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Irish for a Day
1 legacy, 2 fast, 3 solemn, 4 descent, 5 oppression, 6 diminutive

Don’t Make the Fans Mad
SAMPLE ANSWERS:
being angry
words from the article: mad, furious, bitter, rage
other words: annoyed, irritated, crazy, fury, wrath, enraged, livid, mad, cross, infuriated, irate; also slang: pissed (AmE), pissed off (BrE) [Note: In BrE, “pissed” means drunk, not angry. These terms are somewhat impolite.]
something bad
words from the article: ugly, disastrous, terrible, awful, bad, unsatisfying, shame, embarrassment, disaster, catastrophe, flaw, bug, fiasco
other words: horrible, dreadful, appalling, failure, flop

B1 Reading
1C, 2A, 3C

The Puzzler
GOOGLE WALK
City: Washington, D.C.
1 Lincoln Memorial; Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool and Washington Monument
2 World War II Memorial, Atlantic
3 Eisenhower Executive Office Building, President’s Park
4 The White House, the Oval Office
5 Trump International Hotel Washington, Pennsylvania Avenue
6 Newseum (a former museum celebrating the First Amendment, free speech and the freedom of the press), 6th St NW
7 The Friendship Archway, the animals of the Chinese zodiac
8 The Dubliner Restaurant and Pub, The National Postal Museum
9 Lower Senate Park, The US Capitol Building

Strange World
text no. 2

Intriguing Ireland
1 GPO (General Post Office in Dublin), 2 English Market (in Cork), 3 Aran Islands, 4 Titanic Quarter (in Belfast), 5 Leap Castle, 6 St Patrick’s Purgatory

Cooliosities
ELECTRO(MAGNETIC) MUSIC
1B, 2F, 3G, 4E, 5C, 6D, 7A
MUSHROOM BOAT
1 replace, 2 much, not, 3 can / could, 4 Although
DAYLIGHT ROBBERY
1 to work out, 2 to negotiate, 3 to snatch, to grab
WHO’S A GOOD DOG?
Sample answers:
The ambulance was followed by Senturk’s dog Boncuk.
The animal was taken home (by Senturk’s daughter).
Boncuk was taken home again (by Senturk’s daughter).
The journey across the city was made by Boncuk.
The local press was told by a hospital security guard: “She comes…”
When the door is opened, she pokes…

B2 Language Practice

The History of Female Cycling
1A, 2D, 3D, 4B, 5D

The (Dis)United Kingdom
1T, 2F, 3N, 4T 5F, 6N, 7T

San Diego
1B, 2G, 3A, 4C, 5E, 6D; not mentioned: F

The Placebo Effect
1C, 2A, 3F, 4G, 5D, 6I, 7E; not used: B, H, J

The History of the Teddy Bear
1F (b), 2F (d), 3F (e), 4T (a), 5T (b), 6F (c)

Mod, Normcore, Punk
1 impact / importance / significance / influence / effect
2 originated / arose / developed / began / grew / formed
3 universal / absolute / objective
4 social classes / class groups
5 difference / change
6 evolve / grow / originate / form / evolved / grew / originated / formed
7 opposite / inverse

Don’t Turn On the Light
1C, 2B, 3B, 4A, 5D, 6D, 7C, 8D, 9B, 10A, 11D, 12D, 13A, 14B, 15D, 16B, 17C, 18C, 19C, 20C

Classical Conditioning
1 discovery, 2 watering, 3 reaction, 4 learned / learnt, 5 natural, 6 relation, 7 initially, 8 notification, 9 advertising / advertisements, 10 really

Maori Culture
1 by, 2 into, 3 make / help, 4 over, 5 to, 6 known, 7 events / occasions, 8 play / have, 9 used, 10 arrival