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Unit 1 4. settled in
Comprehension 5. bucket list
1. Josephine Chan (line 1) 6. perspective
2. i) To brush up her English (lines 6 7) 7. criss-cross
ii) To gain overseas work experience (line 7) 8. hustle and bustle
3. B 9. give her an edge
4. i) A valid passport (line 11) 10. recruitment
ii) At least HK$18,257 (or £1,890) (lines 11 C. 1. settle in
12) 2. give students an edge
5. The job that Josephine is doing (line 13) 3. recruitment
6. i) NG 4. enrol on
ii) T (line 18)
iii) F (lines 18 19) Unit 2
7. He wanted to experience western culture first- Comprehension
hand. (line 24) 1. proposed (line 5), after school (lines 9 10)
8. i) Apply for a Certificate of Sponsorship. 2. The school s strength in language teaching
(line 29) (line 6)
ii) Book an appointment with the visa 3. the next step: Setting up a Braille Club (line 19)
application centre. (line 30) one: A language (line 31)
iii) application form and the required 4. B (line 22)
documents (line 31) 5. encounter (line 32)
9. waiter (line 33) 6. i) Cultural sensitivity (line 38)
shop assistant (line 33) ii) Knowledge enrichment (line 30)
10. Working holiday makers may not be able to iii) Social awareness (line 34)
find a full-time job. (lines 34 35) 7. D
11. scoop up (line 38) 8. A (i: line 52, ii: lines 52 53)
12. By getting cheap flight tickets or taking 9. appreciated (line 59)
Megabus (lines 37 39) 10. To sum up the benefits of setting up a Braille
13. People who are eager to travel and live abroad Club
(lines 41 42) 11. A
14. To share two working holiday maker 12. (open-ended) Yes, I would because d be able
experiences to learn about the difficulties facing the blind
15. D and how to communicate with them. (lines 35
36)
Word Bank 13. i) T (line 61)
A. 1. settle in ii) F (lines 62 and 66)
2. hustle and bustle 14. A, D (lines 65 66)
3. red tape
4. permanent Word Bank
5. criss-cross A. 1. A
6. bucket list 2. J
7. recruitment 3. B
8. enrol on 4. C
9. perspective 5. F
10. give somebody an edge 6. I
B. 1. permanent 7. H
2. red tape 8. D
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10. E 3. hooligan
B. 1. discrimination 4. mayhem
2. extensively 5. tuck
3. striving 6. buckle
4. crucial 7. petition
5. embossed 8. jagged
6. replicate 9. nuisance
7. enthusiasm 10. shield
8. empathy B. 1. warrants
9. interacts 2. lobbying
10. impaired 3. nuisance
C. 1. embossing 4. tucked
2. replication 5. Hooligans
3. discrimination 6. mayhem
4. extensively 7. buckle
5. strive 8. petition
6. enthusiasm 9. shields
7. crucial 10. jagged
C. 1. nuisance
Unit 3 2. hooligans
Comprehension 3. jagged
1. D 4. mayhem
2. That fans have few alternatives but to skate in 5. lobbying
public places (lines 10 11) 6. warrant
3. skateboarding (line 18), welcome (line 23)
4. Peter and his friends had been causing a public Unit 4
nuisance. (lines 30 31) Comprehension
5. i) F (line 28) 1. C
ii) T (lines 30 31) 2. stuff (line 5)
iii) NG 3. online (line 1), after-school (line 2)
6. Peter and his friends (line 32) 4. The last photo (First photo: line 12, second
7. supported (line 38), spending (line 37) photo: line 18, third photo: line 23)
8. Gave permission for someone to do something 5. i) F (line 10)
9. D ii) NG
10. Build more skateparks (lines 46 47) iii) T (line 22)
11. A (title) iv) NG
12. Skateboarders and people who are interested in 6. i) brilliant (line 9)
learning about proper skateboarding gear (lines ii) shut out (line 28)
50 51) 7. (Open-ended) No, I
13. i) deck (line 53) lies about things he has done, the movies and
ii) loose (line 54) games he plays (lines 29 31), his friends might
iii) designated (line 62) have lied too.
14. Sandals do not provide enough protection. (line 8. fits in (line 47)
58) 9. i) NG
ii) F (lines 45 46)
Word Bank iii) NG
A. 1. lobby iv) T (lines 66 68)
2. warrant 10. It uses rhyme and a strong beat. (lines 50 51)

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11. i) voice (line 62) iii) opt for (line 32)

ii) control (line 64) 5. A (lines 45 49)
iii) break up (line 65) 6. without (line 54), preserved (line 60)
12. enunciation (line 63) i) T (lines 74 76)
13. A 7. ii) F (lines 81 84)
iii) NG
Word Bank 8. those: Pizzas (line 70)
A. 1. F one: A rice or pasta dish (line 91)
2. J 9. B (A: line 95, C: line 24, D: line 87)
3. I 10. promote (line 72)
4. A 11. Pizza:
5. C Deep-pan (line 89)
6. G Thin crust (line 88)
7. B Toppings (line 78)
8. E Tomatoes (line 79)
9. H Green pepper (line 82)
10. D Cheese (line 87)
B. 1. chanted Soup:
2. prose Tomato soup (lines 95 96)
3. fib Cream of mushroom
4. overlooks 12. Herbs and salad are widely used in it. (lines
5. vocal 101 102)
6. fit in 13. B
7. posh 14. C
8. appreciate
9. made up Word Bank
10. enunciation A. 1. D
C. 1. posh 2. J
2. overlooks 3. E
3. fibs 4. A
4. enunciation 5. G
5. fit in 6. C
6. prose 7. I
7. appreciation 8. H
8. vocal 9. B
10. F
Unit 5 B. 1. diabetes
Comprehension 2. springing up
1. A high content of fat, sugar and salt (line 4) 3. tempted
2. To offer tips on foods to avoid and how to 4. crusts
choose healthier dishes when ordering 5. intake
takeaways (lines 7 10) 6. preserved
3. i) fibre (line 26) 7. top up
ii) load (line 29) 8. condiments
iii) supersize (line 36) 9. ferment
iv) tempting (line 36) 10. opt for
4. i) various (line 14) C. 1. sprung up
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3. diabetes F
4. fermented H
5. preserved E
6. opt for B. 1. browsing
7. condiments 2. relentlessly
8. top up 3. settle down
4. landmark
Unit 6 5. declared
Comprehension 6. scorn
1. i) declared (line 2) 7. fouled
ii) environmental centre (lines 8 9) 8. sustaining
iii) environmental (line 12) 9. ceased
2. Information gallery (line 17) 10. hectic
3. i) F (line 3) C. 1. settle down
ii) T (lines 4 5) 2. browsed
iii) T (line 27) 3. landmarks
iv) NG 4. sustain
4. A: Library Databank (line 26) 5. ceased
B: NG 6. declared
C: Information Gallery (line 17) 7. fouled
D: Environmental Garden (line 29) 8. relentless
5. To provide the general public with information
on the Wan Chai Environmental Resource Unit 7
Centre Comprehension
6. He thought that its white-washed walls, 1. A monster (line 4)
distinctive tile roof and wooden floors were 2. No, because Miss Trunchbull would make sure
fascinating. (lines 39 40) that students do not have fun in lessons. (lines
7. i) past (line 38) 18 19)
ii) school (line 39) 3. rears its ugly head (line 19)
iii) fascinated (line 39) 4. To reinforce her masculinity
iv) proud (line 42) 5. Army tank (line 20) and tree trunk (lines 26 27)
8. Food for thought (lines 47 48) 6. i) NG
9. C (line 49) ii) T (lines 28 29)
10. Paragraph 7: C iii) F (lines 38 41)
Paragraph 8: D iv) NG
Paragraph 9: B 7. misbehave (line 46), lock (line 46), whole /
Paragraph 10: A entire (line 46)
11. B 8. Break a rule / Misbehave
12. D (line 58) 9. i) break (line 48)
ii) suffer (line 55)
Word Bank iii) pigtails (line 50)
A. B iv) ill (line 53)
G 10. i) Another teacher
J ii) Miss Trunchbull (lines 51 52)
D iii) Miss Trunchbull (line 16)
A 11. Miss Trunchbull is a very unpleasant person.
I 12. Paragraph 1 2: D
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Paragraph 4 5: A ii) T (lines 44 47)

Paragraph 6: B iii) NG
13. B 8. C (A: line 54, B: line 54, D: line 55)
14. They include terrifying situations and horrible 9. There aren t any rules that dictate the way of
characters. (lines 73 74) playing parkour. Everyone can play the way or
style they want. (lines 63 64)
Word Bank 10. Parkour requires people to develop their
A. 1. G abilities to get past obstacles, unlike being at
2. J ease in their comfort zones. (lines 75 78)
3. E 11. i) Learnt from an instructor (lines 78 82)
4. A ii) Self-taught (lines 75 78)
5. C iii) Learnt from an instructor (lines 82 84)
6. B 12. Paragraph 3 4: D
7. I Paragraph 5 6: A
8. D Paragraph 7 9: C
9. H Paragraph 10: B
10. F 13. To introduce parkour to the audience and
B. 1. cower arouse their interest in the sport
2. dire
3. redeeming features Word Bank
4. oozed A. 1. B
5. vengeance 2. E
6. wake 3. G
7. terrifies 4. J
8. formidable 5. D
9. bulged 6. I
10. devise 7. A
C. 1. formidable 8. H
2. terrify 9. F
3. wake 10. C
4. cower B. 1. exaggerate
5. bulge 2. vaulted
6. redeeming feature 3. terrain
4. comfort zone
Unit 8 5. fanatical
Comprehension 6. novices
1. C 7. cottoned on
2. D (lines 12 13) 8. practitioner
3. He has become fitter and more positive. (line 9. blockbusters
16) 10. endurance
4. To show the growing popularity of parkour all C. 1. comfort zone
over the world 2. Vaulting
5. All: Details about the parkour (line 12) 3. exaggeration
It: Parkour (line 17) 4. cotton on
6. i) (line 27) 5. Novices
ii) individual (line 29) 6. terrain
iii) obstacles (line 31)
7. i) F (lines 39 41)

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Unit 9 2. produce
Comprehension 3. synthetic
1. The food has travelled a long distance before 4. allocate
reaching us, so he doe 5. unsightly
fresh (lines 3 5). 6. sprawl
2. Having one s meals with ingredients 7. compost
completely free of charge (lines 10 12) 8. mitigate
3. i) NG 9. tenant
ii) NG 10. have a go
iii) F (lines 19 20) B. 1. unsightly
iv) T (lines 20 22) 2. Compost
4. To get some advice on how he can start 3. enhance
growing some fruit or vegetables for himself 4. synthetic
(lines 20 22) 5. mitigate
5. (lines 26 31) 6. produce
i) concern 7. allocated
ii) consumption 8. sprawl
iii) agricultural 9. have a go
iv) feasible 10. tenants
6. D C. 1. Tenants
7. Roofs which have plants grown on them. (lines 2. allocated
36 37) 3. produce
8. i) practical (lines 39 40) 4. compost
ii) aesthetic (line 49) 5. synthetic
iii) popular (line 49) 6. enhance
9. A (A: lines 53 54, B: lines 27 28, 38, C: line 7. have a go
58, D: lines 59 60)
10. C (A: line 62, B: line 55, D: line 56) Unit 10
11. i) Produce Garden Foundation (lines 70 72) Comprehension
ii) Leisure and Cultural Services Department 1. gourmets (line 2)
/ LCSD (lines 65 69) 2. i) NG
iii) Kadoorie Farm and Botanic Garden (lines ii) T (lines 4 5)
78 80) iii) NG
12. daunting (line 78) 3. C
13. The Leisure and Cultural Services Department 4. i) Worldwide / Global (lines 14 15)
(lines 65 66) / LCSD (line 80) ii) recommend (line 18)
14. natural (lines 95 96), harm (line 96) iii) nominated (line 23)
15. C iv) discussions (line 27)
16. It tastes better than produce bought from the v) debates (line 27)
shops. vi) awards (lines 28 29)
17. (open-ended) Yes, I would because vegetables 5. People who enjoy food very much
such as cherry tomatoes can be easily grown in 6. Story Deli is going to become very famous.
containers. / I want to see if growing my own 7. A
plants is as satisfying and fun as Dr Green said 8. C (lines 42 43)
so. 9. A
10. The meat for the burgers is made from a secret
Word Bank blend of five meats. (lines 51 53)
A. 1. enhance 11. i) A dinner at Ritz Classic: D (line 64)

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ii) The owner of Story Deli: B (line 43) Unit 11

iii) The manager of Barbacoa Santiago: E Comprehension
(line 63) 1. body-swap (line 7)
iv) The chef of Huynh Hoa: C (line 65) 2. D (lines 10 11)
12. Our favourite fast food (lines 68 69) 3. as fresh as this morning s sunrise (line 11)
13. i) Korea (line 62) 4. C
ii) Vietnam (lines 64 65) 5. Characters making use of the body-swap
14. To invite readers to make recommendations on arrangement to their advantage (lines 16 17)
Chowzter (lines 76 77) 6. When the story of Your Name takes an
15. B (A: line 86, C: line 86, D: line 87) unexpected turn (line 18)
16. i) reviews (line 89) 7. ii) (lines 23 24)
ii) give out (line 90) iii) (line 24)
iii) promotion (line 89) 8. Your Name flows smoothly from scene to
iv) preferences (line 91) scene even though many genres are blended
17. i) F (line 92) into the film. (lines 24 26)
ii) NG 9. B
iii) T (lines 97 98) 10. There is a sense of humanity in the characters.
(lines 29 30)
Word Bank 11. It is a work of art in every frame. (lines 35 36)
A. 1. D / The visual effects are stunning. (lines 39 40)
2. H 12. i) F (lines 35 36)
3. F ii) NG
4. C iii) T (lines 38 39)
5. I 13. A (lines 42 43)
6. G 14. The music is evocative (line 42) and
7. A complements the tone of the film. (line 44)
8. E 15. It is not an empty but entertaining body-switch
9. B film. / Unlike other body-swap films, it is
10. J intriguing and thought-provoking. (lines 47 50)
B. 1. revelations 16. D
2. blend 17. i) Both are visually stunning. (lines 54 55) /
3. quirky Some of their works touch on the same
4. unassuming themes. (lines 57 58)
5. accolades ii) Shinkai s stories are rarely cheerful. (lines
6. scrummy 58 59)
7. exhaustive 18. A
8. suburb 19. B
9. contenders
10. gourmets Word Bank
C. 1. exhaustive A. 1. cataclysmic
2. suburbs 2. protagonist
3. unassuming 3. a feast for the eyes
4. blend 4. dimension
5. scrummy 5. clichéd
6. quirky 6. strike a chord with
7. contender 7. melancholy
8. accolade 8. debut
9. intriguing

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10. routine 4. bypass

B. 1. a feast for the eyes 5. tag line
2. debut 6. eligible
3. struck a chord 7. in no time at all
4. cliché 8. magnificent
5. protagonists 9. astounded
6. cataclysmic 10. far-off
7. routine B. 1. make a comeback
8. melancholy 2. enthusiasts
9. intriguing 3. in no time at all
10. dimension 4. eligible
C. 1. protagonist 5. quaint
2. intrigued 6. bypasses
3. debuted 7. tag line
4. cliché 8. magnificent
5. a feast for the eyes 9. astounded
10. far-off
Unit 12 C. 1. far-off
Comprehension 2. in no time at all
1. A (line 6) 3. quaint
2. They think they are useless now. 4. made a comeback
3. D 5. tag line
4. i) NG 6. enthusiast
ii) T (lines 8 10) 7. astounded
iii) F (lines 16 17) 8. eligible
5. People who share the same interest with Paulo
(lines 23 24) Unit 13
6. i) bring (line 24) Comprehension
ii) exchange (lines 20 21) 1. tied up (line 6)
7. success (line 31), volunteered (line 32) 2. B (lines 15 17)
8. A postcard (line 41) 3. D
9. 5, 2, 1, 3, 4 4. She feels embarrassed. / She is supposed to
10. People want to make friends (line 55) / learn
more about other cultures (lines 55 56) / learn office. (lines 31 32)
new languages (line 56) / get a thrill every time 5. She thinks they are lacking in taste / tacky /
they receive a postcard. (lines 52 53) silly / annoying. (lines 46 47)
11. Paragraph 1: D 6. goes off (line 50)
Paragraph 2: F 7. it: The truth
Paragraphs 3 5: B We: People in general, including Jenny (the
Paragraphs 6 7: E speaker) herself
Paragraphs 8 9: A 8. A
Paragraph 10: C 9. i) cinemas (line 53)
12. B (lines 60 61) ii) theatres (line 53)
iii) disturbing / annoying (line 64)
Word Bank iv) audience (line 58)
A. 1. quaint v) stage (line 60)
2. enthusiast
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10. i) The woman who was yakking about her 5. yakking

husband while ordering her coffee (lines 6. culprit
66 67)
ii) Jenny is being sarcastic. Unit 14
11. i) Comprehension
ii) 40) 1. To introduce the ukulele and give people some
iii) Do (lines 70 71) background information about the instrument
iv) Do (line 40) (lines 1 3)
12. She feels annoyed. She does not like to be 2. C
slowed down by people who are focusing on 3. D (lines 13 15)
their phones in the street. (lines 83 and 85) 4. The audience
13. C The instruments in the guitar family (lines 16)
14. They should be considerate of others when 5. B
using mobile phones in both public and private 6. i) NG
places. (line 86) ii) T (lines 19 20)
15. i) (open-ended) Turn off the phone. iii) NG
ii) (Open-ended) To be polite / To be iv) T (lines 20 21)
considerate to other audience / To give the 7.
performers my complete attention strumming the strings with the fingers of his /
16. i) Candice (lines 10 11) her right hand (lines 37 39)
ii) Bernie (line 91) 8. i) left-handed
iii) Jenny (lines 78 80) ii) thickest / first (lines 31 32)
iii) thinnest / fourth (lines 33 34)
Word Bank 9. Hawaiians (line 40), instrument (line 42),
A. 1. naff Portuguese (line 41)
2. etiquette 10. gs quickly
3. transact like a flea jumping across the strings. (lines
4. inappropriate 46 48)
5. alter ego 11. A
6. gadget 12. E (lines 59 60)
7. culprit A (lines 62 64)
8. ban C (lines 58 59)
9. jot down B (lines 43, 49 50)
10. yak D (lines 26 28)
B. 1. transacts 13. i) honoured (line 66)
2. etiquette ii) understand (lines 12 13)
3. yakking iii) idiotic (lines 23 25)
4. jotted down iv) fascinated (lines 17 18)
5. inappropriate 14. Paragraph 1: C
6. culprit Paragraphs 2 3: G
7. alter ego Paragraph 4: A
8. banned Paragraph 5: D
9. gadgets Paragraph 6 7: E
10. naff Paragraph 8: B
C. 1. etiquette Paragraph 9: F
2. inappropriate 15. Everyone does something that other people
3. jotted down think is silly.
4. banned

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16. vi) temples (line 18)

(line 70) vii) Burmese (line 22)
17. Do what you are passionate about and do not viii) ruins (line 25)
care too much about what other people think 5. The history of Ayutthaya (line 26)
about you. 6. He felt bored. He slept most of the way there,
in reading the
Word Bank information leaflet about the trip. (lines 29 32)
A. 1. jingle 7. D
2. fame 8. i) NG
3. avid ii) T (line 29)
4. intricate iii) F (lines 38 39)
5. strum iv) T (line 34)
6. devoted 9. i) Bang Pa-in (line 40)
7. infectious ii) Other places in Ayutthaya (line 46)
8. marvellous iii) Other places in Ayutthaya (lines 15
9. guru 17)
10. on the go v) Other places in Ayutthaya (lines 24
B. 1. strum 25)
2. marvellous 10. The reflection in the water looked like a
3. fame painting. (line 43)
4. jingle 11. stunning (line 44)
5. on the go 12. i) shepherded (line 35)
6. intricate ii) wander (line 46)
7. infectious iii) draped in (line 50)
8. devoted 13. He suddenly felt calm and peaceful.
9. avid 14. i) He feels enchanted / impressed.
10. guru ii)
C. 1. marvellous ancient buildings and scenery would be so
2. avid beautiful.
3. infectious 15. A (line 40)
4. fame
5. on the go Word Bank
6. devoted A. 1. C
7. strum 2. I
3. F
Unit 15 4. H
Comprehension 5. D
1. B (lines 2 3) 6. A
2. He was not interested in getting up early in the 7. J
morning and travelling a long way to visit 8. B
some ancient ruins. (lines 3 5) 9. G
3. Other tourists the writer and his family spoke 10. E
to in the hotel (lines 9 10) B. 1. lounging around
4. i) Siamese Kingdom (lines 14 15) 2. mist
ii) capital (line 14) 3. stylish
iii) trade (line 16) 4. looted
iv) inhabitants (line 17) 5. scramble
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7. stunning iv) product (line 72)

8. heyday 15. The fight against pancreatic cancer (lines 75
9. pavilion 76)
10. draped 16. He was tough / persevering.
C. 1. lounged around 17. B (title)
2. stylish 18. Yes, because he saved Apple from the brink of
3. mist bankruptcy (lines 74 75) / led Apple to launch
4. draped many ingenious products that changed people s
5. heyday lives (lines 90 91) / his vision still drives the
6. stunning company to create breakthrough innovations.
7. looted (lines 85 86)

Unit 16 Word Bank

Comprehension A. 1. reverberate
1. Steve Jobs (line 4) 2. the sky is the limit
2. He made many wonderful products and put it 3. diagnose
out there to express his appreciation to the rest 4. anecdote
of humanity. (lines 1 3, 7 9) 5. be obsessed with
3. game-changing (line 8) 6. staggering
4. D (lines 12 14) 7. innovation
5. i) 24 February 1955 (line 15) 8. crippling
ii) Cupertino / California (line 17) 9. tinker around with
iii) school life (lines 19 20) 10. at the expense of
iv) electronics (lines 21 22) B. 1. crippled
6. Steve Jobs and Steve Wozniak (lines 25 26) 2. reverberate
7. Both Steve Jobs and Steve Wozniak enjoyed 3. at the expense of
playing tricks on others. (lines 28 29) 4. obsessed with
8. i) 3 (lines 39 40) 5. The sky is the limit
ii) 1 (lines 33 34) 6. anecdotes
iii) 4 (lines 46) 7. tinkering around with
iv) 2 (lines 34 35) 8. innovation
9. i) NG 9. staggering
ii) F (lines 45 46) 10. diagnose
iii) T (lines 48 50) C. 1. the sky is the limit
10. Steve Jobs was driven by a quest for perfection 2. crippled
and he laid out a clear vision for the company. 3. staggering
(lines 57 58) 4. reverberated
11. He was demanding and did not care about 5. diagnostic
others feelings. (lines 60 62)
12. A Unit 17
13. i) He could not find the right market for Comprehension
his own start-up NeXT Inc. (lines 63 1. -together with other camp
65) members (lines 2 3)
ii) The products of NeXT were too 2. It is easy for one to get lost on the campus.
expensive / not appealing. (lines 65 66) 3. short (line 17), slogan (line 19), rap (line 18)
14. i) Lost its direction (line 67) 4. A
ii) Suffered great losses (line 68) 5. i) gathered (line 27)
iii) Returned to profitability (line 70) ii) checked (line 28)

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iii) left (line 36) ii) Neither agrees nor disagrees

iv) three-hour (line 38) iii) Agrees (line 87)
6. By taking photos of themselves / By taking 18. i) (Open-ended) It helps them make friends
selfies (lines 40 41) (line 82), gives them an opportunity to
7. hectic (line 40) learn to work with others (line 80), and
8. We were all dying of hunger. (line 43) makes them less anxious about becoming a
9. He is not good at dancing. / He dances university student (lines 67 68).
awkwardly. ii) (Open-ended) It may give them the
10. C (line 48) impression that university life is going to
11. He was surprised that time had passed so be fun and easy.
quickly that night. (lines 52 53)
12. i) T (line 51) Word Bank
ii) T (lines 56 57) A. 1. frantic
iii) F (lines 61 63) 2. whacked
13. Accounting (line 4) and Finance (line 4) 3. rabbit warren
Department Orientation Camp 4. rousing
Want to know what university (line 34) life is 5. charge around
like? Want to make new friends before the 6. drenched
7. introvert
want! 8. not sleep a wink
Duration: Two days one night 9. selfie
Destination: Sai Kung (line 42) 10. get-together
Cost: HK$300 per person B. 1. introverts
Activities: 2. get-together
A pre-camp get-together (line 6) held a 3. drenched
week before the camp for all of you to get 4. rabbit warren
to know each other first 5. sleep a wink
Scavenger Hunt (lines 36 37) 6. frantic
that offers you a fascinating way to 7. whacked
explore Hong Kong 8. rousing
A campfire party (line 46) for you to enjoy 9. selfie
a great evening singing (line 44) and 10. charging around
dancing (line 45) with other camp C. 1. get-together
members 2. rabbit warren
Water Wars (line 55): Get ready for water 3. whacked
balloons (line 55)! 4. sleep a wink
Murder Mystery (line 58) 5. charged around
are a great detective! 6. drenched
14. Taking part in 7. selfie
Camp 8. rousing
15. He looks forward to the new challenges of 9. frantic
university life. / He is eager to start his new
classes or courses. Unit 18
16. She spent much of her childhood reading books Comprehension
instead of going out and making friends with 1. C (line 2)
others (lines 86 87), so she was afraid that she 2. Everybody
might not get along with other camp members. 3. i) burnt (line 13)
17. i) Agrees (line 77) ii) carbon dioxide (line 12)

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iii) seawater (line 13) 9. shrugged

iv) acidic (line 14) 10. detrimental
v) erosion (line 14) C. 1. detrimental
vi) bleaching (line 15) 2. shrug
4. i) NG 3. optional
ii) T (lines 20 22) 4. combat
iii) T (lines 23 24) 5. enforce
5. Killing (line 26), waste (line 22)
6. B (lines 25 26) Unit 19
7. Getting food, minerals and medicines derived Comprehension
from oceans (lines 30 31) 1. soon (lines 7 8), workplace (line 7)
8. i) life (line 29) 2. Employers and Gen Zers who will soon enter
ii) provides the workforce (lines 10 12)
iii) unhealthy (line 32) 3. It helps categorize people based on the years
iv) beautiful (line 32) they were born (lines 18 20) and shows
v) support (line 33) specific characteristics each generation has.
9. If everyone thinks that they are not responsible (line 24)
for the protection of the oceans, the oceans will 4. i) taught (line 25)
die soon. ii) brought up (line 25)
10. A iii) technology (line 28)
11. Help with ocean conservation (lines 68 69) iv) work (line 31)
12. Paragraph 2: D v) current (line 32)
Paragraphs 3 4: B 5. i) T (lines 25 26)
Paragraph 5: F ii) NG
Paragraph 6: A iii) NG
Paragraph 7: C 6. These employees are arrogant. (line 36)
Paragraph 8: G 7. i) They may have to play a less important
Paragraphs 9 11: E role at work.
ii) To provide opportunities for the next
Word Bank generation to realize their potential by
A. 1. D introducing new ideas and different ways
2. F of getting things done (line 42)
3. A 8. Gen Zers need to be careful with their health
4. G and do more exercise. (line 51)
5. I 9. They pay too much attention to improving their
6. H technology skills and playing with their digital
7. B devices and too little on developing
8. C interpersonal skills. (lines 58 62)
9. J 10. Make eye contact with the interviewer and
10. E keep their phones in their bags. (lines 74 75)
B. 1. deteriorate 11. i) easy (lines 80 81)
2. optional ii) relevant (line 81)
3. enforce iii) essential (line 82)
4. disheartened 12. A piece of tech (line 87)
5. abysmal 13. Employer: C (line 36)
6. combat Polly So: A (lines 12 13)
7. bystanders The host: B (lines 57 58)
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14. Be careful not to be overly dependent on or too 5. inconceivable (line 15)

attached to technology. (line 87) 6. C
15. D 7. To discuss whether technology has made
16. (open-ended) They can quickly adapt to new humans better off (title)
technology, which helps improve their job 8. i) Technological (line 21)
performance. (lines 29 31) On the other hand, ii) economic benefits (line 22)
they may have difficulty communicating with iii) Automation (line 23)
coworkers, especially with those who are not in iv) jobs (line 32)
their age group. (lines 67 69) v) high-tech (line 29)
9. B (lines 40 41)
Word Bank 10. The presence of technology has caused a
A. 1. bundle together sudden change in peo
2. essentials before.
3. accustomed to 11. The students (line 54)
4. demographic 12. We can develop social skills and learn how to
5. span read body language and other non-verbal cues
6. arrogance when we talk to someone in person. (lines 58
7. expertise 59)
8. influx 13. hinders (line 60); stunts (line 60)
9. nudge 14. too much (line 59), face-to-face (line 60)
10. adroit 15. Spending too much time using smartphones
B. 1. essentials and tablets can cause the following problems:
2. nudging Declined memory (line 65)
3. bundle together Depressed (line 70) mood
4. span Impaired social skills
5. expertise Physical (line 70) pain such as headaches
6. adroit and neck strain
7. demographic 16. D
8. accustomed to 17. They provide platforms for people to spread
9. arrogance vicious rumours and abusive posts quickly.
10. influx (lines 82 85)
C. 1. bundle together 18. offset (line 92)
2. influx 19. i) A double-edged sword (line 94)
3. span ii) It can cause two contradictory outcomes,
4. arrogant which can be good or bad for human
5. accustomed to beings.
20. Human beings (lines 94 95)
Unit 20 21. People should be self-disciplined and use
Comprehension technology wisely. (lines 95 98)
1. A 22. Paragraphs 1 2: C
2. Anyone / People in general / The reader Paragraphs 3 4: D
3. Over the past few decades, technology has Paragraph 5: A
revolutionized the way we communicate and Paragraphs 6 8: B
the way we obtain information. / We are Paragraph 9: E
surrounded by technology that has hugely
changed the way we live. (paragraph 1) Word Bank
4. The reader should stop for a moment to think A. 1. inconceivable
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3. unprecedented 10. i) The sharing economy bubble would burst

4. be bandied around in a couple of years. (lines 31 33)
5. miracle ii) They thought it was too soon to jump to
6. automation conclusions. (lines 34 35)
7. double-edged 11. The opportunity and efficiency the sharing
8. stunt economy has brought about and its drawbacks
9. vicious (lines 37 39)
10. enlightened 12. i) Workers being exploited (lines 45 47)
B. 1. double-edged ii) Uber s drivers were not offered the
2. miracle remuneration they deserved. (lines 48 51)
3. inconceivable iii) Companies exploiting loopholes (line 53)
4. bandied around iv) Airbnb did not offer house insurance.
5. unprecedented (lines 55 57)
6. vicious 13. B (lines 59 60)
7. enlightened 14. No. They are likely to think it would be better
8. automation to take advantage of loopholes, as many of the
9. stunt existing sharing economy platforms have done
10. catalyst so to save costs. (lines 67 70)
C. 1. inconceivable 15. It allows them to work the hours they like.
2. miracle (lines 74 76)
3. unprecedented 16. The writer holds a conservative view on the
4. bandied around sharing economy. He thinks people should be
5. catalyst cautious about the benefits of it. (lines 77 79)
6. double-edged 17. C

Unit 21 Word Bank

Comprehension A. 1. anticipate
1. D 2. tangible
2. your bike 3. herald
your laptop 4. arrive on the scene
3. i) eBay (line 8) 5. swarm
ii) TaskRabbit (line 6) 6. jump on the bandwagon
iii) Harmoney (line 6) 7. naysayer
4. It has made sharing economy platforms 8. remuneration
accessible to all. (lines 10 11) 9. loophole
5. They think the sharing economy is very 10. prominent
powerful. / They believe the sharing economy B. 1. naysayer
is the solution to all problems. (lines 13 14) 2. anticipating
6. What are the benefits of it?: 3 3. tangible
What part has technology played in the rise of 4. heralds
it?: 2 5. remuneration
What is it?: 1 6. arrived on the scene
7. i) NG 7. prominent
ii) F (lines 21 22) 8. loophole
iii) T (lines 23 24) 9. swarm
8. They suddenly become worth a lot of money. 10. jumping on the bandwagon
9. A (line 30) C. 1. herald
2. Naysayers

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3. prominent Word Bank

4. arrive on the scene A. C to control or limit something that has a
5. jump on the bandwagon harmful effect
G very unpleasant or disgusting
Unit 22 E upsetting or causing anxiety
Comprehension J without making plans
1. i) The reader H to slowly stop using something
ii) He wants to encourage the reader to admit B a comparison between two situations or
the fact that he / she consumes sugary food processes, usually to show their
every day. similarities
2. C F unintentionally and without realizing what
3. d and done (line 11) one is doing
4. i) F (line 10) I a way of doing something secretly
ii) T (lines 18 19) D a feeling of complete loss of hope
iii) NG A to make an effort to learn about something;
5. Sugar (line 27) to make oneself familiar with something
6. i) A hidden bomb (line 32) B. 1. analogy
ii) Both hidden sugar and hidden bomb are 2. acquaint yourself with
harmful but people may not be aware of 3. inadvertently
the potential dangers of them. 4. stealth
7. i) natural sugar (line 36) 5. disturbing
ii) Japanese (line 33) 6. doom and gloom
iii) sweetness (line 35) 7. curb
v) cheaper (line 37) 8. phased out
8. It is very modern and technically advanced. 9. willy-nilly
9. i) The food industry clapped its hands in 10. nasty
delight. (line 39) C. 1. disturbing
ii) It was popular. 2. nasty
10. A (lines 46 48) 3. doom and gloom
11. D 4. curbing
12. Someone who likes to eat sweet food 5. phasing out
13. B 6. acquaint ourselves with
14. To emphasize that sugar lurks in food and 7. willy-nilly
people need to check food labels for nutrition 8. stealth
information every time before they buy food. 9. inadvertently
(lines 79 81)
15. A healthy body Unit 23
16. Our body is very valuable and we should Comprehension
maintain our good health, starting by 1. B (line 3)
eating less sugar. (lines 87 88) 2. i) A wild animal (line 7)
17. Be strict to oneself. (line 89) ii) She was bad-mannered / impolite / rude.
18. Paragraphs 1 4: D 3. i) She had a happy childhood.
Paragraph 5: C ii) No. She hesitated over whether or not to
Paragraph 6 8: A write the book. (line 15)
Paragraph 9: F 4. i) literary devices (line 14)
Paragraphs 10 12: B ii) detail (line 12)
Paragraphs 13 14: E iii) purple prose (line 13)

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5. Determination can triumph over adversity. (line 9. D

22) 10. J
6. C (lines 21 22) B. 1. toddler
7. i) NG 2. movingly
ii) T (line 28) 3. glimpse
iii) NG 4. breakthrough
8. i) The book lacks sufficient information 5. gushed
about Helen. (lines 25 26) 6. thoughtlessness
ii) The book only includes the events that 7. gratification
happened in Helen s early years (lines 27 8. startled
28) and leaves out her accomplishments in 9. transfixed
the later part of her life. (lines 30 31) 10. blemish
9. Paragraph 1: B C. 1. toddler
Paragraph 2: E 2. thoughtlessness
Paragraph 3: C 3. startle
Paragraph 4: D 4. transfixed
Paragraph 5: F 5. gratification
Paragraph 6: A 6. breakthrough
10. (Open-ended) Yes. It is educational and 7. blemish
inspirational. (lines 37 43)
11. To show appreciation for the care and love that Unit 24
Anne received from Sophia, thank Sophia for Comprehension
encouraging her to work with Helen and 1. burrow (line 6)
describe the progress made by Helen 2. He was half-drowned because of the flood.
(paragraph 7) (lines 5 7)
12. startle (line 57) 3. path (line 8), home (line 11)
13. Anne was happy and satisfied. (line 62) 4. i) T (line 49)
14. i) Anne thought Helen and her had a lot in ii) NG
common iii) F (lines 11 13)
ii) Neither of them was understood by other 5. A (line 15)
people. (line 64) 6. Rikki-Tikki-Tavi jumping onto Teddy s pillow
15. Sophia helping Anne realize her potential (line (lines 23 24)
69) 7. (i) B (lines 25 26)
16. How Sophia (ii) A (lines 27 28)
and what Sophia meant to her (iii) D (lines 35 37)
17. It made her more mature and understanding of 8. B
others. (lines 72 73) 9. D (line 46)
18. A 10. He was angry.
11. She quickly returned to her original position
Word Bank whenever she struck and fell on the matting.
A. 1. H 12. The fighting (between Rikki-Tikki-Tavi and
2. C Nagaina)
3. G 13. B (line 78)
4. E 14. To stop her husband from shooting Rikki-
5. A Tikki-Tavi (lines 81 82, 85 86)
6. I 15. C (lines 90 91)
7. F 16. 2, 4, 6, 5, 7, 1, 8, 3
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17. Guarded against the dangers lurking in the 7. i) backbone (line 33)
garden / Took charge of the garden ii) They are important to the tourism industry
18. (Open-ended) Be courageous when facing in Iceland. (line 33)
problems and treasure the value of friendship. / 8. A (line 43)
You cannot judge the quality or character of 9. The proposition team:
someone or something just by looking at them. The tourism boom has led to housing and
traffic problems (line 45)
Word Bank An effective solution to the problems is a low-
A. 1. inquisitive volume tourism (line 49)
2. shriek The opposition team:
3. slither The tourism boom has stimulated Iceland s
4. bungalow economic recovery (line 50)
5. to and fro An effective solution to the problem is better
6. gravel urban planning (line 48)
7. veranda 10. Mitigating the negative effects of tourism
8. single-handedly boom on Iceland (lines 13 16,18 19)
9. lurk 11. i) NG
10. revenge ii) T (lines 57 58)
B. 1. single-handedly iii) F (lines 60 61)
2. bungalow 12. A cap is not necessary (lines 64 66) because
3. slithering the problem can easily be tackled by promoting
4. gravel off-season visits and opening up new tourist
5. revenge destinations. (line 68)
6. shriek 13. The proposition team
7. inquisitive 14. i) Closing eco-sensitive areas (line 70)
8. lurking ii) Allow degraded areas to recover (lines 71
9. to and fro 72)
10. veranda iii) Charging fees for access to certain areas
C. 1. revenge (lines 72 73)
2. bungalow iv) Reduce the impact of tourism on
3. veranda environment (line 74)
4. lurk 15. i) The current tourism is inadequate. (line
5. to and fro 75)
ii) The impact of a measure on Iceland s
Unit 25 economy. (lines 76 77)
Comprehension 16. Yes, because limiting tourist numbers will
1. (i) tripled (line 6) result in a decrease in tourism revenue, which
(ii) main ring road (line 8) will hurt the economy of a country relying
(iii) hotels (line 9) heavily on tourism. (lines 56 57)
2. A
3. Unable to cope with the influx of tourists (lines Word Bank
12 13) A. 1. H
4. i) The massive influx of tourists has caused 2. B
many problems in their daily lives. (lines 3. E
19 21) 4. C
ii) Barcelona and Venice (line 25) 5. F
5. D 6. I
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8. J
9. D
10. A
B. 1. foreseeable
2. accounts for
3. periodically
4. degradation
5. compromise
6. backlash
7. packed tight with
8. ameliorate
9. infrastructure
10. en masse
C. 1. backlash
2. foreseeable
3. en masse
4. infrastructure
5. compromising

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