GOING FOR GOLD - UPPER INTERMEDIATE - UNIT 1

Rezolvarea exercitiilor de la Unit 1: CHANGING WORLD! din manualul de limba engleza pentru clasa a IX-a intitulat GOING FOR GOLD - UPPER INTERMEDIATE - COURSEBOOK, Editura Longman, Autori Richard Acklam si Araminta Crace, Editia 2011

GOING FOR GOLD - Coursebook 
Unit 1: CHANGING WORLD

READING

Going for Gold - Coursebook :
ex 3 / page 4

Tourists leave a lot of litter.
The paths going up to Machu Picchu are being worn away.

Going for Gold - Coursebook :
ex 5 / page 5

1. F
2. A
3. D
4. B
5. C
6. E

GRAMMAR 1

Going for Gold - Coursebook :
ex 1 / page 5

1. visit
2. are
3. don't understand
4. are spending
5. are becoming
6. Do people drop
7. is studying
8. think
9. flows
10. is increasing

Going for Gold - Coursebook :
ex 2 / page 5

1. 
Present simple:
B. Sentences 1 and 6
C: Sentences 3 and 8
Present Continuous:
D: Sentences 4 and 7
E: Sentences 5 and 10
2. A. simple B. continuous

Going for Gold - Coursebook :
ex 3 / page 6

1. They are making a lot of exciting plans for the future.
2. Linda and Bob are staying with us for a few days.
3. correct
4. He doesn't believe anything I tell him.
5. More and more people are using cars these days.
6. Is your town clean or dirty?
7. correct
8. We are developing a new system for paying by credit card.
9. His phone isn't working at the moment.
10. My brother studies for three hours every evening.
11. correct
12. What are you doing while you're in Lisbon?

Going for Gold - Coursebook :
ex 4 / page 6

1. 'm studying
2. play
3. go
4. 'm not going
5. think
6. want
7. lives
8. speaks
9. 's staying
10. 's working
11. 'm learning
12. 'm trying
13. speak

VOCABULARY 1

Going for Gold - Coursebook :
ex 1 / page 7

1. Nouns: height, isolation
2. Adjectives: high, isolated 

Going for Gold - Coursebook :
ex 2 and 3 / page 7

Nouns: heigh, isolation, beauty, pleasure, danger, religion, difficulty, poison, fame, wonder, necessity, problem

Adjective: high, isolatated, beautiful, pleasant, dangerous, religious, difficut, poisonous, famous, wonderful, necessary, problematic

Going for Gold - Coursebook :
ex 4 / page 7

1. pleasure
2. famous
3. beauty
4. problems
5. wonderful
6. dangers
7. poisonous
8. difficulty
9. necessary
10. religious


Going for Gold - Coursebook :
ex 2 / page 8

1
1. noun
2. adjective
3. adjective
4. noun
5. noun
6. noun
7. noun
8. noun
9. adjective
10. adjective

2

1. rainfall

2. global

3. dangerous

4. population

5. tragedy

6. development

7. creation

8. heigh

9. considerable

10. necessary

LISTENING

Going for Gold - Coursebook :
ex 1 / page 8

1. The most southern party of the world
2. Very cold
3. Penguins (not polar bears, which are only found in the Arctic)
4. Global warming melts the ice in Antarctica and sea levels rise around the world.


Going for Gold - Coursebook :
ex 2 / page 9

A. boat, tour
B. mountain, sports
C. calories, diet
D. ecosystem, temperatures


Going for Gold - Coursebook :
ex 3 / page 9

Speaker 2: A

Speaker 3: B

Speaker 4: C 

Going for Gold - Coursebook :
ex 4 / page 9

1. about 1,000

2. -90 degrees Celcius

3. the sea level rises (and this affects people all over the world)

4. your brain will freeze and you might be eaten by a seal

5. 4.877 meters

6. 4,500 calories a day

7. fat

GRAMMAR 2

Going for Gold - Coursebook :
ex 1 / page 9

A. will
B. going to
C. the present continuous
D. will
E. going to
F. the present simple
G. the present simple


Going for Gold - Coursebook :
ex 2 / page 9

1. 'm having

2. 's going to go

3. 's going to snow

4. will rise

5. 'll have

6. leaves

Going for Gold - Coursebook :
ex 3 / page 10

1. 'll have
2. do
3. starts
4. get up
5. 're meeting
6. 're going
7. 'll probably go
8. 'll get
9. 'll go
10. 'll look
11. 'll have
12. 'll live
13. 'll ... play

VOCABULARY 2


Going for Gold - Coursebook :
ex 1 / page 10

1.  1-E  2-A  3-F  4-C  5-B  6-D
2.  1-E  2-F  3-A  4-B  5-C  6-D


Going for Gold - Coursebook :
ex 2 / page 11

1. Buses, train

2. Because they creat holes in the ozone layer so dangerous rays from the sun reach the Earth. Global warming is caused by the build-up of dangerous gases which can't escape.

3. Possible answers include picking fruit, picking up litter on beaches, planting trees, mending paths in the countryside, etc. Note: you usually have to pay to go on working holidays which involve some kind of conservation project.

4. glass bottles and jars, food and drink cans, material and clothes, shoes, paper/ newspaper

5. oil, coal, solar power, wind power

6. fumes from cars, buses, etc. and from factories

Going for Gold - Coursebook :
ex 3 / page 11

1. planted
2. oil, coal
3. throw away
4. CFC gases
5. Solar power
6. Public transport
7. fumes
8. ozone layer
9. air quality
10. recycling bank
11. working holiday
12. Eco-turism


Going for Gold - Coursebook :
ex 4 / page 11

1. solar enery
2. public transport

SPEAKING


Going for Gold - Coursebook :
ex 1 / page 12

1. d
2. c
3. b
4. a


Going for Gold - Coursebook :
ex 2 / page 12

1. both
2. both
3. but
4. on the other hand
5. whereas

Similarities: Sentences 1 and 2
Differences: Sentences 3, 4 and 5


Going for Gold - Coursebook :
ex 3 / page 12

Possible sentences:

1. These photographs are both of young people on holiday.
2. In photo C, the woman is in a city but in photo D the two people are at the beach.
3. The woman in photo C is looking at her map - she is sightseeing - whereas the people in photo D are working; they are picking up litter.
4. In photo C, the woman looks quite bored. In photo D, on the other hand, the people look as if they are enjoying themselves.


WRITING


Going for Gold - Coursebook :
ex 1 / page 13

1. You usually read articles in newspapers, magazines, journals, etc.
2. All of them


Going for Gold - Coursebook :
ex 2 / page 13

All the features have been encluded.