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ANSWER KEY

Unit 1 4 seemed 4 painfully

5 stopped / got out / 5 stimulating
Vocabulary rushed 6 Virtually
A 6 Did / spend 7 captivity
1 will go / is going to go 7 Were / listening 8 purist
2 cheered / were cheering 8 didn’t like 9 misinformation
3 do 10 coordinator
D
4 work
1 used to D
5 has
2 would 1 resist 6 ordeal
6 scale
3 had arrived 2 remark 7 scammer
7 secure
4 had been looking 3 observation 8 wary
8 pursue
5 didn’t use to 4 cheat 9 blasted
9 realised / had realised
6 Had he known 5 acclaimed 10 face
10 went
7 had you agreed
11 get
8 hadn’t been working Grammar
B A
1c 2h 3a 4b 5f 6g 7d 8e Exam Task 1 will have finished
1B 2A 3A 4D 5A 6B 2 will rain
C 7D 8B 9A 10C 11C 12B 3 are having
1 mind-blowing 4 departs
2 noble Unit 2 5 Shall
3 ruthless 6 will have been living
4 sly Vocabulary 7 I’m going to look
5 stubborn A 8 will
6 timid 1 confidence
7 fair 2 none B
3 end 1h 2e 3d 4c 5b 6g 7f 8a
Grammar 4 context
A 5 guts C
1b 2a 3b 4b 5a 6b 7a 8a 6 mouth 1 arrived
7 bird 2 would keep
B 8 boo 3 was meeting
1 has been studying 9 construction 4 was going to be
2 hasn’t contacted 10 broaden 5 received
3 have met 6 called
4 have / been waiting B 7 would often watch
5 hasn’t finished 1 in 5 to 8 entered
6 haven’t been getting along 2 aback 6 down
7 Have / been 3 out 7 up D
8 has been volunteering 4 in 8 back 1b 2a 3b 4b 5c 6b 7a 8c

C C Exam Task
1 won 1 irritating 1 social
2 was commuting / saw 2 followers 2 will
3 was carrying out / made 3 addictive 3 at

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 4 to 6 oblivious B
5 interacting/communicating/ 7 anxiety Students’ own answers with these
chatting 8 healer forms:
6 of 9 medication 1 gerund
7 touch 10 utterly 2 noun, gerund or full infinitive
8 share 3 full infinitive
9 from Unit 4 4 gerund
10 broaden 5 bare infinitive
11 as Vocabulary 6 gerund
12 this A 7 bare infinitive
13 have 1 visual 8 gerund
14 none 2 regretful/regrettable
15 view C
3 desperate
1 way
4 illiterate
2 all
Unit 3 5 exhilarating/exhilarated
3 in
6 ecstatic
4 matter
Vocabulary 7 controversial
5 Quite
A 8 daring
6 Mind
1 come 5 wipe 9 motionless
7 Surely
2 throw 6 fight 10 exploitable
8 that
3 take 7 pass 11 dominant
4 pick 8 brought 12 frustrated/frustrating
Exam Task
B B 1 is made up
1b 2a 3a 4c 5b 6c 7a 8b 1 stage 2 the film fell to
2 plot 3 married off to
C 3 underdog 4 a heart surgeon by profession
1j 2a 3f 4b 5h 4 heartstrings 5 at a moment’s notice
6i 7c 8e 9d 10g 5 film buff 6 to pull out of
6 foyer
D 7 box office Unit 5
1a 2a 3b 4a 5a 6a 7b 8a 8 sugary-sweet
Vocabulary
Grammar C
A
A 1 soundtrack
2 film buff 1b 2h 3g 4a 5e 6c 7f 8d
1a 2b 3b 4c 5a 6b 7c 8b
3 stage fright B
B 4 blockbuster 1 peckish
1 one’s 5 dress rehearsal 2 sharp
2 much 6 heartthrob 3 famished
3 Anything 7 skin tone 4 staple
4 Those 8 catwalk 5 bland
5 herself/others 9 understudy 6 fizzy
6 others 10 chick flick 7 scrumptious
7 This 8 culinary
8 That D
1 defy 9 stale
C 2 submit 10 mouldy
1 in 3 rehearse 11 edible
2 when 4 ranked 12 sizzling
3 Oddly 5 portrays C
4 to 6 unravels 1 condiment
5 late 7 fled 2 blanch
6 slowly 8 deemed 3 leftovers
7 wide 4 odour
8 when absolutely Grammar 5 banquet
9 Strangely A 6 dishcloth
10 uncomfortable 1 improving 7 raisin
2 tracking 8 brew
Exam Task 3 to audition 9 quench
1 insignificant 4 to admit 10 munch
2 infectious 5 sing/dance
3 injury/injuries 6 dancing D
4 precise 7 publishing 1 out
5 bewilderment 8 have 2 down on
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 3 through 4 should 6 But
4 up with 5 bound 7 Supposing
5 at 6 ought 8 and
6 away 7 might
7 off 8 won’t B
8 up Suggested answers
9 out B 1 I will be very disappointed
10 up 1b 2e 3g 4a 5f 6h 7d 8c 2 if I hadn’t started having lesson
when I was very young
C 3 more people would die of infec-
Grammar
Suggested answers tions
A
1 He must have moved. / I must 4 it expands
1b 2b 3a 4a 5a 6b 7b 8a
have made a mistake. 5 if we had taken better care of
B 2 She can’t have got back al- the environment
1b 2f 3a 4e 5h 6d 7c 8g ready.
3 He might have missed the bus. C
C 4 We could have ordered in. 1 knew
1 that is 5 I should have left earlier. 2 had passed
2 he does 6 I would have been happy to 3 wouldn’t treat
3 it is stay in a hotel. 4 could get
4 we would 7 You needn’t have gone to so 5 didn’t have to
5 they did much trouble. 6 could take
6 you should 8 I ought to have reminded him. 7 hadn’t chosen
7 I had 8 would stop
8 you do Exam Task
1 must D
Exam Task 2 to 1 Not
1A 2B 3A 4D 5A 6B 3 out 2 no
7C 8A 9C 10C 11D 12B 4 of 3 had I
5 to 4 can you see
6 ought 5 Little
Unit 6 7 to 6 then
8 of 7 did I
Vocabulary 9 could 8 Had he
A 10 will/only
1h 2b 3e 4a 5g 6c 7d 8f 11 layer Exam Task
12 It 1 innovation
B
13 have 2 automated
1 form/formation
14 do 3 computerised
2 emerge
15 and 4 justification
3 composition
5 Inventors
4 insistence
Unit 7 6 worthy
5 endure
7 disproved
6 migrate
Vocabulary 8 mechanical
7 emit
A 9 prediction
8 dominate
1 curl 6 rocket 10 evaluation
9 sadden
10 shift 2 spot 7 enquiring
11 pollute 3 wheel 8 foundations Unit 8
12 interfere 4 wires 9 way
5 away 10 light Vocabulary
C A
1 hiding 5 blew B 1 customer
2 beat 6 clears 1b 2b 3a 4c 5c 2 mount
3 buckets 7 blew 6a 7b 8a 9c 10a 3 fund
4 dried 4 sweep
C 5 verify
D 1b 2a 3a 4b 5a 6a 7a 8b 6 hard-up
1b 2a 3a 4c 5b 7 redundant
6a 7c 8b 9c 10b Grammar 8 owe
A
Grammar 1 if B
A 2 provided 1 circulation
1 have 3 unless 2 extravagantly
2 may 4 otherwise 3 on the breadline
3 mustn’t 5 long 4 lavish
3

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 5 legal 4 to 5 burn
6 vouchers 5 face 6 hit
7 bustling 6 trumpet 7 throw
8 stock 8 think
D
C 1 ear B
1d 2h 3a 4c 5j 2 pop 1 hectic
6b 7i 8f 9g 10e 3 praises 2 juggle
4 of 3 graduated
D 5 dance 4 pulled
1 in 5 on 6 on 5 reasonable
2 out 6 back 7 mural 6 run
3 to 7 for 8 congestion 7 provincial
4 in 8 at 8 brief
Grammar C
Grammar A
A 1 dedicated
1b 2a 3b 4b 5a 6b 7a 8b 2 rigorous
1 –, that
2 who, that 3 eager
B
3 where 4 fragile
1 enough
4 whose 5 provincial
2 so
5 – / why 6 sheltered
3 too
6 which 7 susceptible
4 such
7 – , when 8 agricultural
5 that
8 who, that 6 many D
7 much 1 expectancy
B 8 enough
1 Established 2 bred
2 Having been stolen 3 change
C 4 bite
3 Being 1 This El Greco is a great deal
4 raised 5 rate
more interesting than the art- 6 district
5 Smiling ist’s other works.
6 interrupted 7 rat
2 He is not as good a performer 8 brand
7 Having filled as he boasts.
8 having been introduced 3 It is not so bad a poem as you Grammar
C claim. A
4 The single was popular enough 1 be given a report to write (by
1d 2a 3g 4b 5h 6c 7f 8e
to get into the top ten of the the boss)
charts. 2 will be given to us
Exam Task
5 These tickets are just too ex- 3 was explained to the newcom-
1 was set up
pensive to afford. ers
2 put down one thousand euros
6 The writer had so little 4 has been agreed that they will
3 made a loss the first year
inspiration he could not write a open a new shopping mall
4 makes a living designing
word all day. 5 is expected to improve
5 have deep pockets
7 Michelangelo was such a won- 6 is known that the burglar is a
6 studied around the clock
derful artist. local man
8 A light comedy does not usually 7 is thought that there are plans
Unit 9 receive such praise. to close the school
8 being asked to fire an employee
Vocabulary D
A Student’s own answers B
1 playwrights 1g 2a 3b 4e 5c 6d 7f 8h
2 carving Exam Task
3 reproduction C
1B 2A 3D 4A 5C 6A
4 phenomenally 1 am having the new furniture de-
7C 8D 9A 10C 11C 12B
5 apathy livered
6 distinguished 2 have had two molars removed
Unit 10 3 my car to be serviced by/at / to
B have my car serviced at/by
1c 2a 3h 4e 5b 6d 7f 8g Vocabulary 4 like the filing to be finished
A 5 had my phone stolen
C 1 lend/give 6 got locked out of the house
1 out 2 make 7 are having a new extension
2 leg 3 tie built
3 heart 4 climb 8 is being built
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 Exam Task 4 said (that) she would meet him 8 anticipated
1 was the next day outside the stadi- 9 fated
2 been um. 10 pioneering
3 if/though 5 said (that) they would train the 11 disposable
4 to players harder the following 12 optimistic
5 had week.
6 it 6 Greg (that) he had to take up a B
7 in new pursuit 1b 2c 3a 4f 5d 6h 7e 8g
8 be
C
9 that B
1 venture
10 do 1 for being
2 pessimistic
11 of 2 us
3 vacuum
12 have 3 cheating
4 treaty
13 would 4 on getting
5 infinity
14 as 5 accused me
6 inevitable
15 is 6 going
7 far-fetched
7 drive us
8 infrastructure
Unit 11 8 on
9 settlement
10 trend
Vocabulary C
A 1 if/whether I/we had ever played
tennis. Grammar
1 dropped 6 holds
2 why I was throwing in the towel. A
2 miss 7 give
3 why I didn’t take any exercise. 1 to
3 warmed 8 cut
4 when the players would be 2 of
4 knock 9 catch
ready to compete. 3 in
5 touching 10 pull
5 if/whether my/our team had got 4 for
B into the final. 5 In
1 stuntman 6 Sandra what her main ambition 6 to
2 hamstring was. 7 With
3 quarter final 7 John why he didn’t follow his 8 of
4 make-up team’s progress.
5 relay race 8 what time we/they had to be B
6 wingsuit there. 1 Since/Because/As
7 broadcast 2 because/as/since
8 changing room Exam Task 3 seeing
1 pursuit 4 to
C 2 contestants 5 so
1b 2b 3b 4a 5a 6a 7b 8a 3 specifications 6 so
4 tolerance 7 Although
D 8 Despite
5 sharpen
1 screw
6 captivating C
2 clubs
7 admirers 1 likes
3 lane
8 aspire 2 either
4 suspended
9 perception 3 or
5 contestant
10 inspirational 4 Neither
6 thrashed
7 rooting 5 send
8 captivating Unit 12 6 Either of
7 neither
Grammar Vocabulary 8 nor
A A
1 said (that) he often went to 1 astronomical Exam Task
football matches. 2 promising 1 either the first or the second
2 said (that) that exercise instruc- 3 immortal 2 backed down from
tion manual was hers. 4 timeless 3 he lost his temper
3 said (that) he wouldn’t stay for 5 visionary/visual 4 saw that coming
the basketball game because 6 menacing 5 neither Fred nor Joe is
he had to hurry home. 7 threatening 6 neither of my parents can speak

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