UPSTREAM UPPER - INTERMEDIATE - SELF-ASSESSMENT 3

Rezolvarea exercitiilor de la  SELF-ASSESSMENT MODULE  3:  din manualul de limba engleza intitulat UPSTREAM UPPER INTERMEDIATE, Student’s Book,  Editura Express Publishing, Autori Bob Obee si Virginia Evans, Editia 2003

UPSTREAM UPPER INTERMEDIATE

SELF-ASSESSMENT MODULE 3

Vocabulary & Grammar

Upstream –Upper Intermediate

ex 1/ page 115

1. centre

2. pick

3. with

4. made

5. keep

6. on

7. the

8. aback

9. on

10. up

11. get

12. manner

13. down

14. names

15. matches

16. to

17. have

18. heart

19. to

20. hit

Upstream –Upper Intermediate

ex 2/ page 115

1. C

2. B

3. C

4. B

5. B

6. C

7. B

8. A

9. A

10. B

Use of English

Upstream –Upper Intermediate

ex 3/ page 115

1. … so noisy that she …

2. … no difficulty …

3. … be asked to show …

4. … is not as easy as …

5. … you should take an aspirin …

Upstream –Upper Intermediate

ex 4/ page 116

1. childish

2. cultural

3. surroundings

4. carefully

5. organisation

Upstream –Upper Intermediate

ex 5/ page  116

1. been

2. √

3. the

4. more

5. very

Communication

Upstream –Upper Intermediate

ex 6/ page 116

1. don’t we

2. be honest

3. not in the

4. about going

5. sounds like

Upstream –Upper Intermediate

ex 7/ page  116

1. b

2. b

3. b

4. a

5. b

Reading

Upstream –Upper Intermediate

ex 8/ page 117

1. D

2. A

3. G

4. C

5. F

6. B

Listening

Upstream –Upper Intermediate

ex 9/ page  118

1. Speaker 1 D

2. Speaker 1 B

3. Speaker 3 F

4. Speaker 4 A

5. Speaker 5 E

Speaking

Upstream –Upper Intermediate

ex 10/ page  118

1. I usually travel to school on the bus.

2. I like the fact that we live in the countryside and it is very green with lots of fields all around.

3. My neighbourhood is a small village with a few houses and a farm nearby. It is in the middle of the countryside near a small river. In the village there is one grocer’s shop, a post office, a school and a church. It is a very rural community.

4. In my family there is myself, my mum and dad, and my brother, Philip. My mum is a nurse and she is tall and slim with blonde hair. My dad is a teacher and he is quite short and a little plump. My brother is fifteen and older than me. He is tall with brown hair. He is a bit of a pest sometimes, but we usually get on quite well together.

Upstream –Upper Intermediate

ex 11/ page  118

a.    Student A

Both pictures show hobbies which can be done by anyone, but the people in the pictures are both adults. Picture A shows a woman at home looking at her stamp collection while picture B shows a man playing golf outdoors on a golf course. I think it must take a long time to learn to play golf and to become good at it. It must be rewarding to build up a large collection of stamps, especially if you have some valuable ones. However, I think golf must be more rewarding because you would have a greater feeling of satisfaction from developing your skill as a player, especially if you enter and win competitions.

b. Student B

I play football in my spare time. I play for the school team and also for a local team every Saturday. I enjoy it very much and we are top of our league.

c. Student B

Picture A shows a young girl who looks like a punk. She has spiky hair and she is wearing a lot of make-up and jewellery. In contract, picture B shows a middle-aged man in simple and plain clothes with a hat. He looks like a farmer. Both people have long hair and that is where the similarity ends. I think the girl has chosen this style, on the other hand, reflects his simple lifestyle and he has chosen these clothes for practical reasons. I think they are work clothes and he wears a hat to protect his head as he probably works outdoors.

d. Student A

I don’t think it is right, but I think it is natural. We usually form our opinions about people within the first minute of meeting them. We should really take the time to get to know a person before we judge them and sometimes we do and change our initial impression of people, but more often our first impression is the lasting one. So, no, I don’t think it is right, but I think it is human nature.

Writing

Upstream –Upper Intermediate

ex 12/ page 118

He stepped out of the shadows and walked towards me. It was a cold, dark night and the moon was hidden behind the clouds. I had just returned home from a long day at the office and I was about to put my key into the lock to open my door when I saw the dark figure lurking in the shadows.

I was frozen to the spot with fear. “What do you want?” I managed to say feebly. “You! Came the reply. I immediately flew into a panic and frantically tried to open and get inside quickly before he came any closer.

Just then, I dropped my keys on the floor. I crouched down to pick them up and suddenly the man was standing right next to me. “Don’t hurt me! I screamed as he took hold of my arm to pull me up. “What’s the matter with you?” he asked in a voice that now sounded quite familiar.

Later that night, I was able to laugh about how silly I had been. I had forgotten that my cousin, Tom was coming for dinner and it was him who was waiting for me in the shadows. We had a lovely dinner and I was happy and relieved to see him, but I felt embarrassed about the event for a long time.