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1 UNIT 1. A long and healthy life 1A. Pronunciation • Strong and weak forms of auxiliary verbs Underline the weak form and double underline the strong form of the auxiliary verbs in the following short exchanges. Then practise them with your partner. 1. A: Do you often work out in the morning? B: Yes, I do. 2. A: Can you swim in the butterfly style? B: No, I can’t. 3. A: Have you ever practised karate? B: Yes, I have. 4. A: Aren’t you an aerobic instructor? B: Yes, I am. 5. A: Didn’t you have time for the swimming practice yesterday? B: No, I didn’t. I was busy yesterday. 6. A: Has she joined a gym? B: Yes, she has. 7. A: Can doing squats bum a lot of calories? B: Yes, it can. 8. A: Shall we go now? B: I think we ought to. 9. A: Must we go now? B: I think we must. 10. A: Does lifting weights build our muscles? B: Certainly, it does. 1B. Vocabulary • Words and phrases related to health and fitness I. Complete the sentences with the words given. muscles diet treatment develop active repetitive life expectancy avoid cut down lifestyle strength fit 1. The instructions give a balanced __________ , and protect against infections. 2. You must be very __________ if you do so much running. 3. Regular exercise will help to strengthen your __________ . 4. We focus on the importance of __________ participation by elderly people in the life of the community. 5. __________ for both men and women has improved greatly in the past 20 years. 6. Some of the tasks required considerable physical __________ . 7. There have been great advances in the __________ of cancer. 8. You can change your eating habits and lead a healthier __________ . 9. Computers are now being brought into this career to perform __________ tasks. 10. The doctor told him to __________ on his drinking. 11. Some alcoholics __________ liver cancer when they drink heavily. 12. Pregnant women should __________ certain foods such as raw eggs. II. Complete the sentences with the verbs given in the correct form. fall include ensure treat give up lead help give off work out stay 1. I go jogging every morning and __________ with weights twice a week.
3 V. Complete the sentences with the words given. disease organisms illness infected vaccine antibiotics bacteria spread food poisoning infectious 1. I’m taking __________ for a throat infection. 2. Clean the wound so it doesn’t get __________ . 3. Foot and mouth disease is caused by a highly __________ virus which animals either eat or inhale. 4. All living __________ have to adapt to changes in environmental conditions. 5. There is no __________ against HIV infection. 6. __________ is an illness of the stomach caused by eating food that contains harmful bacteria. 7. She suffers from a rare __________ of the brain. 8. Doctors say that his __________ isn’t life-threatening. 9. Some __________ help the human body fight disease. 10. Some unhygienic conditions encourage the __________ of disease. • Prepositions VI. Complete each sentence with the correct preposition. 1. They are looking __________ ways to add further value __________ their products. 2. He is receiving treatment __________ cancer. 3. I don’t have any sugar so you’ll have to do __________ . 4. You can help prevent heart disease __________ changing your lifestyle. 5. His back injury may prevent him __________ playing in tomorrow’s game. 6. The wood gave __________ a sweet, perfumed smell as it burned. 7. Cut down __________ fatty foods if you want to lose weight. 8. He has changed a lot __________ the past decade. 9. Diseases that were once thought incurable can be treated __________ antibiotics. 10. She suffers __________ a rare bone disease. 1C. Grammar • Past simple vs Present perfect I. Choose the correct words. 1. David has been / was at the beach for hours. I think he’s having a great time there. 2. Have your friends bought / Did your friends buy tickets for the concert yesterday? 3. My younger sister has started / started school six months ago. 4. So far this week we’ve seen / we saw two funny films on TV. 5. I’ve talked / I talked to my grandparents on the phone last week. 6. What’s the noise? Have your neighbours bought / Did your neighbours buy a new dog recently? 7. Have you seen / Did you see Nick this week? 8. We’ve known / We knew Ann and Tom for three years. We’re really good friends now. II. Choose the correct answers. 1. My school football team hasn’t won / didn’t win a match since the start of the year. 2. I haven’t been / didn’t go to China. What’s it like? 3. It has rained / rained three times this week. 4. I have seen / saw my first Disney film when I was four years old. 5. I feel at home in this village because we have lived / lived here for six years now. 6. I’m a big football fan, but I have never been / never went to the stadium. 7. It hasn’t rained / didn’t rain for a long time, so it’s very hot. 8. I have sent / sent an email to Jack last week, but he hasn’t replied.
4 III. Complete the sentences. Use the past simple in one sentence and the present perfect in the other. 1. a Italy __________ the World Cup in 2006. (win) b He’s happy because Manchester United __________ all their matches this year. (win) 2. a ‘Can you tidy your room?’ - ‘I __________ it this morning.’ (tidy) b ‘Can you tidy your room?’ - ‘I __________ it.’ (tidy) 3. a What time __________ you __________ home last night? (arrive) b ‘ __________ Ben __________ ?’ - ‘Yes, he’s in the living room.’ (arrive) 4. a Come on, let’s eat. Dad __________ dinner. (cook) b Who __________ this food? It’s delicious. (cook) 5. a I __________ lots of interesting people since I arrived. (meet) b __________ you __________ anyone interesting while you were on holiday? (meet) IV. Complete the text using the present perfect or the past simple form of the verb in brackets. I 1 __________ (meet) Andy on a diving course when I was seventeen. We 2 __________ (be) together since then and in the last six years we 3 __________ (visit) some awesome places on our holidays. Last month, we 4 __________ (decide) to get married. The wedding 5 __________ (be) great, but exhausting because we were underwater and I 6 __________ (have) a big wedding dress on. Since we got married, we 7__________ (not have) time to think or relax. These last few weeks 8 __________ (go) very fast. Time flies when you’re in love. V. Complete the dialogue using the present perfect or past simple form of the verbs in brackets, or an auxiliary verb. Nick: 1 __________ you ever __________ (visit) Disneyland Paris? Ann: Yes, I 2 __________ . It’s fantastic. Nick: When 3 __________ you __________ (go) there? Ann: I 4 __________ (go) with my mum last weekend. Nick: Really? Ann: Yes, we 5 __________ (travel) there by train on Friday evening and we 6 __________ (leave) on Sunday morning. But my dad 7 __________ (not come) with us. Nick: 8 __________ he __________ (be) there before? Ann: No, he 9 __________ . He hates places like that. He 10 __________ (not visit) a theme park since 1995 when he 11 __________ (be) fourteen years old. Nick: And what 12 __________ you __________ (think) of the rides? Ann: I really 13 __________ (like) them all - especially the Big Thunder Mountain ride. It’s terrifying. 14__________ you ever __________ (see) a photo of it? Nick: No, I 15__________ . But I 16__________ (hear) a lot about it. It sounds great. VI. Complete the text about young adventurers with the correct form of the verbs in brackets. Young Adventurers Most people 1__________ (never visit) the North Pole, but Parker Wilson has. Last year, Parker 2__________ (ski) 130 km across the Arctic in freezing temperatures. In the same year, he also 3__________ (start) a Facebook page about climate change. It’s amazing because Parker is only sixteen years old and still 4__________ (not finish) school - he’s a very young adventurer. 5__________ you __________ (ever be) to the South Pole? Maybe not, but in 2009, Katie Walter 6__________ (walk) there and back in twenty days. She was only seventeen years old and she 7__________ (make) a lot of money for charity. Parker and Katie 8__________ (achieve) great things, but they are both still teenagers. 9__________ they __________ (do) too much, too young? Some people think so. Some psychologists say that it’s dangerous