Unit 1 Vocabulary A 1 age 2 close to 3 friendly 4 good at 5 flat 6 yourself B 1 all over 2 Would ... like to 4 dream 5 make friends with Grammar Al 1 Where 2 How old 4 What 5 What A2 2 How do 3 How far is 5 Which do 6 Who is B 1 a, a, an 2 a, a, a 4 an, a, an C1 1 How far 2 a 4a 5 What kind of 7 a 8 How long C2 (Students' own answers) Listening and speaking A 1 German 2 close 4 doctor 5 teacher 7 favourite 8 dream 10 world B 1 the UK 2 13 4 basketball 5 house C 1 She is in Beijing. 2 She is calling her grandad. 3 She went to Beijing by train. 3 hobbies 6 everyone 3 How many 6 When 4 How long do 7 How big is 3 an, a, an 3 an 6 a 3 mountains 6 bus 9 swimming 3 tall 6 doctor 4 She is staying at the Garden Hotel, Room 1208. 5 She will stay in Beijing for about a week. F (Students' own answers) Reading A 1 short black hair 2 a flat 3 a teacher 4 a nurse 5 No.1 Junior High School 6 very friendly 7 collecting stamps B 1 He is 13 years old. 2 He is from Japan. 3 He studies Chinese for an hour every morning. 4 He can cook Japanese food for his new friend. 5 His dream is to be a famous cook. C 2, 3, 5, 7, 8, 9, 10 Writing A 2 12 3 long 4 playing basketball 5 reading books 6 7 7 Art 8 a teacher 9 elder brothers 10 younger/little sister B (Students' own answers) Integration A 1 c 2 b 3 b 4 a 5 c 6 a B1 1 c 2 a 3 d 4 c 5 b 6 d 7 d 8 b C 1 c 2 d 3 b 4 c 5 a D (Possible answer) Dear Wu Gang, myself. I I I I I also Best wishes, Li Yan Unit 2 Vocabulary A 1 never 2 usually 4 together 5 market B 1 Grade 2 guitar 4 practice 5 break 7 rides 8 have a good time Grammar Al 2 brushes, washes 3 puts on, makes 5 says, walks A2 3 Do both your parents work 4 Yes, they do 5 Does your sister go to your school 6 No, she doesn't 7 Does your brother speak English 8 Yes, he does 9 Do you enjoy music 10 Yes, I do B 2 eat noodles for breakfast 3 never late for school 4 I always have an apple 5 I buy a CD 3 seldom 6 grade 3 take part in 6 ends 4 eats 6 I always have dinner with my family at 6:30 p.m. 7 I often read a book after dinner. 8 I do my homework at 8 o'clock every evening. 9 I sometimes watch TV in bed. C 1 do 2 twice a year 3 do 4 like 5 often 6 Does 7 doesn't 8 goes 9 sometimes 10 has 11 always 12 visits 13 doesn't have 14 takes Listening and speaking A 1 junior 2 foot 3 seldom 4 Geography 5 break 6 end 7 takes 8 practice 9 together 10 good B 1 Japan 2 tennis player 3 5:30 a.m. 4 noon 5 11:30 a.m. 6 noodles 7 6 8 5 C 1 She studies at Happy Junior High School. 2 She usually has breakfast at 7 o'clock. 3 She goes to school by bus. 4 She has four lessons in the morning and two lessons in the afternoon. 5 She does some reading after supper. F (Students' own answers) Reading A 1 He is a scientist. 2 He goes to work on foot every day. 3 She flies to a different country every week. 4 She does not like getting up early. 5 His elder brother really likes sport, but he doesn't like it very much. 6 (Possible answer) Yes, I do. Because they don't do the same things as other families. B 1 T 2 F Ted drives to get all the newspapers first. 3 F Ted puts the newspaper in the letter box at his neighbour's front door. 4T 5 F Ted does this job because he enjoys/ loves it. C 1Y 2Y 3N 4Y 5N 6DK 7Y 8N Writing A 1 get up 2 wash my face and brush my teeth 3 7 a.m. 4 go to school 5 have a lunch break 6 4 p.m. 7 play table tennis with my classmates 8 go home 9 have dinner 10 do my homework 11 go to bed B (Students' own answers) Integration Al a 2 b 1 c 4 d 3 A2 1 c 2 a 3 d 4 b B C l 1 old are you 2 do you live 3 do you 4 go to 5 do you go 6 go to school 7 go on foot 8 do you get to C2 5 3 4 1 6 2 Dl l a 2 b 3 d 4 a 5 b 6 d 7 b 8 c D2 (Students' own answers) Unit 3 Vocabulary A 1 large 2 energy 3 ground 4 must 5 own 6 catch B 1 provided ... with 2 put ... into 3 pollutes 4 kills 5 throw away 6 important 7 protect 8 problems Grammar Al A2 1 a, an 2 some 3 some 4 a, some 5 a 6 some 7 a, some 8 a, some A3 1 soup 2 water 3 good food 4 teacup 5 tea 6 paper 7 a cup of coffee 8 milk 9 sugar B 1 Are there 2 there aren't 3 Are there 4 there are 5 There is 6 There are C 1 is 2are 3a hamburger 4 some chips 5 a cup of coffee 6 a sandwich 7 a salad 8 a glass of orange juice 9 a bowl of soup 10 some chicken legs 11 a bowl of rice 12 a glass of cola Listening and speaking A 1 home 2 mountains 3 animals 4 provides 5 pollution 6 energy 7 rubbish 8 kills 9 own 10 protect B 1T 2 F The students pick up the rubbish on the beach. 3T 4 F Peter gives Ben some orange juice. 5T 6 F It rains when they go back to school. C 1 We can help by changing the way we travel. 2 This causes no pollution and keeps us fit too. 3 Because they are better for the environment than cars. 4 They pollute the air. 5 We should share it with our friends and neighbours. F (Students' own answers) Reading A 1 It is about 8,600,000 square kilometres in size. 2 More than 2,000,000 people live in the Sahara Desert. 3 Some of them move around from place to place with their camels. Others live in towns and cities. 4 Different animals such as camels, snakes, foxes and birds live in the Sahara Desert. 5 There were many plants and rivers. B 1 by the sea 2 go swimming 3 the sea horse and the starfish 4 dangerous fish 5 can do harm to the sea too 6 fewer and fewer fish C 1 6% 2 tall 3 grow 4 1ive 5monkeys 6elephants 7 tigers 8 home 9 food 10 protect Writing A 2 People drive many cars on the road. This pollutes the air. 3 Ships put oil into the river. This pollutes the water. 4 People throw rubbish into the water. This kills fish. 5 Factories burn things to make energy. This pollutes the air. B (Possible answers) We must stop driving cars. We must stop putting oil into the river. We must stop throwing rubbish into the water. We must stop burning things to make energy. Integration A 1T 2T 3 F The Earth takes 24 hours to turn in a full circle. 4 F The Earth goes around the Sun. B 1 Because if children breathe or eat lead, they can have many health problems. They can even die. 2 Petrol, paint and children's toys. 3 Because the paint pollutes the air and land. 4 They put them into their mouths. 5 We must ask all companies to stop using lead in petrol, paint and toys. C1 l b 2 a 3 c 4 b 5 d 6 a 7 d 8 c C2 (Students' own answers) D (Possible answer) Make our city a better place to live in Our city is very big. There are a lot of people in our city. If we want to make our city a better place to live in, each of us should do something. First, there are more and more cars. They cause a lot of problems. We can Unit 4 Vocabulary A 1 wet 2 kick 3 town 4 relatives 5 during 6 grandparents B 1 take a trip 2 spend 3 blows 4 dry 5 Everything 6 have a picnic Grammar Al 2 fat cat 3 wide streets 4 kind teachers 5 blue sea A2 1 sunny 2 snowy 3 amazing 4 1ovely 5 funny A3 1 busy streets and wonderful markets 2 delicious food and friendly waiters 3 unusual plants and dangerous animals 4 high mountains and long beaches 5 beautiful scenery and large temples B l 2 The football match is exciting. 3 These flowers are beautiful. 4 This dress is lovely. 5 Those trees are tall. 6 These people are nice and kind. B2 2 look expensive 3 feels soft 4 tastes delicious 5 smell terrible 6 sounds unusual C 2 it is boring to keep 3 it is amazing/interesting to see 4 it is interesting/amazing to read 5 it is hard to understand D 3 It is easy to get 4 it is not easy to buy 5 terrible 6 bright 7 bright 8 good 9 It is stupid to pay Listening and speaking A 1 wet 2 exciting 3 trip 4 hot 5 beach 6 swim 7 dry 8 picnic 9 snowy 10 snowmen B 1 ice 2 rise 3 turns 4 fall 5 winter 6 snow C 1 Because it is still very cold in February. 2 Spring ends in early July. 3 The maple leaves become yellow and red in September. 4 Because the red maple trees look so beautiful. 5 All the maple leaves fall off the trees in December. F (Possible answer) S1: What can you see in the school garden? S2: I can see many butterflies. They're flying. They’re beautiful. S1: What can you see in the playground? S2: I can see two students. They're playing. It is very hot. S1: What can you see in the library? S2: I can see many students. They're studying. It is cool. S1: What can you see in the canteen? S2: I can see some students. They're eating ice cream and drinking soft drinks. It is nice. Reading A 1 They usually fly kites. 2 They often play beach volleyball. 3 They climb Mount Hua. 4 They take part in the Tour of Oinghai Lake bicycle race. 5 They go swimming in the icy-cold water. B 1 to sleep for weeks or months without waking up 2 upside down 3 gets very low 4 their skin 5 leaves 6 wake a bear up C 1 F An "Indian summer" is a period of warm and dry weather. 2 F In the north-east part of the United States, the Indian summer is at the end of October. 3T 4 F People in some regions to the south of the Yangtze River of China have an Indian summer. 5 F "Oiu Laohu" means "a tiger in autumn". Writing B (Possible answer) Our class hiking trip We usually go hiking We often go hiking in the We can enjoy the Integration A 1 ends→begins 2 never→can 3 wet→dry 4 at home→at the beach or in the park 5Saturday→Sunday 6 less- more 7 September→October B1 1 What's the weather like? 2 It rains a lot here! 3 London is famous for rainy weather! 4 I'd love to go to Canada some day. 5 Autumn is the best time to go there. 6 But I will see some ice if I go skating! C 1 b 2 a 3 d 4 a 5 c 6 c 7 b 8 d D1 1 August 2 July 3 January 4 November, December, January 5 January 6 July, August, September D2 (Possible answer) the best time to visit my city because it often snows. Mid-term test Part one I A 1 b 2 f 3 a 4 d 5 c B 6 a 7 b 8 a 9 b 10 c C 11 a 12 c 13 c 14 a 15 b D 16 Tom 17 12th 18 fourteen 19 reading 20 Snow White II 21 b 22 c 23 a 24 a 25 d III