GOING FOR GOLD - UPPER INTERMEDIATE - UNIT 5

Rezolvarea exercitiilor de la Unit 5: THINGS THAT MATTER din manualul de limba engleza pentru clasa a IX-a intitulat GOING FOR GOLD - UPPER INTERMEDIATE - COURSEBOOK, Editura Longman, Autori Richard Acklam si Araminta Crace, Editia 2011

GOING FOR GOLD - Coursebook 
Unit 5: THINGS THAT MATTER

LISTENING 1

Going for Gold - Coursebook :
ex 1 / page 44

1.

Archimedes developed the principle of floating; Marie Curie jointly (with her husband Pierre) discovered radioactivity and isolated radium; Isaac Newton developed the theory of gravity; Leonardo da Vinci painted the Mona Lisa and invented various machines.

2.

A. Leonardo da Vinci (The picture shows his drawing for a machine similar to the modern helicopter.)

B. Isaac Newton (He invented the cap-flap.)

C. Archimedes (He is reputed to have discovered the principle of flotation in his bath. Eureka! means I have found it!)

D. Marie Curie (Her discoveries were made in an old shed behind her house which she used as a laboratory.)

Going for Gold - Coursebook :
ex 2 / page 44

Archimedes, Leonardo da Vinci and Marie Curie

Going for Gold - Coursebook :
ex 4 / page 44

1. the world
2. floating
3. the bath
4. technology
5. notebooks
6. draw
7. money
8. helicopters and parachutes
9. shed
10. two
11. radiation

VOCABULARY 1

Going for Gold - Coursebook :
ex 1 / page 45

1. science - noun; scientific - adjectiv; scientist - noun
2. invent - verb; inventor - noun; invention - noun 
3. design - noun/ verb; designer - noun 
4. revolution - noun; revolutionary - adjective/ noun; revolutionise - verb
5. art - noun; artist - noun; artistic - adjective
6. employ - verb; employer - noun; employment - noun 
7. discover - verb; discovery - noun

Going for Gold - Coursebook :
ex 3 / page 45

1. discover
2. scientific
3. designer
4. artistic
5. employment
6. revolutionary
7. inventor
8. discovery

GRAMMAR 1

Going for Gold - Coursebook :
ex 1 / page 45

One thing before another: before, previously, earlier 
One thing after another: after, afterwards, later, following
At the same time: while, when, during, at this time, as
Connecting times: since, by the time, in the meantime

Going for Gold - Coursebook :
ex 2 / page 46

1. later
2. while
3. At this time
4. As
5. after
6. while

READING

Going for Gold - Coursebook :
ex 1 / page 46

A. mobile phone
B. safety razor
C. vacuum cleaner
D. TiVo machine
E. espresso coffee machine

Going for Gold - Coursebook :
ex 2 / page 46

1902 - vacuum cleaner
1903 - safety razor
1933 - espresso coffee machine

1979 - mobile phone

2000 - TiVo machine

Going for Gold - Coursebook :
ex 3 / page 47

1. E
2. B
3. A
4. B
5. C
6. B
7. C
8. D
9. E

VOCABULARY 2

Going for Gold - Coursebook :
ex 1 / page 48

A. aluminium
B. cotton
C. wood
D. leather
E. wool
F. gold
G. steel
H. silk
I. plastic
J. cardboard

GRAMMAR 2

Going for Gold - Coursebook :
ex 1 / page 48

1. Yes. She could make...
2. No replacement possible
3. No replacement possible
4. No replacement possible

Going for Gold - Coursebook :
ex 2 / page 49

1. could is not possible
3. could is not possible
4. can is not possible
6. could is not possible

Going for Gold - Coursebook :
ex 3 / page 49

1. 'll
2. to
3. could
4. because
5. if
6. have
7. can
8. could
9. able 

USE OF ENGLISH

Going for Gold - Coursebook :
ex 1 / page 50

1. Yes, they are pleased.

Going for Gold - Coursebook :
ex 2 / page 50

1. noun (positive)
2. adjective (positive)
3. noun (positive)
4. noun (positive)
5. adjective (negative)
6. noun (positive)
7. noun (negative)
8. adverb (positive)
9. adjective (positive)
10. noun (positive)
11. verb (positive)

Going for Gold - Coursebook :
ex 3 / page 50

decisive - adjective
decision - noun
comfort - noun
comfortable - adjective
conveniences - noun
inconveniences - noun
life - noun
live - verb or adjective
bigger - adjective (comparative)
biggest - adjective (superlative)
writing - noun or verb
write - verb
time - noun or verb
timing - noun or verb
fortunately - adverb
unfortunately - adverb
positive - adjective
positively - adverb
experience - noun
experienced - adjective or verb
talkative - adjective
talking - verb

Going for Gold - Coursebook :
ex 4 / page 50

1. decision 
2. comfortable 
3. conveniences 
4. life
5. biggest
6. writing
7. time
8. fortunately 
9. positive
10. experience 
11. talking

LISTENING 2

Going for Gold - Coursebook :
ex 2 / page 50

1. d
2. c
3. e
4. a

Going for Gold - Coursebook :
ex 3 / page 50

1. The speaker was knocked over by a wave.
2. She felt safe after his mother picked him up.
3. She was exciting by her last birthday present.
4. She uses her mobile phone mainly for texting her friends.
5. On Santorini you can take trips to see the old volcano.
6. The present from his gran was for good luck.
7. He started keeping a diary soon after he got the present.

SPEAKING

Going for Gold - Coursebook :
ex 1 / page 51

Sonia: mobile phone and watch
Paul: mobile phone and photo album
They don't decide between computer and TV. 

Going for Gold - Coursebook :
ex 2 / page 51

Sonia is the most interactive. (She solicits Paul's opinion several times with questions such as What do you think? and How about you?)

Going for Gold - Coursebook :
ex 3 / page 51

1. you think
2. How
3. about the
4. the most


WRITING

Going for Gold - Coursebook :
ex 1 / page 51

1. An interesting title
2. A range of interesting vocabulary
3. An appropriate informal style
4. Personal opinions and examples

Going for Gold - Coursebook :
ex 2 / page 51

It has all the features listed in Exercise 1 above. The problem of organisation is the lack of paragraphing.


Going for Gold - Coursebook :
ex 3 / page 51

Paragraph 1: It's difficult for me to remember what life was like...

Paragraph 2: Then, on the morning of my 17th birthday, ...

Paragraph 3: I know some people find them annoying but I think ...

The fisrt paragraph introduces the subject of the article. It also establishes how much the winter wanted a mobile phone.

The second paragraph describes the occasion when the winter received the mobile phone and what he or she can do with it.

The final paragraph summarises the writer's feeling about mobile phones.