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LISTENING LA Look at the pictures. Can you think of a reason why you might NOT notice the animals? B (B)9.1 Listen to the first part of a radio programme and ‘answer the questions. 1. What isthe best definition of ‘inattentional blindness’? 4) Losing your eyesight because of someone's carelessness b) Failing to see things that are obvious because you are stressed ©) Not seeing one thing because you are focused on something else 2 Were your ideas about the pictures right? © [9.2 Listen to the rest of the programme and put the topics in the correct order. One topic is mentioned twice and ‘one is not mentioned. a) pilots b) motorcycles 9 drivers 4) footballers €) store security guards © Listen again to the whole programme. Are the statements, true (1), false (F) or is the information not given (NG)? 1 Aquarter of the people who did the gorilla experiment didn't notice the gorilla, 2_ IF you're looking for someone with glasses, you might not notice someone with a parrot. 3. Drivers who are sending text messages might not notice a car stopping in front of them, 4 Ifyou expect to see a particular word or name ona sign, you might not notice a synonym, 5 Ina simulation, trained pilots were better at seeing unusual things on the runway than non-pilots. 6 A thief is more likely to fool a guard in a store by stealing openly 7 Its safer to drive a car than to ride a motorcycle. 8 The expert gives the advice ‘Expect the unexpected, CLI -ING FORM AND INFINITIVE, 2 A Underline the correct alternative, 1 a) After high school, | went on finding/to find work in order to ‘earn money. b) After high school, | went on studying/to study and attended university because that was expected. 2 a) | remember locking/to lock my flat when | left it today, but it's possible that | didn't do it. b) | remembered locking/to lock my flat when | left it today, I'm 100 percent sure. 3. a) I'm trying learning/to learn English well enough to pass an advanced exam. 'b) | tried speaking/to speak English in case they understood it but they didn't. 4 a) Ill never forget meeting/to meet my English teacher for the first time, b) I've forgotten doing/to do my homework many times. 5 a) |had to stop thinking/to think about all of these sentences before answering, ) I've had to stop thinking/to think about my other work so that | could concentrate on this exercise 6 a) | like studying/to study English at least fifteen minutes a day even if I'm not in the mood. b) | like travelling/to travel more than anything else. B Tick the sentences above that are true for you. 3 Complete the story with the correct form of the verbs in brackets. MY DAY ASA POLICE WITNESS It was 2014 and | had witnessed a theft — in fact, I'd tried + (catch) the thief, but when | caught up with him he pulled out 2 knife, so | stopped (chase) him and walked away. | remember? (stand) there, thinking how silly the situation was, before | gave up. | like : (be) helpful even when it's unpleasant or dangerous, so | didn’t mind. Before | walked away though, | remembered §, {memorise) his face, in case the police asked me for a description; but | made a mistake, because | forgot * (pay) attention to his height. Well, the police did call me a few days later and said they'd caught the guy and needed me to identify him in a line-up. So | went in, and looked at the eight faces _.. they asked me which was the thief, but | just went on q (look) at the faces, because they ALL looked like the thief. | tried 8 (picture) him with my eyes closed, but it didn’t work. In the end | picked someone — the biggest, tallest one — because that was my recollection, that the guy was big and threatening. The one I picked turned out to be a police officer himself (who later went on ® (become) the chief of police), and the teal thief was the shortest guy in the line-up. On my way out, | stopped 0 (say) goodbye to the head detective, and he just said ‘Don't call us, we'll call you! CRIME © Find ten words for crimes in the wordsearch. P O;H c M/Q|)Q WwW G 0 G|G U K U M Vi H|wi{c TT EEE is lc Cc a)2 b)5 c)1,4 d) not mentioned e)3 D 1F 2T 3NG 4T 5F 6T 7NG 8T 2a 1 a) to find b) studying 2 a) locking b) to lock 3 a) tolearn b) speaking 4 a) meeting b) todo 5 a) to think b) thinking 6 a) to study b) travelling 3 1 tocatch 2 chasing 3 standing 4 to be/being 5 tomemorise 6 topay 7 looking 8 picturing/to picture 9 to become 10 to say 4 (AIMICIA| I PIR{I{Cc/B/CiH|L [Ss RIW@TATNIDTATLT TTS TM) k/O/ Vv JH SIR IKLIUIDINTATPIPT TINO) A [ol Olcei tii {s| Ni vimMjulc|Mialalp| Pi xi x[al[zly[Q/HILIN[K[ RIL Yi s[Ri Ki] v[H]wic{k{olj [jy [Pyt GTTTATLIKTLINIG) X[K] V[TIS|F al z[z{wilalv|P|s|H/e| cl v[p{T| wit{Pis[v]s I Liv[yly[t[clj@ BIETRIVIN CIDIEINITI I Tivi Tin ElFID CIlOlUINITIEIRIFLEL ITI IINIG w/Q]j [tL] F/O] B(MUTGTGTTIN FiUlQleEly{J[RIN{ Vv] P|wiclo|H

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