British and american stories pearson level 5 book key

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LEVEL 5

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British and American Stories
Book key

Discussion activities key

1 a They are about ordinary people living everyday
lives. They catch the reader’s attention from the
start.
b They are all well-known. They are all dead.
2 a accountant, assessor, barber, bearer, consul, steward
b duck, oyster, worm
c bog, clay
d anxiety, determined, feverishly, relief, tremble
e boats and ships
3 a  churchyard  b  gravestones  c  midday
d  umbrella  e  drunk  f  tea
4 a  3  b  7  c  1  d  5  e  6  f  2  g  4
5– 6  Open answers
7 a  drink  b  lost  c  unusual  d  afraid  e  marry
f  telegram  g  following
8 Saigon 2  Manila 4  Cheng-Tu 8  Shanghai 5 / 7
Yokohama 6  Bangkok 1  Hong Kong 3
9–10  Open answers
11 a  7  b  3  c  3  d  7  e  7  f  3

12 a  4  b  7  c  1  d  3  e  8  f  2  g  5  h  6
13–14  Open answers
15 a  3  b  5  c  4  d  9  e  6  f  8  g  2  h  7  i  1
16–17  Open answers
18 a  typewriter  b  a restaurant  c  agreement
d  meals  e  farmer  f  flowers  g  dandelions
19 a  W  b  S  c  W  d  W
20–21  Open answers
22 a  Mrs Sappleton  b  his sister  c  Mr Nuttel
d  the girl (Vera)  e  Mr Sappleton
f  Ronnie (Mrs Sappleton’s brother)
23 a  birds  b  his illnesses  c  a gun  d  shock and fear
e  a strange man  f  dogs/the dog
24 –25  Open answers
26 a  No  b  Yes  c  Yes  d  No  e  No  f  No
g  No  h  No
27–28  Open answers
29 a  S  b  S  c  D  d  D  e  C  f  S  g  C  h  C
i  D
30–31  Open answers
32 a  confident > frightened  b  accountant > manager
c  public > private  d  robber > detective
e  cupboard > safe  f  clerk > accountant
g  letter > cheque  h  singing > laughter
i  pocket > sock
33–43  Open answers

1 Open answers; Silas is a gravedigger.
2 Open answers
3 Open answers; he probably thinks that a woman is

attractive and feminine in attitude and a female is not.
4 –8  Open answers
9 (Movements east and west are ignored). Rangoon to
Bangkok: south; Bangkok to Saigon, south; Saigon
to Hong Kong, north; Hong Kong to Manila, south;
Manila to Shanghai, north; Shanghai to Yokohama,
north; Yokohama to Shanghai, South; Shanghai to
Cheng-Tu, south
10–20  Open answers
21 Possible answer: The expression refers to the desire
of people to feel socially and economically as good
as or better than their neighbours or acquaintances.
Keeping up with the Joneses originates in an
American cartoon by Arthur R. Momand. The
equivalent expression in British English is ‘keeping up
appearances’. Paul’s mother is probably both trying to
keep up appearances and fighting against her personal
frustration.
22–24  Open answers
25 The Derby is a horse-racing event held at Epson
Downs, in Surrey, England every June since 1780.
It got its name from the 12th Earl of Derby.
26 He means that luck is random, and you can count on
what you have but never be sure of what you will have.
27–29  Open answers
30 The author advices the reader never to start a story
with a sentence like ‘It was a day in March’ and not to
go back in time as he does on page 37 because it is bad
art and destroys interest.
31–35  Open answers

36 Seven: the man, his sister; the sister’s acquaintance; the
acquaintance’s niece; the acquaintance’s husband; the
acquaintance’s two brothers
37–38  Open answers
39 A wetland area with a spongy substrate composed
of moss and peat. In a bog, moss grows in mats that
may support plants and even trees. Flora: cranberries,
blueberries orchids and insect-eating plants can be
seen in bogs. Fauna: Turtles, frogs, insects, birds, hares,
beavers.
They are dangerous because the presence of vegetation
may make them look as solid ground.
40– 44  Open answers

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45 a: The narrator thinks that children learn from what
they see. He feels sure that if Willie was asked about
his 2 dollars by an assessor, he would lie. b: He thinks

they are immoral; as he tells lies himself, he loses his
self-respect.
46–48  Open answers
49 These sentences are true: Brisbane is a sailor.
Robert knows the Captain, so he is not the Captain.
The doctor invites Brisbane, the sailor, to his cabin.
Robert doesn’t, so he isn’t the doctor. Therefore Robert
is the steward.
50–54  Open answers
55 Open answers; phobia: an anxiety disorder that makes
a person feel an irrational fear of everyday simple
things or situations.
56–57  Open answer
58 Pinkerton Detective Agency was founded in 1850 by
Allan Pinkerton, a Scottish immigrant who practically
by chance discovered a counterfeit band, and his
brother Robert, whose business was originally to
provide security guards for trains. In 1861, working
on the security of trains, they uncovered a plot to kill
Lincoln. During and after the Civil War they worked
as a ‘secret service’.

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a It wouldn’t harm a fly
b The amount of alcohol in it.
c You’re just a chicken.
d Uncle Silas had drunk more beer than there is water
in the Thames
a  3  b  7  c  3  d  7  e  3  f  7  g  3  h  7
a 15, 7 years until they got married + 8 years they
have been married
b Yes; he expected her to have understood if she
arrived in Saigon and did not find him
c No, Mabel said he was afraid he was fat
d No, Mabel said he was afraid he was bald
e No, it depended on how much he had changed.
f Yes, he saw she was between him and the door.
a  2  b  4  c  5  d  1  e  3
a it has a warm and cold, happy and sad silence
b he was so glad that he was sad
c it sounded very new and at the same time very
natural and old

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d Uncle Misak’s love for it because it’s part of God’s
world suggests the idea of love for the beauty of
nature and life; then, when the tiger closes its jaws
on Uncle Misak’s head, the narrator speaks of the
ugliness of living things on the earth
6 a The people near Uncle Misak; ‘everybody’
b Uncle Misak
c Uncle Misak’s loneliness and poverty; people’s
indifference
d The tiger killed Uncle Misak
e Having a bad haircut
7 a His mother is telling him that his father is not lucky
b He is trying to find where luck is
c he is asking the horse to take him where luck is
d he sees a horse race for the first time
e Daffodil wins the race
f he decides to give his mother all the money; he
would like her to know that he is lucky
g he desperately wants to know about the Derby
h he was growing more and more anxious about
‘knowing’, i.e. about being lucky
i when he was desperately riding his rocking horse
j he has become ill
8 a the amount of money that Paul keeps safe and the
amount of money that he made with his Uncle’s bet
on Daffodil
b the amount Paul has made by the time he speaks

with his uncle, and which Basset keeps for him
c the amount Paul put on Lively Spark in the Legar;
the amount he put on Malabar in the Derby
d the amount Paul made in the Legar
e the amount Paul gives his mother for her birthday
f the amount Paul made in the Derby
g the amount Paul had made when he died
9 a dan + de + lion = dandelion: the flowers that Walter
put on Sarah’s hair
b sunny + brook = Sunnybrook: the name of the farm
where Sarah met Walter
c man + hat + tan = Manhattan: the area of New York
where Sarah lived
10 a summer > spring
b spring > summer
c summer > winter
d winter > summer

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12 a  unsteadily  b  exactly  c  busily  d  cheerfully
e  slightly  f  noiselessly
13 a state, national and city taxes
b loses by flood, fire, and so on; losses on sales of
property; animals sold; payments for rent of home;
repairs and improvements; salary already taxed
c the 1,000 free of income tax
d The house were the rich man that helped the
narrator lived
e The lies that that the narrator told the assessor
14 a 214,000 – 1,000 (free of tax) = 213,000
213,000 × 5% = 10,650
b 250 × 5% = 12.50

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15 In my profession we don’t believe in unnatural events;
everything must have an explanation. The doctor says
this.
16 a  account  b  banks  c  salary/money  d  manager
e  accountant  f  clerk  g  cheque  h  notes

Progress test key
1 a  boards  b  grave  c  churchyard  d  gravedigger
e  holy ground  f  graveside  g  earth
2 a 4; like a lost dog
b 3; as pale as death
c 2; as easy to follow and find
d 1; as easy to catch
3 a  Armenian  b  Arab  c  Turkish  d  American
4 a  must  b  need  c  ought to  d  dare  e  should
5 a  rollers  b  typing  c  keys  d  copy-typing
e  unreadable  f  handwriting
6 a  out  b  about  c  round  d  about  e  onto
f  through  g  off  h  back
7 a  T  b  T  c  F  d  T  e  T
8 a  steward  b  dampness  c  screw  d  hooked
9 a  account  b  alone  c  safe  d  fifty-six
e  fifty dollar

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