READING &

LISTENING EXTRA
ADVANCED 6 6
ANSWER KEY 1 Don’t use slides. 1 Linda believes that there should be
2 Talk should be like a compelling story. more sites of natural beauty on the
UNIT 1 3 Use a gripping video. UK’s list of World Heritage Sites. Gary
4 Keep the length short. believes that the balance is right
2 5 Transmit emotion, relive the story as
you tell it.
and that it is natural that the list is
dominated by sites of cultural value.
1 via their profile picture and cover photo 2 Linda’s main argument is that the Lake
2 identities in the gaming world are 7 District means a lot to people, that
more about fantasy 1 only one its beautiful landscape is an excellent
2 brave
3 3 a barrier between the speaker and the
example of the perfect harmony
between man and nature.
1 incomplete 2 usually audience Gary’s main argument is that the Forth
3 don’t show their faces 4 childhood 4 opposites Bridge is a masterpiece, a unique feat
5 sometimes feel 6 more 5 depends of engineering and design which you
7 a form of escape 8 boring 6 shorter can’t find anywhere else.
4 8 7
1e 2a 3h 4c 5f 6g 7b 8d 1 It takes guts 1 False – She thinks that twenty-nine is
two verb/verb phrases that collocate with 2 a whole range of a lot.
‘an identity’: project, take on 3 to get your message across 2 True
4 vividly 3 True
6 5 gripping 4 False – He says that some parts of the
1c 2b 3a 6 rely on Lake District are not that beautiful.
7 cope with 5 False – She says that man’s intervention
7 8 in sync with is the key element, that man has made
1 True it more beautiful.
2 False – She says it was a ‘big mistake’. 9 6 True
3 False – He changes his profile photos 2 Possible answers: 7 False – She will still vote for the Lake
depending on his mood. the inclusion of humour, have a clear District.
4 True focused message, have a good rapport
5 False – only when she is happy with the public (be relaxed from the 8
6 True start), use pauses for effect and to give 1 aesthetic 2 landmark 3 harmony
you time to think, move around when 4 masterpiece 5 highlight 6 innovation
8 you’re speaking, etc. 7 heritage 8 milestone
1 solitary 2 enigmatic 3 insecure
4 upbeat 5 melancholic 6 confident
7 optimistic UNIT 3 UNIT 4

UNIT 2
2 1
1 a place of outstanding natural beauty/ Organic food: food grown without
cultural significance that is worthy of pesticides and chemical fertilizers
2 protection/preservation Fair trade products: food that has been
The writer would say points 3, 4 and to a 3 Places of natural beauty, cities and produced in developing countries but for
lesser extent, 6. monuments can all be World Heritage which local workers have been paid a fair
Sites. price
3 4 Italy has most World Heritage Sites. Farm-to-table restaurants: restaurants
1 True 5 Threats include mass tourism, which believe that the whole process
2 False – Information is easily accessible vandalism, climate change, pollution, of food production should be local –
but is ‘possibly inaccurate’. natural disasters, wars and conflicts, etc. harvesting, storage, processing, packaging,
3 True sales and consumption
4 False – ‘it is also delivered in ways that 3 Slow food: educational movement which
would have seemed inconceivable’ 1 unknown 2 natural beauty 3 surprised promotes local food that is in season and
5 False – ‘that many views of an academic 4 particularly in Africa 5 restricted warns about the risks affecting the food
talk on education surely is a fact worth 6 agrees industry, e.g. factory farms, processed
celebrating’ food, genetically modified foods, etc.
6 True 4A
7 False – ‘people attend conferences 1d 2e 3g 4a 5f 6b 7h 8c 3
more than ever before’ 1 surprising
4B 2 try to understand
4 2 Mass tourism 3 think organic food is better quality
2 a hermit 3 inaccurate 4 ephemeral 3 natural phenomenon 4 some places don’t maintain the correct
5 thought-provoking 6 craving 4 irreversible damage standards
7 to assimilate 8 inconceivable 5 cultural significance 5 teaches us about healthy eating
9 dumbed down 10 popping up 6 aesthetic value 6 are not commercial
7 tourist destination 7 which doesn’t have a perfect appearance
8 important factor 8 sensible

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1 leovers 2 convenience food 1 earthquake and tsunami in Chile: she
3 doggy bag 4 in season 5 foodies videoed it and sent the video to a TV 2
6 balanced diet 7 tuck into channel 1 Gross National Happiness is the Bhutan
8 factory farms 2 train driver’s strike: he took a photo and government’s way of measuring their
posted it online. It was later published progress as a country. Progress is
7 in a national newspaper. measured according to the people’s
(Sample answers) 3 an attack on a homeless man: she happiness and well-being rather than
1 Rachel believes that diet is important wrote a blog about it economic profit or productivity.
because: 1) our health is worsening 2 to do trekking, to visit monasteries/
as a result of poor diets, 2) this 7 markets/festivals, to take time out, to
means the health system is put under Melanie: 3, 4, 7 enjoy a different way of life
pressure because more people require Roger: 1, 8, 9 3 Relatively wealthy tourists, no
treatment. Patricia: 2, 5, 6 backpackers. Bhutan is unique
2 To help the situation: 1) labels can be because of its Buddhist culture and
placed on food warning of their risks 8 its sustainable development policies,
(like tobacco), 2) healthy food can be 1b 2a 3g 4c 5d 6e 7f including its attitude to tourism.
subsidised by the government Other collocations include: video story,
3 He believes that people should be video coverage, amateur footage, amateur 3
able to eat what they like and that the coverage, exclusive footage, exclusive 1c 2b 3a 4c 5a 6c
cost to society of unhealthy eating is coverage, biased photographer, biased
exaggerated. Plenty of people who eat footage, biased coverage, biased story, 4
well get ill. common attitudes, common story 1 haven 2 overlook 3 vision 4 illusion
5 cultivating 6 well-being
8 7 compassion 8 charm
1 doesn’t like fast food but UNIT 6
2 the ageing population 6
3 more information about food 2 Joe had a negative experience because
4 may have improved a little d 1) he felt sick due to the altitude, 2) it was
5 plenty of crowded
6 is the number one health issue 3 Helen had a positive experience because
7 similar to 1 Nearly 1) she had such a sense of freedom there,
8 thinks she a point but doesn’t agree 2 were once 2) she went to places that are rarely visited

9 3
4
only certain people
the norm 7
1 dictatorial 2 subsidise 3 epidemic 5 can be motivated by 1 False – Only Joe had health problems.
4 stretched 5 duty 6 self-esteem 6 doesn’t understand 2 True
7 policymaker 8 patronising 7 in some places 3 False – He says that the country is very
8 don’t have positive connotations popular and has become less exclusive.
4 True
UNIT 5 4 5 False – The weather was sometimes
1 passé 2 deciphered 3 backlash bad but that didn’t spoil her trip.
2 4 hold sway 5 edge 6 in the know 6 True
Sentences 2, 4 and 5 accurately describe
the term ‘citizen journalists’.
7 derives/is derived 8 stigma
8
6 1 strenuous 2 off the beaten track
3 Does he/she talk about What tattoo does 3 acclimatise 4 play it by ear 5 bliss
1 False – Breaking news is news that you tattoos with reference he/she have or would 6 cleansing 7 packed
to the past, present or he/she like to have?
get the moment it happens. future?
8 pressed for time
2 True
Daniel past Maori design
3 False – Eye-witness reports frequently
come about by chance (‘you happen to
Linda 1
future star
2
UNIT 8
Richard 3
present dragon
4
be walking …’)
4 True Barbara 5

7
past
present
feather
6

heart and name

8
2
Kurt
5 False – The article says that many 3
Tracy 9
future cutting-edge design
10
well-known people use social media.
6 False – The writer says that there is 3
room for both professional and citizen 7 1 feel more under pressure 2 no longer
journalists. 1 c, e 2 h, l 3 a, f 4 b, i 5 g, k 6 d, j 3 understand quite well 4 quickly
5 bored 6 deeply personal
4 8
1b 2a 3c 4e 5f 6d 1 had a yearning 2 frowned upon 4
3 peer pressure 4 surpassed 1 immerse myself 2 distinguish
5 meaningful 6 have taken off 3 stroking/to stroke 4 exacerbates
7 pluck up the courage 8 cutting-edge 5 blurs 6 tend 7 pinpoints 8 distort

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6 UNIT 10

Lucy
Context
Taking a long time to get
Times goes
slowly
2
off a plane Bolivia: difficulty: very narrow and steep,
no barriers, bad weather
watching Radiohead/ quickly
Christian
favourite band live in direction: downhill
concert scenery: great variety of landscapes,
Rachel exercise/running both
mountains and tropical green forests
Italy: difficulty: lots of bends, technically
Boris being stuck in the house slowly
difficult to drive
Kathryn spending time at the quickly direction: uphill
beach scenery: snowy mountains and valleys
North Africa: difficulty: length and fragile
7 state of road, bad weather
1 b, h 2 c, j 3 d, f 4 a, g 5 e, i direction: largely flat (neither uphill or
downhill)
8 scenery: desert landscape
1 restless 2 exhaustion 3 treasure
4 drags on 5 exhilarated 6 lose track 3
7 housebound 8 potter 1 b, g, i 2 a, h, d 3 f, e, c

4
UNIT 9 1 perilous 2 hamper 3 breathtaking
4 zigzags 5 dates back 6 undertake
2 7 barren 8 reward
3
6
3 1 Sharon’s favourite is the Bolivia one.
1 True 2 The other road they talk about is one in
2 True the Carpathian mountains in Romania.
3 False – A lot of icons have been 3 Robert mentions that road because
criticised for favouring London. he says that a TV programme Top Gear
4 False – People like it but don’t interpret claimed it was the best road to drive
or understand it all. on in the world (not the Italian road
5 True mentioned).
6 False – They are also interested in
seeing people who actually stand for/ 7
represent something important. 1b 2c 3a 4a 5b 6c
7 True
8
4 1 hairpin bend 2 harrowing
1 object to 2 stand for 3 quintessential 3 blast 4 adrenalin rush
4 melting pot 5 bias 6 herald 5 appeal to somebody 6 nickname
7 canvass 8 purports 7 understatement 8 thrilling

6A
Favourite icon Year created
Glenda Barack Obama campaign 2009
poster
Peter Coca-Cola bottle 1915
Patricia I ♥ NY 1977

6B
They are all related to marketing and
advertising, they were all created to
transmit a message, they have all been
imitated.

7
1 e, g, h 2 a, d, f 3 c, i, b

8
1 recognisable 2 conveys
3 eye-catching 4 countless 5 close-up
6 visualise 7 capture 8 epitomise

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