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Want to Read saving…. Want to Read Currently Reading Read. Other editions. Enlarge cover. Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Open Preview See a Problem? Details if other :. Thanks for telling us about the problem. Return to Book Page. Get A Copy. Read the options and look again at the relevant part of the text. Cross out any options that are clearly wrong. If you can't decide between two options, make an intelligent guess. Read the how to do it box. Then read the text again carefully, and for questions 1- 6, choose the answer A, B, C or D which you think fits best, according to the text.

B are becoming more and more common. C are more common among older mothers. D are no more frequent in one geographical area than another. B haven't been studied before. C look and behave in very similar ways. D are not alike in terms of personality. B knew about their twin, but had no contact. C did not know they had ever had a twin.

D were prevented from seeing each other by their adoptive families. A They had always expected them. B They found them very amusing. C They did not realize how similar they were until the researchers told them. D They were very surprised. B each had two wives. C had pets with the same name.

D married women who were identical twins. A They are all just as surprising. B They are less surprising, but often show interesting coincidences. C Many of them are even more surprising. D Most of them show that other pairs of identical twins are not very similar.

Identical twins are fascinating because they 5 challenge this notion: they are unique people, of course, but they're also unnervingly similar to each other - and not only in terms of appearance.

They often share opinions, mannerisms and personality traits. Identical twins are rare, occurring in about three out of every 1, births. They seem to occur at random, regardless of the age or ethnic background of the mot her unlike non-identical twins which are, for 15 example, far more common among Africans than Asians.

Although there may be tiny differences in physical appearances between t wo identical twins, which allow family and close 20 friends to tell them apart, they do have exactly the same DNA. This is because they develop from a single egg, which divides in two during the very early stages of pregnancy. The very fact that both twins were given the same name was a big coincidence. By studying identical twins who have not grown up ' together, researchers can see which similarities remain and which disappear.

In other words, they can learn 75 which aspects of a person's identity are determined by genes and which are influenced by the environment. The 35 Minnesota Twin Study is probably the best-known twin study to date. The study provides information about how our environment and genes work together to influence everything from attitudes, talents and abilities, to job selection, falling in love, aging and health. At age five, Lewis learned that he had a twin, but he said that the idea never truly 'soaked in' until he was 38 years old.

The two Jims were finally reunited at age While not as eerily similar as the Jim twins, many more instances of strange likenesses can be found among twins who were raised apart. For example, identical twins Tom Patterson and Steve Tazumi had very different upbringings.

Raised in a Christian family by two janitors in rural Kansas, Tom still managed to choose the same career as his brother, Steve, who lives in Philadelphia and was raised in a Buddhist household.

Both men own body-building gyms. It's obvious from these twins' stories that genetics are a major factor in shaping who we are. In fact, research so far indicates that characteristics such as personality are mainly related to genes.

This means that our charaqter traits as adults are largely determined before we are born - and there is very little that we, or anybody else, can do to change them.

I find it much quicker and easier than using reference books. Although I must admit, information on the Internet is not always reliable! I also use the Internet for downloading music. I find it satisfying when I do well in an exam, for example. Having said that, I also really like the feeling of achievement you get from doing something like climbing a steep hill. For example, extra words for 1 could include: playing games, socialising, shopping online.

You may need to do some extra work on question forms, as well as on the specific vocabulary needed for each topic. They will do the reverse in exercise 3.

Other answers may be possible here, but students only need to find a single answer for each item. Suggested answers 3 Key a Drivers and passengers should belt up even for short journeys.

To make this activity more challenging for stronger students, ask them to cover up the left-hand column and then uncover it to check their answers. She looks like Penelope Cruz. There is an assessed authentic answer to this task on page 6 of the Writing and Speaking Assessment Booklet. House has swimming pool!

In Tapescript 4 below, type 1 key expressions are in bold, and type 2 are underlined. Key Speaker Speaker with it. Speaker with it. Speaker Speaker with it. The view from my bedroom window is fantastic — I can see for miles over the rooftops, all the way to the river in the distance. The scenery around here is amazing. I feel so isolated here! I mean, my next-door neighbour is five kilometres away. There are no facilities nearby — you have to get in the car and drive somewhere else even if you just want a loaf of bread.

Before I moved here, I was so stressed the whole time — I never stopped to listen to the birds, or look at the horizon. But now I do. The air is cleaner, too — fewer busy roads means less pollution.

Key a view b right c scenery d isolated e facilities f community g quiet 3 Encourage students to compare the photos as in Paper 5 Part 2. The first two points in the how to do it box on page may be useful. Check that they understand all the adjectives provided, and which are normally used for the city and which for the countryside, and get them to add others of their own.

This highlights the importance of reading each question carefully in the exam. Refer students back to exercise 1 d, explaining that herbivorous is the adjective and herbivore is the noun.

They can then use the context provided in the text to confirm their answers. A monkey boy B gazelle boy C leopard boy D dog boy Adding headings may help students to remember which paragraph they have read key information in.

Then have a wholeclass discussion. Encourage students to use appropriate verb structures as part of the discussion, e. They will have missed a lot of education. If they do this in pairs, get them to make a note of any vocabulary they have problems with, and review it with the rest of the class.

If you have a monolingual class, you could allow them to try to explain the difference in their own language before they refer to their dictionary. A dune is a hill of sand. Ponds are often man-made and found in gardens and parks, whereas lakes are usually natural. A lagoon is an area of the sea which is separated by a long, thin piece of land or a coral reef, forming a kind of lake. A jungle contains very dense vegetation and is usually found near the equator in regions with a very wet climate.

Shore is another word for beach, but can also refer to the land around the edge of a lake or other large body of water. Coast is a more general term for the area of land near the sea. A hedge is a border or fence created by planting bushes close together in a line. Try to walk would mean that the writer thought that walking would be difficult for some reason.

But it was completely stuck. Suggested answer Wilderness therapy is a way of helping young people who have problems, by sending them on a survival course in a remote area. The fact that I am doing this shows you how desperate I am. To admit all that is pretty horrible. He attended the programme there, but its benefits were short-lived.

He went back to his old ways more or less as soon as he got back to England. He has low self-esteem and he has made a poor choice of friends. Recently, Ed went back to the camp in Utah for a further course of therapy. His mother hopes that this time it will prove more successful.

Many of the teenagers who attend the programmes at RedCliff are almost impossible to control — and their parents are out of ideas. One teenage boy who recently completed the programme was described as 'abusive, arrogant, foul-mouthed and ill-disciplined' — and that was by his mother.

In this programme we meet two of these teenagers, and find out how successful the camp has been for them. Rachael was happy at school with lots of friends and was very good at long-distance running. She was even enjoying being in the police cadets.

But everything seemed to change when she became a Goth. She was told to leave the cadets for failing to remove the 18 earrings, nose rings and other piercings she wore, and she began staying out all night, never letting her mum know where she was. Immediately after her time at RedCliff Ascent, Rachael returned to England and decided she wanted to plan a career working with animals. One year after the camp, Rachael is studying for a course in animal management in a top North London college.

As part of her studies she is planning a study trip working with animals abroad this year. Things are still good between Rachael and her mum. This is how Rachael describes the change. I think Utah and RedCliff have worked magic. The situation for Ed and his family was terrible. Ed has an older brother and sister.

He has always argued with them and has stolen from them both, as well as stealing a laptop computer from his mother, Jane. On two occasions he had to be found and brought home by the police.

To stop his family falling apart he had to move out and find a new home. Key 1 law 2 control 3 running 4 animals 5 mother 6 beautiful 7 home 8 money 9 stealing 10 successful 4 Encourage students to use vocabulary and structures from this section in their discussion. Focus on key expressions such as it helps them to… ; they learn how to … ; it stops them from … -ing, which you can also use to revise the topic of infinitive and -ing structures after verbs that is covered in the Grammar section of this unit.

Check that they understand the more difficult expressions used in the sentences, e. Speaker 2 I imagine that they might be feeling quite tired. At the same time, they must be feeling really pleased with themselves for having reached the top. I love that sense of achievement you get from climbing up really high. Optional activity Find out if students have visited places with similar landscapes or can suggest countries where such landscapes might be found.

I hate the idea of not being able to see very far ahead! Speaker 4 They must be feeling excited. I would hate being in that kind of climate. This is something students need to be able to do in Paper 5 Part 2, where they will get credit for speculating about the photos. Key words could include: steep, drop, heights. Speaker 2 is talking about photo 2. Key words could include: top, climbing, high. Speaker 3 is talking about photo 1. Key words could include: gloomy, branches, leaves.

Speaker 4 is talking about photo 2. Key words could include: excited, mountain range, Himalayas, top, spectacular, views. Speaker 5 is talking about photo 1.

Key words could include: humid, jungle, insect. Key a nervous b terrified c imagine d sense e if f idea g must h probably 5 Students can discuss these points in pairs or small groups. Ask them to take turns in asking and answering the questions. Encourage them to try to answer all the questions before they look at their dictionaries. Suggested answer Some people think Cute Knut should have been allowed to die because raising him by hand is so unnatural. In the wild, he would have died.

Also remind them that not all the missing words will be prepositions. Key 1 all 2 with 3 in 4 would 5 by 6 with or among 7 of 8 too 9 have 10 he 11 as 12 with or in 5 The discussion can be done either in pairs or as a to do as much as they can before consulting their dictionaries.

Key a b c d birds, sheep cows, elephants cards, dogs bananas, flowers Optional activity Tell students to add one or two other nouns to each list, e. Elicit other collective nouns. You could also tell them to use a set of for groups of items that need a fixed number to be complete, e. Suggested answer How long are volunteers expected to stay in Peru? How physically challenging is the expedition? Elicit that the style of the email is fairly formal point to the use of formal words in the text such as: therefore, is desirable, is required ; so, a formal style of response is appropriate here.

There is an assessed authentic answer to this task on page 7 of the Writing and Speaking Assessment Booklet. Compare answers as a class before students check their ideas in 2. Monsieur Mangetout Michel Lotito , shown on page 35, can eat objects made from metal, glass, rubber, and plastic.

Ben Underwood was blind but could find his way around using a form of sonar. The words now and recently also show a connection. The sentence after the gap gives more information about what he did. This also contrasts with however after the gap.

The sentence after the gap explains how Ben used sound to navigate. Water and oil contrast with surprisingly, bananas and eggs. Key a gorgeous b hideous c filthy d spotless e boiling f freezing g astounded h hilarious i furious j exhausted k ancient l starving 2 You could show students how to use a thesaurus. Explain that some of these synonyms are less commonly used than others and that they should try to learn them in context.

When you have marked the stories, go through some of them in class as a way of revising this topic. Trying to predict the type of vocabulary they might hear for each one is good preparation for the task, especially as the situations are unconnected. The symptom spread to other students, although apparently the teachers were not affected. Eventually, the school had to close and the students went home.

The epidemic spread to one of the villages that the girls went home to — and from there, to other schools and villages in the region. People affected by the epidemic suffered from frequent attacks of laughter which made them unable to work or study. This one overlooks the street. The alarm clock is broken too. Not that I could sleep, of course — not in that hard, lumpy old bed. I even tried the armchair instead, but that was no better. Spending hours in such a small space can do strange things to your mind!

Can you make it? I was sorry to hear that. Really sorry. What, thirty-one? Hang on — look, sorry, Martin. Can I call you back later? OK — must go. Best holiday ever. We travelled most of the way by coach — it took us over 24 hours. Then it was an exhausting three-day walk through the heat of the jungle. We all had backpacks with tents in them — spent two nights sleeping in the jungle!

It was terrifying — all those weird noises at night. But fascinating too. They think they know. For example, one couple asked me to come up with a new house for them in the country. We talked about what kind of property they wanted and I suggested a few ideas for what it could look like. But as we talked about it, it became clear that they hated the countryside! What they should have done is just buy an apartment in central London, not build a house in the middle of nowhere!

This left the researchers with more than a thousand bursts of laughter to analyse. Most of the subjects produced a wide range of laughter types. But women produce voiced, song-like bursts of laughter more often than men, Bachorowski found, while men are more likely to grunt and snort. Photo 3 is a fashion show.

Photo 4 is a photography exhibition. You could ask students what kind of show is mentioned in the tapescript but is not shown in the photos — modern sculpture made out of rubbish. Great idea! Especially modern dance. I never have. I know. I read a review of it in a magazine. Shall we go and see that? Is there anything else on? There are lots of other things on. For example, there are a few tickets available for the final day of fashion week.

Do you like fashion shows? How about a talent show? There are comedians, dancers — and novelty acts. Like this guy in the photo who eats light bulbs and keys and things like that. Allow about five minutes. The answer to the question can be found in the first sentence of the report, but students should read the whole text to check their answer.

Key c 3 Remind students that clues to the answers might be before or after the gap. Key 1 B 2 A 3 A only children have no brothers or sisters. Phrases h, f, d and b are heard, in that order. An exception is c, where accommodate sounds unnaturally formal in this context and the normal choice would be put me up as here or give me a room, let me stay, etc. Her older siblings are always humiliating her.

At first, he explained this as being the result of stress. Fortunately, my parents have agree to provide half the amount. Refer them to the Grammar Reference p. He asked us if we were going to buy his house. If you have a monolingual class, you could let them explain the difference in their own language before they refer to their dictionary. When you admit something, you agree that it is true, but unwillingly.

When you state something, you say it clearly and carefully. When you advise somebody, you say what you think they should do. To add means to say something extra. To claim means to say that something is true, even if other people do not believe it.

The story contains replied, promised and explained. See Vocabulary 2c. See Vocabulary 2a. Remind them that the second tip, about using appropriate reporting verbs and not just said, was covered in exercise 3. Pre-teach or elicit some relevant adjectives, e. Elicit or explain the difference between talent which you are born with and skill which you can learn and develop.

See which are the most popular choices for each category. Suggested answers: artist, designer, composer, musician, conductor, writer e. Encourage them to follow the stages when approaching this task. They should specifically be looking out for conjunctions that either follow on from e. She tore the letter up OR She tore up the letter. I ran into Joe yesterday but not I ran Joe into yesterday. Encourage them to include locally produced films as well.

Get them to note down relevant vocabulary not included in exercise 2. They should identify the use of simple and continuous forms in the examples. Key a see means 'understand' in the first sentence and 'have a relationship with' in the second.

Tapescript 9 A Right, how many places have we been to in the hospital? When we left the ward, I still had my bag. The lift took ages to arrive. A Then we went to the cafeteria. Did you have it then? B Yes, I paid for the coffees. A And you still had it? B Not sure. I paid for the coffees! B Really? Can you explain? Just move that equation over to this side, then the numbers come out equally. I just wish I were better at maths. Not for him the confines of a laboratory where he can study quietly with his microscope.

They not only give us information about our amazing natural world, but also vital clues about how life started on earth billions of years ago. And I need it to help me with this one across. A Have you any idea? They end up giving me a headache. B You love them, really! B I see what you mean. A Oh I need a break.

I hope that you have managed to pack some inspiration along with your brushes! We are here to inspire you! Ladies and gentlemen, think about how a child paints. Imagine a very young boy or girl with a piece of paper, a big brush and bright colours. See how they take delight in mixing new colours, applying the paint, experimenting with shape and design. See how fearless they are. They are totally absorbed in the process of painting, not the result.

It is the fun of the creative process that is the important thing. This is our aim for these classes. When I found out, I was so hurt. I really loved her. And with my best friend! I confronted them and told them how I felt. It was those feelings that prompted me to write the song. Embarrassing, as I say, but I well remember how I felt then! I have a small herd of sheep, and another of goats. Very little has changed over the centuries.

We follow traditional recipes with the same ingredients. We only sell to independent shops. It costs us more than that to make it in the first place! He only likes taking the dog for a walk. Hey, walking boots?! A A bit expensive. A Oh, surely not. B Yes! A nature film! But which one? Oh dear, what about those boots, after all? The first one looks more three-dimensional than the graffiti in the second one.

It is unlikely that either artist has sought permission to draw or paint in a public space. We can see Spider-Man climbing up a building. Please choose below: Visit the worldwide site Visit the site for. FCE result! Key features Read more Vibrant design with high-impact visuals keeps students motivated Integrated dictionary skills work builds new skills Workbook Resource Pack MultiROM provides access to two online practice tests at oxfordenglishtesting.

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