Spring Break Booklet For Upper-Intermediate &key
Spring Break Booklet For Upper-Intermediate &key
Spring Break Booklet For Upper-Intermediate &key
A Some people purchase cheaper options deliberately, knowing they aren’t genuine but hoping
they won’t do any harm.
B However, unlike an illegal fake, you have got an item of superb quality and you won’t have
broken the law by buying it.
C The problem with these products is that they look so similar to the real thing that police officers
and customs officials are unable to distinguish between them.
D They don’t mind, as long as they feel they have got a bargain.
E When you include the value of products which are sold in the country they are produced in, this
amount more than doubles.
F If you only buy from reputable shops and their websites, you can be sure that you are buying the
right product.
PART I: READING 2
DIRECTIONS: Read the article and match headings 1-7 with paragraphs A-F. There
is one extra heading.
A driverless car with o top speed of 25mph has recently been revealed by a well-known
tech firm. it may not look like it. But this tiny machine and its successors are going to
change your life. Today futureproof.com explains how.
B __Parking___ Finding o place to park will no longer be our problem - our car will handle
it for us. Once we arrive at our destination we will hop out at the front door and leave the
car to park itself using its superior parking skills. Later, when we need it, we will be able to
summon it with our smartphone. No more parking tickets, no more multiple attempts at
reverse parking and no more endlessly driving in circles looking for on empty parking
space.
C _Free time_____ Think how much of our time is wasted on driving. Those daily journeys
to work or school soon add up to hundreds of hours a year. Sure, driving is occasionally
enjoyable - the winding country road on o summer's day or the empty motorway late at
night, for instance – but, unless you are Lewis Hamilton, the vast majority of the time you
spend behind the wheel is likely to be tedious and frustrating. Why not read o book, watch
o film, or chat with family and friends and let the car drive itself instead?
The world's first large scale test of driverless cars will be carried out soon, but it may be
some time before you can actually go to o car dealership and get your hands on one.
There are many complex legal issues regarding theır security, privacy and safety which
need to be resolved first. However, it seems very likely thot within our lifetime, they will be
a common and very welcome sight on our roads. In years to come, rather than saying, “I'm
taking the car”, we may find ourselves saying, “The car is taking me!”
1- When compared to current cars, the author suggests that driverless cars will
D continue driving in circles until they are able to find a parking space.
B will only be available once relevant laws have been agreed on.
The thought of going back to university as a mature student might put off most people. But
1________ pensioner Allan Steward, from Port Stephens in Australia, isn’t most people. In fact, he
tends to 2________ his achievements, simply putting it down to good genes. In 2006, after gaining
a law degree aged ninety-one, Guinness World Records awarded him a record for the oldest
graduate, giving him a new lease of life. At ninety-seven, he seems to be 3________ the prime of
his life, having just completed his fourth degree.
Allan is far from dependent on others or over the 4________ . He fishes, swims in the sea,
grows his own vegetables and is a carer for a friend. It’s as if he 5________ a man fifty years
younger!
If he didn’t get bored easily, he might never 6________ back into education. ‘I have so
much time on my hands these days and I like to keep mentally active,’ he says. Allan plans to
7________ the studies now – but he said that after his last degree! I guess it’s a question of how
long he can fend off the boredom this time.
Allan is living proof that you are never too long in the tooth for anything. Supposing you 8________
the chance to go back to school in your nineties, would you?
3 a) on b) in c) about d) for
A. DIRECTIONS: Listen to five teenagers talking about their diets and match the sentences to the
speakers and write a–h next to the numbers 1–8.
1...c..... Speaker 1 a. Is vegetarian because they were influenced by a famous person.
2.....g...Speaker 2 b. Became vegetarian because of their family.
3.....a... Speaker 3 c. Is vegetarian for health reasons.
4.....b...Speaker 4 d. Is vegetarian because they dislike meat.
5.....f...Speaker 5 e. Is vegan because they follow social media trends.
6.....d...Not said f. Is vegan for ethical reasons.
7....e....Not said g. Is vegan for health reasons.
8....h....Not said h. Is vegan because they love vegetables.
1. Speaker 1 says she has noticed an a. is not strict about eating meat.
improvement in …
b. likes fruit but not vegetables.
a. her energy levels.
c. doesn’t eat enough nutritious food.
b. her physical appearance.
6. Speaker 3 makes...
c. her school marks.
a.no effort to eat healthily.
b. some effort to eat healthily.
2. Speaker 1 doesn’t cook because …
c. a lot of effort to eat healthily.
a. she needs to study instead.
7. Speaker 4 found it most difficult to be a
b. her family eat a lot of takeaways. young vegetarian...
a .at home.
c. her mum enjoys doing it. b. at social events.
c. when people at school found out.
3. Speaker 2 says there are …
8. Since leaving home, speaker 4...
a. 5,000 vegans in the UK. a. eats a less varied diet.
b. is not so strict about being vegetarian.
b. 500,000 vegans in the UK. c. finds it easier to be vegetarian.
Topic 1: Search for the delicacies in Latin America and Far East and compare with your cuisine.
Explain why they are edible for you or not.
Topic 2: Present about the relations between pouching, the exotic food and alternative medicine.