Life Lessons From the Road, pp. 4–5: Task 1: 1 To Take a Break, 2 To Be Flexible, 3 To Learn New Things, 4 To Endure More, 5 To Love Experiences More Than Things, 6 To Be Curious, 7 To Love Our Planet, 8 To See The World Through New Eyes, 9 To Learn from Others, 10 To Be More Confident; CD Task: Ana learned to ask for help. It made her a stronger person who is more resourceful and flexible. She’s learned to function in new situations. She knows how to make friends with all kinds of people. Questions: 1 Canada and Mexico, 2 she had to ask people for directions, 3 an adapter, 4 to try new foods, learn a new public transport system and try to learn a new language, 5 the arts and culture, the buildings; A TikTok Teen is Here to Fight for Ukraine, pp. 8–9: 1F, 2T, 3F, 4T, 5T, 6T, 7F, 8F, 9F; Mind-Reading Machines, p. 11: Across: 4. neuroscience: The study of the brain and how it works, 5. cursor: The arrow on a computer screen that you move with a mouse, 8. paralysed: Not able to move a muscle, 9. image: A picture such as a photograph; Down: 1. volunteers: People who agree to take part in an experiment, 2. neuron: A brain cell that can send an electrical signal, 3. sensors: Devices that can detect light, sound, heat, electricity etc., 6. googling: Looking for something online using a search engine, 7. predict: Say what will happen in the future; UK Road Trip: The North-East, pp. 14–15: 1B – In the book by Bram Stoker, Whitby is the place in the UK that Dracula first arrives, 2G – There are 199 steps leading up to Whitby Abbey, 3E – The Tyne Bridge was the inspiration for Sydney Harbour Bridge, 4F – Newcastle’s twin city across the river is Gateshead, 5C – The CTRL Pad is a gaming centre where you can play vintage arcade machines and PlayStation, 6A – The Angel of the North is a giant sculpture with wings nearly as wide as a Boeing 747’s, 7D – The Geordie accent can be hard for tourists to understand, you might need to ask the locals to repeat themselves UK Road Trip Quiz, p. 16: Task 1: A Belfast, B Birmingham, C Bath, D Glasgow, E London, F Newcastle, G Manchester, H Cardiff, I Liverpool, J Edinburgh; Task 2: 1 The statue of the loyal dog Greyfriars Bobby in Edinburgh, 2 Selfridges department store in Birmingham, 3 Royal Albert Dock in Liverpool, 4 Shopping Arcade in Cardiff, 5 National Football Museum in Manchester, 6 Mural in Belfast, 7 Roman Baths in Bath, 8 Science Centre and Glasgow Science Centre Tower in Glasgow, 9 The Gateshead Millennium Bridge between Gateshead and Newcastle, 10 Banksy Tunnel in London;  A Trip to the Solar System pp. 20–21: Task 1: 1 Mars, volcano, 2 Jupiter, storm, 3 Jupiter, eruptions, 4 Saturn, trap, 5 Titan, seas, lakes, liquid, 6 equator; Task 2: The longest mountain range in the world is the Andes, The highest volcano in the world is Ojos del Salado in Chile, The Nile is usually considered the longest river in the world, The largest desert in the world is the Sahara, The most populous city in the world is Tokyo; Who Are The… New Zealanders? pp. 22–23: CD Part 1: 1 The regional climate cooled temporarily, which meant there wasn‘t enough food. A series of earthquakes and tsunamis also destroyed many communities. 2 A complex set of rules and customs that guided Māori society; CD Part 2: 1 In 1642. 2 Murderers’ Bay, 3 More than a century; CD Part 3: 1 White non-Māori New Zealander, 2 The Scottish, 3 The discovery of gold; Sci-Fi to Stream in Spring pp. 24–25: 1 will follow, 2 became, 3 is set, 4 is growing up, 5 brings, 6 have moved out of, 7 spends, 8 look forward to; Grammar Trouble pp. 26–27 Task 1: 1 many, 2 much, 3 a little, 4 little, 5 a few, 6 few, 7 a lot of/lots of, 8 fewer, 9 less; Task 2: 1 a little, 2 fewer, 3 many/ a lot of, 4 little, 5 much, 6 a few, 7 few, 8 less; Task 3: 1 laugh, 2 studied, didn’t learn, 3 lie, 4 fun, 5 possibility, 6 smiles, 7 funny, 8 check, 9 carry, 10 opportunity; Task 4: 1 interested, boring, 2 relaxed, 3 frightening, 4 worried, 5 tiring, 6 disgusting, 7 surprising; Task 5: 1 flew, 2 cut, 3 worn, 4 run, 5 rode, 6 understood, 7 thought, 8 spent, 9 been (we are talking about someone’s experience, so we must use the past participle been not gone), 10 fell; Task 6: 1 has to – obligation coming from sb else, 2 had to – past tense of ‘must’, 3 don’t have to – no obligation, 4 mustn’t – it’s forbidden, 5 had to – wrong past tense of must, personal obligation in the past rather than past deduction; Task 7: 1 give up, 2 get on with, 3 take off, 4 looking forward to, 5 put it off, 6 set up, 7 found out, 8 turned up; LanguageCert B1: Listening Part 1: 1a, 2c, 3b, 4c, 5b, 6a, 7b; Listening Part 2: 1a, 2b, 3b, 4c, 5a, 6c; Listening Part 3: 1 (at) 10/ten, 2 (at) reception, 3 café, 4 16/sixteen, 5 friendship/friends, 6 classical (music), 7 second/2nd; Listening Part 4: 1c, 2a, 3c, 4b, 5a, 6c; Reading Part 1: 1c, 2b, 3c, 4b, 5a; Reading Part 2: 1G, 2E, 3A, 4C, 5B, 6F; Reading Part 3: 1C, 2A, 3B, 4C, 5A, 6D, 7A