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1 enthusiastic
2 safe
Unit 1 3
4
fit in with
complementary
5 impatient
Grammar 6 grateful
1 7 share
1 had had 8 privacy
2 didn’t use to like 9 chores
3 was waiting
4 were working Use of English
5 had saved
6 wasn’t listening 6
1 Personally, I believe
7 use to walk
2 true to say
8 had lost
3 you should spend
2 4 For example
1 came 5 try asking people
2 had decided 6 I agree that
3 didn’t use to 7 ought to listen
4 had grown 8 ought to make
5 used to miss 9 In my experience
6 didn’t get used to 10 shouldn’t be too
7 was studying
8 started
9 were playing
Listening
10 saw 7
11 were making A 5
12 changed B 2
C 4
D 1
Vocabulary
E –
3 F 3
1 toddler
2 criticism Transcript  1
3 look up to 1 Now, before we go into the museum, I’m going to tell
4 nostalgic you a little about the history of our city. This used to
5 middle-aged be a very small town fifty years ago. Then people
began to emigrate here from other countries. This
4
area of the city used to be a village. Then they
1 walk out on
destroyed the old houses and built this museum. I
2 move know what it used to be like because I lived in the
3 pessimistic village when I was growing up. Now, if you want to
4 aggressive take some photos …
5 accusing
6 dependable

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 2 Arthur Wendlebury lived to be one hundred and was a
famous writer. But he didn’t have an easy life. He
was born into a very poor family in Cornwall. He went
into the army after he had left school because his
Unit 2
parents didn’t have enough money to send him to
university. After the war had finished, he came home Grammar
to Cornwall. And while he was living in a cold little
house on the Cornish coast, he began to write his 1
first book. 1 has been
2 didn’t become
3 My Aunt Tessa got married last weekend. The
3 bought
wedding was here in London. My aunt’s new
husband Carl is from the United States, but he’s 4 has been getting
been in Britain for years. He got a job here after he 5 has learned
had finished university. Tessa and Carl got engaged 6 ’s been taking
two years ago, but they didn’t get married 7 hasn’t been doing
straightaway because they were saving money to 8 hasn’t decided
buy a house. We visited their new flat before the
9
wedding.
1 ’ve been trying, ’ve only finished
4 How well do you get on with your parents? Do they 2 Have you ever eaten, had
criticise you all the time? Parents can be really
3 haven’t seen, have you been doing
irritating sometimes, can’t they? This week on
4 fell, hasn’t been sleeping
Channel Nine, we present ‘How to live with your
5 only moved, ’ve already made
parents’. Now, earlier today, our presenter Jayne
Hadfield was talking to young people on the streets 6 have you been doing, did you get
of Coventry, so let’s go over to her now. Hello 10
Jayne … we can see you on the screen. Can you 1 Have you been walking
hear us? 2 Did you bake
5 I wasn’t born here in Britain. I grew up in Colombo, Sri 3 haven’t been playing
Lanka. I used to love it there. The weather was warm 4 hasn’t worn
and sunny and we used to play cricket every day 5 didn’t see
after school. But after I’d left primary school, my dad 6 Have you known
got a job in Liverpool, so we had to emigrate to
Britain. I used to hate it here because I missed my
friends and family. But I slowly got used to Liverpool, Vocabulary
and I really like it here now. I don’t want to move 11
back to Sri Lanka because I’m engaged to a man 1 curry
from Liverpool! 2 a real let-down
3 pitch
Reading 4 main
8 5 healthy
1 G 6 addictive
2 C 12
3 E 1 E
9 B 2 C
10 F 3 A
4 B
5 D
13
1 BMXing
2 gymnastics
3 exhausting
4 all along
5 fitness club
6 weights room
7 swimming pool
8 solar-heated
9 by

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Solutions Third Edition Intermediate Tests 3 Progress Test Answer Keys B
 Claire Well, I’ve got lots of music on my laptop – Bruno
Use of English
Mars, Rihanna, Katy Perry …
14
Gareth Can you bring your laptop to the party?
1 would
Claire Sure. Now … do you want people to dress up?
2 fancy
I’ve got a spiderman costume …
3 idea
4 keen Gareth No, I don’t think we should do that. Some
people don’t like wearing costumes.
5 rather
6 make Claire Don’t they? Oh, OK.
7 problem Gareth Anyway, let’s go shopping now.
8 Overall Claire Hey, you promised me a coffee!
9 Agree
10 settled Reading
16
Listening 1 C
15 2 A
1 Claire 3 D
2 Gareth 4 C
3 Claire 5 C
4 Claire
5 Claire
Transcript  2 Unit 3
Claire Hi, Gareth! I’m surprised to see you in town on a
Sunday. Grammar
Gareth Yeah, I’ve been looking for a present for my 1
sister Maria all morning. I came in here for a rest and 1 will have finished
a sandwich! 2 won’t be relaxing
Claire I just came in for a coffee, but I’m not doing 3 will be walking
anything after that. We can look for a present 4 will have left
together, if you want. 5 will still be carrying
Gareth Really? Thanks, Claire. Sit down and I’ll buy you 6 will be getting
a coffee. 7 will have got used
Claire Thanks! So are you organising a birthday party 8 doubt
for Maria too? 9 could
Gareth Yes. I’ve been trying to decide what to do. 10 may
11 happens
Claire I’ll help you! I’m good at organising parties.
12 won’t
Gareth Cool!
17
Claire First of all, have you thought about food?
1 Will you go
Gareth Yes. My grandma’s going to bake a cake, and 2 buy
Mum is making some Italian things, like risotto. She’s
3 won’t be
from Italy, you know.
4 cancel
Claire Really? I thought you were 100% Welsh. 5 will have moved
Gareth My dad is Welsh, but Mum was born in Parma. 6 ’ll be chatting
Claire I’ve been there once. We went last summer. It’s 7 Will scientists have cured
nice. 8 will be living
Gareth Yes, I love it – and I’ve been going there since I 18
was born! Anyway … back to the party. I’m going to 1 I’ll have read it by then.
make some invitations. I’ve been doing an art course
2 A few hours from now, I’ll be dancing to Rihanna.
so …
3 He could have an accident.
Claire Don’t make invitations, Gareth. Just use social 4 It won’t recover if you don’t rest it.
media to invite people.
5 You’ll have done it all by dinner.
Gareth Good idea. What about music? I haven’t 6 We’ll be staying with an aunt.
downloaded much new music this year.

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 Marianne I fell into an icy lake, and I couldn’t get out. I
Vocabulary
was alone, and by the time anyone found me, my
19 heart had stopped. But an ambulance came and they
1 sadness managed to start my heart again – twenty minutes
2 dehydrated later! I was very lucky.
3 angrily Presenter And that’s why you wrote a book called You
4 hopeless Can Survive Anything?
5 dressing Marianne Yes. I thought people might want to read
6 political stories like mine.
20 Presenter Well, there are some great stories in the
1 disgusting book. Tell listeners about Mount Everest, Marianne.
2 oxygen Marianne Yes, in 1996 a climber called Beck Weathers
3 bank was lost in a terrible storm on Mount Everest. He
4 frostbite slowly got weaker and weaker, until he couldn’t stand
5 bank up or move any more. Soon, he couldn’t move his
6 heat arms, legs or even his eyelids!
7 intestines Presenter And nobody helped him?

21 Marianne Some climbers found him, but they thought

1 bones he was dead. Then, amazingly, after 24 hours up
2 cut there in temperatures of -40°C, Weathers suddenly
stood up and walked down the mountain!
3 bandage
4 antibiotics Presenter That’s amazing!
5 annoyed Marianne Well, the human body is amazing − it will try
6 surprised to find a way to keep you alive, even if it seems
7 proud impossible. You may even survive if you fall from a
plane.
Presenter Really?
Use of English
Marianne Yes. In 1971, seventeen-year-old Julianne
22 Koepke was on a plane in Peru when a storm
1 B destroyed it. She fell three kilometres from the sky
2 C into the forest below. The trees slowed her fall.
3 B
Presenter Did she break many bones?
4 A
Marianne Only one bone in her shoulder. Then she
5 C
walked for ten days through the forest until someone
6 A
found her.
7 A
Presenter Wow! Well …
8 B
9 C
10 C Reading
24
Listening 1 D
2 G
23
3 F
1 F
4 A
2 T
5 B
3 F
4 T
5 T
Transcript  3
Presenter You’re listening to Pop FM 108.5. Now, with
us in the studio today is Marianne Dawson. You’re
lucky to be here today, aren’t you, Marianne?
Marianne Yes, I am. Next month, I will be celebrating.
Five years will have passed since I nearly died!
Presenter What happened?

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Unit 4 1 duvet
2 curtains
Grammar 3 bunk bed
4 studio flat
1
5 cupboard
1 would come
6 lively area
2 were / was
3 least favourite 29
4 didn’t have to 1 D
5 darker and darker 2 B
6 more old-fashioned 3 C
7 the best 4 H
8 would finish 5 F
9 quicker 6 A
10 helped 7 G
11 would do 11 E
12 didn’t hurt
25 Use of English
1 If we repaired the windows, rain water wouldn’t come 30
into the house. 1 Whereas
2 This is the most unusual house I have ever visited. 2 thing
3 I wouldn’t eat this much food if I wasn’t / weren’t so 3 than
hungry. 4 things
4 The bigger the house is, the longer it takes to clean 5 Thinking
it.
6 see
5 Max would tell the teacher if you tried to cheat in the
7 as
exam.
8 What
6 Grandad can see the TV more easily with his glasses
9 point
on.
10 think
7 The garden would look great if you planted some
flowerbeds.
Listening
26
1 This is the least spacious bedroom in the house, but 31
it’s still quite big. 1 A
2  2 B
3 If you could live anywhere in the world, would you 3 C
stay in the UK or go to a different country? 4 C
4 Could you play your music more quietly, please? I 5 B
want to sleep.
Transcript  4
5 
6 You arrived earlier than I expected, but please come 1
in. Dad Here’s a cup of coffee, Jen.
7 If you exercised more often, you would be healthier. Jenny Thanks, Dad.
Dad Hey, you’ve nearly finished packing your things.
Vocabulary Jenny Yeah. Will we be happy in our new place, Dad?
27 Dad Of course we will. Your new bedroom is nice, and
1 terraced there’s the sports centre across the road.
2 cramped Jenny Yes, I’m pleased about that. But I wish our new
3 lawn garden was bigger.
4 sliding doors Dad Yes, I’m sorry to leave this garden behind too. But
5 dining if we got some plants for the new patio, it would look
6 ocean view nicer.
Jenny Yes – that could help. Anyway, I should get back
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 Dad Me too.
2 Welcome to Chedworth Roman Villa. Now, if you were
here in the 4th century, you would see a house full of Unit 5
beautiful furniture and art. It was home to one of the
richest and most powerful Roman families in Britain.
We’ve got two hours to look around, buy souvenirs
Grammar
and eat something at the café. After that, it’s a one- 1
hour drive to the Roman museum in Cirencester, and 1 All
then on to our hotel, just a short distance away. 2 any
3 Welcome to Great Buildings. And today, the 3 couldn’t have
programme is visiting Punta del Este in Uruguay, to 4 should have
see the amazing house of Uruguay’s most famous 5 might have
artist, Carlos Páez Vilaró. Vilaró wanted his house to 6 no
be a work of art, so he built it himself − without any 7 must have
architects, any real plans or any professional 8 few
builders. Vilaró believed that if he asked local
9 many
villagers to help him build the house, he would get a
10 a little
more original building. And he was right. Now …
4 33
1 might not have seen
Becky Do you like it?
2 don’t spend much
Belinda I love it. The walls aren’t straight. It’s great!
3 can’t have stolen
Becky I was amazed when I first saw this house. 4 must have been
Nothing in the house is straight, and it’s all built from 5 didn’t eat a lot
recycled materials. Do you want to see my room? It’s
6 couldn’t have won
got a big window in the roof – so I can lie in my bed
7 either of
and look up at the stars. I’ve got a great view out
8 Every computer has
over the water too.
9 may have gone
Belinda Wow. Come on then, let’s go and have a look.
most of
5 OK, now this is the kitchen. And as you can see, it’s
got a great ocean view. The architect knows that
people spend a lot of time in the kitchen, and that’s Vocabulary
why he put these big windows in here. If you bought 34
this house, you could look out at the Atlantic while 1 follow on
you were cooking. Now, let’s go back through the hall 2 scroll down
to the living room. That room also has an ocean view. 3 dissatisfied with
Then we’ll look at the bedrooms. 4 click on
5 sensitive to
Reading 6 addicted to
32 7 come up with
A 2 35
B 4 1 E
C 3, 5 2 G
D 1 3 F
4 A
5 D
6 B
7 C
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1 R.E.
2 drama
3 I.C.T.
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 Girl I can’t use some of the apps, so I want a refund.
Use of English
Assistant Hmm. Have you tried updating the apps?
37
1 theme Girl But it’s a new phone. I only bought it on Saturday.
2 first Assistant Yes, but it was in the sale last week
3 whereas because it’s quite an old one. The apps on this phone
4 like might have been installed in the factory two years
ago. You need to update some of the software on
5 as
them. I’ll do that for you now.
6 rather
7 though Girl OK. Thanks.
8 opinion 4 Introducing the new Smart 1022. The Smart 1022
9 seem comes with a full-size keyboard, so you can use it on
10 thing your desk, like a normal computer. But you can also
leave the keyboard behind and use it as a tablet.
Connect to the internet when you want, where you
Listening want with our SIM card. Use it to phone your friends!
38 It really is the best computer in the shops at the
1 C moment. Buy a Smart 1022, and you won’t need any
2 A other computers. So call our hotline …
3 A 5
4 C Grandfather When I started using computers, many
5 A years ago, things were very different. They didn’t
have a mouse then. We had to type every instruction
Transcript  5
on the keyboard. There were no operating systems
1 like Windows then either.
Guide This computer is called the Univac 1. It Girl It must have been difficult, Grandpa.
was built in 1950, and as you can see, it’s huge. Grandfather Well, it might have been easier for us
Now, do any of you know when the first computers really. You see, few people knew how to use
were invented? computers when I started. So it was easy to find
Man In the late 1800s? work. Then I started to write programs. I had some
Guide No, the first real working computers were good ideas too.
built in the 1930s and 1940s, and they were even Girl Maybe you should have started a computer
bigger than Univac 1. The government used most of company, Grandpa. You might have become very
them, and some universities bought computers too. rich.
They cost a lot of both time and money to build. Grandfather Yes, perhaps I could have done that. But I
Woman They must have been difficult to program was happy in my university job.
too!
Guide Yes, I’m sure they were. Now, let’s go Reading
next door to see a short film called The History of
39
Computers.
1 D
2 We’ve just got time to look at one more film: Upload,
2 C
by Director Herman Wienbrenner. The film begins
3 D
when the lights go out in every city on Earth, and
4 C
many planes fall out of the sky. A computer virus
must have done these things, but who could have 5 D
created it, and why? Soon scientist Jane Straw –
that’s the Oscar winning actress Candice Trevellyan
– discovers the truth. The virus could not have come
from Earth. Something out there in space is using our
computers to kill us. Now, that’s the end of Films
Today, but I leave you with this song by …
3
Assistant Can I help you?
Girl Yes, I bought this phone here a few days ago, and
I’m really dissatisfied with it because it isn’t very
good.
Assistant OK. What’s wrong with it?

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Unit 6 1 babysitter
2 receptionist
Grammar 3 run out of
4 common sense
1
5 bring it up
1 which / that you wanted
6 hold you up
2 , which is a very smart clothing shop
3 , where you can find some nice cafés and shops
4 , which actually lasts 45 minutes Use of English
5 who work there 45
6 who owns the shop 1 I’d be interested to know if / whether I would be
7 , whose names I’m still trying to remember working as part of a team.
8 , which isn’t too early 12 May I ask what your name is?
9 who shop there 13 I was wondering if you provided training?
10 where they should be 14 Another thing I’d like to ask is about parking.
40 15 May I ask where the toilets are?
1 That’s the hospital where my mum works as a nurse. 16 Could you tell me whether / if the job is permandent?
2 The helicopter paramedics, who give emergency 17 I was wondering if it was always this busy.
health treatment, save many lives. 18 I’d like to know if I need to work evenings.
3 Millions of tourists, who come from all over the world, 19 I’d be interested to know how many people work /
visit Oxford every year. worked here.
4 The sales assistant who I spoke to gave me a refund 20 I’d like to know what level of qualifications you were
straightaway. looking for.
5 This yellow house, where a famous artist once lived,
is now a local tourist attraction. Listening
6 My sister knows someone whose parents are actors.
46
41 1 T
1 She’s a neighbour whose son goes to my school. 2 F
2 Auntie May, who lives in the USA, works at the 3 T
Chicago Memorial Hospital. 4 T
3 An okapi is a strange animal which / that lives in 5 F
Central Africa.
Transcript  6
4 Michelle started a business five years ago, which is
doing very well. Chris Hi there. I’m Chris. Are you here for the TV show?
Kelly Young Business Person of the Year? Yes, I am.
Vocabulary I’m Kelly. I started a company when I was twelve.

42 Chris Really? You’re ahead of me then. I started my

1 F Flexibility business when I was fifteen, which I thought was
2 D thoughtful young.
3 B Pessimism Kelly What business is that?
4 A shy Chris I design and make clothes.
5 E stubborn Kelly Cool. How did you start?
6 C ambition Chris Well, I’ve always been interested in making
43 clothes which look different. Most people just wear
1 follow the clothes that the big companies sell in the shops.
2 determined So I started making clothes for friends who wanted
3 to something different. At first, I went to charity shops,
where I could buy clothes cheaply. Then I cut these
4 up to
clothes up and made them into something new.
5 discovered
6 for Kelly Cool. And then you turned your interest into a
company?
7 after
8 on Chris Yes. I draw my own designs, and I use new
material now, not old clothes. Anyway, what about
you?

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 Kelly Well, I’ve been writing computer programs since
48
I was very young. Then, two years ago, I wrote an
1 yourself
app which helps people to use social media.
2 is the wedding being held
Chris What does it do?
3 had his hair dyed
Kelly Well, you know how every time someone posts a 4 haven’t been paid
comment or changes their photo, you get a message 5 doesn’t have it cut
on your smartphone. It’s difficult to read everything.
6 myself
You can easily miss something which is more
7 had the book printed
important, so I wrote an app which helps people to
8 ourselves
organise their messages.
9 wasn’t told
Chris That’s really useful. I need that.
10 themselves
Kelly Well, download my app, then. It’s free!
Chris So, how do you make money if your app is free?
Vocabulary
Kelly I get lots of money from the companies who
49
advertise on my app. Thousands of people use it
1 art exhibition
now. What about you? Have you been very
successful? 2 statue
3 circus
Chris Yes, I have. After I started the company, I put
4 ballet
photos of my designs on Instagram, and a band who
saw them contacted me. I’ve made clothes for lots of 5 conductor
famous people since then. Soon, I’ll be a millionaire. 6 comedy club
7 actor

Reading 50
1 done
47
2 melody
1 B
3 opera
2 F
4 hacked
3 G
5 novelist
4 A
6 techno
5 D
51
1 brightly coloured
Unit 7 2 piano recital
3 peers
4 lethargic
Grammar
5 foolish
1 6 norm
1 C 7 tree trunk
2 A
3 C
4 B
Use of English
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6 B 1 C
7 B 2 B
8 A 3 B
9 C 4 C
10 A 5 B
6 A
7 C
8 A
9 B
10 C

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 5 I can’t believe it’s been 25 years since we started the
Listening
band. We used to practise in my aunt’s house. She
53 was often visited by the neighbours when we made
A 4 too much noise! People asked us to play at weddings
B 1 and things like that, but we weren’t paid much
C − money. Then, one day, a girl came up to us after a
D 2 show and said, ‘Can I borrow your guitar?’ After
E 5 she’d been given Jake’s guitar, she played a song
F 3 that we’d never heard before. It had great harmonies
and an amazing beat. We invited Jenny to join the
Transcript  7 band that day. And she made us famous.
1 Is Chinese artist Cai Guo-Quiang a painter, a sculptor
or a show director? Well, he’s all of these things. He Reading
makes huge sculptures − and the amazing 2008
54
Beijing Olympic Games opening show was organised
1 D
by him too. But he’s probably most famous for his fire
paintings, which are made by explosions. There are 2 C
exhibitions of his work all around the world, and 3 A
galleries and museums have had a lot of books 4 C
written about him too. So if you’re interested in 5 B
modern Chinese art, check him out.
2 Before you look around the museum, I want to tell you
about the history of St Ives. St Ives was just a small Unit 8
fishing town on the Cornish coast until the 1950s.
Then artists were attracted to the town by its wild,
natural beauty. The history of modern British art was
Grammar
changed by some of these artists, but life wasn’t easy 1
for them. They lived in old stone cottages which had 1 she had come back
been made for poor people – and they were very 2 if we were going to the concert
poor too! Today, they are famous, of course. The 3 we would have a great time
Tate Gallery had this museum built just to show their 4 how we were getting there
work! 5 my dad was taking us
3 Christopher Paolini’s first book was written when he 6 he could stop at her place
was fifteen. That’s amazing, but it’s not why I like 7 how much the tickets cost
him. His books are fantasy books, of course. His 8 I could buy tickets for everyone
animals fly and people have amazing powers, and I
don’t usually like things like that. But Paolini’s books 55
are really exciting, and he makes you believe in the 1 (that) they would phone me back the following day
story. It has been said that Christopher Paolini’s 2 (that) she shouldn’t go out that night
books are for younger children, but I don’t agree. I 3 how much I had paid for the concert tickets the day
think both teenagers and adults should read them − before
because they’re just amazing! 21 (that) he was using the computer then / at that
4 You’re listening to Early Evenings with Maria moment
Barranca. Well, it’s September again − and next 22 they were going to have a test the following Monday
week is the start of the Sausalito Arts Festival. Two 23 if he had posted anything new on his blog that week
hundred and sixty artists have been chosen to be in
56
this year’s festival, so you can see great painting,
1 
sculpture, clothes and even have your portrait drawn!
2 Tanya said that she was going on holiday the
Or why not sit by San Francisco Bay and listen to the
following week.
great musicians who have been invited to perform
3 When I called, Josh’s mum said that he had left
here this year. The festival is on from 5–7
hospital a few hours before.
September, and you really should visit. It’s going to
be great fun! 4 The girls asked us what time the play would start.
5 
6 Sean asked me if I could get a signal on the mobile
phone.

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 Marion No. But like Zuckerberg and Gates, he started
Vocabulary
young, had a great idea and became a millionaire in
57 his twenties. Unlike them, Musk wasn’t born in the
1 get back USA. He grew up in Pretoria, South Africa. Musk
2 picked up moved to Canada when he was seventeen and went
3 break up to university there. And now he lives in California.
4 lost Presenter And who taught him about computers?
5 blamed Marion Well, he taught himself actually. When he was
6 persuade twelve, he sold his first computer program for $500.
7 refused
Presenter What was it?
8 offer
Marion It was a video game. But that was just the start.
58 In 1995, he started a computer company called Zip 2
1 blog with his brother. A few years later, someone asked
2 science fiction them if they wanted to sell the company, and gave
3 newspaper them millions of dollars for it! Then in 2001, Musk
4 western was one of the people who created PayPal.
5 poem Presenter I use PayPal all the time to buy things on the
6 horror internet.

59 Marion And so do many other people − PayPal made

1 promise Elon Musk very rich.
2 recharge Presenter So what does he do now?
3 comedy Marion Many things, like sending rockets into space.
4 thank Presenter Really?
5 wonder Marion Yes. When Elon Musk said that he would build
6 remind space rockets in 2002, most people thought he
wouldn’t succeed. But just seven years later his
Use of English company, Space X, put the world’s first private rocket
into space. Musk designed the rocket himself! Then
60 in 2012, he sent a Space X rocket to the International
1 pretty Space Station.
2 looks
Presenter Are there Space X astronauts then?
3 sure
Marion No, the rockets don’t carry people yet, but Elon
4 can’t
Musk has said that he would like to do that soon. And
5 Judging
he isn’t just interested in rockets. Another of his
6 I’d
companies, Tesla Motors, builds electric cars.
7 say
Presenter Aren’t electric cars really slow?
8 could
9 clear Marion Not any more. Tesla cars can go fast, and
they’re great for the planet because they don’t use
10 view
fossil fuels like petrol.
Presenter So he does a lot for the environment, then?
Listening
Marion Yes − and for charity too. One of Elon Musk’s
61 companies helps to build solar power stations … and
1 C after a tsunami hit Fukushima, Japan in 2011, Musk
2 B said he could help. He built a solar power station to
3 D help the city. And a year later, he said he was going
4 C to give most of his money to charity one day.
5 C Presenter That’s generous! So … he’s changed the
Transcript  8 internet, built rockets and helped people and the
environment. What do you think is his most
Presenter With us in the studio today is Marion Jacobs, interesting idea?
who has just written a book about computer
Marion Well, maybe it’s something called the
millionaire and businessman Elon Musk. Now, when
Hyperloop.
we talk about people who have been influential in the
world of computing, most people can name people Presenter The Hyperloop? What’s that?
like Steve Jobs, Mark Zuckerberg and Bill Gates, but
not many people have heard of Elon Musk.

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 Marion It’s a super-high-speed train which travels inside
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a tunnel. In 2013, Musk told reporters he wanted to
1 I would have slept better last night if I hadn’t watched
build a 600-kilometre Hyperloop between San
that horror film.
Francisco and Los Angeles. It usually takes six hours
2 The girl talking to Mark right now is his cousin Julia
to drive between the cities. But Musk said his train
from America.
could do the journey in 35 minutes!
3 
Presenter So when are they going to build it?
4 The film, set in Paris, stars George Clooney.
Marion Well, at the moment, it’s just an idea. But maybe 5 If the weather had been warmer, we would have
one day his dream could come true. And it could gone to the beach.
change how everyone travels!
6 
7 If my family hadn’t moved to Brighton, I wouldn’t have
Reading met Kelly at school there.
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2 G
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4 C 2 B
5 D 3 B
4 C
5 B
Unit 9 6 A
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Grammar 1 accommodation
1 2 platform
1 using 3 discomfort
2 had got 4 loneliness
3 would have bought 5 reach
4 would have arrived 6 hiking
5 hadn’t lost
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6 explaining 1 deck
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1 They’re going to send our parents a letter telling them 3 horse riding
about the school trip to the transport museum. 4 brave
2 That’s a cable car for skiers going from the village to 5 scuba diving
the top of the mountain. 6 safety
3 The coach wouldn’t have gone off the road into a 7 remember
field if it hadn’t been very icy. 8 villa
4 Helicopters fly over the Grand Canyon all the time
taking tourists on thirty-minute flights.
5 Lewis Hamilton would have won the Formula One
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6 If the weather hadn’t been terrible, I would have 1 have you
cycled to school. 9 Couldn’t you
7 Ferry boats leave this harbour all the time visiting the 10 wasn’t it
San Juan islands. 11 Was it
12 didn’t I
13 don’t we
14 Is it
15 isn’t it
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 4 Right, well … our bus is getting close to Nuwara Eliya,
Listening
one of the highest and coolest places in Sri Lanka.
69 This makes it a great place to grow Sri Lankan
1 C ‘Ceylon tea’. But the town wouldn’t have become
2 C famous for tea if one man hadn’t brought tea plants
3 C here from China in 1847. His name was James
4 A Taylor, and we’ll hear more about him later. Now
5 B before we arrive in Nuwara Eliya, we’re going to stop
at a tea factory and farm. There we’ll take a short
Transcript  9 tour, learning how tea is produced. Then we’ll have a
1 If the internet hadn’t changed everything, most people nice cup of the world’s best tea!
would never have discovered independent travel. We 5
would still book our holidays at a travel agent’s, going Receptionist Can I help you, Madam?
on big group tours and not learning about the local
Woman Yes. The people in the next room are very
people and culture. Now, of course, we can just book
noisy. I can’t sleep.
everything cheaply online, going where we want
when we want. It’s great to be independent, and new Receptionist Well, it’s only 10.30. Perhaps they’ll be
websites make it easier for you to spend more time quiet later.
with the local people and get to know them too. You Woman They weren’t quiet last night though. Can’t you
can pay to stay in someone’s house, living with their change my room? The shower doesn’t work either.
family. And when you need to go somewhere, you Receptionist If you’d asked earlier, we could have
can use your smartphone to ask for a ride. Someone changed your room. But all the rooms with views are
from the local area will come and drive you to your full now. Would you like a room without an ocean
destination in their own private car. view?
2 Woman No! If I’d wanted a cheaper room, I would have
Martha How was the school trip? booked one!
Ben Great! I wouldn’t have gone to the Riverside Receptionist Right, well … I’ll phone the next room,
Museum if the school hadn’t taken us, but it was asking them to be quieter. And someone will fix that
really interesting. shower too.
Martha Who went?
Ben My class and class 10B. Reading
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museum in Glasgow … A 4
Ben Well, it’s certainly very popular. It was full of tour B 2
guides showing groups around − and it would C 3
probably have been even more crowded if we’d gone D 2
at the weekend. E 1
Martha What did you see?
Ben Well, there are lots of interesting old trains, buses
and cars. But the best thing was the museum
building itself. It’s an amazing place, designed by a
famous architect called Zaha Hadid!
3 From kayaking on Lake Windermere, to art lessons
and learning how to climb, the Lakelands Activity
Centre has it all. There are activities for all ages at
the centre, so you’ll certainly find something to do,
enjoying amazing views and great company at the
same time. We’re right next to Lake Windermere,
quite possibly the prettiest place in Britain. Both
school groups and families can stay at the centre
campsite, sleeping under the stars. Or you can enjoy
the comfortable rooms at the Lake View Hotel,
recently built nearby. We’re open every year from
April to October, so come along. There’s something
for everyone at the Lakelands Activity Centre!

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