OPPORTUNITIES - UPPER INTERMEDIATE - MODULE 9

Rezolvarea exercitiilor de la MODULE 9 din manualul de limba engleza pentru clasa X intitulat OPPORTUNITIES UPPER-INTERMEDIATE, Editura Longman, Autori Michael Harris, David Mower si Anna Sikorzynska, Editia 2011

MODULE 9: SOCIETY

Warm-up (page 101)

Exercise 2

a.    2

b.   3

c.    4

d.   1

Exercise 3

average income £550

life expectancy: men 70/74  women 75/79

unemployment: less than 1 million

numbers in full-time education: 55,000/1,300,000

number of crimes: 280,000/520,000

25. GOLDEN AGES (page 102-103)

Exercise 6

an explosion of creativity/a)

outstanding/c)

in a period of transition/b)

a golden age/a)

undergoing dramatic changes/b)

masterful/c)

the birth of …/d)

living through major changes/b)

breathtaking/c)

a frenzy of creativity/a)

a creative flowering/a)

… was born/d

In a state of flux/b)

a burst of literacy activity/a)

being revolutionized/b)

magnificent/c)

was the cradle of …d)

sculpture and painting flourished/a)

was emerging/d)

bursting with new ideas/b)

Exercise 7

1.     golden age

2.   undertaken

3.   drawn

4.   technical

5.    insatiable

6.   undergoing dramatic

7.    social

8.   made

9.   showing off

10.                      played

11.frenzy/explosion

12.                       flourished

26. CONSUMER SOCIETY (page 104-105)

Exercise 2

global trade; crime and violence; drugs

Exercise 5

1.     e

2.   e

3.   a,b,c

4.   d

Exercise 6

1.     Lucy

2.   Grant

3.   Grant

4.   Grant

5.    Grant

Exercise 7

1.     started

2.   ‘d (would) stop

3.   didn’t mention

4.   give up

5.    give up

6.   be

Exercise 8

1.     would

2.   better

3.   insists

4.   ought

5.    had

6.   time

7.    rather

8.   suggest

Exercise 9

1.     ‘d (had) better change

2.   rather you didn’t play

3.   insist that the committee manages

4.   I were you, I’d study

5.    time he started looking

6.   demanded that she wear

7.    ‘d rather you dressed

8.   had better see

27. Utopia (page 106-107)

Exercise 2

1.     none

2.   go to lectures or play interesting games like chess

3.   (students’ own answers)

4.   be made into slaves

Exercise 4

1.     The Broadway – a street

2.   Rotherdam – a town in Yorkshire

3.   Number 23 – a bus

4.   season ticket – a bus or train pass for a certain amount of time

5.    Jaguar – an expensive make of British car

6.   EastEnders – a popular British soap opera

7.    London Eye – a fairground wheel on the River Thames in Westminster, London

8.   Scunthorpe – a town on Humberside

9.   The Barbican/the South Bank – centres in London with theatres, cinemas and concert halls

10.    The Ministry of Sound – a club in London

11.scones – a kind of cake/bread served with butter and sometimes with jam and cream

Exercise 5

1.     It’d be a good idea if

2.   There could be

3.   What about

4.   It’s about time

5.    They should

6.   what would be really great is if

7.    What we need

8.   I’d charge

9.   Why don’ they

10.    It’d be good if they spent

11.They ought to

12.     It’s time

13.     I wish they’d

14.     Let’s

Exercise 6

1.     S

2.   T

3.   T

4.   S

5.    S

6.   T

7.    S

8.   T

Exercise 10

1.     clean/do

2.   set/brighten/dressing/take

3.   held/turned/was making

4.   going/have given/picks

Communication workshop (page 108-110)

Writing: A Discursive Essay (2)

Exercise 4

1.     as a result of

2.   so that

3.   So much

4.   in order to

5.    just because

6.   due to

7.    Consequently

LISTENING

Exercise 2

1.     father

2.   father

3.   father

4.   father

5.    father

6.   son

7.    son

8.   son

9.   father

10.    father

11.father

12.     father

13.     son

14.     son

SPEAKING

Exercise 3

making a shelter; finding water

Exercise 4

1.     b

2.   c

3.   h

4.   f

5.    g

6.   e

7.    a

8.   d

Exercise 5

2   4   5   9