Unit 1: CHANGING WORLD

ex 3 / page 4

Tourists leave a lot of litter.

The paths going up to Machu Picchu are being worn away.

ex 5 / page 5

1. F

2. A

3. D

4. B

5. C

6. E

GRAMMAR 1

ex 1 / page 5

1. visit

2. are

3. don't understand

4. are spending

5. are becoming

6. Do people drop

7. is studying

8. think

9. flows

10. is increasing

ex 2 / page 5

1.

Present simple:

B. Sentences 1 and 6

C: Sentences 3 and 8

Present Continuous:

D: Sentences 4 and 7

E: Sentences 5 and 10
2. A. simple B. continuous

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ex 3 / page 6

1. They are making a lot of exciting plans for the future.

2. Linda and Bob are staying with us for a few days.

3. correct

4. He doesn't believe anything I tell him.

5. More and more people are using cars these days.

6. Is your town clean or dirty?

7. correct

8. We are developing a new system for paying by credit card.

9. His phone isn't working at the moment.

10. My brother studies for three hours every evening.

11. correct

12. What are you doing while you're in Lisbon?

ex 4 / page 6

1. 'm studying

2. play

3. go

4. 'm not going

5. think

6. want

7. lives

8. speaks

9. 's staying

10. 's working

11. 'm learning

12. 'm trying

13. speak
VOCABULARY 1

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ex 1 / page 7

1. Nouns: height, isolation

2. Adjectives: high, isolated

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ex 2 and 3 / page 7

Nouns: heigh, isolation, beauty, pleasure, danger, religion, difficulty, poison, fame, wonder, necessity,
problem

Adjective: high, isolatated, beautiful, pleasant, dangerous, religious, difficut, poisonous, famous,
wonderful, necessary, problematic

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ex 4 / page 7

1. pleasure

2. famous

3. beauty

4. problems

5. wonderful

6. dangers

7. poisonous

8. difficulty

9. necessary

10. religious

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ex 2 / page 8

1. noun

2. adjective

3. adjective
4. noun

5. noun

6. noun

7. noun

8. noun

9. adjective

10. adjective

1. rainfall

2. global

3. dangerous

4. population

5. tragedy

6. development

7. creation

8. heigh

9. considerable

10. necessary

LISTENING

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ex 1 / page 8

1. The most southern party of the world

2. Very cold

3. Penguins (not polar bears, which are only found in the Arctic)

4. Global warming melts the ice in Antarctica and sea levels rise around the world.

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ex 2 / page 9

A. boat, tour
B. mountain, sports

C. calories, diet

D. ecosystem, temperatures

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ex 3 / page 9

Speaker 2: A

Speaker 3: B

Speaker 4: C

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ex 4 / page 9

1. about 1,000

2. -90 degrees Celcius

3. the sea level rises (and this affects people all over the world)

4. your brain will freeze and you might be eaten by a seal

5. 4.877 meters

6. 4,500 calories a day

7. fat

GRAMMAR 2

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ex 1 / page 9

A. will

B. going to
C. the present continuous

D. will

E. going to

F. the present simple

G. the present simple

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ex 2 / page 9

1. 'm having

2. 's going to go

3. 's going to snow

4. will rise

5. 'll have

6. leaves

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ex 3 / page 10

1. 'll have

2. do

3. starts

4. get up

5. 're meeting

6. 're going

7. 'll probably go

8. 'll get

9. 'll go

10. 'll look

11. 'll have

12. 'll live

13. 'll ... play

VOCABULARY 2

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ex 1 / page 10

1. 1-E 2-A 3-F 4-C 5-B 6-D

2. 1-E 2-F 3-A 4-B 5-C 6-D

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ex 2 / page 11

1. Buses, train

2. Because they creat holes in the ozone layer so dangerous rays from the sun reach the Earth. Global
warming is caused by the build-up of dangerous gases which can't escape.

3. Possible answers include picking fruit, picking up litter on beaches, planting trees, mending paths in
the countryside, etc. Note: you usually have to pay to go on working holidays which involve some kind
of conservation project.

4. glass bottles and jars, food and drink cans, material and clothes, shoes, paper/ newspaper

5. oil, coal, solar power, wind power

6. fumes from cars, buses, etc. and from factories

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ex 3 / page 11

1. planted

2. oil, coal
3. throw away

4. CFC gases

5. Solar power

6. Public transport

7. fumes

8. ozone layer

9. air quality

10. recycling bank

11. working holiday

12. Eco-turism

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ex 4 / page 11

1. solar enery

2. public transport

SPEAKING

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ex 1 / page 12

1. d

2. c

3. b

4. a

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ex 2 / page 12

1. both

2. both

3. but

4. on the other hand

5. whereas

Similarities: Sentences 1 and 2

Differences: Sentences 3, 4 and 5

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ex 3 / page 12

Possible sentences:

1. These photographs are both of young people on holiday.

2. In photo C, the woman is in a city but in photo D the two people are at the beach.

3. The woman in photo C is looking at her map - she is sightseeing - whereas the people in photo D
are working; they are picking up litter.

4. In photo C, the woman looks quite bored. In photo D, on the other hand, the people look as if they
are enjoying themselves.

WRITING

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ex 1 / page 13

1. You usually read articles in newspapers, magazines, journals, etc.

2. All of them

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ex 2 / page 13

All the features have been encluded.