LEVEL 3 Answer keys Teacher Support Programme New York Book key 14–17 Open answers EASYSTARTS 1 a financial 18 a the St. Patrick’s Day parade b department store b Neil Armstrong c immigrants c Guardian Angels d skyscrapers d F.A.O. Schwartz LEVEL 2 e museum e The Four Seasons 2 Open answers f The Guggenheim Museum g The Producers LEVEL 3 3 They are very proud of their city. 4 a 3 b 1 c 2 d 1 e 3 f 1 g 2 h 1 h Greenwich Village 5 a You can cross one of the bridges; you can drive 19 b The “Guardian Angels” make the subway safer. under the river; you can take a ferry. d The Met has more Egyptian art than any other LEVEL 4 b People don’t want the streets of the city to be too museum except the museum in Cairo. dark. e The Tavern on the Green restaurant is in Central c They had two towers of light in the place of the Park. LEVEL 5 World Trade Center buildings. 20–21 Open answers 6 Open answers 22 a Jennifer Lopez 7 a Native Americans / Algonquin Indians b rap music LEVEL 6 b France c Brooklyn c Officers there decided if new immigrants could d Martin Scorsese stay in the United States e NBC d 1 out of every 3 f California 8 a ✗ b ✓ c ✓ d ✗ e ✓ f ✗ g ✓ h ✗ g baseball i ✗ h Queens 9 a the island of Manhattan i 1945 b the Statue of Liberty j no country c Ellis Island 23–33 Open answers d SoHo Discussion activities key e Harlem 1 Possible list: 10 Open answers The Statue of Liberty, Broadway shows, New York 11 a “Tall Stories from the Big City” Marathon, September 11, Museums, etc. b “Getting Around” 2 Possible answers: c “The Green Apple” Skyscrapers, the Statue of Liberty, bridges, yellow d “The Brooklyn Bridge” taxis, etc. 12 a Manhattan 3–7 Open answers b 14 8 See page 10. c 11,000; 4,200 9–11 Open answers d Staten Island 12 Possible answers: e five I would like to go to Times Square because I see it on f alligator TV on New Year’s Eve. I want to go there by bus so g race that I can see the other things on the way there. 13 a They can walk, drive, or ride a bike on the bike I want to go up to the top of the Empire State path. Building because that’s the place where Meg Ryan b It can be noisy and dirty; tourists can’t see the city and Tom Hanks meet in Sleepless in Seattle. I would from the trains. like to take a yellow taxi. c The park was planned and built. 13 Open answers pearsonenglishreaders.com © Pearson Education Limited 2015 New York - Answer keys 1 of 3 LEVEL 3 Answer keys Teacher Support Programme New York 14 Possible answers: f How many questions did immigrants answer on EASYSTARTS I would like to take the subway. Ellis Island? I would like to walk as much as possible to see other g What are the immigration buildings on Ellis Island things on the streets. now? I want to see all the animals that are in the movie 4 a 2 b 4 c 1 d 3 LEVEL 2 Madagascar. 5 a ✗ 4 years > 14 years I want to go jogging like other New Yorkers. b ✓ 15 Possible answers: c ✗ is good for tourists > isn’t good for tourists LEVEL 3 I think it will be about the crime. because they can’t see the city There’s a phrase “The Big, Bad Wolf” from the stories d ✓ like Little Red Riding Hood and The Three Little Pigs. e ✗ 60 million > 600 million LEVEL 4 16 Open answers f ✓ 17 Suggested answers: g ✓ True: The Guardian Angels were helping to make the h ✗ all week > week day only because they can’t go LEVEL 5 subway safe. The number of all crimes in New York in on the weekend has fallen, but serious crime is going up. i ✗ everyone > only the people in the expensive Untrue: Alligators live under the streets of Manhattan. buildings around the park LEVEL 6 The Empire State Building is slowly going down into j ✓ the ground. 6 a 2 b 1 c 1 d 2 e 1 f 2 g 2 18 Open answers 7 a Many New Yorkers are Irish and St. Patrick’s Day 19 Possible list: on March 17 is an important day for the city. Movies: As Good As it Gets, Crocodile Dundee, The Day b There is a big parade through the center of After Tomorrow, The Interpreter, Madagascar, etc. Manhattan. TV programs: Friends, Seinfeld, Will and Grace, Sex and c On December 31 there is always a big crowd in the City, CSI: New York, etc. Times Square. 20–23 Open answers d Then a big shining glass ball drops as the New Year begins. Activity worksheets key e There have also been parades for other famous 1 a eight million people. b weather 8 a The price of a dress in an expensive store. c boroughs b There are more than 20,000 restaurants in the city. d Roosevelt c Works of art in the Metropolitan Museum of Art. e crime d Things to see in the American Museum of Natural f lakes History. g airports e The musical 42nd Street was played 4,000 times. 2 a 3 1933 9 a 7 b 4 c 8 d 5 e 3 f 1 g 2 h 6 b 4 1973 10 a 1945 c 1 1902 b 189 d 5 2001 c the east side on Manhattan, on the East River e 2 1928–30 d No, it is international. 3 Possible answers: e south of the Island in lower Manhattan a What does “Manna Hatta” mean? f It is one of the business centers of the world. b What did Peter Minuit pay for Manhattan Island? g They work hard and make a lot of money. A few c Why did Americans fight the British in 1776? of them think they own the world. d Where was the Statue of Liberty made? h Oliver Stone e How many immigrants came through Ellis Island between 1892 and 1954? pearsonenglishreaders.com © Pearson Education Limited 2015 New York - Answer keys 2 of 3 LEVEL 3 Answer keys Teacher Support Programme New York 11 a 42nd Street d immigrants EASYSTARTS b Central Park e alligators c 5th Avenue f mayor d 57th Street g museum e Central Park 4 a MTV LEVEL 2 f 5th Avenue b Robert De Niro g 5th Avenue c New York d six LEVEL 3 Progress test key e baseball 1 a 3 b 2 c 1 d 1 e 2 5 a the Chrysler Building, the Empire State Building, the 2 a 5 b 1 c 8 d 4 e 6 f 10 g 3 Flatiron Building LEVEL 4 h 7 i 2 j 9 b the Met, MoMA 3 a sights c Annie Hall, Spiderman, Taxi Driver b financial d Billy Joel, Duke Ellington, LL Cool J LEVEL 5 c crown LEVEL 6 pearsonenglishreaders.com © Pearson Education Limited 2015 New York - Answer keys 3 of 3.