Perspectives Upper Intermediate Unit 8

Perspectives Upper intermediate Unit 8
Choose the correct word or phrase to fill the gap.
1. It’s lovely when someone pays you a ________.

a. honour
b. ticket
c. compliment
ANS: C PTS: 1 REF: Unit 8 p93 OBJ: Vocabulary
TOP: Identity and communication
2. I was ________ when he suggested that I’d copied part of my essay.

a. awkward
b. offended
c. happy
ANS: B PTS: 1 REF: Unit 8 p93 OBJ: Vocabulary
3. If you have a ________ with a friend, it’s best to sort it out quickly.
a. misunderstanding
b. discrimination
c. comment
ANS: A PTS: 1 REF: Unit 8 p93 OBJ: Vocabulary
4. There were a lot of ________ comments about his leadership.

a. poor
b. bad
c. negative
ANS: C PTS: 1 REF: Unit 8 p93 OBJ: Vocabulary
5. Having to apologize for his bad behaviour in front of everyone made him feel ________.
a. awkward
b. conscious
c. unconscious
6. Failing the exam really ________ him at first. But now he’s decided he’ll take it again.
a. backed
b. discouraged
c. encouraged
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7. It’s amazing just how much ________ against minorities still exists in some places.
a. disagreement
b. discrimination
c. upset
8. It really puts me in a bad mood when people ________ about something instead of saying it
openly.
a. hint
b. respond
c. compliment
9. It isn’t always easy, but we have to try not to ________ people.

a. stereotypical
b. stereotype
c. stereotyping
Complete each sentence with the correct compound adjective from the list. There are two
words that you do not need.
cost-effective deep-rooted like-minded open-minded well-mannered
10. She was aware that people had many _________________ prejudices that couldn’t easily be
overcome.
ANS: deep-rooted
PTS: 1 REF: Unit 8 p96 OBJ: Vocabulary TOP: Compound adjectives
11. He was brought up to be very _________________ and always held the door open for another
person.
ANS: well-mannered
12. She was very _________________ and never judged people.
ANS: open-minded

Complete each sentence with the correct word from the list. There are two words that you
do not need.
awkward big step humorous self-conscious upsetting
13. She was so ____________ about the fact that she had a stutter that she used to avoid speaking to
strangers.
ANS: self-conscious
PTS: 1 REF: Unit 8 p101 OBJ: Vocabulary TOP: Vocabulary in context
14. Can you believe it? He asked me when I was going to take the ____________ and resign – in front
of my boss!
ANS: big step
15. I actually laughed a lot at the last training session – the speaker was very ____________.
ANS: humorous
Complete each sentence with the correct option.
16. My father told me that he _________________ (liked / would like) strawberries more than
cherries.
ANS: liked
PTS: 1 REF: Unit 8 p94 OBJ: Grammar TOP: Reported speech
17. She claimed that she _________________ (had never been / never went) to Spain.
ANS: had never been
18. I asked him why _________________ (did he want / he wanted) to go to London.
ANS: he wanted
19. He apologized and explained that he _________________ (waited / had been waiting) in the
wrong place!
ANS: had been waiting

20. Last year, she told me that she _________________ (would never / will never) marry him, but I’ve
just received their wedding invitation!
ANS: would never
Complete each sentence in reported speech.
21. ‘Why did Sam invite me to lunch?’ she asked.
She wondered ________________________________________________.
ANS:
why Sam had invited her to lunch.
22. ‘When are your cousins going to get here,’ he asked me.
He wanted to know ________________________________________________.
ANS:
when my cousins were going to get there.
23. He said: ‘I’ve forgotten how to get to my cousin’s house.’
He told me ________________________________________________.
ANS:
that he’d forgotten how to get to his cousin’s house.
24. ‘Why haven’t your friends been to visit you this week?’ she said.
She asked me ________________________________________________.
ANS:
why my friends hadn’t been to visit me that week.
25. ‘We’ll come to your house next Saturday,’ they said.
They promised me ________________________________________________.
ANS:
(that) they would come the following Saturday.

Match the two parts of the sentence.
a. that the new development was necessary.
b. it would be better next time.
c. for not telling us about the test.
d. to go to the Caribbean next summer.
e. being in the area when the shop was robbed.
26. Mr Clark apologized
27. They denied
28. The local politician argued
29. They promised us
30. Jackie intends
26. ANS: C PTS: 1 REF: Unit 8 p98 OBJ: Grammar

TOP: Patterns after reporting verbs
27. ANS: E PTS: 1 REF: Unit 8 p98 OBJ: Grammar
28. ANS: A PTS: 1 REF: Unit 8 p98 OBJ: Grammar
29. ANS: B PTS: 1 REF: Unit 8 p98 OBJ: Grammar
30. ANS: D PTS: 1 REF: Unit 8 p98 OBJ: Grammar
Complete the text with the correct options.
In some parts of the bilingual Canadian city of Montreal, the local greeting has long been a
friendly ‘Bonjour, Hi!’. But recently there has been a local government movement to persuade
shopkeepers (a) _________________ (to greet / for greeting) customers only in French. The
proposal states (b) _________________ (that French is / for French being) their primary language
and should be used throughout the province, where use of English can be controversial.
The motion – which is not a law – was passed unanimously, but the province’s premier suggested
(c) _________________ (that it was / it being) ‘ridiculous’. Introduced by the Francophile Parti
Quebecois, the motion urges all those who come into contact with local and international clients
(d) _________________ (welcome / to welcome) them warmly with the word ‘bonjour’. Well, it
seems it will take a long time to persuade everyone to follow this. After all, they can’t really blame
people (e) _________________ (for wanting / to want) to be friendly to everyone, can they?
31. (a) _________________________
ANS: to greet
PTS: 1 REF: Unit 8 p98 OBJ: Grammar TOP: Patterns after reporting
verbs
32. (b) _________________________
ANS: that French is
verbs

33. (c) _________________________
ANS: that it was
verbs
34. (d) _________________________
ANS: to welcome
verbs
35. (e) _________________________
ANS: for wanting
verbs
Choose the correct option.
36. Jack reminded her ________ the flowers for the hosts.
a. to bring
b. bringing
c. that she bring
ANS: A PTS: 1 REF: Unit 8 p98 OBJ: Grammar
37. Harry promised never ________ there again.

a. going
b. to go
c. he would go
ANS: B PTS: 1 REF: Unit 8 p98 OBJ: Grammar
38. When I was a child, I was always accused ________ things that my older sister had done.
a. for doing
b. of doing
c. to do
39. My tutor threatened ________ us re-sit the exam if we didn’t get good results.
a. in making
b. for making
c. to make
ANS: C PTS: 1 REF: Unit 8 p98 OBJ: Grammar

40. They criticized me ________, but it wasn’t really my fault.
a. that I did it
b. for doing it
c. to do it
Read. Choose T (True) or F (False).
The Aesthetic movement: A sub-culture in Victorian England
We often assume that sub-cultures are something that have happened only recently in history.
Nowadays, we probably think of punks or goths, however, sub-cultures have always existed. In
Victorian England, Aestheticism was such a sub-culture. During the mid-1900s, the Aesthetic
movement threatened Britain’s very conservative Victorian traditions. More than simply a fine art
movement, Aestheticism went into all areas of life – from music and literature to interior design
and fashion. In Aestheticism, there was a desire to create ‘art for art’s sake’. Aesthetes believed
that taste, the pursuit of beauty, and self-expression were more important than moral expectations
and conformity. The freedom of creative expression and sensuality in Aestheticism delighted the
people who followed it, though conservative Victorians at the time made fun of it.
The main ideas of the Aesthetic movement were these:

Aesthetic artists protested against Victorian materialism and modern industrialism. They
enjoyed quality craftsmanship in the creation of all art. Some even revived pre-industrial
techniques in the process.
With the artists’ belief in ‘art for art's sake’, their art didn’t have to convey a moral or
socio-political message. Instead, they focused on exploring colour, form and composition
in the pursuit of beauty.
While the Victorian age preferred elaborate decor, rounded forms, and a great amount of
detail, Aesthetic art is characterized by subdued colours and simpler designs.
The Aesthetic Movement wanted art to be a part of everyday life, not just something that
happened in art galleries. Aestheticism had an influence on ceramics, metalwork, fashion,
furniture-making and interior design. Many Aesthetes, most famously Oscar Wilde, even
adopted public personas, identities through which they lived according to Aesthetic
principles.
By focusing on self-expression rather than conformity, the Aesthetic movement was very
important as it helped set the stage for twentieth-century modern art.
41. Victorian England was mainly conservative.
ANS: T PTS: 1 REF: Unit 8 p96 OBJ: Reading

TOP: Reading for general information
42. The Aesthetic movement was only about painting.
ANS: F PTS: 1 REF: Unit 8 p96 OBJ: Reading

43. Many Victorians laughed at the Aesthetes.


44. For the Aesthetes, art was political.
ANS: F PTS: 1 REF: Unit 8 p96 OBJ: Reading

45. Victorian art was generally very detailed.

46. Oscar Wilde was an Aesthete.

Read. Complete each sentence with the correct word from the list.
define enthusiastic humorous insist normal protest

principles.
47. We can ____________ Aestheticism as ‘art for art’s sake’.
ANS: define
PTS: 1 REF: Unit 8 p96 OBJ: Reading

TOP: Reading for specific information

48. Aestheticism was a kind of ____________ against Victorian art, which was too conservative.
ANS: protest

49. In Victorian England, elaborate art was ____________.
ANS: normal

50. Many Victorians thought the Aesthetes were ____________.
ANS: humorous

51. The followers of the Aesthetic Movement were very ____________ about it.
ANS: enthusiastic

52. The Aesthetes would ____________ on the idea of quite simple colours and shapes.
ANS: insist


Read. Look at the three statements and choose A (Aesthete) or O (opponent of Aestheticism).

principles.
53. The Aesthetic Movement led the way to twentieth-century modern art.
ANS: A
PTS: 2 REF: Unit 8 p96 OBJ: Reading TOP: Critical thinking
54. Aesthetic Movement followers, such as Oscar Wilde, had some amusing ideas, like always
carrying flowers.
ANS: O
55. The Aesthetic movement was simply a reaction against the Victorian age.
ANS: O

Listen. Choose T (True) or F (False). Audio 3.08
56. Bonnie Thomas is a historian.
ANS: T PTS: 1 REF: Unit 8 p94 OBJ: Listening

TOP: Listening for specific information
57. The residential schools were run by the church.

58. The last residential school closed in 1989.
ANS: F PTS: 1 REF: Unit 8 p94 OBJ: Listening

59. All First Nations children went to the schools.
ANS: F PTS: 1 REF: Unit 8 p94 OBJ: Listening

60. Bonnie states that indigenous people have been permanently damaged by the residential schools.

Listen. Match the word to the correct meaning. Audio 3.08
61. settler
a. colonizer
b. resident
c. homeowner
ANS: A PTS: 1 REF: Unit 8 p94 OBJ: Listening
62. residential school

a. school for 1–3 year olds
b. day school
c. boarding school
ANS: C PTS: 1 REF: Unit 8 p94 OBJ: Listening
63. indigenous
a. settler
b. native
c. incoming
ANS: B PTS: 1 REF: Unit 8 p94 OBJ: Listening

64. First Nation
a. the first settlers
b. Ojibway
c. native people of Canada
ANS: C PTS: 1 REF: Unit 8 p94 OBJ: Listening
65. abused
a. mistreated
b. abandoned
c. hit
ANS: A PTS: 1 REF: Unit 8 p94 OBJ: Listening
Listen. Match the two parts of the sentence. Audio 3.08

a. ran the residential schools.
b. have suffered a lot because of residential schools.
c. treated badly.
d. the residential schools were funded by the Canadian government.
e. were sent away to schools.
66. Bonnie says that
67. The native children
68. The church
69. Children were
70. Native people
66. ANS: D PTS: 1 REF: Unit 8 p94 OBJ: Listening

67. ANS: E PTS: 1 REF: Unit 8 p94 OBJ: Listening
68. ANS: A PTS: 1 REF: Unit 8 p94 OBJ: Listening
69. ANS: C PTS: 1 REF: Unit 8 p94 OBJ: Listening
70. ANS: B PTS: 1 REF: Unit 8 p94 OBJ: Listening

Writing
71. A number of letters have appeared in the newspaper about cultural differences and the behaviour
of foreign students in the community. Write a letter of complaint about the students or about the
letters. Write at least five sentences.
__________________________________________________________________
__________________________________________________________________
__________________________________________________________________
__________________________________________________________________
__________________________________________________________________
__________________________________________________________________
ANS:
Answers will vary.
PTS: 6 REF: Unit 8 p103 OBJ: Writing TOP: A complaint
72. Put the parts of a letter of complaint in the correct order.
a. Explain more about how the problem has affected you.

b. Ask for some kind of action.
c. Say what the general problem is.
d. Give details of the problem (including times and examples).
__________________
ANS:
C, D, A, B
CDAB
CDAB
PTS: 1 REF: Unit 8 p103 OBJ: Writing TOP: A complaint
Watch and answer the questions. Write one or two sentences. Video 8.2
73. What does Safwat think that ‘normal’ has to do with?
__________________________________________________________________
__________________________________________________________________
ANS:
Sample answer: He thinks that it has to do with expectations.
PTS: 2 REF: Unit 8 p 100 OBJ: TED Talk

TOP: Why I keep speaking up, even when people mock my accent

74. According to Safwat, why are only a few colours mentioned in ancient Literature?
__________________________________________________________________
__________________________________________________________________
ANS:
Sample answer: Because they only mentioned the colour when they knew how to make it.

75. What two issues does Safwat say arise from the statistics of 8% and 11% representation of black
children in books?
___________________________________________________________________
___________________________________________________________________
ANS:
Sample answer: (1) Although children of colour are told they can do anything and be anything,
most of the stories they read are about people who are not like them. (2) Majority groups don’t
realise the ways in which they are similar to minorities.

76. How does Safwat define ‘normal’?
___________________________________________________________________
___________________________________________________________________
ANS:
Sample answer: He says that it’s simply a construction of what we’ve been exposed to (and how
visible it is around us).

77. What are his two difficult options?
___________________________________________________________________
___________________________________________________________________
ANS:
Sample answer: He can either accept the pre-existing notion of normal, or challenge it (through his
work and voice).


78. According to Safwat, why must we continuously challenge our notion of normal?
___________________________________________________________________
___________________________________________________________________
ANS:
Sample answer: Because doing so will allow us to finally see the sky for what it is.


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Choose the correct word or phrase to fill the gap.

1. It’s lovely when someone pays you a ________.

2. I was ________ when he suggested that I’d copied part of my essay.

4. There were a lot of ________ comments about his leadership.

© 2018 National Geographic Learning, a Cengage Learning 1

9. It isn’t always easy, but we have to try not to ________ people.

cost-effective deep-rooted like-minded open-minded well-mannered

PTS: 1 REF: Unit 8 p96 OBJ: Vocabulary TOP: Compound adjectives

PTS: 1 REF: Unit 8 p96 OBJ: Vocabulary TOP: Compound adjectives

12. She was very _________________ and never judged people.

PTS: 1 REF: Unit 8 p96 OBJ: Vocabulary TOP: Compound adjectives

© 2018 National Geographic Learning, a Cengage Learning 2

awkward big step humorous self-conscious upsetting

PTS: 1 REF: Unit 8 p101 OBJ: Vocabulary TOP: Vocabulary in context

ANS: big step

PTS: 1 REF: Unit 8 p101 OBJ: Vocabulary TOP: Vocabulary in context

PTS: 1 REF: Unit 8 p101 OBJ: Vocabulary TOP: Vocabulary in context

Complete each sentence with the correct option.

PTS: 1 REF: Unit 8 p94 OBJ: Grammar TOP: Reported speech

ANS: had never been

PTS: 1 REF: Unit 8 p94 OBJ: Grammar TOP: Reported speech

18. I asked him why _________________ (did he want / he wanted) to go to London.

PTS: 1 REF: Unit 8 p94 OBJ: Grammar TOP: Reported speech

ANS: had been waiting

PTS: 1 REF: Unit 8 p94 OBJ: Grammar TOP: Reported speech

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ANS: would never

PTS: 1 REF: Unit 8 p94 OBJ: Grammar TOP: Reported speech

Complete each sentence in reported speech.

21. ‘Why did Sam invite me to lunch?’ she asked.

She wondered ________________________________________________.

PTS: 2 REF: Unit 8 p94 OBJ: Grammar TOP: Reported speech

He wanted to know ________________________________________________.

PTS: 2 REF: Unit 8 p94 OBJ: Grammar TOP: Reported speech

23. He said: ‘I’ve forgotten how to get to my cousin’s house.’

PTS: 2 REF: Unit 8 p94 OBJ: Grammar TOP: Reported speech

She asked me ________________________________________________.

PTS: 2 REF: Unit 8 p94 OBJ: Grammar TOP: Reported speech

25. ‘We’ll come to your house next Saturday,’ they said.

They promised me ________________________________________________.

PTS: 2 REF: Unit 8 p94 OBJ: Grammar TOP: Reported speech

© 2018 National Geographic Learning, a Cengage Learning 4

26. ANS: C PTS: 1 REF: Unit 8 p98 OBJ: Grammar

Complete the text with the correct options.

31. (a) _________________________

32. (b) _________________________

ANS: that French is

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ANS: that it was

34. (d) _________________________

35. (e) _________________________

ANS: for wanting

Choose the correct option.

37. Harry promised never ________ there again.

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Read. Choose T (True) or F (False).

The Aesthetic movement: A sub-culture in Victorian England

The main ideas of the Aesthetic movement were these:

41. Victorian England was mainly conservative.

ANS: T PTS: 1 REF: Unit 8 p96 OBJ: Reading

42. The Aesthetic movement was only about painting.

ANS: F PTS: 1 REF: Unit 8 p96 OBJ: Reading