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KEY 
1 Key 
Words 
1. aviation 
2. airliner 
3. profit 
4. version
5. compete 
6. long-haul 
7. efficient 
8. forecast 
2 
Find the information 
1. Airbus 
2. Boeing 
3. More than 500 
4. 245 to 285
5. Between 350 and 360 
6. Up to 450 
3 Comprehension 
Check 
1. F;
2. T;
3. F;
4. T;
5. F;
6. T 
4 Vocab 
1 Opposites 
1. short-haul
2. impossible
3. unsuccessful 
4. indirectly 
5. inflexible 
6. short-range
7. inefficient
8. worse 
5 Vocab 
2 Word-building 
1. combination 
2. forecast 
3. competition
4. production 
5. flight 
6. growth 
7. cost
8. success 
6 Grammar 
Focus 
1. more expensive 
2. cheaper 
3. more flexible 
4. more successful 
5. smaller 
6. more profitable 

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Fill the gaps using these words from the text. 
icon 
eclipse eye-catching 
long-haul 
spoiler arch-rival 
relaunch 
variant 
1. 
If you ____________ a product, you advertise and sell it again in a slightly 
different way from before. 
2. 
A ___________ is something that is related to an original but is not exactly the 
same. 
3. 
If you ____________ a competitor, you make them seem less successful or 
important by becoming more successful and important than they are. 
4. 
Your ____________ is your main rival or competitor. 
5. 
A ____________ flight is a long-distance flight, from Paris to Hong Kong, for 
example. 
6. 
An ____________ is a well-known symbol that represents a particular idea. 
7. If 
something 
is 
____________, it is attractive or unusual and therefore easily 
noticed. 
8. 
In business a ____________ is a product launched by a company simply to 
prevent another company’s product being successful.