GOING FOR GOLD - UPPER INTERMEDIATE - UNIT 11

Rezolvarea exercitiilor de la Unit 11: WATER, WATER EVERYWHERE 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 11: WATER, WATER EVERYWHERE

LISTENING

Going for Gold - Coursebook :
ex 2 / page 106

1. c
2. c
3. c
4. a
5. b

Going for Gold - Coursebook :
ex 3 / page 106

1. C
2. A
3. B
4. C
5. A
6. B
7. A

GRAMMAR 1

Going for Gold - Coursebook :
ex 1 / page 107

1. is it?
2. have you?
3. does he?
4. aren't you?
5. won't they?
6. did you?

Going for Gold - Coursebook :
ex 2 / page 107

1.
1. rising
2. falling 
3. falling

2. 
A. rising 
B. falling

Going for Gold - Coursebook :
ex 3 / page 107

1. f
2. c
3. e
4. a
5. d
6. b

VOCABULARY 1

Going for Gold - Coursebook :
ex 1 / page 108

1. use
2. waste
3. save
4. spend

Going for Gold - Coursebook :
ex 2 / page 108

to use: water, paper, space, electricity
to save: water, paper, time, money, space, electricity
to spend: time, money

Going for Gold - Coursebook :
ex 3 / page 108

2. wasting, water
3. save time
4. waste electricity
5. use, space
6. spend, money

Going for Gold - Coursebook :
ex 4 / page 108

1. spend
2. save
3. wasted
4. waste
5. waste
6. uses

READING

Going for Gold - Coursebook :
ex 2 / page 108

b

Going for Gold - Coursebook :
ex 3 / page 108

1.
B a child swimming with the dolphins
C It will probably continue a list, possibly with the word secondly.
D An idea is contrasted with the previous sentence. 
E Because the programme has been mentioned already (possibly in the previous sentence).
F the dolphins because it is mentioned first in this sentence

2.
1. B
2. E
3. A
4. F
5. D
6. C

GRAMMAR 2

Going for Gold - Coursebook :
ex 1 / page 110

1.
1. 's had
2. 's been swimming


Going for Gold - Coursebook :
ex 2 / page 110

1. a) 've been running   b) 've run
2. a) 's sent   b) has been sending

3. a) 've watched   b) 's been watching
4. a) 've been taking   b) 've passed

5. a) 's been having   b) 've had

VOCABULARY 2

Going for Gold - Coursebook :
ex 1 / page 111

1. 
Positive meaning: excited, amazed, cheerful, hopeful
Negative meaning: depressed, frustrated, worried, confused, upset, nervous

2.

excited: happy and interested because something good has happened or is expected

amazed: very surprised (often because something is better than expected)

cheerful: happy and showing this by your behaviour

hopeful: you think that something good will probably happen

depressed: very sad ( especially about the future)

frustrated: angry and impatient because you can't do what you want to do

worried: not feeling happy or relaxed because you keep thinking something bad might happen

confused: unable to understand something clearly

upset: unhappy because something unpleasant has happened so that you feel shocked and want to cry

nervous: worried and a little frightened about something and unable to relax

Going for Gold - Coursebook :
Watch Out / page 111

1. nervous
2. annoyed

Going for Gold - Coursebook :
ex 2 / page 111

2. worried
3. frustrated
4. cheerful
5. nervous
6. confused
7. upset
8. depressed
9. hopeful
10. amazed 

LISTENING 2

Going for Gold - Coursebook :
ex 2 / page 112

They are all possitive. 

Going for Gold - Coursebook :
ex 4 / page 112

Extract 1: E
Extract 2: A
Extract 3: F
Extract 4: C
Extract 5: B

The keywords and phrases are:
- a short medical examination
- demonstrate that we could swim 200 metres
- slow, gentle movements
- have to be quite strong
- really hard
- prevents you getting injured
- in a team
- work very closely with other people

SPEAKING


Going for Gold - Coursebook :
ex 1 / page 112

Picture A: to read, to relax, to sunbathe, to float 
Picture B: to shout, to slide, to float, to laugh, to splash

Going for Gold - Coursebook :
ex 2 / page 112

1. 
General: 1, 2
Specific: 3, 4, 5

2.
3-b  4-c  5-a

Going for Gold - Coursebook :
ex 3 / page 113

1. 
Raspuns posibil:

In picture A, a man is floating in the Dead Sea. He is reading a newspaper.
In picture B, some children are sliding down a water chute. They are sitting in red rubber rings.

2. 
Picture A looks very peaceful, whereas picture B looks exciting.
In both pictures people are floating in water, but in picture B there is more action.
Picture B looks more fun, but on the other hand, the person in picture A is also having a good time.

USE OF ENGLISH

Going for Gold - Coursebook :
ex 1 / page 114

1. His name is Steve Redgrave. He is a British Olympic rowing champion.
2. He got five gold medals for rowing in five consecutive Olympics.
3. He helps young people to succeed in rowing.

Going for Gold - Coursebook :
ex 2 / page 114

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


Going for Gold - Coursebook :
ex 3 / page 114

3. more
4. it
5. correct
6. from
7. correct
8. the
9. of
10. correct
11. in
12. but
13. correct
14. for
15. can
16. correct



WRITING

Going for Gold - Coursebook :
ex 2 / page 115

The best thing that ever happened to her was that she nearly drowned. Because of that she decided to learn to swim and went on to win two Olympic medals.

Going for Gold - Coursebook :
ex 3 / page 115

Raspunsuri posibile:

every day: every week, every year
only a year later: only two days later, only a week later
when I was twelve: when I was a child, when they lived with us
only eight years after ...: only an hour after..., only a month after...
during my teenage years: during his childhood, during the whole of last year