HIGH FLYER - UPPER INTERMEDIATE - STUDENTS' BOOK - UNIT 24

Rezolvarea exercitiilor de la  UNIT 24 din manualul de limba engleza pentru clasa a VIII-a intitulat HIGH FLYER - UPPER INTERMEDIATE, Students’ Book, Editura Longman, Autori Ana Acevedo si Marisol Gower, Editia 1999

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UNIT 24 REVISION

GRAMMAR SUMMARY

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Ex.1 / page 98

b) James Bond and Mata Hari were both spies.

c) Spies follow people, they travel a lot, some use different names, some spy on factories, some buy information, etc.

READING

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Ex.2 (Unit 21, page 86, Reading skills box)

By reading the sub-titles and skimming the text students will be able to answer the questions easily and quickly: emphasise the fact that it is not a good idea to read the whole text in detail.

1.      cats and otters (not dogs, seals or dolphins, which are still being trained to spy according to the text).

2.    invisible ink, radio, microfilm and computers; oldest methods: invisible ink; newest method: computers. This final answer is not made explicit in the text. Students must make this assumption.

HIGH FLYER - UPPER INTERMEDIATE - STUDENTS' BOOK - UNIT 23

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UNIT 23 LET’S KEEP TALKING

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Ex.1 / page 94

(reasons mentioned in the text): international communication between ordinary individuals, understanding computer data, surfing the Internet, international communication between pilots, air-traffic controllers and the police, foreign holidays, listening to pop music, attending the World University

HIGH FLYER - UPPER INTERMEDIATE - STUDENTS' BOOK - UNIT 22

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UNIT 22 LAND OF THE BRAVE?

VOCABULARY

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Ex.1 / page 90

2. selfish

3. cautious

4. selfless

5. brave

6. cowardly

7. foolhardy

8. quick-witted

HIGH FLYER - UPPER INTERMEDIATE - STUDENTS' BOOK - UNIT 21

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UNIT 21 BEHIND THE SCENES

READING

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Ex.2 / page 86

Robin, the Batcar, the Batwing, The Joker

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Ex.3 / page 86

1 F  2 T  3 F   4 F  5 T  6 T

HIGH FLYER - UPPER INTERMEDIATE - STUDENTS' BOOK - UNIT 20

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UNIT 20 YOUNG PEOPLE IN THE NEWS

LEAD IN

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Ex.1 / page 82

Peter ran away to Malaysia but he’s back home now.

HIGH FLYER - UPPER INTERMEDIATE - STUDENTS' BOOK - UNIT 19

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UNIT 19 HOW WAS IT DONE?

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Ex.1 / page 78

1 Walkmans 2, 3, 4 open questions

READING

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Ex.2 / page 78

Akio Morita, chief executive of Sony, wanted to listen to music while he played golf: he thought of a machine that was easy to carry around and which had good sound. (ls. 1-7)

HIGH FLYER - UPPER INTERMEDIATE - STUDENTS' BOOK - UNIT 18

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UNIT 18 REVISION

READING

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Ex.1 (Unit 13, page 54, Reading skills box)

1.      ‘sympathetically written’, ‘extraordinarily interesting’, ‘brilliantly told’, ‘wonderful book’, ‘I want to read it again’

2.    In the Daily Mail, Observer and Daily Herald newspapers

3.    (suggested answer after reading the main review) The experiences and impressions of a woman in World War II London after she came out of a religious community where she had been for twenty-eight years. She was shocked to find a changed world and a changed language.

HIGH FLYER - UPPER INTERMEDIATE - STUDENTS' BOOK - UNIT 17

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UNIT 17 IN THE DEAD OF THE NIGHT

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Ex.1 / page 70

1.      snore

2.    sleep walk

3.    have a nightmare

4.    insomnia

5.     dream

HIGH FLYER - UPPER INTERMEDIATE - STUDENTS' BOOK - UNIT 16

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UNIT 16 DREAMS AND WORRIES

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Ex.2 / page 66

1.      Aurora Davies

2.    Ariadne Matthews

HIGH FLYER - UPPER INTERMEDIATE - STUDENTS' BOOK - UNIT 15

Rezolvarea exercitiilor de la  UNIT 15 din manualul de limba engleza pentru clasa a VIII-a intitulat HIGH FLYER - UPPER INTERMEDIATE, Students’ Book, Editura Longman, Autori Ana Acevedo si Marisol Gower, Editia 1999

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UNIT 15 A SLICE OF LIFE

WORD WATCH

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Ex.2 / page 62

WEIGHT: skinny, thin, slim, plump, heavy, overweight, fat

HEIGHT: high, tall, low, short

WIDTH: wide, narrow

OVERALL SIZE: big, large, little, small

HIGH FLYER - UPPER INTERMEDIATE - STUDENTS' BOOK - UNIT 14

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UNIT 14 JUST THE JOB

LISTENING

High Flyer – Upper Intermediate

Ex.2 / page 58

1.      newsreader: watched, millions, good voice, reading

2.    dentist: other people’s mouths, teeth

3.    archeologist: different places, work outside, discover, ruins, reconstruct, old civilizations

4.    photographer: photo, clicking, camera, picture, portrait, model

5.     teacher: taught, children, learn, curious

6.    artist: paintings, art colleges, creative, canvas, paints, brushes

HIGH FLYER - UPPER INTERMEDIATE - STUDENTS' BOOK - UNIT 13

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UNIT 13 WHAT’S ON THE BOX?

High Flyer – Upper Intermediate

Ex.2 / page 54

1.      cop (police officer)

2.    1928

3.    how plants survive

4.    in an inner city school (a lot of inner city schools in Britain and the United States are notorious because the pupils are particularly difficult)

5.     From 6 to 7.15 (Neighbours is an Australian soap opera featuring a group of people who live in the same street. It has been very popular in Britain for a number of years.)

6.    Because it is the final of this year’s series.

HIGH FLYER - UPPER INTERMEDIATE - STUDENTS' BOOK - UNIT 12

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UNIT 12 REVISION

High Flyer – Upper Intermediate

Ex.4 (Unit 9, page 40-41, Grammar boxes)

… of the Football Association … to do an article on him … we wrote up the article… I do an interview … the only news agency … briefs the children … affects – kids … about the Express … on a story … can buy – lottery tickets … on – daily events … ‘The agency is …’

HIGH FLYER - UPPER INTERMEDIATE - STUDENTS' BOOK - UNIT 11

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UNIT 11 ROCKING ‘N’ ROLLING

READING

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Ex.2 / page 46

videos, sound equipment, a large crowd, a good atmosphere (given the equipment, videos)

HIGH FLYER - UPPER INTERMEDIATE - STUDENTS' BOOK - UNIT 10

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UNIT 10 MYTHS AND LEGENDS

High Flyer – Upper Intermediate

Ex.1 / page 42

Myths and legends, 4; the British Isles, 1; the phases of the moon, 4 (moon); Zulus, 5; the sea, 5; the solar system, 5

HIGH FLYER - UPPER INTERMEDIATE - STUDENTS' BOOK - UNIT 9

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UNIT 9 HOME AND AWAY

High Flyer – Upper Intermediate

Ex.1 / page 38

1.      pollution

2.    endangered

3.    botanist

4.    wildlife

5.     scenery

6.    conservation

7.     rain forest

Title word: ecology

HIGH FLYER - UPPER INTERMEDIATE - STUDENTS' BOOK - UNIT 8

Rezolvarea exercitiilor de la  UNIT 8 din manualul de limba engleza pentru clasa a VIII-a intitulat HIGH FLYER - UPPER INTERMEDIATE, Students’ Book, Editura Longman, Autori Ana Acevedo si Marisol Gower, Editia 1999

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UNIT 8 PUZZLING PUZZLES

READING

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Ex.2 / page 34

1 e  2 c  3 a   4 d  5 b

HIGH FLYER - UPPER INTERMEDIATE - STUDENTS' BOOK - UNIT 7

Rezolvarea exercitiilor de la  UNIT 7 din manualul de limba engleza pentru clasa a VIII-a intitulat HIGH FLYER - UPPER INTERMEDIATE, Students’ Book, Editura Longman, Autori Ana Acevedo si Marisol Gower, Editia 1999

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UNIT 7 DON’T JUDGE A BOOK BY ITS COVER

READING

High Flyer – Upper Intermediate

Ex.2 / page 30

1.      Longest book: Jane Eyre; Shortest Book: Bicycle Repair Manual

2.    Fictional: Goosebumps – You Can’t Scare Me (‘evil mud creatures’ likely to be fictional); Jane Eyre (‘Penguin Popular Classics’, background knowledge); I Was A Teenage Worrier (‘written’ by Letty Chubb, but the author is Ros Asquith); Factual: 101 Magic Tricks, Bicycle Repair Manual; The Puffin Book Heroic Failures (‘hilarious true stories’)

3.    The Puffin Book Heroic Failures

HIGH FLYER - UPPER INTERMEDIATE - STUDENTS' BOOK - UNIT 6

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UNIT 6 REVISION

READING

High Flyer – Upper Intermediate

Ex.1 (Unit 1, page 6, Reading skills box)

a). It’s probably going to be serious and rather formal. We can tell from: 1 the choice of vocabulary in the introductory paragraph e.g. ‘forge’ and ‘bond’; 2 the style of the paragraph (no quotations or anecdotes).

b). elephants, India, the relationship between people and elephants, an elephant tamer called Parbati Barua

HIGH FLYER - UPPER INTERMEDIATE - STUDENTS' BOOK - UNIT 5

Rezolvarea exercitiilor de la  UNIT 5 din manualul de limba engleza pentru clasa a VIII-a intitulat HIGH FLYER - UPPER INTERMEDIATE, Students’ Book, Editura Longman, Autori Ana Acevedo si Marisol Gower, Editia 1999

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UNIT 5 PARENTS IN THE CLASSROOM

READING

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Ex.2/ page 22

1. skills for adolescence
2. listening, participating, shifting in their seats