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UNIT 1 Identity 5 F Iris recognition is used.
6 F The speaker believes the use of bi
is the most reliable way to identify
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preview say it is likely to increase.
1 a 2 b 3 b 4 b 5 b 6 a 7 a 8 a
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LISTENING 1 Life events 1
related
related to:
to: structural
structural
Global listening capable
capableof:
of:attainable,
attainable,manageable
manageable
state
stateor
orresult:
result:information,
information,recognit
recogni
1
verication
interviewee
interviewee 1:
1: marriage
marriage quality of: nationality,,probability,
probability,re
re
interviewee
interviewee2:2:making
makingthetheswim
swimteam/becoming
team/becomingaaschool
schoo
athlete 2
interviewee
interviewee3:3:getting
gettingaadriver’s
driver’slicense
license 1 national 4 inform
interviewee
interviewee4:4:discovering
discoveringaanew
newtalent/skill/hobby
talent/skill/hobb 2 probability 5 flexib
3 verificatio
verification
n
2
Students’ own answers
Grammar
Close listening 1
1 T A: but, or
2 F (2-children) B: whereas
3 F (all summer) A: so, while
4 T B: rather than
5 T 2
6 F (some talked about defining moments) Students’ own answers

Speaking skill
LISTENING 2 Beyond the ID card
1

Global listening 1 Y
You’re kidding!
2 I can’t believe it.
1
3 It was a guy you didn’t recognize?
1 All except for sstudent
tudent ID, and face scan.
scan.
4 That
That sounds interesting.
interesting.
2
1 Biometrics is the measurement and analysis of a unique Pronunciation skill
feature of a person
1
2 Photo IDs can be lost or stolen. 1 What
What / do identification
identification cards tell u
3 biometric someone is?
2 An
An ID card from India
India / will includ
includ
Close listening personal details
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Possible answer:
LISTENING 1 The inventio
We all /have hopes and dreams. Part of achieving a Pedrick
dream/, for example,/ becoming a civil engineer,/ is being
able to envision your future self/ in that identity. One Global listening
consideration is /your skills and abilities. Evaluate/ what
you can do now, / what you know, and what skills and 1

knowledge/ you still need to learn /to attain your goal. 1 c 2 a 3 a

Then make a plan/ for how to learn/ what you need to
2
know. Your plan/ will help you feel/ in touch with your 1 Not used 4 Not u
future identity.
2 b 5 Not u
3 c 6 a

UNIT 2 Design Close Listening

2, 3, and 6. They are rhetorical becaus
Vocabulary preview questions there is no expected answer
1
1 devices 6 research
LISTENING 2 Patents for li
2 invention 7 genetically modified
3 solutions 8 creative
Global listening
4 benefits 9 patent
5 industries 1
b
2
2
1 noun - machines or pieces of equipment that do a
1 c 2 a 3 b 4 e 5 d
particular thing
2 noun - a machine, tool, or system that someone has
Close listening
made, designed, or thought of for the first time
3 noun - ways to solve a problem or to deal with a bad 1
situation 1 host
4 noun – advantages you get from a situation 2 spokesperson
5 noun - the people and organizations involved in 3 member of a trade association
producing goods 4 science journalist
6 noun - the detailed study of something in order to
2
discover new facts, especially in a university or scientific
institution 1 no clear position 3 oppo
2 support 4 no cle
7 adjective - a genetically modified plant or animal has
had its genetic structure changed in order to make it
more suited to a particular purpose Vocabulary skill
8 adjective - involving a lot of imagination and new ideas 1
9 noun - an official document that gives someone who 1 invention, inventor; inventive
has invented something the legal right to make or 2 patent; patented
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1 look 4 guess UNIT 3 Thought
2 shower 5 think
3 laugh 6 word
Vocabulary preview
Grammar 1
1 instinct 5 reaso
1
2 accurate 6 resear
1 The person who invented the zipper must be very rich
3 lie detector 7 exper
by now.
4 behavior 8 autom
2 The salmon that they developed grows twice as fast as a
normal fish.
3 The company is developing a new phone that/which
runs on solar power. LISTENING 1 Catching lies
4 There is a genetically-modified tomato which (it) has
genes from a fish to resist cold. Global listening
5 Companies (that) are suing each other over patents 1
more and more these days. Summary 2
2 2
1 that/which; b 4 that/which; a at the beginning of the report
2 that/which; c 5 who; d
3 who; e Close listening
3 1

Sentence 2 – it’s an object relative clause 1 F 2 T 3 T 4 F 5 F 6 T 7 

Pronunciation skill
1 strong 3weak LISTENING 2 Animal intell
2 weak 4 strong
Global listening
Speaking skill 1
1
b, d, e, and g
1 example of 3 one example
2
2 is a, example 4 is, example intelligent: sentences b, g
not intelligent: sentence d, e

SPEAKING TASK Close listening

1 can’t 4 nine t
Plan 2 leaves 5 once
1 c 2 a 3 d 4 b 3 never 6 are

Vocabulary skill
STUDY SKILLS
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Students’ own answers
SPEAKING TASK

Grammar Plan
1
1
a, b, d, e, and h
1 even though 4 After
2 while 5 while 3
3 Although Collective intelligence: sentences a, d,

Possible answers: UNIT 4 Fire

1 Scientists have learned a lot about the brain, though
there is much we still don’t know. / Though scientists Vocabulary preview
have learned a lot about the brain, there is much we
still don’t know. 1
2 Although some animals make tools, they are not as 1 a 2 b 3 b 4 b 5 b 6 b 7
sophisticated as human tools. / Some animals make
2
tools although they are not as sophisticated as human
tools. Students’ own answers
3 Before studying crows, researchers thought only
chimpanzees used tools.
4 Chimpanzees are very smart whereas other animals are
LISTENING 1 The discovery
not as intelligent. / Whereas chimpanzees are very smart
other animals are not as intelligent. Global listening
1 Controlled use of fire means use in
5 Many companies rely on lie detectors even though they
purposes
are not 100% accurate.
2 Four ways: warmth, protection, coo
socializing
Speaking skill
3 Using fire to cook food; increased n
1 people being healthier, living longe
1 Since the fMRI actually looks inside your brain, it is variety in their daily diet
extremely accurate. 4 Using fire as an application of techn
2 Humans aren’t the only ones who use tools, as crows something to improve our lives
can also do this.
3 fMRI scanners are large and expensive, so they aren’t Close listening
widely used yet. 1 F 2 O 3 O 4 F 5 F 6 F 7
4 Polygraph tests aren’t accurate because some people can
lie without feeling stress.
5 Since animals can’t speak our language, it is difficult to LISTENING 2 Forest fires: f
understand their minds.
6 The crow made a tool in nine out of ten tests, so it Global listening
probably wasn’t an accident. 1, 3, 4, 6, 7, and 8
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3 The seeds are released after the fire. UNIT 5 Movement
4 The blue beetle lays eggs in the trees just after the fire.
5 The trees take longer to regrow than the slower-growing
plants.
Vocabulary preview
1
Vocabulary skill 1 global 4 trade
2 urbanizaton 5 migra
1
1 a, b 2 b, c 3 a, b 4 a, c 5 a, b 6 b, c 3 route 6 rural

2 2
1 was cheated 4 doing great Students’ own answers
2 makes me very angry 5 exhausted
3 excited
LISTENING 1 Globalisation
Grammar
Global listening
1 The Silk road: 2, 4, 5
1 b 2 a 3 a 4 a The Columbian Exchange: 1, 3, 5
2
Toda y’s trade network: 1, 3, 5
1 Frankly, To be blunt, To be honest
2 Actually
Close listening
1 f 2 b 3 a 4 g 5 e 6 d 7 h
3 actually, in fact
4 Frankly, To be honest, Actually

LISTENING 2 Urbanisation
Speaking skill
1 Global listening
Oh by the way,
1
Anyway, as I was saying 1 a 2 b 3 b

Pronunciation 2
Students’ own answers
1
1 c 2 a 3 b
Close listening
1
STUDY SKILLS Reviewing notes 1 a, c, d
Scenario 2 b, c, d
These are the things Aida is doing well; reading over 3 a, b, c, d
her notes nightly, writing ? if her notes are unclear, and
2
reviewing before exams. The things she isn’t doing well
1 c, d
are not asking ask for help, studying alone, not looking
2 b d
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2 Speaking skill
1 shipped 5 illustrated
1
2 produces, exports 6 adopt
3 good 7 issue 1
4 network Yes OK
I’m sorry I was wo
3
adopt: to decide to start using a particular idea, plan, or 2
method (Ex. 1); to take someone else’s child into your Excuse me Can I as
family and legally make him or her your own child (Ex. 2) Go ahead
network: a system of lines or similar things such as roads
or wires that are connected to each other (Ex. 1); a group
of people that are connected or that work together (Ex. 2) SPEAKING TASK
good(s): objects produced for sale (Ex. 1); advantage or
benefit (Ex. 2) Plan
export: a product that is sold to another country (noun) 1 They are presenting to peers in an a
(Ex. 1); to send a product to another country so that it can presentation, to describe a city and
be sold there (verb) (Ex. 2) global systems
ship: a very large boat used for carrying people or goods 2 2, 3, 4, 5, and 6.
long distances (Ex. 1); to send goods or people somehwere
by ship, air, or land (Ex. 2)
produce: fruit, vegetables, and other things that farmers UNIT 6 Disease
grow (Ex. 1); to make or grow something, especially in
large quantities and in order to be sold (Ex. 2)
illustrate: to show what something is like or to show that Vocabulary preview
something is true (Ex. 1); to draw the pictures in a book or 1 e 2 a 3 b 4 d 5 c 6 j 7 f
to put pictures in a book (Ex. 2)
issue: a subject that people discuss or argue about (Ex. 1);
a magazine that is published at a particular time (Ex. 2) LISTENING 1 Germ myths

Grammar Global listening

1
1
1 many diseases
1 Can you tell me where you were born?
2 dangerous
2 I was wondering if you grew up in the countryside.
3 I’d like to know what your favorite kind of foreign food 3 diseases spread
is. 4 always spreads dangerous germs
4 Can you tell me if you are interested in living in 5 loaded with germs that can cause d
another city or country? 6 ‘If you drop some food on the floor
5 Do you know if you are going to move anywhere in the within five seconds, then it’s still O
next year?
2
6 Can you tell me if you have ever tried food from an 1 True 4 Myth
unusual place?
2 Myth 5 True
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LISTENING 2 Disease detectives Pronunciation skill

1 doesn’t it (falling); is it? (falling)
2 doesn’t it? (falling)
Before you listen
land = flying fox, giraffe, tortoise 3 wasn’t it? (falling + sarcastic)

water = dolphin, prawn, whale

both = frog, hippo, snail, snake
SPEAKING TASK
Global listening Possible explanation:
The woman came down with malaria
1 bitten by a malaria-infected mosquito
1 two mosquito might have entered the airp
2 Senegal, West Africa and Guam, an island in the Pacific a traveler who had been on an interna
Ocean country that had a malaria risk. It cou
3 snails, flying foxes a jetliner. As international travel has in
been an increase in the incidence of “a
2 the United States and in Europe. Case
1 e 2 h 3 b 4 f 5 a 6 d 7 g 8 c for people who live and work close to
airports, as well as for people visiting
Close listening
1 F (no cases)
2 F (within two years) STUDY SKILLS Leading a g
3 T Scenario
4 F (not kill the snails, restore the prawn habitat) These are the things Ahmed is doing w
5 T of questions to talk about prior to the
6 T start the discussion by sharing his own
7 F (overhunting) for their ideas, noticing that a classma
8 T and bringing that person into the disc
classmate who has interrupted to let t
Vocabulary skill finish first, and reviewing ideas they’v
1 caught 5 recovered from of the discussion. These are the things
not setting clear goals for the discussi
2 cure 6 prevent
not asking someone in the group to ta
3 catch 7 eliminated
keep track of the ideas discussed, talki
4 reduced ideas for a long time rather than briefl
launch the discussion, and letting all t
Grammar talk at the same time so that they don
1 must have been another.
2 may/could/might have been, may/could/might have
been
3 can’t have been UNIT 7 Survival
4 must have been
5 may/could/might have been, may/could/might have
been
Vocabulary preview
1 a 2 a 3 b 4 b 5 b 6 a 7
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4 naturally help one another to survive Vocabulary skill

5 knew instinctively it was the right thing to do
1
1 generous; generosity
Close listening
2 survivor; survive
1 F (other customers did, too.)
3 sustainability
2 T
4 recycled; recycle; recycling
3 F (housing not mentioned; medical supplies were)
4 F (two children) 2
5 T reciprocity (n) – reciprocate (v) – reci
6 T minimize (v) – minimal / minimum
(n)
maximize (v) – maximal / maximum
LISTENING 2 Building for the future (n)

Global listening Grammar

1 1
1 c 2 b 3 a 1 If the village had money, they’d bui
4 d 2 If the neighbors helped each other,
stronger community.
2
3 If the builders used local materials,
1 in the future resources.
2 use resources wisely 4 If the houses were strong enough to
3 environmentally responsible earthquake, people would feel safer
4 it is used If the windows were bigger, they’d l
5
5 new
2
Close listening 1 weren’t
2.
1
1 energy efficient 7 designed to maximize Possible answers:
2 fits in well/naturally 8 south-facing windows A: Let’s watch a movie tonight.
3 community needs 9 winter B: If I didn’t have to study, I could.
4 reuse 10 shade
3
5 build 11 let in less
A: If we had the time, we could get som
6 comfortable 12 block some
B: Yeah, or we could go shopping. I ne
shoes.
2
1
4.
bamboo, stone, metal, plastic water bottles, old tires
A: If we were studying in London, we
2 sunlight, wind, water
outside of class.
3 to provide shade to the building during warm months,
B Yeah, and we could go to English fil
to allow warm sunshine in when the leaves are gone
during cold, winter months
Speaking skill
4 Th i i h b d i d b db
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Pronunciation skill Vocabulary skill

1 1
1 Is the design for a hotel or a school? (rising/falling) categorize – to divide people or thing
2 You would live in a house that re-used water from the usually formal
washing machine? (rising – indicates surprise) dramatically – to a noticeable degree a
3 In the design, do the windows face north or south? suddenness – usually formal
(rising/falling) help – do something for someone els
4 She really gave away that much money? (rising – identify – to recognize someone or so
indicates surprise) who/what he/she/it is – usually forma
5 Are you planning to that b y yourself? (rising/falling) make sure – ensure – usually informa
numerous – many in number – usual

UNIT 8 Drive 2
1 dramatically 4 help
2 make sure 5 ident
Vocabulary preview 3 categorize 6 nume

1
3
1 physiological 4 respect
Students’ own answers
2 motivation 5 hoard
3 possessions 6 self-esteem Grammar
2 1
Students’ own answers 1 the, the more 4 the, -e
2 X, -er 5 The,
3 X, -er
LISTENING 1 What makes some people
2
hoarders? Students’ own answers
Global listening 3
1,2, and 4 1 lower-paying
2 better-looking, better-educated
Close listening 3 more open-minded
1 b 2 b 3 b 4 b 5 a 6 b 7 a 8 a 9 b 10 b
4 higher-priority
5 more life-changing
LISTENING 2 The hierarchy of needs
Pronunciation skill
Global listening 2
a, c, d, f, and g weak forms underlined, (strong forms
1 They have difficulties categorizing a
Close listening decisions, as Dr. Taylor noted earlie
2 It wasn’t as hard as I’d thought it wo
1
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Speaking skill LISTENING 2 Was that my

1
mean sorry uh Global listening
1 A phantom ring is a phone ring tha
2 occur.
seen was wanted 2 People feel their phone vibrating ev
What’s it depressing has 3 Words that no one actually said.
4 One study.

STUDY SKILL Getting the most out of Close listening

classes 1
Scenario 1 sounds it receives
The professor probably thought Jun was unhappy 2 stress
because he never participated in class. He could get more 3 in the same place (regularly)
out of class by listening actively to the discussion and 4 meaningless sounds
question-answer portions of a lesson, and participating in
5 words or phrases
discussions.
6 weren’t on the recording
Consider it 7 students
Jun already does: 1, 3. Tips that could help Jun: 2, 4, 5 8 own language
(especially 4-5).
2
1 T
2 F (researchers don’t understand)
UNIT 9 Sound 3 F (other tasks are mentioned, not d
4 T
Vocabulary preview 5 T
1 b 2 a 3 b 4 a 5 b 6 b 7 a 8 a 6 F (they recalled different words, dep
they had been thinking about befor
recording, and their nationality)
LISTENING 1 That’s so annoying 7 F (several times)
8 T
Global listening 9 T
1 uncertainty about how long it will last
2 regular, repetitive Vocabulary skill
3 unpredictability
1
4 the pitch
1 of 4 to 7 to
2 of 5 of 8 to
Close listening
3 of 6 to 9 from
1
1 we don’t know when they’ll end
Grammar
2 repetitive
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Pronunciation skill Vocabulary skill

1 1
1 Low, high 4 radio, TV 1 b 2 d 3 a 4 e 5 c
2 ears, brains 5 phantom, real
2
3 Jung, Wei
1 con 3 Eco 5 geo
2 2 phys 4 bio 6 spher
1 b 2 a 3 d 4 c
3
1 tele, tele 4 port
Speaking skill
2 eco 5 bio
1 Are there any questions?, The question was
3 sphere, sphere
2 You want to know
3 a good question
4 Did you understand
Grammar
1
1 will have travelled 5 will h
UNIT 10 Tomorrow 2 will live 6 will h
3 won’t have saved 7 won’t
4 will release 8 will/’
Vocabulary preview
1 Speaking skill
1 address 4 pension
2 planet 5 demographic 1

3 century 6 overpopulation
1 call, mean 3 word
2 it, when

2
LISTENING 1 A rapidly aging population 1 century 4 polar
2 trend 5 terraf
Global listening 3 pension 6 green
Problems: 2 and 3
Solutions: b, d, e
Pronunciation skill
2
1
2 b, d 3 e
1 S 2 C 3 S

Close listening 2
Statements 4 and 5 are probably true Students’ own answers

LISTENING 2 Our next planet? STUDY SKILLS Practicing s

outside of class
Global listening Scenario