Module 2. Unit 1.Workbook Listening Exercise 1:

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Module 2. Unit 1.Workbook Listening Exercise 1
Advantages of building a dam_______ 1. to
make electricity for everyone 2. to encourage
in industry. 3. to make the country less
dependent on outside oil
supplies Disadvantages of building a dam_______
1. loss of local villages and communities
under the waters of the reservoirs 2.
loss of some cultural sites 3. loss of
beautiful scenery 4. commercialization of the
area
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• Unit 4 the Workbook Listening Exercise 2
• Letter Name Problem
• 1 Li Kun / He doesnt know which
  fish he can eat
• Bengi / He cant understand why man attacks
  
• and kills animals like
  him.

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Exercise 2. 1. Aswan High Dam 2.
electricity 3. River Nile 4. covered by water
5. Abu Simbel 6. engineers 7.
UNESCO -------------------------------------------
---------------- Exercise 3. 1. move the
temple 2. stone by stone 3. 1,900 workers
4. four years 5. rebuild 6. more than
70,000, 000 7. worth 8. in
1966 ---------------------------------------------
------------- Exercise 4. 1. Abu Simbel
needed to be moved and and rebuilt because
otherwise it would have been covered by the
water when the dam was completed.
 
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2. They solved this problem by moving the
statues.They marked every stone with a number
and took the statues apart. Then they
reassembled them in another site. It was very
successful because many tourists come to
visit Abu Simbel which looks as impressive as
it did in its original site.
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Using words and expressions Exercise 1 Art
work painting photograph decoration
paper cut drawing carving
sculpture Describing art fancy rare
beautiful valuable creative well-designed
interesting wonderful delicate Materials
amber wood stone bronze jewels jade
ivory silver gold pearl marble china
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Exercise 2 1. wooden, vase 2. worth,
paintings, former 3. exploded, sailor,
sinking, local 4. trial, evidence,
entrance Exercise 3 1. I am not quite sure
who that book belongs to. 2. Mr. Brown came
to China in search of a better future. 3. He
took apart two old chairs in order to make a
sofa. 4. John mentioned the names of a few
judges whom he did not think highly of.
5. There is no doubt that the search for those
lost cultural relics will continue.
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6. When two countries were at war, troops of
soldiers were sent to the front line to fight. 7.
She gave me food and clothes and she did not
ask for anything in return. Using structures
Exercise 1 1.No one knows for certain how the
statues transported by the islanders, most
of whom lived far away from where the
stones were. 2.It was important for men to
carry the large stone statues, several of
which were too heavy. 3.People doubt that they
were dragged over the land, which is too
rough.
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4. Some people think that islanders used large
strong wooden tools, but there is not enough
evidence to prove this. 5. The wood for making
the tools should come from big trees, which
did not exist on the island. 6. A number of
people think that God moved the statues, but
no scientists agree. 7. According to the
islanders, the finished statues were
transported by those who had magic powers. 8. The
statues were built during the sixteenth and
seventeenth centuries, when mysterious society
ruled the island.
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9. The Dutch visited the island in 1722, when the
society which had made the statues had
disappeared. 10.The Dutch went to this island,
where there were only four thousand people,
in search of supplies. Listening task
Exercise 1____ The Forbidden City ( Imperial
Palace and now the Palace Museum) in the heart
of Beijing is the largest and most complete
imperial palace and ancient building complex in
China, and the world at large. Its construction
began in 1406 and was completed
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14 years later, having a history so far of
nearly 600 years. Twenty-four emperors from the
Ming and Qing ( 1644--- 1911 ) dynasties lived
and ruled China from there. Most of the
buildings in the Forbidden City were rebuild
many times, although they maintained the
original architectural style
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Exercise 3. Information about the Forbidden
City Part A Reasons for its name It was
because ordinary people were never allowed into
the palace while the emperors ruled
China. Number of rooms 9,999 Reasons for the
number 1.Nine is a special number in
Chinese culture. 2.It shows respect to the
Emperor of Heaven who has 10,000 rooms in
his palace. Part B How old is it ? Nearly
600 years
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How many Emperor lived there ? Fourteen
Emperor from the Ming Dynasty and ten from
the Qing Dynasty. What is it used for now ?
A national museum. Reading Task Exercise 1
B. Because answer A doesnt give enough
information Answer C is incorrect because Big
Feng has not saved all the buildings in
Tianjin. Only answer B is correct.
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Exercise 2. 1.He thinks that saving cultural
relics is more important than writing his
novels. 2.He asks the local government to
protect things of cultural interest. He
works very hard to save all the old
buildings of his hometown, Tianjin. 3.His
successful projects are (1). protecting the
oldest street in Tianjin. (2). persuading the
city government to buy some land in
the center of the city so it could not be
sold for business. 4. He thinks that people
will forget their great past if they do
not preserve it.
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5. Possible ways to help Feng Jicai (1). put
up posters announcing his latest
campaign (2). make speeches to support Feng
Jicai (3). go with him when he goes to meet
the local government.
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Unit 2. Workbook Listening Exercise
1 Captions of pictures 1. Smoke signals on
the Great Wall to warn of invasion. 2. A
message in a bottle in the ocean. 3. A man
sending a homing pigeon to its home with a
message tied to its leg. More possible ways in
which messages can be sent the people far away
in person (1). traveling by bicycle or on
horseback. (2). skateboarding, skating, roller
skating, etc (3). walking (4). going
by plane, hang glider,
balloon, etc by other means.
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(5).Written in the sky by an airplane (6).on the
back of an animal taken from its home and
trying to return to it. Exercise 2 Phidippdes
sent his message miles away all by himself
on foot. Exercise 3 1. Phidippdes job was
a soldier as well as a great runner. He
fought in the Battle of Marathon against the
Persians. He also sent messages miles away
by running. 2.Their city was going to be
attacked, so the Greek army went to Marathon
to fight their enemy.
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3. Phidippides did what he was asked . We know
because there is a monument to him and to the
dead soldiers at Marathon. He died giving his
message. Exercise 4 Marathon (long distance
race) was included in the first modern
Olympics Games (1).Phidippides has become a link
with the ancient Olympic past. (2).His
story is well-known. It is an inspiring
example. It is also an example of a great
running achievement.
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Using words and expressions Exercise 1 Sporting
events in the winter Olympic Games skiing
ice hockey ice skating Sporting events played
between teams badminton football basketball
gymnastics relay race table tennis sailing
volleyball soccer Sporting events done best by
Chinese athletes badminton gymnastics table
tennis diving volleyball shooting
weight-lifting hurdling
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Exercise 2 1. as well as 2. One after
another 3. as well 4. hopeless 5.
foolish Exercise 3 1. Only those who were
born in Greece could be admitted as
competitors in the ancient Olympic
Games. 2.One after another the athletes left the
Olympic village. 3.He made a bargain
with his son and promised him that he would
take him to the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games if
he worked hard. 4. There are many athletes who
did not win the glory of an Olympic medal
for themselves, but helped others to realize
their dream by their sportsmanship.
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5. Volunteers will help people find their way to
the gymnasia / gymnasiums and stadia
/stadium. Using structures Exercise 1 will
be admitted, will be asked, will be advertised,
will be replaced, will be organized,
provide. Exercise 2 1.Meals will be served
three times a day. Please check the exact
time in the dining room. 2. Rooms will be
cleaned in the late morning. 3. All
competitors will be taken to their sports
events at the correct time. 4. Visitors will
not be allowed to stay in the building
after 9 pm.
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5. Smoking will not be permitted at all in any of
the stadium. 6. Doctors will wait 24 hours a
day. 7. Competitors deserve a good nights sleep
so lights will be turned off 10 pm each
night. 8. Competitors will be punished for
cheating. 9. All competitors will be expected to
behave politely to each other. Exercise 3
1. When it comes to friendship, much will be
given to the kind man little to the unkind
one 2. When it comes to money, much will
collected for those who are hardworking little
for those who are lazy.
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3. When it comes to business, much will be
achieved by those who are polite little by
those who are rude. 4. When it comes to love,
much will be given to those who increase
your happiness little to those who do
not. Listening Exercise 2 5___ I start the
Olympic Games when the fire in the
stadium is lit. 7__ I am happy when new
countries get Olympic medals.
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2.__ I travel through many countries carried
by many runners. 1__ The sun
lights me. 6___ I will burn till the end of the
Olympic Games. 3___ The last country I visit is
the one with the host city for the
Olympics. 8___ I am proud to be a bridge
between the ancient and modern Olympic
Games. 4___ The greatest honor is for the last
athlete to carry me into the stadium.
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Exercise 3 1. Ancient Greece was the
birthplace of Olympic Games so it is
appropriate to light the flame there. 2.
The modern Olympic Games consider everyone
should have their chance to take part in the
Games. . If you are mentally or physically
disabled, it would obviously be unfair for you
to take part against other able-bodied
competitors . So the Olympic movement has
devised two sets of extra Games the Special
Games ( for mentally less able ) and
Paralympics ( for physically handicapped
competitors).
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Unit 3 the Workbook Listening Exercise 1 After
looking at the picture I think the listening will
be about robots. Exercise 2 Picture 1
No 3 / Picture 2 No 2 / Picture 4 No
1 Exercise 3 Robot 1 Robot
2_______ Height / 35 cm high
/ 10 cm high____ Appearance / has five arms to
/ like a real bird __________ hold all the
tools. /_____________ Ability / can do
all the work / can jump can __________around
the house / sing_________ Price /
only 5000 yuan / 500 yuan______
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• ____________Robot 3___________
• Height / 2 cm tall_______________
  
• Appearance / large__________________
• Ability / can play guitar and
  sing_____
• Price / X___________________
  
• Using words and expressions Exercise 1
• floppy disc 2. chips 3. monitor 4.
  modern
• 5. DVD-R0M 6. scanner 7. keyboard 8.
  printer
• Exercise 2 personally, electronic, types,
• download, logically, arise, possibility,
  virus,
• appearance,

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• Exercise 3
• Ben loves football and his greatest happiness is
• whenever he scores a goal.
• 2. With the help of a computer, you will not find
  it
• hard to deal with and share information.
• 3. Jack failed his exams last term and from then
  on
• his parents stopped him playing computer
  games.
• 4. I dont like to watch over my naughty niece
• every weekend, but my mother insists that I
  do.
• 5. When I was young, I didnt like to help my
• mother with the cooking, but in a way it has
  been
• useful as I am now able to make delicious
  food.

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6. A coach who can train world class athletes
will be universally popular. 7. The
signal to the rocket going into space went
wrong, and as a result it exploded and fell into
the sea. Using structures Exercise 1 have
been given, has been made, has been
provided, have been taught, has been taken, has
been set up, has been completed, Exercise 2
1. The dates of each course have been printed in
the newspaper by the teachers.
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2. More information has been given on its
website by the government. 3.The computer
science department of the university has been
chosen to organize the training course by
the government. 4. It has been suggested by the
university that they teach the course with
the new computer science textbook. 5. We
have been promised by the computer
department that we will be able to use a laptop
every day.
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Exercise 3 The prizes this year have been
awarded to four students for their outstanding
work. It has been decided that the prize for hard
work in science will be presented to Wang
Xiaoding. Wu Lei has been given the prize for
getting the highest scores in the tests all year.
Her hard work deserves this prize . Li Li has
been given the prize for her excellent work in
English. Among other things she wrote and put on
a play for the other classes in the school. It
was highly praised. Zhang Hong will receive the
prize as the best behaved student in the class.
Her excellent behavior has been noticed
many times. We are glad to announce that she has
been
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given a place to study maths at Beijing
University. The local leaders of our area have
been so impressed with the work of these four
students that they have offered each of them a
scholarship of five thousand yuan to help them
with their studies. Thank you!
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Sally
Brenda .look after children
/ work in a factory ____ .the programmer
_______________________ .they can not laugh,
taste, smell or eat food___ .they can work, talk
and play football (they can feel busy and tired
and they have wished)

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Exercise 3 2. They should have their own
time. 3. They should be able to change their
jobs. 4. They should be able to decide their own
future. 5. They should be able to taste, smell,
feel, etc
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Reading task Exercise 1
HUA FEI .expert at high flying exercise
Olympic standard .wonderful turns, dives,
circles and dances. silver medal for high
flying exercises. .began very well but failed
through no fault of his own .parachute
failed to open .two new legs and a new bigger
head.
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• Unit 4 the Workbook Listening Exercise 2
• Letter Name Problem________________
• Li Kun / He doesnt know which fish he can eat.
• Bengi / He cant understand why man attacks and
  kill
• / animals like him._______________
  ________
• 3 Zhao Jing / She doesnt understand why
  the best
• / animals and plants are kept
  in zoos
• / and parks_______________________
  ___
• Using words and expressions
• Exercise 1 1, 2, 1, 2, 1, 2,
• Exercise 2
• fur, endangered, die out, mosquitoes, secure,
  in peace

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Exercise 3 1. Suan burst into laughter when
she saw the monkeys running after each other
in the dust of the game reserve. They looked
so funny. 2. My grandpa longed for the return of
the Milu deer so much that he could hardly
contain his excitement and burst into tears
when he saw them in the Nanhaizi Milu Park
return to China. 3.The WWF inspects the panda
reserves regularly so that the pandas there
are well protected. They make sure that
anyone who hunts a panda will be punished
with no mercy.
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4. After the loss of so many antelopes, the game
keepers began to employ new methods for
catching the hunters. 5. The scientists knew that
their experiment would would succeed when the
panda babies began to bite and eat bamboo
all by themselves. 6. Incidents with oil spills
harm many sea birds, this has encouraged
societies to come into being, whose aim is to
save the birds 7. Many people go to a new
economic zone like Shenzhen to look for a
new job, hoping to increase their income
there.
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• Using structures Exercise 1
• Im afraid that the road to Wolong Nature
• Reserve is being repaired.
• 2. How much money we should spend on endangered
  tigers is being discussed.
• 3. The side effects of the new drug are being
• researched.
• 4. The request to buy a video for each classroom
  is
• being considered.
• 5. The project to make a new home for pandas is
• being developed.

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 Exercise 2 are being produced, are
being discovered, are now being studied, are
being encouraged. Exercise 3 E, A, B, C,
D Reading task Exercise 1 Information
for research into the Milu deer____ /like other
deer but with large horns________ .. / live
together,eat grass and small tree branches ____
like cool, wet weather._______________ . /
over-hunted and killed________________ . /
lived happily and number increased______
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. .. 1985 the government of China asked for
some to be returned to China, the Duke of
Bedford ___ was happy to agree.___________________
__ . great increase in number and several Milu
deer ____centers have been sent up.
_______________ . ..an increase in the
friendship and understanding ____between China
and Britain._______________
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Listening task Exercise
2 Its saving wild birds covered in
oil. Exercise 3 raincoats, cold, water,
flows, stick, together, get, cold,
may, eat, oil, get, sick Exercise 4
Step 1 We comfort the birds. Step 2 We
clean the birds.
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Unit 5 the Workbook Listening Exercise 2
Classical music, especially Mozart, helps
improve your memory. Exercise 3 1.
True 2. False. You can listen to any kind of
classical music if it has regular
rhythms. 3. False. Scientists do not think that
studying maths can improve your long term
memory . 4. False. Scientists think it only
works with classical music. 5. False.
Scientists think that learning a musical
instrument can help your maths skills .
(Listening to classical music improves your short
term memory.)
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Using words and expressions Exercise 1
1.sensitive 2. earn 3. sort 4. actor 5.
brief 6. pub 7. form 8. beard 9. painful
10. addition Exercise 2 invitation,
perform, familiar with, play a joke,
beard, confident, performance, dipped,
Afterward, painful Exercise 3 1. This is
the home I have always dreamed of ! When can we
move in ? 2. You can be honest with me since I am
familiar with the situation. 3. He likes
playing jokes on others but is very sensitive if
other play jokes on him.
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4. For a brief moment I forgot the pain in my
leg as I laughed at the humorous jokes of the
actor. 5.There are many reasons for his success.
Afterwards we agreed that above all the love
and devotion of his fans had made his career
successful. 6. For the next year or so I will
have to reply on my son to support the family.

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• Using structures Exercise 1
• Simon helped Peter repair his guitar, for which
• he was very grateful
• 2. I like songs in (to) which the feeling of love
  is
• expressed.
• 3. I enjoyed my holiday during (on) which I went
  to
• a concert for pop music.
• 4. I like my music teacher for whom I have great
• respect.
• 5. I have many friends of whom some are
  musicians.
• 6. Peter went to a concert at which his favorite
  band
• played and sang.

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Exercise 2 1. during which -? when 2.
in which ? where 3. in which ? where 4. to
which ? where 5. for which?why 6. at which
? when 7. in which ? where 8. at which?
where 9. the way in which?how 10.at
which? when Exercise 3 without whom, for
which, in which, for whom Listening task
Exercise 2 mathematical , pattern,
composers, choral, moving, beauty
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Exercise 3 information on Bach .
God. . In the church Mathematical and
with a special pattern . Choral
music For the beauty of his musical
patterns. Reading task Exercise 1 Part 1
day / way / away Chorus spoon / moon ,
when / then Part 2 day / play, throw/ do,
dimmed / him Part 3 day / say, while /
smile, keys / please Part 4 away / day,
mind / time, flu / you
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Exercise 2 Part 1 When his son is growing up,
his father is often away and very
busy. But the son wants to copy his
father. Part 2 At ten the father is too busy to
play with his son, but the son still
wants to copy his father. Part 3
Home from college the son is too busy to
talk to his father. Part 4 Now the father is
old and retired, he finds his son is
too busy to see him. He now realize
that his son has grown up just like
him.