Roadmap Video
B2+ Answer key
Unit 1: The puppet maker
2 A Mua Roi Nuoc B Wayang Kulit
C Opera dei Pupi
3 1 F – It was especially popular 3 painter 4 diverse 5 fruit
with the working class.
2 F – They were made from wood.
3 T
4 F – They use sticks.
5 T
6 F – Shadows are cast on a paper
screen.
7 F – Originally they took place in
rice fields, now they use ponds
and specially-built pools.
8 T
4 1 The Little Angel Theatre in 6
north London
2 puppet maker
3 Judith says people are now
seeing puppetry can be for
everyone; puppetry is used
in many West End shows and
mainstream performances.
4 She makes different sorts –
small and large, string and hand
puppets.
5 on the stage or on the puppet
bridge
6 She feels very satisfied, she says
that nothing beats the feeling.
5b 1a 2c 3c 4b 5a 6c
7b 8a
6 1 entertainment 2 tiring
3 West End 4 large-scale puppets
5 string 6 (deepest) secrets
7 purpose-built 8 magical
7a a further period of being useful or
healthy, after becoming damaged,
ill, etc., e.g. Changing jobs has given
me a new lease of life.
Unit 2: Growing Underground
3 1 70%
2 almost 75%
3 fruit and vegetables
4 warehouses, shipping
containers, road and rail tunnels
5 because they are climate-
controlled/not affected by
weather
6 because it doesn’t have to be
transported long distances
4b 1 a former air raid shelter
2 leafy greens and salad
5b 1 They take the lift.
2 boots, hairnets and protective
clothing/hats
3 They were air raid shelters
during World War Two.
4 storing paper and documents
5 coriander
6 tanks on the floor below the farm
7 recycled carpet
8 four hours
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6 1 awareness 2 subterranean farm
3 12 storeys 4 exciting and scary
5 science fiction film 6 8,000
7 100 metres 8 impact 9 70%
10 60
7a involving the use of new discoveries,
new methods, or new ideas, e.g.
ground-breaking medical research
Unit 3: Get your skates on
2 1 (skill-based) racket
2 triumphs
3 gender-specific competitions
4 physical performance
5 outperform
strength and speed
4 1 It has become more popular over
the last decade.
2 It is becoming less male-oriented /
shaking off its macho image.
3 He learns how to pass and score.
4 They feel positive about it.
5 Mixed-gender teams in other
sports might become more
common in the future.
5b 1 best attended
2 beginners
3 beginner
4 around the ice rink without
falling over
5 play
6 better at passing the puck
6 1 Jason says that Will’s performance
was fantastic for a beginner.
2 He implies that there is room for
improvement in Will’s performance.
7 1 inclusive 2 support 3 wary
Unit 4: Carnival creators
2 1 It started in 1966 in London 4
and is a celebration of London’s
Caribbean communities and expected it to be.
multicultural life in the UK.
2 It takes place every summer on
the Sunday and Monday of the
August bank holiday, in the area
of Notting Hill and its
surrounding neighbourhoods.
3 There are lots of different types
of music and dancing,
processions with floats and
dancers wearing impressive
costumes. There are also lots of
Caribbean food stalls.
3 1 floats 2 vibrant 3 heritage
4 elaborate 5 masquerade
6 procession
4 1 F – It’s the second largest 2
carnival after Rio.
2 T
3 T
4 F – ‘Mas’ is about the costumes
people wear.
5 F – They also play contemporary
music.
6 T
5 1 a costume designer
2 five
3 The Pineapple Queen
6 b 1 other countries 2 people
6 waist 7 foam 8 communities
7 1 ethnically diverse cities
2 (elaborate) costumes
3 streetwise, cheeky
4 creativity
5 end product
6 process
7 waterproof
8 eye-opener
8a to be very proud of something that
you can do well, e.g. The restaurant
prides itself on serving top quality
food.
Unit 5: Urban foraging
3 1 hunting, fishing, gathering
edible plants
2 to supplement their diet or as a
pastime
3 Because of celebrity chefs like
René Redzepi; because people
are more aware of where food
comes from and of needing to
live sustainably
4 Some plants can be poisonous.
5 parks and canal paths
6 You can reconnect with nature
and become more aware of your
surroundings.
4 1 nutritious 2 sustainable
3 sustenance 4 seasonal
5 supplement 6 edible
5 1 urban woodland in east London
2 plants/wild herbs
3 He is pleasantly surprised.
They make a green smoothie.
5 The food was better than he
6 1b 2a 3c 4b 5b 6c
7a 8b
7 1 dangerous
2 freshly-picked ingredients
3 mighty wild green
4 (the) leaves
5 connection to nature
6 tasty
8 1 lemony; nutty; citrusy. Formed
by adding -y to the noun.
2 Students’ own answers
Unit 6: London’s last blacksmith
3 1 (toxic) smoke
very small children
3 gas and electricity
4 railways
5 large containers
6 big supermarkets
7 village
8 art
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5 1 Because it’s near lots of modern
buildings and blacksmithing is an
old-fashioned, traditional skill.
2 museums and royal palaces
3 large public pieces of art
4 his grandfather and his
grandfather’s uncle
5 Fine arts and sculpture
6 history
7 a simple scroll
8 in a bucket of water
6 1 primary 2 industry
3 the economy 4 horseshoes
5 measurements 6 railways
7 survival 8 Celsius
7a D, B, F, E, A, C
c Kevin picks up the metal pole from
the anvil and puts it on the bench.
He hammers the end of the metal,
turns it over and shapes it into a
point. He then shapes the metal
point into a curve/scroll shape.
When he’s finished shaping it,
he cools it off in a bucket of water.
Unit 7: T
 he art of public speaking
3 1 Chill out
2 Stay true to yourself
3 Don’t wing it
4 Know your enemy
5 Practice makes perfect
4a 1 face your fear
2 strike fear
3 have jitters/have knots in your
stomach
5 1 Because he feels uncomfortable
speaking in public and wants to
overcome his fear.
2 be authentic; have a message;
keep to the point
3 People give prepared or
rehearsed speeches.
4 People volunteer to give off-the-
cuff speeches.
5 There are awards/certificates
given for different categories.
6 1 challenges 2 100 3 young
4 160,000 5 unrehearsed
6 excited
7 Speaker 1: consumerism/having too
much stuff
Speaker 2: changing your name
Speaker 3: bullying
Speaker 4: confidence/getting
people’s respect
8 1 express; concerned
2 social care; confident
9 1 What is the scariest thing you’ve
ever done for fun and why?
2 What childish things do you still
do as an adult?
3 Should 16 year olds be allowed
to vote?
10 a try to remember something that
happened in the past
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Unit 8: The science of sleep
3 1 T
2 F – 10% work in bed
3 F – There are 12,100 searches a
week.
4 T
5 T
6 F – 35% of people would take a
pay cut.
5 1 a place where people can go to
nap/a nap pod place
2 commuters, young parents,
people who work too much
3 in New York and San Francisco/
Silicon Valley
4 a bed, a table with a plant and a
lamp; no distractions like a fridge
or a TV
5 to get a good/full night’s sleep
6 in the evening and at night time
7 Her golden rule is to not use your
phone for at least an hour before
bed.
8 He says it makes him feel
comfortable, relaxed, calm.
6 1 sleep-deprived
2 dark, cool, quiet
3 full sleep cycle
4 night sky
5 clock
6 sleepless nights
7 12 hours
8 cave/cave-like experience
7 1 He’s going to time his coffee it with others.
better.
2 He’ll leave his phone downstairs/
outside his bedroom.
3 He’s going to make his bedroom
cosy.
8a a small addition or detail that makes
something better
Unit 9: La Fauxmagerie
2 c
3 1 lifestyle trend
2 mainstream
3 young people/millennials
4 impact
5 platforms
6 plant-based food
4 1 the UK’s first vegan cheese shop
2 Because cheese is one of the
things people find hardest to
give up/everybody loves cheese.
3 nuts and plant-based oils/
cashews, soya milk and almonds
4 Because he hasn’t been
impressed with other plant-based
alternatives that he’s tried in
the past.
5 Because he didn’t like any of the
vegan cheese on offer after he
became a vegan.
6 He goes from being nervous
about trying it to saying he’s
been convinced that vegan
cheese is delicious.
5b 1 decade
2 15
3 cheesemonger
4 agriculture
5 alternatives
6 blue cheese
7 banking
8 flavour
6 1 cheddar; cashews; cheesy; soft
2 blue cheese
3 savoury; pepper; strong
7a a
b No, she’s smiling as she says it /
travesty is too strong a word to be
used in that situation / she’s joking
that she’s shocked at Will never
having tried the vegan cheese.
Unit 10: The blind storyteller
3 1 F – It has been important since
long before humans could write.
2 T
3 F – We are born loving stories.
4 T
5 T
6 F – We’re more likely to remember
things in the form of a story.
4 1 resolution 2 anecdote
3 adversity 4 blockbuster
5 protagonist 6 gripping
6 1 He says it’s fun. He loves
learning new stuff and sharing
2 He had a serious illness and
lost around 80% of his sight
suddenly.
3 Cinderella
4 It will take him years to master
storytelling, but he’s improved.
7 1 streaming services
2 art form
3 public meeting places
4 live performance
5 reproduced
6 engage an audience
8 1 It’s a pun/play on words.
2–4 Students’ own answers
9 1b 2a 3b 4a 5a
10 b 1 The bare bones are the important
facts without added detail.
2 Giles means that Will should add
detail to his story.
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