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Unit 1. Lesson A

2. Listening: B 1. She lives in 2A.

2. They live in 3B.

3. They are classmates.

4. She’s

related to

Nora. She

lives in 3C.

Lesson B Part 1

2. A 2. True

3. False; grandfather,

not

grandmother 4. False, friends, not

brothers

B. 1. Memories

2. collected

3. favorite

4. One of my happiest

memories

5. my first day of school

6. I wanted the most

Part 2. . c a a c b

2. A. b d f e a h g c

C 1. it should be OK

2. Too bad

3. a souvenir from

4. hanging on to it

5. I’m keeping it

for the

memories

6. my favorite

keepsake

7. things were

rough

8. make it

9. helped out

10. as a reminder

11. You know

12. Here goes

Unit 2. Lesson A. 2. bored

2. sad

3.

happy

Lesson B.

Part 1. 2. A. c a b e f d

B.1. greeting 2

kissing

3. big hug

4. kiss on the cheek

5. Bowing

6. shake

hands

Part 2.1. B. 1. teaching

2. trip

3. nervous

4. has

5. having

2. A. 2 what they

are doing

3. Tokyo

4. nervous

5. nothing

6.

joking

7. fun

C . 1. like this

2. That ’s cool

3.

That ’s

great

4. I’ m a

little nervous about

5. though

6. There ’s no

need to be nervous

7. I ’m a kind

of worried about

8. Don ’t worry 9.

Everything ’s going to be fine

10. Let ’s see

11. like this

12. You ’re a

natural

13. come on

14. You guys

Unit 3. Lesson A. 2. A

Mississippi mud pie

B .

1.

delicious, crispy,

juicy

2. bland

3. oily,

good

4. tasty,

too sweet

Lesson B. Part 1. 2. A. 1.

True 2.

True

3. False; doesn’t

like 4.

True

5. False; steak

6. False; doesn’t

like

7. False; enjoys

B. 1. I like 2.

serve

3. My favorite dish

4.

I love that

5. the most popular food

6. You name it 7

delicious

Part 2. 1. B. c b c b b

2. A 1. True. 2. True.

3. True

4. False; added

too much

5. True.

6. True

7. False; hot

8. False; won

C. 1. This looks

delicious

2. crispy

3. oily

4. juicy

5. in my opinion

6. how about

7. man

8. Is it hot

9. Buttery

10. Quite tasty

11. A little sweet,

but still

crunchy

12. Delicious

13. Born and raised Unit 4. Lesson A 2. A.Dan: takes care of

the baby;

Courtney: goes to

work

everyday

Jamal: takes care

of the girls,

works at

home;

Tia: takes care of

the girls,

works at

home.

B. 1 True. 2 True. 3.

True 4.

False. Lesson B

Part 1. 2. A. 1.c 2. e 3. b

4. a

5. f

6. d

B. 1. independent

2. fashion

3.

stylish

4. admire

5.

change

6. lose weight

7.

appearance Part 2. . 2. c

2. A. 3 1 4 2 5

C. 1. You ought to

2. More and more

3. I should

4. The majority of

5. no one

6. a few

7. some

8. 28 percent

9. one third

10. Not necessarily

11. Such as

12 that’s true

13. None

14. come on

15. All of

16. most of

of

Unit 5. Lesson A

2. A. Sherlock Holmes is a famous imaginary detective

who appeared in sixty stories written by the Scottish author Sir Arthur Conan Doyle.

B. 1. doctor

. Watson

Lesson B Part 1

2. A.

B. strong

5. how

Part 2. 1. B.

2. A. 4 2 1 6 5 3

C.1. Does anybody know

2. Come on

3. What are you talking about

4. Well

5. who knows

6. Go on

7. It’s very likely

8. Now

9. calmly

10. quietly

11. neatly

12. Note

13. Slowly

14. carefully

15. quietly

16. What’s up

Unit 6. Lesson A.

2. A. remember

B. picture 1 and 4

Lesson B. Part 1.

2. A 1. images, numbers

2. numbers

3. numbers, languages

4. names

5. names

B. 1 True

2. False; forest, not city

3. True

4. False; dinosaurs, not birds

5. False; bird, not dinosaurs

Part 2 1. B. 1. night 2. pajamas

3. a man

4. liked

5. understands

2. A. 5.1.

3.

4.2

C. 1. What’s the matter

2. Really

3. I think so

4. maybe

5. I’m not sure

6. He reminded me of

7. Do you remember

8. I’m sure of it

9. I got it

10. like this

Unit 7. Lesson A

2. A. b

B.

Lesson B. Part 1.

2. A. 1 True

2. False; summer or

casual clothes, not

formal

3. False; 38 people, not

28

4. True

5. False; Dennis cooked

the food, not his

friends

B. 1. Thanksgiving 2. get tighter

3. thankful for

4. New Year’s Day

5. money

6. unique

7. celebrate

Part 2. 1. B.

2. A. 6 1 5 4 2 3

C. 1. It’s me

2. What’s up

3. Would you like to

4. Sure

5. it’s fun, you know

6. Sounds great

7. I’d love to

8. Great

9. I’d like to

10. wait

11. Hey listen

12. Would you be interested in

13. That sounds interesting

14. I’ll call him right away

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