1 Faces READING (page 6) 3. Possible Answers 1. I would like a boyfriend who is considerate and 2. This text is about a person who cannot remember the romantic. faces of the people that she meets. 2. The president of a country should be confident 4. 1. False 4. True and open-minded. 2. False 5. False 3. I get angry at my dad because he can be too 3. True 6. True stubborn and bossy. 4. Very young children are often impulsive. 5. 1. b 5. Many TV and film celebrities are generous and 2. a helpful. 6. 1. She realised that she had PA because she often 4. couldn’t remember people’s faces. Hair Build General Appearance 2. PA sufferers use the voice, hair and accessories to recognise people. dark skinny plain 3. A business meeting might be difficult for the writer spiky petite unattractive because the men are all wearing the same clothes and have similar haircuts. curly slim chubby 4. PA sufferers are often seen as snobbish and strange. straight well-built good-looking 5. It’s one of the excuses they make in case they ignore somebody they know. wavy muscular gorgeous 7. 1. frightened (line 2) 4. allow (line 15) fair chubby dark 2. along with (line 5) 5. sorts (line 22) shoulder-length fair 3. clearly (line 10) 5. Possible Answers She’s one of the most gorgeous Hollywood actresses. VOCABULarY (page 8) She’s tall and slim. She’s got long, straight, dark hair. She’s very generous and helps children in poor Words from the Text countries. (Angelina Jolie) 1. 1. a, c 4. a, b 6. 1. short-tempered 4. long-legged 2. b, c 5. b, c 2. old-fashioned 5. broad-shouldered 3. b, c 6. b, c 3. kind-hearted 6. big-headed 2. 1. realises 5. pretend 2. disorder 6. cope with GRAMMAR (page 10) 3. injury 7. reminding 4. single 8. All in all PRESENT SIMPLE 3. 1. c 5. g PRESENT CONTINUOUS 2. e 6. f A. 1. a. Present Simple d. Present Simple 3. a 7. d b. Present Simple e. Present Continuous 4. b c. Present Continuous f. Present Continuous 4. 1. ran off with 5. runs into 2. 1. a 4. c 2. looks through 6. looking forward to 2. f 5. e 3. running after 7. look ... up 3. d 6. b 4. look away B. 1. -s / -es 2. only in negative sentences and questions Topic Vocabulary (page 9) 3. am / are / is + verb + ing PERSONALITY AND APPEARANCE 4. all sentences 1. Positive traits: confident, generous, open-minded Negative traits: impulsive, bossy 2. 1. talkative 5. selfish 2. nosy 6. helpful 3. considerate 7. romantic 4. stubborn 8. calm 1 page 10 Grammar Review 1. 1. He rarely drives outside the city. (a regular habit or routine) 8. 1. How much does this magazine cost? 2. What is that boy trying to do at the moment? 2. I don’t own a car. (an action which is happening now) 3. We are meeting for lunch tomorrow. 3. Diane doesn’t usually get a lot of phone calls. 4. Brenda often plays football. (a regular habit or routine) 5. The children are not talking at the moment. 4. Do you understand my question now? (a stative 6. I am seeing Paul tonight. verb) 5. My mother often works quite late. (a regular habit or routine) SKILLS (page 12) 6. Our neighbours are leaving the country soon. (a definite plan for the near future) LISTENING 7. I meet friends for coffee on Wednesdays. (a regular habit or routine) A LECTURE 8. Fiona is coming with her boyfriend tonight. 1. c (a definite plan for the near future) 2. a, c, d 2. 1. is studying (a temporary action) 2. Does ... discuss (a regular habit or routine) 3. 3 (wide face, eyes far apart, small nose, thick lips) 3. is winning (an action happening now) 4. 1. a, b 2. b, c 3. a, b 4. are ... trying (an action happening now) 5. uses (a general truth) SPEAKING (page 13) 6. don’t remember (a stative verb) 7. am not going (a definite plan for the near future) DESCRIBING PEOPLE 8. live (a general truth) 1. very intelligent, quite generous, considerate, 3. 1. are thinking (action) / do … think (state) stubborn, helpful and romantic 2. is tasting (action) / tastes (state) 2. 1. What does he look like? 3. is looking (action) / looks (state) 2. he’s got 4. Is … weighing (action) / do … weigh (state) 3. What’s he interested in? 5. have (state) / are having (action) 4. He likes page 11 5. What’s he like 6. he’s very 4. 1. Her son isn’t practising the piano at the moment. 2. I’m taking my dog to the vet tomorrow. 3. Walter and Cindy don’t call their parents every day. WRITING (page 14) 4. I know what she means now. A Description of a Person 5. Vera usually jogs with a friend. 6. Do the nurses finish work at five o’clock now? 1. Possible Answers 7. Does Mr Washington play tennis every morning? Yes, I would like to have a friend like Rania because she’s a great student and she sounds like fun. 5. 1. Do you like your new school? I don’t think I’d like Rania because I don’t like people 2. Do you often see your old friends? who are always studying. I find them boring. 3. What are you studying this term? 2. 1. Paragraph 3 4. Paragraph 4 4. Do you know Alex Gardner? 2. Paragraphs 2 and 3 5. Paragraph 5 5. Are you doing anything special this afternoon? 3. Paragraphs 1 and 2 6. Possible Answers 3. 1. f 4. b 1. At least once a week, I go to the gym with 2. a 5. c my friends. 3. d 6. e 2. Stop making so much noise! We are trying to study. 3. This weekend my family is going on holiday to Chiclana. 4. Jenny can’t come to the party tonight. She is studying for her exams. 5. Every morning, our dog needs to go for a walk. 6. According to experts, PA sufferers don’t remember faces. 7. 1. is sitting 5. provides 2. is opening 6. use 3. enjoys 7. are now planning 4. doesn’t realise 8. allows 2 page 15 4. 1. This is fantastic! 2. Are Paul, Mark, Bianca and Claire all going on the trip? 3. She asked the driver where they were, but he refused to answer. 4. There were a few people – mostly children – / (mostly children) at the pool. 5. The man stood up, put on his coat and walked out angrily. 6. I can’t believe it! 7. I’ll pass all my exams (I hope) / – I hope –, and get into university. 8. Why aren’t you working? 5. Dear Sheryl, The funniest thing happened to me the other day. Mark convinced me to go to a talk on personology – analysing someone’s personality by looking at their face. Have you ever heard of it? The speaker asked for a volunteer and for some strange reason I raised my hand. The next thing I knew she had chosen me. It was so embarrassing! I didn’t quite agree with some of her comments (especially the part about talking too much), but it was a lot of fun. LIFE SKILLS (page 16) APPLICATION FORMS AND INTERVIEWS TASK QUESTIONS 1. Accept all logical and grammatically correct answers. 2. Questions 1, 3, 6, 8 3. Questions 6, 8 and 3 The administrator also asks Tomas: What dates are your second preference? Do you already know how to ski? 3 2 Danger! READING (page 18) Topic Vocabulary (page 21) 2. b dangerOUS SITUatiONS 3. 1. Ausable went to his room because he had received a phone call arranging a meeting in 1. 1. e 4. f his room. (lines 13-14) 2. a 5. d 2. When they entered the room, Fowler and Ausable 3. c 6. b were surprised by a man with a gun. (lines 23- 2. 1. risked his life 4. lucky to be alive 24 and 26-27) 2. occupational hazard 5. living on the edge 3. Max became nervous when someone suddenly 3. seriously injured 6. a close call knocked at the door. (lines 42 and 46) 3. 1. shocked 4. startled 4. Max climbed through the window because he 2. threatening 5. frightened thought there was a balcony underneath it. (line 54) 3. thrilling 5. Max screamed because there was no balcony 4. 1. risk their lives 5. living on the edge and he fell six storeys to the ground. (lines 5 2. courage 6. fear and 72) 3. survived 7. thrill 4. 1. b 3. b 4. seriously injured 2. d 4. a 5. 1. followed (line 3) GRAMMAR (page 22) 2. romantic (line 9) 3. slender (line 25) PAST SIMPLE 4. grimly (line 32) PAST CONTINUOUS 5. swiftly (line 52) 1. 1. c 4. d 6. raised (line 56) 2. e 5. a 3. b VOCABULarY (page 20) 2. 1. an incomplete action – Past Continuous interrupted by another action – Past Simple Words from the Text 2. two incomplete actions in progress at the same 1. 1. a 6. a time in the past – both Past Continuous 2. b 7. a 3. an incomplete action in progress at a specific time 3. a 8. b in the past – Past Continuous 4. b 9.