7.

1 Travel news
Reading and Vocabulary
Exercise 1

ANSWERS

2040: the year when our city streets will have changed radically

30 (kph): the speed electric skateboards will travel

10 (km): the distance you will be able to travel on an electric skateboard before you have to
recharge it

6,500 (kph): the speed ET3 will travel

2025: the year when ET3 will be operational

360 (º): the view wearers of virtual-reality face visors will have of the scenes on the screen

Exercise 2

1 Roads won’t have traffic lights or stop signs because cars will have vehicle-to-vehicle
communication systems.

2 Cars will be able to ‘talk’ to other cars and as a result there will be fewer accidents and fewer
delays during the rush hour.

3 Urban transport pods carry no more than two people and work by using GPS systems,
cameras and sensors.

4 Buses will be different because passengers downstairs will sit on normal seats and pay a fare
and passengers upstairs will pedal on static bicycles to recharge the battery and travel for free.

5 Changes to skateboards mean that people will be able to travel at over 30 kph on them for
over 10 km before recharging the batteries.

6 A virtual-reality visor allows the person wearing it to have a 360° view of what they can see
on screen.

Exercise 3

1 commuting 2 double-decker 3 pedestrian

4 pedalling 5 fare 6 rush hour

Exercise 4

1 be 2 at 3 have 4 past participle 5 by

Exercise 5

1 won’t have taken off 2 won’t have repaired

3 Will … have set off 4 will have disappeared

5 Will … have stopped over

Exercise 6
1 By the end of June, she won’t have finished the basketball season. / By the end of June, the
basketball season won’t have finished.

2 In July, she’ll be learning to surf.

3 By the end of June, she’ll have found a summer job.

4 In July, she’ll be saving money for a holiday in August.

5 By the end of June, she’ll have had a driving lesson.

6 In July, she won’t be driving to the beach with her friends.

Exercise 7

1 will be setting off 2 will have finished

3 will also have installed 4 will be selling

5 won’t be getting on

7.2 And now for the weather

Vocabulary and Listening
Exercise 1

A sleet B frost C drizzle D gale E mist F breeze

Exercise 2

1 hailstorm 2 tornado 3 blizzards 4 heatwave 5 showers 6 hurricanes

Exercise 5

1 adjective 2 How; adjective

Exercise 6

1E2A3G4D5F6C7B

1 I’ll 2 I’ll 3 will live 4 doesn’t start 5 Is it going to 6 going to study 7 aren’t going to 8 are flying

Exercise 8

1 begins 2 are going to hit 3 are going to bring 4 will be raining 5 will disappear 6 ’ll have

7.3 Around the world

Reading and Vocabulary
Exercise 1

accuracy, course, match, spectators, speed, stamina

Exercise 2

1 True

2 False. The raiders set off one by one.

3 False. It says that it’s a contact sport and that players ‘tag’ players from the opposite team.
4 True

5 Not in text

6 False. Bowling matches are won by the player who gets the ball to the end of the course in
the fewest throws.

7 True

8 False. Conor O’Driscoll was disappointed to settle for second place again.

Exercise 4

1 opponent 2 runner-up 3 bronze 4 substitute 5 finish line 6 tackle

Exercise 5

1 league 2 fight 3 losing 4 match 5 good

Exercise 6

1 got off to a good 2 were fighting a 3 put up a good 4 were in a league of our 5 are no match

7.5 Writing a formal email

Exercise 3

1C2A3B4D

Exercise 4 Language point

1 likely 2 due

Exercise 5

1 is due to 2 is likely to 3 ’m (just) about to 4 is due to 5 is (just) about to 6 are likely to

Exercise 6

1 firstly 2 finally 3 when 4 as soon as 5 next

Exercise 7

1 when 2 Firstly 3 As soon as 4 Next 5 Finally