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Wonders of the World
Book key
1.1 1 Open answers
2 Open answers
1.2 Open answers
2.1 1 Chichen Itza, Mexico
2 Machu Picchu, Peru
3 Petra, Jordan
4 the Colosseum, Italy
5 the Great Pyramid, Egypt
6 the Great Wall, China
2.2 1 7 2 7 3 3 4 7 5 7 6 3 7 7 8 3
9 7
2.3 1 so 2 so 3 but 4 so 5 but 6 but 7 so
2.4 Open answers
3.1 1–2 Open answers
3.2 1 a 3 b 2 c 1
2 a River Nile b Colorado River
c Yangtze River d Parana River
3 a one b Pacific/Atlantic c Atlantic/Pacific
d South e Central
3.3 1 The Millau Bridge is taller than the Golden Gate
Bridge.
2 The Akashi-Kaikyo Bridge is longer than the
Millau Bridge.
3 The Golden Gate Bridge is shorter than the
Akashi-Kaikyo Bridge.
4 The Millau Bridge is newer than the AkashiKaikyo Bridge.
5 The Golden Gate Bridge is older than the Millau
Bridge.
3.4 Open answers
4.1 1 Statues
How tall?
How old?
Moai statues About 4 meters Hundreds of years
The Leshan
Buddha
The Statue
of Liberty
Christ the
Redeemer
More than 71 meters
93 meters
38 meters
About 1,200 years
More than 120
years
About 80 years
2 1 C 2 B 3 D 4 A
4.2 1 water 2 taxis 3 artificial 4 mountains
5 beaches 6 natural
4.3 1 fell 2 gave 3 was 4 cost 5 built 6 could
4.4 Open answers
5.1 1 was not open to most people
2 comes from Arabic
3 one of his wives died
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4 Constantinople to Istanbul
5 an important mountain
6 leaned
5.2 1 Who built the Alhambra?
2 When is the Taj Mahal most beautiful?
3 How many towers does Angkor Wat have?
4 When did work start on the tower in Pisa?
5.3 1 a 2 d 3 f 4 b 5 e 6 c
5.4 Open answers
6.1 1 the Eiffel Tower
2 the Empire State Building
3 the Empire State Building
4 a building at Beijing Airport
5 Crystal Island
6 Sydney Opera House
6.2 Possible answers:
1 did not like > loved
2 almost forty > forty-one
3 not as tall as > taller than
4 more > not as, than > as
5 mountains > ships
6 Dubai > Moscow
6.3 1 will live 2 will be 3 will play 4 will watch
5 will go 6 will ... build 7 will ... stop
8 will visit
6.4 Open answers
Talk about it Open answers
Write about it Open answers
Project Open answers
Discussion activities key
1 Open answers
2 soccer, rugby, tennis, golf, cricket, baseball, American
football, hockey, badminton, squash, swimming,
cycling, motor racing, horse racing, skiing,
parachuting.
3 Suggested answer: People think there are 2.3 million
stones in the Great Pyramid. Khufu built the Great
Pyramid. People played a dangerous ball game in
Chichen Itza. The Chinese built the Great Wall about
500 years ago. It is not possible to see the Great Wall
from the moon. One of the temples at Petra was in a
movie. The Romans brought animals from Africa to
the Colosseum and fought them. Visitors can take a
train from Cuzco to Machu Picchu.
4 Herodotus’s list: The Pyramid at Giza, the Hanging
Gardens of Babylon, the Statue of Zeus at Olympia,
the Temple of Aramis at Ephesus, the Mausoleum at
Halicarnasus, the Colussus of Rhodes and the Pharos
at Alexandria.
5 – 6 Open answers
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Wonders of the World
7 Example start of conversation:
Student A: I love going to the beach because I love
swimming in the sea and sitting on the beach.
Student B: I don’t like the beach. There are always a
lot of people. I like the countryside because I can see
trees and animals and it’s very quiet.
Student A: But it’s very boring. At the beach you can
play with your friends.
Student B: But there is always a lot of noise and the
water is often very dirty. Also, the sea is dangerous and
has a lot of big fish.
8 –9 Open answers
10 Possible suggestions: A football stadium, an ice rink, a cinema, a hamburger restaurant, a swimming pool, a hospital, a disco, a bar, a mall or shopping center.
11–12 Open answers
13 Possible questions: Eiffel Tower: What was Eiffel’s first
name? What statue did he also work on? When did he
finish the tower? How tall is it? What is a big problem
for tall buildings? What paid for the tower in the first
year? How many people visit the tower every year?
The Empire State Building: Who built it? When did
he finish the tower? How tall is it? How long was it
the tallest building in the world? How far can you see
from the top of it? How many minutes did a man take
to run to the top of it?
14 –17 Open answers
d There are many artificial islands in the world.
e Many people visit Dubai’s beaches for vacations.
f Dubai has 1,500 kilometers of new beaches.
6 a wide > tall
b crying > smiling
c started > finished
d south > north
e see > hear
f work > vacations
7 a The Forbidden City b The Taj Mahal
c The Leaning Tower of Pisa d Hagia Sophia
e The Alhambra f Angkor Wat
8 a rich b stone c moon d century
e cathedral f famous
9 a 3 b 7 c 7 d 7 e 3 f 7
10 a world b Strong c race d woman e floor
f city
11 a is not very hard.
b than Niagara Falls.
c half an hour.
d kinds of weather.
e the same place.
f do not see her.
12 a waterfalls b airplane c different
d dangerous e pictures f usually
13 Open answers
Activity worksheets key
1 a Five b thirty c long d river e stone
f France g wife h white i New York
j difficult
2 a 7 b 7 c 3 d 3 e 7 f 7 g 3 h 3
i 7 j 3
3 a The Yucatan area.
b Lake Nasser
c About 1,200 years old.
d 6,000
e Angkor
f The Eiffel Tower
g The Empire State Building
h Red, brown, green, and blue.
i About 4,000 years ago.
j Scandinavia, Alaska, Canada, and Russia.
4 a Machu Picchu b Petra c The Hoover Dam
d The Panama Canal e Christ the Redeemer
f The Moai Statues g The Statue of Liberty
h The Sydney Opera House i The Grand Canyon
j Ayers Rock
5 a lovers b weather c island d airplanes
e race f snow
1
2
3
4
5
interesting–boring
beautiful–ugly
difficult–easy
heavy–light
start–end
dangerous–safe
long–short
best–worst
a important b natural c strangest d century
e protected f temples
a walks b longer c so d good e building
f that
a Ten years.
b Indonesia.
c 1960.
d Seventy years ago.
e Between Brazil and Paraguay.
f It protects the Netherlands from the North Sea.
a There are about 900 statues on Easter Island.
b The Leshan Buddha is about 1,200 years old.
c People go around Venice in their boats.
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