ADVANCED GOLD - UNIT 14

Rezolvarea exercitiilor de la UNIT 14 din manualul de limba engleza pentru clasa XI intitulat ADVANCED GOLD, Editura Longman, Autori Sally Burgess si Richard Acklam, Editia 2001

UNIT 14: It’s only natural

Listening Page 166

Exercise 2

He is in awe of them. Evidence: ‘Tiger and devil and bard’, ‘And he sings to the stars of the jungle nights, Ere cities were, or laws.’

Exercise 3

At midnight in the alley

A Tom-cat comes to wall,

And he chants the hate of a million years

As he swings his snaky tail

Malevolent; bony, brindled,

Tiger and devil and bard,

His eyes are coals from the middle of Hell

And his heart is black and hard.

He twists and crouches and capers

And bares his curved sharp claws,

And he sings to the stars of the jungle nights,

Ere cities were, or laws.

Beast from a world primeval,

He and his leaping clan,

When the blotched red moon leers over the roofs

Give voice to their scorn of man.

He will lie on a rug tomorrow

And lick his silky fur,

And veil he brute in his yellow eyes

And play he’s tame, and purr.

But at midnight in the alley,

He will crouch again and wail,

And beat the time for his demon’s song

With a swing of his demon’s tail.

Exam focus Page 167

1. talkative

2. unimaginable

3. similarities

4. knowing

5. scientific

6. consciousness

7. definition

8. exhibition

9. activity

10. visible

11. unpredictable

12. sensational

13. unrivalled

14. composition

15. strength

Reading Page 168

Exercise 1

Pandas, orangutans. Like tigers, both these animals are gradually having their habitat encroached upon by humans

Exercise 2

1. C (lines 2-6)

2. A (line 18)

3. D (lines 43-44)

4. D (lines 55-56)

5. B (lines 63-64)

6. A (lines 76)

Grammar plus: reported speech (advanced features) Page 170

Exercise 1

1. ‘From my observations, the tiger is cruel.’ (lines 54-55)

2. ‘Sita is not at all comfortable with humans on foot,’ (lines 59-60)

3. ‘but if you want to watch her properly, the best thing is to get up on an elephant.’ (lines 60-62)

4. ‘We put seven cameras around the park.’ (lines 65-66)

5. ‘I want to get more photos of Sita’s cubs though.’ (lines 69-70)

6. ‘She might have a year or so left…’ (lines 74-75)

Exercise 2

Rule 1 – Reported speech sentence 6

Rule 2 – Reported speech sentence 4

Rule 3 – Reported speech sentence 5

Rule 4 – Reported speech sentence 2

Rule 5 – Reported speech sentence 3

Rule 6 – Reported speech sentence 1

Exercise 3

1. We agreed that we would/should/could/might all spend the night at Jim’s house.

2. It is believed that the poachers responsible for the recent killing all live locally.

3. √

4. He disagreed with my view that it was wrong to put animals in zoos.

5. √

6. √

7. It has been announced that the government will raise interest rates next week.

8. √

Exercise 4

2. She reminded me/us/him etc. not to forget to get my/our/his etc. grandmother a birthday card.

3. He advised me/her/them etc. to make sure that i/she/they etc. talked it over with my/her/their parents/mum and dad.

4. She warned me/us/him not to make the same stupid mistake that she had made.

5. She congratulated us/them etc. on our/their etc engagement.

6. He/I etc. introduced Sarah and Michael to each other.

7. He has decided not to go back to college next year, OR that he won’t go back to college next year.

8. He/She complained about the food/ that the food was not hot.

9. She admitted that she has been/to going out with Matthew for the evening.

Vocabulary: text-referring words  Page 171

Exercise 1

drowned   was savaged   have been lost

Exercise 1

1. question

2. problem

3. topic

4. situation

5. aspect

6. view

7. trend

8. issue

Exercise 3

1.     situation/ state of affairs

2.   key/ solution

Listening: Page 172

Exercise 1

1. sun turned blue

2. 1,511

3. Turkey

4. 500 million

5. sun and moon

6. carbon dioxide

7. 7 days

8. people to move

Vocabulary: word + prepositions Page 172

Exercise 1

1.     for

2.   about

3.   by

4.   of

5.    to

6.   for

7.    of

Exercise 2

1.     f

2.   i

3.   a

4.   h

5.    b

6.   c

7.    d

8.   e

9.   g

Exercise 3

due for

concerned about

shocked by

critical of

indifferent to

responsible for

capable of

eligible for

immune to

irrespective of

baffled by

absent from

addicted to

anxious about

wrong with

English in Use Page 173

1. cared

2. responsibility

3. important/vital/necessary

4. bills/ treatment

5. arrangements

6. condition/shape

7. acceptable

8. balance/ combination

9. basis/ foundation

10. dictate

11. elimination

12. emphasized/ stressed

13. avoid

Speaking: sounding interested Page 174

Exercise 1

1. the third speaker

2. the first speaker

3. Lack of interest has a negative effect on the listener, whereas sounding involved involves the listener too and therefore creates a positive impression.

Writing: report (2) Page 174

Exercise 1

Plan C is the best of the three as sections 2, 3 and 4 cover the main points in the task input. The other plans omit some points and add other irrelevant points.

Exercise 2

The one point that should not be there is point 8.

Exercise 3

1.     Plan C

2.   All the Dos and Don’ts are covered.

Listening: weather Page 176

D 1   H 2   G 3   C 4   B 5   G 6   B 7   F 8   A 9   H 10

Grammar check: countable/ uncountable nous Page 176

Exercise 1

1.     advice

2.   iron

3.   much news

4.   a very interesting time

5.    space

6.   information

7.    research

8.   a hair

9.   Travel

10.                      both

Exercise 1

1.     advice

2.   right   happiness  wealth

3.   love   bread

Unit 14 Review Page 177

Exercise 1

1. congratulated

2. urged

3. boasted

4. conceded

5. warned

6. remind

7. whispered

8. complained

Exercise 2

Possible answers:

1.     situation

2.   solution

3.   aspect (of)

4.   response

5.    topic

6.   view

7.    trend

8.   issue

Exercise 3

1.     D

2.   G

3.   I

4.   A

5.    C

6.   H