Answer key Answers for selected Course Book and Workbook listening and reading tasks and model compositions and reports for writing tasks.
Unit 1, Listening 2B and C Exercise B: 1. a
2. b
Exercise C: 1. a garden
Unit 1, Reading 2E 1. T
5. C 8. A
3. b 4. c 2. long hours 3. Manchester / London 4. 50 years
2. F 6. E 9. F
Unit 2, Listening 2C 1. into two
3. 1⁄3 / a third
5. blood group 7. 35 (years old) 9. personalities 11. cancer
13. a face / your face
Unit 2, Reading 2C 1. a pendulum 2. earlier behaviourists 3. a reward 4. 133 5. temperament / temperamental style 6. T 9. F
7. NG 8. F 10. T 11. NG 12. F Workbook Unit 2, Writing task C
In many parts of the world the number of families with only one child is increasing. I read that, in China, it is the norm for families to have only one child due to government policies. In the USA and Europe, couples are choosing to have one child more for economic and financial reasons. Now, more than ever, it is essential that there is debate about whether children with brothers and sisters have advantages over those who do not.
Many people assume that children with brothers and sisters are happier because they see them playing together and interacting. They feel that they naturally learn important social skills that are essential to succeeding in life. On the other hand, people assume that an only child spends a lot of time playing alone and will fail to develop in a way that will help them achieve success. It is argued that parents are either busy, so leave only children to entertain themselves, or devote too much time to only children making them self-centred and spoilt.
3. T 7. B
10. D 2. two eggs
4. humangenetics 6. (about) 50%
8. height and weight 10. identity 12. cakes
4. NG
Personally, I think that there are some practical disadvantages to being an only child, but not the huge social disadvantages suggested. Teenagers often need a sibling to talk to about personal issues that they do not want to share with parents. However, it could be that only children develop closer relationships with school friends or cousins to compensate. I do think that, later in life, an only child will have an additional burden in terms of looking after ageing parents.
In conclusion, I would say that despite the practical considerations, I do not think that children with siblings have huge advantages, especially since it is becoming so much more common to be an only child. I have three close friends without siblings and although they sometimes say that they would like a brother or sister, they are perfectly well-adjusted and not spoilt. I also have friends with siblings who they do not get on well with. They do not feel that they have any advantages.
Unit 3, Listening 2A
1. b (the male-dominated world of sport / women face enormous chauvinism and prejudice)
2. a (girls are used as exercise riders before the races) 3. a (women are not as robust as men and will get injured) 4. c (Football … isn’t only about strength and speed … smaller players who rely on skill and positional awareness)
5. hit the ball 6. male 7. successful 8. promise 9. big events 10. prize money 11. seriously
Unit 3, Reading 2B 1. D
4. I 7. T 11. T
2. F 5. A 8. F
12. F Unit 3, Writing 4C
The line graph shows that the percentage of women of working age in employment in the United States increased between 1948 and 1998, but fell slightly between 1998 and 2009. The percentage of women over 65 working changed very little.
In 1948, there were more women aged 16–24 working than women of any other age. However, the percentage of young women working did not increase for 20 years. In contrast, the percentage of women aged 25–54 in work rose sharply in that period. The percentage of women aged 16–24 in work rose dramatically between 1966 and 1978, but fluctuated between 1978 and 2009.
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3. E 6. C
9. NG 10. T 13. NG 14. F
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