UPSTREAM - INTERMEDIATE - WORKBOOK - UNIT 4

Rezolvarea exercitiilor din CAIETUL DE LUCRU de limba engleza pentru clasa VIII intitulat UPSTREAM INTERMEDIATE B2 – Workbook, Editura Express Publishing, Autori Virginia Evans si Jenny Dooley, Editia 2002

UNIT 4: EARTH IS DEARER THAN GOLD

1.

1. global warming
2. ozone layer
3. energy crisis
4. acid rain
5. solar power
6. oil spills
7. endangered species
8. fossil fuels

2.

1. D
2. A
3. C
4. B

3.

1. store
2. power
3. supply; demand
4. alternative
5. turbines; grazing
6. plants; surrounding
7. renewable; sky

5.

1. b
2. c
3. a
4. a
5. b
6. c

6.

1. take the bull by the horns
2. take my hat off to
3. lose heart
4. had butterflies in her stomach
5. the lion’s share

7.

grateful to

guilty of

hopeless at

in need of

contribute to

provide sb with

capable of

protect sth/sb from

10.

1. B
2. C
3. D
4. B
5. C
6. A
7. D

11.

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

12.

1. d
2. f
3. a
4. g
5. b
6. c
7. e

13.a.

1. is anything the matter
2. You are, as a matter of fact.
3. Oh, I am sorry.
4. Sorry to have been a nuisance.

14.a.

1. have decided
2. used to
3. asked
4. checking
5. have
6. helps

16.

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

GRAMMAR IN USE – UNIT 4

1.

1. to learn
2. learning
3. to buy
4. to solve
5. cooking
6. buying
7. to decorate
8. going
9. telling
10. provide

2.

1. for me to finish this work today
2. that CD for us to listen to
3. for everyone to do
4. for Kevin to drive so quickly
5. for Tina to call me

3.

1. watching
2. to go
3. meeting
4. to lock
5. leaving
6. to inform
7. visiting
8. to call
9. working
10. to fix

7.

1. bright – brighter – the brightest
2. tall – taller – the tallest
3. expensive – more expensive – the most expensive
4. easy – easier – the easiest
5. interesting – more interesting – the most interesting
6. simple – simpler – the simplest
7. late – later – the latest
8. good – better – the best
9. big – bigger –the biggest
10. bad – worse – the worst

8.

1. hottest
2. cheaper
3. longer than
4. better
5. the most intelligent
6. the busiest
7. younger
8. farther
9. the most interesting
10. the earliest

9.

1. Maths; the most difficult
2. the most frightening; the shark
3. the best; in Jamaica
4. healthier; fast food
5. being a pilot is a more interesting; being an accountant
6. is the funniest
7. pollution is the biggest
8. is more expensive; silver
9. John is the happiest
10. cheetahs are faster

11.

1. quite
2. rather
3. rather
4. quite
5. quite
6. rather
7. quite
8. pretty

12.

1. too
2. enough
3. too
4. enough
5. too
6. enough

13.

1. for
2. more
3. too
4. to
5. to
6. most
7. will
8. as
9. very
10. more

14.

1. boots are too expensive for
2. help being lazy
3. forget to call
4. looking forward to meeting
5. hate to live in
6. doesn’t feel like going
7. make me do
8. is the worst
9. without remembering my first trip
10. enough cake for
11. had difficulty persuading
12. the same age as

15.

1. simplify
2. shorten
3. modernize
4. purify
5. enlarge
6. widen

16.

1. made
2. of
3. as
4. over
5. to
6. such
7. by
8. be
9. as
10. less
11. from
12. how
13. is
14. out
15. up

17.

1. D
2. A
3. C
4. B
5. A
6. C
7. D
8. B
9. A
10. C
11. C
12. B
13. D
14. A
15. A

18.

1. B
2. C
3. B
4. A
5. C
6. C
7. D
8. B
9. A
10. C
11. C
12. B
13. D
14. C
15. C
16. A
17. C
18. D
19. C
20. A

19.

1. has
2. hear
3. been
4. too
5. whether/if
6. bit
7. as
8. far
9. more
10. many
11. more
12. than
13. enough
14. all
15. used
16. have
17. was
18. case
19. did
20. even