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Cloze:HazardousHistory..............................................................................3
Cloze:TheTruthabouttheTitanicPart1 ..................................................4
Cloze:TheTruthabouttheTitanicPart2 ..................................................5
Cloze:Letitbe..............................................................................................6
Cloze:WoodyAllen ......................................................................................7
Cloze:TheEuro.............................................................................................8
CLoze:Dowereallyneedtosleep?..............................................................9
Cloze:Flatsharing ......................................................................................10
Cloze:DoyouspeakGerman?....................................................................11
Cloze:DoormeninNewYork .....................................................................12
KeytoHazardousHistory ...........................................................................13
KeytoTheTruthabouttheTitanicPart1 ................................................14
KeytoTheTruthabouttheTitanicPart2 ................................................15
KeytoLetitbe ...........................................................................................16
KeytoWoodyAllen....................................................................................17
KeytoTheEuro ..........................................................................................18
KeytoDowereallyneedtosleep? ............................................................19
KeytoFlatsharing......................................................................................20
KeytoFlatsharing......................................................................................20
KeytoDoyouspeakGerman? ...................................................................21
KeytoDoyouspeakGerman? ...................................................................21
KeytoDoormeninNewYork .....................................................................22

Cloze: Hazardous History

Fillinthegapswithawordfromthebox.Thefirstonehasbeen
doneasanexample.Thereare4wordsthatyoudon'tneed
(distracters).20x0.5=10marks

Three centuries (0)________, people had much shorter lives. In

1700,insurancecompaniesputthe(1)________lifeexpectancyofa
newborn baby at only fourteen years! The average life expectancy in the world
(2)________issixtysixyears,andinsome(3)________itismuchhigher:inJapanor
France, for (4)________, the average is more than eighty. This is mainly because of
betterdiet,betterhygieneandbetterhealthcare.Evenintheoldendaysthough,itis
(5)________thatifpeoplesurvivedtobeanadulttheyoften(6)________tobesixty
orseventy.

Having children was much more dangerous in (7)______ days: one in every nine
womendiedinchildbirth.Evenso,women(8)______tohavemanymorechildrenthan
they do today: in 1800 the average (9)______ family had seven children today the
averageis(10)______thantwo.Perhapsthereasonforthiswasthatsomanybabies
died:evenahundredyearsago,20%ofchildrendied(11)_______theywerefive.

Onereasonthatthereweresomanydiseaseswasthatpeople(12)________muchless
abouthygiene:evenrichpeopledidn'tusetowashmuchmanypeoplethoughtthatit
was (13)________ to take a bath, so they often bathed only once or twice
(14)________ year. Instead they used perfume to cover (15)________ odours. Poor
peopledidn'tevenhavetoiletsorcleanwaterandmosthadlicein(16)________hair,
bodies,clothesandbeds.

There was no toothpaste in those days (17)_______ and only rich people used
toothbrushes. Of course, toothache was very (18)________, but there were no
professionaldentistsuntilthe(19)________ofthenineteenthcentury.Beforethat,if
youhadatoothache,youhadtogotothebarber's.Henotonlycuthair,butalsoused
totakeout(20)________andperformothersmalloperations.

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Cloze:TheTruthabouttheTitanicPart1

This text is full of the third conditional. Example: If he had come

sooner, he would have saved the situation. Fill in the gaps with a
word from the box. There are 4 words that you don't need
(distracters).20x0.5=10marks

The(0)________oftheTitaniconitsfirstvoyagehas(1)________peopleallovertheworldfor
a hundred years. It is a story surrounded by mystery and (2)________. Here we answer the
questionsmostoften(3)________aboutthemostfamousofships.

Whyweren'tthereenoughlifeboats?
Theregulationscontrollingthenumberoflifeboatsthataship(4)________carrywereterribly
outofdate.TheTitaniconlyhadtohave16lifeboats,(5)________for962people.Nobody
wouldhavediedonApril14th1912iftheTitanichadhadenoughlifeboatsfor(6)________the
passengers.

WasthereanothershipwhichcouldhavehelpedtheTitanic?
Asmallship(7)________theCalifornianwasonly20kilometresawayfromtheTitanic.Ithad
(8)________ for the night because of the icebergs. It was (9)_____ near that the two ships
couldseeeachother's(10)________.Theradiooperatorhadjustgonesohedidn'thearthe
Titanic's S.O.S. message. Later sailors saw the Titanic's eight white rockets in the sky. They
(11)________ up their captain but he didn't do anything as he didn't think the rockets were
(12)________. if the Californian had known the Titanic was sinking, it would have rescued
everybody.ThecaptainoftheCalifornianwaslaterblamedfor(13)________goingtohelpthe
Titanicandhisreputationwasdestroyed.

WascaptainSmithtoblame?
Although they had received (14)_______ warnings of icebergs from other ships in the
(15)________,theTitanicwas(16)________attopspeed.ThecaptainoftheTitanic,likeother
captains,wasundergreatcommercialpressuretomaketheAtlanticcrossingas(17)________
aspossible.AlsoBruceIsmay,thedirectoroftheWhiteStarLinewhichownedtheTitanic,was
onboardandhewantedhisshiptobeatthecompany(18)________forthefastestcrossing.
AnothercriticismofcaptainSmithisthathewasnotonthebridgeatthe(19)________ofthe
collision. Perhaps if he had been there, his ship would not have (20)________ the iceberg.
CaptainSmithandtheship'sdesignerThomasAndrewsbothdrowned.

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Cloze:TheTruthabouttheTitanicPart2

Thistextisfullofthethirdconditional.Example:Ifhehadcome
sooner,hewouldhavesavedthesituation.Fillinthegapswitha
word from the box. There are 4 words that you don't need
(distracters).20x0.5=10marks

Whydidn'tthelifeboatsgo(0)_____torescuesurvivors?
In the confusion of the evacuation, many lifeboats left the Titanic (1) _____ empty.
This was partly because Captain Smith and his crew found it (2) _____ to persuade
peopletoleavethe'unsinkable'Titanic.Manywereterrifiedatthe(3)_____ofbeing
lowereddownontotheseaina(4)_____lifeboat.WhentheTitanicfinallysank,some
ofthepassengersinthelifeboatswantedtogobackandrescuesomeofthepeople(5)
_____inthefreezingwater.Iftheyhadgoneback,manymorepeople(6)______have
beensaved.Butotherpeopleinthelifeboats(7)_____thattheyhadtoputtheirown
livesfirstandthatiftoomanypeopleinthewatertriedtogetintothelifeboats,(8)
_____ would overturn and everybody would drown. Finally, only one of the sixteen
lifeboats went back to pick up survivors. They only (9) _____ to rescue five people.
Everyoneelsewasdead.

Didtheorchestrareallyplayuntiltheend?
After the collision, the little group of musicians started playing in the firstclass (10)
_____ to keep the passengers (11) _____, but later they moved up onto the deck.
Somesurvivorsinthelifeboatssaidtheycouldstill(12)_____themusiciansplayinga
waltz called Autumn until just before the ship finally sank. If they hadn't continued
playinguntilthe(13)_____,therewouldhavebeenmuchmorepanicontheship.Not
oneoftheorchestra(14)_____.

WhathappenedtoBruceIsmayafterthedisaster?
The public were extremely (15) _____ about any of the 58 men who survived the
disaster, especially (16) _____ about 150 women and children died (mostly from
second and third class). But Bruce Ismay (17) _______ the most criticism. When his
beautifulshipsank,Ismay,inoneofthelifeboats,(18)_____hisheadsoasnottosee
it. Later, numerous articles were written in newspapers attacking him (19) _____
savinghisownlife.NobodywaseverallowedtomentiontheTitanicinhis(20)_____.

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Cloze:Letitbe

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asanexample.Thereare4wordsthatyoudon'tneed(distracters).20x
0.5=10marks

SirPaulMcCartneyisprobably(0)____mostfamouspopmusicianofthe20thcentury.(1)____
withJohnLennonheformedtheBeatles,andsincetheirbreakuphashadalongsolocareer.
Altogether he has (2)_____ over 500 songs including Yesterday, the most played song of
(3)____ time. He has recently also written a classical piece called Standing Stone which was
premiredin1997.HiswifeLindadiedofcancerin1998.Hehasfourchildren.

WhendidyouandJohnLennonmeet?'In1957whenIwas15andhewas16andwewereboth
stillatschool.Wehadalotincommon,wewereboth(4)____aboutmusicandwebothlost
our mothers when we were teenagers. My mother had died of cancer the year before and
John'smumwasrunoverbya(5)____ayearafterwe'dmet.Sotherewasalwaysthatspecial
bond(6)____us.'

WhendidyouandJohnbegintowritesongstogether?'(7)____waswhenIwasstillatschool
andJohnwasatartcollege.We(8)____towriteatmyhouseintheafternoonwhenmydad
was working. We had about three hours before my dad (9)____ home. John had a second
handguitarandIplayedabit(10)____thepiano.WehadanoldschoolnotebookandIusedto
writeatthetopofthepageALennonandMcCartneyoriginal.Wealwayssaidtoeachother
that we'd be the (11)____ songwriting team in the world, which is funny (12)____ that's
exactlywhatwebecame.We(13)____theBeatlesin1960.'

Areanyofyourlyricsaboutrealpeopleandevents?'UsuallytheBeatles'songswhichweremy
(14)____weren'tpersonal,butthereweresome(15)____:forinstance,IwroteLetitbeabout
my mother, (16)____ name was Mary. One night, when the Beatles were breaking up and I
wasfeelingverydepressed,Ihada(17)____whereIsawmymum,whohaddiedwhenIwas
fourteen.Itwasgreattoseeheragainandinthedreamshesaid,'Don'tworry.Everythingwill
be (18)____.' It was such a nice dream I woke up and I felt much (19)____ and I started to
writeLetitbe.Afterwards,thousandsofpeoplewrotetomesayingthatthesonghadhelped
themin(20)____times.Later,aftertheBeatleshadbrokenup,IformedWingsandIwrotea
lotofsongstomywifeLinda,likeSillyLovesongsandTheLovelyLinda.'

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Cloze:WoodyAllen

Fillinthegapswithawordfromthebox.Thefirstonehasbeendoneas
anexample.Thereare4wordsthatyoudon'tneed(distracters).20x0.5
=10marks

WoodyAllen,whose(0)______nameisAllenKonigsberg,wasbornin
1035.Heisanactoranddirector,and(1)______inadultcomediessetinNewYork.Amonghis
bestknownfilmsareAnnieHall(1977),ThePurpleRoseofCairo(1985)andMightyAphrodite
(1995). (2)_____fromhisfilmsandhissenseofhumour,he's (3)____forhisglassesand his
marriage in 1997 to Soon Yi, the adopted daughter of Mia Farrow, his expartner. When he
isn'tmakingfilms,heplaystheclarinetinaNewYorkjazzclub.

Mostpeopleare(4)____thatthecharactersthatWoodyAllenplays,whichtendtobe
very similar, are (5)______ on his own personality. He has always denied this, but there is
some(6)______tothecontrary.Likemanyofthecharactersheplays,heis(7)______shy.'For
metherealpleasureiswriting.Makingthemovieisthis:you'reoutthereinthecoldandrain,
you're freezing, the clock is ticking, you're spending thousands of dollars, and people
(8)______saying,"Hurry up". ThenicestfeelingIknowisthatthefilmisopeninginChicago
and that I'm not there I'm in bed, relaxing, reading, playing my clarinet. All my life I've
enjoyednotbeingattheopeningnight.Iusedtohaveajoke:"Idon'tmind(9)______,butI
don'twanttobetherewhenithappens."Thatreallyisaboutme.WhenIaminvitedtoparties,
I almost (10)______ go. Sometimes I get to the door and I just can't go in. It's nothing to
(11)______withbeingfamous,Iwaslikethatbefore.Notbeingthere,butknowingpeoplelike
the film that's perfect for me.' He stays (12)______ from Hollywood, its romances and its
glamorouslifestyle.'Ihateallthat.Ijustwanttomakethefilmandgohome.'

WoodyAllenisalsoveryinsecureabouthisfilms.'Theideainmy(13)______isalways
superb,butbythe(14)______thefilm'smade,it'sneverexactlyasIwantedit.Ialwayswant
tosaytopeople,"youdon'trealizewhatagreatfilmI(15)______madehere."Infact,hewas
(16)______ disappointed with Manhattan that he tried to buy the movie back from United
Artists,andpromisedthathewouldmake(17)______filmforfreeiftheydestroyeditforhim
orthrewitaway.Theyrefused,andthefilm(18)______nominatedforanOscar.

The big question is, is he happy? 'What does that mean? My basic position is
pessimism.Somepeoplearenaturallycheerful,(19)______aren't.Inaturallyexpecttheworst.
It'sjustthe(20)________Iam.'

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Cloze:TheEuro

Fillinthegapswithawordfromthebox.Thefirstonehasbeendoneas
anexample.Thereare4wordsthatyoudon'tneed(distracters).
20x0.5=10marks

The euro was (0)______ in 12 countries on January 1st, 2002. The United Kingdom was not
(1)______ofthem.TheUKoptedoutofthepartoftheMaastrichtTreatythatrequireditto
adoptthecommon(2)______.Tenyearson,theEurozoneincludes17nations,but(3)______
tothecrisis,itisunlikely thattheUK willadopttheeuro.In2010,thecoalitiongovernment
pledged(4)______tojointheeuroforitslifetime.Infact,doestheUKwanttoremaininthe
EuropeanUnion(EU)at(5)_______?

ConservativePartyrebelswantanationalreferendumonUKmembership.ConservativePrime
Minister David Cameron says no. However, Cameron (6)______ to recuperate constitutional
powers from the European Parliament. The socialist Labour Party is proEurope, but decided
nottoadopttheeuro.TheLiberalDemocratsarethe(7)______majorpartythatbelievesthe
euroisthefuturefortheUK.

The antiEurope movement in Britain has a (8)______ history. The extreme rightwing and
racistBritishNationalFront(9)______againstUKmembershipinthe1970s.TodaytheBritish
NationalPartyismorepopular.AnothernewpartywantsBritaintoleaveEurope:theUnited
KingdomIndependenceParty(UKIP).TheUKIP(10)______,NigelFarage,says:"Wedon'twant
the European flag. We don't want the anthem. And we don't want the euro." Ironically, the
only major elections the British National Party and UKIP have (11)______ are the European
Parliament. Europe's proportional representation gives small (12)______ power. The EU also
offersthemthechancetoforminfluentialgroupswithsimilarpartiesacrossEurope.

WhatdotheBritishpeoplethink(13)______Europe?Thereisanoldjokethatdemonstrates
the traditional attitude: "Heavy fog over the English Channel, Continent isolated." So Britain
isn't (14)______ of Europe. Has Britain's attitude to Europe (15)______ in recent years? No!
EuropeanCommissionresearchtells(16)______only22percentoftheBritishpublicwantsto
remainintheEU.76percentdonot(17)______theEuropeanParliament.And54percentsay
Britainhasnotbenefittedfromthemembership.
But another (18)______ reveals Britain is the worst place to live in Europe. One in 10 UK
citizenswouldliketoemigrate.Whatreasonsdotheygive?The(19)______weather,thehigh
costoflivingandsocialproblems.Wheredotheywanttolive?TheEU'sSpain,FranceandItaly
arethe(20)______destinations.

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CLoze:Dowereallyneedtosleep?

Fillinthegapswithawordfromthebox.Thefirstonehas
beendoneasanexample.Thereare4wordsthatyoudon't
need(distracters).20x0.5=10marks

Tonight between eleven o'clock and one o'clock (0)______ of

peoplewillstartyawning.Verysoon,theywill(1)______undressed,
liedown,andclosetheireyes.Afewminuteslater,theywillbe(2)______.

Sleepisapowerful(3)______onallourlives,anda60yearoldpersonhas(4)______almost
twentyyearsasleep.Thetraditionaltheoryaboutsleepisthatourbrainneedsto(5)______for
severalhourstorefreshitselfandto'file'inourmemoryeverythingthathashappenedtous
(6)_____ the day. We can put off sleeping for a limited period, for instance if we go to an
(7)______party,butsoonerorlaterwehavetosleep.Ifwearenotallowedtosleep,wesuffer
hallucinations,and(8)______die.

However,RayMeddis,ascientistattheSleepResearchUnitatLoughboroughUniversity,hasa
(9)______ new theory. He suggests that we don't really (10)______ to sleep at all. We sleep
only (11)______ our brain is 'programmed' to make us do so. He believes that the sleep
instinctoriginatesfromprehistorictimes;primitivemanwas'programmed'tosleeptoprotect
(12)______ from the darkness with its many dangers. Animals appear to (13)______ been
similarly programmed. The number of hours that they sleep does not depend (14)______
physicalactivity,butonhowmuchtimetheyneedtoeat.Horses,cows,sheepandelephants
for example, which spend many (15)______ eating, sleep only 23 hours. Cats, on the other
hand, who have a lot of (16)______ time, sleep for 14 hours a day, more than half of their
lives.

According to Dr Meddis, the 'tiredness' we feel at the end of the day is (17)______ by a
chemicalmechanisminthebrainwhichmakesussleep.Weare'programmed'tofeel'tired'or
'sleepy' at midnight even if we have spent the day relaxing on the beach or (18)______
nothing. He believes that if scientists could locate and 'turn off' the sleep mechanism in our
brainthatproducestiredness,we(19)______livecompletelynormalandhealthyliveswithout
sleeping.

So is sleeping a waste of time? Well, even Dr Meddis does not (20)______ the great
psychologicalvalueofsleep,andheasksus,'ifscientistsinventedapillwhich,ifyoutookit,
wouldkeepyouawakeforever,wouldyoutakeit?'

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Cloze:Flatsharing

Fillinthegapswithawordfromthebox.Thefirstonehasbeen
doneasanexample.Thereare4wordsthatyoudon'tneed
(distracters).20x0.5=10marks

you've got a problem. You're going to go to university in a different

town and you need somewhere to live. Or perhaps you just don't get on with your parents.
Whatcanyoudo?Haveyoueverthoughtofsharingaflat?

IknowallaboutitbecauseI'vebeensharingflatsforthepastfouryears,(0)______Imovedto
Edinburghtostudy.Imustadmitmyfirstexperiencewasa(1)______ofadisaster.Isawan
advertinthenewspaperfromagirlwhohadaflatandwas(2)______foraflatmate.WhenI
met her, she seemed really nice, and I (3)______ that she had lots of great CDs I wanted to
hearandabigTV.However,Ichangedmy(4)______aboutherafewdaysafterImovedin.I
came (5)______ from college one day and threw my books and jacket onto the living room
sofa.myflatmatelookedatthem,lookedatmeandshouted:'Ihopeyou'renotgoingtoleave
(6)______there!'ItwasthenIfound(7)______thatshewasabsolutelyobsessiveaboutbeing
tidy.Itwasobviousthatwewereincompatible,(8)______I'mdefinitelynottheworld'stidiest
person.Imovedoutafterthefirstmonth.

Ithendecidedtotrysharingahousewithseveralpeople.Irentedaroominabigoldhouse
(9)______Isharedwithfourothergirls(twoBrazilians,aRussian,andanItalian).Itwasgreat
because the house was always full ofyoung people from (10)______ over the world and we
hadlotsofparties.However,therewerethreeproblems.Firstly,itwasimpossible(11)______
anyworkbecausethehousewassonoisy.Secondly,therewasonlyonebathroom,andthere
wasalwayssomeoneinit,(12)______firstthinginthemorningwhenIwasalready(13)______
forclass.Butthe(14)______argumentswehadwerealwaysthedaythephonebillarrived!

Afterayeartheforeigngirlswenthome,andIdecidedtolookforanew,(15)______quieter
flat! This (16)______ I decided to share with a friend, somebody I already knew well. We've
beenlivingherenowfornearlyayearandwegetonreallywell(17)_______forherirritating
habits of eating my yoghurts and finishing the coffee! But it's great having someone else to
help pay the rent, to share their dinner with you when you're too (18)______ to cook, and
who,unlikeyourparentsoryourpartner,doesn'tmindwhattimeyougetuporifyou'veleft
your bedroom in a (19)______. And best of all, when you've had a bad day or you've
(20)______upwithyourboyfriendyouknowthere'salwayssomeonetotalkto.

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Cloze: Do you speak German?

Fillinthegapswithawordfromthebox.Thefirstonehasbeen
done as an example. There are 4 words that you don't need
(distracters).20x0.5=10marks

Aftertenyearsoffiling(0)______typingforthesamecompany,Melaniewasboredand
depressed. So when a marketing company advertised for trainees, she (1)______. And
when they invited her to come for an interview, she was (2)______ thrilled. At last, she
thought,achancetodo(3)______thatwouldbestimulating.

There was one small (4)______ though. Melanie hadn't been entirely honest in her
application,andhadtoldoneortwowhite(5)______aboutherpresentjob.Nevertheless,
she (6)______ smartly for the interview and hoped they wouldn't (7)______ the truth.
Then halfway through, the interviewer said, 'As the advertisement stated, we are
(8)______ for someone who can speak good German.' Melanie's (9)______ turned. She
hadn'tevennoticedthatpartoftheadvertisement.

'I see you studied German at school,' the interviewer (10)______ on. 'Have you kept it
(11)______? 'Oh, yes,' nodded Melanie. 'It's like a (12)______ language to me.' She
suddenlyfeltherface(13)______,butitwastoolatenow.InfactshehadstudiedGerman,
butshewassoawful(14)______itthatherteachertoldherto(15)______itup.Oneweek
laterMelaniewasofferedthejob.Shouldshetellthetruthand(16)______losingit?She
acceptedthejobandsaidnothing.

At first it was fine. There were only three scheduled (17)______ to Germany and other
traineesvolunteeredtogo.Meanwhile,Melanieboughtsomebooksandtapesandstarted
learning German on her (18)______ in the evenings. It was no use though. She was still
hopelessandgoteverythingwrong.

Thejobitselfwaseverythingshehadwanted.Itwasinterestingand(19)______andshe
gotonwellwiththerestoftheteam.Thenlastweek,herbosscalledherintohisoffice
andtoldhershewasgoingtoGermanyanaveryimportanttripnextmonth.'Pleased?'he
asked.Melanieproduceda(20)______smile.Shouldshecomecleanandtellthetruth?

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19.
20.

Cloze: Doormen in New York

Fillinthegapswithawordfromthebox.Thefirstonehasbeendoneas
anexample.Thereare4wordsthatyoudon'tneed(distracters).
20x0.5=10marks

It may not look like an exciting job, but it's wellpaid and generally
(0)______. We're talking about doormen, the men in (1)______ uniforms who greet
youattheentrancestoapartmentbuildings.They'reusually(2)______withNewYork,
but you also find (3)______ in other major American cities such as Chicago, Los
Angeles,Miami,HoustonandAustin

Doormenarepoliteandwill(4)______"haveaniceday"or"haveagreatnight"toall
the residents in their building. They will knowtheir (5)______ namesand everything
abouttheirprivatelives,buttheywill(6)______professionallyanddiscreetly.

Inthe(7)______,doormenworkinluxuryapartmentsbuildings,butyoualsofindthem
inmore(8)______ones.Infactyoucanjudgea(9)______bythenumberofdoormen:
(10)______morethereare,thehighertherent.

Doormen usually (11)______ a smile on their faces as they take care(12)______the

deliverieslikeparcelsorflowers.Theywillcallaresident(13)______someoneshows
up to see them. They will also get a (14)______ for you and they must check that
everything in the building is (15)______ smoothly. As one of the doormen explains,
'Personality'isthe(16)______jobrequirement.

Alldoormenhavegraduatedfromhighschoolandsomehavea(17)______education.
They are members of a union, the Service Employees International Union, and they
have(18)______benefits.Thesalaryisprettygood,too,(19)______from$35,000to
$50,000 a year. Many doormen hope to "move up the (20)______" and become a
"super"orbuildingsupervisor.Inthisjobtheycanmakeevenmore.

appreciated
associated
behave
building
cab
children's
college
ending
go
have
health
if
keys
ladder
main
modest
movies
of
ranging
running
say
smart
that
the
them

0.appreciated

1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.
8.
9.
10.
11.
12.
13.
14.
15.
16.
17.
18.
19.
20.

KeytoHazardousHistory
Source:Pearson/Longman'sCuttingEdgeEmbassyEnglishCoursebooklevel2Bpages90/91

Threecenturiesago,peoplehadmuchshorterlives.In1700,insurancecompaniesput
the average life expectancy of a newborn baby at only fourteen years! The average
lifeexpectancyintheworldtodayissixtysixyears,andinsomecountriesitismuch
higher:inJapanorFrance,forexample,theaverageismorethaneighty.Thisismainly
because ofbetter diet,better hygiene and better healthcare. Evenin the olden days
though, it is interesting that if people survived to be an adult they often lived to be
sixtyorseventy.

Having children was much more dangerous in those days: one in every nine women
died in childbirth. Even so, women used to have many more children than they do
today:in1800theaverageAmericanfamilyhadsevenchildrentodaytheaverageis
less than two. Perhaps the reason for this was that so many babies died: even a
hundredyearsago,20%ofchildrendiedbeforetheywerefive.

Onereasonthatthereweresomanydiseaseswasthatpeopleknewmuchlessabout
hygiene:evenrichpeopledidn'tusetowashmuchmanypeoplethoughtthatitwas
dangeroustotakeabath,sotheyoftenbathedonlyonceortwiceayear.Insteadthey
used perfume to cover body odours. Poor people didn't even have toilets or clean
waterandmosthadliceintheirhair,bodies,clothesandbeds.

Therewasnotoothpasteinthosedayseitherandonlyrichpeopleusedtoothbrushes.
Ofcourse,toothachewasverycommon,buttherewerenoprofessionaldentistsuntil
themiddleofthenineteenthcentury.Beforethat,ifyouhadatoothache,youhadto
gotothebarber's.Henotonlycuthair,butalsousedtotakeoutteethandperform
othersmalloperations.

0.ago

1.average
2.today
3.countries
4.example
5.interesting
6.lived

7.those

8.used

11.before

12.knew

13.dangerous 14.a

15.body

16.their

17.either

18.common

20.teeth

Distracters:rats,often,change,contagious

Tocontents

9.American
19.middle

10.less

KeytoTheTruthabouttheTitanicPart1
Source:EnglishFileIntermediate.Student'sbookpages106107

The sinking of the Titanic on its first voyage has fascinated people all over the world for a
hundred years. It is a story surrounded by mystery and speculation. Here we answer the
questionsmostoftenaskedaboutthemostfamousofships.

Whyweren'tthereenoughlifeboats?
Theregulationscontrollingthenumberoflifeboatsthatashipshouldcarrywereterriblyoutof
date.TheTitaniconlyhadtohave16lifeboats,enoughfor962people.Nobodywouldhave
diedonApril14th1912iftheTitanichadhadenoughlifeboatsforallthepassengers.

WasthereanothershipwhichcouldhavehelpedtheTitanic?
A small ship called the Californian was only 20 kilometres away from the Titanic. It had
stoppedforthenightbecauseoftheicebergs.Itwassonearthatthetwoshipscouldseeeach
other'slights.Theradiooperatorhadjustgonesohedidn'theartheTitanic'sS.O.S.message.
LatersailorssawtheTitanic'seightwhiterocketsinthesky.Theywokeuptheircaptainbuthe
didn'tdoanythingashedidn'tthinktherocketswereimportant.iftheCalifornianhadknown
theTitanicwassinking,itwouldhaverescuedeverybody.ThecaptainoftheCalifornianwas
laterblamedfornotgoingtohelptheTitanicandhisreputationwasdestroyed.

WascaptainSmithtoblame?
Although they had received several warnings of icebergs from other ships in the area, the
Titanicwasgoingattopspeed.ThecaptainoftheTitanic,likeothercaptains,wasundergreat
commercialpressuretomaketheAtlanticcrossingasquicklyaspossible.AlsoBruceIsmay,the
directoroftheWhiteStarLinewhichownedtheTitanic,wasonboardandhewantedhisship
tobeatthecompanyrecordforthefastestcrossing.AnothercriticismofcaptainSmithisthat
he was not on the bridge at the time of the collision. Perhaps ifhe had been there, his ship
wouldnothavehittheiceberg.CaptainSmithandtheship'sdesignerThomasAndrewsboth
drowned.

0.sinking
1.fascinated

2.speculation

3.asked

4.should

5.enough

6.all

7.called

8.stopped

9.so

10.lights

11.woke

12.important

13.not

14.several

15.area

16.going

17.quickly

18.record

19.time

20.hit

Distracters:cold,icebergs,slowly,weather

Tocontents

KeytoTheTruthabouttheTitanicPart2
Source:EnglishFileIntermediate.Student'sbookpages106107

Whydidn'tthelifeboatsgo(0)backtorescuesurvivors?
Intheconfusionoftheevacuation,manylifeboatslefttheTitanic(1)halfempty.This
waspartlybecauseCaptainSmithandhiscrewfoundit(2)difficulttopersuadepeople
toleavethe'unsinkable'Titanic.Manywereterrifiedatthe(3)ideaofbeinglowered
down onto the sea in a (4)tiny lifeboat. When the Titanic finally sank, some of the
passengers in the lifeboats wanted to go back and rescue some of the people
(5)swimminginthefreezingwater.Iftheyhadgoneback,manymorepeople(6)might
havebeensaved.Butotherpeopleinthelifeboats(7)arguedthattheyhadtoputtheir
ownlivesfirstandthatiftoomanypeopleinthewatertriedtogetintothelifeboats,
(8)they would overturn and everybody would drown. Finally, only one of the sixteen
lifeboatswentbacktopickupsurvivors.Theyonly(9)managedtorescuefivepeople.
Everyoneelsewasdead.

Didtheorchestrareallyplayuntiltheend?
After the collision, the little group of musicians started playing in the firstclass
(10)loungetokeepthepassengers(11)calm,butlatertheymovedupontothedeck.
Some survivors in the lifeboats said they could still (12)hear the musicians playing a
waltz called Autumn until just before the ship finally sank. If they hadn't continued
playing until the (13)end, there would have been much more panic on the ship. Not
oneoftheorchestra(14)survived.

WhathappenedtoBruceIsmayafterthedisaster?
Thepublicwereextremely(15)suspiciousaboutanyofthe58menwhosurvivedthe
disaster, especially (16)as about 150 women and children died (mostly from second
and third class). But Bruce Ismay(17)receivedthe most criticism. When his beautiful
shipsank,Ismay,inoneofthelifeboats,(18)turnedhisheadsoasnottoseeit.Later,
numerous articles were written in newspapers attacking him (19)for saving his own
life.NobodywaseverallowedtomentiontheTitanicinhis(20)presence.

0.back
1.half
2.difficult
3.idea
4.tiny
5.swimming
6.might

7.argued

8.they

9.managed

10.lounge

11.calm

12.hear

13.end

14.survived

15.suspicious

16.as

17.received

18.turned

19.for

20.presence

Distracters:easy,allowed,ship,from

Tocontents

KeytoLetitbe
Source:EnglishFileIntermediateStudent'sbookpages8687

Sir Paul McCartney is probably the most famous pop musician of the 20th century.
TogetherwithJohnLennonheformedtheBeatles,andsincetheirbreakuphashadalong
solocareer.Altogetherhehaswrittenover500songsincludingyesterday,themostplayed
songofalltime.HehasrecentlyalsowrittenaclassicalpiececalledStandingStonewhich
waspremiredin1997.HiswifeLindadiedofcancerin1998.Hehasfourchildren.

WhendidyouandJohnLennonmeet?'In1957whenIwas15andhewas16andwewere
bothstillatschool.Wehadalotincommon,wewerebothmadaboutmusicandweboth
lostourmotherswhenwewereteenagers.Mymotherhaddiedofcancertheyearbefore
and John's mum was run over by a car a year after we'd met. So there was always that
specialbondbetweenus.'

WhendidyouandJohnbegintowritesongstogether?'ItwaswhenIwasstillatschooland
Johnwasatartcollege.Weusedtowriteatmyhouseintheafternoonwhenmydadwas
working. We had about three hours before my dad got home. John had a secondhand
guitarandIplayedabitonthepiano.WehadanoldschoolnotebookandIusedtowrite
atthetopofthepageALennonandMcCartneyoriginal.Wealwayssaidtoeachotherthat
we'dbethegreatestsongwritingteamintheworld,whichisfunnybecausethat'sexactly
whatwebecame.WeformedtheBeatlesin1960.'

Areanyofyourlyricsaboutrealpeopleandevents?'UsuallytheBeatles'songswhichwere
myideaweren'tpersonal,butthereweresomeexceptions:forinstance,IwroteLetitbe
aboutmymother,whosenamewasMary.Onenight,whentheBeatleswerebreakingup
andIwasfeelingverydepressed,IhadadreamwhereIsawmymum,whohaddiedwhen
I was fourteen. It was great to see her again and in the dream she said, 'Don't worry.
Everythingwillbeallright.'ItwassuchanicedreamIwokeupandIfeltmuchbetterandI
started to write Let it be. Afterwards, thousands of people wrote to me saying that the
songhadhelpedthemindifficulttimes.Later,aftertheBeatleshadbrokenup,Iformed
Wings and I wrote a lot of songs to my wife Linda, like Silly Love songs and The Lovely
Linda.'

0.the

1.together
2.written
3.all
6.between
7.it
8.used
11.greatest
12.because
13.formed
16.whose
17.dream
18. allright

distracters:become,guitar,happy,other

Tocontents

4.mad
9.got
14.idea
19.better

5.car
10.on
15.exceptions
20.difficult

KeytoWoodyAllen
Source:EnglishFileIntermediateStudent'sbookpages8081

WoodyAllen,whoserealnameisAllenKonigsberg,wasbornin1035.Heisanactorand
director,andspecializesinadultcomediessetinNewYork.Amonghisbestknownfilms
areAnnieHall(1977),ThePurpleRoseofCairo(1985)andMightyAphrodite(1995).Apart
from his films and his sense of humour, he's famous for his glasses and his marriage in
1997 to Soon Yi, the adopted daughter of Mia Farrow, his expartner. When he isn't
makingfilms,heplaystheclarinetinaNewYorkjazzclub.

MostpeopleareconvincedthatthecharactersthatWoodyAllenplays,whichtendtobe
very similar, are based on his own personality. He has always denied this, but there is
someevidencetothecontrary.Likemanyofthecharactersheplays,heisgenuinelyshy.
'Formetherealpleasureiswriting.Makingthemovieisthis:you'reoutthereinthecold
and rain, you're freezing, the clock is ticking, you're spending thousands of dollars, and
people keep saying, "Hurry up". The nicest feeling I know is that the film is opening in
ChicagoandthatI'mnotthereI'minbed,relaxing,reading,playingmyclarinet.Allmy
lifeI'veenjoyednotbeingattheopeningnight.Iusedtohaveajoke:"Idon'tminddying,
butIdon'twanttobetherewhenithappens."Thatreallyisaboutme.WhenIaminvited
toparties,Ialmostnevergo.SometimesIgettothedoorandIjustcan'tgoin.It'snothing
todowithbeingfamous,Iwaslikethatbefore.Notbeingthere,butknowingpeoplelike
the film that's perfect for me.' He stays away from Hollywood, its romances and its
glamorouslifestyle.'Ihateallthat.Ijustwanttomakethefilmandgohome.'

WoodyAllenisalsoveryinsecureabouthisfilms.'Theideainmymindisalwayssuperb,
butbythetimethefilm'smade,it'sneverexactlyasIwantedit.Ialwayswanttosayto
people, "you don't realize what a great film I nearly made here." In fact, he was so
disappointedwithManhattanthathetriedtobuythemoviebackfromUnitedArtists,and
promisedthathewouldmakeanotherfilmforfreeiftheydestroyeditforhimorthrewit
away.Theyrefused,andthefilmwasnominatedforanOscar.

Thebigquestionis,ishehappy?'Whatdoesthatmean?Mybasicpositionispessimism.
Somepeoplearenaturallycheerful,somearen't.Inaturallyexpecttheworst.It'sjustthe
wayIam.'

0.real

1.specializes 2.apart
3.famous
4.convinced
5.based
6.evidence
7.genuinely
8.keep
9.dying
10.never
11.do
12.away
13.mind
14.time
15.nearly
16.so
17.another
18.was
19.some
20.way

Distracters:clown,good,people,working

Tocontents

KeytoTheEuro
Source:SpeakUpmagazinenr320page4

Theeurowasintroduced in12countriesonJanuary1st,2002.The United Kingdomwas not

oneofthem.TheUKoptedoutofthepartoftheMaastrichtTreatythatrequiredittoadopt
thecommoncurrency.

Tenyearson,theEurozoneincludes17nations,butthankstothecrisis,itisunlikelythatthe
UKwilladopttheeuro.In2010,thecoalitiongovernmentpledgednottojointheeuroforits
lifetime.Infact,doestheUKwanttoremainintheEuropeanUnion(EU)atall?

ConservativePartyrebelswantanationalreferendumonUKmembership.ConservativePrime
Minister David Cameron says no. However, Cameron promises to recuperate constitutional
powers from the European Parliament. The socialist Labour Party is proEurope, but decided
nottoadopttheeuro.TheLiberalDemocratsaretheonlymajorpartythatbelievestheeurois
thefuturefortheUK.

TheantiEuropemovementinBritainhasalonghistory.Theextremerightwingandracist
British National Front protested against UK membership in the 1970s. Today the British
NationalPartyismorepopular.AnothernewpartywantsBritaintoleaveEurope:theUnited
KingdomIndependenceParty(UKIP).TheUKIPleader,NigelFarage,says:"Wedon'twantthe
Europeanflag.Wedon'twanttheanthem.Andwedon'twanttheeuro."Ironically,theonly
major elections the British National Party and UKIP have won are the European Parliament.
Europe's proportional representation gives small parties power. The EU also offers them the
chancetoforminfluentialgroupswithsimilarpartiesacrossEurope.

What do the British people think about Europe? There is an old joke that demonstrates the
traditionalattitude:"HeavyfogovertheEnglishChannel,Continentisolated."SoBritainisn't
part of Europe. Has Britain's attitude to Europe changed in recent years? No! European
Commissionresearchtellsusonly22percentoftheBritishpublicwantstoremainintheEU.
76 per cent do not trust the European Parliament. And 54 per cent say Britain has not
benefittedfromthemembership.
Butanother surveyrevealsBritainistheworstplacetolivein Europe.Onein10UK citizens
wouldliketoemigrate.Whatreasonsdotheygive?Theterribleweather,thehighcostofliving
andsocialproblems.Wheredotheywanttolive?TheEU'sSpain,FranceandItalyarethetop
destinations.

0.introduced

1.one
2.currency
3.thanks
4.not
5.all
6.promises
7.only
8.long
9.protested
10.leader
11.won
12.parties
13. about
14. part
15.changed
16.us
17.trust
18. survey
19. terrible
20.top

Distracters:British,for,money,spent

Tocontents

KeytoDowereallyneedtosleep?
Source:EnglishFileIntermediateStudent'sbookpage32.

Tonight between eleven o'clock and one o'clock millions of people will start yawning. Very
soon,theywillgetundressed,liedown,andclosetheireyes.Afewminuteslater,theywillbe
asleep.

Sleepisapowerfulinfluenceonallourlives,anda60yearoldpersonhasspentalmosttwenty
years asleep. The traditional theory about sleep is that our brain needs to rest for several
hourstorefreshitselfandto'file'inourmemoryeverythingthathashappenedtousduring
theday.Wecanputoffsleepingforalimitedperiod,forinstanceifwegotoanallnightparty,
butsoonerorlaterwehavetosleep.Ifwearenotallowedtosleep,wesufferhallucinations,
andeventuallydie.

However,RayMeddis,ascientistattheSleepResearchUnitatLoughboroughUniversity,hasa
fascinatingnewtheory.Hesuggeststhatwedon'treally(10)needtosleepatall.Wesleeponly
because our brain is 'programmed' to make us do so. He believes that the sleep instinct
originatesfromprehistorictimes;primitivemanwas'programmed'tosleeptoprotecthimself
fromthedarknesswithitsmanydangers.Animalsappeartohavebeensimilarlyprogrammed.
Thenumberofhoursthattheysleepdoesnotdependonphysicalactivity,butonhowmuch
time they need to eat. Horses, cows, sheep and elephants for example, which spend many
hourseating,sleeponly23hours.Cats,ontheotherhand,whohavealotofsparetime,sleep
for14hoursaday,morethanhalfoftheirlives.

AccordingtoDrMeddis,the'tiredness'wefeelattheendofthedayisproducedbyachemical
mechanisminthebrainwhichmakesussleep.Weare'programmed'tofeel'tired'or'sleepy'
atmidnightevenifwehavespentthedayrelaxingonthebeachordoingnothing.Hebelieves
that if scientists could locate and 'turn off' the sleep mechanism in our brain that produces
tiredness,wecouldlivecompletelynormalandhealthyliveswithoutsleeping.

So is sleeping a waste of time? Well, even Dr Meddis does not deny the great psychological
valueofsleep,andheasksus,'ifscientistsinventedapillwhich,ifyoutookit,wouldkeepyou
awakeforever,wouldyoutakeit?'

0.millions

1.get
2.asleep
3.influence
6.during
7.allnight
8.eventually
11.because
12.himself
13.have
16.spare
17.produced 18.doing

Distracters:bored,dream,must,the,

Tocontents

4.spent
9.fascinating
14.on
19.could

5.rest
10.need
15.hours
20.deny

KeytoFlatsharing
Source:EnglishFileintermediateStudent'sbookpage14

you've got a problem. You're going to go to university in a different town and you need
somewhere to live. Or perhaps you just don't get on with your parents. What can you do?
Haveyoueverthoughtofsharingaflat?

I know all about it because I've been sharing flats for the past four years, since I moved to
Edinburghtostudy.Imustadmitmyfirstexperiencewasabitofadisaster.Isawanadvertin
thenewspaperfromagirlwhohadaflatandwaslookingforaflatmate.WhenImether,she
seemedreallynice,andInoticedthatshehadlotsofgreatCDsIwantedtohearandabigTV.
However,IchangedmymindaboutherafewdaysafterImovedin.Icamehomefromcollege
one day and threw my books and jacket onto the living room sofa. my flatmate looked at
them,lookedatmeandshouted:'Ihopeyou'renotgoingtoleavethemthere!'ItwasthenI
found out that she was absolutely obsessive about being tidy. It was obvious that we were
incompatible,asI'mdefinitelynottheworld'stidiestperson.Imovedoutafterthefirstmonth.

Ithendecidedtotrysharingahousewithseveralpeople.Irentedaroominabigoldhouse
which I shared with four other girls (two Brazilians, a Russian, and an Italian). It was great
becausethehousewasalwaysfullofyoungpeoplefromallovertheworldandwehadlotsof
parties.However,therewerethreeproblems.Firstly,itwasimpossibletodoanyworkbecause
the house was so noisy. Secondly, there was only one bathroom, and there was always
someoneinit,especiallyfirstthinginthemorningwhenIwasalreadylateforclass.Butthe
biggestargumentswehadwerealwaysthedaythephonebillarrived!

Afterayeartheforeigngirlswenthome,andIdecidedtolookforanew,preferablyquieter
flat! This time I decided to share with a friend, somebody I already knew well. We've been
livingherenowfornearlyayearandwegetonreallywellexceptforherirritatinghabitsof
eatingmyyoghurtsandfinishingthecoffee!Butit'sgreathavingsomeoneelsetohelppaythe
rent,tosharetheirdinnerwithyouwhenyou'retooexhaustedtocook,andwho,unlikeyour
parentsoryourpartner,doesn'tmindwhattimeyougetuporifyou'veleftyourbedroomina
mess.Andbestofall,whenyou'vehadabaddayoryou'vebrokenupwithyourboyfriendyou
knowthere'salwayssomeonetotalkto.

0.and
1.bit
2.looking
3.noticed
6.them
7.out
8.as
11.todo
12.especially
13.late
16.time
17.except
18.exhausted

Distracters:making,hurried,clothes,specific

Tocontents

4.mind
9.which
14.biggest
19.mess

5.home
10.all
15.preferably
20.broken

Key to Do you speak German?

Source:TruetoLifeIntermediateClassbookpage144

After ten years of filing and typing for the same company, Melanie was bored and
depressed. So when a marketing company advertised for trainees, she applied. And
whentheyinvitedhertocomeforaninterview,shewasabsolutelythrilled.Atlast,she
thought,achancetodosomethingthatwouldbestimulating.

There was one small problem though. Melanie hadn't been entirely honest in her
application, and had told one or two white lies about her present job. Nevertheless,
she dressed smartly for the interview and hoped they wouldn't discover the truth.
Then halfway through, the interviewer said, 'As the advertisement stated, we are
looking for someone who can speak good German.' Melanie's stomach turned. She
hadn'tevennoticedthatpartoftheadvertisement.

'IseeyoustudiedGermanatschool,'theinterviewerwenton.'Haveyoukeptitup?
'Oh, yes,' nodded Melanie. 'It's like a second language to me.' She suddenly felt her
faceburning,butitwastoolatenow.InfactshehadstudiedGerman,butshewasso
awfulatitthatherteachertoldhertogiveitup.OneweeklaterMelaniewasoffered
the job. Should she tell the truth and risk losing it? She accepted the job and said
nothing.

At first it was fine. There were only three scheduled trips to Germany and other
trainees volunteered to go. Meanwhile, Melanie bought some books and tapes and
started learning German on her own in the evenings. It was no usethough. She was
stillhopelessandgoteverythingwrong.

Thejobitselfwaseverythingshehadwanted.Itwasinterestingandchallengingand
shegotonwellwiththerestoftheteam.Thenlastweek,herbosscalledherintohis
office and told her she was going to Germany an a very important trip next month.
'Pleased?'heasked.Melanieproducedaweaksmile.Shouldshecomecleanandtell
thetruth?

0.and
1.applied
2.absolutely
3.something 4.problem
5.lies
6.dressed
7.discover
8.looking
9.stomach
10.went
11.up
12.second
13.burning
14.at
15.give
16.risk
17.trips
18.own
19.challenging 20.weak

Distracters:very,hands,taken,interviews

Tocontents

Key to Doormen in New York

Source:SpeakUpmagazinenr316

Itmaynotlooklikeanexcitingjob,butit'swellpaidandgenerallyappreciated.We're
talkingaboutdoormen,themeninsmartuniformswhogreetyouattheentrancesto
apartmentbuildings.They'reusuallyassociatedwithNewYork,butyoualsofindthem
in other major American cities such as Chicago, Los Angeles, Miami, Houston and
Austin

Doormen are polite and will say "have a nice day" or "have a great night" to all the
residentsintheirbuilding.Theywillknowtheirchildren'snamesandeverythingabout
theirprivatelives,buttheywillbehaveprofessionallyanddiscreetly.

Inthemovies,doormenworkinluxuryapartmentsbuildings,butyoualsofindthemin
more modest ones. In fact you can judge a building by the number of doormen: the
morethereare,thehighertherent.

Doormen usually have a smile on their faces as they take care of the deliveries like
parcelsorflowers.Theywillcallaresidentifsomeoneshowsuptoseethem.Theywill
alsogetacabforyouandtheymustcheckthateverythinginthebuildingisrunning
smoothly.Asoneofthedoormenexplains,'Personality'isthemainjobrequirement.

All doormen have graduated from high school and some have a college education.
They are members of a union, the Service Employees International Union, and they
havehealthbenefits.Thesalaryisprettygood,too,rangingfrom$35,000to$50,000a
year.Manydoormenhopeto"moveuptheladder"andbecomea"super"orbuilding
supervisor.Inthisjobtheycanmakeevenmore.

0.appreciated

1.smart
2.associated 3.them
4.say
5.children's
6.behave
7.movies
8.modest
9.building
10.the
11.have
12.of
13.if
14.cab
15.running
16.main
17.college
18.health
19.ranging
20.ladder

Distracters:ending,go,keys,that

Tocontents

0.
1.
6.
11.
16.

2.
7.
12.
17.

3.
8.
13.
18.

4.
9.
14.
19.

5.
10.
15.
20.