OPPORTUNITIES - UPPER INTERMEDIATE - LITERATURE SPOTS

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

LITERATURE SPOT 1

Exercise 1

1. (born in Scotland)  France  Belgium   USA (California)  England  Samoa

2. because the weather was good for his health

3. personal struggle between good and evil – scientific experimentation can achieve almost anything but needs to be done with great care

Exercise 2

1.     T

2.   F

3.   T

4.   F

5.    T

6.   F

7.    T

8.   T

OPPORTUNITIES - UPPER INTERMEDIATE - MODULE 10

Rezolvarea exercitiilor de la MODULE 10 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 1o: CONFLICT

28. WAR MEMORIES (page 112-113)

Exercise 3

A.   Village Nightmare

B.   No More Fighting

C.   A Brave Patient

D.  Feeling Helpless

Exercise 4

1.     c

2.   e

3.   b

4.   a

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

OPPORTUNITIES - UPPER INTERMEDIATE - MODULE 8

Rezolvarea exercitiilor de la MODULE 8 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 8: GLOBAL ISSUES

Warm-up (page 87)

Exercise 1

deforestation 1/2/4

the destruction of habitats 1/2/5

endangered species ½

the exploitation of women 3

famine 4/5/7/8

flooding 4/6/7/8/9

global warming 6/9

the greenhouse effect 4/6/9

malnutrition 5/7/8

natural disasters 4/7/8

overpopulation 5/7/8

poverty 3/5/7/8

OPPORTUNITIES - UPPER INTERMEDIATE - MODULE 7

Rezolvarea exercitiilor de la MODULE 7 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 7: JOURNEYS

Warm-up (page 77)

Exercise 1

1.     The Serengeti

2.   Hong Kong

3.   The Taj Mahal

Exercise 2

1. Giza Pyramids    The Sahara (Desert)

2. New York    The Grand Canyon   London   San Francisco

3. The Taj Mahal in India   The Acropolis in Athens   Istanbul

4. Machu Picchu   The Amazon (rainforest)   Rio (de Janeiro)

Exercise 3

a/3    c/4   d/1   e/2

OPPORTUNITIES - UPPER INTERMEDIATE - MODULE 6

Rezolvarea exercitiilor de la MODULE 6 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 6: SOFT MACHINE

Warm-up (page 63)

Exercise 1

1.     brain

2.   lungs

3.   heart

4.   liver

5.    stomach

6.   kidney

Exercise 2

1.     brain

2.   heart

3.   lungs

4.   eye

5.    liver

OPPORTUNITIES - UPPER INTERMEDIATE - MODULE 5

Rezolvarea exercitiilor de la MODULE 5 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 5: NEW FRONTIERS

Warm-up (page 53)

Exercise 1

1.     astronomy/cosmology

2.   physics

3.   biology

4.   information technology

5.    biology

Exercise 2

Biology: antibiotics, bacteria, DNA molecule, gene, human genome, microscope

Information technology: artificial intelligence, data processing, microchip, online, search engine

Physics: atom, electric current, energy, equation, gravity, mass, radioactivity

Astronomy/cosmology: black hole, deep space, galaxy, light year, radio telescope, solar system

OPPORTUNITIES - UPPER INTERMEDIATE - MODULE 4

Rezolvarea exercitiilor de la MODULE 4 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 4: BEAUTY

Warm-up (page 39)

Exercise 1

1.     A

2.   B

3.   C

Exercise 2

MEN: handsome, good-looking, attractive, gorgeous, brilliant

WOMEN: attractive, gorgeous, glamorous, pretty, striking, elegant, stunning, beautiful, brilliant

PLACES: magnificent, picturesque, scenic, lovely, breathtaking, brilliant

OBJECTS: magnificent, lovely, impressive, powerful, lovely, perfect, beautiful, a real masterpiece, brilliant, a thing of great beauty

MOVEMENT: graceful, elegant, effortless, brilliant

‘beautiful’ and ‘pretty’ are not normally used with ‘men’

OPPORTUNITIES - UPPER INTERMEDIATE - MODULE 3

Rezolvarea exercitiilor de la MODULE 3 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 3: STYLE

Warm-up (page 29)

Exercise 1

A.   Eating out in style

B.   The latest style on the catwalk

C.   A room in surrealist style by Salvador Dali

D.  An unconventional hairstyle

Exercise 2

Speaker 1/C

Speaker 2/B

Speaker 3/A

Speaker 4/D

OPPORTUNITIES - UPPER INTERMEDIATE - MODULE 2

Rezolvarea exercitiilor de la MODULE 2 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 2: LAUGHTER

Warm-up (page 15)

Exercise 2

1.     burst out laughing

2.   cackle

3.   chuckle

4.   fall about laughing

5.    giggle

Exercise 3

1.     c

2.   d

3.   a

4.   b

OPPORTUNITIES - UPPER INTERMEDIATE - MODULE 1

Rezolvarea exercitiilor de la MODULE 1 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 1: IDENTITY

Warm-up (page 5)

Exercise 1

1. a team mate

2. Seb’s mother

3. Seb’s girlfriend

4. a closer friend

5. a teacher

Exercise 2

reckless, kind, moody, impatient (with machines), outgoing, popular, easy-going, (not) romantic, chatty, sociable, shy, competitive, likeable, careless, (not very) hard-working

Good: kind, outgoing, popular, easy-going, chatty, sociable, competitive, cheerful, likeable

Bad: reckless, moody, impatient, not romantic, shy, careless

not hard-working