GOING FOR GOLD UPPER INTERMEDIATE - LANGUAGE MAXIMISER - UNIT 12

Rezolvarea exercitiilor de la Unit 12: GIVE US A CLUE din manualul de limba engleza pentru clasa a IX-a intitulat GOING FOR GOLD - UPPER INTERMEDIATE - LANGUAGE MAXIMISER, Editura Longman, Autori Richard Acklam si Araminta Crace, Editia 2003

GOING FOR GOLD - LANGUAGE MAXIMISER

Unit 12: GIVE US A CLUE

Vocabulary 1

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1. B

2. C

3. A

4. B

5. A

6. C

7. B

8. C

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1. report

2. autopsy

3. crime scene

4. break-in 

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1. scene

2. autopsy

3. report

4. broke in

Grammar 1

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1. can’t be

2. must play

3. might/ may know

4. must be

5. might/ may be

6. must be

7. can’t have

8. must think

9. might/ may understand

10. can’t believe/ mustn’t believe

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1. might/ may be

2. must be

3. must be

4. can’t be

5. can’t be

6. might/ may be

7. must take

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1. She must like Ricky Martin a lot because she has Ricky Martin posters on the wall in her room.

2. He must play tennis because I saw a tennis racquet in the boot of his car.

3. He/ She can’t be playing much at the moment because he/she has sprained his ankle.

4. She must be able to read Japanese because she has Manga comics in Japanese on her bookshelf.

5. He/She must ride a motorbike because he/ she carries a helmet into class.

6. He/She must like animals because he/she has two dogs and a rabbit.

Vocabulary 2

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1. live

2. death

3. dead

4. scientist

5. fame

6. robber

7. competition

8. compete

9. photographer

10. photographic

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1. lively

2. famous/ infamous

3. dead

4. evidence

5. scientist

6. photographic

7. information

8. uncertainty

9. competition

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1. d

2. g

3. e

4. a

5. f

6. c

7. b

Grammar 2

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1. can’t

2. might

3. can’t

4. must

5. might

6. must  

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1. The neighbours’ party must have gone on …

2. Sandra might have forgotten …

3. ok

4. She can’t possibly have thought …

5. I must have seen you …

6. Something must to have happened …

7. Clara must have been using …

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1. which

2. were

3. which

4. had

5. however

6. been

7. have

8. might/ may

9. made

10. must

Listening

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There are three theories mentioned in the programme.

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The incorrect extracts are: 2 and 9.

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1. C

2. A

3. B

4. C

5. A

6. C 

Tapescript

I = Interviewer

M = Margaret

P = Peter

I: The violent death of Christopher Marlowe on 30^th May 1593 is the topic of a fascinating new play starting next week at the Playboy Theatre. With me tonight in the studio I have the director of the play, Margaret Cruikshanks and actor Peter Tomlinson, who plays the part of Marlowe. So, Margaret, the play begins with a number.

M: That’s right, the murder of Britain’s most important 16^th century playwright and poet, in fact.

I: At the point everyone will think we’re talking about Shakespeare.

M: But we’re not! In the spring of 1593 it was Marlowe, not Shakespeare, who was the most popular writer in England. Though of course there are still a lot of questions about whether or not Shakespeare’s plays were written by Shakespeare.

I: Mmm. I’ll come back to that in a minute but there’s still a lot of controversy surrounding Marlowe’s death, isn’t there?

M: Yes, indeed. Some people say that it was just an accident and I must say I agree with them. He and his friends, who had been eating and drinking all day in a kind of restaurant, had an argument about the bill. There was a fight, one of them took out a knife and Marlowe ended up getting stabbed. Christopher Marlowe was very wild – a bit like some of today’s film and pop stars – and he often got into fights.

I: Isn’t there also a theory that the people he was with had actually been hired to murder him?

M: Yes, that’s right. You see, Marlowe was involved in black magic and spring. He knew a lot about some very powerful people… probably too much for his own good. The theory goes that they had him killed to keep him quiet.

I: But you have a different opinion about what happened, don’t you Peter?

P: Yes, I read a lot about him to prepare for the part and the theory about his death I found most convincing was that, … well, that he didn’t actually die that night at all.

I: What do you mean?

P: Well, some people say that Marlowe pretended that he had been killed so that he could escape from England to Europe. He had been arrested but he was then allowed to go home for a few days. That was why he was in the restaurant the night of the murder. He must have been terrified about what was going to happen in the trial.

I: And what does the theory say happened to him if he didn’t die that night? Didn’t he write any more plays or poems?

P: This is where I begin to have my doubts. As far as I’m concerned he just disappeared but the theory says that, well, that he went on writing and that he sent the plays of Shakespeare, who presented them as his own work. So that means…

M: I think that’s going too far. There are similarities between Marlowe’s plays and Shakespeare’s but they lived at the same time, they read the same things and they wrote for the same theatre company, so it’s not really surprising, is it?

P: No, no. Not at all.

I: If Marlowe hadn’t died or disappeared, do you think he would have ended up being more famous than Shakespeare?

P: Quite probably. He was better educated…

Writing

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Dear Louise,

How are you? I haven’t been in touch for a while because I was in Brazil on a business trip. I had a fantastic time, though it was very tiring.

In fact, while I was there a friend and I had a very strange experience. We were in a taxi in Sao Paulo at about 5:30 in the evening when, all of a sudden, two men in suits stepped out on to the road and stopped the car. Someone in our office there had just told me a very frightening story about being kidnapped so at the first, I thought that that was going to happen to us. The men just stood there with their hands raised looking at someone or something on the pavement. At that moment, a man in a wheelchair appeared at the side of the road and crossed to the other side. The two men had stopped the traffic so the disabled man could get across the road! It just shows how kind people can be – especially in Brazil!

You must have had a fabulous time in Greece. Did you visit any of the islands and did you have a chance to meet up with Stelion? Write and tell me about it when you have time.

Lots of love,

Bernadette

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a. At that moment

b. all of a sudden

c. at first

d. In fact

e. all of a sudden

f. all of a sudden/ at that moment

g. at first

h. It just shows

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Raspuns posibil:
Dear Bernadette,

Thank you so much for your letter. It was really nice to hear from you. I’m enjoying college, although the work is quite hard.

In fact, I had a strange experience there last Friday. I was walking home from college in the early evening when, all of a sudden, I heard some footsteps behind me. I started to walk more quickly but the footsteps got quicker too.

Then the person following was right behind me, and for a few seconds I thought I was going to be attacked. But just when I was beginning to panic, a hand reached round holding a huge bunch of red roses. It was an old boyfriend whom I hadn’t seen for two years!

It was lovely to see him again, and we’re going to the cinema together this weekend!

Hope you are well and look forward to hearing all your news.

Lots of love,

Louise