringa few
questions?
lt'll
only
take a minute or two.
M:
0fcourse. No
prcblem.
R: Have
you
everconsidered emrgrat ng?
M: I certainly have.
'd
love to do it.
M: WeLl, the
job
opportuFities, really. I'nr in the middle
or,rn erg neairg de8 eF dnd w'rer l11.h I11
goilg
to apply forlobs n ihe ['liddte East There are loads
olwell-paid ensineerins
posts
over there
tr

VOCabUlafy
I verb
phrases
about moving/travelling
Match
the sentence halves.
1 l've
atways dreamed
about
E
2 See
you
later I'm
n
3
Make sure
you've
got your
passpoft
and tickets before
n
4
We hate
the cold weather here
so
wele
going
n
5
Now that

l'm eighteen I
think it's
time
!
6
She went to
creece and
n
7
His
girlfriend
didn'teven botherto
go
to the station
n
8 We
dor't have enough
bedrooms
so we need
!
b
d
c
Gfammaf
I
comparative & superlative
adjectives
and
adverbs
3

Comptete the
newspaper article
using appropriate
aoflparative
or superlative forms
ofthe words in brackets.
Add any words
that are necessary.
There is
one mistake in each
sentence. Find the mislakes and
correct them.
1 lthinkleremy's
gotthe
mosi
heavy bag.
2 Th;s
exercise ;s bit more diffirxh
than the last one,
3
He
was bad hurt ln the accident-
4
I'rn
sorry | arrived so
lately; I
missed the bus-
5
The Mayback
is most expensive

car BIVIW
has ever made.
6 They
say Seville is always
hoter
than
Madrid.
7
Thjs novel
isn't as interesting
than his
previous
one.
8 Mobile
phones
are
quite
lot
cheaperthan
they
used to be.
9
Antonlo
lives more
far from the
schoolthan ldo.
10 l'm not as taller
as my sister,
11 5he speaks ltal;an very
good.

12 That
was the rnost bad
DVD l've
to emigrate,
to move house,
to
see him ofl
the beaches.
setting oFf.
living abroad.
to leave home.
Pronunciation
5 a
@
Are
the underlined sounds
in each
sentence thesame
[S)
or
different
(D)?
Listen and check.
1 Life at university is
hardCr thqn
at home, but it
isn't as hard as at
school.
!
2 He's isn'tAs lAt

as
his f4ther.
n
b
GEl
Mark
the underlined
Sounds in
the sentences
the same
(S)
or diFferent
(D).
Then
tisten and
cnecK.
1
This hat isn't4s expensive
as that
plate.
n
2
lworked hardgrthan
my
brothgr.
!
j
Thette notAs
cqrtain as they
need

to be.
n
4
The fiidge
was more expensive
than
the cooker.
n
5
ls it
as expersive as the morning
clqss?
n
I
With the latest
technological
developments, new rollercoaster ndes
The
Ultimate
Thrill
are much
(1)-
(excitind
ever before. But thrill seekeA looking
fur the ultimate
rollercoaster ride
are now torn between two
monstef rrdes
on opposrte sides
ofthe

world
(2) (bi9
is
Steel DEgon 2000
in Nagashima
Spaland, a theme
park
in
Japan,
about 200 mrles
west of Tol9o. The ride is
over one and a half miles
long, lasts four
mlnutes and rncludes
a 68 degree drop. At times
riders rcach
speeds
(3)_ (great)
95 nriles
per
hour. Costrng
$55
million,
the dde is
also
(4)
(expensive)ever
built.
Steel Dragon 2000's
arch fival is the brand new

Kingda Ka ride
al
Six Flags Great
Adventure Par( ne Philadelphia,
USA. lt
(5)
lnot
long)
as itsjapanese competitor,
but what it lacks in
size
it makes-up for
in speed and height With
riders traveTling ar up
to
128 miles
per
hour
(206
kilomeires per
hour) it is by far
(6)
(fast)
rollercoaster
rJde on eafth. lt
is also
(7) (talD,
with
a maximum
height of 456 feet

{139
merres) But at less than
one minute, the
ride is much
(8) (short)
the fouFminute
expeflence
oi SteeL Dmgon
2000
Vocabulary
I There is one mistake in each sentence. Find the
mistakes and
cofrect them.
1 | didn't
So
with
a
groupj
lwent as an independence
2 Experiencing
culture shocked
can be ofe ofthe
most difflcult
pads
of livlng
rn a foreign country.
3
Do
you
ma(e

itchy leetor are
you
happyto stay in
your
home iown?
4
/\4y sister has always loved traveLling slre was
bitten by the
lourney
bug as a teenager.
5
I Love th€ unknowni I ador€
going
throlgh
uncharted territory
6 We never
go
on organised tours, we
prefer
to
wonoeT alound on out own,
Present
Perfect Simple
and
Continuous
2 CompLete
the text aboui
Eono usirg Pasi SimpLe,
Present Perfeci
or

Pteseni PerfecL Continuous forms
oithe verbs ln brackeis.
T)^ ^
D(JNU
1t7 1be;
a
rocl,.rar' lirr lh"
'a.r
15
\car.
Bflr
_elen.h
he {2) lbecorne) lamou,
fi,r
someihing compl€tely dillercnt
-
his rvork for
.har:t\r
sirce
2ooil
Bono r3l r'"aJ)
tl', fieht
against por'er-ty
in Africa, trying
to
get
more pcoplc
to understand
that continent's terrible problems
of

l'amine
and disease. For several years nolv
he
(,1) (appear) regularly on TV shows and
at
international cvcnts, attcnptilrg to get the $orld's
meJia to Da\ allrntion to thi' i.sue. He /;)
(have) meetjngs
$,ith many
rl'olld leaders and in
2oo5
he (6) (help) orgaDise the l,ive6
conccrts
in London ald around thc world. Bono lives in
Dublin but spends mucL of his time travelling with
hi. group. t z. Bono b,.li,
r,
s
lrir pori,ion a. an
iDternationdl c.'lcb ty
(;)-
(give) him a unique
oppodunity to inlluemce
young
people. He (s)
(r
isit) \l',,a.ereral
tirnesanJ
rhc.,.c\f, ricncc\
fJ)

(clearlv
rlluence) hi' r,oliLical
r
ieu '.
Tn
luo3 Bono llo\ trcet) Nclsol -Valtrlela in
t.aoc
Toun antl irr.lLl\ 2oo ,Le III) fsoeaLl
to torld leaders
at the GE Conf-ercncc
in Scotland,
hclping to inlluence
their
decisions on rcducing
Afiica's debt.
Crjtics sonretimes say
that Bono
(I2)
-
(only do) this fbr
the last fen
l,cars
to
compensate
for his group's dec.liling popularity.
But rlith their latcst CD ligh in the charts, this can
hardly bc the
case.
Vocabulary
3 Use the clues to complete the crossword.

3
lt's a siory, iulloftwists ard
turns that L(eep
you
hooked.
I
can't stand cabbage soup, lthink
rr-5
Babies
are often by brightly
coloured objects.
That new horror film was absolutely
t's very when
people push
n
front ol
you
at the supermarket
A lot of
peopte
wouLd feel by
running a marathon but ltake it in
Down
1 I'm
a bii about J\4iriam. ls ihere
sornething wrong with her?
2
She found the task but she
managed to achieve it in the end
5

You
shouldn't have toLd the children
that scary story, ihey were
6 P;casso
was by Aftlcan tribal art.
Match
the words
1-8
with their
opposrres a n.
a
grey
b
seitled
I
pour
g
scorcntng
h overcast
3
Dr
gnr
4
dt zzle
5
cool
6 chilly
7
bteezy
8 chargeabLe