Keys to unit1
Inside view P3-3
True statements are : 2,8 P3-5
1. Joe was a gofer before he became a researcher for Lift Off UK. 2. Andy wants Joe’s job as a producer. P3-6
1-d 2-d 3-a 4-c P4-7
1. It’s not always very easy working with 2. How did he end up in London 3. the least experienced person 4. He’s good at his job
5. He is confident and very competent 6. I get on with him quite well P4-8
1-b 2-b 3-a 4-a 5-b
Outside view P6-2 1,2,3,4 P6-4
1. She needs to improve her interview techniques to help her to get a job.
2. She doesn’t know how to answer the questions and give answers that might lead her failure in
a job interview.
3. She doesn’t understand what the interviewer is actually looking for.
4. That you need to be well prepared for an interview. It boils down to preparation, presentation
and understanding what the interviewer is looking for. P7-5
1. professional job coach
2. research on the position and the company
3. having not practiced with some of the questions 4. how you present yourself
5. what the interviewer is actually looking for 6. preparation, presentation and understanding
7. in relationship to the job 8. some examples in your life 9. dealing with problems P7-7
1, 3,5,7,8,9,10,11
Listening in P8-3
1-b 2-d 3-a 4-d 5-c
Keys to unit 2 A good read
Inside view P14-2
Joe: 1 Andy: 2 Janet: 3,4
P14-3
3. It is a feature programme which reviews recently published books. 4. None of them have read all of the books. 5. He’s annoyed.
6. It features new books that may have a London angle, but not necessarily. 7. Because Charles Dickens’ books are always on TV.
8. She knows quite a lot about Dickens because she is studying his work at university.
9. It’s a biography which describes the London locations which are the settings for many of
Dickens’ books. 10. Yes.
P15-6
Place of birth: Portsmouth Dates: 19th century Type of writing: novels
Setting of stories: around the law courts in the center of London
Other features of writing: He describes hardship, poverty and crime in London. Most famous novels: Oliver Twist, David Copperfield
P15-6
1-a 2-b 3-d 4-c 5-c
P16-7
1. He wasn’t being at all fair.
2. sometimes he really gets on my nerves 3. keep his problems away from the studio 4. He was born in Portsmouth 5. he set most of his stories in
6. Whereabouts in London are his stories set 7. some of his stories take place 8. Cheer up 9. I’ll get over it
P16-8
1-b 2-a 3-a 4-b 5-a
Outside view P18-2 2&7
P19-4
1. borrow books
2. look at an art exhibition 3. connect to the Internet
4. let you borrow computer games 5. with books and photographs 6. in schools and universities
P19-5
10. It is a national library
11. You can find books and other printed materials.
12. The British Library adds millions of items to its collection every year.
13. No, not at all, although some reading may take new forms (like reading from computer
screens or mobile phones), reading books will remain popular.
P19-6
Name: The British Library Location: London
Year the new building opened: 1998
Items collected: books, sound recordings, music, maps, newspapers, and magazines Number of items added yearly: three million
Listening in P20-2
1. it began over 20 years ago
2. about once every four or five weeks 3. 10
4. the host prepares dinner and then a discussion starts
5. modern novels, classics, non-fiction like history and travel writing
p20-3
1.-d 2-a 3-c 4-a 5-b
P21-7
1. I’m not a professional literary specialist 2. their close links with well-known writers 3. the home of many well-known writers 4. the memorial of great British writers 5. rich in its literary history
6. because of the recent series of films
7. because it was the home of the three sisters 8. also made into successful films 9. around the English-speaking world 10. whose work contributes
Keys to Unit 4 Money talks
Inside View P38-1
1. Janet: 136 Andy:2457
P38-2
1. What Janet was doing at the market with Joe. 2. He is right about Andy being late quite often. 3. He says something unexpected has come up. 4. So that he can check his schedule. 5. at 2.30.
6. The City of London.
P39-4 2-5-1-4-3
P39-5
1-d 2-c 3-d 4-a 5-c
P40-6
1. what does; have to do 2. So we’re not actually 3. Basically
4. you come in here on the left 5. moving through to this room 6. What about this room on the left 7. And this room here below contains
P40-7
1-b 2-a 3-b 4-a 5-b 6-b
Outside view P42-2
True statements: 4567
P42-3
1-b 2-a 3-c 4-c 5-b
P43-5
4-3-5-7-1-2-6
P43-6
1. if we’re not happy 2. make all of that better 3. make more choices 4. still thinks about money 5. of having the money 6. would get solved 7. gives us more choices
Listening in P44-2
1. They were exchanging metals for goods. 2. They first appeared in Europe.
3. Coins appeared in Lydia around 700 BC.
4. The drachma was used as a standard form of money in large parts of Asia and Europe. 5. Around 960 AD, in China.
6. They can be seen as early banks. 7. It was applied all over the world.
P44-3
1. we exchanged things, didn’t we