B1 Reading – matching people to films
1F, 2D, 3B, 4G, 5C; not used: A, E

George Orwell’s 1984
1. newspeak: Euphemisms, jargon and other terminology used to control how people talk about something controversial.
2. doublethink: The psychological state of being able to believe two contradictory (= opposing) things at once.
3. memory hole: Any device to hide the past, such as deleting old Tweets and YouTube videos without saying what you’ve done. Also used as a verb meaning to (try to) destroy the evidence of something someone has said or done.
4. Big Brother: A state that is over-controlling; also a television programme where the participants are kept in a house and watched in their every move.

“Sorry, Could You Just…”
1 independence, indirect, inconvenience, inconvenient, unlikely, impolite, informal; other prefixes: dis- (disinterested, discomfort), ir- (irresponsible, irregular), il- (illogical, illegal)
2 politeness, business, happiness, rudeness; other examples: darkness, coolness, laziness, loneliness, kindness, fitness…

Mind Benders
The jewels are hidden at the butcher’s shop (the owner is probably a friend of his). As a vegan, he’d have no other reason to go there.

Strange World
Caption 2

B2 EXTRA PRACTICE

The Great Molasses Flood
1E, 2G, 3C, 4H, 5A, 6I, 7D; not used: B, F

Puppy-Dog Eyes
1 have/encounter/experience/hit
2 comes
3 with
4 can
5 to/that/which
6 something
7 at
8 about
9 been
10 example/instance
11 whether/if
12 as
13 on
14 pay
15 more

Need a Bed for the Night?
1 difficulty
2 decision
3 following
4 comfortable
5 unexpected
6 accommodation
7 programmer
8 presidential
9 Unbelievably
10 affordable