UNIT 1

Sharing

Task 1

(l)trying new things and making achievements

(2)how they feel about trying new things, what stops them

from trying new things, what they have achieved in their life

that makes them feel proud, and who they admire in terms of

achievements and why

Task 2

(l)daredevil (2) bungee jumping (3) cup of tea (4) feel

good(5)achievement

Task 3

c-d-e-b-a

Task 4

124

Task 5

BCBCB

Task 6

(l)started off

(2)a huge business empire

(3)teacher

(4)taught me so much about life

(5) imprisoned

(6)survived

(7) impressed

(8) ability or the skills

Listening

Task 2 Activity 1

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Viewing

Task 2 Activity 1

3

Task 2 Activity 2

e-g-c-b-f-a-d

Task 2 Activity 3

1.90 minutes

2.true landmark

3. (1) 10 times (2)focus

4.make this challenge

5.seven miles

6. (1) four months

(2) outstanding achievement

Role-Playing

Task 1 Activity 1

Task 1 Activity 3

1. Like I said

2. having said that

3. That's what I was saying

Presenting

Get ideas 1

(1) To learn how to scuba dive.

(2)It was a really good experience.

(3) The classroom training.

(4) She had difficulty with the practical training: She was very nervous, the water was freezing, she had trouble going under the water and when she cried her ears got blocked up.

(5) Yes, she managed to do it eventually.

Get ideas 2

IN 11

More practice in listening

Short conversation

BCADC

Long conversation

BAAC

Passages: Passage 1

DCAB

Passages: Passage 2

1. ----10.

believe in

circumstances

searching for

a strong sense of

responsibility

insecurity

integrity

accomplishing

are longing for

priorities

UNIT test

PART 1

BCADC

Part 11

DABCC

Part 111

BCAAD

Part IV

1. ----10.

opening

struggled

progress

remaining

emerged

continued

enlarge

crawling

get through

as strong as

UNIT 2

Sharing

Task 1

(1) their feelings

(2)how they felt that particular day, whether they would describe themselves as an optimist or a pessimist, and the best thing that happened to them that year

Task 2

(l)mood (2) sun (3) smile (4)feeling

Task 3

b-e-a-d-c

Task 4

35

Task 5

(l)success of the business

(2) last June

(3)vegetables and flowers

(4)visit my father

(5) amazing sights

(6) applicants

(7) getting a job

Listening

Task 2 Activity i

(l)people are getting angrier

(2) controlling their temper

(3)leave us feeling angry

(4)in a controlled way

(5) feel much better

(6) laughter therapy

(7) they make them laugh

(8) doing something funny

(9) they don't need medicine

Task 2 Activity 2

Viewing

Task 2 Activity 1

(l)eager pleased (2)nervous awkward (3) expectant

excited (4) agitated contented

Role-Playing

Task 1 Activity 1

G-A-C-F-B-D-E

Task 1 Activity 2

3

5

5

2

4

4, 6

6

7

1

5

Task 1 Activity 3

1.2.3.4.5.6.8.9.10.11.12.13

Presenting

Get ideas 1

123

Get ideas 2

1.3.5.7

More practice in listening

Short conversation

DCAAD

Long conversation

CBAD

Passages: Passage 1

BCAA

Passages: Passage 2

1. ----10.

exerting

fabulous

talk them out

approaches

head for

efficient

is linked with

compare favorably to

boost

session

UNIT test

PART 1

CDAAC

Part 11

BCCBC

Part 111

ADBAA

Part IV

1. ----9.

at

wheel

tone

expression

Honey

divorce

speed

talk me out

bank accounts

10. everything I need

UNIT 3

Sharing

Task 1

(1)neighbors and communities

(2)how well they know their neighbors„ what makes a good or a bad neighbor, the best or worst neighbor they have had

Task 2

(1) block (2) a few of (3) similar (4) quite a lot(5)well

Task 3

b-d-a-c

Task 4

1. (1)feeds your cat第一个人

2. (2)is considerate第四个人

3. (3)isn't noisy 第四个人

4. (4)doesn't cause your grief第五个人

5. (5)looks out for you第二个人

6. (6) keeps up their property第四个人

7. (7)you can leave your key with him/her第一个人

8. (8)isn't intrusive第三个人

9. (9)waters your plants 第一个人

10. (10)doesn't leave trash around第四个人

Task 5

(1) exist as well (2)loud music (3) respecting privacy

(4) participating (5) needs help (6) considerate

(7) property (8)friendly

Task 6

2 3

Listening

Task 2 Activity 2

(1) She and her husband started an artists' colony on the Internet.

(2) She says that it's a very creative kind of community and she and her husband love it.

(3) Because it's a community of bloggers and no one knows one another personally.

(4) They have "a following", who are loyal readers.

(5) She puts up pictures of her and her family and she writes messages.

(6) At least once every day.

Viewing

Task 2 Activity 1

e-a-f-b-d-c

Task 2 Activity 2

A-A-B-C

Role-Playing

Task 1 Activity 1

D-C-B-A

Task 1 Activity 2

Task 1 Activity 3

Presenting

Get ideas 1

24

11

Get ideas 2

1.4.6

More practice in listening

Short conversation

DBCBC

Long conversation

CBCB

Passages: Passage 1

BDCD

Passages: Passage 2

1. ----10.

illegal

taking family vacations

acquaintances

throwing a party

verbal

tolerant

intervene

splits the difference

resolve

talk it out

UNIT test

PART 1

ACACB

Part 11

BBDAC

Part 111

CBDDD

Part IV

1. winter

2. literally

3. community

4. ----10.

wider

siblings

woods

explore

catching

would run

golf course

UNIT 4

Sharing

Task 1

(l)shopping and innovative products

(2)the items they enjoy buying most, the sort of things they buy on impulse, the sort of things they plan to buy, and the recent product or service they think is impressive, etc.

Task 2

c-d-a-b

Task 3

2345

Task 4

(1)amazing(2) changed my life(3)mobile phone

(4) emails (5) camera (6) taking a picture

(7) fantasy (8) cakes

(9) arts (10) creativity

Listening

Task 2 Activity 2

(1) cheaper

(2) better

(3) oil

(4)sad

(5) safety

(6) appetite

(7)precision

(8) purple

Viewing

Task 2 Activity 1

ABC

Role-Playing

Task 1 Activity 1

(1) feel about

(2) having a competition

(3) consider

(4) strike

(5) it'd be great

(6) Suppose we

(7)a problem

(8) frankly

(9) complicated

(10) grab

(11) thinking of

(12) go with

Presenting

Get ideas 1

(1) Yummy Utensils.

(2)They can be used as the real utensils. And they create no rubbish because when you finish eating, you can simply eat them and they taste good. Or if you throw them away, they dissolve within days. So they're environmentally friendly.

(3) In the supermarket, with picnic supplies or in the snack section.

More practice in listening

Short conversation

DBCAD

Long conversation

BCDB

Passages: Passage 1

BCAD

Passages: Passage 2

1. vary

2. ----10.

a large portion of

well-being

profound

accessible

ultimately

have a harmful effect on

went against

aviation

is not worth pursuing

UNIT test

PART 1

BCACD

Part 11

CCDAD

Part 111

Part Iv

1. ----10.

biological

firmly

efforts

isolation

objectors

originality

modest

improve the health

morally

legislation

UNIT 5

Sharing

Task 1

(l)dream jobs

(2)what they do, what they dreamed of doing or being when they were younger, whether they would describe their job as a dream job, whether they are ambitious

Task 2

(l)producer

(2)enjoys

(3)in a successful band

(4) dream jobs

Task 3

1 2 3 8 9 11

Task 4

(1) footballer (2) enough (3) professional (4) performing (5) band ( 6) world-famous (7) sports (8) later on (9) serving people

Task 5

e-b-a-d-c

Task 6

Listening

Task 2 Activity 2

B-C-A

Viewing

Task 2 Activity 1

BDBD

Role-Playing

Task 1 Activity 1

CBBB

Task 1 Activity 2

15

More practice in listening

Short conversation

BBADC

Long conversation

BABD

Passages: Passage 1

DABD

Passages: Passage 2

1. ----10.

suffer from

enthusiastic

erodes

competent

clear-cut

labeling

comes down to

commonplace

tend to

focusing on

UNIT test

PART 1

ADADD

Part 11

DCABB

Part 111

A C AAI)

Part Iv

1. ----6.

predict

identical

typical

boring

variety

dangerous

7. normal

8. some robbers

9. captured

10. right there

UNIT 6

Sharing

Task 1

(l)history

(2)whether they think life is better now than in the past, the age or decade they would like to live through if they could, and the historical events or people that have changed the course of history

Task 2

(l)reading (2)modern world (3) opportunities

(4) influenced (5) better

Task 3

(1)education(2)right to vote(3)technologies(4)medicine(5)a better life(6)person of today(7)more values(8) great causes (9) imaginations (10) a bad thing

Task 4

e-b-a-c-d

Task 5

2468910

Listening

Task 2 Activity 2

(1) Film and music.

(2)He feels lucky to go to the opening ceremony of the Euro 96 football tournament.

(3)He is from London, England.

(4)John Lennon.

(5) Fashion and music.

(6) Cutting the hair really short.

Viewing

Task 2 Activity 1

Role-Playing

Task 1 Activity 1

AABBB

Task 1 Activity 2

11

Presenting

Get ideas

24

More practice in listening

Short conversation

CABAB

Long conversation

ACCB

Passages: Passage 1

ADBB

Passages: Passage 2

1. ----4.

estimated

assassinated

was intended to

released from

5. ----10.

made a contract with

gave way

ensued

survived

victims

perished

UNIT test

PART 1

CBACD

Part 11

CCDAB

Part 111

CADCD

Part Iv

1. ----10.

beneficial

fought

strengthened

pulled out

part

serve as

amazing

stood

sought

civilization

UNIT 7

Sharing

Task 1

(l)self describing

(2)whether they would describe themselves as

practical people, what kind of problems they are good / not so good at solving, and what "super power" they would love to have and why, if they could have one

Task 2

(l)fixing problems with my bike

(2) sort out their emotional problems

(3) solving problems

(4)a practical person

Task 3

(I)A Yes Æ12345+A

(2)B With some things Æ6+A

(3)C Most of the time Æ7+A

Task 4

BDAC

Task 5

a-c-f-g-b-d-e

Listening

Task 2 Activity 2

(1)Round windows are less likely to break.

(2) The answer is about 10,000.

(3)The engines would shut down and stop working completely while flying over a volcano.

(4)Because they all grew up, wanted to do things their own way, and they did.

(5) Four big reasons: different ideologies, a sense of honor, economic reasons, and fear.

Viewing

Task 2 Activity 1

(1) rises for the first time in four months

(2) power an enormous change

(3) touched by the power of the sun

(4) reaches its peak

(5)won its battle with the ice

Role-Playing

Task 1 Activity 1

(1) I'm not sure (2) Sure (3) Let me have a look (4) Yes, I can (5) Yes, of course(6)I'm afraid I can't do that(7)Yes, of course (8) Of course not

Presenting

Get ideas

(1)The invention is called Robo-Chef.

(2) It prepares and cooks meals automatically.

More practice in listening

Short conversation

CABDB

Long conversation

DABD

Passages: Passage 1

BAAC

Passages: Passage 2

1. ----8.

was accompanied by

acceleration

severe

endeavor / endeavour

practicable

analogy

speeding up

attempts to

9. foster

10. second nature

UNIT test

PART 1

BAACA

Part 11

DDCAB

Part 111

CCBAA

Part Iv

1. ----10.

different

thread

nothing

effects

solve

round

worse

try to solve

part

take the time

UNIT 8

Sharing

Task 1

(l)changes and trends in communication

(2)whether modern technology has helped them to communicate better and what kinds of problems modern communication causes

Task 2

(1)He uses a lot of social networking sites.

(2)He wants to find out how people feel about modern communication.

Task 3

(l)emails 12345

(2)mobile phone / telephone 1234

(3) face-to-face contact

(4)letters 123

(5) having dinner 1

(6)postcards 1

(7)text messages 1

Task 4

2456

Task 5

c-b-a

Listening

Task 2 Activity 2

1456789

Viewing

Task 2 Activity 1

(1) wealth

(2) challenge

(3) spy

(4)Web addicts

(5) knowledge

Role-Playing

Task 1 Activity 1

(1)Tom.

(2)A clerk of Willy's Burger Bar.

(3) Over the phone.

(4)The Sheldon Hotel.

(5) Seven o'clock.

(6) Five o'clock.

(7)A car.

(8)The fourth of July.

Presenting

Get ideas

1. Face-to-face, but if you can't meet them then a phone call or email is fine.

2. Face-to-face if you know the person, but if it's difficult then use an email.

3. Text or phone, as it's more convenient.

4. Letter or card. People appreciate the effort and might keep it.

More practice in listening

Short conversation

Long conversation

DBCD

Passages: Passage 1

ACCD

Passages: Passage 2

1. ----10.

endangered

falling apart

calculates

tosses aside

turn to

unprecedentedly

classified

shut down

approximately

fury

UNIT test

PART 1

AABDC

Part 11

BDCCA

Part 111

BCADC

Part IV

1. ----10.

hand-written

long-distance

answering

screen

option

transformed

mailing

instantly

in a matter of

god-send