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1 A law forcing students to stay in school until 18 would benefit the poorest children.
2 New technology has an important place in the modern classroom.
3 Keeping unhappy students in the classroom causes problems.
4 Teaching through open discussion has a long and successful history.
5 Alternatives to academic lessons for older teenagers are needed.
6 Students who repeatedly misbehave in class need to be removed.
A This approach is rarely popular with parents. Also some governments have a legal
responsibility to offer the child some kind of education, and providing schooling for
individual children outside the main schools can be very expensive. However, a
young person who cannot follow rules stops the education of others, and can,
possibly, become a danger to those who are keen to work.
B Some of these students may not know anyone who has had a good education,
and therefore may not understand the positive effect of continuing in education as
long as possible. Some may be under pressure from home to enter the world of work
and start making money from a young age, even if the money they earn is very little.
Once they have had time to think, older teenagers may realise that it is better for
their long-term future to try to get financial help to go to university.
C There are many reasons for this. When thinkers from ancient Greece introduced
the teaching style of asking learners questions and listening to their responses,
people learnt to think for themselves. Independent thinking is true intelligence. Many
students today think they already know all the right questions, and just want simple,
one-minute answers, which does not encourage thinking.
E A teacher may have spent hours preparing lessons for the week, with clear goals
in mind. However, the second part of their job is also to manage the students in the
classroom, and if a student is preventing the others from working, it is the teacher’s
job to stop teaching and sort out the problem. The lesson does not get taught
properly and the other 29 students in class receive a lower standard of education.
F It has been clearly shown that people do their best work at different times of the
day, and computers, and particularly mobile technology, make the lessons available
24 hours a day. It has also been shown that young people today prefer to access
knowledge through videos, rather than text books. It would be wrong to ignore these
preferences when it is quite easy to include them in any lesson.
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Honey farms in north-east France were United States traffic police pulled
surprised when their honey started Batman over when he was driving
turning blue and green. Although flowers down the street because his
come in many colours, honey is usually Batmobile failed to show the correct
colourless. After some investigation, the number plate. Batman, in reality a
farm owners realised that the bees were local businessman who regularly visits
visiting a nearby factory which had just sick children in full Batman clothes
won a contract with a company making and car, was stopped on his way to
coloured chocolate sweets to get rid of one of the nearby hospitals.
their waste, and the bees were eating the Thankfully, the law was on Batman’s
bright food colouring they left outside. side and they let him continue his
journey.
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A big black bug bit a big black dog on his big black nose.
I can think of six thin things, but I can’t think of six thick things, too.
A big black bug bit a big black dog on his big black nose.
I can think of six thin things, but I can’t think of six thick things, too.
1 … scientists create an
2 … humans are able to 3 … islands start to
injection which allows you to
travel to Mars? disappear under the sea?
live without breathing?
1 … scientists create an
2 … humans are able to 3 … islands start to
injection which allows you to
travel to Mars? disappear under the sea?
live without breathing?
Thomas Edison was when he had the idea to which failed, but was later
working in a telegraph create an electronic voice used by shops to record
office recorder, the stock they had.
John Logie Baird was when he realised he which allowed for the
working on putting could show a moving development of
images on clear glass human face, television.
Thomas Edison was when he had the idea to which failed, but was later
working in a telegraph create an electronic voice used by shops to record
office recorder, the stock they had.
John Logie Baird was when he realised he which allowed for the
working on putting could show a moving development of
images on clear glass human face, television.
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1 The sound of people eating with their mouth open annoy many
people.
5 Anyone bringing along a baby will know that the sound of a baby
crying is impossible to ignore.
C Along same lines, the noise of trains braking upsets many people
who live near railway stations.
D This probably explanes why many children cover their ears when they
hear a fight.
F More people were disgust by the noise of bodily functions than any
other.
Alex Barron (UK) holds the The average person can only
record for the most juggled balls, manage 3 or 4.
juggling 11 balls for 23 catches.
How is the letter a pronounced in these sentences? Complete the chart with
the words in the box.
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to measure the Few children are moving into empty Most people are
global population. comfortable with buildings. prepared
playing in their Scientists are not sending people to Many people are
early months. keen on Mars next year. annoyed by
1 NASA spent a million dollars developing a pen that would write in space.
The Russians decided to use a pencil.
2 Einstein failed maths while he was at school.
3 A conversation recorded at sea:
American captain: This is the ship USS Lincoln. Please change your
direction by 15 degrees to avoid a crash.
Canadian radio operator: Negative. I’m afraid that is impossible.
Please change YOUR direction by 15 degrees.
American captain: This is the captain speaking. I repeat. YOU need to
change your direction.
Canadian radio operator: I’m afraid that is not possible. I say again,
YOU change.
American captain: This is the USS Lincoln, the second largest ship in
the US navy in the Atlantic. I have three destroyer ships, three battle
ships and several more support ships, and I will take the necessary
action to ensure the safety of these ships. CHANGE!
Canadian radio operator: Okay, but this is a lighthouse and we’re
located on the shore. But it’s your decision.
4 People swallow eight spiders in their sleep over their lifetime.
5 If you put a tooth in a glass of cola overnight, it will disappear completely
by morning.
6 There are crocodiles living in the water pipes underneath Florida. They
were kept as pets when they were young, then put down the toilet when
they became too big.
7 If more than ten thousand people list their religion as ‘Jedi’ on the US
census forms, by law, the government will have to recognise it as an
official religion.
8 You’re never more than three metres from a rat.
Identify the incorrect words in the text and replace them with the words below.
A smell of vinegar filled the air in the science laboratory and the light in the room
changed red. The mouse sat in the corner of its cage, quick stopped eating and looked
up. These were the warning signs. It ran to the safe of the black cardboard box, where
the danger couldn’t hurt it. The mouse reminded that these changes in the environment
meant which pain was about to follow. These signs always came before the electric
shocks.
Except that wasn’t true. The mouse had never been given electric shocks before in its
life. The memory was, in fact, not real.
Scientists at MIT had used genetic techniques to plant the memory in the mouse’s
brain before it was birth. They programmed the red light to set off the afraid part of the
brain. Whenever the animal saw the red light, or recognised the smell of vinegar, it felt
terrified, even there was nothing in its experience to explain why.
False memories are nothing new in science, and people have always been easily
persuaded to believe something happened when it didn’t. But creating them genetically
is very new. While sciences have no wants to use the technique on humans, they do
hope the experiments with false memories will help them to understand mental illness.
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Several years ago in London, a young In Sweden, two bank robbers spent a
trainee was giving a demonstration to whole weekend inside a bank. They
visiting businessmen of how live GPS planned to put the money in bags over
tracking worked on mobile phones. One the weekend, and walk out the door
of his colleagues was out cycling round when it opened again on the Monday.
the city, while the men in the office They took water and chocolate with
followed his movements. Suddenly, a them so they wouldn’t get hungry.
thief stole the phone they were tracking. Unfortunately, they accidently left
Clients were impressed when the man behind their DNA. One of them had
was caught and the phone was been using the corner of the bank as a
returned by police in less than an hour. toilet all weekend, and was quickly
After that, it was easy to sell the caught by police.
technology.
This essay will argue that other solutions to the costs of rescues
need to be found.
There are many activities which put people in danger every day,
and extreme sports are not necessarily more dangerous.
Driving cars, eating a poor diet, smoking and taking no exercise are
all examples of activities which are likely to cause illness or
accidents.
For this reason, there should be clear guidelines on just how much
rescuers are expected to do.
Although there will be times when the public feels that emergency
services have not done enough, if they work to rules there will be
less pressure on men and women to take unnecessary risks.
You sell a pill that has to be taken every day, but can stop hair from
turning grey or falling out, although it might give people taking the pill
headaches.
You sell a laser treatment system that removes fine lines from the skin
and clears up acne. It’s designed to be used at home by people with
no medical skills.
You sell a machine that allows people to make their own top brand
perfume at home. They can download recipes and instructions for top
brands from the internet and then programme it into the machine.
You sell a pill that has to be taken every day, but can stop hair from
turning grey or falling out, although it might give people taking the pill
headaches.
You sell a laser treatment system that removes fine lines from the skin
and clears up acne. It’s designed to be used at home by people with
no medical skills.
You sell a machine that allows people to make their own top brand
perfume at home. They can download recipes and instructions for top
brands from the internet and then programme it into the machine.
a sport you enjoyed a competition you a sport you enjoy a time when you lost
at school won watching a competition
a sports facility near an activity a robot a toy you played with an important sporting
your house couldn’t do as a child moment
an autobiography a skill you’d like to a place you’d rather a medicine you’d like
you’d like to read have be now to invent
a dream you think a person you’d like to a time when you a lesson you’ll never
you’ll fulfil one day go on holiday with were truly happy forget
a sport you enjoyed a competition you a sport you enjoy a time when you lost
at school won watching a competition
a sports facility near an activity a robot a toy you played with an important sporting
your house couldn’t do as a child moment
an autobiography a skill you’d like to a place you’d rather a medicine you’d like
you’d like to read have be now to invent
a dream you think a person you’d like to a time when you a lesson you’ll never
you’ll fulfil one day go on holiday with were truly happy forget
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There are plenty of companies that can help you to sell yourself. Tony Sparks
makes money from helping people to improve their physical image online.
He’ll remove any skin imperfections, make you look younger, slimmer,
whatever you want. ……………… , he said.
But surely people would be able to tell? Apparently not. ……………… argued
Tony, and he makes a good point.
Although many might have a problem with what Tony does for a living, Tony’s
satisfied. Just as we’re about to leave, he asked ……………… . It seems he
can even sell his own ideas.
Student 2
How much do you think about your own image? Are you fun, serious or
responsible? There are companies online that will help you sell yourself.
……………… , argued Mike Stansford, who offers advice on presenting
yourself online. And the words you choose seem to be important. Mike pointed
out that ……………… . Individuals need to ask themselves important
questions. ……………… in a lot of your online posts, you are less likely to be
successful in all areas of life.
1 Complete the sentences with one of the 2 Complete each sentence with a word that
words below. expresses speculation.
broad highly widespread A Dictionaries be helpful for learners.
A There was belief in the product. B There be life on nearby planets.
B The man was motivated. C There be new life under the oceans.
C There was a range of phones.
3 Put the words in bold into their correct form 4 Correct the mistakes in each of these
in the sentences. sentences.
A Many people believe in equal for all. A There was an increase of solar energy.
B They will need to evaluation the problem. B The number of cars decrease sharply.
C Having a car is a defined plus. C There was significant fall in sales.
5 Change the words in bold into a noun or 6 Complete these sentences with an appropriate
noun phrase. linker.
A Consume will have more choice. A it was late, the researchers stayed.
B Price promote rarely work long term. B of global warming, new farming methods
C They need a full analyse of the market. will need to be found.
C pointing out the error, they did nothing.
7 Rearrange the letters of the words in bold 8 Complete each sentence with a word that
to make collocations. expresses probability.
A I don’t trust linoen shopping. A Phones are highly to evolve.
B He worked hard to omecvero the problem. B There’s little of a positive outcome.
C There was a dakmer contrast between the C There will not be a man on Mars soon.
cities.
9 Change the words in bold into a more 10 Put the words below in correct sentence
formal word. order.
A The results were right. (a … ) A a significant / between / gap / there is / the
B It was a bit unfair. (s … ) rich and poor
C Working together is important. (c … ) B are decreasing / who live / for those / in the
country / the figures
C positive solutions / to / we need / focus on
11 Complete the sentences with the words 12 Complete the sentences below with the
below. correct comparative form of high.
amount level number A Spending is twice today in 1990.
A The of spending has fallen. B An elephant is four times than him.
B The of time taken to travel is C Prices were only half in 1960.
increasing.
C The of cars has reached a peak.
B The figures are decreasing for those who live in the country.