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Unit 56
56.1
noun
person
verb
crime
criminal
commit a crime
murder
murderer
murder
theft
thief
steal/take
robbery
robber
rob
burglary
burglar
burgle
56.2
theft/steal; crime/offence; jail/prison; get away/escape; hit/attack
56.3
2 arrest
3 innocent
4 murder
5 offence
6 fine
7 crime
8 punished
56.4
2 stealing
3 broke
4 attacked/hit
5 stole
6 worth
7 escape / get away
8 arrested
9 detectives / the police
10 robbery
11 court
12 guilty
13 prison/jail
Unit 57
57.1
2 political
3 beliefs
4 powerful
5 reduction
6 politicians
57.2
1
6
7
8
57.3
2 They voted for her.
3 Elections are held every five years.
4 They will provide hospitals with more money. OR They will provide more money for hospitals.
5 It’s a secret ballot.
6 The system treats everyone equally / fairly / the same way.
7 Our policy is to provide care for old people / the elderly.
57.4
2 constituencies
3 political
4 Elections
5 vote
6 parliament
7 party
8 government
9 Prime
57.5
Your own answers
57.6
Your own answers
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Unit 58
58.1
2 fun
3 few
4 now
5 son
6 comfortable
58.2
2 a
3 d
4 e
5 b
58.3
2 recycle
3 waste
4 tap
5 Save
7 Plant
6 switching/turning
8 reduce
9 Take
58.4
2 create
3 result
4 effects
5 flood
6 drought; occurring/happening
7 environment
8 destroy
9 efficient
10 Energy
58.5
verb
noun
recycle
recycling
waste
waste
destroy
destruction
exist
existence
verb
noun
solve
solution
reduce
reduction
support
support
suffer
suffering
58.6
Possible answers:
1 You can certainly see changes in the climate. The weather seems more extreme: more hot weather,
more wet weather, etc.
2 We have to put our household rubbish in different containers every week so that more things are
recycled, e.g. one container for newspapers; one for bottles, tins and plastic; one for garden rubbish,
etc.
3 Yes, I waste energy. I leave lights on and taps running; but I only use the car for essential journeys.
4 I could turn off taps and lights, drive a smaller car, and do things to the house to make it more energy-
efficient. Climate change worries me when I think about it.
Unit 59
59.1
die is a verb
war is a noun
attack is a noun and verb
defend is a verb
death is a noun
escape is a noun and verb
shoot is a verb
hide is a verb
59.2
2 shot
3 hide
4 escape / get away
5 exploded; killed
6 searching
7 destroyed
8 defend (protect is also possible)
9 carrying
59.3
2 battle
3 both are correct
4 destroyed
5 dead
6 both are correct
7 died
8 carry
9 shot
59.4
2 soldiers (army is possible)
3 enemy
4 bomb
5 violent
6 killed
7 army
8 took place
59.5
destruction, e.g. The bomb caused a huge amount of destruction.
explosion, e.g. The explosion happened outside the main gates.
defence, e.g. The army are responsible for the defence of the nation.
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Unit 60
60.1
2 in
3 on
4 have
5 for
6 same
60.2
2 by
3 until
4 since
5 for
6 during
7 for
8 in
9 since
60.3
2 a long time ago / ages ago
3 the other day
4 recently/lately
5 for ages
6 for the time being
60.4
2 fortnight
3 19; 20
4 1963; 50
5 7
6 10
7 1960s
60.5
Possible answers (from a Spanish man):
1 I’ve been in my present job for a year.
2 It takes me half an hour to get to work.
3 A typical working day for me lasts about seven hours. I work from 9.30 am to 1.30 pm, then I have a
long lunch break (siesta) and work again from 5 pm to 8 pm.
4 I’ve been studying English since 2009, but I stopped for three years during 2011–2014.
5 I haven’t spoken English since 11 o’clock this morning.
6 I saw my cousin Rafa the other day.
7 Nowadays I don’t go to the gym as much as I used to.
8 One day I hope to be a very successful architect.
Unit 61
61.1
2 two and a half
3 two thousand, three hundred and forty-five
4 nought point two five
5 one million, two hundred and fifty thousand
6 ten point nought/oh four
7 forty-seven per cent
8 the tenth of September (OR September the tenth)
9 nine four oh/zero, double three eight
10 minus five degrees Celsius (OR five degrees below zero)
11 in nineteen ninety-six
12 twenty twelve (OR two thousand and twelve)
61.2
2 twenty thousand
3 the seventh of June / June the seventh
4 two hundred and twenty
5 the thirty-first of August / August the thirty-first
6 seven two three, six oh/zero nine