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Answer Keys
Section 1
- Candlewax. Second paragraph, third sentence. Plastic is compared to wax, both becoming soft when treated with high temperature.
- Synthetic. Last sentence of second paragraph. “Entirely” is a paraphrased “totally” from the text, which makes it more difficult to find when using keywords.
- Chemistry. Paragraph three, second sentence. Advances in the field of chemistry promoted the progress of plastic industry.
- Novalak. Paragraph five, sentence number two. Resin is hard to paraphrase, which makes it an excellent keyword. Pay attention to spelling — Novalak should be capitalised like in the text. Lack of capitalisation will be seen as mistake.
Note that the previous paragraph can be skipped as it is about the history of Bakelite which we do not need. Remember that the answers in the text follow one another, meaning that you will not have to return to that paragraph. - Fillers. Paragraph five, fourth sentence. The words in brackets in the diagram are examples of the skipped word.
- Hexa. Same sentence, the second part of it. “A compound of ammonia and formaldehyde” is what makes up this material according to the text. You mix them and you get hexa. It fits the diagram.
- Raw. Paragraph five, sentence six. Bakelite is capitalised in the text so it is pretty easy to find as a keyword.
- Pressure. Last sentence of paragraph five. Heat and pressure are applied during the last stage of the process. Note how passive voice is used in the text – the material is subjected to heat and pressure.
- and 10. B and C (in either order). “C” is found in the second sentence of paragraph six. Negative phrasing is used which can make it more difficult to notice. “B” is same paragraph, sentence four. “Facility” in this answer means “ease, readiness, lack of any obstacles”. ”A” and “D” are not mentioned. “E” is mentioned — however it is the form of Bakelite objects that made the style fashioned rather than the objects trying to follow the established trend.
- True. This is a very rare example when you have to go back in the text to answer this. Paragraph four, last sentence. “The essential features are still in use today”. Using the date as keyword would help to find the answer quickly.
- False. Paragraph seven, first sentence. “Treated with disdain” means that it wasn’t welcomed. The opposite of the question statement is correct, so the answer is “false”.
- False. Paragraph seven, sentence number four. “Dazzling array of shades”, “no longer restricted to drab browns” means that the opposite is true — the material was available in a very wide selection of colors.
Section 2
- False. Last sentence of paragraph one. “It serves no purpose” — the opposite statement is true. Easily found by the author’s name in the text — capitalised proper names stand out noticeably.
- Not given. Paragraph two, second sentence. Plato believed it a fact of superiority, but it does not necessarily mean intellectual superiority. There is not relevant information to support this expression.
- True. Paragraph two, sentence number three. Psychic tension is “safely punctured” — which is the paraphrased version of “controlled release” from the statement.
- False. Sentence three in the second paragraph. The opposite is true according to the text — most modern humour scientists use Aristotle’s beliefs in their work.
- True. Paragraph three, first sentence. Ritchie links the ability of understanding humour to reasoning in machines — he links jokes to artificial intelligence. This is true.
- Not given. No mentioning of comedians’ techniques is present in the text.
- True. Paragraph five, fourth sentence. Chimpanzees produce a panting noise when engaged in a game.
- Problem solving. Paragraph eight, second sentence. The question is easy to answer as there is an anatomic term present, which is impossible to paraphrase. Use it as a keyword to find the relevant information in the text.
- Temporal lobes. Paragraph eight, sentence three. Again, a medical term as a keyword help us to find the information quickly and effortlessly.
- Evaluating information. Paragraph eight, last sentence. Prefrontal cortex is mentioned in the previous sentence while explanation is given in the following one. Don’t let this confuse you.
- C. Paragraph nine, sentence one. The easiest way to tackle this task is to find the question information in the text and then fit the most appropriate option from the answers. “Rapid assessment” is a synonym for “quick response”.
- A. Paragraph 10, sentence one, the second part of it. “Humans … respond to their own thoughts”.
- F. Last sentence of paragraph 10. Person’s reaction to humour depends on their “outlook” — personal views, beliefs and preferences.
- D. Paragraph 11, last sentence. To have a good handle here means to have good understanding of something. They will understand the brain functioning mechanism.
Section 3
- Latin. Paragraph one, last sentence. “Language of choice” is paraphrased as “lingua franca” in the text, a Latin phrase with similar meaning. Pay attention to capitalisation — spelling Latin without the first capital letter will be seen as mistake.
- Doctors. Paragraph seven, last sentence. As mathematicians are mentioned in the task it is preferable to use them as keyword. It is easy to see from question context that you need to look for another profession. Doctors are mentioned in the sentence following the one with mathematicians in the text.
- Technical vocabulary. Paragraph eight, sentence two. Britain is not mentioned in the text, however the word “English” help us navigate and find the right information. Pay attention that you have to give answers to questions 30 and 31 in this order, the order the information is given in the text.
- Grammatical resources. Paragraph eight, sentence three. Same as the previous question. Keep in mind that you can’t change the words from the text, so “grammatical resource” would be considered incorrect.
- Royal Society. Eighth paragraph, sentence four. “Associated with” means membership to a certain group. The only group mentioned here is the Royal Society. Both letters have to be capitalised.
- German. Paragraph 10, sentences two and three. It is easy to guess that English is compared to other language. “Overtaken by” means “Lost to”, “Was less than”. Spelled with capital G.
- Industrial revolution. Paragraph 10, sentence four. 19 Century is the keyword that help to locate the needed information in the text. It promoted development in various spheres, including the English language.
- Not given. In paragraph two, third sentence the word “competitive” might tempt you to answer “True”. However, competitive here means “strong” rather than “willing to compete”. For this and the following questions we have to track back to previous paragraphs.
- No. Paragraph two, last sentence (the second part). Magnetism is mentioned only as a secondary discovery. The most important progress was made in astronomy by Copernicus.
- Yes. Third paragraph, last sentence. By “expressing ideas” they meant developing linguistics.
- Popular. Paragraph four, second sentence. Note how popular refers to all array of the books — encyclopedias, textbooks, translations etc.
- Principia / the Principia / Newton’s Principia / mathematical treatise. Paragraph five, sentences one and two. You are given freedom to choose any of those answers — all would be seen as correct. Principia has to be capitalised because it’s a proper name.
- Local / more local / local audience. Paragraph six, sentence two. Again, you are given a variety of correct answers. No need for capitalisation this time.
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clear
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very
bad -
unrelated
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ugly
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uncertain
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monolingual
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Complete the sentences (1-5) with the words in the box.
confusing
■
else ■
fits ■
relevant ■
scroll bar
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This
is a well-designed Web page. Everything ________well on the screen. -
Web
surfers will go somewhere ______if the page doesn’t appear
quickly. -
That
animation is good because it is pretty and it is ___ to the Web
page. -
That
website is very _________ because I couldn’t find the Back button. -
It’s
annoying when you have to use the horizontal____ see all of the
text.
Speaking
6
Work
in pairs. Do you agree or disagree with Matej’s list? Rank your top
five annoyances from the text: 1 = most annoying, 5 = least annoying.
Get
real
Work
in groups. Look
at some websites for business, education, entertainment, or
information. Make notes on the differences in design between them.
Look at how they organize navigation bars, the categories they use,
and how many pictures and animations they use. Report back to the
class and make a class list of design features for each category.
Designing
Web pages
Before
you start
-
Work
in pairs and discuss the questions.
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Why
do people have personal websites? -
Have
you ever visited anyone’s personal home page? What was it like?
Reading
-
What
do you know about Web page design? Answer our Internet Quiz then
check your answers by reading the article. -
Read
the paragraph Beginning
HTML
again. Match the first part of the sentence (1-6) with the second
part (a-f).
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HTML
tags tell the browser where -
A
Web-authoring program -
FTP
is a set of transfer rules -
Web
page designers use -
See
your Web page on the Internet -
Tags
are
a
that
are used to upload Web pages to a server,
b
the
text, graphics and animations go.
c
by uploading it to a Web server
d
HTML
tags to create Web pages.
e
a set of codes in HTML,
f
writes
HTML tags for you.
-
Look
at the Home
Page Hints again.
Write the hint numbers in the correct column.
Do…
Don’t…
_____________
_____________
_____________
_____________
_____________
_____________
_____________
_____________
Before you start 1
Reading 1
Vocabulary 7
Speaking 7
The
desktop Before you start 7
Reading 7
Vocabulary 9
Using
a word processor 9
Before
you start 9
Reading 10
Vocabulary 12
7.
Complete the sentences with words from the box. 12
Writing 17
Word
processing: for and again 18
Advantages
□ Disadvantages □ 18
The
case for and against WORD PROCESSING 18
3
Decide if the sentences are true (T) or false (F). 18
1
Word processors work well with e-mail. T/F 23
Vocabulary 23
4
Match the highlighted words and phrases in the text with the
definitions (1-6). 24
1
by hand, not electronic 24
2
the way a program organizes data 24
3
a program used for simple text files 24
4
the code that e-mail uses 24
5
things that a program has, or can do 24
6
a program used for text and graphics 24
Speaking 24
5
Work in groups. Which of these documents would you write by hand and
which on a word processor? Say why. 24
a
formal letter ■ an informal letter ■an invitation to a party ■
a birthday card 24
■a
shopping list ■ an application form ■ a note to your
teacher/friend/father 24
■a
school report ■ a ‘for sale’ notice 24
Writing 24
6
Write a short paragraph about some of the advantages of writing with
pen and paper. Use the following ideas to help you. Add any other
ideas you may have. 24
pen
and paper — cheap 24
you
can write anywhere (don’t need electricity) 24
don’t
need to learn to type 24
handwritten
letters — friendlier & more personal 24
Get
real 24
Take
your paragraph from Exercise 6. Type it into the word processor on
the computer you use. Change or add some formatting features, such
as the font, bold, italic or underline. Copy and paste the formatted
letter into a text editor such as Notepad. Report back to the class
on which formatted features did not appear. 24
Storing
data 24
Before
you start 24
Reading 24
Vocabulary 26
Speaking 26
Get
real 26
Before
you start 26
Reading 26
Vocabulary 27
Writing 28
Before
you start 28
Reading 28
Vocabulary 34
Speaking 34
Before
you start 34
Reading 34
Vocabulary 40
Speaking 45
Research
on the Internet 46
Before
you start 46
Reading 46
Vocabulary 52
Speaking 52
Before
you start 52
Reading 52
Jarek,
65 53
Andrea,
39 53
Speaking 60
Writing 60
Before
you start 60
Reading 60
Vocabulary 61
Speaking 61
Writing 62
Before
you start 62
Reading/Speaking 62
Vocabulary 65
Writing 65
Get
real 65
Before
you start 65
Reading 65
Vocabulary 71
Vocabulary 73
Get
real 74
Before
you start 74
Reading 74
Speaking 75
Before
you start 75
Reading 75
Writing 77
8
Write two paragraphs on downloading music for free. The first should
give the record companies’ and artists’ views and the second
should give music listeners’ views. 77
Before
you start 77
Reading 78
Vocabulary 84
Speaking 85
8
Work in pairs. Describe the picture. 85
Get
real 85
Before
you start 85
Reading 85
Vocabulary 86
Speaking 91
Before
you start 92
Reading 92
Vocabulary 98
Get
real 98
Before
you start 98
Reading 98
Vocabulary 105
Speaking 110
Writing 110
Get
real 111
Vocabulary 112
Speaking 112
Before
you start 112
Reading 112
Vocabulary 118
Writing 118
Before
you start 119
Reading 119
Vocabulary 124
Speaking 125
5
>:( 6 B) 7 
8 :0 125
Before
you start 125
Reading 125
Vocabulary 136
Writing 136
Before
you start 136
Work in pairs and discuss the questions. 136
Reading 136
1.
Look at the algorithmic flow chart below. Answer the questions. 136
2.
Read the text about computer programming. Write the number of the
paragraph that gives you the information. 137
Vocabulary 138
Speaking 139
Before
you start 139
Reading 140
Vocabulary 145
Speaking 146
Before
you start 146
Reading 146
Vocabulary 147
Speaking 147
Before
you start 148
Reading 148
Vocabulary 153
Speaking 154
Writing 154
Many
of our readers are setting up home in cyberspace. Read how you can,
too!
Beginning
HTML
Web
designers use Hyper Text Markup Language (HTML) to create and format
Web pages. HTML uses a set of codes, called tags, to structure
a
Web document that will run in a browser. There are hundreds of tags
you can use to format text, insert graphics, animations, sound and
video. But you do not need to understand HTML to make your own
personal home page. Many word-processing, desktop publishing and
Web-authoring
programs will generate
HTML tags for you. To
upload,
or copy, your Web page to a Web server, use the server’s File
Transfer Protocol (FTP).
Home
Page Hints
It’s
your ‘cyberhome’, but remember that websites are different from books
or magazines. Think about these suggestions to make people want to
stay.
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Use
a navigation
bar
to organise your hyperlinks to other pages. -
Hyperlinks
also let visitors navigate up or down long pages. -
Keep
your use of colour and buttons consistent.
If a Next Pade button is a pink circle, all Next Page buttons
should be the same, and in the same place on the screen. -
If
you use a lot of animations, your Web page will take a long time to
download. -
If
you use a lot of graphics, animations and text your Web page will be
too busy. -
It’s
difficult to read a text that’s next to an animation. -
Keep
texts short and simple! Surfers don’t like reading on a computer
screen much. -
It’s
not easy to read multi-coloured text. -
Lots
of bright colours look nice at first, but often give people
headaches! -
Make
sure you use a spell check and use good grammar. -
Try
not to use too much slang. People who visit your site may not
understand. -
Don’t
be afraid to be original.
Good websites have something that is different about them and that
comes from you!
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