2 Differing tastes

a b c
Listening Grammar
Part 2 Past tenses
1 Correct the mistakes in these sentences using
1 Look at the exam task. Answer these questions.
suitable past tenses. In sentences 3 and 8 more than
1 Look at the instructions. Who is the speaker in this one answer is possible.
task? What is the review about?
1 When we chatted in the café, I didn’t notice
2 Look at the gaps for questions 1–10. Which gap or
someone stealing my bag.
gaps can be filled by the following?
2 During the phone call, Felicity was asking him to go
a a role camping at the weekend.
b a place 3 Before I had a computer, I was looking things up in
c a product books.
d a length of time 4 I ran to the cinema and arrived at 7.15 but the film
e an adjective already started.
5 My dad didn’t used to have dinner with us very
2 02 Now listen and do the exam task. often because he worked long hours.
Need help? Go to Quick steps page 16 in the Student’s Book 6 My aunt’s beautiful antique vase broke while I
washed it.
Exam task 7 The glass on the table was containing a strange
green liquid.
You will hear a radio presenter reviewing a biography of 8 After Greg had working in the shop for several years,
a chef. For questions 1–10, complete the sentences with he became the manager.
a word or short phrase. 9 When Nick arrived at the party it was late and most
1 The presenter thinks that everyone will find Kwame’s of the other guests went home.
biography a very book.
2 Kwame studied for a while at a ,
which he was forced to leave.
3 When he went to Louisiana, he was hired to work in
the kitchens of a , which was
where he began his career in cooking.
4 In 2010, Kwame went back to New York and became
a in a restaurant.
5 Kwame set up a catering business with money
he earned from selling on
the subway.
6 Kwame’s restaurant, Shaw Bijou, was only open for
before it went out of business.
7 Shaw Bijou had a key who was
responsible for the decision to close it down.
8 The speaker says that what motivated Kwame was a
that was always with him.
9 Kwame’s current restaurant is in a
in Washington.
10 Next week on this programme, the type of book
being reviewed will be a ,
written by an Italian chef.

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2 Choose the correct answer to complete the text.

Photographs of food

When I put ‘photos of desserts’ into called Roger Fenton (6) would (9) would be taken / were taken
a search engine this morning, I got photograph / had photographed from the point of view of the eater.
hundreds of millions of results. When richly detailed scenes of food, which Food was laid out on the table,
I (1) was having / had had dinner imitated the ‘still life’ displays of and photos were shot from above,
with a friend last week, he did not objects so brilliantly painted by the looking down, with the plates
start eating each dish until he Dutch masters. He (7) produced / clearly separated. Towards the end
(2) had taken / took endless shots had been producing large prints of the century, romantic lighting,
of it. Whereas the focus of dining of these to be hung as decorative lower angles and adding decorative
(3) was being / used to be the taste works of art. Up until the 20th objects (10) had been / was the
of the food, its appearance and century and the rise of mass- trend. Nowadays, a lot of Western
presentation has become more and produced photographic prints, this food photography aims to display
more important. Taking photos of type of print (8) had been selling / food as simply and naturally as
food has become part of the dining had been sold well. However, with possible, with very few objects
experience, and many restaurants this and other developments in included.
use photos as a key marketing tool. technology, the style and function
So how (4) was all this starting / of food photography began to
did all this start? change dramatically.
The earliest photos of food date back Rather than being works of art,
to the early days of photography photos of food in the beginning
in the nineteenth century. At that and middle of the twentieth
time, photographers (5) were trying century more commonly had
/ tried to establish photography functional purposes such as
as a serious art form. During the illustrations in recipe books. For
1860s, for example, a photographer many years, these photos

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 Reading and Vocabulary
Use of English Fixed phrases
Complete the sentences with words from the box.
Part 2
alone attracted company ease fed heart
1 Look at the exam task and answer the following nerves propose shape side sight touch
questions.
1 Jimmy’s in pretty bad because he’s
1 Read the title. What tenses do you expect to see in been ill and unable to exercise.
the text? What do you know about the topic before 2 The play’s main character breaks his lover’s
reading the text? when he runs away to sea.
2 Look at each gap in the text and find one where the 3 I’m up with this cold living room – we
following will fit: a superlative adjective, a relative must get the heating fixed.
pronoun, past tense forms. 4 I just want to be left – I don’t want to
talk about it.
2 Now do the exam task.
5 My advice is, only to Jasmine if you
Need help? Go to Quick steps page 20 in the Student’s think she’ll say yes!
Book 6 I’ve never been to men with beards – I
prefer the clean-shaven look.
Exam task 7 My speaking examiner was nice – he really made me
feel at before we started.
For questions 1–8, read the text below and try to think
8 Drivers who don’t consider other road users really
of the word which best fits each gap. Use only one
get on my .
word in each gap. There is an example at the
9 I don’t feel great, but I’ll come to the birthday dinner
beginning (0).
– I can’t let the down!
Example: 0 WHOSE 10 When you move to the US, let’s make sure we don’t
lose .
A short history of the olive 11 My parents were away, so my cousin came and kept
The olive, (0) botanical name is Olea me in the evenings.
europaea, is a small tree in the family Oleaceae. 12 At first , the hotel looked a bit shabby,
It now grows in many parts of the world, from the but inside it was lovely.
Mediterranean area to (1) far east
as China. However, it probably came originally
from the region (2) is now Iran,
Syria and Palestine, and then spread to the more
western Mediterranean.
The olive is very old. In fact, it is one of the world’s
(3) ancient cultivated trees. By 3,000
BCE, olives (4) already reached the
Greek island of Crete, and were being grown
in (5) to make oil. Olive crops
may have been a source of the great wealth
accumulated by the Minoan Kingdom on Crete
(2700 – 1100 BCE). Olives dating from 2,000 BCE
have also (6) found in Egyptian
tombs. Olive culture (7) passed
on by the early Greeks to the Romans, and as
the Roman Empire grew, so (8) the
world’s love of the olive.

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 Writing
Part 2 article

1 Look at the exam task and answer the following

questions.
1 What kind of text will you write, and what is
it for?
2 Which two things do you need to describe?

Exam task
You have seen this announcement in an
international magazine.

Write an article for us with this title:

A celebration meal
Tell us about what you were celebrating and
what happened at the meal.
We will publish the three most interesting
articles next month.

Write your article in 140–190 words.

2 Quickly read the model article and answer

these questions.
A celebration meal
1 What does the first paragraph do? Nowadays, people generally go out for meals more often
A explains the title of the article than when I was young. The only time our family would
B introduces the event in the article eat in a restaurant when I was growing up was when there
2 What was the writer celebrating? was a family celebration of some kind, like a birthday or
3 What happened at the meal? wedding anniversary. (1) ,
3 Look at the model article again. Complete it with such occasions were very memorable.
the linking expressions in the box. One great celebration meal I remember was for my
grandad’s seventieth birthday. My mum organised it,
Although Before long For this reason and Grandad didn’t know anything about it. On the day,
In the meantime Once The moment my parents, sisters, uncles, aunts and cousins arrived at
a posh restaurant before Grandad, and waited for him
4 Plan and write your article. Include what the task
to arrive. (2) , my gran was driving
asks for.
Grandad to the restaurant. She’d told him they were going
Need help? Go to Quick steps page 21 and the to have a quiet meal together, just the two of them.
Writing bank page 124 in the Student’s Book
(3) , we saw them arrive outside the
restaurant. We were so excited! (4)
they entered the room, we all yelled ‘surprise!’ Grandad
nearly fell over when he saw us all there!
(5) he’d got over the shock, he was
totally thrilled that we’d all come to celebrate with him.
(6) it was a wonderful occasion,
I don’t remember anything about what we ate!

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3 Changing places a b

Listening
c d
Grammar
Part 3 Modal verbs
1 Complete the sentences with a modal verb from
1 Read the exam task instructions.
the box.
1 What is the topic of the five monologues?
2 How many of the options A–H won’t you need to use? can’t have could don’t have to might have
need to should have shouldn’t have
2 What do you think you should do before you listen to
Speaker 1? 1 Georgiou is allergic to nuts, so he
eaten your peanuts;
3 03 Now listen and do the exam task. it’s impossible.
Need help? Go to Quick steps page 24 in the Student’s Book 2 It’s OK, we go shopping
tomorrow – I’ve bought what I wanted online.
Exam task 3 You turned your phone off
before the play started!
You will hear five short extracts in which people are talking 4 If you’re free, we go
about a group cycle trip they went on. For questions 1–5, and see Kate’s band tonight – they’re playing
choose from the list (A–H) what each speaker said about the in town.
trip they went on. Use the letters only once. There are three 5 Leah given her grandson
extra letters which you do not need to use. all those sweets – they made him sick!
A The pace we rode at was 6 I go and study in the
just right for me. library tomorrow, so I can’t come to basketball
B I particularly enjoyed meeting practice.
local people. 7 I’m not sure why that meat tasted so strange –
C It was worth riding the difficult it been in the freezer too
sections to get the views. Speaker 1 1 long, or perhaps I didn’t cook it long enough.
D I got on really well with the
2 Correct the exam candidates’ mistakes
rest of the tour group. Speaker 2 2
underlined in these sentences. There may be
E I was surprised at how
Speaker 3 3 more than one possible answer.
attractive the landscape was.
F I was relieved that the route 1 He hasn’t to explain his actions, but I wish
was not too busy.
Speaker 4 4 he would.
G I nearly gave up a couple 2 The shop assistant gave us instructions on
Speaker 5 5
of times. using the food mixer so we needn’t to look it
H The encouragement others up online.
gave me was helpful. 3 I will send you a list of sights you can find
interesting in Porto.
4 Freddie must buy a jumper when he was in
Malta because he forgot to pack one.
5 My grandma lived in this street as a girl – it’s
funny to think that she could play in one of
those gardens!
6 Now Nick has retired he must not wear a suit
every day – he’s really happy about that!
7 When I got to the shop, I’d forgotten what I
needed – I should write a list.
8 Elsa must not have spent all morning cleaning
the house because her visitors didn’t come.

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 Vocabulary
1 In each of these sentences written by exam
candidates, the dependent preposition is either
wrong or missing. Correct these mistakes.
1 I’ve had no response of the question I sent my tutor.
2 The class is definitely in need for more listening
practice before the exam.
3 My nephew is totally obsessed to dinosaurs at the
moment.
4 Jim’s tired but it’s got nothing to do about studying
– he went to an all-night party on Saturday.
5 After I saw a documentary on global warming, I’ve
become much more conscious with how much
energy I’m using.
6 Ask Dougie to write your reference – he knows how
capable for doing the job you are.
7 I’m emailing with regard of a recent purchase in
your store.
8 How about playing football rather than tennis? It’s a
sport I’m more familiar.

2 Read the sentences and use the missing words to

complete the crossword. All these words are in the
Reading task on Page 23 of the Student’s Book.

1 2

Across
1 Living in a small rural has
advantages and disadvantages.
3 4
3 If you want to do something useful in your free
time, why not become a for a
charity?
5 The play was produced by the school drama
club in with the local theatre.
5 6 7 To reduce global warming, everyone needs
to think about adopting a more
lifestyle.

Down
2 Henry sold his antique car because of the high
costs.
4 The government is planning to launch a healthy
7 8 eating in schools soon.
6 The restaurant has recently been
and now looks better than ever.
8 Jimmy’s told Goldie not to get him a present,
but she’s that she will get him
one. There’s no changing her mind.

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 Reading and Use of English
Part 1

1 Look at the exam task example (0) and decide if these sentences are true or false.
1 The answer options are all nouns with closely related meanings.
2 There are two correct answers.
3 Choosing the answer depends on knowing some grammar rules.

2 Two gaps involve dependent prepositions. Circle the two gaps.

3 Now do the exam task.
Need help? Go to Quick steps page 28 in the Student’s Book

Exam task
For questions 1–8, read the text below and decide which answer (A, B, C or D) best fits each
gap. There is an example at the beginning (0).
Example: 0 A type B track C way D route

Tips for planning

a rail trip around Europe

Travelling around Europe by train is a straightforward, relatively cheap (0) C of visiting lots of
different countries. Starting in northern Italy, you could be in Germany, the Czech Republic or Austria in just a
few hours, for example. (1) , when planning a trip it’s advisable to (2) the number of
places you visit, otherwise you’ll see little except the inside of a train. To give yourself enough time to
(3) everything a large city has to offer, you need to stay at least three nights.
Once you’ve (4) on where you want to go, it’s essential to become (5) with the
relevant train routes and timetables. When you look at a map, it might seem that two places look
(6) close, but the journey time turns out to be (7) long. By the time you’ve changed
trains several times, you may have lost a lot of your valuable sightseeing time. Careful planning
(8) you get the right balance between travel and exploring.

1 A Furthermore B Instead C Therefore D However

2 A tighten B limit C suspend D decline
3 A explore B learn C find D realise
4 A selected B settled C picked D opted
5 A knowledgeable B accustomed C familiar D aware
6 A a bit B fairly C slightly D a little
7 A completely B extremely C absolutely D totally
8 A ensures B provides C establishes D maintains

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 Writing 2 Read the model essay and do the following:
1 Decide what’s wrong with the underlined words/
Part 1 essay phrases, and replace them.
2 Circle the linking phrases.
1 Look at the exam task and answer these 3 Find the three parts which the task notes say you must
questions. include.
1 What question should the essay answer?
One possible argument against schools taking their
2 Whose ideas does an English teacher want to
students away on trips is the cost. No matter how short
read?
or uncomplicated the trip may be, there are travel
3 Is your answer to the question ‘yes’, ‘no’, or
costs involved in taking a group of young people away.
‘yes and no’? Why?
If children’s parents are unable to pay for them, the
school has to fund them, and this may take money
Exam task away from other parts of the curriculum.
In your English class, you have been talking about However, this disadvantage is far outweighed by the
the advantages and disadvantages of schools the advantages. Firstly, and most importantly, going
taking their students away on trips. Now, your out of school to experience cultural events, do new
English teacher has asked you to write an essay. activities or visit spectacular natural landscapes is
extremely educational for young people. It’s a much
Write an essay using all the notes and give
more effective way of learning about the world than
reasons for your point of view.
reading about such stuff in a book or on screen.
Secondly, trips are vital for some children, as they are
Should schools take their students away their only opportunity to travel and see new things.
on trips? Finally, children need stimulation to stay motivated to
learn, so providing a change from the routine of school
Notes
life is really cool for them.
Write about:
1 what students could learn In summary, my answer to this question is yes. I
2 the cost strongly believe that schools should take their students
3 your own idea away on as many trips as possible.

Write your essay in 140–190 words. You must use 3 Plan and write your essay. Don’t forget to use some
grammatically correct sentences with accurate linking words and expressions.
spelling and punctuation in an appropriate style.
Need help? Go to Quick steps page 29 and the Writing bank
page 118 in the Student’s Book

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