English Vocabulary in Use: Advanced Book with Answers and Enhanced eBook Vocabulary Reference and Practice 3rd Edition

 99.2
1 Three firefighters helped put out a fire at a disused warehouse last night.
2 A 
spokesperson for the Department of Education provided us with a statement.
3 
Cleaner wanted for house in Priory Street.
4 The helpline is continuously 
staffed even during holiday periods.
5 All our 
flight attendants are fluent in at least three languages.
6 The fibres in this garment are 
artificial.
7 
Police officers today spend more time in cars than on the beat.
8 This was a great step for the 
human race.
9 The 
average person has little time for such issues.
10 
Sales assistants are often well trained and can be very persuasive.
 99.3
1 feminine
2 male
3 guys
4 laddish
5 macho
6 girlfriends
 99.4
1–5 
Personal answers
6 The sentence can be altered by either using 
his
or 
her
: A government minister may have to neglect 
his or her family. 
Or by making it plural: 
Government ministers may have to neglect their families. 
It is also becoming increasingly common and acceptable for 
their
to be used as a generic pronoun 
to refer to one person, e.g. A government minister may have to neglect 
their family. Note that 
some people consider this to be incorrect. Note also that some writers use the pronoun 
s
/
he
instead of 
he
or 
she
.
Unit 100
 100.1 
Suggested answers:
1 A bomb explosion in a capital city terrorises the population there.
2 The Prime Minister is going to announce plans for dealing with football hooligans.
3 Some highly successful footballers are speaking up for their coach after he has been criticised.
4 A strong campaign against people who disagree with a government has been launched.
5 Violent men surround a teenage star.
6 The police decide to focus on dealing with badly behaved and offensive young men.
 100.2
1 c It uses nudity and the dramatic word ‘scandal’ to attract attention.
2 b It uses a familiar name for the King, which shows either lack of respect or friendly familiarity, 
and the dramatic word ‘massacre’ for battle, with alliteration on ‘Macedonian’ and ‘massacre’.
3 e It uses alliteration in ‘Marathon man’ and ‘drop-dead dash’, with a dramatic image and words.
4 a It is about royalty and scandal, which are favourite topics for tabloids.
5 d It uses the informal expression ‘It’s curtains for …’ [It’s the end for …], and alliteration in 
‘curtains’ and ‘Corinth’.

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